Metal feeds Water: the Five Elements relation
Metal feeds Water
In the Five Elements (Wu Xing) cycle, Metal feeds Water. This is one of the fixed generative and controlling relationships that structure a BaZi chart.
What the relation describes
The generating cycle (Wood feeds Fire, Fire creates Earth, Earth bears Metal, Metal collects Water, Water nourishes Wood) describes support that flows from one element to the next. Readers look for where support enters a chart.
How to see it in your chart
Generate a chart on MingLens and look at the element map: where Metal and Water appear tells you where this particular relationship is active.
Boundary
Element relations describe chart structure, not guaranteed life outcomes.