1931: Year of the Metal Goat
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1931 is 辛未 — Yin Metal over the Goat branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 辛 (Metal)
Yin Metal is the polished jewel — refined, detail-sensitive, and quick to notice when something falls short of its own high standard.
The Earthly Branch: 未 — Year of the Goat
The Goat is gentle and artistic — most at ease in a group, with a quiet sensitivity that shows up in how it makes things.
What 1931 holds in the sky
Computed from the same ephemeris as the charts: every date below is a position, not a prediction, and can be checked against any astronomical almanac.
Eclipses
- April 2Lunar eclipse
- April 18Solar eclipse
- September 12Solar eclipse
- September 26Lunar eclipse
- October 11Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 18, 1930 – March 8Mars retrograde
- December 27, 1930 – January 17Mercury retrograde
- April 19 – May 13Mercury retrograde
- August 22 – September 14Mercury retrograde
- December 11 – December 31Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- July 17Jupiter enters Leo
This is the story every Goat year shares
The stem and branch of 1931 describe the year itself, so they read the same for everyone born into it and everyone living through it. That is the group-level half. Your own chart also weighs your exact birth date, time, and location, which is what turns this into something specific to you.
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