One cell of 144
Scorpio + Year of the Snake
Two calendars cross at your birth date. This is the cell where Scorpio meets the Year of the Snake, and the animal that lives in it.
Answer first
What animal is a Scorpio born in the Year of the Snake?
A Scorpio born in the Year of the Snake is the Slow Loris. The month and day set the Scorpio half, the birth year sets the Snake half, and the crossing points at one cell in a grid of 144. Read the Slow Loris for the full reading of that cell.
The two halves
What each calendar brings
The Scorpio half
Scorpio holds October 23 to November 21, fixed Water under Mars. You read what sits under the surface. Whatever you decide to keep, you keep completely, and the door closes without a sound. Read Scorpio in the Western wing.
The Snake half
The Snake is the sixth branch and shares its trine with the Ox and the Rooster, the careful builders. You watch long before you move, and the move is exact. Recent Snake years are 2001, 2013 and 2025. Read the Year of the Snake.
The crossing
What Scorpio and the Snake make together
Scorpio brings a depth that keeps its own counsel. The Snake year brings the stillness that makes every move exact. The Slow Loris is what the two look like sharing one body.
You hold completely still while carrying the one thing that would end a fight instantly, and stillness is usually all it takes.
The Snake runs in a trine with the Ox and the Rooster. Held to the same Scorpio season, those years give the Giant Salamander and the Devil's Flower Mantis, the two crossings whose engines run closest to yours.
The boundary
Born near the boundary?
The Chinese year does not turn on January 1. It turns at the lunar New Year, somewhere between late January and mid February, so a birthday in those weeks can belong to the animal before this one. The year finder checks the real date for any year you give it.
Common questions
Questions about this crossing
Is the Slow Loris the same as being a Scorpio?
Scorpio is half of it. The Slow Loris is the specific crossing of Scorpio with the Year of the Snake, one cell out of 144. Two people can share a Sun sign and carry different animals, because the birth year changes the second half.
What if I was born in January or February of a Snake year?
The Chinese year turns at the lunar New Year, which lands between late January and mid February. A birthday in those weeks can belong to the previous animal, so the year finder checks the real boundary before the grid names your crossing.
Which crossings share the Slow Loris's trine?
The Snake runs with the Ox and the Rooster. Held to the same Scorpio dates, those years give the Giant Salamander and the Devil's Flower Mantis, the two animals whose instincts sit closest to the Slow Loris's.
One step away
Neighboring crossings
Or start over at the full 12 by 12 grid, or read how the crossing works.