24 September 2026

12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Yang Water year pillar

Water Monkey (1932, 1992, 2052)

Water Monkey years are 1932, 1992, 2052 within 1901–2099. 壬申 is pillar 9 of the 60-year cycle: Yang Water is its year-stem element, while the Monkey branch remains Metal.

Water Monkey personality

Water brings flexibility and listening to the Monkey's sociability, allowing a quick mind to adjust its approach to the people present. Inventiveness appears in the ability to find an unexpected connection without forcing the conversation. The challenge is remaining consistent across those changing encounters, so that an easy adaptation does not look like a promise that changes with the audience.

Born in 1932, 1992, 2052? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.

壬申: pillar anatomy

Heavenly stem
壬 Ren · Yang Water
Animal branch
申 Shen · Yang Metal
Year stem and fixed branch
Metal generates Water
Solar month 7
Start of Autumn · Autumn
Branch compass and double-hour
WSW · 15:00–17:00
Hidden stems
庚 gēng Metal (primary); 壬 rén Water (middle); 戊 wù Earth (residual)

In the Five Phases cycle, Metal feeds Water.

Na Yin pair: 剑锋金

Metal Na Yin · paired with 癸酉 Yin Water Rooster in the 30 Na Yin pairs.

Exact date records

Water Monkey years, 1901–2099

The complete 壬申 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.

2026 live coordinate

Water Monkey with the current Yang Fire Horse year

Same branch, five stems

Compare all five Monkey elements

Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.