Pair 1 of the sixty

Wood Rat甲子

Gold in the Sea, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Gold in the Sea
Stem
甲 Jia
Branch
子 Rat
Element
Metal
甲子
Stem above, branch below

甲子乙丑海中金者子屬水又為湖又為水旺之地兼金死於子墓於丑水旺而金死墓故曰海中金也

Tao Zongyi, in Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu

Why this name

Each pair of neighbours in the cycle shares a Na Yin, a poetic element. The explanation below is Tao Zongyi’s, quoted in Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu.

Years with this pair

1924 · 1984 · 2044

Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 1, quoting Tao Zongyi.