2009: Year of the Earth Ox
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2009 is 己丑 — Yin Earth over the Ox branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 己 (Earth)
Yin Earth is the cultivated field — practical, nurturing, and shaped by what's needed of it rather than by its own will.
The Earthly Branch: 丑 — Year of the Ox
The Ox is patient and methodical — the kind of steady effort that doesn't look impressive day to day but adds up to something solid.
What 2009 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
- January 26Solar eclipse
- July 22Solar eclipse
- December 31Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 11 – February 1Mercury retrograde
- March 6 – April 17Venus retrograde
- May 7 – May 31Mercury retrograde
- September 7 – September 29Mercury retrograde
- December 20 – March 10, 2010Mars retrograde
- December 26 – January 15, 2010Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- January 5Jupiter enters Aquarius
- October 29Saturn enters Libra
This is the story every Ox year shares
The stem and branch of 2009 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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