From 立春, 1944 is the year of Jia Shen, the year of the Monkey; its 納音 is 泉中水 (Water).

What are the Zi Wei annual transformations for 1944?

The 1944 annual transformations are Lu Lian Zhen 廉貞, Quan Po Jun 破軍, Ke Wu Qu 武曲, Ji Tai Yang 太陽. 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 1944?

In 1944 the Nine Star Ki year star in the centre is 2 Black Earth; numerology’s universal year is 9.

Year table › 1944

1944 · Jia Shenhow four traditions mark this yearyear of the Monkey · 2 Black Earth

This year’s four Zi Wei transformations are Lu Lian Zhen 廉貞, Quan Po Jun 破軍, Ke Wu Qu 武曲, Ji Tai Yang 太陽 and the universal year is 9. These four signs are the whole world’s, not yours alone. What is yours is where they fall on your chart.

Signs of 1944

The four signs of 1944the same for everyone

Stem & branchJia Shenyear of the Monkey · Wood · 納音泉中水 Zi Wei transformationsLuLian Zhen 廉貞QuanPo Jun 破軍KeWu Qu 武曲JiTai Yang 太陽set by the year stem, one set for all Nine Star year star2 Black Earthperiod 5 (1944–1963)Universal year1+9+4+4→18→9the whole world’s number this year is 9

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 transformationsJia year

In 1944 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.

LuLian Zhen 廉貞 · 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. Lian Zhen: principle and appetite, pulling visibly against each other. You can hold the line and let go; the trouble is both are genuine. glossary
QuanPo Jun 破軍 · 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. Po Jun: the old thing gets taken apart to make room. Starting over does not frighten you; the people around you start over too. glossary
KeWu Qu 武曲 · is where you are seen科 means “easily seen”. Wherever it sits, that part of life tends to draw notice this year. Wu Qu: the hard one — execution, money, getting it done. You deliver; the words come out short and read as not caring. glossary
JiTai Yang 太陽 · 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. Tai Yang: the one that shines outward, and gives in the open. You give brightly, and rarely let anyone see you needing care. glossary

The same Lian Zhen 廉貞 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 Tai Yang 太陽 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 branchJia Shen

From 立春 (the start of spring), 1944 is the year of Jia Shen — the “year of the Monkey” people talk about. The stem is the year’s weather, the branch its terrain.

Year stemJia · yang WoodJia: a great tree. Straight, upward, first through the door. You tend to push forward rather than go around. glossary
Year branchShen · Monkey · MetalA Monkey year: rules get turned over; clever outruns correct. You usually find another route — and are hard to pin down. glossary
納音泉中水 · Water 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 star2 Black Earth

In 1944 it is 2 Black Earth’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.

A slow star — deep earth, the kind that feeds things. Good for taking one thing deeper; bad for running five at once. glossary

The larger cycle is a twenty-year “period”: this is period 5 (1944–1963).

See the eight directions for 1944

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 year1944 → 18 → 9

The digits of 1944 add up to 9. Numerology calls this the “universal year”, one number for the whole world; your own “personal year” adds your birthday to it.

Nine is the closing number: ending, releasing, giving away. Nine is for finishing what has dragged on too long. glossary

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+4+4 = 18, 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.

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