Pair 10 of the sixty

Water Rooster癸酉

Sword-Edge Metal, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Sword-Edge Metal
Stem
癸 Gui
Branch
酉 Rooster
Element
Metal
癸酉
Stem above, branch below

壬申癸酉劍鋒金者申酉金之正位兼臨官申帝旺酉金既生旺則成剛矣剛則無踰於劍鋒故曰劍鋒金也

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

1933 · 1993 · 2053

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