2013: Year of the Water Snake
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2013 is 癸巳 — Yin Water over the Snake 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: 巳 — Year of the Snake
The Snake is perceptive and strategic — private by nature, and usually several steps ahead before anyone else has started thinking.
What 2013 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 25Lunar eclipse
- May 10Solar eclipse
- November 3Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- February 23 – March 17Mercury retrograde
- June 26 – July 20Mercury retrograde
- October 21 – November 10Mercury retrograde
- December 21 – January 31, 2014Venus retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- June 26Jupiter enters Cancer
This is the story every Snake year shares
The stem and branch of 2013 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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