Zhu zodiac sign
Stem-branch reading

Métal Cochon

In traditional readings, Métal Cochon is usually understood as Cochon with a more more disciplined, exacting, and self-controlled tone. The sign's core drive is seek sincere connection, comfort, and human warmth, while the element adds the layer of structure, refinement, and discernment.

⚙️ Metal猪 ZhuYears: 1971

What Métal Cochon Means

Within the sexagenary cycle, Métal Cochon corresponds to 辛（Xīn）亥（Hài）. In popular Chinese zodiac reading, this “year element + animal sign” pairing returns every 60 years.

In Wuxing, Metal concerns cutting, ordering, and clarifying. It is associated with standards, precision, and the ability to separate what matters from what does not. Applied to Cochon, this usually creates a more more disciplined, exacting, and self-controlled expression of the sign rather than simply amplifying every trait.

At A Glance

Animal fixed element

Eau

Yearly phase

Métal (金 Jin)

Generates

Water

Checked by

Fire

Métal Cochon Years

These ranges follow Lunar New Year boundaries for general zodiac pages. Someone born before the listed start date belongs to the previous zodiac year.

YearStartsEndsStem-Branch
197127 janvier 197114 février 1972辛亥 (Xīn Hài)

Work Style

Pig energy often contributes through generosity, cooperation, and a preference for humane rather than aggressive environments. It often supports strong judgment, strategic thinking, and cleaner execution. Metal often thrives where standards, accountability, precision, or strategy are important.

Relationships

In relationships, Pigs are usually tolerant, affectionate, and straightforward in their goodwill. It typically adds loyalty and seriousness, but can make the sign slower to soften or compromise. Metal usually values loyalty and respect, but may need time to show vulnerability openly.

Balance Advice

Under stress, Pig energy can become indulgent, avoidant, or too willing to trust the wrong person. When hardened, Metal can turn a sign rigid, critical, or emotionally remote. Traditional readings therefore usually suggest balancing this combination through discernment, boundaries, and selective commitment.

Common Strengths In Traditional Readings

  • •Métal makes the expression of Cochon more more disciplined, exacting, and self-controlled.
  • •In balance, this combination reinforces discipline, clarity, and principled judgment and makes traits such as Compatissant et Généreux easier to see clearly.
  • •It usually works best when the instinct of Cochon can move in the direction offered by Métal.

Where It Can Go Off Balance

  • •Métal can amplify the typical stress response of Cochon when pressure lasts too long.
  • •The main risk is not the sign itself but sliding into rigidity, perfectionism, or emotional distance.
  • •The most stable expression appears when the natural strengths of Cochon remain intact without pushing Métal into excess.

Compare Other Cochon Element Types

The animal branch remains Cochon, but the yearly phase changes its tone. Comparing the five variants is more useful than treating every Cochon as identical.

Bois Cochon Wood

Bois Cochon is usually read as Cochon with a more more expansive, ideal-driven, and developmental yearly tone.

Years: 1935, 1995

Feu Cochon Fire

Feu Cochon is usually read as Cochon with a more more visible, urgent, and expressive yearly tone.

Years: 1947, 2007

Terre Cochon Earth

Terre Cochon is usually read as Cochon with a more more grounded, measured, and durable yearly tone.

Years: 1959, 2019

Métal Cochon Metal

Métal Cochon is usually read as Cochon with a more more disciplined, exacting, and self-controlled yearly tone.

Years: 1971

Eau Cochon Water

Eau Cochon is usually read as Cochon with a more more perceptive, adaptive, and inwardly strategic yearly tone.

Years: 1983

Methodology

Reading Notes

These pages use the popular Chinese zodiac framework built around Lunar New Year boundaries. In scholarly discussions of Wuxing, the term is often translated as five phases, agents, or processes rather than static material elements.

This site uses Lunar New Year as the year boundary for general zodiac-sign pages. Some BaZi schools instead mark the year at Li Chun, so advanced chart interpretations may differ.

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