2003: Year of the Water Goat
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2003 is 癸未 — Yin Water over the Goat 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: 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 2003 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 16Lunar eclipse
- May 31Solar eclipse
- November 9Lunar eclipse
- November 23Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 2 – January 23Mercury retrograde
- April 26 – May 20Mercury retrograde
- July 29 – September 27Mars retrograde
- August 28 – September 20Mercury retrograde
- December 17 – January 6, 2004Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- March 10Uranus enters Pisces
- June 4Saturn enters Cancer
- August 27Jupiter enters Virgo
- September 15Uranus enters Aquarius
- December 30Uranus enters Pisces
This is the story every Goat year shares
The stem and branch of 2003 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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