Dog strengths in tradition
- Loyal and devoted
- Honest and sincere
- Fair-minded
- Protective of others
1982 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Water Dog
The 1982 Chinese year ran from Monday 25 January 1982 to Saturday 12 February 1983.
Its sign is the Yang Water Dog: 壬戌 (Rén-xū) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–24 January 1982? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Metal Rooster of 1981.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 25 January – 3 February 1982: Water Dog by Chinese New Year, Metal Rooster by Lichun.
- 4 February 1982 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Metal Rooster before 11:45 China time and Water Dog from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Dog.
- 4 February 1983 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Dog before 17:39 China time and Water Pig from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Dog.
- 5–12 February 1983: Water Dog by Chinese New Year, Water Pig by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Water Dog in Chinese astrology
A Water Dog is associated with intuition and flexibility, gentler in manner and good at understanding others.
The Dog is the eleventh Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of fairness. Water is the element of depth and adaptability, linked in Chinese tradition with winter, intuition and quiet wisdom.
Dog challenges in tradition
- Prone to worry
- Wary of strangers
- Can be rigid about principles
- Tends to expect the worst
Traditions, not predictions. The Dog in love and at work · The five elements
Other Dog years
The Water Dog every 60 years
← 1981 Metal Rooster · 1983 Water Pig → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1982?
1982 is the Year of the Water Dog (yang Water, 壬戌 Rén-xū), from 25 January 1982 to 12 February 1983. Anyone born 1–24 January 1982 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Metal Rooster.
What element is 1982 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 壬 (Rén). Water years are years ending in 2 or 3 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 1982 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 25 January 1982, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Metal Rooster of the 1981 Chinese year; from 25 January 1982 on, it is the Water Dog. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1982, 11:45 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1982?
It was on Monday 25 January 1982 (China time). The next one, on Sunday 13 February 1983, began the Year of the Water Pig.