Rooster in 2026
2026 is a Horse year. Rooster and Horse occupy branches 酉 and 午.
This pair has no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash in the four groups shown here.
Read Rooster with Horse →Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water Rooster
Wood Rooster
Years: 1945, 2005.
The Rooster's Metal controls Wood, placing its traditional eye for correction alongside the year element's interest in growth and development. The Wood Rooster reading gives detailed observation a shared purpose, emphasizing better ways of working together and the challenge of offering an improvement without taking over another person's task.
Wood Rooster birth dates and next year →Fire Rooster
Years: 1957, 2017.
Fire controls the Rooster's Metal, giving the sign's traditional precision a more prominent and expressive form. This reading presents the Fire Rooster as prepared to make a point publicly, demonstrate a skill or defend a standard, with a tendency toward forceful criticism when the details do not support the claim.
Fire Rooster birth dates and next year →Earth Rooster
Years: 1909, 1969, 2029.
Earth generates the Rooster's Metal, supporting its traditional attention to detail with a practical concern for preparation and dependable results. The Earth Rooster reading emphasizes orderly work, clear responsibilities and a carefully checked finish, with difficulty accepting a loose arrangement when the small omissions are already easy to see.
Earth Rooster birth dates and next year →Metal Rooster
Years: 1921, 1981, 2041.
Metal repeats the Rooster's own element, concentrating the traditional themes of precision, candour and a clearly defined standard. The Metal Rooster reading makes correctness a personal commitment, with a strong wish for words and work to withstand scrutiny and a sharper response when an avoidable flaw is dismissed.
Metal Rooster birth dates and next year →Water Rooster
Years: 1933, 1993.
The Rooster's Metal generates Water, carrying its traditional precision into conversation, observation and the careful exchange of information. In this reading, the Water Rooster pays attention to how a point is received as well as whether it is correct, though repeated analysis can keep a small concern alive.
Water Rooster birth dates and next year →Rooster personality traits
In the Rooster's traditional portrait, close attention and a willingness to speak plainly go together. It notices what needs correcting, prepares carefully and takes satisfaction in work that stands up to inspection. High standards can become sharp criticism when the effort behind an imperfect result is overlooked. The defining balance is between making an observation useful and allowing another person enough room to respond without feeling continually examined.
Rooster: best and difficult matches
Ox: Rooster and Ox share the Metal trine; Snake completes their three-animal group.
Rabbit: Rooster (酉) stands six positions opposite Rabbit (卯), the contrast called a Six Clash in the traditional pairing.
Dragon: Rooster (酉) and Dragon (辰) form one of the six fixed harmony pairs, traditionally read as a complementary connection.
Snake: Rooster and Snake share the Metal trine; Ox completes their three-animal group.
All twelve Rooster compatibility pairings →Five forms · one twelve-day rhythm
The next Rooster days
The branch repeats every twelve days. Its stem advances too, so these five occurrences have five different stem elements before the complete name repeats after sixty days. The Rooster branch itself keeps Metal.
Yin Fire
20 September 2026
Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉
Na Yin: Mountain-foot Fire · 山下火
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Earth
2 October 2026
Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉
Na Yin: Great Post-road Earth · 大驿土
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Metal
14 October 2026
Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉
Na Yin: Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Water
26 October 2026
Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉
Na Yin: Sword-edge Metal · 剑锋金
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Wood
7 November 2026
Yin Wood Rooster · 乙酉
Na Yin: Spring Water · 泉中水
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The Na Yin name belongs to the complete pillar. It is a separate pairing from the stem’s element and the branch’s fixed element.
Chinese New Year to the final lunar day
Rooster years and their exact boundaries
Use the interval, not just the Gregorian year number, for a birthday near January or February. A full Rooster element-name returns sixty years later; the animal alone returns after twelve.
己酉 · Yin Earth Rooster
1909 Rooster year
22 January 1909 through 9 February 1910
辛酉 · Yin Metal Rooster
1921 Rooster year
8 February 1921 through 27 January 1922
癸酉 · Yin Water Rooster
1933 Rooster year
26 January 1933 through 13 February 1934
乙酉 · Yin Wood Rooster
1945 Rooster year
13 February 1945 through 1 February 1946
丁酉 · Yin Fire Rooster
1957 Rooster year
31 January 1957 through 17 February 1958
己酉 · Yin Earth Rooster
1969 Rooster year
17 February 1969 through 5 February 1970
辛酉 · Yin Metal Rooster
1981 Rooster year
5 February 1981 through 24 January 1982
癸酉 · Yin Water Rooster
1993 Rooster year
23 January 1993 through 9 February 1994
乙酉 · Yin Wood Rooster
2005 Rooster year
9 February 2005 through 28 January 2006
丁酉 · Yin Fire Rooster
2017 Rooster year
28 January 2017 through 15 February 2018
己酉 · Yin Earth Rooster
2029 Rooster year
13 February 2029 through 2 February 2030
辛酉 · Yin Metal Rooster
2041 Rooster year
1 February 2041 through 21 January 2042
Solar month · clock period
The Rooster month and double-hour
Autumn branch month
White Dew opens the Rooster month at 7 September 2026, 22:41:16 UTC+8. It runs until Cold Dew at 8 October 2026, 14:29:17 UTC+8.
These are solar-term instants, not the first days of numbered lunar months.
Follow the whole autumn season →17:00–18:59
The Rooster double-hour occupies position 10 in the twelve-branch clock. It follows Monkey and precedes Dog. A double-hour label describes a time of day; it does not determine the year or day animal.
The sets containing Rooster
Harmony, season, trine and clash
Six Harmonies
Paired branches
This is a fixed two-branch pairing.
Three Harmonies · trines
Metal
These three animals form the full set; two animals show shared membership.
Three Meetings · seasons
Autumn · Metal
These three animals form the full set; two animals show shared membership.
Six Clashes
Opposite branches
This is a fixed two-branch pairing.
The stems held inside Rooster
primary layer
Xīn · 辛
Yin Metal
Hidden stems are attached to the branch. The visible stem on a particular Rooster day is the first character of that day’s two-character name.