23 September 2026

12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Yang Water year pillar

Water Rat (1912, 1972, 2032, 2092)

Water Rat years are 1912, 1972, 2032, 2092 within 1901–2099. 壬子 is pillar 49 of the 60-year cycle: Yang Water is its year-stem element, while the Rat branch remains Water.

Water Rat personality

Water echoes the Rat branch's own fixed element, so this portrait places particular emphasis on receptiveness, timing and reading a situation before entering it. Adaptability is expressed through subtle changes of approach rather than a forceful declaration. The same sensitivity can become prolonged hesitation when every new clue is allowed to reopen a decision that was already good enough.

Born in 1912, 1972, 2032, 2092? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.

壬子: pillar anatomy

Heavenly stem
壬 Ren · Yang Water
Animal branch
子 Zi · Yang Water
Year stem and fixed branch
Water meets Water
Solar month 11
Major Snow · Winter
Branch compass and double-hour
N · 23:00–01:00
Hidden stems
癸 guǐ Water (primary)

Both positions carry Water, so the element repeats rather than generating or controlling another element.

Na Yin pair: 桑柘木

Wood Na Yin · paired with 癸丑 Yin Water Ox in the 30 Na Yin pairs.

Exact date records

Water Rat years, 1901–2099

The complete 壬子 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 Rat with the current Yang Fire Horse year

Animal branches

Clash

Clash 六冲

Same branch, five stems

Compare all five Rat elements

Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.