Pair 59 of the sixty

Water Dog壬戌

Great Sea Water, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Great Sea Water
Stem
壬 Ren
Branch
戌 Dog
Element
Water
壬戌
Stem above, branch below

壬戌癸亥大海水者水冠帶戌臨官亥水臨官冠帶則力厚矣兼亥為江非他水之比故曰大海水也

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

1922 · 1982 · 2042

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