2028: Year of the Earth Monkey
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2028 is 戊申 — Yang Earth over the Monkey 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: 申 — Year of the Monkey
The Monkey is clever and versatile — quick to find a workaround and genuinely enjoys the puzzle of figuring one out.
What 2028 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 12Lunar eclipse
- January 26Solar eclipse
- July 6Lunar eclipse
- July 22Solar eclipse
- December 31Lunar eclipse
Retrogrades
- January 24 – February 14Mercury retrograde
- May 10 – June 22Venus retrograde
- May 21 – June 14Mercury retrograde
- September 19 – October 11Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- April 13Saturn enters Taurus
- August 24Jupiter enters Libra
This is the story every Monkey year shares
The stem and branch of 2028 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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