2013 is the year of the Snake The Snake is the sixth sign of the Chinese Zodiac, which consists of 12 Animal Signs. It is the enigmatic, intuitive, introspective, and disciplined perspective that characterizes the snake persona. Snakes have always been the seducers of human beings. But, unlike the Snake that seduced Eve in to sin, the astrological Snake, is not evil. In reality, Snake people are born charming and popular. If you were born in 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, you are the Snake.