Sexagenary cycle · position 09 of 60
壬申
Yang Water Monkey 壬申: 1932, 1992, 2052 Years & Na Yin
壬申 Rén–Shēn is pillar 9 of 60: Yang Water over the Monkey’s Metal branch, with Na Yin Sword-edge metal 剑锋金. It names 1932, 1992, 2052 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 壬申
Sword-edge metal
Sword-edge metal is metal brought to a definite edge through shaping and tempering. As a day-pillar image, it places precision, distinction and readiness at the centre of the reading. An edge makes a clear separation possible, but the metaphor also contains a question of proportion: when does necessary definition become sharper than the situation requires?
剑锋金
- English association
- Sword-edge metal
- Associated phase
- 金 Metal
- Shares this Na Yin
- 癸酉 Yin Water 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 壬 Ren as the reference stem.
- 01
庚
Primary interior stem
偏印 Indirect Resource - 02
壬
Middle interior stem
比肩 Friend - 03
戊
Residual interior stem
七杀 Seven Killings
Where 壬申 returns
- Cycle position
- 09 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲子
- Stem stage at this branch
- 帝旺 Prosperity
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1932壬申
- 1992壬申
- 2052壬申
壬申 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 申
Metal generates Water, so the branch phase feeds the visible stem. The day branch holds Geng 庚 (Indirect Resource), Ren 壬 (Friend), Wu 戊 (Seven Killings) relative to this Day Master.