2025 / Chinese zodiac
2025 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Snake
2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake. It begins on January 29, 2025 and ends on February 16, 2026. If you were born before January 29, 2025, your sign is the Wood Dragon.
01 / Check the boundary
What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2025?
Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2025. 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.
| Gregorian birthday | Animal & year element |
|---|---|
| – | Wood Dragon 龙 |
| – | Wood Snake 蛇 |
The full 2025 lunar year continues into 2026, through February 16, 2026. A birthday on January 28, 2025 belongs to the Dragon; a birthday one day later, on January 29, 2025, belongs to the Snake.
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YOUR RESULT
02 / The story of the year
What kind of Snake is 2025?
2025 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
- 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 2025. 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
2025 lunar calendar at a glance
This Snake year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 6 repeats as a leap month, starting July 25, 2025. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 2026.
| Lunar month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 30 | ||
| Month 2 | 29 | ||
| Month 3 | 30 | ||
| Month 4 | 29 | ||
| Month 5 | 29 | ||
| Month 6 | 30 | ||
| Leap month 6 | 29 | ||
| Month 7 | 30 | ||
| Month 8 | 29 | ||
| Month 9 | 30 | ||
| Month 10 | 30 | ||
| Month 11 | 30 | ||
| Month 12 | 29 |
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.