Pair 25 of the sixty

Earth Rat戊子

Thunderbolt Fire, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Thunderbolt Fire
Stem
戊 Wu
Branch
子 Rat
Element
Fire
戊子
Stem above, branch below

戊子己丑霹靂火者丑屬土子屬水水居正位而納音乃火水中之火非神龍則無故曰霹靂火也

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

1948 · 2008 · 2068

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