Astrology Glossary

Na yin

Na Yin (納音, 'sound element'), a second, poetic element assigned to each Stem-Branch pair, carried as a vivid image (Gold in the Sea, Fire in the Furnace, Willow Wood), one for every two ganzhi in the sixty-year cycle.

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