1998: Year of the Earth Tiger
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 1998 is 戊寅 — Yang Earth over the Tiger branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 戊 (Earth)
Yang Earth is the mountain — steady, dependable, and slow to change position once it's found solid ground.
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 1998 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
- February 26Solar eclipse
- August 22Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 26, 1997 – February 5Venus retrograde
- March 27 – April 20Mercury retrograde
- July 31 – August 23Mercury retrograde
- November 21 – December 11Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- January 29Neptune enters Aquarius
- February 4Jupiter enters Pisces
- June 9Saturn enters Taurus
- August 23Neptune enters Capricorn
- October 25Saturn enters Aries
- November 28Neptune enters Aquarius
This is the story every Tiger year shares
The stem and branch of 1998 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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