2001 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Snake

2001 is the year of the Metal Snake (辛巳 Xīnsì), from 24 January 2001 to 11 February 2002. Anyone born in 2001 before 24 January 2001 belongs to the Metal Dragon year.

• Animal: Snake
• Element: Metal (Yin)
• Cycle name: 辛巳 Xīnsì, year 18 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 24 January 2001
• Ends: 11 February 2002

The Metal Snake

Metal years are traditionally linked with determination, precision and principle: the element of clear edges, strong will and high standards. 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 2001?

Anyone born from 1 January to 23 January 2001 belongs to the Metal Dragon year of 2000. From 24 January 2001 the Metal Snake year begins.

Famous people born in the Metal Snake year

• Billie Eilish, born 18 December 2001

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.

2000: Metal Dragon · 2002: Water Horse · All Snake years · All 12 animals