Wood Monkey
Jiǎ Shēn, yang
- Stem
- 甲 wood, yang
- Branch
- 申 monkey
- 納音
- 井泉水 Water of the Well Spring
- Years
- 1944, 2004, 2064
Each listed year runs from its boundary to the next one, and it depends on the convention. Early dates in the calendar year can belong to the year before.
About this year
Metal cuts wood, and in 甲申 the branch does the cutting: 申, the Monkey, is metal, and the stem 甲 is yang wood. That places the Wood Monkey in the overcoming cycle with the branch as the stronger side. Examples are 1944 and 2004.
The 納音 is Water of the Well Spring. Sanming Tonghui describes still, settled energy and a well that can be drawn on without ever running dry. Water is a third element here, apart from wood and metal, which is common for these names because each one tags a position.
Where this text comes from
The 納音 name follows the Wikisource text of 三命通會, volume 1, the only witness we found for the full set of names. The polarity of the stems and branches and the generating and overcoming cycles follow 五行大義 volume 2.
- 三命通會 卷一 (Wikisource 三命通會/卷一, SIMPLIFIED script as stored on Wikisource)
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- 五行大義 卷二 (Wikisource 五行大義/2, traditional script)
Retrieved 2026-11-09
The English here is our own plain wording, not a translation of a single source.