1953 Chinese zodiac
蛇 Water Snake · yin
Born between 14 February 1953 and 2 February 1954: you are a Water Snake. Born in 1953 but before 14 February 1953: your sign is that of 1952, the Water Dragon.
The year
- New Year : 14 February 1953
- Ends : 2 February 1954
- Animal : Snake
- Element : Water (yin)
The Water element
intuition, flexibility, depth.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
癸巳 guǐ sì
Year 30 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1893 and 2013.
The Snake in one line
Wise and intuitive, it thinks long and strikes true.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.