2025: Year of the Wood Snake (乙巳 yǐsì)

People born in 2025 belong to the year of the Wood Snake - the 乙巳 year of the traditional sixty-year cycle. This exact combination returns only once every 60 years.

> Born in January or early February 2025? In the classical reckoning the zodiac year begins at Li Chun (立春 lichun), February 3, 2025 - not on January 1. If you were born before that date, you belong to the previous year: the Wood Dragon of 2024. (Folk usage often counts from Chinese New Year instead, January 29, 2025 that year - both conventions are real; the BaZi tradition uses Li Chun. Our calculator handles this for you.)

The Snake in the Wood year

The tradition reads the Snake as quiet depth: says little, misses less. Folk tellings give the Snake elegance and patience; it waits beautifully and moves once. The classical sketch adds wisdom held privately: the Snake is said to know more than it will ever volunteer.

The tradition reads the Wood Snake as the cultivated one: quiet depth turned toward learning and slow, elegant growth.

Who the tradition pairs you with

The Snake's natural allies are its trine partners, Rooster, Ox, and its quiet ally (六合 liuhe) is the Monkey. The tradition treats the Pig as the Snake's opposite - the clash pair (相沖 xiangchong). The full picture: Chinese zodiac compatibility.

Other Snake years

1941 (Metal Snake), 1953 (Water Snake), 1965 (Wood Snake), 1977 (Fire Snake), 1989 (Earth Snake), 2001 (Metal Snake), 2013 (Water Snake). Same animal, different element - the tradition reads each differently.

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