Chinese zodiac 2025
Year of the Wood Snake
29 January 2025 to 16 February 2026
Born in 2025? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 2025 it falls on 29 January 2025.
- 29 January to 31 December 2025
- π Wood Snake
- and on to 16 Feb 2026
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The Wood Snake at a glance
Animal
π Snake
Said to be wise, intuitive, private.
Element
ζ¨ Yin Wood
Linked with growth and generosity. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
384 days
A long year: the calendar adds a thirteenth, leap month.
Other Snake years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Wood Snake years nearest to this one are 1965 and 2085.
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.