2022: Year of the Water Tiger
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2022 is 壬寅 — Yang Water over the Tiger branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 壬 (Water)
Yang Water is the ocean or the flood — expansive, adventurous, and restless with momentum that's hard to contain.
The Earthly Branch: 寅 — Year of the Tiger
The Tiger is bold and initiating — a natural first-mover, more comfortable leading into the unknown than waiting to be asked.
What 2022 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 30Solar eclipse
- May 16Lunar eclipse
- October 25Solar eclipse
- November 8Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 19, 2021 – January 29Venus retrograde
- January 14 – February 4Mercury retrograde
- May 10 – June 3Mercury retrograde
- September 10 – October 2Mercury retrograde
- October 30 – January 12, 2023Mars retrograde
- December 29 – January 18, 2023Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- May 10Jupiter enters Aries
- October 28Jupiter enters Pisces
- December 20Jupiter enters Aries
This is the story every Tiger year shares
The stem and branch of 2022 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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