Rooster strengths in tradition
- Hardworking and punctual
- Observant and precise
- Honest and straightforward
- Organised and well prepared
2041 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Metal Rooster
The 2041 Chinese year will run from Friday 1 February 2041 to Tuesday 21 January 2042.
Its sign is the Yin Metal Rooster: 辛酉 (Xīn-yǒu) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–31 January 2041? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Metal Monkey of 2040.
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:
- 1–2 February 2041: Metal Rooster by Chinese New Year, Metal Monkey by Lichun.
- 3 February 2041 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Metal Monkey before 19:25 China time and Metal Rooster from then on; by Chinese New Year, Metal Rooster.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology
Metal is the Rooster's own fixed element, so a Metal Rooster is said to be the most determined and precise Rooster, principled and hardworking.
The Rooster is the tenth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with confidence, hard work and a sharp eye for detail. Metal is the element of clarity and strength, linked in Chinese tradition with autumn, precision and determination.
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 Metal Rooster every 60 years
← 2040 Metal Monkey · 2042 Water Dog → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2041?
2041 is the Year of the Metal Rooster (yin Metal, 辛酉 Xīn-yǒu), from 1 February 2041 to 21 January 2042. Anyone born 1–31 January 2041 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Metal Monkey.
What element is 2041 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 辛 (Xīn). Metal years are years ending in 0 or 1 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January or early February 2041 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 1 February 2041, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Metal Monkey of the 2040 Chinese year; from 1 February 2041 on, it is the Metal Rooster. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (3 February 2041, 19:25 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2041?
On Friday 1 February 2041 (China time). The next one, on Wednesday 22 January 2042, begins the Year of the Water Dog.