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The Black Monkey day animal (壬申) with the stars of Aquarius, ink paintingBlack Monkey of Aquarius

Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Black Monkey of Aquarius

Carry your big mind. Take the road no one took.

The Black Monkey of Aquarius is a Sky Pair: the Black Monkey day animal (壬申) from Korean saju, with the Aquarius 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
Snake (by day, not birth year)
A small step today
Tell someone close how you feel, in one line
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 monkey (申): clever and adaptable — you can fix almost anything. Aquarius is air: you think differently from others, and you don't hide it.

When the Black Monkey fights

When you fightYou talk your way out.Your mind is quick. When it turns against you, you change the subject or make a joke.

How you're misreadPeople say you're never serious.Heavy air is hard for you. It doesn't mean you take it lightly.

Your strength in a conflictYou find the way out.You think about how to fix it before who's to blame.

What Aquarius addsYou step back and watch.Aquarius air makes distance easy. Step back if you must — but keep holding hands.

One small stepBefore the joke, listen seriously for three minutes.

壬申임신

Old name · 黑猴

The same Black Monkey, another sky

Under a different sign, the same animal walks differently.

Drawn to the Black Monkey: the Snake

六合

The monkey and the snake pull toward each other. Five of them, under Aquarius.