1905 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Snake

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1905?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1905. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1905 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1905 – February 3, 1905	Wood Dragon 龙
February 4, 1905 – December 31, 1905	Wood Snake 蛇

The full 1905 lunar year continues into 1906, through January 24, 1906. A birthday on February 3, 1905 belongs to the Dragon; a birthday one day later, on February 4, 1905, belongs to the Snake.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Snake is 1905?

1905 is a Wood Snake year. Its stem-branch name is 乙巳 (yǐ-sì): the heavenly stem 乙 carries yin wood, and the earthly branch 巳 corresponds to the Snake.

Zodiac animal: Snake · 蛇
Year element: Wood
Stem & branch: 乙巳 · yǐ-sì
Lunar year length: 355 days

Snake personality in tradition

The Snake is traditionally associated with thoughtfulness and intuition. These are cultural associations, not personality measurements.

The phrase “reflective & perceptive” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1905. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属蛇。

Wǒ shǔ shé. “I was born in the Year of the Snake.”

Snake compatibility in folklore

Snake, Rooster and Ox form a traditional harmony group of three. Pig sits opposite Snake, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

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03 / A closer look at the dates

1905 lunar calendar at a glance

This Snake year contains 12 lunar months and 355 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1906.

Lunar months of 1905: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 4, 1905	March 5, 1905	30
Month 2	March 6, 1905	April 4, 1905	30
Month 3	April 5, 1905	May 3, 1905	29
Month 4	May 4, 1905	June 2, 1905	30
Month 5	June 3, 1905	July 2, 1905	30
Month 6	July 3, 1905	July 31, 1905	29
Month 7	August 1, 1905	August 29, 1905	29
Month 8	August 30, 1905	September 28, 1905	30
Month 9	September 29, 1905	October 27, 1905	29
Month 10	October 28, 1905	November 26, 1905	30
Month 11	November 27, 1905	December 25, 1905	29
Month 12	December 26, 1905	January 24, 1906	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Snake

The Snake returns every 12 years; the same Wood Snake combination returns every 60. These are the other Snake years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1917Fire Snake 1929Earth Snake 1941Metal Snake 1953Water Snake 1965Wood Snake 1977Fire Snake 1989Earth Snake 2001Metal Snake 2013Water Snake 2025Wood Snake 2037Fire Snake 2049Earth Snake 2061Metal Snake 2073Water Snake 2085Wood Snake 2097Fire Snake

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.