- Animal
- 🐍 Snake (蛇)
- Element
- Earth 土 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 己巳 · Jǐ Sì
- Year starts
- February 6, 1989 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- January 26, 1990
- Age in 2027
- turns 38
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a neutral year with Tai Sui
The Earth Snake personality
The Earth Snake is the steadiest Snake: observant, self-contained, and quietly strategic.
Earth Snake years combine the Snake’s sharp instincts with Yin Earth’s patience, realism, and taste for solid footing. Compared with other Snakes, this version is usually less volatile than the Fire Snake, less airy than the Metal Snake, and less openly adaptable than the Water Snake. There is often a grounded seriousness here: careful timing, measured speech, and a preference for acting only when the facts are in place.
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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 1989 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 1989?
1989 is the Year of the Earth Snake (己巳, Jǐ Sì). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 6, 1989 to January 26, 1990.
What element is 1989 in Chinese astrology?
Earth (土), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 己 and its Earthly Branch is 巳 (Snake).
Is someone born in January 1989 a Snake?
Born in January or early February 1989, before February 6, 1989? Then your sign is the Earth Dragon of 1988.
Who is a Earth 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 1989?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Snake it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 1989 turns 38 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.