Rat strengths in tradition
- Quick-witted and alert
- Resourceful with what is at hand
- Adapts easily to change
- Sociable and charming
2092 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Water Rat
The 2092 Chinese year will run from Thursday 7 February 2092 to Monday 26 January 2093.
Its sign is the Yang Water Rat: 壬子 (Rén-zǐ) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 6 February 2092? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Metal Pig of 2091.
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:
- 4 February 2092 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Metal Pig before 04:28 China time and Water Rat from then on; by Chinese New Year, Metal Pig.
- 5–6 February 2092: Metal Pig by Chinese New Year, Water Rat by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Water Rat in Chinese astrology
Water is the Rat's own fixed element, so a Water Rat is said to show the classic Rat traits most clearly: perceptive, adaptable and persuasive.
The Rat is the first of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, associated in tradition with quick wits, resourcefulness and an eye for opportunity. Water is the element of depth and adaptability, linked in Chinese tradition with winter, intuition and quiet wisdom.
Rat challenges in tradition
- Restless when things slow down
- Holds on tightly to resources
- Tends to overthink risks
- May put cleverness before candour
Traditions, not predictions. The Rat in love and at work · The five elements
Other Rat years
The Water Rat every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2092?
2092 is the Year of the Water Rat (yang Water, 壬子 Rén-zǐ), from 7 February 2092 to 26 January 2093. Anyone born 1 January – 6 February 2092 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Metal Pig.
What element is 2092 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 2092 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 7 February 2092, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Metal Pig of the 2091 Chinese year; from 7 February 2092 on, it is the Water Rat. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2092, 04:28 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2092?
On Thursday 7 February 2092 (China time). The next one, on Tuesday 27 January 2093, begins the Year of the Water Ox.