CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN · FIXED ELEMENT METAL
Rooster
The honest clarity that is not afraid to shine.
You are precise, hardworking, and direct. You like things done well and you say what you think without detours. Behind your confidence there is a genuine devotion: when you commit, you give it all and you deliver with pride.
STRENGTHS
- ✦ Direct honesty
- ✦ Order and neatness
- ✦ Devotion and responsibility
CHALLENGES
- ✧ Harsh self-demand
- ✧ Criticizing too much
- ✧ Finding it hard to show your doubt
ITS ELEMENT AND THE CYCLE
Rooster carries Metal as its fixed element, its baseline temperament. On top of that, every time the Rooster comes around again (once every twelve years), the year adds an element that rotates between Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth, completing a sixty-year cycle. That is why no two Rooster are alike: a Fire Rooster does not vibrate the same as a Water one.
WHO IT MATCHES WITH
Affinity between animals is a guide, not a verdict. Two signs that clash can work beautifully once the full charts are understood.
YEARS OF THE ROOSTER
Remember that the Chinese year begins on Chinese New Year (late January or February). If you were born in those first days of the year, your animal may be the previous one. The calculator sorts it out for you.
The Rooster is one layer of you. Your birth chart holds the rest.
The Chinese zodiac speaks of the year you were born. Your Western birth chart adds your Sun, your Moon, your Rising and all your planets for a far finer portrait.