1986: Year of the Fire Tiger
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1986 is 丙寅 — Yang Fire over the Tiger branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 丙 (Fire)
Yang Fire is the sun overhead — expressive, generous, and impossible to miss; it warms a room just by entering it.
The Earthly Branch: 寅 — Year of the Tiger
The Tiger is bold and initiating — a natural first-mover, more comfortable leading into the unknown than waiting to be asked.
What 1986 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
- April 9Solar eclipse
- April 24Lunar eclipse
- October 3Solar eclipse
- October 17Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- March 7 – March 30Mercury retrograde
- June 8 – August 12Mars retrograde
- July 9 – August 3Mercury retrograde
- October 15 – November 26Venus retrograde
- November 2 – November 22Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- February 20Jupiter enters Pisces
This is the story every Tiger year shares
The stem and branch of 1986 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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