1917 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Snake
Year of the Fire Snake
Animal
🐍 Snake
Element
Yin Fire
Cycle position
#6 of 12
About the 1917 Snake year
- 1917 is a Yin Fire year — the Fire element colours the Snake's nature with passion, energy, and boldness.
- The Snake is the sixth of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Snake year was 1905 and the next is 1929.
- People born in the Year of the Snake are traditionally seen as wise, intuitive, and composed. The Snake is said to pair most harmoniously with the Ox, Rooster, Monkey.
Best matches for the Snake
Signs the Snake is traditionally most compatible with.
- Ox
- Rooster
- Monkey
Frequently asked
1917 is the Year of the Fire Snake — a Yin Fire year. The animal sign is the Snake, the sixth of the 12-animal cycle.
1917 carries the Fire element (Yin Fire). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Fire Snake combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 1917, the Year of the Snake, are traditionally described as wise, intuitive, and composed. With the Fire element added, passion, energy, and boldness are emphasised.
The Snake is traditionally most compatible with the Ox, Rooster, Monkey.
Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1917, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Dragon (the 1916 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.
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