--- title: "What Chinese Zodiac Is 2017? Year of the Fire Rooster" description: "2017 is the Year of the Fire Rooster in the Chinese zodiac, from January 28, 2017 to February 15, 2018. Personality, Lunar New Year dates and numerology." canonical: https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2017 last-updated: 2026-10-23 reviewed: false author: Unified Reading editorial --- # What Chinese Zodiac Is 2017? Year of the Fire Rooster In Chinese astrology, 2017 is the Year of the Fire Rooster, a Yin year. It began at Lunar New Year on January 28, 2017 and ended on February 15, 2018, so people born in 2017 before Jan 28 belong to the Fire Monkey year. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Animal · element · polarity | Rooster · Fire · Yin | | Starts (Lunar New Year) | January 28, 2017 | | Ends | February 15, 2018 | | Born in 2017 before Jan 28 | Fire Monkey (the 2016 year) | | Rooster's fixed element | Metal (Fire controls Metal) | | Other Fire Rooster years (1924-2044) | 1957 | | Stem-branch name | Ding-You | | Lunar New Year weekday · Sun sign | Saturday · Aquarius | | Numerology year number | 1 | ## 2017 Lunar New Year: start and end dates Lunar New Year opened the Fire Rooster year on January 28, 2017, and the year ran to February 15, 2018. So a birth date of Jan 28, 2017 or later counts as Fire Rooster, and so do early 2018 birthdays through Feb 15; births in 2017 before Jan 28 still belong to the Fire Monkey. That moving boundary comes from the lunisolar calendar, in which the new year starts with the second new moon after the winter solstice in most years, so its Gregorian date shifts by up to a month from one year to the next. Look sixty years either side and the pairing repeats: 1957 are Fire Rooster years too. That Saturday new year arrived with the Sun in Aquarius in the Western zodiac. ## What the Fire Rooster is like Bright plumage and a loud dawn call: that is the traditional sense of a Fire Rooster year. With Fire controlling Metal, readings describe a forceful, hard-driving personality, honest to a fault and generous with effort. Those born now shine at managing projects and people. Letting others take the stage and resting before irritability builds are classic suggestions. Colleagues often admire their stamina and sheer nerve. Belonging to the south and to the height of summer, Fire brings brightness, drive and visibility to any sign it colours. Classical texts connect it with enthusiasm, leadership and the urge to be seen and to make an impression. A Fire stem tends to make an animal more expressive, more daring and more openly emotional than its usual reputation suggests. People born in Fire years are often described as inspiring company and natural motivators. The caution most readings attach is a short fuse and a difficulty with slow seasons, when steady effort matters more than spark and the reward is a long way off. ## 2017 in the animal cycle and in numerology 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 2017 add up to 10, which reduces to 1. The Rooster holds the tenth place among the twelve animals and its fixed element is Metal. Set beside the year's Fire stem, fire controls Metal, which readings use to describe how settled or stretched the combination feels. The year before was the Fire Monkey and the year after is the Earth Dog. Chinese almanacs name 2017 Ding-You, pairing the Fire stem Ding with the branch You. Both are Yin, as stem and branch always share a polarity, so of the hundred and twenty possible pairings only sixty ever occur, and each one names a single year in every cycle. ## Frequently asked questions ### What Chinese zodiac is 2017? 2017 is the Year of the Fire Rooster. It started on January 28, 2017 and ended on February 15, 2018. ### What if I was born in January or February 2017? Check the date against Jan 28. Born before January 28, 2017, you are a Fire Monkey; born on or after it, you are a Fire Rooster. ### What element is 2017 in the Chinese zodiac? Fire, a Yin year. The Rooster's own fixed element is Metal; the year element changes every two years, while the fixed element stays with the animal. ### What is the traditional Chinese name for 2017? Ding-You. 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 Rooster year? 2077, sixty years later, when the five elements and twelve animals line up again; the table also has 1957. ## Related pages - [Fire Rooster](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/fire-rooster) - [Rooster](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/rooster) - [Chinese zodiac years](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/years) - [2016 (Fire Monkey)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2016) - [2018 (Earth Dog)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2018) - [2005 (Wood Rooster)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2005) - [2029 (Earth Rooster)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2029) - [1957 (Fire Rooster)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1957) - [1993 (Water Rooster)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1993) - [2041 (Metal Rooster)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2041) - [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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