THE FIVE PHASES
Water · 水 (shuǐ)
Water names flow, depth and storage.
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The idea in context
Water can frame movement through changing paths as well as the quiet keeping of resources. In the Five Phases it is a process image, not a forecast about emotion or fate.
An example to picture
A Water question for a long journey is what should be carried and what can be replenished.
A question to sit with
What flow needs room, and what resource needs care?
Native app reference
The original examples describe Synastry’s date-only native year reader. This web guide does not calculate a placement or a Four Pillars chart.
Keep the calendar convention in view
The website offers these educational readings. Synastry’s native year reader uses a civil date and Lunar New Year; it is separate from a full Four Pillars or BaZi chart. Begin with the convention before comparing year labels.
Sources and conventions
These references identify the calendar or historical method used in this guide. Keep the named convention in view when comparing other traditions.
Hong Kong Observatory — Gregorian–Lunar Calendar Conversion Tables ↗ · Calendar reference covering 1901–2100, including leap months and cautions near midnight boundaries. The Synastry native reader uses its separately disclosed date-only Lunar New Year convention; this website provides the educational guide.