Metal Element 

Self Element

The Heavenly Stem of the Day pillar is the element that represents you. If the heavenly stem of your day pillar is of Metal (regardless of Yang Metal or Yin Metal), then you are consider a Metal person.

For example:

	Hour	Day	Month	Year
Heavenly Stem	X	Yang Metal Geng	X	X
Earthly Branch	X	X	X	X

or

	Hour	Day	Month	Year
Heavenly Stem	X	Yin Metal Xin	X	X
Earthly Branch	X	X	X	X

A Metal person is righteous yet rigid.

Below is a list of items associated with Metal. If Metal is favourable to you (whether Metal is your day element or not), you can try to apply or introduce them to your daily life:

Representing Directions
Metal is associated with the directions West and Northwest.

Representing Numbers
6 and 7 are associated with Metal. When combined, 4 and 9 represents a Metal Combination (although 4 is a Wood number and 9 is a Fire number).

Representing Years
Years ending with the number 0 and 1, for example 1991, 2001, 2021 etc.

Representing Animals (Chinese Horoscope)
Monkey and Rooster.

Representing Colours
Metal colours include White and Gold.

Representing Characteristic
Among the five elements, Metal is associated with Righteousness.

Representing Industry/Careers
Engineering, Machinery, Computer, Banking, Jewelery, Skin Care, Dentist etc.

Representing Season
Metal is associated with Autumn. In Autumn, Metal is strong.

Representing Trigram
In the Later Heaven Trigram, Qian () and Dui () are associated with Metal.

Representing Body Parts/Organs
Lungs, Respiratory Organs, Large Intestines, Skin, Teeth etc.