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Chinese zodiac by year

🐇 1987 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Rabbit

People born between January 29, 1987 and February 16, 1988 are Fire Rabbit (丁卯 Dīng Mǎo) in the Chinese zodiac. Born in January or early February 1987, before January 29, 1987? Then your sign is the Fire Tiger of 1986.

Animal
🐇 Rabbit (兔)
Element
Fire 火 · Yin
Stem & Branch
丁卯 · Dīng Mǎo
Year starts
January 29, 1987 (Lunar New Year)
Year ends
February 16, 1988
Age in 2027
turns 40
2027 Tai Sui
Three Harmony with Tai Sui

The Fire Rabbit personality

A gentle Rabbit with a brighter flame: warm, expressive, and quietly persuasive.

grace under pressurewarm social instinctrefined but livelysubtle persuasionprotective sensitivity

The Fire Rabbit combines the Rabbit’s tact, good manners, and instinct for peace with Ding Fire’s warmth, style, and visible feeling. Rabbit years are usually cautious and diplomatic, but this version tends to show more color, confidence, and personal flair than other Rabbits. In the Chinese system, yin Fire sits on yin Wood here, and Wood naturally feeds Fire, so the element supports the sign rather than fighting it.

Read the full Fire Rabbit profile: love, work, strengths and blind spots →

Best matches and clashes

Six Harmony partner: 🐇 Rabbit & 🐕 Dog. Three Harmony partners: 🐇 Rabbit & 🐐 Goat, 🐇 Rabbit & 🐖 Pig. Clash: 🐇 Rabbit & 🐓 Rooster.

A Rabbit born in 1987 in the 2027 Fire Goat year

2027 is Three Harmony with Tai Sui for the Rabbit. See the month-by-month forecast in Rabbit horoscope 2027.

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Frequently asked questions

What Chinese zodiac is 1987?

1987 is the Year of the Fire Rabbit (丁卯, Dīng Mǎo). It runs from Lunar New Year on January 29, 1987 to February 16, 1988.

What element is 1987 in Chinese astrology?

Fire (火), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 丁 and its Earthly Branch is 卯 (Rabbit).

Is someone born in January 1987 a Rabbit?

Born in January or early February 1987, before January 29, 1987? Then your sign is the Fire Tiger of 1986.

Who is a Fire Rabbit compatible with?

Traditionally the Rabbit pairs best with the Dog, Goat, Pig and finds the Rooster most challenging.

What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1987?

2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Rabbit it is Three Harmony with Tai Sui. A person born in 1987 turns 40 in 2027.

Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.

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