Some people say that the five elements of turtles belong to water, and raising turtles is equivalent to raising water, that is, replenishing water. Qinglong on the left, white tiger on the right, Suzaku in the front and Xuanwu in the back. This sentence is familiar to everyone. The Xuanwu in it is also called Xuanming. It is a mythical beast in ancient mythology. Its image is a combination of a turtle and a snake.

Some people also say that Xuanwu is turtle. Xuanwu is the earliest description of turtle divination, because Xuan means black, and the back of a turtle is black, and Ming means yin. The so-called turtle divination is to ask the turtle to go to the underworld to ask the ancestors and bring back the answers to predict omens. The form is shown to the world. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu refers to the turtle.

Xuanwu rules the north, and the five elements belong to water, so Xuanwu is also the god of the north and the god of water. In this sense, the turtle's five elements belong to water.

Some people say that the five elements of tortoises belong to fire, and raising tortoises is equivalent to raising fire, that is, replenishing fire.

So, some people say that turtles are fire, so what’s going on?

We know that a turtle has a hard shell wrapped in a soft body, which is very similar to the Li hexagram in the Bagua. The Li hexagram (☲) has yang lines up and down, and a yin line in the middle, which is also the outer part. Symptoms of being strong on the inside and weak on the inside, hard on the outside and soft on the inside, strong on the outside and dry on the inside.

The Li hexagram governs the south, and the five elements belong to fire, so some people say that the turtle's five elements belong to fire.

Third, the determination of the main five-element attributes of the turtle: First, the reason why the turtle is called a turtle is because of its black color. As we all know, the five-element attribute of black is water, so in this sense, , the turtle's five elements belong to water; secondly, in Feng Shui, you may have heard, "left green dragon, right white tiger, front vermilion bird, back Xuanwu", among which Xuanwu is what we call the turtle, and Xuanwu dominates the north, The five elements belong to water, so in this sense, the five elements of turtles also belong to water; thirdly, turtles are creatures in the water, and in our home Feng Shui, raising turtles often plays the same role as raising goldfish through water levels. The role of regulating wealth in a prosperous home, therefore, in this sense, the five elements attribute of the turtle is still water. All in all, based on the above analysis, it is not difficult to see that in Feng Shui numerology, the main five elements of the turtle, or the five elements in general, are water. When we use the turtle as a home Feng Shui adjustment, we usually let it play the role of water.

Part 4. Changes of the Five Elements of the Tortoise under different conditions . Ark Zhouyi believes that under certain conditions, the five elements of the turtle can also be gold, earth, fire, or wood. For example, just from the perspective of the hard shell of the turtle and the round shape of the turtle when viewed from a bird's eye view, its five-element attribute is gold, because solid belongs to gold and round belongs to gold; for another example, in the image of Bagua, there is " "Qian three connections, Kun six breaks, Li Zhongxu, Kanzhong full, Zhen Yang Yu, Gen covers the bowl, Dui is missing, Xun is broken below", the specific images are "Qian ☰ Dui ☱ Li ☲ Zhen ☳ Xun ☴" "Kan ☵ Gen ☶ Kun ☷", among which, what is particularly pointed out here is the virtual image of Li, that is, ☲. Since the turtle is hard on the outside and soft on the inside, it is like the image of the "Li" hexagram, and the Li hexagram governs the south and the five elements belong to fire, so some people say The turtle's five elements belong to fire, which is the symbol of strong external force and strong internal energy.