2012 Chinese zodiac
龍 Water Dragon · yang
Born between 23 January 2012 and 9 February 2013: you are a Water Dragon. Born in 2012 but before 23 January 2012: your sign is that of 2011, the Metal Rabbit.
The year
- New Year : 23 January 2012
- Ends : 9 February 2013
- Animal : Dragon
- 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
壬辰 rén chén
Year 29 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1952 and 2072.
The Dragon in one line
Ambitious and radiant, it thinks big and carries others along.
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.