Sexagenary cycle · position 29 of 60
壬辰
Yang Water Dragon 壬辰: 1952, 2012, 2072 Years & Na Yin
壬辰 Rén–Chén is pillar 29 of 60: Yang Water over the Dragon’s Earth branch, with Na Yin Long-flowing water 长流水. It names 1952, 2012, 2072 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 壬辰
Long-flowing water
Long-flowing water emphasises continuation: one stretch of movement leads into another rather than ending at the first basin. As a day-pillar image, it suggests a sense of sequence, sustained exchange and attention to where an ongoing process is headed. Its defining contrast is with the isolated pool, placing meaning in connection between stages rather than a single arrival.
长流水
- English association
- Long-flowing water
- Associated phase
- 水 Water
- Shares this Na Yin
- 癸巳 Yin Water Snake
The 辰 Chen coordinate
- Animal
- Dragon
- Branch polarity
- Yang
- Double hour
- 07:00–08:59
- Month opens at
- 清明 Clear and Bright
- Direction
- East-southeast
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 辰
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 壬 Ren as the reference stem.
- 01
戊
Primary interior stem
七杀 Seven Killings - 02
乙
Middle interior stem
伤官 Hurting Officer - 03
癸
Residual interior stem
劫财 Rob Wealth
Where 壬辰 returns
- Cycle position
- 29 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲申
- Stem stage at this branch
- 墓 Tomb
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1952壬辰
- 2012壬辰
- 2072壬辰
壬辰 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 辰
Earth controls Water in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Wu 戊 (Seven Killings), Yi 乙 (Hurting Officer), Gui 癸 (Rob Wealth) relative to this Day Master.