1917: Year of the Fire Snake
1917 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 , a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 23 January 1917 and runs to 10 February 1918. Born from 1 January to 22 January 1917? You are a Dragon, 1916.
1917 in the Chinese zodiac
蛇
Fire Snake
- Animal
- 蛇 Snake
- Element
- 火 Fire, yin
- Cycle name
- 丁巳年
- Starts
- 23 January 1917
- Ends
- 10 February 1918
- Matches
- Rooster, Ox and Monkey; clashes with Pig
- Age
- Born in 1917? You turn 109 in 2026.
Say 1917 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九一七年 1917
- 丁巳年 the 丁巳 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九一七年出生的 I was born in 1917.
- 我属蛇 I'm a Snake.
- 火蛇 Fire Snake
What Fire means
火Fire is warmth and light at the height of summer. People born in a Fire year are said to be passionate and bold, the first to start and the last to give up.
- Season
- 夏 summer
- Direction
- 南 south
- Colour
- 红 red
Words for a Fire Snake
- 冷静 calm
- 热情 warm-hearted
- 乐观 optimistic
Each year has one of five elements, 五行 , two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.
The Snake, 蛇
The Snake is called the “little dragon”, 小龙. People born in a Snake year are said to be calm, wise and intuitive: private people who think before they speak and rarely miss.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1917?
1917 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 (shé), from Chinese New Year on 23 January 1917 to 10 February 1918. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Snakes.
What if I was born in January or early February 1917?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 22 January 1917? You belong to 1916, the Year of the Fire Dragon.
What element is 1917 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, 火 (huǒ). 1917 is 丁巳 (dīng sì) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Fire year; the Fire Snake comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1917 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九一七年 (yī jiǔ yī qī nián). “I was born in 1917” is 我是一九一七年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ yī qī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Snake” is 我属蛇 (wǒ shǔ shé).