1982 Chinese zodiac
狗 Water Dog · yang
Born between 25 January 1982 and 12 February 1983: you are a Water Dog. Born in 1982 but before 25 January 1982: your sign is that of 1981, the Metal Rooster.
The year
- New Year : 25 January 1982
- Ends : 12 February 1983
- Animal : Dog
- Element : Water (yang)
The Water element
intuition, flexibility, depth.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
壬戌 rén xū
Year 59 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1922 and 2042.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.