Silver Monkey of CapricornSky Pair · 하늘짝
The Silver Monkey of Capricorn
Carry your strength. Climb, one ledge at a time.
The Silver Monkey of Capricorn is a Sky Pair: the Silver Monkey day animal (庚申) from Korean saju, with the Capricorn sun sign from Western astrology. There are 720 Sky Pairs in all.
- What lifts you
- strength that endures
- What to watch
- carrying it all alone
- Drawn-to day animal
- Snake (by day, not birth year)
- A small step today
- Take time to play today, not work
- What brings luck
- colour green · direction east · numbers 3, 8
The silver comes from 庚, raw iron. Hard on the outside, forged by everything you went through. The monkey (申): clever and adaptable — you can fix almost anything. Capricorn is earth: once you set a goal, you climb it one step at a time.
When the Silver Monkey fights
When you fightYou don't stop until you win.Like metal on metal, a fight feels like a match.
How you're misreadPeople say you can't stand losing.It's not losing you hate. It's leaving things unfinished.
Your strength in a conflictYou end it clearly.You don't drag a fight out; you reach a conclusion.
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 stepBefore winning, say a draw can be an answer too.
庚申경신
Old name · White Monkey · 白猴
