Snake strengths in tradition
- Wise and perceptive
- Calm and composed
- Strong intuition
- Elegant and discreet
2049 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Earth Snake
The 2049 Chinese year will run from Tuesday 2 February 2049 to Saturday 22 January 2050.
Its sign is the Yin Earth Snake: 己巳 (Jǐ-sì) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 1 February 2049? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Earth Dragon of 2048.
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 February 2049: Earth Snake by Chinese New Year, Earth Dragon by Lichun.
- 3 February 2049 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Dragon before 17:53 China time and Earth Snake from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Snake.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Earth Snake in Chinese astrology
An Earth Snake is described as calm, practical and reliable, pairing the Snake's insight with patience and common sense.
The Snake is the sixth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with wisdom, intuition and a calm, private grace. Earth is the element of stability and balance, linked in Chinese tradition with the turning points between the seasons.
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 Earth Snake every 60 years
← 2048 Earth Dragon · 2050 Metal Horse → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2049?
2049 is the Year of the Earth Snake (yin Earth, 己巳 Jǐ-sì), from 2 February 2049 to 22 January 2050. Anyone born 1 January – 1 February 2049 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Earth Dragon.
What element is 2049 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 己 (Jǐ). Earth years are years ending in 8 or 9 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January or early February 2049 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 2 February 2049, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Earth Dragon of the 2048 Chinese year; from 2 February 2049 on, it is the Earth Snake. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (3 February 2049, 17:53 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2049?
On Tuesday 2 February 2049 (China time). The next one, on Sunday 23 January 2050, begins the Year of the Metal Horse.