This Chinese Lunar new year, we’re tripling down on inner change.
Here’s what the yin Year of the Wood Snake has in store.
So in this yin Year of the Wood Snake, get ready to shed your skin.
Heres how three major aspects will impact whats in store for 2025.
As an odd number year, 2025 is a yin year.
Last year was theYear of the Dragon, which was all about emanating fire-breathing energy.
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In this Year of the Snake, rather than blazing a new path outward, transformation occurs from within.
The yin vs. yang energy shift doubles down on this.
The dragon is about yang transformation, this big external change, astrologerAlice Sparkly Katsays.
The snake is about yin transformation, so its internal change.
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Also, in Chinese agrarian society, snakes helped with soil fertility.
The presence of a snake was also considered lucky to a farmer because it killed vermin in the field.
The elements
But dont mistake grounded earthiness for stillness.
Years in the Chinese zodiac also correspond with one of five elements, which switch every two years.
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It is a wood year, making 2025s snake a wood snake.
Wood, too, is a symbol of growth.
It is about forward momentum, like trees stretching for light in the forest.
Wood corresponds with springtime and sprouting new branches and leaves.
Its not quite like burning fire, but its the basis for it, Gold says of wood energy.
Its the generative, the creative, the beginning of an achievement.
Like the seed that you plant so that launch yourself.
What does this mean for your new year?
What does internal transformation actually mean?
In the wood dragon year, people might have morphed in ways that were unfamiliar to them.
But the wood snake is about a homecoming.
So think about your roots and connect with parts of yourself you might not have seen in a while.
Snakes also symbolize patience because of their role as seed dispersers and their ability to travel great distances.
So change wont be immediate, but rather thoughtful and steady.
Thats the vibe of 2025.
Its calculating the right time to really express itself, Gold says.
Thats how I see the year.
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