Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Black Monkey of Pisces

Carry your big mind. Follow the tide.

The Black Monkey of Pisces is a Sky Pair: the Black Monkey day animal (壬申) from Korean saju, with the Pisces 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

Rest for 10 minutes, doing nothing

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. Pisces is water: you feel what others feel, and drift between dream and real.

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 Pisces addsYou carry their feelings as well as yours.Pisces water floods you with empathy. Look after your own heart first.

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

壬申임신

Old name · 黑猴