2032: Year of the Water Rat

When does 2032 begin?

• Chinese New Year (the lunar calendar): February 11, 2032.
• BaZi (the solar calendar this page uses): the Start of Spring, February 4, 2032, 2:49 p.m. Beijing time — 1:49 a.m. on February 4 Eastern, 10:49 p.m. on February 3 Pacific.

Anyone born between those two dates falls in different years under the two calendars: already the year of the Rat in BaZi, but still the year of the Pig by the lunar calendar.

The Heavenly Stem: 壬 (Water)

Yang Water is the ocean or the flood — expansive, adventurous, and restless with momentum that's hard to contain.

The Earthly Branch: 子 — Year of the Rat

The Rat is quick-witted and resourceful — good at spotting an opening and moving on it before anyone else notices it's there.

Which years are Rat years?

1936 Fire1948 Earth1960 Metal1972 Water1984 Wood1996 Fire2008 Earth2020 Metal2032 Water

Born in January or early February? In BaZi each of these years begins at the Start of Spring, around February 4. Born before it, you belong to the year before.

What 2032 holds in the sky

Computed from the same ephemeris as the charts: every date below is a position, not a prediction, and can be checked against any astronomical almanac.

Eclipses

• April 25Lunar eclipse
• May 9Solar eclipse
• October 18Lunar eclipse
• November 3Solar eclipse

Retrogrades

• March 7 – March 30Mercury retrograde
• July 10 – August 3Mercury retrograde
• November 2 – November 22Mercury retrograde

Slow planets changing sign

• April 12Jupiter enters Aquarius
• June 26Jupiter enters Capricorn
• July 14Saturn enters Cancer
• August 3Uranus enters Cancer
• November 30Jupiter enters Aquarius
• December 12Uranus enters Gemini