1959: Year of the Earth Pig
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1959 is 己亥 — Yin Earth over the Pig 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: 亥 — Year of the Pig
The Pig is warm and generous — easygoing, sincere, and genuinely glad to share what it has.
What 1959 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
- March 24Lunar eclipse
- April 8Solar eclipse
- October 2Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- March 19 – April 12Mercury retrograde
- July 22 – August 15Mercury retrograde
- August 10 – September 22Venus retrograde
- November 14 – December 3Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- January 5Saturn enters Capricorn
- February 10Jupiter enters Sagittarius
- April 24Jupiter enters Scorpio
- October 5Jupiter enters Sagittarius
This is the story every Pig year shares
The stem and branch of 1959 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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