Pair 27 of the sixty

Metal Tiger庚寅

Pine and Cypress Wood, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Pine and Cypress Wood
Stem
庚 Geng
Branch
寅 Tiger
Element
Wood
庚寅
Stem above, branch below

庚寅辛卯松柏木者木臨官寅帝旺卯木既生旺則非柔弱之比故曰松柏木也

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

1950 · 2010 · 2070

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