Chinese zodiac · Year of the Rooster
The Wood Rooster: 1945, 2005, 2065
乙酉 · Yi yǒu · Yin Wood stem on the Metal branch
A Wood Rooster year pairs the Heavenly Stem 乙 (Yi, yin Wood) with the Earthly Branch 酉 (yǒu, the Rooster). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Wood Rooster years are 1945, 2005, 2065. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Wood Rooster different from a Fire Rooster or a Earth 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 Wood Rooster is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Wood Rooster is the most open-minded and cooperative, precise but willing to hear another method.
2005 Wood Roosters are the open-minded ones, precise but willing to hear another method, and the tradition reads Wood on the Metal branch as a Rooster held slightly in check.
In BaZi terms the Metal branch controls the Wood stem: Metal restrains Wood in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the animal pushing back against the element above it, so the Rooster's qualities come through strongly and the stem struggles to impose itself. The animal has the upper hand.
The rest of the Rooster’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Rooster page.
Wood 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 13 February 1945 | 1 February 1946 | 4 February 1945 |
| 2005 | 9 February 2005 | 28 January 2006 | 4 February 2005 |
| 2065 | outside the table | … | 3 February 2065 |
The next Wood Rooster year is 2065. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Wood Roosters
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1945
- Aung San Suu KyiFormer State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
- Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaPresident of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023
- Dolly PartonAmerican singer, songwriter and actress
- Goldie HawnAmerican actress
- John LithgowAmerican actor
- RivelinoBrazilian footballer and manager
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Wood Rooster start?
- The 1945 Wood Rooster year began at Lunar New Year on 13 February 1945 and ran to 1 February 1946. The 2005 Wood Rooster year began at Lunar New Year on 9 February 2005 and ran to 28 January 2006. 2065 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1945: 4 February 1945; 2005: 4 February 2005; 2065: 3 February 2065), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Wood Rooster personality?
- The Wood Rooster is the most open-minded and cooperative, precise but willing to hear another method. In BaZi terms the Metal branch controls the Wood stem: Metal restrains Wood in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the animal pushing back against the element above it, so the Rooster's qualities come through strongly and the stem struggles to impose itself. The animal has the upper hand.
- When is the next Wood Rooster year?
- 2065. The pair of stem 乙 and branch 酉 recurs every sixty years.