辛酉 (Kanoto-tori): the Yin Metal Rooster

1.What 辛酉 means

辛酉 combines the heavenly stem 辛 (Kanoto) with the earthly branch 酉 (Tori). 辛 is likened to jewels and precious metal, and 酉 to the rooster.

Stem and branch are both Metal, a “same element” pairing in which the energy shows itself straight and strong. For better or worse, the qualities of Metal stand out.

2.Nacchin: Pomegranate Wood

The nacchin (納音, “sound element”) of 辛酉 is Pomegranate Wood. The pomegranate tree, heavy with fruit: abundance and many descendants. The nacchin describes the essence of a birth-year eto; read more in the sixty eto and nacchin.

3.Personality when your day pillar is 辛酉

In Four Pillars astrology, the eto of your birth day (the day pillar) stands for you and for your marriage. You have refined taste and natural grace. Sensitive and clear-thinking, you take pride in finishing things carefully.

The day branch (酉) shows your inner self, your private face and your bond with a spouse. Inside you carry the nature of the Rooster: Like the rooster that announces dawn, you are meticulous and far-sighted, and the Rooster is a symbol of thriving business.

On the other hand: You are easily hurt and sensitive to criticism. A perfectionist, you can be hard on yourself and others.

4.Born in a 辛酉 year

If your year pillar is 辛酉, you are said to inherit the qualities of jewels and precious metal and of the Rooster in your social role and family character. For the personality of your birth animal, see Year of the Rooster.

5.辛酉 years

1921, 1981, 2041, 2101

6.History and sayings linked to 辛酉

A Kanoto-tori year was believed to bring a change of heavenly mandate, and the era name was often changed. The Nihon Shoki places the accession of the legendary first emperor, Jimmu, in a Kanoto-tori year.

7.辛酉 days in 2026 and 2027

A 辛酉 day comes round once every 60 days: Feb 16, 2026 (Mon), Apr 17, 2026 (Fri), Jun 16, 2026 (Tue), Aug 15, 2026 (Sat), Oct 14, 2026 (Wed), Dec 13, 2026 (Sun), Feb 11, 2027 (Thu), Apr 12, 2027 (Mon), Jun 11, 2027 (Fri), Aug 10, 2027 (Tue), Oct 9, 2027 (Sat), Dec 8, 2027 (Wed).

8.Void period (tenchūsatsu / kūbō) of 辛酉

辛酉 belongs to the decade (jun) that begins with 甲寅, and its void branches are 子 and 丑. If your day pillar is 辛酉, years of the Rat and the Ox are your void years. What is tenchūsatsu? →