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Chinese zodiac by year

🐍 2025 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Snake

People born between January 29, 2025 and February 16, 2026 are Wood Snake (乙巳 Yǐ Sì) in the Chinese zodiac. Born in January or early February 2025, before January 29, 2025? Then your sign is the Wood Dragon of 2024.

Animal
🐍 Snake (蛇)
Element
Wood 木 · Yin
Stem & Branch
乙巳 · Yǐ Sì
Year starts
January 29, 2025 (Lunar New Year)
Year ends
February 16, 2026
Age in 2027
turns 2
2027 Tai Sui
a neutral year with Tai Sui

The Wood Snake personality

A thoughtful Snake with soft edges, steady instincts, and quiet persuasive power.

quietly persuasivesocially observantcareful strategistrefined tastesadaptable resolve

The Wood Snake stands apart from other Snake years by blending the sign’s natural caution, intelligence, and self-control with a more flexible, human-centered style. In Chinese astrology, Yin Wood (乙) is like a vine or flowering stem: adaptive, observant, and subtle rather than forceful. Set on the Snake’s Fire branch (巳), that Wood feeds the Fire beneath it, giving ideas warmth, charm, and expressive skill.

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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 2025 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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Frequently asked questions

What Chinese zodiac is 2025?

2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake (乙巳, Yǐ Sì). It runs from Lunar New Year on January 29, 2025 to February 16, 2026.

What element is 2025 in Chinese astrology?

Wood (木), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 乙 and its Earthly Branch is 巳 (Snake).

Is someone born in January 2025 a Snake?

Born in January or early February 2025, before January 29, 2025? Then your sign is the Wood Dragon of 2024.

Who is a Wood 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 2025?

2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Snake it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 2025 turns 2 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.

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