5 Elements: The five elements in feng shui are water, wood, fire, earth and metal. These five elements are used to describe the five ways energy moves. Water describes a downward movement of energy, wood is an expansive movement, fire illustrates upward movement, earth describes a horizontal movement, and metal is a compressing movement. Organizing the motion and patterns of chi (energy) is the goal of feng shui.
Bagua: The bagua (pronounced Ba-gwa) is considered "the map of feng shui," and is one of the most essential tools for evaluating a site, space or environment. The word bagua is roughly translated as "eight sides," which describes its octagonal shape.
Chi: Chi is the word used most often to describe the invisible energetic forces that are being changed or manipulated when using feng shui. The American description most closely aligned with this concept is "life force". More scientifically, it is the intelligence-holding vibration of sub-atomic particles, which make up all matter.
Creative Cycle: The creative cycle describes how the five energies, or five elements, help to promote each other. Water feeds wood, wood fuels fire, fire makes earth, earth creates metal, and metal holds water. This wisdom can be used to attract the movement of energy or element that would better enhance a space.
Cure: A cure is a remedy for a negative feng shui situation. It can enhance a space's energy, or it can neutralize or negate what is seen as negative energies within a space.
Destructive Cycle: The destructive cycle describes how the five energies, or five elements, diminish each other. Water douses fire, fire melts metal, metal chops wood, wood uproots earth and earth dams water. This cycle can be used to temper or eliminate a particular element in a space that is not wanted or needed for good feng shui.
Feng Shui: Feng shui is a system, or way of purposefully arranging an environment so that it positively affects those who live there. Although many cultures used various methods of feng shui to help themselves live life more harmoniously, it was first logged and documented by the Chinese culture - thus the popularity of their name for it. The words feng shui are translated as "wind and water," which describe the two forces that shape the environment. One visible and the other invisible, they both impact our lives constantly.
Gua: A gua describes one of the eight sides of the bagua, which can be translated in to eight areas of each site or space, or home. The eight guas plus the center makes up the entire bagua.
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