1991: Year of the Metal Goat
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1991 is 辛未 — Yin Metal over the Goat 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: 未 — Year of the Goat
The Goat is gentle and artistic — most at ease in a group, with a quiet sensitivity that shows up in how it makes things.
What 1991 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 15Solar eclipse
- July 11Solar eclipse
- December 21Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- October 20, 1990 – January 1Mars retrograde
- December 14, 1990 – January 3Mercury retrograde
- April 4 – April 28Mercury retrograde
- August 1 – September 13Venus retrograde
- August 7 – August 31Mercury retrograde
- November 28 – December 18Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- February 6Saturn enters Aquarius
- September 12Jupiter enters Virgo
This is the story every Goat year shares
The stem and branch of 1991 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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