Yin Wood · 乙巳 · 60-year cycle
Wood Snake Chinese Zodiac: 1905, 1965, 2025 Years
Wood Snake years in this calendar are 1905, 1965, 2025. The latest Wood Snake year is 2025; the next is 2085, a 60-year return. 2026 is not a Wood Snake year. Birth-year boundaries begin at Chinese New Year.
People born in Wood Snake years
A birthday belongs to the Wood Snake year only within one of these intervals. The days before Chinese New Year belong to the previous animal. Dates below cover this calendar’s 1902–2049 year archives.
1905: Wood Snake
4 February 1905 – 24 January 1906
乙巳 · Yǐ Sì
Lunar months and festivals of 1905 →1965: Wood Snake
2 February 1965 – 20 January 1966
乙巳 · Yǐ Sì
Lunar months and festivals of 1965 →2025: Wood Snake
29 January 2025 – 16 February 2026
乙巳 · Yǐ Sì
Lunar months and festivals of 2025 →
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What Wood adds to the Snake
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.
The year’s visible stem is Yǐ 乙, Yin Wood; the Snake branch 巳 retains its fixed Fire element.
The Snake’s traditional character →Wood 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 →