Age 61, 70: the Gēng Wǔ Decade

Wren is moving through a decade shaped by Gēng Wǔ, Metal over the Horse, a combination that brings Seven Killings energy into faer life; this is pressure and challenge, authority that tests, demands that require response. Faer inner vitality is in the Rest stage, a time when the body and spirit ask for conservation rather than expansion, which makes this a decade that calls for particular care and wisdom. The Metal element itself is taboo in faer chart, marking this as a testing chapter where faer usual strategies may feel less effective, asking faer to draw on reserves and adapt rather than push forward. There is no direct clash with faer natal branches, which means the pressure, though real, works within a framework faer can eventually understand and navigate. This is a time to honor what faer has already built, to move with intention rather than momentum, and to let challenges refine rather than exhaust faer. The decade invites Wren to find strength in restraint and wisdom in knowing when to hold steady.