Rooster strengths in tradition
- Hardworking and punctual
- Observant and precise
- Honest and straightforward
- Organised and well prepared
1909 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Earth Rooster
The 1909 Chinese year ran from Friday 22 January 1909 to Wednesday 9 February 1910.
Its sign is the Yin Earth Rooster: 己酉 (Jǐ-yǒu) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–21 January 1909? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Earth Monkey of 1908.
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:
- 22 January – 3 February 1909: Earth Rooster by Chinese New Year, Earth Monkey by Lichun.
- 4 February 1909 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Monkey before 18:18 China time and Earth Rooster from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Rooster.
- 5 February 1910 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Rooster before 00:12 China time and Metal Dog from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Rooster.
- 6–9 February 1910: Earth Rooster by Chinese New Year, Metal Dog by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology
An Earth Rooster is described as especially practical and reliable, patient with detail and steady under pressure.
The Rooster is the tenth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with confidence, hard work and a sharp eye for detail. Earth is the element of stability and balance, linked in Chinese tradition with the turning points between the seasons.
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 Earth Rooster every 60 years
← 1908 Earth Monkey · 1910 Metal Dog → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1909?
1909 is the Year of the Earth Rooster (yin Earth, 己酉 Jǐ-yǒu), from 22 January 1909 to 9 February 1910. Anyone born 1–21 January 1909 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Earth Monkey.
What element is 1909 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 己 (Jǐ). Earth years are years ending in 8 or 9 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 1909 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 22 January 1909, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Earth Monkey of the 1908 Chinese year; from 22 January 1909 on, it is the Earth Rooster. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1909, 18:18 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1909?
It was on Friday 22 January 1909 (China time). The next one, on Thursday 10 February 1910, began the Year of the Metal Dog.