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Snake Chinese Zodiac Sign: Traits, Love, Compatibility
The Snake is one of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, earthly branch 巳 (sì), the one of the double hour 09:00-11:00. Wisdom and mystery - that is the heart of the character of anyone born in its year.
Snake
The Snake is wisdom, intuition and mystery. You feel everything deeply, you see through people, and you never waste words. Elegant and private, you keep your own power to yourself.
In love
In love you are passionate and possessive, and you attach deeply and jealously. You need someone you can trust all the way down.
In work
You do well where instinct, analysis and patient strategy count: research, finance, anything hidden and fine. You work without fuss and hit the mark.
Strengths and weak spots
The 巳 branch: hour, direction and element
In the Chinese cycle this is the sixth of the twelve earthly branches, 巳 (sì). Tied to it are the double hour 09:00-11:00, the direction south-southeast and the fixed element Fire - standing correspondences that do not move with the element of the year. Its season is summer, and in the solar calendar of the four pillars the year starts at the beginning of spring rather than on the first of January.
The links are read off the branch. The trine of affinity gathers on a single element, here Metal: Ox and Rooster. The pair of the six harmonies gives the Monkey instead, which is a separate tradition. Straight across, six steps around the circle, stands the Pig: the clash of branches, the most charged link of all.
What to keep in mind
The branch 巳 (sì) is a yearly measure: it is the same for everyone born between two Chinese New Years. The element of the year adds the shading - passion, drive, authority for Fire - while the hour and the city only show on a chart of the sky. For the year 2025 the switch falls on January 29: born before that date, you still count as the Dragon. Your branch hands out no fate at all.
FAQ
Three questions about the branch 巳 (sì): its years, its affinities and its hour.
Which years are Snake years, counting 2025?
1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025, 2037. The wheel brings the branch 巳 back every twelve years, while the element of the year turns on ten - so the pairing of animal and element only returns after sixty. If you were born in January or early February, check against the date of Chinese New Year: in 2025 it falls on January 29, and before that date the year still counts as the Dragon.
Who does the Snake get on with, Ox and Rooster or Pig?
The best understanding comes from the trine of affinity, Ox and Rooster: all three resting on the element Metal. Apart from the trine, the pair of the six harmonies gives the Monkey. The biggest snag comes from the opposite branch, six steps further: the Pig. That said, the branch 巳 stays a yearly measure, and real understanding reads off two whole charts of the sky.
What hour and what direction belong to the branch 巳?
The double hour 09:00-11:00 and the direction south-southeast, with the fixed element Fire. Those correspondences belong to the branch itself: they do not move when the element of the year changes, the one that brings passion, drive, authority.
Snake is only the year you were born. The Moon, the ascendant and the planets are waiting in the full chart.
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