1983: Year of the Water Pig
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1983 is 癸亥 — Yin Water over the Pig branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 癸 (Water)
Yin Water is the rain or the mist — gentle, intuitive, and persistent in a way that reshapes things slowly rather than all at once.
The Earthly Branch: 亥 — Year of the Pig
The Pig is warm and generous — easygoing, sincere, and genuinely glad to share what it has.
What 1983 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
- June 11Solar eclipse
- June 25Lunar eclipse
- December 4Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 7 – January 27Mercury retrograde
- May 1 – May 25Mercury retrograde
- August 3 – September 15Venus retrograde
- September 2 – September 24Mercury retrograde
- December 22 – January 11, 1984Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- May 6Saturn enters Libra
- August 24Saturn enters Scorpio
- November 5Pluto enters Scorpio
This is the story every Pig year shares
The stem and branch of 1983 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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