1981: Year of the Metal Rooster
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1981 is 辛酉 — Yin Metal over the Rooster branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 辛 (Metal)
Yin Metal is the polished jewel — refined, detail-sensitive, and quick to notice when something falls short of its own high standard.
The Earthly Branch: 酉 — Year of the Rooster
The Rooster is precise and observant — candid to a fault, with a sharp eye for exactly what's out of place.
What 1981 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 4Solar eclipse
- July 17Lunar eclipse
- July 31Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- February 8 – March 2Mercury retrograde
- June 9 – July 3Mercury retrograde
- October 6 – October 27Mercury retrograde
- December 31 – February 10, 1982Venus retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- February 17Uranus enters Sagittarius
- March 20Uranus enters Scorpio
- November 16Uranus enters Sagittarius
- November 27Jupiter enters Scorpio
This is the story every Rooster year shares
The stem and branch of 1981 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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