2005 / Chinese zodiac
2005 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Rooster
2005 is the Year of the Wood Rooster. It begins on February 9, 2005 and ends on January 28, 2006. If you were born before February 9, 2005, your sign is the Wood Monkey.
01 / Check the boundary
What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2005?
Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2005. 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.
| Gregorian birthday | Animal & year element |
|---|---|
| – | Wood Monkey 猴 |
| – | Wood Rooster 鸡 |
The full 2005 lunar year continues into 2006, through January 28, 2006. A birthday on February 8, 2005 belongs to the Monkey; a birthday one day later, on February 9, 2005, belongs to the Rooster.
YOUR STORY STARTS HERE
When were you born?
YOUR RESULT
02 / The story of the year
What kind of Rooster is 2005?
2005 is a Wood Rooster year. Its stem-branch name is 乙酉 (yǐ-yǒu): the heavenly stem 乙 carries yin wood, and the earthly branch 酉 corresponds to the Rooster.
- Zodiac animal
- Rooster · 鸡
- Year element
- Wood
- Stem & branch
- 乙酉 · yǐ-yǒu
- Lunar year length
- 354 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 2005. 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.
Explore traditional pairings →03 / A closer look at the dates
2005 lunar calendar at a glance
This Rooster year contains 12 lunar months and 354 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 2006.
| Lunar month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 29 | ||
| Month 2 | 30 | ||
| Month 3 | 29 | ||
| Month 4 | 30 | ||
| Month 5 | 29 | ||
| Month 6 | 30 | ||
| Month 7 | 30 | ||
| Month 8 | 29 | ||
| Month 9 | 30 | ||
| Month 10 | 29 | ||
| Month 11 | 30 | ||
| Month 12 | 29 |
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.