Chinese Zodiac
1952: Year of the Water Dragon
Chinese New Year 1952 fell on Sunday, January 27.
Yang Water Dragon (壬辰)
- By Chinese New Year: January 27, 1952 to February 13, 1953
- By Lichun (Start of Spring): February 5, 1952 to February 3, 1953
Chinese New Year follows the lunisolar calendar, so its date moves between January 21 and February 20. Lichun is a solar term that falls on February 3, 4 or 5, and it is where Ba Zi astrology starts the year.
Born from January 27 to February 4, 1952? By Chinese New Year you are already in the Year of the Water Dragon; by Lichun, the boundary Ba Zi astrology uses, you are still in the Year of the Metal Rabbit.
People born in 1952 turn 75 in 2027.
About the Water Dragon
Water gives the Dragon's magnificent ambition emotional depth, strategic patience, and flowing adaptability. The Water Dragon is the most wise and diplomatically skilled of all Dragon types, combining visionary power with the ability to read and influence situations with fluid intelligence. This element channels the Dragon's raw force through more subtle and effective routes. The Water Dragon achieves great things not through overwhelming force alone but through intuitive understanding of when to surge, when to wait, and when to change course.
The Yang Water Dragon commands with fluid authority, actively channeling their vast ambition through intuitive strategy and powerful communicative gifts.
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Famous People Born in 1952
Listed by calendar year of birth. People born before Lichun (February 5, 1952) belong to the previous zodiac year in Ba Zi astrology, so their sign is shown after the date.
- Ryuichi SakamotoJanuary 17 · Metal Rabbit
- Hock TanFebruary 16
- Viv RichardsMarch 7
- Bola TinubuMarch 29
- Teofilo StevensonMarch 29
- David ByrneMay 14
- George StraitMay 18
- Roger MillaMay 20
- Liam NeesonJune 7
- Orhan PamukJune 7
- Pat SummittJune 14
- Isabella RosselliniJune 18
- Oscar MartínezJune 21
- Dan AykroydJuly 1
- King Vajiralongkorn of ThailandJuly 28
- Jimmy ConnorsSeptember 2
- Neil PeartSeptember 12
- Oliver MtukudziSeptember 22
- Imran KhanOctober 5
- Vladimir PutinOctober 7
- Jeff GoldblumOctober 22
- Shigeru MiyamotoNovember 16
- Cyril RamaphosaNovember 17
- Imran Khan (Cricketer)November 25
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