Sexagenary cycle · position 45 of 60
戊申
Yang Earth Monkey 戊申: 1908, 1968, 2028, 2088 Years & Na Yin
戊申 Wù–Shēn is pillar 45 of 60: Yang Earth over the Monkey’s Metal branch, with Na Yin Great post-road earth 大驿土. It names 1908, 1968, 2028, 2088 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 戊申
Great post-road earth
Great post-road earth describes ground through which routes and travellers connect. Beside a day pillar, it suggests a meeting place for different directions, giving passage a shared setting without requiring every journey to end there. Its openness distinguishes it from defensive earth: the central image is a network made possible by a dependable place of crossing.
大驿土
- English association
- Great post-road earth
- Associated phase
- 土 Earth
- Shares this Na Yin
- 己酉 Yin Earth Rooster
The 申 Shen coordinate
- Animal
- Monkey
- Branch polarity
- Yang
- Double hour
- 15:00–16:59
- Month opens at
- 立秋 Start of Autumn
- Direction
- West-southwest
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 申
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 戊 Wu as the reference stem.
- 01
庚
Primary interior stem
食神 Eating God - 02
壬
Middle interior stem
偏财 Indirect Wealth - 03
戊
Residual interior stem
比肩 Friend
Where 戊申 returns
- Cycle position
- 45 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲辰
- Stem stage at this branch
- 病 Sickness
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1908戊申
- 1968戊申
- 2028戊申
- 2088戊申
戊申 as a day pillar
Wu’s image is thick, elevated Earth that holds a position and gives other things a foundation. A Day Master interpretation can explore steadiness, consistency and the effort involved in remaining dependable. The same image raises a question about movement: when does holding the centre preserve something valuable, and when does it make a needed adjustment difficult?
戊 above 申
Earth generates Metal, so the visible stem feeds the branch phase. The day branch holds Geng 庚 (Eating God), Ren 壬 (Indirect Wealth), Wu 戊 (Friend) relative to this Day Master.