Sexagenary cycle · position 49 of 60
壬子
Yang Water Rat 壬子: 1912, 1972, 2032, 2092 Years & Na Yin
壬子 Rén–Zǐ is pillar 49 of 60: Yang Water over the Rat’s Water branch, with Na Yin Mulberry wood 桑柘木. It names 1912, 1972, 2032, 2092 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

What is fixed inside 壬子
Mulberry wood
Mulberry wood belongs to a picture of cultivation in which a tree’s growth also supports the making of silk. Applied to a day pillar, it suggests contribution through a connected process: one form of care provides material for another. Its meaning is found in this chain of use and renewal rather than in height or solitary display.
桑柘木
- English association
- Mulberry wood
- Associated phase
- 木 Wood
- Shares this Na Yin
- 癸丑 Yin Water Ox
The 子 Zi coordinate
- Animal
- Rat
- Branch polarity
- Yang
- Double hour
- 23:00–00:59
- Month opens at
- 大雪 Major Snow
- Direction
- North
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 子
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 壬 Ren as the reference stem.
- 01
癸
Primary interior stem
劫财 Rob Wealth
Where 壬子 returns
- Cycle position
- 49 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲辰
- Stem stage at this branch
- 帝旺 Prosperity
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1912壬子
- 1972壬子
- 2032壬子
- 2092壬子
壬子 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 子
The stem and branch both carry Water, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases. The day branch holds Gui 癸 (Rob Wealth) relative to this Day Master.