Pair 41 of the sixty

Wood Loong甲辰

Lamp Fire, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Lamp Fire
Stem
甲 Jia
Branch
辰 Loong
Element
Fire
甲辰
Stem above, branch below

甲辰乙巳覆燈火者辰為食時已為禺中日之將中豔陽之勢光於天下故曰覆燈火也

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

1904 · 1964 · 2024 · 2084

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