2018: Year of the Earth Dog
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2018 is 戊戌 — Yang Earth over the Dog branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 戊 (Earth)
Yang Earth is the mountain — steady, dependable, and slow to change position once it's found solid ground.
The Earthly Branch: 戌 — Year of the Dog
The Dog is loyal and principled — protective of whoever and whatever it's decided is worth protecting.
What 2018 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 31Lunar eclipse
- February 15Solar eclipse
- July 13Solar eclipse
- July 27Lunar eclipse
- August 11Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- March 23 – April 15Mercury retrograde
- June 26 – August 27Mars retrograde
- July 26 – August 19Mercury retrograde
- October 5 – November 16Venus retrograde
- November 17 – December 6Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- May 15Uranus enters Taurus
- November 6Uranus enters Aries
- November 8Jupiter enters Sagittarius
This is the story every Dog year shares
The stem and branch of 2018 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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