Pair 23 of the sixty

Fire Dog丙戌

Rooftop Earth, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Rooftop Earth
Stem
丙 Bing
Branch
戌 Dog
Element
Earth
丙戌
Stem above, branch below

丙戌丁亥屋上土者丙丁屬火戌亥為天門火既炎上則土非在下而生故曰屋上土也

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

1946 · 2006 · 2066

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