2052 Chinese Zodiac: Water Monkey

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2052?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2052. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

2052 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 2052 – January 31, 2052	Metal Goat 羊
February 1, 2052 – December 31, 2052	Water Monkey 猴

The full 2052 lunar year continues into 2053, through February 18, 2053. A birthday on January 31, 2052 belongs to the Goat; a birthday one day later, on February 1, 2052, belongs to the Monkey.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Monkey is 2052?

2052 is a Water Monkey year. Its stem-branch name is 壬申 (rén-shēn): the heavenly stem 壬 carries yang water, and the earthly branch 申 corresponds to the Monkey.

Zodiac animal: Monkey · 猴
Year element: Water
Stem & branch: 壬申 · rén-shēn
Lunar year length: 384 days

Monkey personality in tradition

The Monkey is often associated with cleverness and playfulness, familiar qualities in Chinese storytelling.

The phrase “curious & inventive” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 2052. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属猴。

Wǒ shǔ hóu. “I was born in the Year of the Monkey.”

Monkey compatibility in folklore

Monkey, Rat and Dragon form a traditional harmony group of three. Tiger sits opposite Monkey, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

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03 / A closer look at the dates

2052 lunar calendar at a glance

This Monkey year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 8 repeats as a leap month, starting September 23, 2052. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 2053.

Lunar months of 2052: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 1, 2052	February 29, 2052	29
Month 2	March 1, 2052	March 30, 2052	30
Month 3	March 31, 2052	April 28, 2052	29
Month 4	April 29, 2052	May 27, 2052	29
Month 5	May 28, 2052	June 26, 2052	30
Month 6	June 27, 2052	July 25, 2052	29
Month 7	July 26, 2052	August 23, 2052	29
Month 8	August 24, 2052	September 22, 2052	30
Leap month 8	September 23, 2052	October 21, 2052	29
Month 9	October 22, 2052	November 20, 2052	30
Month 10	November 21, 2052	December 20, 2052	30
Month 11	December 21, 2052	January 19, 2053	30
Month 12	January 20, 2053	February 18, 2053	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Monkey

The Monkey returns every 12 years; the same Water Monkey combination returns every 60. These are the other Monkey years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1908Earth Monkey 1920Metal Monkey 1932Water Monkey 1944Wood Monkey 1956Fire Monkey 1968Earth Monkey 1980Metal Monkey 1992Water Monkey 2004Wood Monkey 2016Fire Monkey 2028Earth Monkey 2040Metal Monkey 2064Wood Monkey 2076Fire Monkey 2088Earth Monkey 2100Metal Monkey

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.