Water Element Zodiac Sign: What does it mean in Chinese Astrology?
THE elements and animal zodiac are important in traditional Chinese culture and are used in philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine as well as fortune-telling.
Here's all you need to know about the Water sign.
🔮 Follow all our latest stories on the .
What are the Water sign's associations?
According to Chinese culture, the Water sign's lucky properties are as follows:
Seasons: Winter
Colors: Black, Blue
Numbers: Numbers with 1 or 6
Directions: North
Organs (Yin): Kidneys
Organs (Yang): Urinary Bladder
Tastes: Salty
Birth Year Ends with: 2, 3
Compatibility between the zodiac elements
What are the personality traits of the Water sign?
Water signs are kind, gentle, competent, and smart. They are quick-witted and have a good memory. Water signs think before they act.
There are two different kinds of water signs: flowing and still. Flowing signs are impatient, active and aggressive while still signs are peaceful, calm, tranquil and centered.
Water gives back to the Earth, they are supportive by nature. Water signs are altruistic and uncompetitive, they are nurturing and tender. They are good by nature, although somewhat timid.
They can sometimes be insidious and shrewd.
What different kinds of Water sign are there?
The Water sign can apply to all twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac.
Everybody belongs to one of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs and a 12-year cycle according to the year in which they were born.
The animal cycle includes the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Goat, the Monkey, the Rooster, the Dog and the Pig.
Water is predominantly the Pig and the Rat's element.
What other elements is the Metal sign compatible with?
Element interactions are like life cycles, according to .
The five generating interactions are "fueling, forming, containing, carrying, and feeding."
- Wood fuels fire.
- Fire forms earth (volcanoes, ash, etc.).
- Earth contains metal.
- Metal carries water (buckets, pipes, etc.).
- Water feeds wood (trees, plants, etc.)
Therefore, Water is most compatible with Metal and Wood.
The Water element attracts wealth and money, so whenever Water and Metal come together they create a great partnership.
Water gives life to Wood, therefore these signs will enjoy a healthy, supportive, positive relationship.
READ MORE SUN STORIES
Fire and Water individuals will engage in a dramatic and passionate relationship, but the flames will ultimately extinguish.
Earth signs soak up Water and block its flow. An Earth sign could be distracting and draining to a Water individual, hindering the trajectory to their success.