Sexagenary cycle · position 21 of 60

甲申

Yang Wood Monkey 甲申: 1944, 2004, 2064 Years & Na Yin

甲申 Jiǎ–Shēn is pillar 21 of 60: Yang Wood over the Monkey’s Metal branch, with Na Yin Water in the spring 泉中水. It names 1944, 2004, 2064 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Jiǎ–Shēn

Branch
申 Shen
Na Yin
泉中水
Monkey in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 1/10甲JiaYang Wood
Earthly Branch · 9/12申ShenMonkey · Yang Metal
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 甲申

01 · Visible stem

甲

Jia

Yang Wood, stem 1 in the ten-stem sequence.

02 · Phase relation

Branch restrains stem

Metal controls Wood in the five-phase controlling cycle.

Water in the spring

Spring water is a source approached repeatedly, with value in its continuing availability rather than in a dramatic flood. In a day-pillar reading, it becomes an image of replenishment, clarity and a contribution that can be returned to. Its scale is intimate: a definite source serves many small needs without needing to resemble an entire sea.

泉中水

English association
Water in the spring
Associated phase
水 Water
Shares this Na Yin
乙酉 Yin Wood 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 甲 Jia as the reference stem.

  1. 01

    庚

    Primary interior stem

    七杀 Seven Killings
  2. 02

    壬

    Middle interior stem

    偏印 Indirect Resource
  3. 03

    戊

    Residual interior stem

    偏财 Indirect Wealth
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Where 甲申 returns

Cycle position
21 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲申
Void branches · 空亡
午 Horse · 未 Goat
Stem stage at this branch
绝 Extinction

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1944甲申
  2. 2004甲申
  3. 2064甲申
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甲申 as a day pillar

Jia’s traditional image is substantial Wood: roots, trunk and upward growth. As a Day Master image, it invites a reading of direction, persistence and the wish to stand by a principle. The useful tension is between staying rooted and becoming inflexible. Consider what supports that growth in the surrounding chart and where it finds an outlet.

甲 above 申

Metal controls Wood in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Geng 庚 (Seven Killings), Ren 壬 (Indirect Resource), Wu 戊 (Indirect Wealth) relative to this Day Master.