Generating Interactions
The generating interactions of the five elements are like the
conception, gestation, birth, and nurture relationship between a
mother and a baby. Such element pairs are deeply attached, and
together imply success and luck.
The five generating interactions are fueling, forming, containing,
carrying, and feeding:
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Wood fuels fire.
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Fire forms earth (volcanoes, ash, etc.).
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Earth contains metal.
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Metal carries water (buckets, pipes, etc.).
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Water feeds wood (trees, plants, etc.).
Overcoming Interactions
The overcoming interactions of the five elements are like the acts
of hostility between two sides in a war.
The five overcoming interactions are melting, penetrating,
separating, absorbing, and quenching:
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Fire melts metal
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Metal penetrates wood (chopping, sawing, drilling, nailing,
screwing).
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Wood separates earth (tree roots breaking up soil/rock).
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Earth absorbs water.
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Water quenches fire.
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