Pair 18 of the sixty

Metal Snake辛巳

Pewter Metal, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Pewter Metal
Stem
辛 Xin
Branch
巳 Snake
Element
Metal
辛巳
Stem above, branch below

庚辰辛巳白鑞金者金養於辰生於巳形質初成未能堅利故曰白鑞金也

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

1941 · 2001 · 2061

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