1987 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Rabbit

1987 is the Year of the Fire Rabbit — a Yin Fire year. The animal sign is the Rabbit, the fourth of the 12-animal cycle.

1987 carries the Fire element (Yin Fire). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Fire Rabbit combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 1987, the Year of the Rabbit, are traditionally described as gentle, elegant, and alert. With the Fire element added, passion, energy, and boldness are emphasised.

The Rabbit is traditionally most compatible with the Goat, Pig, Dog.

Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1987, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Tiger (the 1986 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.