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.

Rén–Zǐ

Branch
子 Zi
Na Yin
桑柘木
Rat in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 9/10壬RenYang Water
Earthly Branch · 1/12子ZiRat · Yang Water
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 壬子

01 · Visible stem

壬

Ren

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

02 · Phase relation

Reinforcing

The stem and branch both carry Water, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases.

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.

  1. 01

    癸

    Primary interior stem

    劫财 Rob Wealth
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Where 壬子 returns

Cycle position
49 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲辰
Void branches · 空亡
寅 Tiger · 卯 Rabbit
Stem stage at this branch
帝旺 Prosperity

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1912壬子
  2. 1972壬子
  3. 2032壬子
  4. 2092壬子
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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.