Geng Metal Day Master (庚金)

Geng is yang Metal: raw ore, the axe and the sword. Strong and decisive, it becomes useful once it has been tempered.

Personality

Geng people are direct, brave and action-oriented. They like clear rules, fair outcomes and getting things done.

Strengths

• Decisiveness and courage
• Loyalty and a strong sense of justice
• Gets sharper under pressure

Things to watch

• Can be blunt or confrontational
• Impatient with indecision
• Untempered strength can turn into harshness — challenge refines Geng

What helps a Geng Metal chart

Geng in summer needs water and moist earth; in winter it needs fire to be forged into something useful.

Classical imagery

庚金带煞，刚健为最。得水而清，得火而锐。

“Geng Metal carries a fierce edge; it is the hardest of all. With water it becomes clear; with fire it becomes sharp.” Read: expression and challenge both refine it. — Di Tian Sui (滴天髓), “On the Heavenly Stems”; translation and gloss are our own.

A Day Master is only the starting point: two people with the same Day Master can read very differently depending on their birth month and the other seven characters in the chart.