1944: Year of the Wood Monkey
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1944 is 甲申 — Yang Wood over the Monkey branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 甲 (Wood)
Yang Wood is the archetype of the tall, upright tree — direct, principled, and pushing steadily toward the light rather than around obstacles.
The Earthly Branch: 申 — Year of the Monkey
The Monkey is clever and versatile — quick to find a workaround and genuinely enjoys the puzzle of figuring one out.
What 1944 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
- January 25Solar eclipse
- July 20Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- October 28, 1943 – January 10Mars retrograde
- December 30, 1943 – January 19Mercury retrograde
- April 22 – May 15Mercury retrograde
- August 24 – September 16Mercury retrograde
- December 13 – January 2, 1945Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- June 20Saturn enters Cancer
- July 26Jupiter enters Virgo
This is the story every Monkey year shares
The stem and branch of 1944 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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