1952: Year of the Water Dragon
The 1952 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Water Dragon, and it runs from 27 January 1952 to 13 February 1953 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Dragon 龙
- Element and polarity
- Yang Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Ren Chen 壬辰
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1952, a person turns 74 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1952? You may be Rabbit, not Dragon
Chinese New Year 1952 fell on 27 January 1952. Anyone born between 1 January 1952 and 26 January 1952 — a window of 26 days — belongs to the 1951 zodiac year, the Yin Metal Rabbit, and not to the Dragon.
Check an exact birth date against the 27 January 1952 boundary.
Exact 1952 zodiac year dates
The 1952 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Dragon years around 1952
| Dragon year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Yang Fire Dragon | 3 February 1916 |
| 1928 | Yang Earth Dragon | 23 January 1928 |
| 1940 | Yang Metal Dragon | 8 February 1940 |
| 1964 | Yang Wood Dragon | 13 February 1964 |
| 1976 | Yang Fire Dragon | 31 January 1976 |
| 1988 | Yang Earth Dragon | 17 February 1988 |
The exact pairing 壬辰 — Yang Water Dragon — returns only once every sixty years: 2012, 2072.