water qi

In Eastern cosmology, water qi is associated with the direction north and the numbers one and six. It is the dominant energy in winter. During the spring and summer, it yields to fire qi, which is associated with the direction south and the numbers two and seven.

At the starting point of autumn, water qi starts to circulate again and begins to gain in force. This is one aspect of the principle of seeking out the beginning and returning to the origin.

See also “seeking out the beginning and returning to the origin.”