Water Element (水)

Water (Wasser) is the energy of winter, depth and wisdom — the flowing, all-reaching current. It embodies intelligence, adaptability, intuition and the quiet power that wears down stone.

Water people are clever, flexible and perceptive, with deep minds and a gift for adapting to any situation. They think widely, sense undercurrents and flow around obstacles.

Wisdom, adaptability, insight and persistence. Water finds every opening, connects distant things and nourishes life wherever it reaches.

Too much Water brings restlessness, moodiness and scattered focus; too little brings rigidity, fearfulness and a closed, inflexible mind.

Water is generated by Metal (which condenses it) and generates Wood (which it nourishes). It is controlled by Earth (which dams it) and controls Fire (which it douses).

Give your depth a channel and direction (Earth’s banks), and let it feed growth (Wood). Focused, your fluid mind becomes an unstoppable current.