It’s the Lunar New Year. The Chinese zodiac sign is the Snake. My year.

The zodiac goes in cycles of 12 years, one animal for every year. We left the year of the Dragon. This year will also be an auspicious milestone year for me.

The following horoscope describes how the year of the Snake will look – for a Snake:

“The Snake year is an excellent time for spiritual and personal growth since it encourages self-discovery. The 2025 element, wood, lends the Snake’s traits greater versatility, growth, and creativity.”

A lot of changes are coming, and they should expect to make many significant decisions regarding love, work, health and family.”

Advice is to attend joyous events, like weddings or baby showers.

A year of self-discovery, sounds about right.

We had our Chinese New Year dinner last Saturday, my Mom, the siblings and our families. G came home from school because we were having her favourite – Peking Duck – we had two of them! The kids’ favourites. Life will be changing as some of the younger cousins will start post secondary later this year.

Especially missing our boy this time, but he will have red envelopes coming his way soon enough.

Happy Lunar New Year to those of you celebrating!