Complete signature return
1952
- Lunar-year boundary
- 27 January 1952 → 13 February 1953
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 5 February 1952 at 04:52
- Leap month
- Month 5
Yang Water year pillar
Water Dragon (1952, 2012, 2072)
Water Dragon years are 1952, 2012, 2072 within 1901–2099. 壬辰 is pillar 29 of the 60-year cycle: Yang Water is its year-stem element, while the Dragon branch remains Earth.
Water Dragon personality
Water gives the Dragon's commanding style a more reflective quality, making room for listening before a vision is announced. Adaptability allows the same large purpose to be approached in several ways rather than defended as one fixed design. The difficult edge is carrying too many possible responses at once, which can blur the clear direction that gives this animal its appeal.
Born in 1952, 2012, 2072? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.
壬辰: pillar anatomy
- Animal branch
- 辰 Chen · Yang Earth
- Year stem and fixed branch
- Earth controls Water
- Solar month 3
- Pure Brightness · Spring
- Branch compass and double-hour
- ESE · 07:00–09:00
In the Five Phases cycle, Earth regulates Water.
Na Yin pair: 长流水
Water Na Yin · paired with 癸巳 Yin Water Snake in the 30 Na Yin pairs.
Exact date records
Water Dragon years, 1901–2099
The complete 壬辰 pillar returns every sixty years. Each record below keeps the same animal, stem element, and polarity, while its exact lunar-year boundary and leap-month pattern change.
Complete signature return
2012
- Lunar-year boundary
- 23 January 2012 → 9 February 2013
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 2012 at 18:22
- Leap month
- Month 4
Complete signature return
2072
- Lunar-year boundary
- 19 February 2072 → 6 February 2073
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 2072 at 07:57
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Water Dragon with the current Yang Fire Horse year
No named branch relation
No named branch relation
Heavenly-stem clash
壬 with 丙 · 天干相冲
Water controls Fire
Water year stem with the current Fire year stem.
Same branch, five stems
Compare all five Dragon elements
Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.