Complete signature return
1902
- Lunar-year boundary
- 8 February 1902 → 28 January 1903
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 5 February 1902 at 01:38
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Yang Water year pillar
Water Tiger (1902, 1962, 2022, 2082)
Water Tiger years are 1902, 1962, 2022, 2082 within 1901–2099. 壬寅 is pillar 39 of the 60-year cycle: Yang Water is its year-stem element, while the Tiger branch remains Wood.
Water Tiger personality
The Water Tiger brings observation into the interval before action, allowing courage to respond to details that a more hurried approach might miss. Its confidence is expressed through timing and an ability to hear competing accounts. The challenge is reconciling that receptiveness with the Tiger's urge to intervene, particularly when listening reveals that there is no simple side to take.
Born in 1902, 1962, 2022, 2082? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.
壬寅: pillar anatomy
- Animal branch
- 寅 Yin · Yang Wood
- Year stem and fixed branch
- Water generates Wood
- Solar month 1
- Start of Spring · Spring
- Branch compass and double-hour
- ENE · 03:00–05:00
In the Five Phases cycle, Water feeds Wood.
Na Yin pair: 金箔金
Metal Na Yin · paired with 癸卯 Yin Water Rabbit in the 30 Na Yin pairs.
Exact date records
Water Tiger years, 1901–2099
The complete 壬寅 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
1962
- Lunar-year boundary
- 5 February 1962 → 24 January 1963
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 1962 at 15:17
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Complete signature return
2022
- Lunar-year boundary
- 1 February 2022 → 21 January 2023
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 2022 at 04:50
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Complete signature return
2082
- Lunar-year boundary
- 29 January 2082 → 16 February 2083
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 3 February 2082 at 18:12
- Leap month
- Month 7
Water Tiger with the current Yang Fire Horse year
Three Harmonies
Three Harmonies 三合
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 Tiger elements
Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.