Sexagenary cycle · position 59 of 60

壬戌

Yang Water Dog 壬戌: 1922, 1982, 2042 Years & Na Yin

壬戌 Rén–Xū is pillar 59 of 60: Yang Water over the Dog’s Earth branch, with Na Yin Great-sea water 大海水. It names 1922, 1982, 2042 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Rén–Xū

Branch
戌 Xu
Na Yin
大海水
Dog in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 9/10壬RenYang Water
Earthly Branch · 11/12戌XuDog · Yang Earth
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 壬戌

01 · Visible stem

壬

Ren

Yang Water, stem 9 in the ten-stem sequence.

02 · Phase relation

Branch restrains stem

Earth controls Water in the five-phase controlling cycle.

Great-sea water

Great-sea water gathers many streams into a body larger than any one of its sources. Read beside a day pillar, it suggests breadth, receptiveness and the capacity to hold several currents within one setting. Its contrast with a narrow channel is scale: the question becomes how individual movements remain intelligible inside a much more encompassing whole.

大海水

English association
Great-sea water
Associated phase
水 Water
Shares this Na Yin
癸亥 Yin Water Pig

The 戌 Xu coordinate

Animal
Dog
Branch polarity
Yang
Double hour
19:00–20:59
Month opens at
寒露 Cold Dew
Direction
West-northwest

Inside this branch · 藏干

Hidden stems carried by 戌

The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 壬 Ren as the reference stem.

  1. 01

    戊

    Primary interior stem

    七杀 Seven Killings
  2. 02

    辛

    Middle interior stem

    正印 Direct Resource
  3. 03

    丁

    Residual interior stem

    正财 Direct Wealth
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Where 壬戌 returns

Cycle position
59 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲寅
Void branches · 空亡
子 Rat · 丑 Ox
Stem stage at this branch
冠带 Cap and Gown

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1922壬戌
  2. 1982壬戌
  3. 2042壬戌
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壬戌 as a day pillar

Ren’s image is Water in circulation, travelling between places and gathering force as streams meet. As a Day Master, it offers a language for movement, connections and the ability to carry an idea forward. The important distinction is between purposeful flow and momentum that becomes difficult to redirect. Other chart relationships show where that movement gathers or finds expression.

壬 above 戌

Earth controls Water in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Wu 戊 (Seven Killings), Xin 辛 (Direct Resource), Ding 丁 (Direct Wealth) relative to this Day Master.