--- title: "What Chinese Zodiac Is 1927? Year of the Fire Rabbit" description: "1927 is the Year of the Fire Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac, from February 2, 1927 to January 22, 1928. Personality, Lunar New Year dates and numerology." canonical: https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1927 last-updated: 2026-10-23 reviewed: false author: Unified Reading editorial --- # What Chinese Zodiac Is 1927? Year of the Fire Rabbit In Chinese astrology, 1927 is the Year of the Fire Rabbit, a Yin year. It began at Lunar New Year on February 2, 1927 and ended on January 22, 1928, so people born in 1927 before Feb 2 belong to the Fire Tiger year. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Animal · element · polarity | Rabbit · Fire · Yin | | Starts (Lunar New Year) | February 2, 1927 | | Ends | January 22, 1928 | | Born in 1927 before Feb 2 | Fire Tiger (the 1926 year) | | Rabbit's fixed element | Wood (Wood generates Fire) | | Other Fire Rabbit years (1924-2044) | 1987 | | Stem-branch name | Ding-Mao | | Lunar New Year weekday · Sun sign | Wednesday · Aquarius | | Numerology year number | 1 | ## When the 1927 Fire Rabbit year starts and ends The 1927 Fire Rabbit year began at Lunar New Year on February 2, 1927 and lasted until January 22, 1928, the day before the next new year. Anyone born between January 1 and Feb 2 1927 therefore belongs to the Fire Tiger year that started in 1926, while someone born in early 1928, up to Jan 22, is still a Fire Rabbit. The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, which is why the start date moves between January 21 and February 20 instead of staying on January 1. The same Fire Rabbit combination also falls in 1987, sixty years apart, because five elements and twelve animals realign only once in each sixty-year cycle. Lunar New Year 1927 fell on a Wednesday, while the Western Sun was in Aquarius. ## Fire Rabbit personality In a Fire Rabbit year, the gentle Rabbit acquires sparkle. Its Wood feeds the year's Fire, so tradition describes people born then as warm, expressive and socially gifted, with more ambition and flair than the quieter Rabbits. They are often seen as charming hosts and persuasive friends. The usual caution concerns sensitive nerves: busy seasons need balancing with time to rest and recover. Fire is the element of summer and full daylight, and a Fire year is traditionally said to turn up the volume of whatever animal it meets. Descriptions link it with passion, charisma, courage and a love of movement and expression. Fire-year people are often portrayed as lively, persuasive and quick to act, able to warm a room and rally others behind an idea. The element is associated with the heart and with joy, which gives it real generosity of spirit. Its traditional shadow is impatience: Fire can burn hot and fast, leading to restlessness, sharp words in the moment and a tendency to lose interest once the excitement fades. ## 1927 in numerology and the twelve-year cycle In numerology the year's digits reduce to 1, the number of beginnings, initiative and independence, so numerologists describe a 1 year as one that rewards starting things. The digits of 1927 add up to 19, which reduces to 1. In the twelve-year cycle the Rabbit is the fourth animal, earthly branch Mao, with Wood as its fixed element and Yin polarity. The year element is Fire, and in the five-element cycles wood generates Fire. The year before was the Fire Tiger and the year after is the Earth Dragon. In the traditional sexagenary count the year is called Ding-Mao: Ding is the Fire heavenly stem and Mao is the Rabbit's earthly branch. Stems and branches alternate between yang and yin together, which is why yin stems only ever meet yin animals. ## Frequently asked questions ### What Chinese zodiac is 1927? 1927 is the Year of the Fire Rabbit. It started on February 2, 1927 and ended on January 22, 1928. ### What if I was born in January or February 1927? Check the date against Feb 2. Born before February 2, 1927, you are a Fire Tiger; born on or after it, you are a Fire Rabbit. ### What element is 1927 in the Chinese zodiac? Fire, a Yin year. The Rabbit's own fixed element is Wood; the year element changes every two years, while the fixed element stays with the animal. ### What is the traditional Chinese name for 1927? Ding-Mao. The first part is the heavenly stem, which carries the year's element and polarity; the second is the earthly branch, which carries the animal. Almanacs, calendars and Four Pillars charts identify years this way rather than by animal alone. ### When is the next Fire Rabbit year? 1987, sixty years later, when the five elements and twelve animals line up again; the table also has 1987. ## Related pages - [Fire Rabbit](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/fire-rabbit) - [Rabbit](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/rabbit) - [Chinese zodiac years](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/years) - [1926 (Fire Tiger)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1926) - [1928 (Earth Dragon)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1928) - [1939 (Earth Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1939) - [1987 (Fire Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1987) - [1951 (Metal Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1951) - [Chinese zodiac calculator](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac-calculator) - [Chinese zodiac](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac) ## About Unified Reading Unified Reading combines Pythagorean numerology, the Western Sun sign (Moon and rising with a birth time), the Chinese zodiac and life-stage context in one reading. 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