Pair 20 of the sixty

Water Goat癸未

Willow Wood, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Willow Wood
Stem
癸 Gui
Branch
未 Goat
Element
Wood
癸未
Stem above, branch below

壬午癸未楊柳木者木死於午墓於未木既死墓雖得天干壬癸之水以生之終是柔弱故曰楊柳木也

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

1943 · 2003 · 2063

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