- Animal
- 🐍 Snake (蛇)
- Element
- Water 水 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 癸巳 · Guǐ Sì
- Year starts
- February 14, 1953 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 2, 1954
- Age in 2027
- turns 74
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a neutral year with Tai Sui
The Water Snake personality
The Water Snake is the cool-headed strategist of the Snake years.
Water gives the Snake a softer surface and a sharper inner radar. Compared with other Snake years, this one is usually less forceful in style, more observant, and better at reading timing, mood, and hidden motives. The Snake already values privacy, patience, and careful moves; Yin Water adds flexibility, subtle persuasion, and a habit of thinking several steps ahead.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐍 Snake & 🐒 Monkey. Three Harmony partners: 🐍 Snake & 🐂 Ox, 🐍 Snake & 🐓 Rooster. Clash: 🐍 Snake & 🐖 Pig.
A Snake born in 1953 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a neutral year with Tai Sui for the Snake. See the month-by-month forecast in Snake horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1953?
1953 is the Year of the Water Snake (癸巳, Guǐ Sì). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 14, 1953 to February 2, 1954.
What element is 1953 in Chinese astrology?
Water (水), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 癸 and its Earthly Branch is 巳 (Snake).
Is someone born in January 1953 a Snake?
Born in January or early February 1953, before February 14, 1953? Then your sign is the Water Dragon of 1952.
Who is a Water Snake compatible with?
Traditionally the Snake pairs best with the Monkey, Ox, Rooster and finds the Pig most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1953?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Snake it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 1953 turns 74 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.