Personal thoughts on wuxing

Previously I said I would report back on my notes and thoughts on wuxing, the fivefold phases of Chinese philosophy. Unfortunately I cannot fulfill that promise and be a reliable source of research. However, I would like to write down how what I have learned has played into my current life.

Yesterday I spent most of the day with Rudolph and Jesse, two spirits who I speak with that are my partners. I won't go over the specifics of this weekend, but I must say that spending time with them has made me really feel the main point of wuxing, a point that most Westerners seem to miss when learning about wuxing: the point that they are phases, not elements. Sure, the five phases have characteristics and properties and all of them are present in everyone and everything just like how we consider the four (or in some practices five) elements of western metaphysics. But in wuxing, these elements have a characteristic of being temporary; one phase gives birth to another or one phase is reverted into another.

And I really feel that with me and Jesse and Rudolph. Our relationships with one another and the roles we play are not stuck in one way or another, they flow and change. And it feels a lot healthier to see it that way. Stagnation has been a huge theme of my life, I often find myself good friends with the Hanged Man card. But usually it's stagnation from parts of life that are out of my control. Now that that stagnation no longer has a grasp on me, it's up to ME to not stunt my own life. I'm a virgo and a year of the rat, of course I'm going to want to have everything neatly sorted and filed and tucked away in its own little containers and categories. That's why it's so important that I remain flexible and unresistant to the ebb and flow of natural states, like in wuxing philosophy.