1987 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Rabbit

1987 is the year of the Fire Rabbit (丁卯 Dīngmǎo), from 29 January 1987 to 16 February 1988. Anyone born in 1987 before 29 January 1987 belongs to the Fire Tiger year.

• Animal: Rabbit
• Element: Fire (Yin)
• Cycle name: 丁卯 Dīngmǎo, year 4 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 29 January 1987
• Ends: 16 February 1988

The Fire Rabbit

Fire years are traditionally linked with passion, visibility and momentum: the element of warmth, courage and ideas that spread quickly. The Rabbit is the diplomat of the cycle. Tradition describes Rabbit people as gentle, tactful and careful, with good taste and a strong wish for peace. They notice atmosphere before words, and they would rather smooth a conflict than win it.

Born in January or February 1987?

Anyone born from 1 January to 28 January 1987 belongs to the Fire Tiger year of 1986. From 29 January 1987 the Fire Rabbit year begins.

Famous people born in the Fire Rabbit year

• Novak Djokovic, born 22 May 1987
• Kendrick Lamar, born 17 June 1987
• Lionel Messi, born 24 June 1987
• Blake Lively, born 25 August 1987
• Zac Efron, born 18 October 1987

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.

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