Earth Rooster (己酉): personality and meaning in the Chinese zodiac
The Earth Rooster, 己酉, grounds the Rooster's standards in steady work. The tradition reads it as the most practical and patient of the five Roosters.
Heavenly stem and earthly branch: 己酉
Years: 1909, 1969, 2029
Character
己酉 sets 己, yin earth, the field, over the Rooster's metal. Earth bears metal, so the tradition reads this as a pair in which the stem feeds its branch: a harvest field yielding its grain, patient work producing fine results.
Those born in an Earth Rooster year are read as diligent, responsible and level-headed, with the Rooster's precision applied steadily over time. They are dependable and fair. The tradition's shadow for the Earth Rooster is a seriousness that can turn into worry, and a stubborn attachment to its own methods.
In love and at work
In love the Earth Rooster is read as loyal, caring and stable, a partner who shows love by keeping life in order. At work it suits accounting, research, agriculture, administration and any role that rewards consistency. The tradition suggests the Earth Rooster try another way now and then.
A question to take with you
Which of your methods might work even better if you changed one small thing?
Updated October 28, 2026