Planetary metals
Seven metals, seven planets
Antiquity knew exactly seven metals, and exactly seven moving bodies in the sky. Matching them was not mysticism so much as bookkeeping — and the pairings that resulted have lasted more than two thousand years, from Greek metallurgy through alchemy to the symbols chemistry still uses.
Gold Au
Sun · Radiance & sovereignty
Precious metal
Gold does not tarnish, which is why antiquity gave it to the Sun. Read as the part of you that stays itself under pressure — visible, warm, and difficult to corrode.
About Sun →
Silver Ag
Moon · Intuition & reflection
Precious metal
Silver is the most reflective of all metals, which earned it the Moon. Read as receptivity — you take the shape of what you are near, and see clearly by reflected light.
About Moon →
Iron Fe
Mars · Strength & courage
Transition metal
Iron made weapons and ploughs alike, so it went to Mars. Read as force with a use — strength that means something when it is pointed at work rather than at people.
About Mars →
Quicksilver Hg
Mercury · Motion & change
Liquid metal
The one metal that flows at room temperature, and the only one to share its planet's name. Read as quickness — a mind that will not sit still long enough to be held.
About Mercury →
Tin Sn
Jupiter · Growth & prosperity
Post-transition metal
Tin turned copper into bronze and expanded what people could make, so it went to Jupiter. Read as increase — the quality that makes things around you larger.
About Jupiter →
Copper Cu
Venus · Love & harmony
Transition metal
Copper conducts better than almost anything and was mined on Venus's own island of Cyprus. Read as connection — warmth that passes easily between people.
About Venus →
Lead Pb
Saturn · Boundaries & endurance
Post-transition metal
The heaviest and slowest of the seven, given to the slowest visible planet. Read as weight and limit — what endures, and what you are willing to carry.
About Saturn →
Which one is yours
Your metal follows the planet that traditionally rules your sun sign. Because AsterNym uses traditional rulerships, all twelve signs resolve to these seven planets — so everyone has one, and it is the same planet behind the planetary stone in your report.
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have no classical metal. They were unknown when the correspondences were set, and inventing one for them would be making something up rather than reporting a tradition.
Find your metal
Your full report carries it alongside your three stones, your flowers and your numbers.