Metal
Metal (金, jīn) is one of the five phases, the season autumn, in the west. It corresponds to the lung, grief and the pungent taste.
Tradition · ChineseWu Xing Phase
A note on this entry
Metal is the phase of contraction, refinement and letting go; its emotion is grief, which is why autumn work in the Chinese system is often grief work.
Correspondences
Sacred timing
- Season
- Autumn
Practice
- Magical Uses
- Letting goGrief workCuttingClarityRefinementProtectionHarvest
Nature and meaning
- Chinese
- 金
- Pinyin
- Jīn
Details
- Color Chinese
- 白
- Organ
- Lung
- Organ Yang
- Large intestine
- Emotion
- Grief
- Taste
- Pungent
- Planet Chinese
- 金星
- Generates
- Water
- Generated by
- Earth
- Controls
- Wood
- Controlled by
- Fire
- Climate
- Dryness
- Keywords
- ContractionRefinementRighteousnessGriefIntuitionSkinNoseWeepingHarvestLetting go
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- The Creative Phase
- Conflict Phase
- Treading Phase
- Standstill Phase
- Fellowship Phase
- Following Phase
- Innocence Phase
- Great Excess Phase
- Influence Phase
- Retreat Phase
- Breakthrough Phase
- Coming to Meet Phase
- Gathering Together Phase
- Oppression Phase
- Revolution Phase
- The Joyous Phase
More in Wu Xing
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Earth Earth (土, tǔ) is one of the five phases, the season late summer, in the center. It corresponds to the spleen, worry and the sweet taste.
- Water Water (水, shuǐ) is one of the five phases, the season winter, in the north. It corresponds to the kidney, fear and the salty taste.
- Fire Fire (火, huǒ) is one of the five phases, the season summer, in the south. It corresponds to the heart, joy and the bitter taste.
- Wood Wood (木, mù) is one of the five phases, the season spring, in the east. It corresponds to the liver, anger and the sour taste.
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