Rooster

Years: 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029 — observant, hardworking and confident.

In depth

• At your bestprecise, hardworking, and honest to a fault about what you see.
• Driveto do it properly, and to be recognised for having done it properly.
• In relationshipsloyal and attentive, if inclined to tell you the truth uninvited.
• Watch-outcriticism that lands harder than you meant, and a need to be right.

Each year also carries an element. Wood Rooster brings growth and generosity — expansive, co-operative, always reaching for more room; Fire Rooster brings heat and drive — passionate, restless, quick to act and quick to burn; Earth Rooster brings weight and patience — steady, practical, the one who stays put and endures; Metal Rooster brings edge and resolve — determined, self-contained, unwilling to bend; Water Rooster brings depth and flow — reflective, persuasive, finding the way around rather than through.