1905: Year of the Wood Snake
1905 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 , a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 4 February 1905 and runs to 24 January 1906. Born from 1 January to 3 February 1905? You are a Dragon, 1904.
1905 in the Chinese zodiac
蛇
Wood Snake
- Animal
- 蛇 Snake
- Element
- 木 Wood, yin
- Cycle name
- 乙巳年
- Starts
- 4 February 1905
- Ends
- 24 January 1906
- Matches
- Rooster, Ox and Monkey; clashes with Pig
- Age
- Born in 1905? You turn 121 in 2026.
Say 1905 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九〇五年 1905
- 乙巳年 the 乙巳 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九〇五年出生的 I was born in 1905.
- 我属蛇 I'm a Snake.
- 木蛇 Wood Snake
What Wood means
木Wood is growth: a tree reaching up and out. People born in a Wood year are said to be generous and kind, slow to anger and quick to help.
- Season
- 春 spring
- Direction
- 东 east
- Colour
- 青 green
Words for a Wood Snake
- 冷静 calm
- 大方 generous
- 仁慈 kind
Each year has one of five elements, 五行 , two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.
The Snake, 蛇
The Snake is called the “little dragon”, 小龙. People born in a Snake year are said to be calm, wise and intuitive: private people who think before they speak and rarely miss.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1905?
1905 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 (shé), from Chinese New Year on 4 February 1905 to 24 January 1906. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Snakes.
What if I was born in January or early February 1905?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 3 February 1905? You belong to 1904, the Year of the Wood Dragon.
What element is 1905 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, 木 (mù). 1905 is 乙巳 (yǐ sì) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Snake comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1905 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九〇五年 (yī jiǔ líng wǔ nián). “I was born in 1905” is 我是一九〇五年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ líng wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Snake” is 我属蛇 (wǒ shǔ shé).