2025: How the Year of the Wood Snake will affect your zodiac sign
Slink on outta that old skin, folks; the Year of the Wood Snake is upon us, and with it, the summons to shed the dead and move towards the fresh-cut foundation of the new.2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake Coming in hot and serpentine on January 29, the Chinese Lunar New Year ends the Year of the Wood Dragon and ushers in the Year of the Wood Snake.The sixth animal in the Chinese zodiac, the Snake, symbolizes complexity, mystery, initiation, and transformation.In terms of elemental energy, The Wood Snake is seductive and creative, as well as absolutely ruthless.Myriad schools of myth recognize the Snake as a powerful totem of healing and personal evolution.
In shifting scales, shedding skin, and taking new forms, the Snake reminds us that the medicine we seek is already inside of us.We can harness and honor that energy by beginning each day with a positive affirmation — and by greeting gifts and challenges with the same capable curiosity.In addition to 2025, other Snake years include 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, and 2013.After 2025, the next Year of the Snake will be 2037.Reflective rather than reactive, regenerating rather than extinguishing, Snake years herald a time to stop and think, build resources, and plot thoughtfully.
Strategy bests impulse this year, so make like a snake and strike when the time is right, and your energy fully supports your trajectory.Sweet but suspicious, snakes are leery of BOGO deals, affable strangers, margarine and horoscopes.Their deep love of luxury items is at odds with their natural proclivity for laziness.Yet, what serpents lack in hard work and true grit, they make up for in good looks.Hong Kong-based certified counselor and award-winning astrologist Letao Wang tells The Post, “The Year of the Snake in 2025 is all about intuition, wisdom, and transformation.
Snakes are known for their calm, thoughtful nature, and this year will bring that same energy — encouraging us to look inward and plan thoughtfully.I...