Metal Element Healing Crystals

Metal Energy Crystals

When we work with metal energy crystals, we become stronger, more disciplined, and sharply focused.  Metal energy crystals are fantastic tools to encourage integrity and resilience.  If we feel weak, confused, or overwhelmed, metal energy will stiffen our spine.  Metal is what makes civilization possible and it has a grown-up energy that encourages us to be mature and to behave like a responsible adult.  Metal energy helps us to think outside-the-box and to use all the resources we have at hand.  Metal energy crystals encourage us to get organized and get to work.

Metal energy can be rigid or flexible, soft or hard, lightweight or heavy.  It is incredible versatile!  Crystals linked to metal energy are usually pure metals or valuable ore rocks that contain metals.  We hold the metal energy in our hand literally, not metaphorically.  It is a reminder that “magic” is often just science and intelligence put to good use!

The element of metal is an important part of spirituality in many cultures and religions.  In Eastern traditions it is a vital part of the Chinese Zodiac and the principles of feng shui.  In the West, metal was an essential ingredient in the study of alchemy, with one of the main goals being to change base metals into gold.  Metal is deeply connected to transformation.  Metal energy crystals are fantastic for abundance, business projects, and any goal that encourages maturity.

Metal Signs and the Chinese Zodiac

Each of the Chinese zodiac signs cycles through the element of metal.  If your lunar birth year ends in a 0 or 1, you are most likely a metal sign. For example, if you were born in 1981, you are a Metal Rooster and if you were born in 2000, you are a Metal Dragon.  It takes 60 years for the pattern to repeat, so for example, 1960 and 2020 are both the year of the Metal Rat.

People with metal signs have a high degree of self-reliance and working with metal energy crystals increases that tendency.  Metal signs can be cold and rigid, especially if their feelings have been hurt, and pushed too far they can even be brittle.  Metal energy crystals helps us to find the right balance of strength and flexibility. These crystals can also help us to be more open to change and willing to work with others to form something even stronger and more beautiful than what we can achieve alone.

Metal Element in Feng Shui

In Feng Shui, the element of metal is connected to the color white, as well as round shapes, the direction of west, and the season of autumn.  Any kind of metallic structure can be used to represent metal energy, from an elegant metal sculpture to a practical metal appliance.  Neutral-colored objects that are round or circular can also be used, especially if polished to a high shine.  Metal energy crystals, particularly pure metals or highly polished metallic stones, are ideal decorations for evoking this element.