Earth sheep

己未

The earth sheep ( Jiwei , Chinese  己未 , Pinyin jǐwèi ) is the 56th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term in the field of Chinese astrology and specifies the moon years , by a connection of the sixth sky strain ( 己 , jǐ , element earth and Yin ) to the eighth earthly branch ( 未 , wèi ), symbolized by the sheep ( 羊 , yáng), are characterized.

60-year cycle ( 干支 gānzhī)
阳 Yáng (odd years) 阴 Yin (even years) The 5 elements : wood fire earth metal water
Animal 地支	子	丑	寅	卯	辰	巳	午	未	申	酉	戌	亥
Year 天干 地支	1 甲 子	2 乙 丑	3 丙 寅	4 丁 卯	5 戊 辰	6 己 巳	7 庚 午	8 辛 Unfilled	9 壬 申	10 癸 酉	11 甲 戌	12 乙 亥
Year 天干 地支	13 丙 子	14 丁 丑	15 戊 寅	16 己 卯	17 庚 辰	18 辛 巳	19 壬 午	20 癸 Unfilled	21 甲 申	22 乙 酉	23 丙 戌	24 丁 亥
Year 天干 地支	25 戊 子	26 己 丑	27 庚 寅	28 辛 卯	29 壬 辰	30 癸 巳	31 甲 午	32 乙 Unfilled	33 丙 申	34 丁 酉	35 戊 戌	36 己 亥
Year 天干 地支	37 庚 子	38 辛 丑	39 壬 寅	40 癸 卯	41 甲 辰	42 乙 巳	43 丙 午	44 丁 Unfilled	45 戊 申	46 己 酉	47 庚 戌	48 辛 亥
Year 天干 地支	49 壬 子	50 癸 丑	51 甲 寅	52 乙 卯	53 丙 辰	54 丁 巳	55 戊 午	56 己 Unfilled	57 庚 申	58 辛 酉	59 壬 戌	60 癸 亥

According to the Chinese calendar , such a connection occurs every 60 years. The last Earth-Sheep year began in 1979 and lasted from January 28, 1979 to February 15, 1980 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Earth-Sheep Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the earth-sheep 己未 jǐwèi is the 56th year (at the beginning of the year: earth-horse 戊午 wùwǔ 55).

List of 60-year cycles (end of cycle - when counting from the 1st year of the Huángdì government) (beginning of the cycle - when counting from the 61st year of Huángdì government)
	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
0	2642 BC Chr.	2582 BC Chr.	2522 BC Chr.	2462 BC Chr.	2402 BC Chr.	2342 BC Chr.	2282 BC Chr.	2222 BC Chr.	2162 BC Chr.	2102 BC Chr.
10	2042 BC Chr.	1982 BC Chr.	1922 BC Chr.	1862 BC Chr.	1802 BC Chr.	1742 BC Chr.	1682 BC Chr.	1622 BC Chr.	1562 BC Chr.	1502 BC Chr.
20th	1442 BC Chr.	1382 BC Chr.	1322 BC Chr.	1262 BC Chr.	1202 BC Chr.	1142 BC Chr.	1082 BC Chr.	1022 BC Chr.	962 BC Chr.	902 BC Chr.
30th	842 BC Chr.	782 BC Chr.	722 BC Chr.	662 BC Chr.	602 BC Chr.	542 BC Chr.	482 BC Chr.	422 BC Chr.	362 BC Chr.	302 BC Chr.
40	242 BC Chr.	182 BC Chr.	122 BC Chr.	62 BC Chr.	2 v. Chr.	59	119	179	239	299
50	359	419	479	539	599	659	719	779	839	899
60	959	1019	1079	1139	1199	1259	1319	1379	1439	1499
70	1559	1619	1679	1739	1799	1859	1919	1979	2039	2099
Note: The consecutive number of the cycle results from the line number. added to the column no. Example: row 30 + column 5 = 35. cycle corresponds to 542 v. Chr.