2004: Year of the Wood Monkey
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2004 is 甲申 — Yang Wood over the Monkey branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 甲 (Wood)
Yang Wood is the archetype of the tall, upright tree — direct, principled, and pushing steadily toward the light rather than around obstacles.
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 2004 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
- April 19Solar eclipse
- May 4Lunar eclipse
- October 14Solar eclipse
- October 28Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 17, 2003 – January 6Mercury retrograde
- April 6 – April 30Mercury retrograde
- May 17 – June 29Venus retrograde
- August 10 – September 2Mercury retrograde
- November 30 – December 20Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- September 25Jupiter enters Libra
This is the story every Monkey year shares
The stem and branch of 2004 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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