2017 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Rooster

2017 is the Year of the Fire Rooster — a Yin Fire year. The animal sign is the Rooster, the tenth of the 12-animal cycle.

2017 carries the Fire element (Yin Fire). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Fire Rooster combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 2017, the Year of the Rooster, are traditionally described as observant, hardworking, and courageous. With the Fire element added, passion, energy, and boldness are emphasised.

The Rooster is traditionally most compatible with the Ox, Snake, Dragon.

Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 2017, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Monkey (the 2016 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.