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Rooster Chinese Zodiac Sign: Traits, Love, Compatibility
The Rooster is one of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, earthly branch 酉 (yǒu), the one of the double hour 17:00-19:00. Honesty and order - that is the heart of the character of anyone born in its year.
Rooster
The Rooster is honesty, hard work and a love of order. Direct, neat and attentive to detail, you say what you think. You take pride in yourself and in your work, and the pride is earned.
In love
In love you are faithful and plain spoken, showing feeling by what you do. You can be sharp with your partner, and real care sits underneath.
In work
You are strong where precision, order and responsibility matter: accounting, organizing, anything that rewards care. You cut no slack, for yourself or anyone else.
Strengths and weak spots
The 酉 branch: hour, direction and element
In the Chinese cycle this is the tenth of the twelve earthly branches, 酉 (yǒu). Tied to it are the double hour 17:00-19:00, the direction west and the fixed element Metal - standing correspondences that do not move with the element of the year. Its season is autumn, and in the solar calendar of the four pillars the year starts at the beginning of spring rather than on the first of January.
The links are read off the branch. The trine of affinity gathers on a single element, here Metal: Ox and Snake. The pair of the six harmonies gives the Dragon instead, which is a separate tradition. Straight across, six steps around the circle, stands the Rabbit: the clash of branches, the most charged link of all.
What to keep in mind
The branch 酉 (yǒu) is a yearly measure: it is the same for everyone born between two Chinese New Years. The element of the year adds the shading - hardness, will, endurance for Metal - while the hour and the city only show on a chart of the sky. For the year 2029 the switch falls on February 13: born before that date, you still count as the Monkey. Your branch hands out no fate at all.
FAQ
Three questions about the branch 酉 (yǒu): its years, its affinities and its hour.
Which years are Rooster years, counting 2029?
1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029. The wheel brings the branch 酉 back every twelve years, while the element of the year turns on ten - so the pairing of animal and element only returns after sixty. If you were born in January or early February, check against the date of Chinese New Year: in 2029 it falls on February 13, and before that date the year still counts as the Monkey.
Who does the Rooster get on with, Ox and Snake or Rabbit?
The best understanding comes from the trine of affinity, Ox and Snake: all three resting on the element Metal. Apart from the trine, the pair of the six harmonies gives the Dragon. The biggest snag comes from the opposite branch, six steps further: the Rabbit. That said, the branch 酉 stays a yearly measure, and real understanding reads off two whole charts of the sky.
What hour and what direction belong to the branch 酉?
The double hour 17:00-19:00 and the direction west, with the fixed element Metal. Those correspondences belong to the branch itself: they do not move when the element of the year changes, the one that brings hardness, will, endurance.
Rooster is only the year you were born. The Moon, the ascendant and the planets are waiting in the full chart.
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