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### **1. Gold element: Golden Toad for Attracting Wealth**
- **Symbolic meaning**: Golden Toad is the representative of "gold" in the Five Elements, implying the gathering of wealth and treasure. Legend has it that the Golden Toad is a three-legged spirit beast that can spit out money, especially suitable for businessmen or those seeking wealth. There are two types of Golden Toads: one with money and one without money. The one with money needs to be placed with its mouth facing inward to avoid "giving away wealth"; the one without money faces outward to absorb wealth.
- **Five Elements Association**: Gold belongs to gold, corresponding to wealth and career, and is often used to reconcile wealth energy.

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### **2. Wood element: Bamboo joint or gourd**
- **Bamboo joint**: It symbolizes "step by step" and perseverance, and fits the meaning of growth and prosperity of the wood attribute, suitable for those seeking education or career promotion.
- **Gourd**: It is homophonic to "Fu Lu", belongs to wood, and has a big belly to receive blessings, implying both good fortune and prosperity, and a prosperous family, and can also dispel evil spirits.
- **Five Elements Association**: Wood represents growth, representing vitality for health and career development.

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### **3. Water Element: Spirit Turtle or Fish-Shaped Tea Pet**
- **Spirit Turtle**: The turtle belongs to water, symbolizing longevity and wisdom, implying "reunion" and steady accumulation of wealth. Its shell texture matches the ripples in Feng Shui, which can adjust the water energy of the tea table.
- **Fish Shape**: Like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, it symbolizes the courage and opportunity to go upstream, and the water element helps the flow of wealth and interpersonal relationships.
- **Five Elements Association**: Water represents flow, corresponding to the flexibility of wisdom and wealth.

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### **4. Fire Element: Kirin or Pixiu**
- **Kirin**: A mythical beast belonging to fire, symbolizing auspiciousness and light, it can drive away evil spirits and help the career take off. Its majestic image can balance the aura of the tea table.
- **Pixiu**: Legend has it that it is the ninth son of the dragon, belonging to the fire element. Its characteristic of "only in and not out" symbolizes the accumulation of wealth and the preservation of business. It is suitable for entrepreneurs or those who need to stabilize their financial resources.
- **Five Elements Association**: Fire represents passion and action, and stimulates career fortune.

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### **5. Earth Element: Elephant or Cabbage**
- **Elephant**: The trunk of the elephant is good at absorbing water (water is wealth), symbolizing stable wealth and good luck, belonging to the earth element, implying a solid foundation and a peaceful home.
- **Cabbage**: Homophonic to "hundreds of wealth", belonging to the earth element, the layers of leaves wrapped symbolize a wide source of wealth, and also represent a clean and noble character.
- **Five Elements Association**: Earth represents stability, corresponding to the foundation of family harmony and wealth accumulation.

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### **Suit Matching and Usage Suggestions**
1. **Material Selection**: Five Elements Tea Pets are mostly made of purple sand or ceramic materials. Purple sand belongs to earth and can strengthen the balance of the five elements; ceramic glaze colors can correspond to different elements (such as celadon belongs to wood, red glaze belongs to fire).
2. **Tea Soup Maintenance**:
- Tea pets with gold and fire attributes should be nourished with dark tea soups such as black tea and cooked Pu'er;
- Wood, water, and earth attributes can choose green tea and white tea to keep the color clear.
3. **Placement Direction**:
- The golden toad (gold) is placed in the northwest of the tea table (Qian position, main career);
- The turtle (water) is placed in the north (Kan position, main wisdom);
- The unicorn (fire) is placed in the south (Li position, main reputation);
- The gourd (wood) or bamboo joint is placed in the east (Zhen position, main health);
- The elephant (earth) is placed in the center or southwest (Kun position, main family).

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### **Cultural connotation and collection value**
The Five Elements Harmony Set deeply integrates the tea ceremony with Feng Shui philosophy, which not only meets the functionality (such as the fun of tea pets changing color and spitting water), but also gives the tea ceremony spiritual meaning. Some handmade purple clay five-element tea pets have high collection value due to their complex craftsmanship, especially works by famous artists or limited editions.

If you need more specific set styles or maintenance details, you can refer to the tea set brand catalog or Feng Shui classics and choose according to your personal numerology preferences.