1989: Year of the Earth Snake
The 1989 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Earth Snake, and it runs from 6 February 1989 to 26 January 1990 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Snake 蛇
- Element and polarity
- Yin Earth
- Gan-Zhi
- Ji Si 己巳
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1989, a person turns 37 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1989? You may be Dragon, not Snake
Chinese New Year 1989 fell on 6 February 1989. Anyone born between 1 January 1989 and 5 February 1989 — a window of 36 days — belongs to the 1988 zodiac year, the Yang Earth Dragon, and not to the Snake.
Check an exact birth date against the 6 February 1989 boundary.
Exact 1989 zodiac year dates
The 1989 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 355 days in total.
Other Snake years around 1989
| Snake year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Yin Water Snake | 14 February 1953 |
| 1965 | Yin Wood Snake | 2 February 1965 |
| 1977 | Yin Fire Snake | 18 February 1977 |
| 2001 | Yin Metal Snake | 24 January 2001 |
| 2013 | Yin Water Snake | 10 February 2013 |
| 2025 | Yin Wood Snake | 29 January 2025 |
The exact pairing 己巳 — Yin Earth Snake — returns only once every sixty years: 1929, 2049.