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The Black Snake day animal (癸巳) with the stars of Leo, ink paintingBlack Snake of Leo

Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Black Snake of Leo

Carry your quiet. Walk where you can be seen.

The Black Snake of Leo is a Sky Pair: the Black Snake day animal (癸巳) from Korean saju, with the Leo 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
Monkey (by day, not birth year)
A small step today
Say out loud one thing you did well 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 snake (巳): deep and quiet — you think three moves ahead. Leo is fire: you don't hide your heart, and you shine when you stand in front.

When the Black Snake fights

When you fightCalm outside, a whirlpool within.Your face is still, but inside you're weighing dozens of outcomes.

How you're misreadPeople think you don't care.You care so much that nothing comes out.

Your strength in a conflictYou see what's coming.You see where the fight is heading and find a way around it.

What Leo addsYour pride gets hurt first.Leo fire makes your pride bigger. It isn't losing — it's being big enough to hold them.

One small stepSay one of your inner calculations out loud.

癸巳계사

Old name · 黑蛇

The same Black Snake, another sky

Under a different sign, the same animal walks differently.

Drawn to the Black Snake: the Monkey

六合

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