{"id":644,"date":"2026-06-01T11:42:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/?page_id=644"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:12:51","slug":"serpent-des-bois-de-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/fr\/2025-wood-snake\/","title":{"rendered":"2025, l'ann\u00e9e du Serpent de Bois : signification de \u00ab \u4e59\u5df3 \u00bb dans le cycle de 60 ans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n\/* The Zodiac Lore \u2014 Style B brand-unified *\/\n.tzl-page{\n  --bg:#fff;--ink:#0a0a0a;--soft:#3a3a3a;--grey:#5c5c5c;--muted:#9a9a9a;--line:#e6e6e6;\n  --accent:#e1391b;--accent-dark:#b02a12;\n  --sans:\"Archivo\",Arial,sans-serif;--mono:\"Spline Sans Mono\",ui-monospace,monospace;\n  --zh:\"Noto Sans SC\",\"PingFang SC\",\"Microsoft YaHei\",sans-serif;\n  max-width:1040px;margin:0 auto;color:var(--ink);background:var(--bg);\n  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It explains why the year is called Wood Snake, what <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span> means, how the 60-year cycle works, and how to read Wood Snake symbolism without turning it into fortune-telling.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  \n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"not-the-standard-year-page\">\n    <h2>First, the short answer<\/h2>\n    <p>The 2025 Wood Snake year runs from January 29, 2025 to February 16, 2026. If you only need the animal, element, and nearby year dates, use the standard <a href=\"\/2025-chinese-zodiac\/\">2025 Chinese Zodiac<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">This page<\/span>\n        <strong>Meaning of Wood Snake<\/strong>\n        <p>Best for understanding <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span>, Yin Wood, Snake symbolism, and the 60-year cycle.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Related page<\/span>\n        <strong>2025 Chinese Zodiac<\/strong>\n        <p>Best for the quick year lookup, date boundary, and basic zodiac answer.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Main distinction<\/span>\n        <strong>Concept vs lookup<\/strong>\n        <p>This page explains the Wood Snake concept; the year page answers the calendar query.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"yi-si\">\n    <h2>What does <em>\u4e59\u5df3<\/em> mean?<\/h2>\n    <p>The traditional Chinese label for 2025 is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span>, pronounced <em>Y\u01d0s\u00ec<\/em>. It is made from two parts: a Heavenly Stem and an Earthly Branch.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Part<\/th>\n            <th>Chinese<\/th>\n            <th>Pinyin<\/th>\n            <th>Meaning in this year<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Heavenly Stem<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Y\u01d0<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Wood: flexible, growing, refined, and quietly persistent.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Earthly Branch<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df3<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>S\u00ec<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>The branch associated with the Snake sign.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Y\u01d0s\u00ec<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Wood Snake, commonly written in English as Wood Snake.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n      <div class=\"mark\">\u4e59<\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>Why \u201cWood Snake,\u201d not only \u201cSnake\u201d?<\/h3>\n        <p>Snake is the animal sign. Wood is the element layer. Together they create the full year type inside the 60-year cycle.<\/p>\n        <p>That is why 2025 is more specific than \u201cYear of the Snake.\u201d It is the Year of the Wood Snake.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"yin-wood\">\n    <h2>Yin Wood: the softer Wood layer<\/h2>\n    <p>Wood in Chinese zodiac writing is not only literal trees. It suggests growth, renewal, flexibility, learning, and development. In 2025, the stem is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59<\/span>, which is commonly read as Yin Wood.<\/p>\n    <p>Compared with a more forceful image of growth, Yin Wood is subtler. It is the growth of vines, shoots, leaves, fine craft, patient adjustment, and quiet persistence. That tone matters when it is paired with Snake.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Wood<\/span>\n        <strong>Growth<\/strong>\n        <p>Learning, renewal, flexibility, development, and living movement.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Yin Wood<\/span>\n        <strong>Subtle growth<\/strong>\n        <p>Less like a loud push, more like quiet adaptation and patient refinement.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Wood Snake<\/span>\n        <strong>Strategic growth<\/strong>\n        <p>Insight and timing used for gradual, careful development.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>For a broader guide to this layer, see <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-elements\/\">Chinese Zodiac Elements<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"snake-layer\">\n    <h2>The Snake layer in Wood Snake<\/h2>\n    <p>The Snake, <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u86c7<\/span> <em>sh\u00e9<\/em>, is often associated with insight, depth, patience, mystery, elegance, restraint, and strategic timing. It is not only \u201csecretive,\u201d although privacy is part of the image.<\/p>\n    <p>When Snake is paired with Wood, the result is not a loud year image. It is more about quiet development, careful observation, refined judgment, and slow renewal.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Snake quality<\/th>\n            <th>How Wood changes it<\/th>\n            <th>Balanced reading<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Insight<\/td>\n            <td>Turns perception toward learning and growth.<\/td>\n            <td>Notice patterns, then use them constructively.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Privacy<\/td>\n            <td>Adds inner development and quiet refinement.<\/td>\n            <td>Protect depth without disappearing from people.