ren-wu day pillar

Water above and fire below, and here the controller is the stem. 五行大義 puts water's conception at this branch, 胎於午, and the later twelve-stage table agrees with Conception for 壬. The two books are centuries apart and the seat has not moved.

丁 and 己 are the stems listed in 午. Against yang 壬 both are yin, so each relation comes out as the direct kind: Direct Wealth for 丁, Direct Officer for 己. 三命通會 drops 己 from this branch and has 丙 and 丁 alone, and then the officer disappears from the reading.

楊柳木, Willow Wood, is divided between two entries in 三命通會 卷一. This one has 杨柳干节, the trunk and joints of the willow, and 喜春夏, pleased by spring and summer. 癸未 takes the root.