Fire Rooster (丁酉): personality and meaning in the Chinese zodiac
The Fire Rooster, 丁酉, gives the Rooster drive and flair. The tradition reads it as passionate, confident and outspoken, with a stronger temper.
Heavenly stem and earthly branch: 丁酉
Years: 1957, 2017
Character
丁酉 sets 丁, yin fire, the candle, over the Rooster's metal. Fire refines metal, so the tradition reads this as a pair in which the stem restrains its branch: a lamp held over fine work, attention sharpening precision.
People born in a Fire Rooster year are read as energetic, articulate and determined, with high standards and the courage to state them. They like to lead and to be seen doing it well. The tradition's shadow for the Fire Rooster is a temper that flares at carelessness, and a pride that does not easily admit a mistake.
In love and at work
In love the Fire Rooster is read as passionate and devoted, though its frankness may need warmth to go with it. At work it excels in management, performance, design, media and anything that rewards high standards. The tradition suggests the Fire Rooster praise as readily as it corrects.
A question to take with you
What have others done well lately that you have not yet said out loud?
Updated October 28, 2026