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Lunar New Year 2025 & The Year Of Snake
On January 26, 01:00 PM —
On January 29th, 2025, we welcome the Lunar New Year, and in the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of The Snake begins. This celebration, rich with tradition and symbolism, marks a cycle of renewal and hope, especially cherished across East Asian and Southeast Asian cultures. It is a time for reflection, rejuvenation, and embarking on a new beginning with a clean slate.
On the day of the Lunar New Year, we also experience a New Moon, which occurs nearest the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, sometime between January 21st and February 20th.
As families prepare for this festive occasion, long celebrated traditions and rituals take place in homes, such as the all-important ‘sweeping the dust,’ which serves to clear away the misfortunes of the past year. Festive decorations made of gold and of enduring red to promise luck, while reunions around bountiful feasts bring wishes for prosperity, health, and happiness to the forefront
The Lunar New Year carries with it a spirit of possibility and transformation, a time to cast off the burdens of the past and embrace new possibilities for what lies ahead. This year also marks the beginning of The Year of the Snake, a symbol of wisdom and subtle change in the Chinese zodiac.
The Snake: Wisdom and Introspection
Unlike the mythical dragon, the snake embodies qualities appreciated for their precision and depth—wisdom, elegance, and the art of quiet movement. Known for its ability to shed its skin, the snake signifies transformation and renewal, offering a reminder that growth often involves letting go of the old to manifest the new.
In the Year of the Snake, we are encouraged to rely on our insights and instincts, delving into introspection to make transformative decisions. This period invites us to move with deliberation, harnessing the power of patience and paying attention to the finer details as we pursue our goals.
The Year of the Snake: A Journey of Subtle Transformation
As the Year of the Snake unfolds, it promises a time distinct in its call for deep self-reflection and strategic evolution. This is a year to embody the snake’s quiet strength, pursuing our endeavors with determination and agility, finding creative solutions in calm, calculated ways.
Communities worldwide gather to greet this new lunar year, a 16-day Chinese festival. The last day of the festival is spent lighting lanterns that illuminate the night skies and writing bright wishes for the coming year. Each ceremony and festivity is a step toward deeper connection and renewal, in harmony with the snake’s guiding spirit.
Let us embrace the wisdom the Snake offers, allowing its influence to guide us through the year. May it inspire us to pause, reflect, and align our actions with our innermost aspirations and dreams.
The Age of Aquarius Unfolding
An Aquarius New Moon coincides with the beginning of the Year of the Snake, encouraging us to welcome renewal and embrace the dance of transformation. This event is an invitation to shed skin and release what no longer serves us in order to renew and transform our lives from the inside out.
Aquarius is the sign of innovation and collective progress, asking us to challenge conventions, think outside the box, and approach change with an open mind. This New Moon invites us to explore unconventional paths that might bring us closer to the truth of who we are.
The Aquarius New Moon begins a lunar cycle focused on envisioning a new reality, breaking free from old patterns, and releasing our attachment to the past. This event encourages us to welcome new possibilities, move toward the unknown and the unfamiliar, and create a reality aligned with our truth.
Pluto’s activation, just a couple of months after his final ingress into Aquarius where it will stay the next 20 years, brings the spotlight on our personal and collective evolutionary journeys accelerating the Age of Aquarius. This New Moon conjunct with Pluto brings the spotlight on areas of our life that need to be radically transformed and shows us how and where we are being asked to evolve and grow. Read our New Moon in Aquarius article here..
Navigating the year with Wisdom
In this Year of the Snake, we are called to adapt the serpent’s qualities—wisdom, strategy, and transformation—in our personal and collective journeys. Let this year be one where we find strength in subtle transformations, and where calculated steps lead to significant progress.
As we embrace this year, let us remember that great change often starts with small, deliberate actions, reflecting the Snake’s mastery of patient pursuit. May this year bring clarity to our visions and empowerment to our transformations.
We have crafted a beautiful cosmic guidance for the year 2025, to help guide and support you on your path, to help you experience life through the lens of abundance and inner power, to have your best year yet. Your 2025 horoscope is available now in audiobook & e-book formats. Happy Lunar New Year!
