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the Five Elements:
Table of General/Human Correspondences

	WOOD
Direction Colour Climate Human Sound Positive Emotion Negative Emotion Taste Yin Organ Yang Organ Related Body part Tissue Smell / Odour Process Time of Day Season Planet Sense Reflected In Fluid Organs Active Energy Capacity Form	East Green Wind Shouting Humour Anger Sour Liver Gall Bladder Eyes Muscle/Ligaments Rancid Birth Morning Spring Jupiter Sight Nails Tears 11pm - 3am Gaseous State Planning Crush, expand, contract simultaneously

	FIRE
Direction Colour Climate Human Sound Positive Emotion NegativeEmotion Taste Yin Organ Yang Organ Related Body part Tissue Smell / Odour Process Time of Day Season Planet Sense Reflected In Fluid Organs Active Energy Capacity Form	South Red Hot Laughing Joy Hysteria Bitter Heart Small Intestine Tongue Vascular System Burning Growth Noon Summer Mars Speech Complexion Sweat 11am - 3pm (Pericardium /Triple Warmer 7pm - 11pm) Plasmic State Spiritual awareness Sudden, fast pounding

	EARTH
Direction Colour Climate Human Sound Positive Emotion Negative Emotion Taste Yin Organ Yang Organ Related Body Part Tissue Smell / Odour Process Time of Day Season Planet Sense Reflected In Fluid Organs Active Energy Capacity Form	Centre Yellow Damp / Humid Singing Sympathy Self-pity Sweet Spleen Stomach Mouth Flesh Fragrant Trans formation Afternoon Late Summer Saturn Taste Lips Lymph 7am - 11am Semi - Condensed Ideas / Opinions Strike with circular energy, crossing

	METAL
Direction Colour Climate Human Sound Positive Emotion Negative Emotion Taste Yin Organ Yang Organ Related Body Part Tissue Smell / Odour Process Time of Day Season Planet Sense Reflected In Fluid Organs Active Energy Capacity Form	West White Dry Weeping Positivity Grief / Melancholy Pungent Lungs Large Intestine Nose Skin Rotten Harvest Evening Autumn Venus Smell Body Hair Mucus 3am - 7am Solid State Elimination Splitting, axe chopping

	WATER
Direction Colour Climate Human Sound Positive Emotion Negative Emotion Taste Yin Organ Yang Organ Related Body Part Tissue >Smell / Odour Process Time of Day Season Planet Sense Reflected In Fluid Organs Active Energy Capacity Form	North Black / Blue Cold Groaning Courage Fear / Fright Salty Kidney Bladder Ears Bones Putrid Storage Midnight Winter Mercury Hearing Head Hair Saliva 3pm - 7pm Liquid State Ambition/ Willpower >Flows in curves, shoots suddenly

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text from Ray Wood (possibly attributed to an an original unknown author)

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