Slithering into style
The Hindu
Channel your energy in the Year of the Wood Snake to create calming spaces
The mystical serpent of the Chinese zodiac slithers into 2025, bringing a transformative Year of the Wood Snake that promises more strategic moves than a chess grandmaster’s playbook.
Rooted in a 60-year cyclical calendar combining 12 zodiac animals and five elemental forces, the 2025 Yin Wood Snake represents a nuanced dance of wisdom and adaptability. Unlike the rigid Yang Wood Dragon of 2024, this year embodies a ‘small green snake’ capable of calculated, diplomatic maneuvers.
Feng shui expert Thierry Chow reveals that the wood snake year will be characterised by keen observation and strategic growth. The elemental interplay — wood giving rise to fire — creates a complex personality landscape where intuition meets intelligent action.
Elemental significance of wood represents growth and flexibility, fire symbolises transformation and passion, green signals renewal, red brings luck and of course gold promises prosperity.
The Chinese zodiac whispers a provocative invitation: shed your old skin, embrace calculated risks, and transform.
Whether you’re a corporate warrior or a creative dreamer, 2025 demands strategic thinking and bold personal evolution. The wood snake brings with it a palette as rich and complex as its symbolism. Imagine walls adorned in lush emerald greens, reminiscent of a forest canopy where serpents quietly observe.
But the wood snake’s influence doesn’t end with colour. This year calls for interiors that are both grounding and dynamic, mirroring the snake’s ability to be firmly rooted yet incredibly flexible.
