2024: Year of the Wood Dragon
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2024 is 甲辰 — Yang Wood over the Dragon branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 甲 (Wood)
Yang Wood is the archetype of the tall, upright tree — direct, principled, and pushing steadily toward the light rather than around obstacles.
The Earthly Branch: 辰 — Year of the Dragon
The Dragon is ambitious and dynamic — a commanding presence that tends to set the pace for whatever it's part of.
What 2024 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 8Solar eclipse
- September 18Lunar eclipse
- October 2Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 13, 2023 – January 2Mercury retrograde
- April 1 – April 25Mercury retrograde
- August 5 – August 28Mercury retrograde
- November 26 – December 15Mercury retrograde
- December 6 – February 24, 2025Mars retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- January 21Pluto enters Aquarius
- May 25Jupiter enters Gemini
- September 1Pluto enters Capricorn
- November 19Pluto enters Aquarius
This is the story every Dragon year shares
The stem and branch of 2024 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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