1909 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Rooster

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1909?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1909. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1909 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1909 – January 21, 1909	Earth Monkey 猴
January 22, 1909 – December 31, 1909	Earth Rooster 鸡

The full 1909 lunar year continues into 1910, through February 9, 1910. A birthday on January 21, 1909 belongs to the Monkey; a birthday one day later, on January 22, 1909, belongs to the Rooster.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Rooster is 1909?

1909 is a Earth Rooster year. Its stem-branch name is 己酉 (jǐ-yǒu): the heavenly stem 己 carries yin earth, and the earthly branch 酉 corresponds to the Rooster.

Zodiac animal: Rooster · 鸡
Year element: Earth
Stem & branch: 己酉 · jǐ-yǒu
Lunar year length: 384 days

Rooster personality in tradition

The Rooster is linked with watchfulness and the arrival of a new day. Jī is the general Chinese word for chicken.

The phrase “attentive & expressive” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1909. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属鸡。

Wǒ shǔ jī. “I was born in the Year of the Rooster.”

Rooster compatibility in folklore

Rooster, Ox and Snake form a traditional harmony group of three. Rabbit sits opposite Rooster, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

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03 / A closer look at the dates

1909 lunar calendar at a glance

This Rooster year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 2 repeats as a leap month, starting March 22, 1909. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1910.

Lunar months of 1909: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 22, 1909	February 19, 1909	29
Month 2	February 20, 1909	March 21, 1909	30
Leap month 2	March 22, 1909	April 19, 1909	29
Month 3	April 20, 1909	May 18, 1909	29
Month 4	May 19, 1909	June 17, 1909	30
Month 5	June 18, 1909	July 16, 1909	29
Month 6	July 17, 1909	August 15, 1909	30
Month 7	August 16, 1909	September 13, 1909	29
Month 8	September 14, 1909	October 13, 1909	30
Month 9	October 14, 1909	November 12, 1909	30
Month 10	November 13, 1909	December 12, 1909	30
Month 11	December 13, 1909	January 10, 1910	29
Month 12	January 11, 1910	February 9, 1910	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Rooster

The Rooster returns every 12 years; the same Earth Rooster combination returns every 60. These are the other Rooster years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1921Metal Rooster 1933Water Rooster 1945Wood Rooster 1957Fire Rooster 1969Earth Rooster 1981Metal Rooster 1993Water Rooster 2005Wood Rooster 2017Fire Rooster 2029Earth Rooster 2041Metal Rooster 2053Water Rooster 2065Wood Rooster 2077Fire Rooster 2089Earth Rooster

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.