Complete signature return
1908
- Lunar-year boundary
- 2 February 1908 → 21 January 1909
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 5 February 1908 at 12:47
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Yang Earth year pillar
Earth Monkey (1908, 1968, 2028, 2088)
Earth Monkey years are 1908, 1968, 2028, 2088 within 1901–2099. 戊申 is pillar 45 of the 60-year cycle: Yang Earth is its year-stem element, while the Monkey branch remains Metal.
Earth Monkey personality
Earth steadies the Monkey's experimentation, directing curiosity toward an improvement that can be used again rather than a trick that works only once. The portrait combines a flexible approach with patience for practical detail. Its challenge is balancing the pleasure of a fresh solution against the less exciting need to maintain it after the novelty has worn off.
Born in 1908, 1968, 2028, 2088? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.
戊申: pillar anatomy
- Animal branch
- 申 Shen · Yang Metal
- Year stem and fixed branch
- Earth generates Metal
- Solar month 7
- Start of Autumn · Autumn
- Branch compass and double-hour
- WSW · 15:00–17:00
In the Five Phases cycle, Earth feeds Metal.
Na Yin pair: 大驿土
Earth Na Yin · paired with 己酉 Yin Earth Rooster in the 30 Na Yin pairs.
Exact date records
Earth Monkey years, 1901–2099
The complete 戊申 pillar returns every sixty years. Each record below keeps the same animal, stem element, and polarity, while its exact lunar-year boundary and leap-month pattern change.
Complete signature return
1968
- Lunar-year boundary
- 30 January 1968 → 16 February 1969
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 5 February 1968 at 02:07
- Leap month
- Month 7
Complete signature return
2028
- Lunar-year boundary
- 26 January 2028 → 12 February 2029
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 2028 at 15:31
- Leap month
- Month 5
Complete signature return
2088
- Lunar-year boundary
- 24 January 2088 → 9 February 2089
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 2088 at 04:58
- Leap month
- Month 4
Earth Monkey with the current Yang Fire Horse year
No named branch relation
No named branch relation
No named stem relation
戊 with 丙
Fire generates Earth
Earth year stem with the current Fire year stem.
Same branch, five stems
Compare all five Monkey elements
Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.