1965 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Snake

1965 is the year of the Wood Snake (乙巳 Yǐsì), from 2 February 1965 to 20 January 1966. Anyone born in 1965 before 2 February 1965 belongs to the Wood Dragon year.

• Animal: Snake
• Element: Wood (Yin)
• Cycle name: 乙巳 Yǐsì, year 42 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 2 February 1965
• Ends: 20 January 1966

The Wood Snake

Wood years are traditionally linked with growth, generosity and cooperation: the element of things that grow towards the light and make room for others. The Snake is the zodiac's thinker. Tradition describes Snake people as wise, intuitive and composed, elegant in manner and private about their plans. They watch before they move and usually know more than they say.

Born in January or February 1965?

Anyone born from 1 January to 1 February 1965 belongs to the Wood Dragon year of 1964. From 2 February 1965 the Wood Snake year begins.

Famous people born in the Wood Snake year

• Chris Rock, born 7 February 1965
• Dr. Dre, born 18 February 1965
• Sarah Jessica Parker, born 25 March 1965
• Robert Downey Jr., born 4 April 1965
• J.K. Rowling, born 31 July 1965
• Viola Davis, born 11 August 1965
• Shania Twain, born 28 August 1965
• Ben Stiller, born 30 November 1965

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

1964: Wood Dragon · 1966: Fire Horse · All Snake years · All 12 animals