1989 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Snake
Year of the Earth Snake
Animal
🐍 Snake
Element
Yin Earth
Cycle position
#6 of 12
About the 1989 Snake year
- 1989 is a Yin Earth year — the Earth element colours the Snake's nature with stability, patience, and practicality.
- The Snake is the sixth of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Snake year was 1977 and the next is 2001.
- People born in the Year of the Snake are traditionally seen as wise, intuitive, and composed. The Snake is said to pair most harmoniously with the Ox, Rooster, Monkey.
Best matches for the Snake
Signs the Snake is traditionally most compatible with.
- Ox
- Rooster
- Monkey
Frequently asked
1989 is the Year of the Earth Snake — a Yin Earth year. The animal sign is the Snake, the sixth of the 12-animal cycle.
1989 carries the Earth element (Yin Earth). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Earth Snake combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 1989, the Year of the Snake, are traditionally described as wise, intuitive, and composed. With the Earth element added, stability, patience, and practicality are emphasised.
The Snake is traditionally most compatible with the Ox, Rooster, Monkey.
Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1989, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Dragon (the 1988 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.
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