Chinese New Lunar Year 2017~YEAR OF THE ROOSTER
This year, Chinese New Year - The Year of the Rooster - begins on Saturday January 28 2017.
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Rooster is the tenth in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac sign. The Years of the Rooster include 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029...
Rooster is almost the epitome of fidelity and punctuality. For ancestors who had no alarm clocks, the crowing was significant, as it could awaken people to get up and start to work. In Chinese culture, another symbolic meaning of chicken carries is exorcising evil spirits.
Years of the Rooster
- Feb.8,1921-Jan.27,1922
- Jan.26,1933-Feb.13,1934
- Feb.13,1945-Feb.1,1946
- Jan.31,1957-Feb.17,1958
- Feb.17,1969-Feb.5,1970
- Feb.5,1981-Jan.24,1982
- Jan.23,1993-Feb.9,1994
- Feb.9,2005-Jan.28,2006
- Jan.28,2017-Feb.15,2018
- Feb.13,2029-Feb.2,2030
- Mar.1,2041-Jan.21,2042
- Feb.19,2053-Feb.7,2054
The personality of the Rooster
People born in the Year of Rooster according to Chinese zodiac have many excellent characteristics, such as being honest, bright, communicative and ambitious. Most of them are born pretty or handsome, and prefer to dress up. In daily life, they seldom rely on others. However, they might be enthusiastic about something quickly, but soon be impassive. Thus, they need to have enough faiths and patience to insist on one thing.
Strengths
- Independent, capable, warm-hearted, self-respect, quick minded
- Weaknesses
- Impatient, critical, eccentric, narrow-minded, selfish
Love compatibility of the Rooster
Perfect Matches: Ox, Snake
If combining with people in Ox or Snake signs, most of them will obtain everlasting and harmonious marriage lives. The connection between them can become tight. In addition, couples of these combinations always become enviable ones in other people’s eyes.
Avoid: Rat, Rabbit, Horse, Rooster, Dog
They have a large chance to obtain a tough and unstable love life if they get married with people with the above five signs. During the whole life, they always meet difficulties and troubles. However, they don’t have enough abilities to solve them because of their born different opinions and attitudes with each other. Lots of divergences will damage the relationship finally.
Lucky Signs for the Rooster
- Lucky Numbers: 5, 7, 8
- Lucky Colors: gold, brown, brownish yellow, yellow
- Lucky Flowers: gladiola, impatiens, cockscomb
- Lucky Directions: west, southwest, northeast
Famous people born under the Rooster sign
Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Elton John, Jennifer Aniston, Anna Kournikova, Anne Heche, Alexis Bledel, Bette Midler, Cate Blanchett, Diane Sawyer, Elijah Wood, James Marsters, Jessica Alba, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, Taylor Momsen, Catherine the Great, Amelia Earhart, Rudyard Kipling, Groucho Marx, Peter Ustinov, Tagore, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Mencius, Mo-tse, Liu Che (Emperor Wu of China’s Western Han Dynasty 202 BC - 9 AD), Li Longji (Emperor Xuanzong of China’s Tang Dynasty 618 - 907), Zhuge Liang (Premier of Shu in China’s Three Kingdoms Period 220 - 280)