Rabbit strengths in tradition
- Kind and considerate
- Diplomatic and tactful
- Careful and observant
- Refined taste
1987 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Fire Rabbit
The 1987 Chinese year ran from Thursday 29 January 1987 to Tuesday 16 February 1988.
Its sign is the Yin Fire Rabbit: 丁卯 (Dīng-mǎo) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–28 January 1987? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Fire Tiger of 1986.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 29 January – 3 February 1987: Fire Rabbit by Chinese New Year, Fire Tiger by Lichun.
- 4 February 1987 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Fire Tiger before 16:51 China time and Fire Rabbit from then on; by Chinese New Year, Fire Rabbit.
- 4 February 1988 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Fire Rabbit before 22:43 China time and Earth Dragon from then on; by Chinese New Year, Fire Rabbit.
- 5–16 February 1988: Fire Rabbit by Chinese New Year, Earth Dragon by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology
A Fire Rabbit is traditionally warmer and more expressive than other Rabbits, with more drive and a livelier social side.
The Rabbit is the fourth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with gentleness, tact and a quiet, elegant sense of style. Fire is the element of warmth and energy, linked in Chinese tradition with summer, passion and outward expression.
Rabbit challenges in tradition
- Avoids necessary conflict
- Can be overcautious
- Sensitive to criticism
- Slow to make decisions
Traditions, not predictions. The Rabbit in love and at work · The five elements
Other Rabbit years
The Fire Rabbit every 60 years
← 1986 Fire Tiger · 1988 Earth Dragon → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1987?
1987 is the Year of the Fire Rabbit (yin Fire, 丁卯 Dīng-mǎo), from 29 January 1987 to 16 February 1988. Anyone born 1–28 January 1987 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Fire Tiger.
What element is 1987 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 丁 (Dīng). Fire years are years ending in 6 or 7 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 1987 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 29 January 1987, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Fire Tiger of the 1986 Chinese year; from 29 January 1987 on, it is the Fire Rabbit. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1987, 16:51 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1987?
It was on Thursday 29 January 1987 (China time). The next one, on Wednesday 17 February 1988, began the Year of the Earth Dragon.