Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Blue Monkey of Pisces

Carry your roots. Follow the tide.

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

Snake (by day, not birth year)

A small step today

Rest for 10 minutes, doing nothing

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 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 Blue Monkey fights

When you fightYou defend fast when cornered.Under pressure, reasons and explanations come out quickly.

How you're misreadPeople say you always have an excuse.You want to explain, not escape.

Your strength in a conflictYou read the situation fast.You're the first to see where the argument got tangled.

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 explaining: "Yes — I'm sorry about that part."

甲申갑신

Old name · 靑猴