Snake 蛇
Fire · Yin
Year of the Snake
The Snake is the cycle’s deep thinker: elegant, private, and quietly several moves ahead. Snakes speak less than they know, watch longer than is comfortable, and strike — in decisions, in insight, in wit — with startling precision. They transform rather than merely change, shedding whole identities when the old skin stops fitting. The shadow is secrecy and suspicion: holding cards so close that even allies feel dealt out. At their best, Snakes are the wise counsel in the back of the room — the one whose three sentences reorganize your entire problem.
♥ In love
Intense beneath a calm surface. Snakes bond deeply with few people and guard that inner chamber; jealousy is their signal that something real is at stake.
◆ At work
Superb in research, strategy, psychology, investing, and any craft rewarding depth over noise. Open-plan chaos and forced small talk drain them fast.
Compatibility
The Snake's trine allies are the Ox & Rooster — signs whose energy traditionally amplifies theirs. The clash opposite is the Pig: friction that can teach, but takes work. Folklore, not fate.
Snake years
Zodiac years begin at 立春 (Start of Spring, around February 4) — January and early-February births usually belong to the previous animal. Our lookup corrects for this automatically.