1962: Year of the Water Tiger
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1962 is 壬寅 — Yang Water over the Tiger branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 壬 (Water)
Yang Water is the ocean or the flood — expansive, adventurous, and restless with momentum that's hard to contain.
The Earthly Branch: 寅 — Year of the Tiger
The Tiger is bold and initiating — a natural first-mover, more comfortable leading into the unknown than waiting to be asked.
What 1962 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
- February 5Solar eclipse
- July 31Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 27 – February 17Mercury retrograde
- May 26 – June 19Mercury retrograde
- September 24 – October 15Mercury retrograde
- October 23 – December 3Venus retrograde
- December 26 – March 16, 1963Mars retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- January 3Saturn enters Aquarius
- January 10Uranus enters Leo
- March 25Jupiter enters Pisces
- August 10Uranus enters Virgo
This is the story every Tiger year shares
The stem and branch of 1962 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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