2049: Year of the Earth Snake
2049 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 , an Earth year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 2 February 2049 and runs to 22 January 2050. Born from 1 January to 1 February 2049? You are a Dragon, 2048.
2049 in the Chinese zodiac
蛇
Earth Snake
- Animal
- 蛇 Snake
- Element
- 土 Earth, yin
- Cycle name
- 己巳年
- Starts
- 2 February 2049
- Ends
- 22 January 2050
- Matches
- Rooster, Ox and Monkey; clashes with Pig
Say 2049 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇四九年 2049
- 己巳年 the 己巳 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇四九年出生的 I was born in 2049.
- 我属蛇 I'm a Snake.
- 土蛇 Earth Snake
What Earth means
土Earth is the ground everything stands on, at the centre of the five. People born in an Earth year are said to be steady and patient, the friend everyone leans on.
- Season
- 长夏 late summer
- Direction
- 中 the centre
- Colour
- 黄 yellow
Words for an Earth Snake
- 冷静 calm
- 稳重 steady
- 可靠 reliable
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 2049?
2049 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 (shé), from Chinese New Year on 2 February 2049 to 22 January 2050. Its element is Earth, so people born in it are Earth Snakes.
What if I was born in January or early February 2049?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 1 February 2049? You belong to 2048, the Year of the Earth Dragon.
What element is 2049 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, 土 (tǔ). 2049 is 己巳 (jǐ sì) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Earth year; the Earth Snake comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2049 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇四九年 (èr líng sì jiǔ nián). “I was born in 2049” is 我是二〇四九年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng sì jiǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Snake” is 我属蛇 (wǒ shǔ shé).