Sexagenary cycle · position 57 of 60
庚申
Yang Metal Monkey 庚申: 1920, 1980, 2040 Years & Na Yin
庚申 Gēng–Shēn is pillar 57 of 60: Yang Metal over the Monkey’s Metal branch, with Na Yin Pomegranate wood 石榴木. It names 1920, 1980, 2040 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 庚申
Pomegranate wood
Pomegranate wood marks a distinctive form of growth that bears fruit within the autumn setting associated with Metal. Its day-pillar symbolism concerns a particular expression emerging where a simpler seasonal expectation might suggest retreat. The fruit supplies an image of an outer form holding many small parts, joining individuality with an internal richness that is not immediately visible.
石榴木
- English association
- Pomegranate wood
- Associated phase
- 木 Wood
- Shares this Na Yin
- 辛酉 Yin Metal 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 庚 Geng as the reference stem.
- 01
庚
Primary interior stem
比肩 Friend - 02
壬
Middle interior stem
食神 Eating God - 03
戊
Residual interior stem
偏印 Indirect Resource
Where 庚申 returns
- Cycle position
- 57 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲寅
- Stem stage at this branch
- 临官 Officialdom
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1920庚申
- 1980庚申
- 2040庚申
庚申 as a day pillar
Geng’s traditional Metal is strong and responsive to shaping. The Day Master image can describe resolve, clear distinctions and a preference for meeting a problem directly. Refinement matters as much as force: the interpretive question is how determination becomes purposeful action. Fire and Water give the classical discussion different ways of describing that shaping and expression.
庚 above 申
The stem and branch both carry Metal, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases. The day branch holds Geng 庚 (Friend), Ren 壬 (Eating God), Wu 戊 (Indirect Resource) relative to this Day Master.