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The Rooster () is the tenth of the 12-year cycle of
The Rooster () is the tenth of the 12-year cycle of animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motilit ...
s which appear in the Chinese zodiac
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. Originating from China, the zodiac and its variations remai ...
related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rooster is represented by the Earthly Branch symbol
A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different conc ...
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In the Tibetan zodiac and the Gurung zodiac, the bird is in place of the Rooster
The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adu ...
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Years and the five elements
People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Rooster", while bearing the following elemental signs:Basic astrology elements
See also
*Rooster
The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adu ...
* Birds in Chinese mythology
*Fenghuang
''Fènghuáng'' (, ) are mythological birds found in Sinospheric mythology that reign over all other birds. The males were originally called ''fèng'' and the females ''huáng'', but such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and ...
References
Further reading
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* {{Chinese Zodiac Mythological and legendary Chinese birds Chinese astrological signs Vietnamese astrological signs Legendary birds Birds in mythology de:Chinesische Astrologie#Zählung ab Jahresbeginn