Chinese zodiac · Year of the Rabbit
The Fire Rabbit: 1927, 1987, 2047
丁卯 · Ding mǎo · Yin Fire stem on the Wood branch
A Fire Rabbit year pairs the Heavenly Stem 丁 (Ding, yin Fire) with the Earthly Branch 卯 (mǎo, the Rabbit). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Fire Rabbit years are 1927, 1987, 2047. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Fire Rabbit different from a Wood Rabbit or a Earth Rabbit. The popular zodiac begins each of these years at Lunar New Year and BaZi begins it at Li Chun, so both boundaries are given below for every year.
What a Fire Rabbit is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Fire Rabbit has more sparkle and more temper than the others, outgoing and quicker to speak its mind.
The Fire Rabbit of 1987 has more sparkle and more temper than the others, and the year's market crash and Black Monday sit oddly beside the tradition's most outgoing Rabbit.
In BaZi terms the Wood branch feeds the Fire stem: Wood produces Fire in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the Rabbit giving its strength upward, so the stem element is well resourced and the animal's own qualities are somewhat spent in the giving. Productive, and a little tiring for the Rabbit.
The rest of the Rabbit’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Rabbit page.
Fire Rabbit years and when each begins
The popular zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year; BaZi begins it at Li Chun, the start of spring. Both dates are given so a birth between them can be placed in either system.
| Year | Lunar New Year (popular zodiac) | Ends | Li Chun (BaZi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 2 February 1927 | 22 January 1928 | 5 February 1927 |
| 1987 | 29 January 1987 | 16 February 1988 | 4 February 1987 |
| 2047 | 26 January 2047 | 13 February 2048 | 4 February 2047 |
The next Fire Rabbit year is 2047. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Fire Rabbits
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1927
- Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate
- Günter GrassGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor
- Robert NoyceAmerican physicist, engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel
- Hubert de GivenchyFrench fashion designer
- Rosalynn CarterFirst Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
- William DanielsAmerican actor (born 1927)
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Fire Rabbit start?
- The 1927 Fire Rabbit year began at Lunar New Year on 2 February 1927 and ran to 22 January 1928. The 1987 Fire Rabbit year began at Lunar New Year on 29 January 1987 and ran to 16 February 1988. The 2047 Fire Rabbit year began at Lunar New Year on 26 January 2047 and ran to 13 February 2048. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1927: 5 February 1927; 1987: 4 February 1987; 2047: 4 February 2047), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Fire Rabbit personality?
- The Fire Rabbit has more sparkle and more temper than the others, outgoing and quicker to speak its mind. In BaZi terms the Wood branch feeds the Fire stem: Wood produces Fire in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the Rabbit giving its strength upward, so the stem element is well resourced and the animal's own qualities are somewhat spent in the giving. Productive, and a little tiring for the Rabbit.
- When is the next Fire Rabbit year?
- 2047. The pair of stem 丁 and branch 卯 recurs every sixty years.