Chinese zodiac · Year of the Rooster
The Water Rooster: 1933, 1993, 2053
癸酉 · Gui yǒu · Yin Water stem on the Metal branch
A Water Rooster year pairs the Heavenly Stem 癸 (Gui, yin Water) with the Earthly Branch 酉 (yǒu, the Rooster). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Water Rooster years are 1933, 1993, 2053. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Water 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 Water Rooster is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Water Rooster is the most adaptable and the most persuasive, candour with a diplomat's timing.
1993 Water Roosters are the adaptable, persuasive ones, candour with a diplomat's timing, and the tradition reads them as the Rooster most people can take.
In BaZi terms the Metal branch feeds the Water stem: Metal produces Water in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the Rooster giving its strength upward, so the stem element is well resourced and the animal's own qualities are somewhat spent in the giving. Productive, and a little tiring for the Rooster.
The rest of the Rooster’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Rooster page.
Water 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 26 January 1933 | 13 February 1934 | 4 February 1933 |
| 1993 | 23 January 1993 | 9 February 1994 | 4 February 1993 |
| 2053 | outside the table | … | 3 February 2053 |
The next Water Rooster year is 2053. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Water Roosters
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1933
- James BrownAmerican musician
- Yoko OnoJapanese artist and activist based in the United States
- Steven WeinbergAmerican theoretical physicist
- Joan RiversAmerican comedian, actress, and television host
- Karl LagerfeldGerman fashion designer
- Nina SimoneAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Water Rooster start?
- The 1933 Water Rooster year began at Lunar New Year on 26 January 1933 and ran to 13 February 1934. The 1993 Water Rooster year began at Lunar New Year on 23 January 1993 and ran to 9 February 1994. 2053 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1933: 4 February 1933; 1993: 4 February 1993; 2053: 3 February 2053), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Water Rooster personality?
- The Water Rooster is the most adaptable and the most persuasive, candour with a diplomat's timing. In BaZi terms the Metal branch feeds the Water stem: Metal produces Water in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the Rooster giving its strength upward, so the stem element is well resourced and the animal's own qualities are somewhat spent in the giving. Productive, and a little tiring for the Rooster.
- When is the next Water Rooster year?
- 2053. The pair of stem 癸 and branch 酉 recurs every sixty years.