1920, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1920 together with 1921, and returns after ten years.
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1921, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1921 together with 1920, and returns after ten years.
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1930, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1930 together with 1931, and returns after ten years.
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1931, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1931 together with 1930, and returns after ten years.
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1940, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1940 together with 1941, and returns after ten years.
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1941, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1941 together with 1940, and returns after ten years.
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1950, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1950 together with 1951, and returns after ten years.
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1951, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1951 together with 1950, and returns after ten years.
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1960, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1960 together with 1961, and returns after ten years.
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1961, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1961 together with 1960, and returns after ten years.
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1970, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1970 together with 1971, and returns after ten years.
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1971, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1971 together with 1970, and returns after ten years.
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1980, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1980 together with 1981, and returns after ten years.
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1981, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1981 together with 1980, and returns after ten years.
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1990, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1990 together with 1991, and returns after ten years.
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1991, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 1991 together with 1990, and returns after ten years.
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2000, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 2000 together with 2001, and returns after ten years.
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2001, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 2001 together with 2000, and returns after ten years.
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2010, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 2010 together with 2011, and returns after ten years.
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2011, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Xin, which is yin metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 2011 together with 2010, and returns after ten years.
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2020, Years The phase of this year, read from its heavenly stem Geng, which is yang metal. Each of the five phases holds two consecutive stems, one yang and one yin, so Metal covers 2020 together with 2021, and returns after ten years.
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Source Mirror of Auras: Chen Tuan on PhysiognomyLivia Kohn
Qi Sha carries the fixed element Yin Metal in Zi Wei Dou Shu star lore, with a secondary Fire attribute named in some lineages.
Source The Living Earth Manual of Feng-Shui: Chinese GeomancyStephen Skinner
Source The Living Earth Manual of Feng-Shui: Chinese GeomancyStephen Skinner
Metal, the phase of the west and of autumn, and through metal of weapons and punishment.
Wu Qu carries the fixed element Yin Metal in Zi Wei Dou Shu star lore.