Rooster strengths in tradition
- Hardworking and punctual
- Observant and precise
- Honest and straightforward
- Organised and well prepared
2053 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Water Rooster
The 2053 Chinese year will run from Wednesday 19 February 2053 to Saturday 7 February 2054.
Its sign is the Yin Water Rooster: 癸酉 (Guǐ-yǒu) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 18 February 2053? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Water Monkey of 2052.
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:
- 3 February 2053 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Monkey before 17:12 China time and Water Rooster from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Monkey.
- 4–18 February 2053: Water Monkey by Chinese New Year, Water Rooster by Lichun.
- 3 February 2054 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Rooster before 23:07 China time and Wood Dog from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Rooster.
- 4–7 February 2054: 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 2053?
2053 is the Year of the Water Rooster (yin Water, 癸酉 Guǐ-yǒu), from 19 February 2053 to 7 February 2054. Anyone born 1 January – 18 February 2053 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Water Monkey.
What element is 2053 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 or early February 2053 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 19 February 2053, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Water Monkey of the 2052 Chinese year; from 19 February 2053 on, it is the Water Rooster. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (3 February 2053, 17:12 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2053?
On Wednesday 19 February 2053 (China time). The next one, on Sunday 8 February 2054, begins the Year of the Wood Dog.