1949: Year of the Earth Ox
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1949 is 己丑 — Yin Earth over the Ox branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 己 (Earth)
Yin Earth is the cultivated field — practical, nurturing, and shaped by what's needed of it rather than by its own will.
The Earthly Branch: 丑 — Year of the Ox
The Ox is patient and methodical — the kind of steady effort that doesn't look impressive day to day but adds up to something solid.
What 1949 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
- April 13Lunar eclipse
- April 28Solar eclipse
- October 7Lunar eclipse
- October 21Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 24 – February 14Mercury retrograde
- May 23 – June 16Mercury retrograde
- September 21 – October 12Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- April 3Saturn enters Leo
- April 12Jupiter enters Aquarius
- May 29Saturn enters Virgo
- June 10Uranus enters Cancer
- June 27Jupiter enters Capricorn
- November 30Jupiter enters Aquarius
This is the story every Ox year shares
The stem and branch of 1949 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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