1993 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Rooster

1993 is the year of the Water Rooster (癸酉 Guǐyǒu), from 23 January 1993 to 9 February 1994. Anyone born in 1993 before 23 January 1993 belongs to the Water Monkey year.

• Animal: Rooster
• Element: Water (Yin)
• Cycle name: 癸酉 Guǐyǒu, year 10 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 23 January 1993
• Ends: 9 February 1994

The Water Rooster

Water years are traditionally linked with adaptability, perception and communication: the element that finds a way around any obstacle. The Rooster is the zodiac's organiser. Tradition describes Rooster people as observant, hardworking and honest, confident in their standards and precise in their work. They say what they see, which is a gift and occasionally a problem.

Born in January or February 1993?

Anyone born from 1 January to 22 January 1993 belongs to the Water Monkey year of 1992. From 23 January 1993 the Water Rooster year begins.

Famous people born in the Water Rooster year

• Suga, born 9 March 1993
• Ariana Grande, born 26 June 1993
• Niall Horan, born 13 September 1993
• Harry Styles, born 1 February 1994

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

1992: Water Monkey · 1994: Wood Dog · All Rooster years · All 12 animals