2023: Year of the Water Rabbit
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2023 is 癸卯 — Yin Water over the Rabbit 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: 卯 — Year of the Rabbit
The Rabbit is gentle and diplomatic — attentive to detail and to other people's comfort, often the one who keeps a room at ease.
What 2023 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 20Solar eclipse
- October 14Solar eclipse
- October 28Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- October 30, 2022 – January 12Mars retrograde
- December 29, 2022 – January 18Mercury retrograde
- April 21 – May 15Mercury retrograde
- July 23 – September 4Venus retrograde
- August 23 – September 15Mercury retrograde
- December 13 – January 2, 2024Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- March 7Saturn enters Pisces
- March 23Pluto enters Aquarius
- May 16Jupiter enters Taurus
- June 11Pluto enters Capricorn
This is the story every Rabbit year shares
The stem and branch of 2023 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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