Walking beside Bystock Lake in early spring with the sound of wood peckers drumming on dead wood, fighting mallard ducks trying to establish territories and Great tits and Chaffinches darting through the trees. I try to look at Bystock Lake with my knowledge of the Chinese “Five Elements”.
The Wood Element
The element associated with spring is “Wood,” an Immature Yang element, influencing the climate with Wind and Coolness. The dominant colures are bright blues in the sky and greens of buds as they begin to fill and open. Anger is found in the emotions as “sap rises” and males in their peak physical condition fight for mates or to protect their females like the mallard ducks on the lake chasing off the other males they see as threats and the chaffinches darting from tree to tree calling to attract the females and establish territories.
We look the east to welcome the early morning sun, a sign that winter is ending and warmer weather is on its way and with the warmer weather the birth of the next offspring. Deep in the water vibrant green water lily leaves push their way upwards to the surface of the lake to catch spring sunshine.
The Fu organ associated with spring and the wood element is the Gall Bladder, the “minister of justice” and within the organism, directs the impulses of all other organs. The gall bladder is paired with the Liver. If it is the ability of the liver to plan then it is the ability of the Gall Bladder to “Decide” hence the term “Minister of Justice”
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