2005 Chinese zodiac
雞 Wood Rooster · yin
Born between 9 February 2005 and 28 January 2006: you are a Wood Rooster. Born in 2005 but before 9 February 2005: your sign is that of 2004, the Wood Monkey.
The year
- New Year : 9 February 2005
- Ends : 28 January 2006
- Animal : Rooster
- Element : Wood (yin)
The Wood element
growth, generosity, openness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
乙酉 yǐ yǒu
Year 22 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1945 and 2065.
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.