Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Blue Dog of Cancer

Carry your roots. Find your way home.

The Blue Dog of Cancer is a Sky Pair: the Blue Dog day animal (甲戌) from Korean saju, with the Cancer sun sign from Western astrology. There are 720 Sky Pairs in all.

What lifts you

steady growth

What to watch

refusing to bend

Drawn-to day animal

Rabbit (by day, not birth year)

A small step today

Tidy one small corner of your space

What brings luck

colour yellow · direction southwest · numbers 5, 10

The blue comes from 甲, a tall tree. You grow straight up, even when no one is watching. The dog (戌): loyal and protective — your people are safe with you. Cancer is water: your strength goes into guarding your people and your place.

When the Blue Dog fights

When you fightYou can't let wrong things pass.You get angrier when someone else is treated unfairly than when you are.

How you're misreadPeople say you're rigid.You believe keeping principles is how you keep people safe.

Your strength in a conflictYou take their side.Even in a fight, you stand up for whoever is weaker.

What Cancer addsYou go into your shell.Cancer water makes your heart bruise more easily. Before you hide: "I'm hurt."

One small stepBefore right and wrong: "How did that feel for you?"

甲戌갑술

Old name · 靑狗