Sky Pair · 하늘짝

The Red Monkey of Taurus

Carry your warmth. Walk slow, walk sure.

The Red Monkey of Taurus is a Sky Pair: the Red Monkey day animal (丙申) from Korean saju, with the Taurus sun sign from Western astrology. There are 720 Sky Pairs in all.

What lifts you

warmth that lights others

What to watch

burning out all at once

Drawn-to day animal

Snake (by day, not birth year)

A small step today

Eat one meal slowly today

What brings luck

colour white · direction west · numbers 4, 9

The red comes from 丙, the sun. When you walk in, the room gets warmer. The monkey (申): clever and adaptable — you can fix almost anything. Taurus is earth: slow to start, impossible to stop once you've decided.

When the Red Monkey fights

When you fightYou win by persuading.With wit and words, you bring them round to your side before they notice.

How you're misreadPeople say you're all talk.You're trying to lift the mood, not trick anyone.

Your strength in a conflictYou laugh it loose.You melt a stiff silence with one joke.

What Taurus addsOnce decided, you don't move.Taurus earth makes you hold firmer. Agree on a time to let it go.

One small stepBefore you persuade, repeat back what they said.

丙申병신

Old name · 赤猴