Rooster Chinese Zodiac: Personality, Years & Compatibility
Precise · Observant · Confident. Everything about the Rooster in the Chinese zodiac — character, career fit, love, lucky numbers and every Rooster year from 1900 to 2043.
Rooster at a glance
The Rooster character
The Rooster is the one that announces the morning, and Rooster people are built to be noticed. They are precise, well-prepared, and not shy about saying exactly what they think.
Roosters notice detail. They prepare thoroughly, keep high standards for themselves and everyone else, and are usually right about the small things that other people let slide. Their difficulty is delivery: a Rooster can be so certain and so blunt that the correctness of what they said is lost in how they said it.
- Exceptionally observant and well-prepared
- Disciplined and hard-working
- Courageous about saying the hard thing
- Takes pride in doing work properly
- Blunt, sometimes tactless
- Perfectionist to the point of slowness
- Can be vain about their own competence
Rooster at work
Roosters excel in finance, auditing, law, medicine, editing, hospitality management and any job where precision is the product. They are poorly suited to vague, low-accountability roles.
Rooster in love
Loyal, attentive and demanding. A Rooster shows love by improving things — including their partner — which not everyone appreciates. They do best with someone confident enough to take feedback without taking offence.
Rooster years
| Year | Cycle position | Year element |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 9 / 60 cycle | Water |
| 1945 | 21 / 60 cycle | Wood |
| 1957 | 33 / 60 cycle | Fire |
| 1969 | 45 / 60 cycle | Earth |
| 1981 | 57 / 60 cycle | Metal |
| 1993 | 9 / 60 cycle | Water |
| 2005 | 21 / 60 cycle | Wood |
| 2017 | 33 / 60 cycle | Fire |
Full list: 1909, 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029, 2041.
Common questions
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