1933 Chinese Zodiac
1933 is the Year of the Yin Water Rooster.
This Rooster year begins on Chinese New Year, January 26, 1933, and runs until the eve of the next lunar new year.
Born in January or early February 1933?
The zodiac animal changes on Chinese New Year, not January 1. If you were born before January 26, 1933, your sign is actually the Monkey (the previous lunar year) — not the Rooster.
The element of 1933
💧 Yin Water — Water is intuition, empathy, and flexibility. It deepens an animal's emotional intelligence and persuasive charm, helping it flow around obstacles rather than through them. Water types connect easily, but can be impressionable and prone to drift.
People born in the Year of the Rooster
The Rooster is the zodiac's perfectionist — sharp-eyed, candid, and immaculately precise. Roosters notice the detail everyone else missed and are not shy about pointing it out. They are hard-working and proud, with a strong sense of order and an even stronger sense of how things ought to be done. Confident and a touch theatrical, a Rooster likes to look good and to be right, and it usually is. Beneath the bravado is genuine devotion: a Rooster's criticism is, in its own prickly way, a form of care.
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Rooster lucky colors & numbers
| Lucky colors | Gold, Brown, Yellow |
|---|---|
| Lucky numbers | 5, 7, 8 |
| Native guardian (本命佛) | Acalanatha / Fudo Myo-o (不动尊菩萨) |
Other Years of the Rooster
Frequently asked questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1933?
1933 is the year of the Rooster — more precisely the Yin Water Rooster. The Rooster year begins on Chinese New Year, January 26, 1933.
If I was born in January 1933, what is my sign?
If you were born before January 26, 1933, you are actually a Monkey (the previous lunar year), not a Rooster. The animal only changes on Chinese New Year's Day.
What element is 1933?
The 1933 year carries the Yin Water element, drawn from the year's Heavenly Stem in the sexagenary cycle. That makes it a Yin Water Rooster.