From 立春, 1901 is the year of Xin Chou, the year of the Ox; its 納音 is 壁上土 (Earth).

What are the Zi Wei annual transformations for 1901?

The 1901 annual transformations are Lu Ju Men 巨門, Quan Tai Yang 太陽, Ke Wen Qu 文曲, Ji Wen Chang 文昌. The four stars are the same for everyone; the palace each falls in differs from chart to chart.

What are the Nine Star year star and the universal year for 1901?

In 1901 the Nine Star Ki year star in the centre is 9 Purple Fire; numerology’s universal year is 11.

Year table › 1901

1901 · Xin Chouhow four traditions mark this yearyear of the Ox · 9 Purple Fire

This year’s four Zi Wei transformations are Lu Ju Men 巨門, Quan Tai Yang 太陽, Ke Wen Qu 文曲, Ji Wen Chang 文昌 and the universal year is 11. These four signs are the whole world’s, not yours alone. What is yours is where they fall on your chart.

Signs of 1901

The four signs of 1901the same for everyone

Stem & branchXin Chouyear of the Ox · Metal · 納音壁上土 Zi Wei transformationsLuJu Men 巨門QuanTai Yang 太陽KeWen Qu 文曲JiWen Chang 文昌set by the year stem, one set for all Nine Star year star9 Purple Fireperiod 2 (1884–1903)Universal year1+9+0+1→11→211 is a master number, read as 2 too

Each sign comes from one tradition: the stem-branch and its 納音, Zi Wei’s annual transformations, Nine Star Ki’s year star, numerology’s universal year. Tap one to read it.

The years around ita sixty-year cycle

Stems and branches turn in sixty years, the year star and the universal year in nine. Slide along to watch them drift apart.

Zi Wei’s annual transformationsXin year

In 1901 Zi Wei Dou Shu lights four stars: one carrying 祿, one 權, one 科, one 忌. The four stars are the same for everyone; which square they sit in on your chart is what is yours.

LuJu Men 巨門 · is where something comes to you祿 means “something comes in”. Wherever it sits, that part of life tends to flow in more easily this year. Ju Men: the mouth — accurate, and it lands where it hurts. Being right is your most useful and most costly move; a beat of pause changes it. glossary
QuanTai Yang 太陽 · is where you call the shots權 means “you call it”. Wherever it sits, that part of life tends to go better with you in the lead this year. Tai Yang: the one that shines outward, and gives in the open. You give brightly, and rarely let anyone see you needing care. glossary
KeWen Qu 文曲 · is where you are seen科 means “easily seen”. Wherever it sits, that part of life tends to draw notice this year. Speech and craft — being remembered for how you put it. Saying it lands harder than writing it. That's yours to use. glossary
JiWen Chang 文昌 · is what you cannot let go忌 means “hard to let go”. Wherever it sits, that part of life stays on your mind this year. Not bad — it is what you care about. Writing and order — getting a thing down on paper clearly. Exams, documents, proposals: you pick these up faster than most. glossary

The same Ju Men 巨門 carrying 祿 says different things in different squares:

in “money”money tends to come in more easily. The internet’s “money while you lie down” year is true for this person only.
in “your body”the body is comfortable and rest comes easily. Not more money — more ease.
in “friends and contacts”friends help, someone picks up the bill. The gain comes from other people, not from lying down.

The same goes for Wen Chang 文昌 carrying 忌: in the work square it is “work gets stuck”; in the love square it has nothing to do with work. So one sentence about a whole year misses three people in four.

Curious how it works?

The transformations follow the year stem: one set for each of the ten stems, round every ten years. This page uses the 全集 school’s table. The annual life palace is the square the year branch falls on; the twelve annual palaces count back from it; only then, with the four stars placed, is it one person’s year.

This year’s stem and branchXin Chou

From 立春 (the start of spring), 1901 is the year of Xin Chou — the “year of the Ox” people talk about. The stem is the year’s weather, the branch its terrain.

Year stemXin · yin MetalXin: a jewel. Refined, sensitive, exacting. You notice detail and proportion — and you bruise more easily. glossary
Year branchChou · Ox · EarthAn Ox year: the furrow gets finished, and no shortcuts are looked for. What you promise usually gets done; saying no is the hard part. glossary
納音壁上土 · Earth life納音 pairs the sixty stem-branches into thirty images such as “water of the heavenly river”. It is a separate reading, not a summary of the stem and branch.

A year’s stem and branch only become a “flowing year” next to your own four pillars: whether it helps or presses on your day master differs from person to person.

Curious how it works?

The year pillar changes at 立春, not on 1 January and not at Lunar New Year. 立春 falls between 3 and 5 February; anyone born on those days needs the exact moment.

Nine Star Ki’s year star9 Purple Fire

In 1901 it is 9 Purple Fire’s turn in the centre; the nine stars take nine years to go round. It sets the year’s overall “climate” and which star each of the eight directions receives.

Fire: bright, visible, and clear-sighted. Good for showing your work; you also see who is leaving. glossary

The larger cycle is a twenty-year “period”: this is period 2 (1884–1903).

See the eight directions for 1901

Curious how it works?

The year star changes at 立春: add the year’s digits down to one figure and subtract from 11 (2026 → 1 → 一白). The directions are on the home nine-palace page; your own natal star is on the compass.

Numerology’s universal year1901 → 11 → 2

The digits of 1901 add up to 11, which numerology keeps as a master number; beneath it is 2. One number for the whole world; your own “personal year” adds your birthday to it.

Two is the pairing number: waiting, listening, what two people do. With Two, stop pushing and sort the relationship first. glossary

11 is a doubled 1: senses sharper than usual, nerves tighter than usual. The internet’s “gentle year” mostly comes from the 2 beneath it.

The universal year is the background hum; your personal year is the tune. The two numbers can match or sit far apart.

Curious how it works?

Method: 1+9+0+1 = 11, then add the two digits down to one; 11, 22 and 33 are kept when they appear. Personal year = birth month + birth day + the universal year.

How to read this page

These four signs are the same for everyone. They are about the year, not about you.
Any “this year everyone will…” comes from one of these signs. Knowing which one tells you how far the sentence reaches.
To know what it means for you, the sign has to sit on your chart: once signed in, the Zi Wei page draws where the four stars fall for you, and the years page lists your own flowing years one by one.

Other years

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Every year from 1901 to 2099 opens.

A year’s signs are shared. The same star on a different chart tells a different story.