- Animal
- 🐕 Dog (狗)
- Element
- Water 水 · Yang
- Stem & Branch
- 壬戌 · Rén Xū
- Year starts
- January 25, 1982 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 12, 1983
- Age in 2027
- turns 45
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a punishment with Tai Sui
The Water Dog personality
A principled Dog with a cooler head, wider view, and quieter strength.
The Water Dog stands out from other Dog years by blending the Dog’s loyalty, fairness, and protective instincts with Yang Water’s breadth, adaptability, and clear thinking. Compared with more forceful or stubborn Dogs, this version is often more observant, diplomatic, and open to different viewpoints. There is still a strong moral core here: Water does not remove the Dog’s sense of right and wrong.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐕 Dog & 🐇 Rabbit. Three Harmony partners: 🐕 Dog & 🐅 Tiger, 🐕 Dog & 🐎 Horse. Clash: 🐕 Dog & 🐉 Dragon.
A Dog born in 1982 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a punishment with Tai Sui for the Dog. See the month-by-month forecast in Dog horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1982?
1982 is the Year of the Water Dog (壬戌, Rén Xū). It runs from Lunar New Year on January 25, 1982 to February 12, 1983.
What element is 1982 in Chinese astrology?
Water (水), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 壬 and its Earthly Branch is 戌 (Dog).
Is someone born in January 1982 a Dog?
Born in January or early February 1982, before January 25, 1982? Then your sign is the Metal Rooster of 1981.
Who is a Water Dog compatible with?
Traditionally the Dog pairs best with the Rabbit, Tiger, Horse and finds the Dragon most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1982?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Dog it is a punishment with Tai Sui. A person born in 1982 turns 45 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.