Chinese New Year: 2025 is the Year of the Snake – what does the zodiac sign stand for?

Chinese New Year: 2025 celebrates the Year of the Snake in the element of Wood

Am29 January 2025that will beChinese New Year- alsoSpring Festivalcalled - celebrated, which in 2025 will be entirely dedicated to theWooden snakestands. The zodiac sign Snake is wise, perceptive and has very good intuition. In 2025, the elegant snake will be in the element of wood - which will make it even more goal-oriented and focus even more on hard work. But at the same time, it also makes the Snake more generous with their success and money.

After a turbulent year for the Wooden Dragon, which was primarily characterized by growth and rapid innovation, the year 2025 with the Wooden Snake will be a little quieter, although still crowned with success.

This starts every yearChinese New Yearon the secondafter the winter solstice. This is usually between January 21st and February 20th. This year the Year of the Wood Snake begins29 January 2025and ends on February 16, 2026 - after which the Year of the Horse begins. Overall there is12 signs of the zodiac,which alternate every year. In addition, each year also falls under one of the five Chinese elements - these change every two years. 2025 is the second year of the element Wood.

This also means that all children born this year have the snake as their Chinese zodiac sign. People with thisZodiac sign(those who were born in 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977 etc.) are of course particularly lucky this year - and especially in.

Chinese New Year 2025: The Year of the Wooden Snake begins

Each of the zodiac signs of theChinese yearis also connected to an element at the same time. With Chinese New Year 2025, the zodiac sign Snake starts with the element Wood - the second year with this element. The Wood of the Snake year puts even more focus on work, high goals and long-term success. While the dragon is more interested in quick wins, the snake takes a little longer and looks at every single opportunity that could be in front of us. But once it has made its decision, the snake almost never loses.

But the snake has two faces and can easily change its shape. On the one hand, the Snake is beautiful and makes a gentle first impression - but it likes to observe, is extremely perceptive and then acts quickly. If the snake feels offended, you have to be careful because its tongue can hurt quite a bit. You should always treat the snake with respect, because “forgive and forget” is not an option here.

In the Year of the Snake you should pay more attention than ever to what you say and how it can be received by the other person. Communication is even more important now because we cannot know what other people are thinking and how our actions and words will be received by them. At the same time, you should focus on yourself and your needs - this is the only way you can build a stable friendship or relationship.

Chinese New Year 2025: This is what the wooden snake means for love and career

The Chinese horoscope only repeats itself every 60 years due to the elements - and so the year of the Wood Snake is also a very special one. It's the second year in the Wood element - and you can now use all the success and positive career boosts from last year to build long-term success.

The Snake is particularly creative when it comes to long-term planning - and together with the Wood element, all distractions will now disappear and you can focus on what you really want to do for a living. The snake also represents change, and we must accept and work with it. Even if it may seem contrary to the snake's nature at first, cooperation is particularly important now - because even the clever snake recognizes that sometimes only teamwork can lead you to success.

In other areas, the Year of the Wood Snake will be super successful, but in love you may face a few problems. The snake often forgets the person behind the next target that it has just chosen. With their natural charm and intelligence, it is easy to find people who are interested in the Snake. But what do you do when the snake has reached its destination? Then listen to your intuition and don't forget that other people's opinions are just as important as your own.

What Chinese zodiac signs are there?

The term “zodiac sign” is not strictly speaking correct in Chinese mythology – it isZodiac signs.It's not about the star sign in the sky that was above you at birth, but about a cycle of animal signs. Nevertheless, for the sake of simplicity, zodiac signs are still usually spoken of. The signs of the zodiac are:Rat, Buffalo (Ox), Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat (Sheep), Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.There are also five elements that belong to the signs of the zodiac:Water, wood, fire, earth and metal.You can find out which zodiac sign and element you have and what that means for your personality.