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Earth Rooster

己酉

Gi-yu · Yin Earth · Rooster

A neat little garden where everything has a label.

In Korean saju (사주, the "four pillars" of your birth), your day pillar is the part that describes you most directly. Earth Rooster is the day pillar 己酉 (Gi-yu), one of 60. It pairs Yin Earth, soft field soil that holds seeds, with the Rooster: crisp mid-autumn air.

What a Earth Rooster is like

Clean craft standardsYou polish every project until it feels effortless and balanced.

The thoughtful hostYou keep everyone fed and notice whose drink is empty.

Calm through orderClutter drains you, so a tidy room is how you recharge.

You probably…

bring cut fruit when you visit someone's home
straighten crooked frames in waiting rooms without thinking
keep your spices in matching jars

In love and friendship

You show love by remembering exactly how your person likes their food and their coffee.

The element: Earth

Earth energy is like solid ground: steady, patient and easy to lean on. As a yin earth day, it shows up as soft field soil that holds seeds.

The animal: Rooster

Bright perfectionist. Sharp eye, neat habits, and you say it like it is. In saju the Rooster also carries Metal energy: crisp mid-autumn air.

Earth Rooster years: 1909 and 1969

The Earth Rooster (己酉) also names a year in the 60-year cycle. Recent Earth Rooster years: 1969, and the next one is 2029. A saju year starts at Ipchun (around February 4), not on January 1 or Lunar New Year.

Born in a Earth Rooster year? That is your year pillar, the part of your chart about family and roots. The type on this page is a day pillar, and yours may be different. Look up any birth year.

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Free. Your day pillar comes from your birth date, time and place, not just your birth year.

Questions

What years are Earth Rooster years?1969, and next in 2029. In saju each year starts at Ipchun, around February 4, so people born in January or early February belong to the year before.

Am I a Earth Rooster if I was born in a Earth Rooster year?Not necessarily. Your birth year gives your year pillar, which describes your roots. The type that describes you is your day pillar, which comes from your birth date. Someone born in a Earth Rooster year can have any of the 60 day pillars.

What is the Earth Rooster personality?A neat little garden where everything has a label. Clean craft standards, The thoughtful host, Calm through order.