Through countless centuries a living connection between the earth and heavens was taken for granted.

The metals were considered to have an inherent affinity with their parent planets, and represented a material expression of living cosmic energies. This article is extracted from Nick Kollerstrom's book The Metal-Planet Relationship, an extremely important work which, through scientific analysis and metaphysical reflection, ties the prosaic realm of rational science to the qualitative realm of essence and being. The book explores the natural correspondences that exist between the traditional planet metal associations and, more importantly, details how modern experiment only serves to vindicate the relationships.

Jupiter and Tin ! main use of the "upiter metal tin is still in the preserving of foodstuffs. Traditionally "upiter was the preserver, and a well placed "upiter in the chart is alleged to preserve youth. !le used to be drunk from pewter mugs, a tin based alloy. Theatres simulate the sound of thunder by shaking a sheet of tinfoil, which produces a roar like distant thunder #"upiter $eus was the god of thunder, and astrologers associate "upiter aspects with rain and thundery weather conditions%. The Periodic Table by &rimo 'evi #()*+% the ,talian novelist and industrial chemist, was a book that sketched out the essential being of various elements, in stories. ,ts chapter on tin alludes to 'the generous good nature of tin, "ove's metal,' and an expansive, -ovial character appears. '/milio's father was a ma-estic, benign old man with a white mustache and a thunderous voice', and '/milio's father looked so respectable and authoritative...' Tin metal seems only able to give us a poor expression of its "upiter nature. 0 the latter is however quite well expressed by the planet in the sky. "upiter1s rich, 2psychedelic1 colouring derived from continuous lightning flashes in its atmosphere, and it throws huge storms which reverberate around the solar system. &erhaps we should be content with that, and maybe in the future other relevant tin properties will emerge. The last 3ornish tin mine closed in ()44, but of late steps have been taken to reopen a one, and it looks as if the oldest 3ornish industry is now being resurrected. The 5oman deity "upiter was associated with both the /truscan sky god Tinia as well as the 6reek $eus. The supreme /truscan sky god 7was known variously as Tin, Tini tinia or tinis. This supreme sky god was depicted with lightning bolts, a spear and a sceptre. 8asically he as the complete prototype for "upiter9 #web comment%. The /truscans lived on the ,talian peninsula from the eighth to the first century, 8.3. There were early trade routes to 3ornwall from the :editerranean to obtain 3ornish tin ,t1s been argued that 2"upiter rules tin, and our tin came from the !nglo ;axon tin... These and similar words must have travelled along the great trade routes' #5.<.=liver, Phenomena ()*4 >.+.>?%. 8ron@e, an alloy of copper and tin, has been used to make sculptural ob-ects as early as the seventh millennium 83. &ewter was introduced into 8ritain by the 5omans in the Ard century !B, being made from 3ornish tin and Celsh lead. &ewter tableware was once commonplace, but gave way in time to porcelain and other materialsD is now becoming popular again for decorative materials, but without lead #antimony is used instead%. The worshipful company of &ewterers launched a :illenium pewter collection, extolling its traditional virtues E solidarity, lustre, practicality of use and handling, no tarnishing E which do sound quite "ovial. Tin wine capsules, wrapped around the necks of wine bottles, now account for some F,GGG tons per annum of tin production, a growing market, and this seems "ovial enough. The =scar award trophies are made from tin, coated with gold. Hse of tin solder is growing in electronics, especially computer hardware, and modern laptop liquid crystal screens have a tin oxide film for their panels.