戊申 (Tsuchinoe-saru): the Yang Earth Monkey

1.What 戊申 means

戊申 combines the heavenly stem 戊 (Tsuchinoe) with the earthly branch 申 (Saru). 戊 is likened to a mountain, and 申 to the monkey.

The stem on top (Earth) feeds the branch below (Metal), a generating pairing. The urge to give is strong, and it shows as generosity and expressiveness.

戊申 is one of the eto that can fall on a Tenshabi, the best lucky day in the Japanese calendar (in autumn).

2.Nacchin: Earth of the Great Highway

The nacchin (納音, “sound element”) of 戊申 is Earth of the Great Highway. The earth of a great highway: creating places where people and goods meet. The nacchin describes the essence of a birth-year eto; read more in the sixty eto and nacchin.

3.Personality when your day pillar is 戊申

In Four Pillars astrology, the eto of your birth day (the day pillar) stands for you and for your marriage. Generous and big-hearted, you are fair to everyone. Calm and steady, you are the person others count on in a crisis.

The day branch (申) shows your inner self, your private face and your bond with a spouse. Inside you carry the nature of the Monkey: Clever and nimble like a monkey, you think quickly, have many talents and an inexhaustible supply of ideas.

On the other hand: You are slow to get moving and take time to adapt to change. Stubborn, you may refuse to budge once you have spoken.

4.Born in a 戊申 year

If your year pillar is 戊申, you are said to inherit the qualities of a mountain and of the Monkey in your social role and family character. For the personality of your birth animal, see Year of the Monkey.

5.戊申 years

1908, 1968, 2028, 2088

6.戊申 days in 2026 and 2027

A 戊申 day comes round once every 60 days: Feb 3, 2026 (Tue), Apr 4, 2026 (Sat), Jun 3, 2026 (Wed), Aug 2, 2026 (Sun), Oct 1, 2026 (Thu), Nov 30, 2026 (Mon), Jan 29, 2027 (Fri), Mar 30, 2027 (Tue), May 29, 2027 (Sat), Jul 28, 2027 (Wed), Sep 26, 2027 (Sun), Nov 25, 2027 (Thu).

7.Void period (tenchūsatsu / kūbō) of 戊申

戊申 belongs to the decade (jun) that begins with 甲辰, and its void branches are 寅 and 卯. If your day pillar is 戊申, years of the Tiger and the Rabbit are your void years. What is tenchūsatsu? →