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2017 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Rooster
2017 is the year of the Fire Rooster, 丁酉: from Chinese New Year on 28 January 2017 to 15 February 2018.
Observant, honest and hard-working. The Rooster announces the dawn: it is the sign of punctuality and of saying what it sees. Fire years favour energy and visibility: bold moves, warm company, the spotlight.
The Fire Rooster
Element
Fire years are associated with warmth and drive: summer, lanterns, the hearth. In the sixty-year cycle each animal meets each element once, so the Fire Rooster came last in 1957 and returns in 2077. The year's 纳音 (the "sound" of its stem and branch in the old almanacs) is 山下火.
Company
The Rooster shares a trine with the Ox and the Snake; its secret friend is the Dragon. Those signs are said to find a Rooster year easiest. A rooster crowing at the right hour was once how a village knew the day had begun.
Years of the Rooster
Each starts at Chinese New Year.
- 1933Water Rooster, from 26 January 1933
- 1945Wood Rooster, from 13 February 1945
- 1957Fire Rooster, from 31 January 1957
- 1969Earth Rooster, from 17 February 1969
- 1981Metal Rooster, from 5 February 1981
- 1993Water Rooster, from 23 January 1993
- 2005Wood Rooster, from 9 February 2005
- 2017Fire Rooster, from 28 January 2017
- 2029Earth Rooster, from 13 February 2029
- 2041Metal Rooster, from 1 February 2041
Born in 2017?
Between 28 January 2017 and 15 February 2018 you are a Fire Rooster.
Anyone born from 28 January 2017 to 15 February 2018 is a Fire Rooster (丁酉) and turns 9 in 2026. Observant, honest and hard-working. The Rooster announces the dawn: it is the sign of punctuality and of saying what it sees. Fire years favour energy and visibility: bold moves, warm company, the spotlight.
Born in January or early February 2017, before the 28 January 2017 new year? Then the previous animal, the Monkey, is yours: the zodiac follows the lunar calendar, not 1 January. The zodiac calculator settles it from the exact date.
Your zodiac years (本命年, when the Rooster comes round again) are 2029, 2041, 2053; the next one is 2029. Tradition has you wear something red through a 本命年 for protection. The signs said to suit a Rooster best are the Ox, the Snake and the Dragon: the compatibility table has every pair.
Questions
What is the Chinese zodiac for 2017?
2017 is the Year of the Fire Rooster. Anyone born from 28 January 2017 to 15 February 2018 is a Rooster; a birthday earlier in 2017, before Chinese New Year, belongs to the Monkey.
When does the Year of the Rooster 2017 start and end?
It starts at Chinese New Year, 28 January 2017, and ends on 15 February 2018, the day before the next new year.
What element is the Rooster in 2017?
Fire (火), from the heavenly stem 丁. Fire years are associated with warmth and drive: summer, lanterns, the hearth.
Is a baby born in January 2017 a Rooster?
No. A baby born before 28 January 2017 belongs to the previous animal, the Monkey. The zodiac year follows the lunar calendar, not 1 January.
Which other years were Fire Rooster years?
1957. The same stem and branch return every sixty years.
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