This page maps the site's core concepts, familiar names, primary guides, related ideas, and claim boundaries.
氣 / 气
Qi is a context-dependent Chinese term that can include breath, vitality, atmosphere, and movement quality. AETERA uses vital rhythm only as a modern interpretive bridge for voluntary reflection, not as a standard translation, measurable substance, or medical claim.
Aliases
Chi, vital breath, life-force quality
Related
Yin and Yang, Feng Shui, Five Phases
Boundary
Cultural and practical observation language, not medical diagnosis.
陰陽 / 阴阳
A framework for complementary and changing tendencies such as rest and action, inward and outward, cool and warm, receptive and expressive.
Aliases
Yin-Yang, Yinyang, dynamic balance
Related
Qi, Five Phases, Feng Shui
Boundary
Not good versus evil, and not a fixed gender hierarchy.
五行
Wu Xing names Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water and the dynamic relationships and cycles through which they are interpreted. AETERA uses growth, expression, stabilization, refinement, and restoration only as modern interpretive bridges for voluntary reflection, not as standard translations or classical original meanings.
Aliases
Five Phases, Five Elements, Wuxing
Related
Five Elements, Generating Cycle, Controlling Cycle, Feng Shui, Bazi, Chinese Element Calculator
Boundary
Pattern language, not fixed personality destiny.
木 火 土 金 水
The familiar English name for Wu Xing: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water in Chinese culture.
Aliases
Wood Fire Earth Metal Water, Chinese five elements, Five Phases
Related
Wu Xing, Generating Cycle, Controlling Cycle, Wood Element, Fire Element, Earth Element, Metal Element, Water Element, Chinese Element Calculator, Feng Shui
Boundary
Best understood as phases or movement qualities, not literal substances only.
相生
The Wu Xing support sequence: Wood feeds Fire, Fire creates Earth, Earth bears Metal, Metal enriches or carries Water, and Water nourishes Wood.
Aliases
Sheng cycle, Creative cycle, Productive cycle, Five Elements generating cycle
Related
Wu Xing, Five Elements, Controlling Cycle, Wood Element, Fire Element, Earth Element, Metal Element, Water Element
Boundary
Relationship map for support, not a magic formula or guaranteed outcome.
相克
The Wu Xing regulation sequence: Wood parts Earth, Earth contains Water, Water cools Fire, Fire melts Metal, and Metal cuts Wood.
Aliases
Ke cycle, Regulating cycle, Control cycle, Five Elements controlling cycle
Related
Wu Xing, Five Elements, Generating Cycle, Wood Element, Fire Element, Earth Element, Metal Element, Water Element
Boundary
Regulation language, not punishment, fear language, or destructive certainty.
五行居家應用 / 五行居家应用
AETERA modern application: compare room purpose with optional phase associations, then adjust an observable condition such as pathway, light, material, storage, boundary, recovery, or atmosphere. These reflection bridges are not classical prescriptions or outcome guarantees.
Aliases
Five Elements in the home, Five Elements Feng Shui, Wu Xing room application
Related
Five Elements, Wu Xing, Feng Shui, Qi, Generating Cycle, Controlling Cycle
Boundary
Spatial calibration language, not lucky-object promises or guaranteed outcomes.
木
Wood is one of the five Wu Xing phases and participates in its relationship cycles. AETERA modern interpretive bridge: growth, renewal, direction, flexibility, planning, and upward or outward movement.
Aliases
Mu, Wood phase, Wood in Wu Xing
Related
Five Elements, Wu Xing, Fire Element, Feng Shui
Boundary
Movement quality, not fixed personality destiny or medical diagnosis.
火
Fire is one of the five Wu Xing phases and participates in its relationship cycles. AETERA modern interpretive bridge: warmth, visibility, expression, attention, social brightness, and transformation.
Aliases
Huo, Fire phase, Fire in Wu Xing
Related
Five Elements, Wu Xing, Earth Element, Feng Shui
Boundary
Visibility and expression language, not a guarantee of fame, romance, money, or success.
土
Earth is one of the five Wu Xing phases and participates in its relationship cycles. AETERA modern interpretive bridge: stability, nourishment, containment, care, center, support, and transition.
Aliases
Tu, Earth phase, Earth in Wu Xing
Related
Five Elements, Wu Xing, Metal Element, Feng Shui
Boundary
Support pattern, not passivity, medical diagnosis, or fixed personality type.
金
Metal is one of the five Wu Xing phases and participates in its relationship cycles. AETERA modern interpretive bridge: structure, refinement, boundaries, discernment, clarity, contraction, and completion.
Aliases
Jin, Metal phase, Metal in Wu Xing
Related
Five Elements, Wu Xing, Water Element, Feng Shui
Boundary
Refinement and boundary language, not a guaranteed wealth symbol.
水
Water is one of the five Wu Xing phases and participates in its relationship cycles. AETERA modern interpretive bridge: depth, rest, reflection, memory, reserve, adaptability, wisdom, renewal, and restoration.
Aliases
Shui, Water phase, Water in Wu Xing
Related
Five Elements, Wu Xing, Wood Element, Feng Shui
Boundary
Restoration and strategic movement language, not weakness or a cure-all symbol.
風水 / 风水
A Chinese spatial tradition for reading how place, orientation, pathways, light, placement, and Qi shape human experience.
Aliases
Chinese spatial wisdom, wind-water, Chinese geomancy
Related
Qi, Yin and Yang, Five Phases
Boundary
Not lucky-object shopping or guaranteed wealth, romance, health, or protection.
八字
A Chinese time-based symbolic pattern system using birth year, month, day, and hour as a reflective language.
Aliases
Four Pillars, Chinese birth chart, time-based pattern reading
Related
Wu Xing, Five Phases, Period 9
Boundary
Used here for reflection and timing awareness, not fixed fate or guaranteed prediction.
中國時間智慧 / 中国时间智慧
A modern English umbrella for Chinese systems that read time through cycles, seasons, Yin and Yang, Five Phases, stems and branches, solar terms, and later practices such as Bazi.
Aliases
Chinese calendar wisdom, seasonal time wisdom, Chinese timing
Related
Yin and Yang, Five Phases, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, 24 Solar Terms, Bazi
Boundary
Seasonal and symbolic timing language, not prophecy or fixed destiny.
天干地支
Traditional Chinese cycles of ten stems and twelve branches that combine into a 60-part cycle used in calendars, zodiac years, Bazi, and symbolic time interpretation.
Aliases
Tiangan Dizhi, Gan-Zhi, Sexagenary cycle, Ten Stems and Twelve Branches
Related
Chinese Time Wisdom, Bazi, Five Phases, Chinese Element Calculator
Boundary
Calendar structure first, symbolic interpretation second.
二十四節氣 / 二十四节气
A traditional Chinese system dividing the solar year into 24 seasonal markers for agriculture, climate memory, ritual timing, and seasonal living.
Aliases
Twenty-Four Solar Terms, Jieqi, Solar Terms
Related
Chinese Time Wisdom, Yin and Yang, Five Phases
Boundary
Seasonal rhythm and cultural calendar knowledge, not medical prescription or fixed prediction.
生活修養
A modern living approach that uses Qi, rhythm, place, seasonal timing, and symbolic pattern as grounded daily practice.
Aliases
Eastern spiritual living, ritual living, elemental calibration
Related
Qi, Feng Shui, Five Phases, Bazi, Chinese Time Wisdom
Boundary
Practical cultural translation, not miracle claims or fear-based spirituality.
How to Use This Map
Use this map to find the right AETERA page for each concept, then open the full guide for explanation or the editorial standards for claim boundaries.