1956: Year of the Fire Monkey
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1956 is 丙申 — Yang Fire over the Monkey 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: 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 1956 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
- May 24Lunar eclipse
- June 8Solar eclipse
- November 18Lunar eclipse
- December 2Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 18 – February 8Mercury retrograde
- May 14 – June 7Mercury retrograde
- May 31 – July 13Venus retrograde
- August 10 – October 10Mars retrograde
- September 13 – October 5Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- January 12Saturn enters Sagittarius
- January 18Jupiter enters Leo
- January 28Uranus enters Cancer
- March 12Neptune enters Libra
- May 14Saturn enters Scorpio
- June 10Uranus enters Leo
- July 7Jupiter enters Virgo
- October 10Saturn enters Sagittarius
- October 19Neptune enters Scorpio
- October 20Pluto enters Virgo
- December 13Jupiter enters Libra
This is the story every Monkey year shares
The stem and branch of 1956 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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