THE TWELVE YEAR ANIMALS
Rooster
The Rooster calls attention to timing and clarity.
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鸡 · jī
The Rooster's morning call offers an image of marking a moment, naming what is ready and separating signal from noise. It can help make a plan legible without turning a birth year into a verdict.
An example
Before a deadline, the Rooster image asks what needs to be stated clearly to the group.
A question to carry with you
What would be useful to name out loud now?
Find your own lunar-year placement
Use your birth date to find the year animal, stem, branch, stem phase and Yin/Yang. This calculator follows Chinese New Year; it does not calculate a full Four Pillars (BaZi) chart.