Pair 4 of the sixty

Fire Rabbit丁卯

Fire in the Furnace, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Fire in the Furnace
Stem
丁 Ding
Branch
卯 Rabbit
Element
Fire
丁卯
Stem above, branch below

丙寅丁卯爐中火者寅為三陽卯為四陽火既得地又得寅卯之木以生之此時天地開爐萬物始生故曰爐中火也

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

1927 · 1987 · 2047

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