1993 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Rooster

1993 is the Year of the Water Rooster — a Yin Water year. The animal sign is the Rooster, the tenth of the 12-animal cycle.

1993 carries the Water element (Yin Water). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Water Rooster combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 1993, the Year of the Rooster, are traditionally described as observant, hardworking, and courageous. With the Water element added, intuition, adaptability, and empathy are emphasised.

The Rooster is traditionally most compatible with the Ox, Snake, Dragon.

Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1993, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Monkey (the 1992 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.