壬申 (im sin) day pillar
the sea, a great river sitting on the Monkey branch - The Wise, Big-picture Strategist.
im Water · sin Metal
At a glance
- Day stem
- 壬 (+Water)
- Day branch
- 申 (Metal · Monkey)
- Hidden stems
- 戊(residual) 壬(middle) 庚(main)
- Ten God of the branch
- Indirect Resource (庚)
- Twelve stages
- Birth
- Void branches
- 戌·亥
- Sound element
- Metal of the Sword Tip (劍鋒金)
- Number in the cycle
- 9 / 60
Day stem - your temperament
The day stem 壬 is Water, symbolised by the sea, a great river.
Broad-minded and insightful, with the ambition to think in big-picture terms.
Moody at times, and overthinking can slow you down to act.
A yang stem, so the energy pushes outward. You go big and straight, and tend to put off the fine finishing work.
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Day branch - the ground you sit on
The day branch 申 is Metal, the Monkey branch.
A quick-handed, adaptive seat. You are unafraid of new methods and pick them up fast.
Inside 申 sit the hidden stems 戊(residual 7), 壬(middle 7), 庚(main 16), of which 庚 is the main one. Beyond the visible Metal, these stems work from within, which is why the same branch reads differently from person to person.
The Ten God in your day branch - reading the spouse seat
Seen from the day stem 壬, the branch's main stem 庚 is Indirect Resource. The day branch is the seat closest to a partner and the ground you stand on daily, so the Ten God sitting there shapes the texture of everyday life.
The force that looks from an unusual angle sits underneath. Hear one thing and your mind branches ten ways, which produces original readings. It also means thought outruns action, and you tend to weigh conditions even on help you receive.
How stem and branch meet
The branch generates the stem, so your foundation supports you. You hold steady instead of swinging wildly.
Twelve stages - your energy in this seat
The day stem 壬 meets the branch 申 at the Birth stage.
The stage of having just been born and starting to grow. Beginnings go your way, help arrives easily, and something clear stays in you even as you age.
Void branches - the two empty seats
The 壬申 pillar belongs to the 甲子 decade, and the branches left empty in it are 戌 and 亥.
A void branch is less a bad omen than a marker meaning your heart does not fully settle here. Years ruled by those branches tend not to fill up as planned - but attachment thins out too, which can feel like relief, and it often turns into a strength in fields that work with emptiness: religion, scholarship, art.
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Sound element (Napeum)
The sound element of 壬申 is Metal of the Sword Tip (劍鋒金) - an old name given to the pair itself, separate from the elements of the stem and branch.
A Metal sound-element, so the grain is one of being forged. Skill shows where standards are set and things are cut away; being hard, it needs slack left in so it does not snap.
Branches that fit, branches that clash
The branch that pairs with 申 in six-harmony is 巳, and the branches forming its triad are 子, 辰. Against that, 寅 clashes with it and shakes the seat.
Years and people whose branch harmonises with yours tend to run smoothly and feel easy. The clashing side shakes the seat instead - moves, partings, turning points - which is not simply bad: it is also the force that pushes out what had gone stagnant.
Work that suits you
By the element of the day stem (Water): fields where you read trends and operate broadly, like trade, distribution/logistics, communications, or research
The branch's element (Metal) is layered on top: fields where precision and principle matter, like finance, law, machinery/manufacturing, or medicine Choose work where the two grains overlap - that is where you last.