Chinese zodiac 1989
Year of the Earth Snake
6 February 1989 to 26 January 1990
Born in 1989? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1989 it falls on 6 February 1989.
- 6 February to 31 December 1989
- 🐍 Earth Snake
- and on to 26 Jan 1990
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The Earth Snake at a glance
Animal
🐍 Snake
Said to be wise, intuitive, private.
Element
土 Yin Earth
Linked with stability and patience. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
355 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Snake years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Earth Snake years nearest to this one are 1929 and 2049.
Who gets on with the Snake
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Snake sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.