1992 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Monkey

1992 is the year of the Water Monkey (壬申 Rénshēn), from 4 February 1992 to 22 January 1993. Anyone born in 1992 before 4 February 1992 belongs to the Metal Goat year.

• Animal: Monkey
• Element: Water (Yang)
• Cycle name: 壬申 Rénshēn, year 9 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 4 February 1992
• Ends: 22 January 1993

The Water Monkey

Water years are traditionally linked with adaptability, perception and communication: the element that finds a way around any obstacle. The Monkey is the zodiac's inventor. Tradition describes Monkey people as clever, playful and adaptable, quick to solve a puzzle and quicker to get bored once it is solved. They learn fast and enjoy a clever shortcut.

Born in January or February 1992?

Anyone born from 1 January to 3 February 1992 belongs to the Metal Goat year of 1991. From 4 February 1992 the Water Monkey year begins.

Famous people born in the Water Monkey year

• Neymar, born 5 February 1992
• Sam Smith, born 19 May 1992
• Selena Gomez, born 22 July 1992
• Charli XCX, born 2 August 1992
• Demi Lovato, born 20 August 1992
• Nick Jonas, born 16 September 1992
• Cardi B, born 11 October 1992
• Miley Cyrus, born 23 November 1992
• Jin (BTS), born 4 December 1992
• Zayn Malik, born 12 January 1993

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

1991: Metal Goat · 1993: Water Rooster · All Monkey years · All 12 animals