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Chinese Zodiac Elements: What are the personality traits for the Metal sign in astrology?

Metal Element - Chinese Zodiac

CHINESE astrology asserts that personality and luck are determined by both your zodiac sign and your 12-year cycle element.

Here's all you need to know about the Metal sign.

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The Metal sign is determined and strong
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The Metal sign is determined and strong

What are the Metal sign's associations?

According to Chinese culture, the Metal sign's lucky properties are as follows:

Seasons: Autumn
Colors: White, Golden, Silver
Numbers: Numbers with 4 or 9
Directions: West
Organs (Yin): Lungs
Organs (Yang): Large Intestine
Tastes: Spicy
Birth Year Ends with: 0, 1

Compatibility between the zodiac elements

There are five elements in the Chinese Zodiac: Water, Metal, Wood, Fire, and Earth
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There are five elements in the Chinese Zodiac: Water, Metal, Wood, Fire, and Earth

What are the personality traits of the Metal sign?

A person born with the Metal element has a strong presence in life and will pursue their goals with a single-minded purpose.

Metal signs are ambitious and are said to have "inner strength of steel" and an unwavering confidence. Nothing will stop them once they set their sights on something.

The five elements in Chinese Astrology
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The five elements in Chinese Astrology

Metal people can overcome most obstacles and meet challenges head-on, although sometimes they can be ruthless in their methods to get there.

With this said, Metal signs are also extremely stubborn and inflexible. They are likely to get into arguments. They are demanding, unforgiving and won't accept defeat.

What different kinds of Metal sign are there?

The Metal sign can apply to all twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac.

Everybody belongs to one of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs and a 12-year cycle according to the year in which they were born.

There are twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac
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There are twelve animals in the Chinese ZodiacCredit: The Sun

The animal cycle includes the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Goat, the Monkey, the Rooster, the Dog and the Pig.

Metal is predominantly the Monkey's and Rooster's element.

What other elements is the Metal sign compatible with?

Element interactions are like life cycles, according to .

Each element sign has their own set of strengths and weaknesses
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Each element sign has their own set of strengths and weaknessesCredit: The Sun

The five generating interactions are "fueling, forming, containing, carrying, and feeding."

  • Wood fuels fire.
  • Fire forms earth (volcanoes, ash, etc.).
  • Earth contains metal.
  • Metal carries water (buckets, pipes, etc.).
  • Water feeds wood (trees, plants, etc.)

Therefore, Earth and Water are most compatible with Metal.

The Water element attracts wealth and money, so whenever Water and Metal come together they create a great partnership.

Earth and Water bode well with Metal
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Earth and Water bode well with Metal

Metal is created by the element Earth, so Metal is dependent on Earth for grounding. A metal man will treat his mate as a true partner and value her opinions. Earth provides Metal with security.

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Fire and Metal will clash, as Fire will assume a dominating presence over Metal. Metal is too stubborn to be controlled and manipulated, so the two won't see eye to eye.

While Wood can be carved by Metal, it can easily be destroyed by it too. Metal is typically critical of Wood, which breeds resentment.

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