Year of the Wood Snake

Year of the Wood Snake - 2025

Dear Friends,

Strong and magical Dragon has come to an end, and the Year of the Wood Snake has started. Dragon was a year for building and creating, for anchoring your life with the stability of Wood after the emotionally charged years of Water.

As we enter Snake, do not let anxiety and doubt override your senses. The Year of the Dragon was swept up with the emotional energy left by Rabbit, causing fear to build momentum. Breathe and consider your emotional state.

Snakes are often seen as bad omens in Western culture. Eastern culture views them very differently - they are a good omen. Snake is agile, graceful and mysterious. Preferring to hide from view, but not from fear. Snake may go unseen but that is my choice. They choose when they are seen by others. Consider that with your own choices - are you choosing how and when you are seen? Are you moving through life unseen, invisible? Snake can help you know and decide which is right for you.

Snake will bring an energy of graceful movement, slow and surefooted. Though a Snake may weave and curve rather than move in a straight line, it knows its path and direction. Snake can help you know your path and navigate the way ahead, understanding that a curve in the road may be beneficial while helping you find the path that flows the best for you.

Wisdom and intelligence are two of the strongest elements of the Snake. Snakes are thinkers, considerers, and wonderers; they act based on knowledge and reflection. Their energy will smooth a path through the year for time and consideration. Harness that energy and take a moment before acting or choosing.Let the Wood Snake balance your decision making and strengthen your Free Will.

Moreover, Snakes are capable of great change; they shed their skin to reveal a new self. This capacity for change, renewal and rebirth will charge the year with possibilities. It will stir up the energy and need to change yourself and the world around you. However, the need to change oneself will unsettle some, that deep-seated itch within that you need to do something without perhaps knowing what. Meditate, contemplate and listen to your inner voice - your Soul and you will find the answer. Snake will help you shed past patterns and wounds, if you are ready.

But take care - fear still drives the world after years of Water. The Wood Dragon aimed to stabilise and give a foundation for building a better life and world, but many resisted. Many were drawn even more into suspicion, ego and un-groundedness. You can choose not to follow their lead. Let the Wood Snake gently lead you away into the peaceful long grass of nature and feel the earth beneath your feet. Dragon was made of magic and can often feel unreal, but a Snake, especially a Wood Snake, will feel solid, reliable, certain and very real.

The energy of Wood will continue, and with it, the potential to ground, anchor, and stabilise yourself and your life. It will create an excellent platform for dynamic change within you and the world. Those drawn to building new, green energy and sustainability will find the Year of the Wood Snake very inspiring and supportive.

Within your life, Snake offers you wisdom and grace. Wood gives you a strong foundation under your feet to give you confidence even when the world around you seems out of control.

On the world stage, fear will be the emotion to watch. It will try to push the negative Western view of Snake and drive more chaos and polarising views. Be mindful of this and watch from the sidelines. Stand firm in your self-belief and knowledge, and let those caught in the fear-based narrative move past you.

Snake will urge deep thinking and introspection, drawing many into self-reflection and pulling them out of the chaos. It will give them a chance to step back and see things more clearly - if they are willing. Doing so will gently shake the world, loosening the hold fear has on some but sadly not all.

Choose to flow with Snake, stand firm with Wood beneath your feet and shed any patterns that no longer serve you or the life you are building.Choose self-determination and self-respect whilst ensuring you act from a place of self-care.

Blessings,
Chou

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Great insights and deep resonance i've found in this article for myself. Many thanks, Aman

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