Pair 58 of the sixty

Metal Rooster辛酉

Pomegranate Wood, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Pomegranate Wood
Stem
辛 Xin
Branch
酉 Rooster
Element
Wood
辛酉
Stem above, branch below

庚申辛酉石榴木者申為七月酉為八月此時木則絶矣惟石榴之木反結實故曰石榴木也

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

1921 · 1981 · 2041

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