1965: Year of the Wood Snake
The 1965 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Wood Snake, and it runs from 2 February 1965 to 20 January 1966 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Snake 蛇
- Element and polarity
- Yin Wood
- Gan-Zhi
- Yi Si 乙巳
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1965, a person turns 61 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1965? You may be Dragon, not Snake
Chinese New Year 1965 fell on 2 February 1965. Anyone born between 1 January 1965 and 1 February 1965 — a window of 32 days — belongs to the 1964 zodiac year, the Yang Wood Dragon, and not to the Snake.
Check an exact birth date against the 2 February 1965 boundary.
Exact 1965 zodiac year dates
The 1965 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 353 days in total.
Other Snake years around 1965
| Snake year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Yin Earth Snake | 10 February 1929 |
| 1941 | Yin Metal Snake | 27 January 1941 |
| 1953 | Yin Water Snake | 14 February 1953 |
| 1977 | Yin Fire Snake | 18 February 1977 |
| 1989 | Yin Earth Snake | 6 February 1989 |
| 2001 | Yin Metal Snake | 24 January 2001 |
The exact pairing 乙巳 — Yin Wood Snake — returns only once every sixty years: 1905, 2025, 2085.