Wood Rooster (乙酉): personality and meaning in the Chinese zodiac
The Wood Rooster, 乙酉, softens the Rooster's edges and turns its precision toward helping others. The tradition reads it as warm, sociable and fair-minded.
Heavenly stem and earthly branch: 乙酉
Years: 1945, 2005
Character
乙酉 sets 乙, yin wood, the vine and the flower, over 酉, the Rooster's yin metal, in full autumn. Metal cuts wood, so the tradition reads this as a pair in which the branch restrains its stem: a garden being trimmed for the season, kindness given shape by discipline.
People born in a Wood Rooster year are read as honest, hard-working and community-minded, with the Rooster's eye for detail used in the service of others. They are fair and enjoy working in a team. The tradition's shadow for the Wood Rooster is an inner tension between the wish to please and the urge to correct, and a tendency to take on too many duties.
In love and at work
In love the Wood Rooster is read as warm, attentive and loyal, a partner who organises life lovingly. At work it shines in education, healthcare, administration and community work. The tradition suggests the Wood Rooster let some details go for the sake of the whole.
A question to take with you
Which detail could you let go this week, to have more room for what matters?
Updated October 28, 2026