Complete signature return
1921
- Lunar-year boundary
- 8 February 1921 → 27 January 1922
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 1921 at 16:20
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Yin Metal year pillar
Metal Rooster (1921, 1981, 2041)
Metal Rooster years are 1921, 1981, 2041 within 1901–2099. 辛酉 is pillar 58 of the 60-year cycle: Yin Metal is its year-stem element, while the Rooster branch remains Metal.
Metal Rooster personality
Metal repeats the Rooster branch's fixed element, making definition, discernment and clear boundaries central to the reading. Its strength is a concentrated ability to distinguish what is essential from what is merely decorative. The difficult edge is severity, where a demanding standard needs the balance of recognising effort and allowing an unfinished idea to develop before judging its final shape.
Born in 1921, 1981, 2041? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.
辛酉: pillar anatomy
- Animal branch
- 酉 You · Yin Metal
- Year stem and fixed branch
- Metal meets Metal
- Branch compass and double-hour
- W · 17:00–19:00
- Hidden stems
- 辛 xīn Metal (primary)
Both positions carry Metal, so the element repeats rather than generating or controlling another element.
Na Yin pair: 石榴木
Wood Na Yin · paired with 庚申 Yang Metal Monkey in the 30 Na Yin pairs.
Exact date records
Metal Rooster years, 1901–2099
The complete 辛酉 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
1981
- Lunar-year boundary
- 5 February 1981 → 24 January 1982
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 1981 at 05:55
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Complete signature return
2041
- Lunar-year boundary
- 1 February 2041 → 21 January 2042
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 3 February 2041 at 19:25
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Metal Rooster with the current Yang Fire Horse year
No named branch relation
No named branch relation
Heavenly-stem combination
辛 with 丙 · 五合
Fire controls Metal
Metal 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.