Chinese zodiac 2013
Year of the Water Snake
10 February 2013 to 30 January 2014
Born in 2013? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 2013 it falls on 10 February 2013.
- 10 February to 31 December 2013
- 🐍 Water Snake
- and on to 30 Jan 2014
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The Water Snake at a glance
Animal
🐍 Snake
Said to be wise, intuitive, private.
Element
水 Yin Water
Linked with wisdom and flexibility. 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 Water Snake years nearest to this one are 1953 and 2073.
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.