Metal sheep

辛未

The metal sheep ( Xinwei ( Chinese  辛未 , Pinyin xīnwèi )) is the 8th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and describes those lunar years that are linked by a connection between the eighth celestial stem ( 辛 , xīn , element metal and Yīn ) and the eighth earth 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 Metal Sheep year began in 1991 and lasted from February 15, 1991 to February 3, 1992 due to the difference between the Chinese and the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal Sheep Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal sheep 辛未 xīnwèi is the 8th year (at the beginning of the year: metal horse 庚午 gēngwǔ 7).

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	2690 BC Chr.	2630 BC Chr.	2570 BC Chr.	2510 BC Chr.	2450 BC Chr.	2390 BC Chr.	2330 BC Chr.	2270 BC Chr.	2210 BC Chr.	2150 BC Chr.
10	2090 BC Chr.	2030 BC Chr.	1970 BC Chr.	1910 BC Chr.	1850 BC Chr.	1790 BC Chr.	1730 BC Chr.	1670 BC Chr.	1610 BC Chr.	1550 BC Chr.
20th	1490 BC Chr.	1430 BC Chr.	1370 BC Chr.	1310 BC Chr.	1250 BC Chr.	1190 BC Chr.	1130 BC Chr.	1070 BC Chr.	1010 BC Chr.	950 BC Chr.
30th	890 BC Chr.	830 BC Chr.	770 BC Chr.	710 BC Chr.	650 BC Chr.	590 BC Chr.	530 BC Chr.	470 BC Chr.	410 BC Chr.	350 BC Chr.
40	290 BC Chr.	230 BC Chr.	170 BC Chr.	110 BC Chr.	50 BC Chr.	11	71	131	191	251
50	311	371	431	491	551	611	671	731	791	851
60	911	971	1031	1091	1151	1211	1271	1331	1391	1451
70	1511	1571	1631	1691	1751	1811	1871	1931	1991	2051
Note: The consecutive number of the cycle results from the line number. added to the column no. Example: row 30 + column 5 = 35th cycle corresponds to 590 v. Chr.