How to understand the periodic table of elements?

I'm not really sure what this question is asking, so I'll start from the beginning. The periodic table is arranged into rows (called periods) and columns (called groups). All members of a group have similar properties.

Read from left to right starting at the top (with Hydrogen-H), the elements get more massive. Hope this helps!

The elements are arranged to help understand where they stand in terms of mass starting with the smallest upper left and heaviest lower right and the more exotic ones underneath at the bottom but in order or weight. The columns will show elements that have some similar characteristics and tell you something about how many electrons are in the outer shell... which will tell you how active they may be expected to be. The ones on the extreme left are extremely active while the ones on the extreme right are inert.

Colours will indicate non-metals, metals, metalloids, rare earths etc. The more familiar you become with it the more useful it becomes.

One must review each element and study periodically. Or you can simply, scry each elements symbol, letter, number and chemical composition until you reach an ethereal understanding while working with the groupings and meditating on the commonalities and how these interact with each other.

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