Compatibility of 庚 with 丙: Yang Metal and Yang Fire

Leave a steel bar in the desert sun and it gets hot to the touch. For the sword, the sun is Seven Killings, the star of pressure and challenge. For the sun, the sword is Indirect Wealth, a field of chances. The sun tends to push the sword to act and grow. The sword often brings the sun projects, plans and adventure.

The heat can get too much. The sword may feel judged or rushed. The sun may feel the sword is cold or stubborn. Cool-down time after arguments helps a lot. So does praise. A little warmth said aloud goes a long way here.

An energetic, demanding match that softens with praise and time to cool down.

Leave a steel blade in the July sun and it gets too hot to hold. That's the heat between these siblings. To the sword sibling, the sun is Seven Killings, the star of strong pressure. The sun sibling often challenges and drives the sword to do more. To the sun, the sword is Indirect Wealth, a source of chances and practical help. In plain words: one pushes, the other gets things done.

Too much heat and the sword feels bossed around. The sword sibling may resist, or quietly keep score. The sun may not see how heavy their push feels. It helps to take turns leading. A few cool breaks, like time apart, keep tempers down. Under fair pressure, the sword sibling tends to shine at their best.

One drives and the other delivers; taking turns to lead keeps the heat useful.

Iron left out in the midday sun gets too hot to touch. The sun doesn't mean harm; it just shines. Here the child is the sun and the mother is the iron. For her, the child is Seven Killings, the star of pressure and challenge. This child tends to test her patience and her strength. She often grows tougher and wiser for it. For the child, she is Indirect Wealth, a generous, open-handed source.

The heat can build up. The child may be loud, bright and demanding, and she may feel worn thin. She can also snap back with a hard edge. What helps is shade: short breaks, quiet time, a cooler moment before answering. Clear house rules help too. The child tends to respect a mother who stays calm and doesn't melt.

A demanding bond where the child tests the mother; calm and a few firm rules keep it warm, not scorching.

A metal roof in August gets so hot you can't touch it. The sun doesn't melt it, but it keeps it under constant heat. This daughter tends to keep her father under that kind of warm pressure. To him, she is his Seven Killings, the star of challenge and drive. She tests him, and he often grows tougher and more honest for it.

To her, he is her Indirect Wealth, the star of generosity and opportunity. She often draws freely on his help, his contacts and his time. The friction is heat on both sides: tempers can rise quickly. It helps when they cool off before talking. And it helps when she remembers he is giving, not owing.

She tends to challenge her father and keep him on his toes; cooling off before talking helps.

Leave a steel tool out under the summer sun and soon it's too hot to hold. That's the heat this daughter-in-law brings. She is bright, open fire; her mother-in-law is solid metal. To the older woman, she is Seven Killings, the star of pressure and challenge. She tends to test her mother-in-law's patience, but also wakes her up. To the daughter-in-law, the older woman is Indirect Wealth, a generous source of help.

Two strong personalities now share one family. The younger woman may push for change faster than the older one can take. The mother-in-law might dig in her heels just to prove a point. It helps to cool things before they boil over: a walk, a pause, a later talk. When they do pull together, they usually get a lot done.

Lively and testing; a pause before speaking turns the heat into teamwork.