Complete signature return
1953
- Lunar-year boundary
- 14 February 1953 → 2 February 1954
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 1953 at 10:45
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Yin Water year pillar
Water Snake (1953, 2013, 2073)
Water Snake years are 1953, 2013, 2073 within 1901–2099. 癸巳 is pillar 30 of the 60-year cycle: Yin Water is its year-stem element, while the Snake branch remains Fire.
Water Snake personality
A Water Snake reading emphasises depth of observation, quiet receptiveness and an ability to notice the changing mood beneath a composed surface. Water adds flexibility to the animal's deliberate way of forming an opinion. Its challenge is excessive interpretation: a subtle signal can invite several explanations, and privately weighing them all may be less useful than asking a straightforward question.
Born in 1953, 2013, 2073? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.
癸巳: pillar anatomy
- Animal branch
- 巳 Si · Yin Fire
- Year stem and fixed branch
- Water controls Fire
- Solar month 4
- Start of Summer · Summer
- Branch compass and double-hour
- SSE · 09:00–11:00
In the Five Phases cycle, Water regulates Fire.
Na Yin pair: 长流水
Water Na Yin · paired with 壬辰 Yang Water Dragon in the 30 Na Yin pairs.
Exact date records
Water Snake years, 1901–2099
The complete 癸巳 pillar returns every sixty years. Each record below keeps the same animal, stem element, and polarity, while its exact lunar-year boundary and leap-month pattern change.
Complete signature return
2013
- Lunar-year boundary
- 10 February 2013 → 30 January 2014
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 2013 at 00:13
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Complete signature return
2073
- Lunar-year boundary
- 7 February 2073 → 26 January 2074
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 3 February 2073 at 13:52
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Water Snake with the current Yang Fire Horse year
Seasonal meeting
Seasonal meeting 三会
No named stem relation
癸 with 丙
Water controls Fire
Water year stem with the current Fire year stem.
Same branch, five stems
Compare all five Snake elements
Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.