ren-zi day pillar

Water above and water below make 壬子 one of the simplest pairs to read. 子, the Rat, holds only 癸 in this site's table, and to a 壬 day master that is Rob Wealth, the same element at opposite polarity. 三命通會 gives 壬 itself the first seven days, which would count as a Friend for that stretch.

Emperor, 帝旺, is the stage at 子, the top of the arc for this stem. The entry in 三命通會 卷一 lists 羊刃 here, the term 神峰通考 attaches to yang stems meeting their yin twins, and that is the meeting of 壬 with 癸.

Its 納音 is Mulberry Wood, even though no wood appears anywhere in the pair, because 納音 names are assigned separately from the elements of stem and branch. 三命通會 卷一 goes further and says 伤水多之木, wood harmed by too much water, then says it likes fire, earth and summer.