Chinese zodiac 1977
Year of the Fire Snake
18 February 1977 to 6 February 1978
Born in 1977? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1977 it falls on 18 February 1977.
- 18 February to 31 December 1977
- π Fire Snake
- and on to 6 Feb 1978
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The Fire Snake at a glance
Animal
π Snake
Said to be wise, intuitive, private.
Element
η« Yin Fire
Linked with passion and drive. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Snake years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Fire Snake years nearest to this one are 1917 and 2037.
Who gets on with the Snake
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Snake sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.