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Strategy<\/td>\n            <td>Makes planning more flexible and long-range.<\/td>\n            <td>Move carefully, but do not wait forever.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Patience<\/td>\n            <td>Supports slow progress and skill-building.<\/td>\n            <td>Growth can be quiet and still be real.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>For the animal sign itself, read <a href=\"\/year-of-the-snake\/\">Year of the Snake<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"cycle\">\n    <h2>2025 Wood Snake in the 60-year cycle<\/h2>\n    <p>The same zodiac animal returns every 12 years. The same animal-element combination returns every 60 years. This is why 2025 and 1965 are both Wood Snake years.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Wood Snake year<\/th>\n            <th>Traditional label<\/th>\n            <th>What repeats<\/th>\n            <th>What does not repeat<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1905<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Snake cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Historical context, people, and lived experience<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td><a href=\"\/1965-chinese-zodiac\/\">1965<\/a><\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Snake cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Individual personality or life path<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>2025<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Snake cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Modern culture, family context, and personal choices<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n      <div class=\"mark\">\u5468<\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>Same cycle does not mean same destiny<\/h3>\n        <p>1965 and 2025 share the Wood Snake label, but that does not mean people born in those years share the same life.<\/p>\n        <p>The cycle repeats as a calendar and symbolic pattern, not as a personal script.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"symbolic-reading\">\n    <h2>How to read 2025 Wood Snake symbolism<\/h2>\n    <p>A careful Wood Snake reading should stay close to cultural symbolism. It can be useful as a reflective lens, but it should not be treated as a prediction machine.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid two\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Helpful reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Quiet strategy and growth<\/strong>\n        <p>Good for describing patience, research, skill-building, emotional depth, and slow refinement.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Unhelpful reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Guaranteed fortune<\/strong>\n        <p>Do not claim the Wood Snake year guarantees success, luck, personality, marriage, or money outcomes.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>In plain English, Wood Snake symbolism asks: what needs careful observation before action? Where is slow growth better than sudden force? Which private insight should become clearer communication?<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"wood-snake-vs-other-snakes\">\n    <h2>Wood Snake vs other Snake types<\/h2>\n    <p>The animal stays Snake, but the element changes the tone. This is where a dedicated Wood Snake page can add value beyond the standard 2025 year lookup.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Snake type<\/th>\n            <th>Example years<\/th>\n            <th>Symbolic tone<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Wood Snake<\/td>\n            <td>1905, 1965, 2025<\/td>\n            <td>Growth-oriented, flexible, refined, patient, and quietly developmental.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Fire Snake<\/td>\n            <td>1917, 1977, 2037<\/td>\n            <td>More expressive, intense, visible, and emotionally vivid.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Earth Snake<\/td>\n            <td>1929, 1989, 2049<\/td>\n            <td>More grounded, practical, steady, and security-aware.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Metal Snake<\/td>\n            <td>1941, 2001, 2061<\/td>\n            <td>More firm, precise, refined, and boundary-conscious.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Water Snake<\/td>\n            <td>1953, 2013, 2073<\/td>\n            <td>More fluid, reflective, intuitive, and emotionally adaptive.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>To compare every animal-element combination, use <a href=\"\/zodiac-element-combinations\/\">Chinese Zodiac Element Combinations<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"for-babies\">\n    <h2>For babies born in the 2025 Wood Snake year<\/h2>\n    <p>Many readers look up 2025 Wood Snake because of a baby\u2019s birth year. The most important thing is to get the calendar boundary right first: January 29, 2025 to February 16, 2026 is the Wood Snake year.<\/p>\n    <p>After that, treat the zodiac as cultural language. A Wood Snake child should not be boxed into a fixed personality. The symbolism can simply offer a gentle way to think about patience, sensitivity, observation, and steady growth.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Parenting theme<\/th>\n            <th>Wood Snake-inspired reflection<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Trust<\/td>\n            <td>Quiet children may open slowly. Consistency and gentle attention matter.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Learning<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Snake symbolism supports curiosity, observation, reading, craft, and slow skill-building.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Expression<\/td>\n            <td>Private feelings still need safe ways to become words, art, or shared understanding.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Confidence<\/td>\n            <td>Growth does not need to be loud. But quiet growth still deserves recognition.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"translation-note\">\n    <h2>Translation note: Wood Snake, \u4e59\u5df3, and Yisi<\/h2>\n    <p>In English, \u201c2025 Wood Snake\u201d is the clearest reader-friendly label. In Chinese calendar language, the more precise term is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3\u5e74<\/span> <em>Y\u01d0s\u00ec ni\u00e1n<\/em>.