Qualities of the Snake: 2025 is the year of the Wood Snake:
Snake is a symbol of wisdom, adaptability, discernment and transformation, making Snake year the time to coil up, contemplate, and reflect. This Wood Snake year offers the unique opportunity to quickly shed skins of the past, creatively express what is in the shadows, and move forward covering new ground. Snake is a Yin animal who benefits from being flexible like bamboo and adapting to change.
In a Snake year it is important to shed your skin, meaning pare down material goods to just what are your best, such as a capsule collection wardrobe. Snake year is the opportune time for a massive cleaning resulting in less stress, less chaos, and the ability to focus like a cobra.
Qualities of the Element Wood: 2025 is the year of the Wood Snake:
Each year is represented by an animal and an element. Elements may be either in harmony or conflict. In this Wood Snake year, the elements are in harmony because wood creates fire. However, precisely because wood creates fire, there is a greater danger of fire, heat, volcanoes and other climate change or extreme weather events.
Among the internal organs, wood (the liver) feeds fire (the heart). It is a year to take special care of the heart and circulatory system and make lifestyle adjustments to guard against inflammation. In Chinese Medicine, the element Wood rules the liver and gall bladder. So, watch out to not drink too much alcohol, especially for milder Yin animal signs such as Rabbit and Sheep. This is also a year to heal your liver, reduce alcohol consumption, and take good care of your eyes.
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