Ji zodiac sign
Stem-branch reading

Metal Rooster

Traditional zodiac readings usually describe the Metal Rooster as a Rooster type expressed in a more disciplined, exacting, and self-controlled way. The Rooster contributes a drive to refine, organize, and make standards visible, while the Metal phase adds structure, refinement, and discernment.

⚙️ Metal鸡 JiYears: 1981

What Metal Rooster Means

Within the sexagenary cycle, Metal Rooster corresponds to 辛酉 (Xīn Yǒu). In the general zodiac tradition, this exact stem-branch combination returns every 60 years.

In Wuxing, Metal concerns cutting, ordering, and clarifying. It is associated with standards, precision, and the ability to separate what matters from what does not. Applied to the Rooster, that usually means the sign becomes more disciplined, exacting, and self-controlled rather than simply more intense in every direction.

At A Glance

Animal fixed element

Metal

Yearly phase

Metal (金 Jin)

Generates

Water

Checked by

Fire

Metal Rooster Years

These ranges follow Lunar New Year boundaries for general zodiac pages. Someone born before the listed start date belongs to the previous zodiac year.

YearStartsEndsStem-Branch
1981February 5, 1981January 24, 1982辛酉 (Xīn Yǒu)

Work Style

Rooster energy often prefers precision, preparedness, and situations where errors can be corrected openly. It often supports strong judgment, strategic thinking, and cleaner execution. Metal often thrives where standards, accountability, precision, or strategy are important.

Relationships

In relationships, Roosters tend to be loyal, candid, and serious about expectations. It typically adds loyalty and seriousness, but can make the sign slower to soften or compromise. Metal usually values loyalty and respect, but may need time to show vulnerability openly.

Balance Advice

Under stress, Rooster energy can become critical, self-righteous, or overly rigid about correctness. When hardened, Metal can turn a sign rigid, critical, or emotionally remote. Traditional readings therefore suggest balancing this combination through softness, perspective, and tolerance for imperfection.

Common Strengths In Traditional Readings

  • •The Rooster's core style is made more disciplined, exacting, and self-controlled.
  • •Metal adds discipline, clarity, and principled judgment to the sign's natural observant and hardworking tendencies.
  • •This combination often performs best when it can act with both rooster instinct and metal structure.

Where It Can Go Off Balance

  • •Metal can exaggerate the Rooster's stress pattern when pressure is sustained.
  • •The main risk is not the sign itself but an excess of rigidity, perfectionism, or emotional distance.
  • •The most stable expression usually appears when the sign keeps its natural strengths without forcing the metal phase beyond balance.

Compare Other Rooster Element Types

The animal branch remains Rooster, but the yearly phase changes its tone. Comparing the five variants is more useful than treating every Rooster as identical.

Wood Rooster Wood

Wood Rooster is usually read as a Rooster expressed in a more expansive, ideal-driven, and developmental register.

Years: 1945, 2005

Fire Rooster Fire

Fire Rooster is usually read as a Rooster expressed in a more visible, urgent, and expressive register.

Years: 1957, 2017

Earth Rooster Earth

Earth Rooster is usually read as a Rooster expressed in a more grounded, measured, and durable register.

Years: 1969, 2029

Metal Rooster Metal

Metal Rooster is usually read as a Rooster expressed in a more disciplined, exacting, and self-controlled register.

Years: 1981

Water Rooster Water

Water Rooster is usually read as a Rooster expressed in a more perceptive, adaptive, and inwardly strategic register.

Years: 1933, 1993

Methodology

Reading Notes

These pages use the popular Chinese zodiac framework built around Lunar New Year boundaries. In scholarly discussions of Wuxing, the term is often translated as five phases, agents, or processes rather than static material elements.

This site uses Lunar New Year as the year boundary for general zodiac-sign pages. Some BaZi schools instead mark the year at Li Chun, so advanced chart interpretations may differ.

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