The Rooster (鸡 jī, also known in the West as the Cock) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
People born in the year of the Rooster are usually very observant. They are brave, resilient, sexy, and tenacious but can also be quite self-absorbed, pretentious, and overly romantic. Most of the time, they are very accurate and precise with their observation.
These people certainly love to find themselves in the spotlight, they love entertaining friends and adore meeting new people, and even unexpected and uncertain circumstances are not a barrier for them.
It is almost impossible to find someone born in this year looking dowdy or untidy. The fact is that these people are usually the best dressed and groomed of all other people. They are actively interested in clothes, colours, and accessories, and are usually very critical of their own appearance as well as of the appearance of those around them. People born in the year of the Rooster like to be noticed and flattered. Such a person might dress a little flashily with this in mind, but in his heart, he/she is completely conservative. Roosters always appear attractive and beautifully turned out. They are sociable and love to receive attention. Others may criticize them for being exhibitionists but the fact that they are compassionate, wise, and have a brave nature which comes to the fore when others need their help, makes up that deficiency.
It is difficult for these people to accept advice because of their strong independent spirit. These people are often confident in their own judgements and choices. There are times when these people may be too straight-forward which can cause some problems in relationships with others. So it would be wise sometimes not to express their opinions in order to keep the peace.
Years and associated five elements
Zodiac Location:10th Ruling hours: 5pm-7pm Direction: West Season and month: Summer, September Gemstone: Jasper Roughly equivalent western sign: Virgo Polarity: Yin Countries Belgium, Afghanistan, South Korea, Poland, Czech Republic, Morocco
Well-known people born in the year of the Rooster
Metal Roosters
Adriana Lima, Brazilian model
Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
Alexander Dubcek, Slovak politician and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Alex Haley, African American writer
Alexis Bledel, American actress
Alfred North Whitehead, British mathematician and philosopher
Ana Hickmann, Brazilian model
Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player
Beau Jack, American boxer
Beyoncé Knowles, American singer (Destiny's Child) and actress
Bradley McIntosh, British singer (S Club 7)
Britney Spears, American singer
Charles Bronson, American actor
David Hilbert, German mathematician
Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress
Fernando Alonso, Spanish formula one driver
Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut
Godfrey Lowell Cabot, American industrialist and philanthropist
Hannah Spearritt, British singer (S Club 7)
Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor
Ivanka Trump, American model
Jamelia, British singer
Jean de La Fontaine, French writer
Jeanette Biedermann, German singer and actress
Jessica Alba, American actress
José Rizal, Malay revolutionary
Joseph Beuys, German artist
Julia Stiles, American actress
Kelly Rowland, American singer
Larisa Oleynik, American actress
Lil' Flip, American rapper
Livy, Roman historian
Lloyd Bentsen, American politician
Molière, French playwright
Nancy Davis Reagan, wife of U.S President Ronald Reagan
Natalie Portman, Israeli-born actress
Nicole Richie, American actress
Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
Peter Ustinov, English actor and director
Princess Fawzia of Egypt
Rodney Dangerfield, American actor and comedian
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist
Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher
Saint Severinus, monk
Serena Williams, American tennis player
Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese olympic skater
Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany
Steve Allen, American actor, composer, comedian, and author
Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter
Wolfgang Borchert, German writer
Water Roosters
Akihito, Emperor of Japan
Ann Richards, Governor of Texas
Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
Archimedes of Syracuse, mathematician and scientist
Bede, English monk, writer and historian
Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright
Cicero, Roman politician and author
Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
David Livingstone, English missionary and explorer
Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian
Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor
George Edward Moore, English philosopher
George Segal, American actor
Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer
James II of England
James Brown, American musician
Jayne Mansfield, American actress
Joan Collins, English actress
Joan Rivers, American entertainer
John Knox, Scottish religious reformer
Karl Schwarzschild, German-Jewish scientist
Larry King, American talk show host
Michael Caine, English actor
Michael Dukakis, American politician and Presidential candidate
Philip Roth, American author
Quincy Jones, American music producer and composer
Richard Wagner, German composer
Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist
Sheldon Adelson, American billionaire
Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher
Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate
Tinto Brass, Italian director
Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer and artist, wife of John Lennon
Wood Roosters
Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman historian
Benjamin Franklin, American political figure
Bette Midler, American singer and actress
Bob Seger, American singer
Bubba Smith, American football player and actor
Cardinal Richelieu
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French activist
David Lynch, American film director
Debbie Harry, American singer
Diane Keaton, American actress
Dolly Parton, American singer and actress
Ehud Olmert, Israeli prime minister
Eli Whitney, American inventor
Eric Clapton, English guitarist
Ezra Pound, American poet
Frank Welker, exceptionally talented American voice actor
Franz Beckenbauer, German football player
Helen Mirren, British actress
George Patton, American general
Ian "Lemmy" Kilminster, British bassist and singer
Jim Davis, American cartoonist
Johann Strauss, Junior, Austrian composer
Jürgen Möllemann, German politician
Linda Hunt, American actress
Neil Young, Canadian singer and songwriter
Nerva, Roman emperor
Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Pete Townshend, English guitarist and lyricist
Plotinus, Roman philosopher
Priscilla Presley, American actress
Ptolemy, Greek astronomer
Steve Martin, American actor and comedian
Thales, Greek philosopher
Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian
Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist
William IV of the United Kingdom
Fire Roosters
Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler
Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist
Christophe Lambert, American-born actor
Cindy Sheehan, American activist
Alexander I of Russia
Donny Osmond, American singer
Edward VI of England
Ellen DeGeneres, American actress
Falco, Austrian musician
Frederick I of Prussia
Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born singer
Gordian I, Roman Emperor
Grover Cleveland, President of the United States
Hamid Karzai, Afghan president
Heinrich von Kleist, German writer
Henry Clay, American statesman
Horace Walpole, British writer
Ice-T, American singer, songwriter, and actor
Jim McGreevey, American politician
John Pierpont Morgan, American financier and banker
