Sexagenary cycle · position 19 of 60
壬午
Yang Water Horse 壬午: 1942, 2002, 2062 Years & Na Yin
壬午 Rén–Wǔ is pillar 19 of 60: Yang Water over the Horse’s Fire branch, with Na Yin Willow wood 杨柳木. It names 1942, 2002, 2062 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

What is fixed inside 壬午
Willow wood
Willow wood offers a supple branch rather than the rigid outline of a trunk. As a day-pillar image, it brings responsiveness, graceful adjustment and the ability to retain a connection while changing shape. Flexibility is the point of the picture; its counterweight is rootedness, so that bending with an encounter does not erase a distinct centre.
杨柳木
- English association
- Willow wood
- Associated phase
- 木 Wood
- Shares this Na Yin
- 癸未 Yin Water Goat
The 午 Wu coordinate
- Animal
- Horse
- Branch polarity
- Yang
- Double hour
- 11:00–12:59
- Month opens at
- 芒种 Grain in Ear
- Direction
- South
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 午
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 壬 Ren as the reference stem.
- 01
丁
Primary interior stem
正财 Direct Wealth - 02
己
Middle interior stem
正官 Direct Officer
Where 壬午 returns
- Cycle position
- 19 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲戌
- Stem stage at this branch
- 胎 Conception
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1942壬午
- 2002壬午
- 2062壬午
壬午 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 午
Water controls Fire in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Ding 丁 (Direct Wealth), Ji 己 (Direct Officer) relative to this Day Master.