Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Blue Rat of Capricorn

Carry your roots. Climb, one ledge at a time.

The Blue Rat of Capricorn is a Sky Pair: the Blue Rat day animal (甲子) from Korean saju, with the Capricorn 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

Ox (by day, not birth year)

A small step today

Take time to play today, not work

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 rat (子): quick and alert — you always find a way through. Capricorn is earth: once you set a goal, you climb it one step at a time.

When the Blue Rat fights

When you fightYou save your words, then say it all at once.You weren't holding back — you were sorting it out. When you're done, the reasons come out too.

How you're misreadPeople call you stubborn.It's a conclusion you thought about for a long time. That's why it's hard to change.

Your strength in a conflictYou see far ahead.You can think about the two of you in ten years, not just about winning today.

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 stepEven before you've sorted it out, say "I'm still thinking."

甲子갑자

Old name · 靑鼠