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Heavenly Stem 09 of 10 · 天干

壬

Ren

rén

Ren is the yang expression of the Water phase. In a pillar it supplies phase and polarity; the Earthly Branch beside it supplies the animal and the twelve-position time coordinate.

Polarity
Yang
Phase partner
癸 Gui
A winter river winding through snow-covered mountains and pavilions
Winter · NorthThis landscape visualises the traditional seasonal and directional correspondences of Water. Ren's yang position is supplied by the stem itself.

One sign, one fixed coordinate

What stays fixed for Ren

Wherever 壬 appears—year, month, day or hour—it remains Yang Water. Its position in a chart changes; these identities and stem-to-stem partners do not.

Sequence position
9 of 10

After 辛 Xin; before 癸 Gui.

Five Combination · 五合
丁 Ding

The reciprocal partner five positions away in the stem sequence.

Fixed clash
丙 Bing

The opposing stem named by the fixed reference table.

Six meetings in sixty positions

Every Ren pillar in the cycle

The ten stems and twelve branches advance together. 壬 therefore meets six branches before the sixty-position sequence returns to its opening pair.

  1. Position 09壬申Example year 1992
  2. Position 19壬午Example year 2002
  3. Position 29壬辰Example year 2012
  4. Position 39壬寅Example year 2022
  5. Position 49壬子Example year 2032
  6. Position 59壬戌Example year 2042

Inside the Earthly Branches · 藏干

Where 壬 is carried as a hidden stem

Branches contain one to three interior stems in a fixed order. 壬 appears inside 2 branches; its primary, middle or residual role stays attached to each occurrence.

  1. 01

    申

    Monkey · Shen

    Metal branch

    middle

    The second stem in the branch’s interior order

  2. 02

    亥

    Pig · Hai

    Water branch

    primary

    The branch’s principal interior stem

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When 壬 is the Day Master · 日主

How Ren names all ten stem relationships

As the day stem, 壬 becomes the comparison point. The target stem's phase selects one of five relationship pairs, then its polarity selects the named member of that pair.

  1. 01甲JiaYang WoodDay Master generates it · same polarity食神Eating Godshí shén
  2. 02乙YiYin WoodDay Master generates it · different polarity伤官Hurting Officershāng guān
  3. 03丙BingYang FireDay Master controls it · same polarity偏财Indirect Wealthpiān cái
  4. 04丁DingYin FireDay Master controls it · different polarity正财Direct Wealthzhèng cái
  5. 05戊WuYang EarthIt controls the Day Master · same polarity七杀Seven Killingsqī shā
  6. 06己JiYin EarthIt controls the Day Master · different polarity正官Direct Officerzhèng guān
  7. 07庚GengYang MetalIt generates the Day Master · same polarity偏印Indirect Resourcepiān yìn
  8. 08辛XinYin MetalIt generates the Day Master · different polarity正印Direct Resourcezhèng yìn
  9. 09壬RenYang WaterSame phase · same polarity比肩Friendbǐ jiān
  10. 10癸GuiYin WaterSame phase · different polarity劫财Rob Wealthjié cái
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