Yin Fire · 丁酉 · 60-year cycle
Fire Rooster Chinese Zodiac: 1957, 2017 Years
Fire Rooster years in this calendar are 1957, 2017. The latest Fire Rooster year is 2017; the next is 2077, a 60-year return. 2026 is not a Fire Rooster year. Birth-year boundaries begin at Chinese New Year.
People born in Fire Rooster years
A birthday belongs to the Fire Rooster year only within one of these intervals. The days before Chinese New Year belong to the previous animal. Dates below cover this calendar’s 1902–2049 year archives.
1957: Fire Rooster
31 January 1957 – 17 February 1958
丁酉 · Dīng Yǒu
Lunar months and festivals of 1957 →2017: Fire Rooster
28 January 2017 – 15 February 2018
丁酉 · Dīng Yǒu
Lunar months and festivals of 2017 →
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What Fire adds to the Rooster
Fire controls the Rooster's Metal, giving the sign's traditional precision a more prominent and expressive form. This reading presents the Fire Rooster as prepared to make a point publicly, demonstrate a skill or defend a standard, with a tendency toward forceful criticism when the details do not support the claim.
The year’s visible stem is Dīng 丁, Yin Fire; the Rooster branch 酉 retains its fixed Metal element.
The Rooster’s traditional character →Fire Rooster in 2026
2026 is a Horse year. Rooster and Horse occupy branches 酉 and 午.
This pair has no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash in the four groups shown here.
Read Rooster with Horse →