After crossing the moatlike outer circles, you approach the four-walled palace where the deities live, each gate with a particular colour, direction, element, and emotion. You enter each of the four gates, beginning with the blue gate at the bottom, and move in a clockwise direction. The bottom blue gate in the east, the direction of beginnings, represents water and universal love; on the left the yellow gate in the south represents earth and compassion; on the top the red gate (shown) in the west represents fire and unconditional love; on the right the green gate in the north represents air and empathy.