Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Black Ox of Aries

Carry your quiet. Take the first step.

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

What lifts you

quiet sensitivity

What to watch

holding it all in

Drawn-to day animal

Rat (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 癸, rain. Soft as rain, and just as hard to stop. The ox (丑): steady and patient — you finish what others drop. Aries is the sign of beginnings: you move first, and waiting wears you out.

When the Black Ox fights

When you fightYou go cold and quiet.Like frozen ground, when you're angry the words freeze.

How you're misreadPeople call you cold.Even while frozen, you're still thinking inside.

Your strength in a conflictYou bear it for them.You stay through hard times longer than anyone.

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

One small stepBefore you freeze: "I can't find the words right now."

癸丑계축

Old name · 黑牛