Misurain ( turtle ) : water Water is the source of life on this planet. Water has the capacity to flow, infinitely yielding yet infinitely powerful, silent and still, awaiting, flexible, ever changing, a stored potential and often dangerous (flood’s devastation) with the capacity also to nourish and cleanse. Likewise it is the fluid (the main component of the body) which nourishes and maintains the health of every cell. Water corresponds to the skeletal and excretory system as well as to the vital fluids, i.e. blood, lymph, mucus, semen and fat and is related to the lung. The kidney is especially linked to this element. Represented by the color black/ blue and a wave like shape, Water’s motion is downward, fluid, secretive, intuitive, compassionate, sensitive, gentle and creative. Water is the ultimate yin; quiet, cold; representing the resting time of winter. In human psychology the element governs the balance between fear or being exploited and the desire to dominate. Water represents the direction North, the planet is Mercury, and is symbolized by the Black Tortoise. Water ‘governs’ the Chinese Zodiac signs Pig, Rat and Ox.