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相克

Controlling Cycle

相克 · Xiāngkè

The Five Elements' regulating sequence: Wood controls Earth, Earth controls Water, Water controls Fire, Fire controls Metal, and Metal controls Wood. Control describes restraint or regulation, not an automatic negative outcome.

In more detail

The direction matters: Earth controls Water, while Water controls Fire. Reversing a pair describes a different relationship.

Also called: Regulating Cycle · Ke Cycle

The characters

  1. 相xiāngmutually; one to another
  2. 克kèto overcome; to restrain

Together, 相克 reads “overcoming one another”.

Sources

These terms describe a traditional symbolic framework. Chart interpretation and our naming method remain experimental.

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