Metal Horse
Gēng Wǔ, yang
- Stem
- 庚 metal, yang
- Branch
- 午 horse
- 納音
- 路旁土 Earth by the Roadside
- Years
- 1930, 1990, 2050
Each listed year runs from its boundary to the next one, and it depends on the convention. Early dates in the calendar year can belong to the year before.
About this year
Yang metal 庚 rides on the fire of 午, the Horse, and fire melts metal. So the Metal Horse is a year where the branch overcomes the stem. 1930 and 1990 are the type.
Earth by the Roadside is the 納音, a third element set against the metal and fire of the year. Sanming Tonghui says energy is taking on form and that things become visible along the road, with shape one can actually check. It is a label of the slot, and the stem keeps its metal.
Where this text comes from
The 納音 name follows the Wikisource text of 三命通會, volume 1, the only witness we found for the full set of names. The polarity of the stems and branches and the generating and overcoming cycles follow 五行大義 volume 2.
- 三命通會 卷一 (Wikisource 三命通會/卷一, SIMPLIFIED script as stored on Wikisource)
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- 五行大義 卷二 (Wikisource 五行大義/2, traditional script)
Retrieved 2026-11-09
The English here is our own plain wording, not a translation of a single source.