1989 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Snake

1989 is the year of the Earth Snake (己巳 Jǐsì), from 6 February 1989 to 26 January 1990. Anyone born in 1989 before 6 February 1989 belongs to the Earth Dragon year.

• Animal: Snake
• Element: Earth (Yin)
• Cycle name: 己巳 Jǐsì, year 6 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 6 February 1989
• Ends: 26 January 1990

The Earth Snake

Earth years are traditionally linked with steadiness, practicality and care: the element that holds things together and keeps promises. 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 1989?

Anyone born from 1 January to 5 February 1989 belongs to the Earth Dragon year of 1988. From 6 February 1989 the Earth Snake year begins.

Famous people born in the Earth Snake year

• Elizabeth Olsen, born 16 February 1989
• Chris Brown, born 5 May 1989
• Daniel Radcliffe, born 23 July 1989
• Joe Jonas, born 15 August 1989
• Dakota Johnson, born 4 October 1989
• Travis Kelce, born 5 October 1989
• SZA, born 8 November 1989
• Taylor Swift, born 13 December 1989
• Liam Hemsworth, born 13 January 1990

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.

1988: Earth Dragon · 1990: Metal Horse · All Snake years · All 12 animals