Chinese zodiac 2005
Year of the Wood Rooster
9 February 2005 to 28 January 2006
Born in 2005? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 2005 it falls on 9 February 2005.
- 9 February to 31 December 2005
- π Wood Rooster
- and on to 28 Jan 2006
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The Wood Rooster at a glance
Animal
π Rooster
Said to be observant, hard-working, direct.
Element
ζ¨ Yin Wood
Linked with growth and generosity. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Rooster years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Wood Rooster years nearest to this one are 1945 and 2065.
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.