1993 Chinese Zodiac: Water Rooster

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1993?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1993. 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.

1993 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1993 – January 22, 1993	Water Monkey 猴
January 23, 1993 – December 31, 1993	Water Rooster 鸡

The full 1993 lunar year continues into 1994, through February 9, 1994. A birthday on January 22, 1993 belongs to the Monkey; a birthday one day later, on January 23, 1993, belongs to the Rooster.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Rooster is 1993?

1993 is a Water Rooster year. Its stem-branch name is 癸酉 (guǐ-yǒu): the heavenly stem 癸 carries yin water, and the earthly branch 酉 corresponds to the Rooster.

Zodiac animal: Rooster · 鸡
Year element: Water
Stem & branch: 癸酉 · guǐ-yǒu
Lunar year length: 383 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 1993. 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

1993 lunar calendar at a glance

This Rooster year contains 13 lunar months and 383 days. Month 3 repeats as a leap month, starting April 22, 1993. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1994.

Lunar months of 1993: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 23, 1993	February 20, 1993	29
Month 2	February 21, 1993	March 22, 1993	30
Month 3	March 23, 1993	April 21, 1993	30
Leap month 3	April 22, 1993	May 20, 1993	29
Month 4	May 21, 1993	June 19, 1993	30
Month 5	June 20, 1993	July 18, 1993	29
Month 6	July 19, 1993	August 17, 1993	30
Month 7	August 18, 1993	September 15, 1993	29
Month 8	September 16, 1993	October 14, 1993	29
Month 9	October 15, 1993	November 13, 1993	30
Month 10	November 14, 1993	December 12, 1993	29
Month 11	December 13, 1993	January 11, 1994	30
Month 12	January 12, 1994	February 9, 1994	29

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Rooster

The Rooster returns every 12 years; the same Water 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.

1909Earth Rooster 1921Metal Rooster 1933Water Rooster 1945Wood Rooster 1957Fire Rooster 1969Earth Rooster 1981Metal 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.