1977 Chinese Zodiac: Fire Snake

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1977?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1977. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1977 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1977 – February 17, 1977	Fire Dragon 龙
February 18, 1977 – December 31, 1977	Fire Snake 蛇

The full 1977 lunar year continues into 1978, through February 6, 1978. A birthday on February 17, 1977 belongs to the Dragon; a birthday one day later, on February 18, 1977, belongs to the Snake.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Snake is 1977?

1977 is a Fire Snake year. Its stem-branch name is 丁巳 (dīng-sì): the heavenly stem 丁 carries yin fire, and the earthly branch 巳 corresponds to the Snake.

Zodiac animal: Snake · 蛇
Year element: Fire
Stem & branch: 丁巳 · dīng-sì
Lunar year length: 354 days

Snake personality in tradition

The Snake is traditionally associated with thoughtfulness and intuition. These are cultural associations, not personality measurements.

The phrase “reflective & perceptive” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1977. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属蛇。

Wǒ shǔ shé. “I was born in the Year of the Snake.”

Snake compatibility in folklore

Snake, Rooster and Ox form a traditional harmony group of three. Pig sits opposite Snake, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

1977 lunar calendar at a glance

This Snake year contains 12 lunar months and 354 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1978.

Lunar months of 1977: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 18, 1977	March 19, 1977	30
Month 2	March 20, 1977	April 17, 1977	29
Month 3	April 18, 1977	May 17, 1977	30
Month 4	May 18, 1977	June 16, 1977	30
Month 5	June 17, 1977	July 15, 1977	29
Month 6	July 16, 1977	August 14, 1977	30
Month 7	August 15, 1977	September 12, 1977	29
Month 8	September 13, 1977	October 12, 1977	30
Month 9	October 13, 1977	November 10, 1977	29
Month 10	November 11, 1977	December 10, 1977	30
Month 11	December 11, 1977	January 8, 1978	29
Month 12	January 9, 1978	February 6, 1978	29

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Snake

The Snake returns every 12 years; the same Fire Snake combination returns every 60. These are the other Snake years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1905Wood Snake 1917Fire Snake 1929Earth Snake 1941Metal Snake 1953Water Snake 1965Wood Snake 1989Earth Snake 2001Metal Snake 2013Water Snake 2025Wood Snake 2037Fire Snake 2049Earth Snake 2061Metal Snake 2073Water Snake 2085Wood Snake 2097Fire Snake

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.