2001 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Snake
Year of the Metal Snake
Animal
🐍 Snake
Element
Yin Metal
Cycle position
#6 of 12
About the 2001 Snake year
- 2001 is a Yin Metal year — the Metal element colours the Snake's nature with determination, structure, and resilience.
- The Snake is the sixth of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Snake year was 1989 and the next is 2013.
- 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
2001 is the Year of the Metal Snake — a Yin Metal year. The animal sign is the Snake, the sixth of the 12-animal cycle.
2001 carries the Metal element (Yin Metal). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Metal Snake combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 2001, the Year of the Snake, are traditionally described as wise, intuitive, and composed. With the Metal element added, determination, structure, and resilience 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 2001, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Dragon (the 2000 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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