- Animal
- 🐍 Snake (蛇)
- Element
- Metal 金 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 辛巳 · Xīn Sì
- Year starts
- January 24, 2001 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 11, 2002
- Age in 2027
- turns 26
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a neutral year with Tai Sui
The Metal Snake personality
Metal Snake blends cool precision with the Snake’s private intensity.
Among Snake years, the Metal Snake stands out for being sharper, firmer, and less flexible than Water, Wood, Fire, or Earth Snake types. Snake is already observant, strategic, and hard to read. Yin Metal adds a clean edge: stronger standards, tighter self-control, and a taste for accuracy, polish, and competence.
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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 2001 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 2001?
2001 is the Year of the Metal Snake (辛巳, Xīn Sì). It runs from Lunar New Year on January 24, 2001 to February 11, 2002.
What element is 2001 in Chinese astrology?
Metal (金), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 辛 and its Earthly Branch is 巳 (Snake).
Is someone born in January 2001 a Snake?
Born in January or early February 2001, before January 24, 2001? Then your sign is the Metal Dragon of 2000.
Who is a Metal 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 2001?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Snake it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 2001 turns 26 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.