FIND YOUR ELEMENT

ACCORDING to Chinese Five Element Theory, each of us has a dominant element that can determine our health, wellbeing, character traits, and even the life path that would be most suited to our temperament and constitution. Find yours by working out which description resonates the most with you . . . WOOD: Loves to plan and strategise, has good metabolism, may overwork and be prone to outbursts and, healthwise, vulnerable to liver/digestive issues. FIRE: Energetic, charismatic, expansive, joyful, may be prone to heart issues, high blood pressure, anxiety and insomnia. EARTH: Solid, loyal, steadfast, peacemaker, prone to overgiving, prone to weight gain, fatigue, stagnation.

METAL: Courageous, strong, self-disciplined, grateful, melancholic, may have trouble letting go and may suffer lung imbalances such as bronchitis. WATER: Self-contained with a thirst for knowledge, gentle, can be reclusive and fearful and suffer from dry skin, thinning hair, UTIs and memory loss.