1968: Year of the Earth Monkey
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1968 is 戊申 — Yang Earth over the Monkey branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 戊 (Earth)
Yang Earth is the mountain — steady, dependable, and slow to change position once it's found solid ground.
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 1968 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 28Solar eclipse
- April 13Lunar eclipse
- September 22Solar eclipse
- October 6Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- February 6 – February 28Mercury retrograde
- June 6 – June 30Mercury retrograde
- October 3 – October 24Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- February 27Jupiter enters Leo
- June 15Jupiter enters Virgo
- September 28Uranus enters Libra
- November 15Jupiter enters Libra
This is the story every Monkey year shares
The stem and branch of 1968 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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