Monkey strengths in tradition
- Clever and inventive
- Curious and quick to learn
- Playful and good company
- Versatile problem-solver
2052 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Water Monkey
The 2052 Chinese year will run from Thursday 1 February 2052 to Tuesday 18 February 2053.
Its sign is the Yang Water Monkey: 壬申 (Rén-shēn) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–31 January 2052? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Metal Goat of 2051.
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:
- 1–3 February 2052: Water Monkey by Chinese New Year, Metal Goat by Lichun.
- 4 February 2052 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Metal Goat before 11:22 China time and Water Monkey from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Monkey.
- 3 February 2053 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Monkey before 17:12 China time and Water Rooster from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Monkey.
- 4–18 February 2053: Water Monkey by Chinese New Year, Water Rooster by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Water Monkey in Chinese astrology
A Water Monkey is associated with intuition and diplomacy, perceptive, flexible and skilled at handling people.
The Monkey is the ninth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with cleverness, curiosity and a playful, inventive mind. Water is the element of depth and adaptability, linked in Chinese tradition with winter, intuition and quiet wisdom.
Monkey challenges in tradition
- Easily bored
- Can be mischievous
- Overconfident at times
- Restless and hard to pin down
Traditions, not predictions. The Monkey in love and at work · The five elements
Other Monkey years
The Water Monkey every 60 years
← 2051 Metal Goat · 2053 Water Rooster → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2052?
2052 is the Year of the Water Monkey (yang Water, 壬申 Rén-shēn), from 1 February 2052 to 18 February 2053. Anyone born 1–31 January 2052 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Metal Goat.
What element is 2052 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 or early February 2052 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 1 February 2052, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Metal Goat of the 2051 Chinese year; from 1 February 2052 on, it is the Water Monkey. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2052, 11:22 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2052?
On Thursday 1 February 2052 (China time). The next one, on Wednesday 19 February 2053, begins the Year of the Water Rooster.