"2025’s Yin Wood is much more flexible, tolerant and peace-oriented compared to 2024’s unbending, divisive Yang Wood," Iskandar says. "The Snake is also much more unpredictable and quicker in ...

The Wood Snake has Yin Wood in the heavenly frequency and Yin Fire in the Snake, making it "quick and full of surprises," says Iskandar. "Yin Wood is artistic, imaginative, and curious ...

Design: Tantalus Studio Following last year’s bold, yang dragon energy, Feng Shui expert Laura Morris explains that the yin Wood Snake brings a gentler qi.

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.

This Chinese Lunar new year, we're tripling down on inner change. Here's what the yin Year of the Wood Snake has in store.

This year the heavenly stem is “Yi” — which represents Yin Wood — and the earthly branch “Si” which represents the Snake. That makes 2025 the Year of the Wood Snake.

Just because 2024's Dragon year was also a Wood year doesn't mean it'll be the same as 2025's Wood Snake year. Yin and Yang years differ depending on the animal they match up with annually.

This year the heavenly stem is “Yi” — which represents Yin Wood — and the earthly branch “Si” which represents the Snake. That makes 2025 the Year of the Wood Snake.

Simply put, the Wood Snake year contains Yin Wood and Yin Fire — so 2025 as a whole is a Yin year, Iskandar makes clear. "A Yang year will highlight more masculine, upright, rigid and linear qualities ...