Chinese zodiac · 酉 You
Year of the Rooster in the Chinese zodiac
The Rooster (酉, You) is one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac — the Earthly Branch of the year pillar. The Year of the Rooster returns every twelve years: here are all its years from 1924 to 2031 with the exact start of each, its five elements, its traditional image and how the 2027 year meets it.
The branch 酉 at a glance
- Earthly Branch
- 酉 · You
- Phase
- Metal · 金
- Polarity
- Yin
- Two-hour period
- 17:00–19:00
- Solar month
- from Bai Lu (White Dew)
- Hidden stems
- 辛 Yin Metal
The traditional image of the Rooster
The tradition pictures the Rooster as observant, punctual and proud — the bird that announces the day. Its branch marks sunset and mid-autumn, the height of Metal.
How the tradition pictures the animal — a symbol, not a description of every person born in its years.
2027 and the Rooster
2027 is the year of 丁未 Ding Wei — Yin Fire over the Goat. This is how the traditional tables read the bond between its branch 未 and the Rooster’s branch 酉.
- no basic combination
None of the basic combinations or clashes joins 酉 and 未. The tradition then reads the year through the rest of the chart rather than through the animal.
This is how a traditional symbolic system describes two branches, not a forecast. In BaZi a year is read against all four pillars of a chart, not against the animal alone.
Chinese zodiac 2027: the year of the Goat →
Chinese zodiac compatibility chart: the twelve animals pair by pair →
Years of the Rooster
A BaZi year runs from Li Chun to Li Chun, a lunar-calendar year from Chinese New Year to the eve of the next one. Times are China Standard Time (UTC+8); born close to Li Chun, check your exact birth moment in the calculator.
| Year | Stem | BaZi year (Li Chun to Li Chun) | Lunar year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Yin Water 癸酉 | 4 February 1933, 14:09 – 4 February 1934, 20:03 | 26 January 1933 – 13 February 1934 |
| 1945 | Yin Wood 乙酉 | 4 February 1945, 12:19 – 4 February 1946, 18:03 | 13 February 1945 – 1 February 1946 |
| 1957 | Yin Fire 丁酉 | 4 February 1957, 09:54 – 4 February 1958, 15:49 | 31 January 1957 – 17 February 1958 |
| 1969 | Yin Earth 己酉 | 4 February 1969, 07:58 – 4 February 1970, 13:45 | 17 February 1969 – 5 February 1970 |
| 1981 | Yin Metal 辛酉 | 4 February 1981, 05:55 – 4 February 1982, 11:45 | 5 February 1981 – 24 January 1982 |
| 1993 | Yin Water 癸酉 | 4 February 1993, 03:37 – 4 February 1994, 09:30 | 23 January 1993 – 9 February 1994 |
| 2005 | Yin Wood 乙酉 | 4 February 2005, 01:43 – 4 February 2006, 07:27 | 9 February 2005 – 28 January 2006 |
| 2017 | Yin Fire 丁酉 | 3 February 2017, 23:34 – 4 February 2018, 05:28 | 28 January 2017 – 15 February 2018 |
| 2029 | Yin Earth 己酉 | 3 February 2029, 21:20 – 4 February 2030, 03:08 | 13 February 2029 – 2 February 2030 |
The five Rooster years
Every Rooster year pairs the branch 酉 with one of five Heavenly Stems of the same polarity, so each pairing of the Rooster with an element returns every sixty years.
- WaterYin Water · 癸酉 Gui You1933, 1993
- WoodYin Wood · 乙酉 Yi You1945, 2005
- FireYin Fire · 丁酉 Ding You1957, 2017
- EarthYin Earth · 己酉 Ji You1969, 2029
- MetalYin Metal · 辛酉 Xin You1981
The animal is one sign of eight
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