1946: Year of the Fire Dog
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1946 is 丙戌 — Yang Fire over the Dog branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 丙 (Fire)
Yang Fire is the sun overhead — expressive, generous, and impossible to miss; it warms a room just by entering it.
The Earthly Branch: 戌 — Year of the Dog
The Dog is loyal and principled — protective of whoever and whatever it's decided is worth protecting.
What 1946 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 3Solar eclipse
- May 30Solar eclipse
- June 14Lunar eclipse
- June 29Solar eclipse
- November 23Solar eclipse
- December 8Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 4, 1945 – February 21Mars retrograde
- March 16 – April 9Mercury retrograde
- July 19 – August 12Mercury retrograde
- October 28 – December 8Venus retrograde
- November 11 – December 1Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- August 2Saturn enters Leo
- September 25Jupiter enters Scorpio
This is the story every Dog year shares
The stem and branch of 1946 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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