Metal is not a personality type but a checkable distribution: its exact place among the ten stems, twelve branches, hidden stems and the combination tables, all computed.
| Stems | 庚 Yang Metal (yang)、辛 Yin Metal (yin) |
|---|---|
| Main-qi branches | 申 Monkey、酉 Rooster (2) |
| Hidden in | 5 of 12 branches contain Metal in their hidden stems |
| Trine | 巳 Snake酉 Rooster丑 Ox (Metal trine) |
| Seasonal meeting | 申 Monkey酉 Rooster戌 Dog (West) |
| Growth starts | 庚 Yang Metal starts at 巳 Snake; 辛 Yin Metal starts at 子 Rat |
The direction of each relation comes from the engine ten-gods function; this page does not retype a second cycle table.
Two of the ten stems are Metal, one yang and one yin. Each has one five-harmony pairing; the resulting element comes from the engine table and is never Metal itself.
| Pairing | Combines into |
|---|---|
| 庚 Yang Metal + 乙 Yin Wood | combines into 金 Metal |
| 辛 Yin Metal + 丙 Yang Fire | combines into 水 Water |
The Si-You-Chou trine forms the Metal frame, and its first branch is exactly the growth start of 庚 (cross-checked against the engine stage table). The West meeting Shen-You-Xu runs by direction: its first two branches carry Metal as main qi, and the closing branch 戌 is the tomb of the 火 trine.
Most "element personality" pages online print the same templated traits. This page only prints numbers you can check against the engine: which stems, which branches, how often hidden, and how the cycle runs. Trait tables are not facts, so this site does not make them.
Every enumerable component of ba zi has its own page here. Each page is computed by the same engine and can be checked item by item — none of it is a personality table.