- Animal
- 🐓 Rooster (鸡)
- Element
- Fire 火 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 丁酉 · Dīng Yǒu
- Year starts
- January 28, 2017 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 15, 2018
- Age in 2027
- turns 10
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a neutral year with Tai Sui
The Fire Rooster personality
Sharp-minded Rooster with a warmer voice and a stronger streak of flair.
The Fire Rooster stands out from other Rooster years by mixing the sign’s natural precision with more heat, sparkle, and personal style. Rooster energy is observant, exact, and proud of doing things properly; Yin Fire adds quick wit, vivid self-expression, and a stronger urge to be noticed for real talent rather than mere noise. Compared with Metal or Water Roosters, this version is often more charismatic and emotionally charged, yet still highly controlled.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐓 Rooster & 🐉 Dragon. Three Harmony partners: 🐓 Rooster & 🐂 Ox, 🐓 Rooster & 🐍 Snake. Clash: 🐓 Rooster & 🐇 Rabbit.
A Rooster born in 2017 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a neutral year with Tai Sui for the Rooster. See the month-by-month forecast in Rooster horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 2017?
2017 is the Year of the Fire Rooster (丁酉, Dīng Yǒu). It runs from Lunar New Year on January 28, 2017 to February 15, 2018.
What element is 2017 in Chinese astrology?
Fire (火), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 丁 and its Earthly Branch is 酉 (Rooster).
Is someone born in January 2017 a Rooster?
Born in January or early February 2017, before January 28, 2017? Then your sign is the Fire Monkey of 2016.
Who is a Fire Rooster compatible with?
Traditionally the Rooster pairs best with the Dragon, Ox, Snake and finds the Rabbit most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 2017?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Rooster it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 2017 turns 10 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.