The seven planetary metals

As explained in Gamemaster's Companion p29 and Major Arcana p27, each of the planets (and thus its corresponding element) is associated with a particular metal. The exact correspondences differ between books, so I'm listing the correct ones here. I included the French association for comparison. (I prefer the latter, personally.)

Planet Metal Element (US) Element (Fr)
Sun Gold Solar Solar
Moon Silver Lunar Lunar
Mercury Quicksilver/
Mercury		 Air Water
Venus Copper Water Earth
Mars Iron Fire Fire
Jupiter Tin Earth Air
Saturn Lead Orichalka Orichalc

This is important when looking for materials to create artefacts. I will be presenting detailed analysis and revisions for the artefact rules in later posts.

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