Year of the Rooster
Traditionally associated with diligence, timekeeping, and industriousness.
- Earthly Branch
- 酉 · yǒu
- Sequence position
- 10 of 12
- Traditional association
- The Met notes the rooster’s early rising as the basis for associations with diligence and industry, while also documenting its long use as an auspicious art motif.
Cycle years
- 1933
- 1945
- 1957
- 1969
- 1981
- 1993
- 2005
- 2017
- 2029
- 2041
These labels name the lunisolar year that begins during the listed Gregorian year. January and early-February births may belong to the preceding animal.
What this does—and does not—tell you
The annual animal is one calendar layer. A fuller Chinese astrology reading may also consider the Heavenly Stem and element, month, day, and hour. A year animal alone cannot determine a personality or predict an outcome.
All twelve animal years
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