What is Nayin Five Elements?

The so-called Nayin Five Elements refer to the five-element attributes of the year fate Nayin. The Chinese lunar calendar uses the Stem-Branch system for chronology — ten Heavenly Stems (Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui) and twelve Earthly Branches (Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai) are used to represent the state of years, months, days, and hours.

The Nayin Five Elements are new five elements obtained after integrating the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. When the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches are combined, they produce new elemental attributes — known as the Nayin Five Elements.

What Are the Nayin Five Elements?

• Metal: Sea Gold, Sword Blade Gold, White Wax Gold, Sand Gold, Gold Foil, Hairpin and Bracelet Gold
• Wood: Big Forest Wood, Willow Wood, Pine and Cypress Wood, Flat Ground Wood, Mulberry Wood, Pomegranate Wood
• Water: Brook Water, Spring Water, Long Flowing Water, Celestial River Water, Big Stream Water, Sea Water
• Fire: Stove Fire, Mountain Top Fire, Thunderclap Fire, Mountain Foot Fire, Covered Lamp Fire, Celestial Fire
• Earth: Roadside Earth, City Wall Earth, Roof Earth, Wall Earth, Grand Post Road Earth, Sand Earth

A Rhyming Quatrain for Judging Fate with the Sixty Jiazi Nayin

Roadside, city wall, and post road earth — these three earths fear water's rush.
There are three kinds not afraid of water, rising high in life, noble and fine.
Sand and sword blade gold, if in the east, they clash and combine.
Four other kinds of gold should shun fire; without fire, sword and sand lose their design.
Water meets celestial and sea's flow — these two don't fear earth as foe.
Other kinds fear earth; life's wealth hard to come by, you know.
Pine, willow, mulberry wood, pomegranate and big forest dread the gold sword.
Only flat ground wood stands serene; without gold, it can't reach the high road.
Buddha lamp, stove, and mountain top fire — these three fear water's tide.
Three other kinds don't fear water; wealth and status near the lord, they abide.

The Sixty Jiazi Nayin Five Elements Table