Chinese zodiac 1933
Year of the Water Rooster
26 January 1933 to 13 February 1934
Born in 1933? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1933 it falls on 26 January 1933.
- 26 January to 31 December 1933
- π Water Rooster
- and on to 13 Feb 1934
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The Water Rooster at a glance
Animal
π Rooster
Said to be observant, hard-working, direct.
Element
ζ°΄ Yin Water
Linked with wisdom and flexibility. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
384 days
A long year: the calendar adds a thirteenth, leap month.
Who gets on with the Rooster
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Rooster sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.