Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Black Dragon of Capricorn

Carry your big mind. Climb, one ledge at a time.

The Black Dragon of Capricorn is a Sky Pair: the Black Dragon day animal (壬辰) from Korean saju, with the Capricorn 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

Take time to play today, not work

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. Capricorn is earth: once you set a goal, you climb it one step at a time.

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 Capricorn addsYou fold up the feeling and treat it like a task.Capricorn earth puts feelings on hold. One line of feeling before the fix.

One small stepToday's thing, today only.

壬辰임진

Old name · 黑龍