1943: Year of the Water Goat
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1943 is 癸未 — Yin Water over the Goat branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 癸 (Water)
Yin Water is the rain or the mist — gentle, intuitive, and persistent in a way that reshapes things slowly rather than all at once.
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 1943 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
- February 4Solar eclipse
- February 20Lunar eclipse
- August 1Solar eclipse
- August 15Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 15 – February 5Mercury retrograde
- May 12 – June 5Mercury retrograde
- August 15 – September 27Venus retrograde
- September 11 – October 3Mercury retrograde
- October 28 – January 10, 1944Mars retrograde
- December 30 – January 19, 1944Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- April 17Neptune enters Virgo
- June 30Jupiter enters Leo
- August 2Neptune enters Libra
This is the story every Goat year shares
The stem and branch of 1943 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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