The season associated with the wood element is the spring. The spring is a time of rebirth or regeneration. It is a time when the reserves protected during the winter are utilized and activated. The growth of the spring gives us hope and directs us towards the future. As such it provides us with a vision and a purpose; it directs us upwards and onwards to grow in the direction of our goals. There is an active, forceful quality to the spring energy. This forcefulness and strength is not hard or rigid, however, it is flexible to accommodate the uncertainty of life. The climate of the spring is windy -- it can bring about rapid and powerful changes.