23 September 2026

12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Yin Wood year pillar

Wood Snake (1905, 1965, 2025, 2085)

Wood Snake years are 1905, 1965, 2025, 2085 within 1901–2099. 乙巳 is pillar 42 of the 60-year cycle: Yin Wood is its year-stem element, while the Snake branch remains Fire.

Wood Snake personality

Wood turns the Snake's private reflection toward gradual learning and the development of a carefully chosen idea. Its perceptiveness is expressed through curiosity, with room for a trusted companion to add another perspective. The challenge is opening that process early enough: waiting until every thought has matured can make a supposedly shared undertaking feel closed to other people's influence.

Born in 1905, 1965, 2025, 2085? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.

乙巳: pillar anatomy

Heavenly stem
乙 Yi · Yin Wood
Animal branch
巳 Si · Yin Fire
Year stem and fixed branch
Wood generates Fire
Solar month 4
Start of Summer · Summer
Branch compass and double-hour
SSE · 09:00–11:00
Hidden stems
丙 bǐng Fire (primary); 庚 gēng Metal (middle); 戊 wù Earth (residual)

In the Five Phases cycle, Wood feeds Fire.

Na Yin pair: 覆灯火

Fire Na Yin · paired with 甲辰 Yang Wood Dragon in the 30 Na Yin pairs.

Exact date records

Wood Snake years, 1901–2099

The complete 乙巳 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.

2026 live coordinate

Wood Snake with the current Yang Fire Horse year

Same branch, five stems

Compare all five Snake elements

Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.