1938: Year of the Earth Tiger
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1938 is 戊寅 — Yang Earth over the Tiger branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 戊 (Earth)
Yang Earth is the mountain — steady, dependable, and slow to change position once it's found solid ground.
The Earthly Branch: 寅 — Year of the Tiger
The Tiger is bold and initiating — a natural first-mover, more comfortable leading into the unknown than waiting to be asked.
What 1938 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
- May 14Lunar eclipse
- May 29Solar eclipse
- November 7Lunar eclipse
- November 22Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 20, 1937 – January 9Mercury retrograde
- April 11 – May 5Mercury retrograde
- August 14 – September 6Mercury retrograde
- October 30 – December 10Venus retrograde
- December 4 – December 24Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- January 14Saturn enters Aries
- May 14Jupiter enters Pisces
- July 30Jupiter enters Aquarius
- August 3Pluto enters Leo
- December 29Jupiter enters Pisces
This is the story every Tiger year shares
The stem and branch of 1938 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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