2001: Year of the Metal Snake
In the Chinese sexagenary calendar, 2001 is 辛巳 — Yin Metal over the Snake branch.
The Heavenly Stem: 辛 (Metal)
Yin Metal is the polished jewel — refined, detail-sensitive, and quick to notice when something falls short of its own high standard.
The Earthly Branch: 巳 — Year of the Snake
The Snake is perceptive and strategic — private by nature, and usually several steps ahead before anyone else has started thinking.
What 2001 holds in the sky
Computed from the same ephemeris as the charts: every date below is a position, not a prediction, and can be checked against any astronomical almanac.
Eclipses
- January 9Lunar eclipse
- June 21Solar eclipse
- July 5Lunar eclipse
- December 14Solar eclipse
Retrogrades
- February 4 – February 25Mercury retrograde
- March 9 – April 20Venus retrograde
- May 11 – July 19Mars retrograde
- June 4 – June 28Mercury retrograde
- October 1 – October 23Mercury retrograde
Slow planets changing sign
- April 20Saturn enters Gemini
- July 13Jupiter enters Cancer
This is the story every Snake year shares
The stem and branch of 2001 describe the year itself, so they read the same for everyone born into it and everyone living through it. That is the group-level half. Your own chart also weighs your exact birth date, time, and location, which is what turns this into something specific to you.
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