Everything the wheel opens, one animal at the center
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The Western wheel, the sky on your birthday
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The Moon overhead, its phases, and the path they light.
A room of Water · 水
Kidney and will
In classical Chinese medicine, Water governs the Kidney (腎) and Bladder (膀胱). The Kidney is traditionally said to store the body's deepest reserve, 精 (jīng, essence), and to stand behind the bones, the ears, and the will.
The Kidney is classically described as the store of 精 jīng, the essence tied to growth, aging, and reproduction, and as the root of both yin and yang in the body. Water is traditionally associated with the bones and marrow 骨髓, the ears 耳 and hearing, and the head hair.
Each phase carries an emotion and a spirit. For Water the emotion is fear 恐 (kǒng) and the spirit is 志 (zhì), the will or willpower. Water and Fire, Kidney and Heart, are read as a pair that must stay in conversation, 心腎相交 (xīn shèn xiāng jiāo), the heart and kidney communicating.
Where Water sits