1993: Year of the Water Rooster
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1993 is 癸酉 — Yin Water over the Rooster 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: 酉 — Year of the Rooster
The Rooster is precise and observant — candid to a fault, with a sharp eye for exactly what's out of place.
What 1993 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
- May 21Solar eclipse
- June 4Lunar eclipse
- November 13Solar eclipse
- November 29Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- November 28, 1992 – February 15Mars retrograde
- February 27 – March 22Mercury retrograde
- March 11 – April 22Venus retrograde
- July 1 – July 25Mercury retrograde
- October 25 – November 15Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- May 21Saturn enters Pisces
- June 30Saturn enters Aquarius
- November 10Jupiter enters Scorpio
This is the story every Rooster year shares
The stem and branch of 1993 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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