Fire sheep
The fire sheep ( Dingwei , Chinese 丁未 , Pinyin dīngwèi ) is the 44th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and denotes those lunar years that are symbolized by the sheep ( 羊 , yáng ) through a connection of the fourth heavenly stem ( 丁 , dīng , element fire and Yīn ) with the eighth earth branch ( 未 , wèi ) ), are characterized.
60-year cycle ( 干支 gānzhī) | ||||||||||||
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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 Fire Sheep year began in 1967 and lasted from February 9, 1967 to January 29, 1968 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .
Fire Sheep Year
In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the fire sheep 丁未 dīngwèi is the 44th year (at the beginning of the year: fire horse 丙午 bǐngwǔ 43).