Ah! awesome. I understood this stuff _very briefly_ as a
   teenager (just learning my signs and such) - but didn't REALLY
   start to grasp it 'til I was playing Pokemon with my nephew and
   also his involvement with the Avatar:the last airbender series.
   It was at that point I had to get over resisting elementals
   knowledge that I was avoiding for a long time. I don't know why
   I was avoiding it but I was. Anyway, because the interactions of
   the elementals in children's fiction is *based upon* actual
   Chinese elementals moreso than English Medieval elementals, I
   suspect what they showed him in his game and shows is likely
   accurate enough to the gist of Chinese astrology. Anyway, cool
   smile emoticon I learned something today. [I wasn't making a
   comparison btw - just showing the tremendous influence
   elementals knowledge has had upon culture in surprising ways]