2017 Chinese zodiac
雞 Fire Rooster · yin
Born between 28 January 2017 and 15 February 2018: you are a Fire Rooster. Born in 2017 but before 28 January 2017: your sign is that of 2016, the Fire Monkey.
The year
- New Year : 28 January 2017
- Ends : 15 February 2018
- Animal : Rooster
- Element : Fire (yin)
The Fire element
passion, radiance, boldness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
丁酉 dīng yǒu
Year 34 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1957 and 2077.
The Rooster in one line
Frank and hard-working, it loves order and a job well done.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.