One cell of 144
Leo + Year of the Rooster
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Leo meets the Year of the Rooster, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Leo born in the Year of the Rooster?
A Leo born in the Year of the Rooster is the Sunset Moth. The month and day set the Leo half, the birth year sets the Rooster half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Sunset Moth for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Leo half
Leo runs from July 23 to August 22, fixed Fire under the Sun. You warm whatever faces you. The heat stays lit whether or not anyone is clapping, and people quietly plan their winters around it. Read Leo in the Western wing.
The Rooster half
The Rooster is the tenth branch and shares its trine with the Ox and the Snake, the careful builders. You keep the standard when nobody else remembers there is one. Recent Rooster years are 1993, 2005 and 2017. Read the Year of the Rooster.
The crossing
What Leo and the Rooster make together
Leo brings a heat that holds the center of the room. The Rooster year brings the standard kept when nobody is checking. Put both in one creature and you get the Sunset Moth.
You fly your real color into the brightest hour instead of waiting for a safer dark, and you expect it to hold up under a direct look.
The Rooster runs in a trine with the Ox and the Snake. Held to the same Leo season, those years give the Spotted Hyena and the Blue-ringed Octopus, the two crossings whose engines run closest to yours.
The boundary
Born near the boundary?
The Chinese year does not turn on January 1. It turns at the lunar New Year, somewhere between late January and mid February, so a birthday in those weeks can belong to the animal before this one. The year finder checks the real date for any year you give it.
Common questions
Questions about this crossing
Is the Sunset Moth the same as being a Leo?
Leo is half of it. The Sunset Moth is the specific crossing of Leo with the Year of the Rooster, one cell out of 144. Two people can share a Sun sign and carry different animals, because the birth year changes the second half.
What if I was born in January or February of a Rooster year?
The Chinese year turns at the lunar New Year, which lands between late January and mid February. A birthday in those weeks can belong to the previous animal, so the year finder checks the real boundary before the grid names your crossing.
Which crossings share the Sunset Moth's trine?
The Rooster runs with the Ox and the Snake. Held to the same Leo dates, those years give the Spotted Hyena and the Blue-ringed Octopus, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Sunset Moth's.
One step away
Neighboring crossings
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