Rooster (鸡, You 酉)

Twelve Earthly Branches carry the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac — and Rooster (鸡, You 酉) is one of them. This page unpacks the branch as a room of your BaZi chart: what it is, what it feels like as the animal of your birth year, and the facts the engine can prove about it.

What this branch is

You is pure autumn Metal — the Rooster, 17:00–19:00. Precise and clean, it holds only Xin and keeps the edge of the year: order, clarity, exactness.

What it feels like as your zodiac animal

When Rooster (鸡, You 酉) is the branch of your Year Pillar, the reading leans like this:

Rooster charts are precise and observant: exacting about detail, honest about standards, and sharp in a well-groomed way.

The personality tint it tends to leave

In everyday life, a Year Pillar built on this branch often reads:

precise, observant, neat, honest, critical

The Rooster in daily life

Rooster energy in daily life is precise, observant and proudly exact — the eye for detail and the standard that will not bend. At work you are a finisher and auditor: you catch what others skip, keep order and excel where accuracy is non-negotiable. In decisions you are exacting and honest: you judge sharply, value clarity over comfort and rarely flatter what does not deserve it. In relationships you are faithful, direct and particular: you love with loyalty and candor, and you need a partner who can take an honest word. In health, Metal governs your lungs, skin and voice: you are orderly in habit but sensitive to criticism, and your pride needs regular airing. Across the four pillars, 酉 in your Year frames your reputation; in your Month it sharpens your career; in your Day it colors your partnership; in your Hour it shapes your later life. Precise wherever it lands. Practical note for a Rooster year person: refine others’ work with the same grace you hope for your own — exactness without mercy is just sharpness.

What the engine says about it

Everything below is computed or calendar-certain — element, hidden occupants, season, and the years that carry Rooster (鸡, You 酉):

In two real charts

Two charts cast by the same deterministic engine that builds yours — one born in each of the last two Rooster (鸡, You 酉) years, so the Year Pillar below carries the branch itself. Every pillar is real; every label is computed.

Sample chart 1 — Ji (己, Yin Earth) as Day Master, born in 2005

Sample chart 2 — Ren (壬, Yang Water) as Day Master, born in 2017

The twelve zodiac signs

Every birth year belongs to one of the twelve. Explore each:

• Rat (鼠, Zi 子)
• Ox (牛, Chou 丑)
• Tiger (虎, Yin 寅)
• Rabbit (兔, Mao 卯)
• Dragon (龙, Chen 辰)
• Snake (蛇, Si 巳)
• Horse (马, Wu 午)
• Goat (羊, Wei 未)
• Monkey (猴, Shen 申)
• Rooster (鸡, You 酉)
• Dog (狗, Xu 戌)
• Pig (猪, Hai 亥)

Read the wider view

For how the branches carry animals, seasons and hidden occupants, read The Twelve Earthly Branches.

Traditional Chinese metaphysics is a cultural lens — educational and entertainment content, not a prediction or advice.