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