2042 Chinese zodiac
狗 Water Dog · yang
Born between 22 January 2042 and 9 February 2043: you are a Water Dog. Born in 2042 but before 22 January 2042: your sign is that of 2041, the Metal Rooster.
The year
- New Year : 22 January 2042
- Ends : 9 February 2043
- 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 1982 and 2102.
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.