Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Black Dragon of Aries

Carry your big mind. Take the first step.

The Black Dragon of Aries is a Sky Pair: the Black Dragon day animal (壬辰) from Korean saju, with the Aries sun sign from Western astrology. There are 720 Sky Pairs in all.

What lifts you

a big-picture mind

What to watch

drifting everywhere

Drawn-to day animal

Rooster (by day, not birth year)

A small step today

Finish one thing you've started, today

What brings luck

colour red · direction south · numbers 2, 7

The black comes from 壬, the ocean. Big mind, restless current — you need room to move. The dragon (辰): big dreams — you hold more inside than people guess. Aries is the sign of beginnings: you move first, and waiting wears you out.

When the Black Dragon fights

When you fightYou make it bigger.One argument pulls in the past and the future until it becomes a wave.

How you're misreadPeople say you blow small things up.You see a big current inside a small thing.

Your strength in a conflictYou see the big picture.Beyond the fight, you show where the two of you should be heading.

What Aries addsYou blow up fast, and forget fast.Aries fire makes you react fast. One breath before the first word.

One small stepToday's thing, today only.

壬辰임진

Old name · 黑龍