Chinese zodiac · Year of the Rooster
The Earth Rooster: 1969, 2029, 2089
己酉 · Ji yǒu · Yin Earth stem on the Metal branch
A Earth Rooster year pairs the Heavenly Stem 己 (Ji, yin Earth) with the Earthly Branch 酉 (yǒu, the Rooster). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Earth Rooster years are 1969, 2029, 2089. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Earth Rooster different from a Wood Rooster or a Fire Rooster. The popular zodiac begins each of these years at Lunar New Year and BaZi begins it at Li Chun, so both boundaries are given below for every year.
What a Earth Rooster is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Earth Rooster is the most practical, quiet and diligent, the standards kept without the announcement.
1969 Earth Roosters are the practical, quiet, diligent ones, standards kept without the announcement, in the year of the Moon landing.
In BaZi terms the Earth stem feeds the Metal branch: Earth produces Metal in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the stem spending itself on the branch, so the Rooster's qualities are well supported from above while the stem itself is drained. A generous year for the animal, at some cost to the element on top.
The rest of the Rooster’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Rooster page.
Earth Rooster years and when each begins
The popular zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year; BaZi begins it at Li Chun, the start of spring. Both dates are given so a birth between them can be placed in either system.
| Year | Lunar New Year (popular zodiac) | Ends | Li Chun (BaZi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 17 February 1969 | 5 February 1970 | 4 February 1969 |
| 2029 | 13 February 2029 | 2 February 2030 | 3 February 2029 |
| 2089 | outside the table | … | 3 February 2089 |
The next Earth Rooster year is 2029. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Earth Roosters
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Earth Rooster start?
- The 1969 Earth Rooster year began at Lunar New Year on 17 February 1969 and ran to 5 February 1970. The 2029 Earth Rooster year began at Lunar New Year on 13 February 2029 and ran to 2 February 2030. 2089 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1969: 4 February 1969; 2029: 3 February 2029; 2089: 3 February 2089), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Earth Rooster personality?
- The Earth Rooster is the most practical, quiet and diligent, the standards kept without the announcement. In BaZi terms the Earth stem feeds the Metal branch: Earth produces Metal in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the stem spending itself on the branch, so the Rooster's qualities are well supported from above while the stem itself is drained. A generous year for the animal, at some cost to the element on top.
- When is the next Earth Rooster year?
- 2029. The pair of stem 己 and branch 酉 recurs every sixty years.