Pair 5 of the sixty

Earth Loong戊辰

Wood of the Great Forest, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Wood of the Great Forest
Stem
戊 Wu
Branch
辰 Loong
Element
Wood
戊辰
Stem above, branch below

戊辰己巳大林木者辰為原野已為六陽木至六陽則枝榮葉茂以茂盛之木而在原野之間故曰大林木也

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

1928 · 1988 · 2048

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