Pair 34 of the sixty

Fire Rooster丁酉

Fire at the Foot of the Mountain, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Fire at the Foot of the Mountain
Stem
丁 Ding
Branch
酉 Rooster
Element
Fire
丁酉
Stem above, branch below

丙申丁酉山下火者申為地户酉為日入之門日至此時而藏光故曰山下火也

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

1957 · 2017 · 2077

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