What is my Chinese zodiac sign? Animals, dates, and meanings explained

The year of the Wood Snake is upon us, and with it, the invitation to slither into the spirit of the dead-shedding totem of power, resilience, and personal evolution.The Snake is synonymous with Yin energy — feminine cunning, measured strikes, and intuition.At best, Snakes are wise and regal, good-humored, creative, and built to endure and evolve through challenge and change.The scaly, dicey underbelly of the Snake is a tendency towards isolation, hedonism, control, and vengeance.

Power-hungry, striving, mistrustful, and unapologetically ruthless, Snakes make for excellent assassins and abjectly bad communicators.Snake years are defined by reflection, refinement, and transformation— to add to the bonfire of change, the element for 2025 is wood.In Chinese Metaphysics, the “Wood” in the Wood Snake is considered “Yin Wood.” A more flexible timber than its masculine counterpart, Yin Wood invokes the stubborn resilience of a sapling, holding fast against the winds of change.

Yin Wood burns slowly and steadily, fostering subtle strength, thoughtful strategy, and a summons to prepare rather than react.The energy of Wood Snake will be felt collectively.

However, how we experience the lumber serpent’s energy depends on our Chinese zodiac sign and element.According to the lore surrounding how the Chinese zodiac came to be and the race that determined its order, The Snake used stealth, silence, and the element of surprise to secure his position.The cunning Snake curled himself around the hoof of the galloping Horse, unfurling just in time to spook his ride and cross the finish line in sixth place, behind the Dragon and ahead of the Horse.

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