Gogyo- Five elemental transformations

The Gogyo is are often called 5 Elements, but the system is more cyclic then stable. Gogyo is used in many chinese arts, such as Feng Shui, Astrology, I Ging etc.
In Japan it became part of Shinto and is widely used in Astrology, calendars, ritual. It is also essential to Onyodo, an esoteric tradition based on chinese magic. The Gogyo are:

• Water -Sui -North -Black
• Wood -Moku -East -Blue
• Fire -Ka -South -Red
• Earth -Do -Center -Yellow
• Metal -Kin -West -White

Those are not manifestations as the Godai, but states in between. There are two cycles in the system:

• productive progressive Cycle
• blocking damming Cycle

The blocking cycle is also called Control Cycle, because it can stop or slow down the progression of energy to its next phase, causing it either to to retutn to the previous stage or skip the following.

The Productive Cycle
• Water.....Formation
• Wood......Creation
• Fire......Gestation
• Earth.....Consolidation
• Metal.....Maturation
• Water.....Dissolution

The Control Cycle
• Wood -controls -Earth
• Earth -controls -Water
• Water -controls -Fire
• Fire -controls -Metal
• Metal -controls -Wood