- Animal
- 🐓 Rooster (鸡)
- Element
- Wood 木 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 乙酉 · Yǐ Yǒu
- Year starts
- February 9, 2005 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- January 28, 2006
- Age in 2027
- turns 22
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a neutral year with Tai Sui
The Wood Rooster personality
A polished Rooster with a softer voice and a sharper sense of timing.
The Wood Rooster stands out from other Rooster years by mixing the sign’s usual precision, pride, and sharp judgment with Yin Wood’s tact, flexibility, and concern for steady growth. A Rooster often likes clear standards and visible results; Wood adds a more thoughtful, people-aware approach. This can make these natives less blunt than other Roosters, but not less discerning.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐓 Rooster & 🐉 Dragon. Three Harmony partners: 🐓 Rooster & 🐂 Ox, 🐓 Rooster & 🐍 Snake. Clash: 🐓 Rooster & 🐇 Rabbit.
A Rooster born in 2005 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a neutral year with Tai Sui for the Rooster. See the month-by-month forecast in Rooster horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 2005?
2005 is the Year of the Wood Rooster (乙酉, Yǐ Yǒu). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 9, 2005 to January 28, 2006.
What element is 2005 in Chinese astrology?
Wood (木), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 乙 and its Earthly Branch is 酉 (Rooster).
Is someone born in January 2005 a Rooster?
Born in January or early February 2005, before February 9, 2005? Then your sign is the Wood Monkey of 2004.
Who is a Wood Rooster compatible with?
Traditionally the Rooster pairs best with the Dragon, Ox, Snake and finds the Rabbit most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 2005?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Rooster it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 2005 turns 22 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.