Chinese zodiac 1992
Year of the Water Monkey
4 February 1992 to 22 January 1993
Born in 1992? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1992 it falls on 4 February 1992.
- 4 February to 31 December 1992
- 🐒 Water Monkey
- and on to 22 Jan 1993
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The Water Monkey at a glance
Animal
🐒 Monkey
Said to be clever, curious, playful.
Element
水 Yang Water
Linked with wisdom and flexibility. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Monkey years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Water Monkey years nearest to this one are 1932 and 2052.
Who gets on with the Monkey
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Monkey sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.