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title: "1905 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Snake (乙巳), 4 Feb 1905 to 24 Jan 1906 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1905 is the Year of the Wood Snake, 蛇 shé: from Chinese New Year on 4 February 1905 to 24 January 1906, so a birthday before 4 February 1905 is a Dragon. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属蛇."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1905"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 1905: Year of the Wood Snake

1905 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 shé, 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1904).

蛇

shé

Wood Snake

**Animal**
[蛇 shé Snake](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/snake)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yin

**Cycle name**
乙巳年 yǐ sì nián

**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.

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## Say 1905 in Chinese

A year is read digit by digit, then 年 nián: no “nineteen eighty-three”.

- 一九〇五年 yī jiǔ líng wǔ nián 1905
- 乙巳年 yǐ sì nián the 乙巳 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九〇五年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ líng wǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 1905.
- 我属蛇 wǒ shǔ shé I'm a Snake.
- 木蛇 mù shé 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 chūn spring

**Direction**
东 dōng east

**Colour**
青 qīng green

### Words for a Wood Snake

- 冷静 lěngjìng calm
- 大方 dàfang generous
- 仁慈 réncí kind

Each year has one of five elements, 五行 wǔ xíng, 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.

[Snake personality, matches and sayings](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/snake)

## 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).