Year of the Earth Rooster
2029 Chinese zodiac sign: Earth Rooster
If you were born from February 13, 2029 to February 2, 2030, your Chinese zodiac sign is the Earth Rooster. A birthday in 2029 before February 13 still belongs to the Earth Monkey of 2028.
Earth Rooster
- Element: Earth
- Yin
- First day
- Tuesday, February 13, 2029
- Last day
- Saturday, February 2, 2030
- Place in the animal cycle
- 10 of 12
January and February: if you were born from January 1 to February 12, 2029, your sign is still the Earth Monkey of 2028; if you were born from January 1 to February 2, 2030, you still belong to the Year of the Earth Rooster.
Check your birth date in the calculator2029 in the Chinese calendar
Chinese year 2029 begins on Tuesday, February 13, 2029, and ends on Saturday, February 2, 2030, the day before the Year of the Metal Dog begins. It has 355 days, or 12 lunar months: each month starts on a new moon, so it is 29 or 30 days long. The next leap year, with a thirteenth month, comes in 2031.
The year opens with the new moon on Tuesday, February 13, 2029 at 5:32 a.m. ET, which is 6:32 p.m. China Standard Time, so the date is the same in New York and in Beijing.
The Lantern Festival, which closes the New Year celebrations, comes on the fifteenth day of the first month, so on Tuesday, February 27, 2029. The year's first full moon falls on Wednesday, February 28, 2029 at 12:10 p.m. ET.
It is year 46 of the sixty-year cycle that began in 1984 with the Wood Rat. In Chinese this year is called 己酉 (jǐyǒu): the heavenly stem 己 gives the element and the earthly branch 酉 the animal.
Lìchūn 2029: when the year begins in Ba Zi astrology
In Ba Zi astrology, the Four Pillars of Destiny, the year 2029 begins not at the lunar New Year but at the moment of lìchūn (立春, “start of spring”), when the Sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude: on Saturday, February 3, 2029 at 8:20 a.m. Eastern Time. That is 10 days before Chinese New Year, so anyone born between that moment and February 12 still has the Earth Monkey sign in the lunar calendar but already the Earth Rooster sign in Ba Zi.
This page and the calculator give your sign by the lunar calendar.
Rooster personality traits
The Rooster is the sign of hard work and honesty. It is observant, organized and precise, and bold in voicing its opinions.
The element of 2029: Earth
Stability, common sense and care for the people close to you. Earth steadies every sign and makes it more realistic.
The Earth element covers two years in a row, 2028 (yang) and 2029 (yin), and comes back every ten years: before that in 2018–2019, next in 2038–2039.
The Earth Rooster: animal and element together
The Earth Rooster combines precision with common sense. Earth adds patience and stability, so it works conscientiously, judges its abilities realistically and rarely promises anything it can't deliver. Few are as trustworthy. It just finds it hard to let go of perfectionism, even where nothing calls for it.
Rooster compatibility
Trine
The Ox and the Snake value reliability and a plan, just as the Rooster does. With the Ox it shares a strong work ethic, with the Snake ambition and strategic thinking.
Secret friend
The Dragon admires the Rooster's organization and gives it courage, and the Rooster makes sure the details of the Dragon's big plans are taken care of. Together they make an effective pair.
Opposite sign
The Rabbit is the Rooster's opposite. Its gentleness and avoidance of confrontation irritate the blunt Rooster, and the Rooster's sharp words hurt the Rabbit.
Born in 2029: your age and your own sign's year
Chinese year 2029 begins on Tuesday, February 13, 2029. Children born in it celebrate their first běnmìngnián, the year of their own sign, in 2041, when they turn 12.
Other Rooster years
The Rooster comes back every 12 years, each time with a different element. The exact combination of 2029, the Earth Rooster, returns every 60 years: in 1969, 2029 and 2089.
| Year | Sign | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Water Rooster | 01/26/1933 – 02/13/1934 |
| 1945 | Wood Rooster | 02/13/1945 – 02/01/1946 |
| 1957 | Fire Rooster | 01/31/1957 – 02/17/1958 |
| 1969 | Earth Rooster | 02/17/1969 – 02/05/1970 |
| 1981 | Metal Rooster | 02/05/1981 – 01/24/1982 |
| 1993 | Water Rooster | 01/23/1993 – 02/09/1994 |
| 2005 | Wood Rooster | 02/09/2005 – 01/28/2006 |
| 2017 | Fire Rooster | 01/28/2017 – 02/15/2018 |
| 2029 | Earth Rooster | 02/13/2029 – 02/02/2030 |
The year before and the year after
The Chinese zodiac is a cultural tradition more than two thousand years old, not a science. We calculate the dates and signs precisely, but read the personality descriptions as food for thought, not as a prophecy.
Frequently asked questions
What Chinese zodiac sign is 2029?
In the Chinese calendar 2029 is the Year of the Earth Rooster: a yin sign with the Earth element. That Chinese year runs from February 13, 2029 to February 2, 2030, so anyone born in that window has the Earth Rooster sign.
What is my Chinese zodiac sign if I was born in January or February 2029?
The date of Chinese New Year decides it, and in 2029 that date is February 13. If you were born from January 1 to February 12, 2029, your sign is still the Earth Monkey of 2028; from February 13 on, your sign is the Earth Rooster.
When does 2029 begin in Ba Zi astrology?
At the moment of lìchūn, when the Sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude: on Saturday, February 3, 2029 at 8:20 a.m. Eastern Time. That is 10 days before Chinese New Year, so anyone born between that moment and February 12 still has the Earth Monkey sign in the lunar calendar but already the Earth Rooster sign in Ba Zi.
When is Chinese New Year 2029?
Chinese New Year 2029 falls on Tuesday, February 13, 2029, the day of the new moon by the date in Beijing. The new moon comes at 6:32 p.m. China Standard Time; in New York it falls on Tuesday, February 13, 2029 at 5:32 a.m. ET. The next New Year, which opens the Year of the Metal Dog, falls on Sunday, February 3, 2030.
Is 2029 a yin or yang year?
2029 is a yin year, because Chinese tradition gives yang to even years and yin to odd ones. Yin is inward energy: receptive, patient and attentive. The Rooster is always yin, and from one Rooster year to the next only the element changes: after the Year of the Earth Rooster comes the Year of the Metal Rooster in 2041.
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