Black Ox of CapricornSky Pair · 하늘짝
The Black Ox of Capricorn
Carry your quiet. Climb, one ledge at a time.
The Black Ox of Capricorn is a Sky Pair: the Black Ox day animal (癸丑) from Korean saju, with the Capricorn 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
- Take time to play today, not work
- 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. Capricorn is earth: once you set a goal, you climb it one step at a time.
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 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 stepBefore you freeze: "I can't find the words right now."
癸丑계축
Old name · 黑牛
