1929 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Snake

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1929?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1929. 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.

1929 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1929 – February 9, 1929	Earth Dragon 龙
February 10, 1929 – December 31, 1929	Earth Snake 蛇

The full 1929 lunar year continues into 1930, through January 29, 1930. A birthday on February 9, 1929 belongs to the Dragon; a birthday one day later, on February 10, 1929, belongs to the Snake.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Snake is 1929?

1929 is a Earth Snake year. Its stem-branch name is 己巳 (jǐ-sì): the heavenly stem 己 carries yin earth, and the earthly branch 巳 corresponds to the Snake.

Zodiac animal: Snake · 蛇
Year element: Earth
Stem & branch: 己巳 · jǐ-sì
Lunar year length: 354 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 1929. 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.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

1929 lunar calendar at a glance

This Snake year contains 12 lunar months and 354 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 1930.

Lunar months of 1929: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 10, 1929	March 10, 1929	29
Month 2	March 11, 1929	April 9, 1929	30
Month 3	April 10, 1929	May 8, 1929	29
Month 4	May 9, 1929	June 6, 1929	29
Month 5	June 7, 1929	July 6, 1929	30
Month 6	July 7, 1929	August 4, 1929	29
Month 7	August 5, 1929	September 2, 1929	29
Month 8	September 3, 1929	October 2, 1929	30
Month 9	October 3, 1929	October 31, 1929	29
Month 10	November 1, 1929	November 30, 1929	30
Month 11	December 1, 1929	December 30, 1929	30
Month 12	December 31, 1929	January 29, 1930	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Snake

The Snake returns every 12 years; the same Earth 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.

1905Wood Snake 1917Fire 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.