Metal Rat

庚子

Gyeong-ja · Yang Metal · Rat

Ice-cold logic, surprisingly warm heart.

In Korean saju (사주, the "four pillars" of your birth), your day pillar is the part that describes you most directly. Metal Rat is the day pillar 庚子 (Gyeong-ja), one of 60. It pairs Yang Metal, raw iron, strong and blunt, with the Rat: midwinter. Quick and clever.

What a Metal Rat is like

Clear thinkerYou cut through confusion and explain the problem in one sentence.

Sharp tongueYour comebacks are fast, accurate, and occasionally too honest.

Clean and simpleYou prefer minimal rooms, short meetings, and direct answers.

You probably…

win arguments with calm, annoying logic
unsubscribe from every newsletter in one afternoon
keep your phone home screen to one page

In love and friendship

You show love through honest advice and practical help, not flowery words.

The element: Metal

Metal energy is like a polished blade: clear, sharp and true to your own rules. As a yang metal day, it shows up as raw iron, strong and blunt.

The animal: Rat

Quick-witted. You spot chances before anyone else, and you always have a plan B. In saju the Rat also carries Water energy: midwinter. Quick and clever.

Metal Rat years: 1960 and 2020

The Metal Rat (庚子) also names a year in the 60-year cycle. Recent Metal Rat years: 1960 and 2020, and the next one is 2080. A saju year starts at Ipchun (around February 4), not on January 1 or Lunar New Year.

Born in a Metal Rat year? That is your year pillar, the part of your chart about family and roots. The type on this page is a day pillar, and yours may be different. Look up any birth year.

Am I a Metal Rat? Find out in 30 seconds

Free. Your day pillar comes from your birth date, time and place, not just your birth year.

Questions

What years are Metal Rat years?1960 and 2020, and next in 2080. In saju each year starts at Ipchun, around February 4, so people born in January or early February belong to the year before.

Am I a Metal Rat if I was born in a Metal Rat year?Not necessarily. Your birth year gives your year pillar, which describes your roots. The type that describes you is your day pillar, which comes from your birth date. Someone born in a Metal Rat year can have any of the 60 day pillars.

What is the Metal Rat personality?Ice-cold logic, surprisingly warm heart. Clear thinker, Sharp tongue, Clean and simple.