1952: Year of the Water Dragon
1952 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 , a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 27 January 1952 and runs to 13 February 1953. Born from 1 January to 26 January 1952? You are a Rabbit, 1951.
1952 in the Chinese zodiac
龙
Water Dragon
- Animal
- 龙 Dragon
- Element
- 水 Water, yang
- Cycle name
- 壬辰年
- Starts
- 27 January 1952
- Ends
- 13 February 1953
- Matches
- Monkey, Rat and Rooster; clashes with Dog
- Age
- Born in 1952? You turn 74 in 2026.
Say 1952 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九五二年 1952
- 壬辰年 the 壬辰 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九五二年出生的 I was born in 1952.
- 我属龙 I'm a Dragon.
- 水龙 Water Dragon
What Water means
水Water is calm and finds a way around anything. People born in a Water year are said to be wise and adaptable, good listeners who read a room.
- Season
- 冬 winter
- Direction
- 北 north
- Colour
- 黑 black
Words for a Water Dragon
- 有活力 full of energy
- 聪明 clever
- 灵活 adaptable
Each year has one of five elements, 五行 , two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.
The Dragon, 龙
The Dragon is the only one of the twelve that isn’t real, and the luckiest: emperors wore it, and many families hope for a Dragon baby. People born in a Dragon year are said to be ambitious, energetic and charismatic, people who think big.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1952?
1952 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 (lóng), from Chinese New Year on 27 January 1952 to 13 February 1953. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Dragons.
What if I was born in January or early February 1952?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 26 January 1952? You belong to 1951, the Year of the Metal Rabbit.
What element is 1952 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, 水 (shuǐ). 1952 is 壬辰 (rén chén) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Water year; the Water Dragon comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1952 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九五二年 (yī jiǔ wǔ èr nián). “I was born in 1952” is 我是一九五二年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ wǔ èr nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Dragon” is 我属龙 (wǒ shǔ lóng).