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Chinese Zodiac 1992: Year of the Water Monkey

February 4, 1992 – January 22, 1993 · Yang

Born January 1 – February 3, 1992? You are a Metal Goat 🐐, because the Monkey year only began at Lunar New Year on February 4.

The 1992 sign

Element
Water
Yin / Yang
Yang
Lunar New Year
Tuesday, Feb 4
Generation
Millennials
Age in 2026
34

The Monkey is said to be clever, playful and curious.

Monkey compatibility

Best matches (same trine)

🐀 Rat 🐉 Dragon

Secret friend

🐍 Snake

Clashes with

🐅 Tiger

Traditional Chinese astrology, for fun.

Other years of the Monkey

Check another year

Born in January or February? Add the month and day — you may belong to the year before, because the Chinese year starts at Lunar New Year.

About the Chinese Zodiac

Chinese Zodiac tells you your animal sign and element from your birth year — and gets it right for January and February birthdays, which most charts miss. The Chinese zodiac year starts at Lunar New Year, between January 21 and February 20, so someone born before it belongs to the previous year’s animal. Every year from 1924 to 2035 has a page with its exact start and end dates, its element and yin or yang, and every animal has a page listing its years and its best and worst matches.

How to use it

  1. 1 Enter your birth year, and the month and day if you were born in January or February.
  2. 2 See your animal, element and yin or yang.
  3. 3 Open your year to see when it started and ended.
  4. 4 Check the animals you match and clash with.

Frequently asked questions

What Chinese zodiac is 1992?

1992 is the year of the Water Monkey (Yang). It began at Lunar New Year on February 4, 1992 and ended on January 22, 1993.

I was born in January 1992 — am I a Monkey?

Only if you were born on or after February 4. Anyone born from January 1 to February 3, 1992 belongs to the previous year: the Metal Goat.

Which signs match the Monkey?

Traditionally the Monkey gets on best with the Rat and the Dragon, which share its trine, and with its “secret friend”, the Snake. It clashes with the Tiger.

What are the 12 Chinese zodiac animals in order?

Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. The cycle repeats every 12 years, and each year also has one of five elements — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water — giving a full cycle of 60 years.

What is the Chinese zodiac for 2026?

2026 is the year of the Fire Horse. It starts at Lunar New Year on February 17, 2026 and runs until February 5, 2027, when the year of the Fire Goat begins.

Why is my Chinese zodiac different from my birth year?

Because the Chinese zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year, not on January 1. If you were born in January or early February before that year’s Lunar New Year, your animal is the one for the year before. Enter your full birth date to check.

Where do the Lunar New Year dates come from?

They are worked out from the Chinese lunisolar calendar (the same calculation used by the Unicode ICU calendar library), which places Lunar New Year on the second new moon after the winter solstice in Chinese time.