1942: Year of the Water Horse
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1942 is 壬午 — Yang Water over the Horse branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 壬 (Water)
Yang Water is the ocean or the flood — expansive, adventurous, and restless with momentum that's hard to contain.
The Earthly Branch: 午 — Year of the Horse
The Horse is energetic and independent — restless in the best sense, drawn to movement and reluctant to be fenced in.
What 1942 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
- March 3Lunar eclipse
- March 16Solar eclipse
- August 12Solar eclipse
- August 26Lunar eclipse
- September 10Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 13 – February 23Venus retrograde
- February 1 – February 22Mercury retrograde
- May 31 – June 24Mercury retrograde
- September 28 – October 20Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- May 8Saturn enters Gemini
- May 15Uranus enters Gemini
- June 10Jupiter enters Cancer
- October 3Neptune enters Libra
This is the story every Horse year shares
The stem and branch of 1942 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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