Wood controls Earth: the Five Elements relation
Wood controls Earth
In the Five Elements (Wu Xing) cycle, Wood controls Earth. This is one of the fixed generative and controlling relationships that structure a BaZi chart.
What the relation describes
The controlling cycle (Wood parts Earth, Earth dams Water, Water douses Fire, Fire melts Metal, Metal chops Wood) describes discipline and structure between elements. Readers look for where a chart is shaped or restrained.
How to see it in your chart
Generate a chart on MingLens and look at the element map: where Wood and Earth appear tells you where this particular relationship is active.
Boundary
Element relations describe chart structure, not guaranteed life outcomes.