Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther ...

Each year, an animal is paired with one of the five elements: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. These elements complement and conflict with each other. The year 2025 belongs to the Wood Snake.

On Wednesday, the first new moon of the Year of the Snake will mark the imminent arrival of spring. Known as Seollal in South Korea and Tet in Vietnam, the beginning of the lunisolar year is the ...

2. Snakes Have Their Elemental Layers In Chinese astrology, each year is influenced by one of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, or Water. This means that 2025, for example, is not just ...

These include wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, and are rooted in a Chinese philosophy that explores how things are connected. That makes 2025 the Year of the Wood Snake. The last Year of the Wood ...

Though the snake may get a bad rap across many Western cultures, the animal is actually a celebrated and revered sign across the Eastern hemisphere. And its year is expected to be one of positive ...

The Year of the Snake is here - and millions across Asia and the world are welcoming it, with family, friends, prayers and plenty of food The Lunar New Year, which coincides with the first new ...

KF2017/Shutterstock.com Cottonmouth snakes (also known as water moccasins) are native to the southeastern United States. They are the most aquatic species in their family and are commonly found in ...

Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake. Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar ...

The Chinese zodiac is governed by five elements: metal (jin), wood (mu), water (shui), fire (huo) and earth (tu). This year’s element is wood, making it the Year of the Wood Snake - the first ...

This year, the festivities begin on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, marking the arrival of the Year of the Snake. In mainland China, official celebrations last for seven days as a public holiday.