Chinese zodiac · Year of the Rooster
The Fire Rooster: 1957, 2017, 2077
丁酉 · Ding yǒu · Yin Fire stem on the Metal branch
A Fire Rooster year pairs the Heavenly Stem 丁 (Ding, yin Fire) with the Earthly Branch 酉 (yǒu, the Rooster). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Fire Rooster years are 1957, 2017, 2077. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Fire Rooster different from a Wood Rooster or a Earth Rooster. 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 Rooster is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Fire Rooster is the most theatrical, confident to the point of drama and a natural at the front of a room.
The Fire Rooster of 2017 is the most theatrical, confident to the point of drama, and the tradition would say the year's public life matched it.
In BaZi terms the Fire stem controls the Metal branch: Fire restrains Metal in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the element on top holding the animal in check, so the Rooster's nature is disciplined, sometimes frustrated, and channelled rather than let loose. Tension with a purpose.
The rest of the Rooster’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Rooster page.
Fire Rooster 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 31 January 1957 | 17 February 1958 | 4 February 1957 |
| 2017 | 28 January 2017 | 15 February 2018 | 3 February 2017 |
| 2077 | outside the table | … | 3 February 2077 |
The next Fire Rooster year is 2077. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Fire Roosters
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1957
- Daniel Day-LewisBritish actor
- Kevin Rudd26th Prime Minister of Australia
- Paul KagamePresident of Rwanda since 2000
- Ellen DeGeneresAmerican comedian, television host, actress, and writer
- Gurbanguly BerdimuhamedowTurkmen politician and president of Turkmenistan
- Tony AbbottPrime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Fire Rooster start?
- The 1957 Fire Rooster year began at Lunar New Year on 31 January 1957 and ran to 17 February 1958. The 2017 Fire Rooster year began at Lunar New Year on 28 January 2017 and ran to 15 February 2018. 2077 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1957: 4 February 1957; 2017: 3 February 2017; 2077: 3 February 2077), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Fire Rooster personality?
- The Fire Rooster is the most theatrical, confident to the point of drama and a natural at the front of a room. In BaZi terms the Fire stem controls the Metal branch: Fire restrains Metal in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the element on top holding the animal in check, so the Rooster's nature is disciplined, sometimes frustrated, and channelled rather than let loose. Tension with a purpose.
- When is the next Fire Rooster year?
- 2077. The pair of stem 丁 and branch 酉 recurs every sixty years.