1992: Year of the Water Monkey
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1992 is 壬申 — Yang Water over the Monkey 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: 申 — Year of the Monkey
The Monkey is clever and versatile — quick to find a workaround and genuinely enjoys the puzzle of figuring one out.
What 1992 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 4Solar eclipse
- June 15Lunar eclipse
- June 30Solar eclipse
- December 9Lunar eclipse
- December 24Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- March 17 – April 9Mercury retrograde
- July 20 – August 13Mercury retrograde
- November 11 – December 1Mercury retrograde
- November 28 – February 15, 1993Mars retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- October 10Jupiter enters Libra
This is the story every Monkey year shares
The stem and branch of 1992 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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