1941 Chinese Zodiac: Metal Snake

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1941?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1941. 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.

1941 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1941 – January 26, 1941	Metal Dragon 龙
January 27, 1941 – December 31, 1941	Metal Snake 蛇

The full 1941 lunar year continues into 1942, through February 14, 1942. A birthday on January 26, 1941 belongs to the Dragon; a birthday one day later, on January 27, 1941, belongs to the Snake.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Snake is 1941?

1941 is a Metal Snake year. Its stem-branch name is 辛巳 (xīn-sì): the heavenly stem 辛 carries yin metal, and the earthly branch 巳 corresponds to the Snake.

Zodiac animal: Snake · 蛇
Year element: Metal
Stem & branch: 辛巳 · xīn-sì
Lunar year length: 384 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 1941. 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

1941 lunar calendar at a glance

This Snake year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 6 repeats as a leap month, starting July 24, 1941. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1942.

Lunar months of 1941: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 27, 1941	February 25, 1941	30
Month 2	February 26, 1941	March 27, 1941	30
Month 3	March 28, 1941	April 25, 1941	29
Month 4	April 26, 1941	May 25, 1941	30
Month 5	May 26, 1941	June 24, 1941	30
Month 6	June 25, 1941	July 23, 1941	29
Leap month 6	July 24, 1941	August 22, 1941	30
Month 7	August 23, 1941	September 20, 1941	29
Month 8	September 21, 1941	October 19, 1941	29
Month 9	October 20, 1941	November 18, 1941	30
Month 10	November 19, 1941	December 17, 1941	29
Month 11	December 18, 1941	January 16, 1942	30
Month 12	January 17, 1942	February 14, 1942	29

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Snake

The Snake returns every 12 years; the same Metal 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 1929Earth 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.