What it is
The 6th sign. Its 6 sits close to 33, the teacher, so it is called the hidden 33, a sign with deep knowledge.
Snake years add up to 3, 6 or 9.
Its hours each day: 9 am to 11 am.
As a person
Wisdom marks the Snake, and wisdom is a different thing from cleverness. Knowledge comes to it easily.
No sign is better at numerology and astrology.
Life tends to put it near the summit or near the floor, seldom halfway.
Prone to idleness and strong jealousy. It holds grudges and will bide its time, even years, before settling a score.
Said to have the worst luck of the twelve.
As a year
You are a Snake if you were born in one of these spans:
- 10 Feb 1929 to 29 Jan 1930
- 27 Jan 1941 to 14 Feb 1942
- 14 Feb 1953 to 2 Feb 1954
- 2 Feb 1965 to 20 Jan 1966
- 18 Feb 1977 to 6 Feb 1978
- 6 Feb 1989 to 26 Jan 1990
- 24 Jan 2001 to 11 Feb 2002
- 10 Feb 2013 to 30 Jan 2014
- 29 Jan 2025 to 16 Feb 2026
Each span runs from one Chinese New Year to the day before the next. New Year falls between 21 January and 20 February, so a birth date before 21 February can belong to the sign before.
Good for Snakes, Roosters and Oxen.
The enemy year of every Pig.
Next Snake years: 15 Feb 2037 to 3 Feb 2038; 2 Feb 2049 to 22 Jan 2050; 21 Jan 2061 to 8 Feb 2062.
As a month
The Snake month runs 7 May to 6 Jun each year. Anyone born in it carries a smaller dose of the Snake. It is the enemy month for everyone born in the Pig month.
Friends and enemy
Friends: Ox and Rooster, the other two corners of its triangle. Inside this triangle the Snake and the Rooster get on better with each other than with the Ox.
Enemy: Pig, straight across the wheel. For a Snake, Pig years are for holding back. The Pig month is a lesser caution, unless the Snake was born in a Goat, Pig or Cat month (Rabbit in most calendars). For a Snake born in the Snake month it is the full enemy month: hold big starts in it.
No soulmate sign. The method names one soulmate pair only: Rat and Ox.
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