Rooster (zodiac)

Rooster (zodiac)

The Rooster (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: /) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rooster is represented by the earthly branch character .

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Years and associated Five Elements

Persons born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "year of the Rooster," while also bearing the following elemental sign:[1]

  • 22 January 1909 – 9 February 1910: Earth Rooster
  • 8 February 1921 – 27 January 1922: Metal Rooster
  • 26 January 1933 – 13 February 1934: Water Rooster
  • 13 February 1945 – 1 February 1946: Wood Rooster
  • 31 January 1957 – 17 February 1958: Fire Rooster
  • 17 February 1969 – 5 February 1970: Earth Rooster
  • 5 February 1981 – 24 January 1982: Metal Rooster
  • 23 January 1993 – 9 February 1994: Water Rooster
  • 9 February 2005 – 28 January 2006: Wood Rooster
  • 28 January 2017 – 15 February 2018: Fire Rooster
  • 13 February 2029 – 2 February 2030: Earth Rooster

Traditional Rooster attributes and associations

Attribute
Zodiac Location 10th
Ruling hours 5pm-7pm
Direction West
Motto “I Know”[2]
Season and month Autumn, September
Fixed element Metal
Stem Negative
Lunar Month Dates September 8 – October 7
Gemstone Citrine
Color Peach, Apricot
Roughly equivalent western sign Virgo
Polarity Yin
Countries Belgium Belgium, Afghanistan Afghanistan, South Korea South Korea, Poland Poland, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Morocco Morocco

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