1977 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Snake

1977 is the year of the Fire Snake (丁巳 Dīngsì), from 18 February 1977 to 6 February 1978. Anyone born in 1977 before 18 February 1977 belongs to the Fire Dragon year.

• Animal: Snake
• Element: Fire (Yin)
• Cycle name: 丁巳 Dīngsì, year 54 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 18 February 1977
• Ends: 6 February 1978

The Fire Snake

Fire years are traditionally linked with passion, visibility and momentum: the element of warmth, courage and ideas that spread quickly. The Snake is the zodiac's thinker. Tradition describes Snake people as wise, intuitive and composed, elegant in manner and private about their plans. They watch before they move and usually know more than they say.

Born in January or February 1977?

Anyone born from 1 January to 17 February 1977 belongs to the Fire Dragon year of 1976. From 18 February 1977 the Fire Snake year begins.

Famous people born in the Fire Snake year

• Kanye West, born 8 June 1977
• Tom Brady, born 3 August 1977

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

1976: Fire Dragon · 1978: Earth Horse · All Snake years · All 12 animals