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Chinese Zodiac Daily Horoscope · Sinabro Labs
A day where thoroughness shines. Invest time in organizing and checking.
Today is perfect for Rooster to quietly build skills behind the scenes. Staying consistent, even without the spotlight, pays off. Requests and proposals land better today.
Diligent and flawless — a capable performer who handles every task with precision.
The Rooster is tidy, analytical and responsible. Diligent and perfection-seeking, earning trust — but can seem critical, nagging or hard to please.
Faithful, devoted love. Plans ahead and cares for a partner well; leading with praise and ease rather than criticism softens the bond.
Suited to fields needing accuracy and detail — accounting, administration, medicine, research, cooking, skilled trades.
Manages carefully and methodically. Few impulse buys and good at budgeting, so assets grow steadily.
Element
Metal (Yin)
Direction
due west
Hour
5pm–7pm
Season
mid-autumn
Lunar month
month 8 of the lunar year
Trine
Sa–Yu–Chuk Metal — peak seat
It is said to have worked the oar, and stepped off last of the three, so tenth it was. The Yu (酉) hour (5–7pm) is sunset — the odd charm of this arrangement being that the animal which announces dawn sits in the evening seat.
Read from the Yu (酉) seat. What do these terms mean?
Three Harmony three signs that together form one element · Six Harmony one of the six pairs the twelve fold into · Neutral no fixed harmony or clash · Same Seat the same branch twice · Break arrangements tend to slip · Harm each quietly loses a little · Clash directly opposite on the circleOx is the close and Rooster the middle. Add Snake at the start and the three make Metal.
Together they turn to Metal. Late spring and mid-autumn are 5 steps apart, mirrored across the line between Rat–Ox and Horse–Goat.
Snake is the start and Rooster the middle. Add Ox at the close and the three make Metal.
Metal presses on Wood; 5 steps apart (lunar months 1, 8).
Fire presses on Metal; 3 steps apart (lunar months 5, 8).
Earth feeds Metal, so Goat supports; 2 steps apart (lunar months 6, 8).
Both run on Metal; 1 step apart (lunar months 7, 8).
Rooster × Rooster
Season, hour and direction all coincide (mid-autumn, 5–7pm, due west). Snake and Ox fill what is missing.
Metal feeds Water, so Rooster supports; 2 steps apart (lunar months 8, 10).
Due north and due west, deep winter and mid-autumn — angled away from each other.
Lunar months 8 and 9 — 1 step apart.
Due east against due west, 5–7am against 5–7pm — and Wood against Metal.
Take 2017: the Rooster year begins on Jan 28, the lunar new year — anyone born before that is still the Monkey. Saju counts the year from Lichun instead, which fell on Feb 4 that year, so births between the two dates carry one sign by custom and another in the chart. Why two different rules?
| Year | Starts (lunar new year) | Lichun (Saju year) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Jan 28 | Feb 4 |
| 2005 | Feb 9 | Feb 4 |
| 1993 | Jan 23 | Feb 4 |
| 1981 | Feb 5 | Feb 4 |
| 1969 | Feb 17 | Feb 4 |
| 1957 | Jan 31 | Feb 4 |
The branch repeats every twelve years but the stem runs on a ten-year cycle, so the same pairing only comes back after sixty. That makes five kinds of Rooster year, each carrying a different stem element on top of Metal.
2017, 2005, 1993, 1981, 1969, 1957 and 1945 are Rooster years. If born before the lunar new year you may belong to the previous sign, the Monkey.
The Rooster harmonizes wonderfully with the Ox and Snake and goes well with the Dragon. Distance tends to grow with the Rabbit.
Excessive criticism and perfectionism. Giving itself and others a little slack lets its real ability shine.