Rooster strengths in tradition
- Hardworking and punctual
- Observant and precise
- Honest and straightforward
- Organised and well prepared
1933 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Water Rooster
The 1933 Chinese year ran from Thursday 26 January 1933 to Tuesday 13 February 1934.
Its sign is the Yin Water Rooster: 癸酉 (Guǐ-yǒu) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–25 January 1933? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Water Monkey of 1932.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 26 January – 3 February 1933: Water Rooster by Chinese New Year, Water Monkey by Lichun.
- 4 February 1933 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Monkey before 14:09 China time and Water Rooster from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Rooster.
- 4 February 1934 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Rooster before 20:03 China time and Wood Dog from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Rooster.
- 5–13 February 1934: Water Rooster by Chinese New Year, Wood Dog by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Water Rooster in Chinese astrology
A Water Rooster is associated with a gentler, more communicative style, thoughtful and quick to understand others.
The Rooster is the tenth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with confidence, hard work and a sharp eye for detail. Water is the element of depth and adaptability, linked in Chinese tradition with winter, intuition and quiet wisdom.
Rooster challenges in tradition
- Can be blunt
- Leans towards perfectionism
- Quick to criticise
- Proud and hard to persuade
Traditions, not predictions. The Rooster in love and at work · The five elements
Other Rooster years
The Water Rooster every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1933?
1933 is the Year of the Water Rooster (yin Water, 癸酉 Guǐ-yǒu), from 26 January 1933 to 13 February 1934. Anyone born 1–25 January 1933 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Water Monkey.
What element is 1933 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 癸 (Guǐ). Water years are years ending in 2 or 3 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 1933 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 26 January 1933, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Water Monkey of the 1932 Chinese year; from 26 January 1933 on, it is the Water Rooster. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1933, 14:09 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1933?
It was on Thursday 26 January 1933 (China time). The next one, on Wednesday 14 February 1934, began the Year of the Wood Dog.