2007: Year of the Fire Pig
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2007 is 丁亥 — Yin Fire over the Pig branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 丁 (Fire)
Yin Fire is the candle or lamp — focused, precise, and quietly illuminating rather than blazing; it lights one thing well instead of everything at once.
The Earthly Branch: 亥 — Year of the Pig
The Pig is warm and generous — easygoing, sincere, and genuinely glad to share what it has.
What 2007 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
- March 3Lunar eclipse
- March 19Solar eclipse
- August 28Lunar eclipse
- September 11Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- February 14 – March 8Mercury retrograde
- June 15 – July 10Mercury retrograde
- July 27 – September 8Venus retrograde
- October 12 – November 1Mercury retrograde
- November 15 – January 30, 2008Mars retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- September 2Saturn enters Virgo
- December 18Jupiter enters Capricorn
This is the story every Pig year shares
The stem and branch of 2007 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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