Snake in 2026
2026 is a Horse year. Snake and Horse occupy branches 巳 and 午.
Three Meetings · seasons · 三会. Snake and Horse belong to the summer sequence Snake–Horse–Goat, connecting neighbouring seasonal months.
Read Snake with Horse →Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water Snake
Wood Snake
Years: 1905, 1965, 2025.
Wood feeds the Snake's Fire, giving sustained support to a sign traditionally associated with observation and considered action. The Wood Snake reading connects insight with gradual development, describing an inclination to cultivate an idea, understand the people involved and let a plan acquire depth before bringing it forward.
Wood Snake birth dates and next year →Fire Snake
Years: 1917, 1977, 2037.
Fire joins the Snake's own Fire element, intensifying the contrast between a composed surface and a strongly held inner purpose. The Fire Snake reading brings greater force to expression, with a talent for making a carefully chosen point memorable and less willingness to let an important matter pass.
Fire Snake birth dates and next year →Earth Snake
Years: 1929, 1989, 2049.
The Snake's Fire generates Earth, directing the sign's traditional intensity toward a stable form or a settled understanding. In the Earth Snake reading, observation becomes practical judgment: details are weighed patiently, commitments are chosen with care and familiar methods can become difficult to loosen once trust is established.
Earth Snake birth dates and next year →Metal Snake
Years: 1941, 2001.
The Snake's Fire controls Metal, setting perceptive inward attention alongside the year element's association with sharp distinctions and firm standards. The Metal Snake reading emphasizes a precise judgment, a private plan and strong resolve, with guardedness when another person presses for an explanation before it is freely offered.
Metal Snake birth dates and next year →Water Snake
Years: 1953, 2013.
Water controls the Snake's Fire, adding restraint to the traditional picture of a character that keeps much of its intensity inside. This reading gives the Water Snake a reflective, responsive style, attentive to changes in tone and inclined to reconsider quietly before revealing which direction it has chosen.
Water Snake birth dates and next year →Snake personality traits
In traditional character descriptions, the Snake observes closely and reveals its thoughts selectively. It prefers to understand a situation before speaking, bringing composure and a feel for details that others overlook. Privacy gives this portrait its strength and its difficulty: careful judgment can become suspicion when too much remains unspoken. The Snake's distinctive approach is to choose a moment deliberately, then act with a purpose already considered.
Snake: best and difficult matches
Ox: Snake and Ox share the Metal trine; Rooster completes their three-animal group.
Monkey: Snake (巳) and Monkey (申) form one of the six fixed harmony pairs, traditionally read as a complementary connection.
Rooster: Snake and Rooster share the Metal trine; Ox completes their three-animal group.
Pig: Snake (巳) stands six positions opposite Pig (亥), the contrast called a Six Clash in the traditional pairing.
All twelve Snake compatibility pairings →Five forms · one twelve-day rhythm
The next Snake days
The branch repeats every twelve days. Its stem advances too, so these five occurrences have five different stem elements before the complete name repeats after sixty days. The Snake branch itself keeps Fire.
Yin Water
16 September 2026
Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
Na Yin: Long-flowing Water · 长流水
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Wood
28 September 2026
Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳
Na Yin: Covered-lamp Fire · 覆灯火
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Fire
10 October 2026
Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
Na Yin: Sand Earth · 沙中土
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Earth
22 October 2026
Yin Earth Snake · 己巳
Na Yin: Great Forest Wood · 大林木
Open this date’s planning window →Yin Metal
3 November 2026
Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳
Na Yin: White Wax Metal · 白蜡金
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The Na Yin name belongs to the complete pillar. It is a separate pairing from the stem’s element and the branch’s fixed element.
Chinese New Year to the final lunar day
Snake years and their exact boundaries
Use the interval, not just the Gregorian year number, for a birthday near January or February. A full Snake element-name returns sixty years later; the animal alone returns after twelve.
乙巳 · Yin Wood Snake
1905 Snake year
4 February 1905 through 24 January 1906
丁巳 · Yin Fire Snake
1917 Snake year
23 January 1917 through 10 February 1918
己巳 · Yin Earth Snake
1929 Snake year
10 February 1929 through 29 January 1930
辛巳 · Yin Metal Snake
1941 Snake year
27 January 1941 through 14 February 1942
癸巳 · Yin Water Snake
1953 Snake year
14 February 1953 through 2 February 1954
乙巳 · Yin Wood Snake
1965 Snake year
2 February 1965 through 20 January 1966
丁巳 · Yin Fire Snake
1977 Snake year
18 February 1977 through 6 February 1978
己巳 · Yin Earth Snake
1989 Snake year
6 February 1989 through 26 January 1990
辛巳 · Yin Metal Snake
2001 Snake year
24 January 2001 through 11 February 2002
癸巳 · Yin Water Snake
2013 Snake year
10 February 2013 through 30 January 2014
乙巳 · Yin Wood Snake
2025 Snake year
29 January 2025 through 16 February 2026
丁巳 · Yin Fire Snake
2037 Snake year
15 February 2037 through 3 February 2038
己巳 · Yin Earth Snake
2049 Snake year
2 February 2049 through 22 January 2050
Solar month · clock period
The Snake month and double-hour
Summer branch month
Beginning of Summer opens the Snake month at 5 May 2026, 19:48:44 UTC+8. It runs until Grain in Ear at 5 June 2026, 23:48:21 UTC+8.
These are solar-term instants, not the first days of numbered lunar months.
Follow the whole summer season →09:00–10:59
The Snake double-hour occupies position 6 in the twelve-branch clock. It follows Dragon and precedes Horse. A double-hour label describes a time of day; it does not determine the year or day animal.
The sets containing Snake
Harmony, season, trine and clash
Six Harmonies
Paired branches
This is a fixed two-branch pairing.
Three Harmonies · trines
Metal
These three animals form the full set; two animals show shared membership.
Three Meetings · seasons
Summer · Fire
These three animals form the full set; two animals show shared membership.
Six Clashes
Opposite branches
This is a fixed two-branch pairing.
The stems held inside Snake
Hidden stems are attached to the branch. The visible stem on a particular Snake day is the first character of that day’s two-character name.