Water feeds wood, wood fuels fire, fire makes earth, earth creates metal, and metal holds water. This wisdom can be used to attract the movement of energy or element that would better enhance a space. A cure is a remedy for a negative feng shui situation. It can enhance a space s energy, or it can neutralize or negate what is seen as negative energies within a space. The destructive cycle describes how the five energies, or five elements, diminish each other.
Water douses fire, fire melts metal, metal chops wood, wood uproots earth and earth dams water.
This cycle can be used to temper or eliminate a particular element in a space that is not wanted or needed for good feng shui. Feng shui is a system, or way of purposefully arranging an environment so that it positively affects those who live there. Although many cultures used various methods of feng shui to help themselves live life more harmoniously, it was first logged and documented by the Chinese culture - thus the popularity of their name for it. One visible and the other invisible, they both shape our environment and impact our lives on a constant basis. The eight guas plus the center makes up the entire bagua.