1957: Year of the Fire Rooster
The 1957 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Fire Rooster, and it runs from 31 January 1957 to 17 February 1958 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rooster 鸡
- Element and polarity
- Yin Fire
- Gan-Zhi
- Ding You 丁酉
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1957, a person turns 69 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1957? You may be Monkey, not Rooster
Chinese New Year 1957 fell on 31 January 1957. Anyone born between 1 January 1957 and 30 January 1957 — a window of 30 days — belongs to the 1956 zodiac year, the Yang Fire Monkey, and not to the Rooster.
Check an exact birth date against the 31 January 1957 boundary.
Exact 1957 zodiac year dates
The 1957 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 383 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Rooster years around 1957
| Rooster year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Yin Metal Rooster | 8 February 1921 |
| 1933 | Yin Water Rooster | 26 January 1933 |
| 1945 | Yin Wood Rooster | 13 February 1945 |
| 1969 | Yin Earth Rooster | 17 February 1969 |
| 1981 | Yin Metal Rooster | 5 February 1981 |
| 1993 | Yin Water Rooster | 23 January 1993 |
The exact pairing 丁酉 — Yin Fire Rooster — returns only once every sixty years: 2017, 2077.