Pair 53 of the sixty

Fire Loong丙辰

Sand Earth, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Sand Earth
Stem
丙 Bing
Branch
辰 Loong
Element
Earth
丙辰
Stem above, branch below

丙辰丁巳沙中土者土庫辰絶已而天干丙丁之火至辰冠帶已臨官土既庫絶旺火復與生之故曰沙中土也

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

1916 · 1976 · 2036 · 2096

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