1981 Chinese zodiac
雞 Metal Rooster · yin
Born between 5 February 1981 and 24 January 1982: you are a Metal Rooster. Born in 1981 but before 5 February 1981: your sign is that of 1980, the Metal Monkey.
The year
- New Year : 5 February 1981
- Ends : 24 January 1982
- Animal : Rooster
- Element : Metal (yin)
The Metal element
determination, rigour, uprightness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
辛酉 xīn yǒu
Year 58 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1921 and 2041.
The Rooster in one line
Frank and hard-working, it loves order and a job well done.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.