Metal (wuxing)
FOURTH OF THE FIVE ELEMENTS OF THE WUXING CYCLE IN CHINESE ASTROLOGY
Metal (taoism); Metal (element); Metal (classical element); Metal (Wu Xing)
In Chinese philosophy, metal or gold (), the fourth phase of Wu Xing, is the decline of the matter, or the matter's decline stage. In Traditional Chinese Medicine Metal is yin in character, its motion is inwards and its energy is contracting.