1982: Year of the Water Dog
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1982 is 壬戌 — Yang Water over the Dog 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: 戌 — Year of the Dog
The Dog is loyal and principled — protective of whoever and whatever it's decided is worth protecting.
What 1982 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
- January 9Lunar eclipse
- January 25Solar eclipse
- June 21Solar eclipse
- July 6Lunar eclipse
- July 20Solar eclipse
- December 15Solar eclipse
- December 30Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 31, 1981 – February 10Venus retrograde
- January 23 – February 13Mercury retrograde
- February 20 – May 11Mars retrograde
- May 21 – June 13Mercury retrograde
- September 19 – October 11Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- November 29Saturn enters Scorpio
- December 26Jupiter enters Sagittarius
This is the story every Dog year shares
The stem and branch of 1982 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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