The Rooster

Recent birth years

2029, 2017, 2005, 1993, 1981, 1969

Lucky numbers

5, 7, 8

Lucky colors

gold, brown, yellow

Rooster 雞

莲花开 · in the Lotus deck

The Rooster's oracle card, painted in ancient ink. Its fixed element is Metal 金, which colours how the Rooster moves through the world.

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Up before the rest of the yard, feathers in order, eye sharp, the day announced before anyone wanted it. The Rooster is precise in the body, precise in the dress, precise in the opinion. There is real pride here, the good kind, the kind that holds a standard for itself before it holds one for anyone else. You will hear about vanity, about pickiness, about the loud voice in the morning. All a little true and a little unfair. The fuller picture is a creature that has decided to live awake. The Rooster pays attention. The Rooster names what is wrong with the room and would like to fix it. There is an honest streak under the plumage, often blunter than is comfortable, that the right people learn to love.

Personality

Direct, organized, well-dressed even on a Tuesday morning at the laundromat. Has an opinion about how the dishwasher should be loaded and is probably correct. Hard worker, often the one staying late, often the one who notices what everyone else missed. Generous with friends in a practical way, will help you move, will fix the leak, will tell you the shirt does not fit. Sometimes mistaken for harsh when the truth is the Rooster just thinks honesty is a kind of love. Has high standards for the self that quietly grade everyone else too. Bright humor when warm, sharp tongue when not. Will defend the underdog, the slighted friend, the small business with the rude landlord.

The shadow

The pickiness, the small unsolicited correction, the inability to let the small thing be. Pride that does not let the apology arrive cleanly. Overworks, then resents being asked to overwork. Vanity that becomes a tax on the day, the long mirror time, the wardrobe that costs more than it should. Can become preachy, the moral high ground turned into a small daily perch.

In love

Loyal, attentive, will remember the partner's coffee order and the small wrinkle in the dress that needs fixing. Loves with practical care, the meal cooked, the bills handled, the schedule kept. Wants a partner who will keep their word, who will dress for the date, who will not embarrass them at the dinner. Sex is attentive, sometimes a little controlled, opens up with trust. Struggles with chaotic partners. The right love is the one that finds the Rooster's precision endearing instead of exhausting.

At work

Excellent in roles requiring detail, integrity, the long execution. Accounting, medicine, law, hospitality at the high end, the trades. Often the most reliable person in any office. Lousy when underpaid or unrecognized, gets quietly bitter and then loudly bitter. Money is respected here, saved, planned for. Needs work where standards are real and recognized. Will leave a job that has gone sloppy.

Their kind of year

Rooster years move tidy. Things get organized. Old paperwork comes home, debts get named, the house gets cleaned in a way that is symbolic and also literal. The year rewards honesty, the small careful conversation, the standard held. There is usually a moment when the Rooster's pride has to bend a little for love or for friendship, and the bending becomes the year's growth. Wear the good coat. Mean what you say.