Chinese zodiac 1993
Year of the Water Rooster
23 January 1993 to 9 February 1994
Born in 1993? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1993 it falls on 23 January 1993.
- 23 January to 31 December 1993
- π Water Rooster
- and on to 9 Feb 1994
Check an exact birth date
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
383 days
A long year: the calendar adds a thirteenth, leap month.
Other Rooster years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Water Rooster years nearest to this one are 1933 and 2053.
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.