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A room of Metal · 金
One of the five phases behind your Primal Zodiac Animal
BaZi
In BaZi (八字, the Four Pillars), your day master is the element that stands for you. A Metal day master is read through the season it was born into and the phases around it that source, drain, forge, or feed it.
Metal is strong in autumn, the months of 申酉戌 (shēn yǒu xū), when the season is already Metal, and weak in summer, when Fire melts it. A strong Metal wants draining or forging; a weak Metal wants feeding and sheltering.
Two phases move Metal by the generating cycle. Earth is the mother that forms and sources it, 土生金 (tǔ shēng jīn), so a weak Metal is fed by Earth. Water is the child it pours into, 金生水 (jīn shēng shuǐ), which draws an overfull Metal down.
Two more phases meet Metal by the controlling cycle. Fire is the flame that refines and tempers it, 火克金 (huǒ kè jīn), checking a raw Metal. Wood is what Metal cuts, 金克木 (jīn kè mù), and in the wealth reading it is the wealth a Metal chart works.
Beyond strength, a chart is read for warmth and cold, 调候 (tiáo hòu). Tradition splits the two metals: 庚金 wants Fire to forge it and Water to sharpen it, while 辛金 wants Water to wash it to a gleam and fears heavy Fire. Climate can decide a chart more than raw balance does.
Where Metal sits
The five phases are one lens on your Zodi Animal, the creature you get when your Western Sun sign crosses your Chinese zodiac year.