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.

The "Wood" in the Wood Snake is categorized as Yin Wood, which differs from last year. 2024's Wood Dragon was Yang Wood, which is symbolized by "a sturdy tree" and associated with a "rigid ...

In this Year of the Snake, rather than blazing a new path outward, transformation occurs from within. The yin vs. yang energy shift doubles down on this. “The dragon is about yang transformation ...

“In 2024, the Yang Wood Dragon Year was a time of becoming soil ... “Snakes have a more observant personality. The Yin Wood Snake is more like a little green snake, rather than a large cobra ...

For example, though Dragons and Snakes aren’t necessarily ... That’s why you see couples like Snake (Yin) with Dog (Yang), or Horse (Yang) with Ox (Yin). The origins of the Chinese zodiac ...

“In 2024, we had the energy of Dragon, and dragons can fly ... paced energy is the fact that this Year of the Snake is a Yang year. Whereas Yin offers up lots of go-getter energy, Yang sets ...

Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year ... which fall into the yin or yang category) is paired with an earthly branch (one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals).