2073 Chinese Zodiac: Water Snake

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2073?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2073. 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.

2073 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 2073 – February 6, 2073	Water Dragon 龙
February 7, 2073 – December 31, 2073	Water Snake 蛇

The full 2073 lunar year continues into 2074, through January 26, 2074. A birthday on February 6, 2073 belongs to the Dragon; a birthday one day later, on February 7, 2073, belongs to the Snake.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Snake is 2073?

2073 is a Water Snake year. Its stem-branch name is 癸巳 (guǐ-sì): the heavenly stem 癸 carries yin water, and the earthly branch 巳 corresponds to the Snake.

Zodiac animal: Snake · 蛇
Year element: Water
Stem & branch: 癸巳 · guǐ-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 2073. 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

2073 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 2074.

Lunar months of 2073: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 7, 2073	March 8, 2073	30
Month 2	March 9, 2073	April 6, 2073	29
Month 3	April 7, 2073	May 6, 2073	30
Month 4	May 7, 2073	June 5, 2073	30
Month 5	June 6, 2073	July 4, 2073	29
Month 6	July 5, 2073	August 3, 2073	30
Month 7	August 4, 2073	September 1, 2073	29
Month 8	September 2, 2073	September 30, 2073	29
Month 9	October 1, 2073	October 30, 2073	30
Month 10	October 31, 2073	November 28, 2073	29
Month 11	November 29, 2073	December 28, 2073	30
Month 12	December 29, 2073	January 26, 2074	29

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Snake

The Snake returns every 12 years; the same Water 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 1941Metal Snake 1953Water Snake 1965Wood Snake 1977Fire Snake 1989Earth Snake 2001Metal Snake 2013Water Snake 2025Wood Snake 2037Fire Snake 2049Earth Snake 2061Metal 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.