Complete signature return
1909
- Lunar-year boundary
- 22 January 1909 → 9 February 1910
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 1909 at 18:32
- Leap month
- Month 2
Yin Earth year pillar
Earth Rooster (1909, 1969, 2029, 2089)
Earth Rooster years are 1909, 1969, 2029, 2089 within 1901–2099. 己酉 is pillar 46 of the 60-year cycle: Yin Earth is its year-stem element, while the Rooster branch remains Metal.
Earth Rooster personality
Earth anchors the Rooster's precision in practical usefulness, favouring consistent care over an impressive but difficult ideal. Attention to detail is directed toward arrangements that people can rely on day after day. The challenge is allowing a method to evolve, because a routine that has been maintained conscientiously may feel harder to question than one that was adopted casually.
Born in 1909, 1969, 2029, 2089? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.
己酉: pillar anatomy
- Animal branch
- 酉 You · Yin Metal
- Year stem and fixed branch
- Earth generates Metal
- Branch compass and double-hour
- W · 17:00–19:00
- Hidden stems
- 辛 xīn Metal (primary)
In the Five Phases cycle, Earth feeds Metal.
Na Yin pair: 大驿土
Earth Na Yin · paired with 戊申 Yang Earth Monkey in the 30 Na Yin pairs.
Exact date records
Earth Rooster years, 1901–2099
The complete 己酉 pillar returns every sixty years. Each record below keeps the same animal, stem element, and polarity, while its exact lunar-year boundary and leap-month pattern change.
Complete signature return
1969
- Lunar-year boundary
- 17 February 1969 → 5 February 1970
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 1969 at 07:58
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Complete signature return
2029
- Lunar-year boundary
- 13 February 2029 → 2 February 2030
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 3 February 2029 at 21:20
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Complete signature return
2089
- Lunar-year boundary
- 10 February 2089 → 29 January 2090
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 3 February 2089 at 10:54
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Earth Rooster with the current Yang Fire Horse year
No named branch relation
No named branch relation
No named stem relation
己 with 丙
Fire generates Earth
Earth year stem with the current Fire year stem.
Same branch, five stems
Compare all five Rooster elements
Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.