2037 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Snake

2037 is the year of the Fire Snake (丁巳 Dīngsì), from 15 February 2037 to 3 February 2038. Anyone born in 2037 before 15 February 2037 belongs to the Fire Dragon year.

• Animal: Snake
• Element: Fire (Yin)
• Cycle name: 丁巳 Dīngsì, year 54 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 15 February 2037
• Ends: 3 February 2038

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 2037?

Anyone born from 1 January to 14 February 2037 belongs to the Fire Dragon year of 2036. From 15 February 2037 the Fire Snake year begins.

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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