Metal Season is the timing of Nature to withdraw in itself, to concentrate the energy in Autumn, in order to prepare for the Winter. It is the End of the Summer Season which makes space for the cold and stillness. This is exactly the opposite timing of Wood Season

• Metal Season Months: August, September and October
• Month Animals: Monkey, Rooster, Dog
• Directions: West and North West
• Keywords: Altruism, Decisive, Justice

If the West and North West directions in your living- or working surroundings are in disharmony or blocked, you might experience issues on the following topics:Dui - West Direction in Feng Shui

• Concerns: Enjoyment, Children, Harvest, Realise Projects (that were started/seeded in the East), Implement Ideas
• Element: Small Metal
• Stone: Sodalith
• Form: Circle and Ball
• Number: 6
• Color: White, Silver, Gold and Glittering Grey
• Season: Autumn
• Time: 16.30 - 19.30 hrs
• Animal: (Billy) Goat and Sheep
• Nature Picture: Sea, Marshland, the March
• Positive: Life Enjoyment, Children, Erotics, Fashion, Harvest (from what was seeded in the East), Finishing projects and implement ideas. Communication and Expressiveness
• Negative:  Lying, Fool someone, Superficial pleasure, Being used, Projects are not realised,  one can only seed but not harvest. Prostitution, Witchcraft, Fortune Telling, Problems with words or court cases through bad talk.
• Family member:  3. Daughter, Girls from 0-15 Years, Singer, Actor, Whore, Concubine
• Business:  Marketing, New Projects, New Products, Branches
• Business Department:
• Body:  Speaking Organs (Tongue), the Forming of Speech, Mouth, Teeth, Colon, Reproductive System (Fertility), Breast Area and Bossom, Sometimes Lung (Hips, Pelvis and Breast also found in Xun - South West as sexual organ). In Dui we mean the body parts.
• Diseases:  Problems in Breast Area and Bossom, Hip- and pelvis problems, Toothache, Dry Lips, Harelip, Inflammation of the Intestines (M. Croh, Colitis Ulcerosa, Diverticulitis). Infertility of Man and Woman. Illnesses that are related to Nutrition, like Anorexia or Bulimia and Sexual Behaviour. Speechlessness.
• Psychological:  Sex Obsession, Live according to the Pleasure Principle. Hysterical Mirth, Gossiping.
• Organ:  Colon
• Emotion: Sadness and holding on to things or emotions
• Hexagram:  Lake

Qian - North West Direction in Feng Shui

• Concerns: Heaven, the Creative
• Element: Big Metal, like a sword or tank
• Stone: Moss Agate
• Form: Circle and Ball
• Number: 6
• Color: White, Silver, Gold, Glittering Grey
• Season: Autumn
• Time: 19.30 - 22.30 hrs
• Animal: Horse
• Nature Picture: Heaven, Ethereal Light, Guardian Angel
• Positive: The Father, The Protector, The God, The Man, the Superior. Extrovert, Creative, Authority. To receive and give help and protection. The Inspiration, the Spiritual. Helpful People, Friends, Social Engagement.
• Negative: too extrovert, too idealistic, too lift off, not receiving any protection and support. Lack of Grounding
• Family member: Father, males from 46+ on.
• Business Department: Chief Department, Male or Female CEO
• Body: Head, Brains, Central Nerve System, Lungs (as organ, breathing function of lungs is in Xun - South East), Bones as an-organic support for the body, otherwise in Kan - North), Infertility of the Man.
• Diseases: All diseases of the Head and Central Nerve System. Breaking of bones, Heart Attack, Migraine, Chronic Headaches, Illness of the Lungs (as organ), Concussion, Fainting, Epilepsy, Serious dangerous illnesses with extreme Symptoms.
• Psychological:  Completely unrealistic attitude towards life. Dreamer, No grounding, Loneliness. Arrogance and misjudging one's own performance. Mental Illnesses that are connected to the malfunction of the central nervous system.
• Organ: Lungs
• Emotion: Sadness and Grief
• Hexagram: Heaven

   Photo: Davide Ragusa