2002: Year of the Water Horse
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2002 is 壬午 — Yang Water over the Horse 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: 午 — Year of the Horse
The Horse is energetic and independent — restless in the best sense, drawn to movement and reluctant to be fenced in.
What 2002 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
- June 10Solar eclipse
- December 4Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 18 – February 8Mercury retrograde
- May 15 – June 8Mercury retrograde
- September 14 – October 6Mercury retrograde
- October 10 – November 21Venus retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- August 1Jupiter enters Leo
This is the story every Horse year shares
The stem and branch of 2002 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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