Compatibility of 庚 with 戊: Yang Metal and Yang Earth

Deep inside a mountain, ore lies safe and hidden. For the sword, the mountain is Indirect Resource, quiet and unusual protection. For the mountain, the sword is the Eating God, the star of ease and enjoyment. The mountain tends to shelter the sword. The sword often brings the mountain lightness and fun.

Traditionally, too much earth can bury metal. The mountain's shelter can feel heavy. The sword may feel unseen or held back. It helps when the mountain lets the sword go out into the world. Cheer from the side, rather than hold close.

Safe shelter and easy pleasure; give the sword room to step out of the mountain's shadow.

Slow stroke after slow stroke, a blade gets sharp on a whetstone. The mountain sibling is often that stone for the sword sibling. To the sword, the mountain is the Indirect Resource, steady and unusual support behind the scenes. To the mountain, the sword is the Eating God, the star of enjoyment and easy company. They tend to enjoy plain things together: food, jokes, old stories.

A stone can also grind too hard. The mountain sibling may lecture, or hold on to old ways of doing things. The sword may feel weighed down and go cold. It helps when the mountain offers support without conditions. The sword can show what that support made possible. Then the edge stays sharp and the stone feels needed.

Steady backing and easy company; support without conditions keeps both happy.

Inside a mountain, veins of metal wait in the dark. The mountain holds them and keeps them safe. Here the child is the mountain and the mother is the metal. For her, the child is Indirect Resource, the star of unusual, quiet support. This child tends to steady her in ways she may not expect. For the child, she is the Eating God, the star of ease and enjoyment. They tend to relax and have fun around her.

Mountains are heavy, though. The child may be slow to open up, or very set in their ways. She may feel she can't quite reach them. The child may also carry her worries without being asked. What helps is light-hearted time together, like a walk or a shared meal. She can let them be the child, not her rock.

A steadying bond where the child supports the mother; it stays light when shared fun comes before shared worries.

Deep inside a mountain, veins of metal lie safe for centuries. The mountain doesn't fuss over them. It just holds them. This daughter tends to be that kind of shelter for her father. To him, she is his Indirect Resource, the star of quiet backing and unusual insight. She may understand him in ways others don't.

To her, he is her Eating God, the star of ease, pleasure and gentle giving. Looking after him often comes naturally to her. The friction is that heavy support can bury what it protects. He may lean too much, or she may hover. It helps when he takes his own steps, and she lets him.

She tends to be her father's quiet shelter; a little space keeps that support healthy.

Mountains hold iron deep inside their rock, keeping it safe for years. This daughter-in-law is the mountain, and the mother-in-law is the metal she shelters. To the older woman, she is the Indirect Resource, the star of quiet, unusual support. She may help in ways that aren't obvious at first. To the daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law is the Eating God, the star of enjoyment and ease. Often she simply likes the older woman's company.

A mountain can also bury what it protects. The daughter-in-law may be so solid and serious that the older woman feels managed. Or she may hold her own feelings in for too long. Sharing light moments, not just duties, makes a real difference. A trip, a laugh or a meal out tends to bring the metal back to the surface.

Solid, quiet support from the younger woman; shared fun keeps it from feeling heavy.