Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Black Horse of Aries

Carry your big mind. Take the first step.

The Black Horse of Aries is a Sky Pair: the Black Horse day animal (壬午) 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

Sheep (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 horse (午): free and fast — you need to keep moving. Aries is the sign of beginnings: you move first, and waiting wears you out.

When the Black Horse fights

When you fightHot, then cold.Water and fire live in you together, so anger turns into something else quickly.

How you're misreadPeople say they can't keep up with you.It isn't fickleness. Both feelings are real.

Your strength in a conflictYou know how to start again.You don't stay stuck in yesterday's fight. You open today fresh.

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

One small stepWhen your mind changes, say so: "I feel differently now."

壬午임오

Old name · 黑馬