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Volume 13, Issue #3. Published on February 28, 2005
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Depending on the year of your birth, your animal and personality traits will change.
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The Year of the Rooster
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Brandon Hamilton
Asian Pacific Review
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Yes people it is the year of the Rooster.
Not sure, what that means, that's okay not a lot of people do.
The zodiac is based on the Chinese lunar calendar. Unlike the western zodiac, the animals in the zodiac however do not correspond to the different months. Instead, the animals correspond to different years. 2005 is the rooster's turn to shine in the spot light.
According to myth, at the beginning of time there were twelve animals arguing over who would represent the first year. As a compromise, the gods decided to hold a race. The first animal to win would be first in the calendar and the rest of the animals would get positions according to which place they finished in the race.
Starting with a near cycle the pattern is as follows: Ox (1973), Tiger (1974), Rabbit (1975), Dragon (1976), Snake (1977), Horse (1978), Ram (1979), Monkey (1980), Rooster (1981), Dog (1982), Boar (1983), and Rat (1984).
The cycle repeats every twelve years, so it is not that hard to figure out which one you are.
The zodiac signs also served a social purpose in China. Instead of being impolite, asking a person their age, you would instead ask their sign. If you know the person's sign, you can accurately predict their age, or at the very least see if you were older or younger than they were.
Similar to the western zodiac, people born in different years are said to have different traits. Those born in the year of the Rooster are said to be very proud people and self-assured of themselves. They are very capable hardworking people, with very big ideas sometimes bordering on the eccentric side.
Rooster people can also be very conceited, vain and boastful. They think they are always right and will try to convince all others they are. They can be very brave though and are not afraid to stand up to anyone.
In terms of compatibility, the ideal partner for a rooster would be someone born in the year of the Snake, Ox or Dragon. Roosters would do best to avoid people born during the years of the Rabbit, Tiger, or Rat. Also Roosters do not get along well with other Roosters.
One more interesting side note, the Chinese New Year does not start until early February, so people born in January are actually still in the prior year.
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