Snake (zodiac)

The Snake (蛇) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac and related to the Chinese calendar, as well as in related East Asian zodiacal or calendrical systems. The Year of the Snake is associated with the earthly branch symbol 巳.

Years and the Five Elements

Spiral snake on an Ancient Egyptian game called Mehen.

Persons born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "year of the Snake," while also bearing the following elemental sign:

• 4 February 1905 – 24 January 1906: Wood Snake
• 23 January 1917 – 10 February 1918: Fire Snake
• 10 February 1929 – 29 January 1930: Earth Snake
• 27 January 1941 – 14 February 1942: Metal Snake
• 14 February 1953 – 2 February 1954: Water Snake
• 2 February 1965 – 20 January 1966: Wood Snake
• 18 February 1977 – 6 February 1978: Fire Snake
• 6 February 1989 – 26 January 1990: Earth Snake
• 23 January 2001 – 11 February 2002: Metal Snake
• 10 February 2013 – 30 January 2014: Water Snake
• 29 January 2025 – 16 February 2026: Wood Snake
• 15 February 2037 – 3 February 2038: Fire Snake

See also

• Shake
• Snakes in mythology
• Serpent (symbolism)
• Chinese zodiac
• Wu Xing