Water Rat
Rén Zǐ, yang
- Stem
- 壬 water, yang
- Branch
- 子 rat
- 納音
- 桑柘木 Mulberry Wood
- Years
- 1912, 1972, 2032, 2092
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
壬子 doubles water with yang 壬 over 子, the Rat, and nothing in either cycle separates them. It appeared in 1972 and returns in 2032.
Mulberry Wood is a name from the farm. Sanming Tonghui says the energy is coiled up and not yet stretched out. It sits in a water place in the month when silkworms decline, and that is when mulberry draws its strength. Wood appears in neither half of the pair, and that is the usual way of a 納音, which labels 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.