When your life is out of balance, your health suffers, you become stressed,
you’re unable to get everything done that you need to– and you may find yourself self medicating in various ways – alcohol, overeating and prescription medicines.
The 5 Elements don’t just affect the health of your body, but also of your mind and spirit. You can find an article here about the ways in which you may feel unbalanced in one Element (Wood, in that particular example) and how that might affect your whole life and your approach to it.
The 5 Elements are not just about the body but also effect spaces and life choices. In Feng Shui, for example, I would take a compass reading and construct a chart using the compass reading, date of construction and the 5 Elements to discover the “character” of the space over time, what negative issues need to be adjusted with the application of appropriate 5 Element “cures” and where other adjustments can be made to support the health and wellbeing of the inhabitants.
Equally, when I look at a person’s blueprint, I can discove r a great deal about what kind of person they are, what their relationships are likely to look like with family, spouse, work colleagues, what kind of work they would prefer and how well they will do with money. Also apparent is which Elements are most likely to be out of balance and how they could be most helpfully to balanced.