September Birth Element (Hyper-Periodic Element)
Birth Element (Hyper-Periodic Element)
Copper
Copper has been used since the dawn of human civilization, a historical element that gave its name to the Bronze Age. Its reddish-brown brilliance harmonizes beautifully with September's golden rice fields with bowing heads and the colors of mountains beginning their autumn transformation. While possessing excellent thermal and electrical conductivity, it also has the cooperativeness to easily form alloys with other metals. The patina that develops on its surface over time is not mere oxidation but a crystal of beauty created by the passage of years. Like the Great Buddhas of Nara and Kamakura that deepen with age while enduring centuries of wind and rain, copper matures with time. The gratitude for harvest felt while admiring the harvest moon and the melancholy for passing time resonate with copper's duality of practicality and beauty, change and permanence. It is a metal of fruition and maturation befitting the harvest season.
Features
- Excellent electrical and thermal conductivity
- Possesses antibacterial properties, useful for hygiene
- Patina developing over time creates beautiful texture
- Cooperativeness in easily forming alloys with other metals
- Has history as one of humanity's oldest metal uses
Personality
- A mature artist combining practicality with beauty, deepening with time
- A cooperative individualist who values harmony with others while maintaining unique presence
- A flexible philosopher who doesn't fear superficial changes but rather transforms them into charm
Symbolic Meaning
- Fruition and harvest, season of maturation where efforts take form
- Transmission and connection, bridge of communication linking people
- Tolerance that accepts changes over time as beauty
- Harmony between practical value and aesthetic value
Reason for Selection
- The change from golden rice stalks to reddish-brown autumn leaves overlaps with copper's colors and oxidation process
- The joy of harvest in fruitful autumn resonates with copper's characteristic of combining practicality and beauty
- The sentiment toward passing time felt during the harvest moon matches copper's nature of increasing charm with time
Protection & Effects
- Strengthens connections between people and promotes smooth communication
- Guides the process of maturation beautifully without fearing change
- Maintains balance between practicality and artistry, realizing a rich life
Trials & Growth
- Acquiring insight that doesn't lose essential value while not being captivated by superficial changes
- Establishing balance to demonstrate uniqueness while maintaining cooperation with others
- Spiritual growth accepting passage of time as maturation rather than deterioration