Heavenly Stem / Day Master
Geng Metal 庚
Geng Metal is raw ore becoming a useful tool. It is direct, structural, and refined through heat, pressure, and disciplined work rather than ornament.
- Chinese庚 / Gēng
- PolarityYang
- ElementMetal
- Core imageMetal forged into a useful tool
About Geng Metal
Geng 庚 is the seventh Heavenly Stem and the Yang expression of Metal. Its image is ore, steel, a blade, or a tool shaped through fire and force.
Balanced Geng can be decisive, resilient, candid, and effective under pressure. Strength without a useful task can become confrontation or rigidity.
Fire and Wood may shape strong Metal, while Water may cleanse or release it in other structures. Season and strength decide the process.
Resolve
Geng concentrates force around a necessary decision.
Utility
Raw strength becomes valuable when shaped for a purpose.
Pressure
Challenge can forge skill when intensity is guided.
Restraint
Decisive action improves when it leaves room for timing.
How to interpret Geng Metal in context
Begin with whether Geng is strong enough to be forged and what the finished tool is meant to do. Autumn may strengthen Metal, summer Fire may shape it, winter Water may cleanse it, and spring Wood may provide a practical task.
Season
The Month Branch sets climate and baseline strength. The same stem behaves differently in spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Roots
Branches and hidden stems show whether the Day Master has support, continuity, and a place to anchor its function.
Relationships
Other elements become Resource, Output, Wealth, Authority, or Companion roles relative to this Day Master.
Timing
Horoscope Cycles, traditionally called Luck Pillars or Da Yun, and annual cycles activate the natal structure.
Geng Metal FAQ
01What does Geng Metal represent in BaZi?
02Does Geng Metal always mean toughness?
03Why are Fire and Wood important for Geng Metal?
04What can a Geng Metal reading clarify?
Build the foundation
Find your Day Master
Plot your Four Pillars and identify the Heavenly Stem in the Day column. BaZi basicsWhat is BaZi?
Learn how the four pillars, stems, branches, and Five Elements work together. Core systemThe Five Elements
Understand Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water as relationships rather than labels.See how Geng Metal works in your full chart.
A Day Master is the starting point. A complete reading examines season, roots, Ten Gods, combinations, and current timing around the questions that matter to you.
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We read season, roots, Ten Gods, combinations, and timing before drawing practical conclusions.
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The Day Master is the Heavenly Stem in your Day Pillar. Use it as the reference point, then read the rest of the chart in relation to it.
Geng Metal across six pillar pairs
The same Heavenly Stem combines with six Earthly Branches in the sixty-pillar cycle. Each pairing changes the environment beneath Geng Metal, so the stem should never be interpreted in isolation.
庚午 / Metal meeting strong Fire
Transformation through pressure; best when intensity produces skill rather than conflict.
庚辰 / Metal over complex Earth
Strategic and durable; benefits from extracting one clear priority from complexity.
庚寅 / Metal meeting active Wood
Action-oriented and demanding; purpose gives strength a constructive direction.
庚子 / Metal producing Water
Sharp intelligence and movement; discipline helps ideas become results.
庚戌 / Metal stored in dry Earth
Principled and enduring; must keep standards responsive to changing conditions.
庚申 / Metal rooted in Metal
Strong resolve and self-reliance; collaboration prevents strength from hardening into isolation.