Snake strengths in tradition
- Wise and perceptive
- Calm and composed
- Strong intuition
- Elegant and discreet
1965 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Wood Snake
The 1965 Chinese year ran from Tuesday 2 February 1965 to Thursday 20 January 1966.
Its sign is the Yin Wood Snake: 乙巳 (Yǐ-sì) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 1 February 1965? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Wood Dragon of 1964.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 2–3 February 1965: Wood Snake by Chinese New Year, Wood Dragon by Lichun.
- 4 February 1965 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Dragon before 08:46 China time and Wood Snake from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Snake.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Wood Snake in Chinese astrology
A Wood Snake is said to be more open and creative, with a love of learning and a steady, patient wisdom.
The Snake is the sixth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with wisdom, intuition and a calm, private grace. Wood is the element of growth and new beginnings, linked in Chinese tradition with spring, generosity and steady expansion.
Snake challenges in tradition
- Slow to trust others
- Can be secretive
- Holds on to grudges
- Reluctant to share feelings
Traditions, not predictions. The Snake in love and at work · The five elements
Other Snake years
The Wood Snake every 60 years
← 1964 Wood Dragon · 1966 Fire Horse → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1965?
1965 is the Year of the Wood Snake (yin Wood, 乙巳 Yǐ-sì), from 2 February 1965 to 20 January 1966. Anyone born 1 January – 1 February 1965 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Wood Dragon.
What element is 1965 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 乙 (Yǐ). Wood years are years ending in 4 or 5 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January or early February 1965 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 2 February 1965, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Wood Dragon of the 1964 Chinese year; from 2 February 1965 on, it is the Wood Snake. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1965, 08:46 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1965?
It was on Tuesday 2 February 1965 (China time). The next one, on Friday 21 January 1966, began the Year of the Fire Horse.