Uncover Your Five Element Personality Archetype - by Wenlin Tan

COURSE

Uncover Your Five Element Personality Archetype

With Wenlin Tan

In Chinese medicine, the Five Elements embody distinct archetypal energies pervasive throughout nature, orchestrating the seasonal transitions and annual transformations, while also shaping our intrinsic essence. These elements encompass Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth. Furthermore, each of the Five Elements perpetually transitions and morphs into one another. In essence, none can thrive independently; they intricately depend on each other to sustain the circle of life. Similarly, each Five Element personality archetype plays a crucial role in fostering flourishing communities and societies. Understanding your archetype empowers you to grasp your strengths and those of others more profoundly. Each personality archetype within the Five Elements embodies both positive and negative attributes. Recognizing the positive traits enables you to embrace your inherent gifts and balance your weaknesses.


Meet your Teacher

Wenlin is a creativity, well-being & productivity coach who is passionate about empowering changemakers & creatives like you to overcome overwhelm, procrastination & perfectionism to thrive & flourish in your career & personal life. With over 15 years of experience supporting clients across Asia, Europe & the USA, her unique approach blends science-backed approaches like behavioral health coaching & holistic modalities like the Five Elements & the Creative Cycle framework to empower clients to release overthinking and perfectionism to step into their full creative power.

read more

7 Days

399 students

5.0 stars

17 min / day

Confidence

English


Lesson 1

Discover Your Dominant Element(s)

Explore detailed descriptions of the stereotype for each of the five elements, to identify the top 1-2 elements that are predominant within you. Knowing the positive qualities of each personality archetype helps you realize your own gifts. Understanding the challenging qualities of your personality archetype enables you to work with those energies in a skillful way so they don’t get the best of you.

read more

Lesson 2

Five Element Archetype Quiz

Today we will explore a series of questions to help you identify your top 1-2 dominant five-element archetype types. For today’s session, it will be helpful to prepare some writing materials such as a pen and some paper or a journal.

read more

Lesson 3

Five Element Meditation For Abundance, Power & Healing

Take a journey through the Five Elements and Five Archetypes and infuse your mind, body and spirit with the strength, abundance and creativity of the Five Elements.

Lesson 4

Self-Care & Balancing Emotions For Your Type

Today we will explore specific self-care tips and how to balance emotions for each of the Five Element Personality Archetypes through an education session.

Lesson 5

Five Element Emotion-Balancing Meditation

Explore a guided meditation for emotional alchemy to balance all Five Elements. You'll be guided through rich, visual imagery of all the five related organs and cultivate emotional and mental balance from deep within.

read more

Lesson 6

Discover Your Guardian Animals & Healing Colours

For each of the Five Elements, they are connected with guardian animals and auspicious colors, deeply rooted in Chinese and Taoist cosmology. Today, we will dive deeper to explore your Guardian animals and healing colours based on your archetype.

read more

Lesson 7

Morning Meditation For Protection & Healing | Five Element Guardian Animals

Heal and expand your consciousness in this ancient Qi Gong visualization that takes you through the Five Elements and the Five guardian animals. You can do this at the start of your day to energize and revitalize or at the end your day to cleanse and clear your energy body. This practice can be done standing, seated, or lying down, depending on what feels best for you.

read more


Ask your teacher

This course includes 12 community questions and 6 audio replies from Wenlin Tan. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

12

5.0 (6)

Recent Reviews

Mark

April 1, 2025

Thank you for another wonderful course exploring qigong and traditional Chinese medicine. It was informative and inspiring to learn about our elemental characteristics and related spirit animals.

Marina

March 29, 2025

Wonderful course. The meditation at the end of it during the last lesson is truly immense and powerful. Thank you, Wenlin!

ilinca

March 6, 2025

Wonderful course! Full of interesting information, and also splendid meditations! Thank you, Wenlin ❤️

Anne

March 24, 2024

Very empowering course. The lessons about the 5 elements where very insightful and the meditations were empowering and healing.

More from Wenlin Tan

Trusted by 35 million people. It's free.

Insight Timer

Get the app