2017: Year of the Fire Rooster
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2017 is 丁酉 — Yin Fire over the Rooster branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 丁 (Fire)
Yin Fire is the candle or lamp — focused, precise, and quietly illuminating rather than blazing; it lights one thing well instead of everything at once.
The Earthly Branch: 酉 — Year of the Rooster
The Rooster is precise and observant — candid to a fault, with a sharp eye for exactly what's out of place.
What 2017 holds in the sky
Computed from the same ephemeris as the charts: every date below is a position, not a prediction, and can be checked against any astronomical almanac.
Eclipses
- February 26Solar eclipse
- August 7Lunar eclipse
- August 21Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- December 19, 2016 – January 8Mercury retrograde
- March 4 – April 15Venus retrograde
- April 9 – May 3Mercury retrograde
- August 13 – September 5Mercury retrograde
- December 3 – December 23Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- October 10Jupiter enters Scorpio
- December 20Saturn enters Capricorn
This is the story every Rooster year shares
The stem and branch of 2017 describe the year itself, so they read the same for everyone born into it and everyone living through it. That is the group-level half. Your own chart also weighs your exact birth date, time, and location, which is what turns this into something specific to you.
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