1978: Year of the Earth Horse
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1978 is 戊午 — Yang Earth over the Horse 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: 午 — Year of the Horse
The Horse is energetic and independent — restless in the best sense, drawn to movement and reluctant to be fenced in.
What 1978 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 7Solar eclipse
- September 16Lunar eclipse
- October 2Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 12, 1977 – March 2Mars retrograde
- April 1 – April 25Mercury retrograde
- August 4 – August 28Mercury retrograde
- October 18 – November 28Venus retrograde
- November 25 – December 15Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- January 5Saturn enters Leo
- April 12Jupiter enters Cancer
- July 26Saturn enters Virgo
- September 5Jupiter enters Leo
This is the story every Horse year shares
The stem and branch of 1978 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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