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.

Rén–Wǔ

Branch
午 Wu
Na Yin
杨柳木
Horse in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 9/10壬RenYang Water
Earthly Branch · 7/12午WuHorse · Yang Fire
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 壬午

01 · Visible stem

壬

Ren

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

02 · Phase relation

Stem restrains branch

Water controls Fire in the five-phase controlling cycle.

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.

  1. 01

    丁

    Primary interior stem

    正财 Direct Wealth
  2. 02

    己

    Middle interior stem

    正官 Direct Officer
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Where 壬午 returns

Cycle position
19 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲戌
Void branches · 空亡
申 Monkey · 酉 Rooster
Stem stage at this branch
胎 Conception

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1942壬午
  2. 2002壬午
  3. 2062壬午
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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.