1929 Chinese zodiac
This lunar year is the Yin Earth Snake. Its lunar year begins February 10, 1929 and ends January 29, 1930; birthdays before the start date remain in the Dragon year.
What is the 1929 Chinese zodiac sign?
The complete sign is Yin Earth Snake, written 己巳. The animal supplies the strategic, composed, and psychologically perceptive archetype, while Earth adds stability, care, practicality, integration to the traditional reading.
Anyone born from February 10, 1929 through January 29, 1930 has this popular birth-year sign. A Gregorian birthday earlier than February 10, 1929 belongs to the Earth Dragon year instead.
1929 Chinese zodiac dates
Lunar New Year divides the Gregorian year. This timeline shows where the Snake sign begins and why January or early-February birthdays require a complete date.
January 1 – February 9
February 10, 1929 – January 29, 1930
1929 Snake personality
The Snake is associated with depth rather than speed. Traditional readings emphasize intuition, concentration, and the ability to keep counsel until the right moment to act becomes clear.
Earth influence
Earth receives, organizes, and supports. In a zodiac combination it adds realism, patience, and concern for lasting security.
Earth helps an animal sign translate instinct into practical structures and dependable routines. Too much Earth may become cautious or fixed. New information and movement prevent stability from becoming stagnation.
1929 Chinese zodiac compatibility
Monkey is the secret friend; Ox and Rooster share the same trine; Pig is opposite. These are broad year-sign patterns, not relationship predictions.
Meaning of the 1929 Chinese zodiac
This year sign combines the animal’s established cultural image with the movement associated with Earth. The snake carries layered meanings of renewal, intelligence, and danger. Its shedding skin makes transformation a recurring theme, while its resemblance to the dragon sometimes earns it the name little dragon.
In an element reading, Earth emphasizes stability, care, practicality, integration. The result is not a scientific personality type, and people born in the same lunar year remain individuals shaped by family, society, experience, and choice.
Use this page as a calendar reference first and a folklore guide second. The complete Earth Snake profile explores the combination across all recurring years, while the Snake animal page compares all five element versions.
1929 Chinese zodiac FAQ
Always compare the birthday with Lunar New Year before assigning the Gregorian year’s main animal.
What animal is the 1929 Chinese zodiac?
1929 is the Year of the Snake for birthdays from February 10, 1929 through January 29, 1930. Birthdays before February 10, 1929 belong to the preceding Dragon year.
What element is 1929?
1929 carries the Earth element in its Yin form, producing the complete Yin Earth Snake sign.
Is everyone born in 1929 a Snake?
No. People born before Lunar New Year on February 10, 1929 belong to the preceding Dragon lunar year.