Rooster strengths in tradition
- Hardworking and punctual
- Observant and precise
- Honest and straightforward
- Organised and well prepared
2029 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Earth Rooster
The 2029 Chinese year will run from Tuesday 13 February 2029 to Saturday 2 February 2030.
Its sign is the Yin Earth Rooster: 己酉 (Jǐ-yǒu) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 12 February 2029? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Earth Monkey of 2028.
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 2029 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Monkey before 21:20 China time and Earth Rooster from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Monkey.
- 4–12 February 2029: Earth Monkey by Chinese New Year, Earth Rooster 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
← 2028 Earth Monkey · 2030 Metal Dog → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2029?
2029 is the Year of the Earth Rooster (yin Earth, 己酉 Jǐ-yǒu), from 13 February 2029 to 2 February 2030. Anyone born 1 January – 12 February 2029 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Earth Monkey.
What element is 2029 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 or early February 2029 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 13 February 2029, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Earth Monkey of the 2028 Chinese year; from 13 February 2029 on, it is the Earth Rooster. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (3 February 2029, 21:20 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2029?
On Tuesday 13 February 2029 (China time). The next one, on Sunday 3 February 2030, begins the Year of the Metal Dog.