1922 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Dog
Year of the Water Dog
Animal
🐕 Dog
Element
Yang Water
Cycle position
#11 of 12
About the 1922 Dog year
- 1922 is a Yang Water year — the Water element colours the Dog's nature with intuition, adaptability, and empathy.
- The Dog is the eleventh of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Dog year was 1910 and the next is 1934.
- People born in the Year of the Dog are traditionally seen as loyal, honest, and prudent. The Dog is said to pair most harmoniously with the Tiger, Horse, Rabbit.
Best matches for the Dog
Signs the Dog is traditionally most compatible with.
- Tiger
- Horse
- Rabbit
Frequently asked
1922 is the Year of the Water Dog — a Yang Water year. The animal sign is the Dog, the eleventh of the 12-animal cycle.
1922 carries the Water element (Yang Water). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Water Dog combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 1922, the Year of the Dog, are traditionally described as loyal, honest, and prudent. With the Water element added, intuition, adaptability, and empathy are emphasised.
The Dog is traditionally most compatible with the Tiger, Horse, Rabbit.
Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1922, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Rooster (the 1921 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.
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