Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Blue Tiger of Cancer

Carry your roots. Find your way home.

The Blue Tiger of Cancer is a Sky Pair: the Blue Tiger day animal (甲寅) 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

Pig (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 tiger (寅): brave — you're the one who starts things. Cancer is water: your strength goes into guarding your people and your place.

When the Blue Tiger fights

When you fightYou don't bow your head.Like two straight trees, bending is the hardest thing.

How you're misreadPeople say you're proud.It isn't pride. You want to stand on your own.

Your strength in a conflictYou face it honestly.You don't talk around things, so fights don't stay tangled.

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

One small stepInstead of bowing, hold out your hand first.

甲寅갑인

Old name · 靑虎