<\/p>\n    <p>Both labels are useful. \u201cWood Snake\u201d tells English readers the animal and element. <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span> preserves the traditional stem-branch structure behind that translation.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n      <div class=\"mark\">\u8bd1<\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>Use both when precision matters<\/h3>\n        <p>For a simple answer, \u201c2025 Wood Snake\u201d is enough. For cultural explanation, add <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span> and <em>Y\u01d0s\u00ec<\/em>.<\/p>\n        <p>More translation choices are explained in <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-translation-notes\/\">Chinese Zodiac Translation Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"common-mistakes\">\n    <h2>Common mistakes about 2025 Wood Snake<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 1<\/span>\n        <strong>Starting on January 1<\/strong>\n        <p>The Wood Snake year starts on January 29, 2025, not January 1.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 2<\/span>\n        <strong>Ignoring \u4e59\u5df3<\/strong>\n        <p>The deeper label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span>, not only \u201cSnake.\u201d<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 3<\/span>\n        <strong>Reading Snake too narrowly<\/strong>\n        <p>Snake is not only secrecy. It also carries insight, timing, patience, and restraint.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 4<\/span>\n        <strong>Treating symbolism as fate<\/strong>\n        <p>Wood Snake meanings are cultural interpretations, not guaranteed outcomes.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 5<\/span>\n        <strong>Copying the year page<\/strong>\n        <p>The value of this page is explaining the concept, not repeating a basic date table.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 6<\/span>\n        <strong>Forgetting the 60-year cycle<\/strong>\n        <p>The Wood Snake combination returns every 60 years, which is why 1965 and 2025 match.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"go-deeper\">\n    <h2>Born in 2025 \u2014 want the full Wood Snake picture?<\/h2>\n    <p>Wood Snake is this year&#8217;s animal-element combination in general. Your exact birth date adds a month, day, and hour pillar this page doesn&#8217;t cover:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"tzl-links two\">\n      <a href=\"\/product\/personalized-reading\/\"><strong>Personalized Reading<\/strong>Your full stem-branch write-up: element balance, and what that traditionally means for you specifically \u2014 as a printable report.<span>See the reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n      <a href=\"\/product\/couple-chinese-zodiac-compatibility-report\/\"><strong>Couple Compatibility Report<\/strong>How your Wood Snake year and a partner&#8217;s sign read together, not just two years compared side by side.<span>See the report &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"faq\">\n    <h2>2025 Wood Snake FAQ<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-faq\">\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the 2025 Wood Snake year?<\/summary>\n        <p>The 2025 Wood Snake year is the Chinese zodiac year labeled <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span>, or <em>Y\u01d0s\u00ec<\/em>. It runs from January 29, 2025 to February 16, 2026.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What does \u4e59\u5df3 mean?<\/summary>\n        <p><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59\u5df3<\/span> combines <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e59<\/span>, associated with Yin Wood, and <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df3<\/span>, the Earthly Branch connected with the Snake.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Why is 2025 called Wood Snake?<\/summary>\n        <p>It is called Wood Snake because the stem gives the Wood element and the branch gives the Snake animal. Together they form the year label inside the 60-year cycle.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is 2025 Wood Snake the same as 1965 Wood Snake?<\/summary>\n        <p>They share the same animal-element label in the 60-year cycle. But they do not share the same historical context or personal meaning.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is January 2025 Wood Snake?<\/summary>\n        <p>Only January 29\u201331, 2025 falls within the Wood Snake year. January 1\u201328 is still Wood Dragon.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is Wood Snake a prediction?<\/summary>\n        <p>No. On The Zodiac Lore, Wood Snake is explained as cultural symbolism and calendar language, not as a guaranteed prediction about personality or fate.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\">\n    <h2>Next steps<\/h2>\n    <p>Use these pages to connect the Wood Snake meaning with the wider Chinese zodiac system.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-next\">\n      <a href=\"\/2025-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Year lookup<\/span>\n        <b>2025 Chinese Zodiac<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"\/1965-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Same cycle<\/span>\n        <b>1965 Wood Snake<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"\/year-of-the-snake\/\">\n        <span>Animal sign<\/span>\n        <b>Year of the Snake<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-elements\/\">\n        <span>Elements<\/span>\n        <b>Chinese Zodiac Elements<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"\/zodiac-element-combinations\/\">\n        <span>60-year cycle<\/span>\n        <b>Element Combinations<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-translation-notes\/\">\n        <span>Notes<\/span>\n        <b>Translation Notes<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<script>\n\/* The Zodiac Lore \u2014 \u81ea\u5305\u542b on-page TOC\u3002\u4ece\u6b63\u6587 h2 \u81ea\u52a8\u751f\u6210(\u8df3\u8fc7 hero+FAQ),\u63d2\u5728 hero \u540e,\u22653 \u4e2a\u6807\u9898\u624d\u663e\u793a\u3002\n   \u53d6\u4ee3\u5df2\u5e9f\u5f03\u7684 TOC \u63d2\u4ef6\u77ed\u4ee3\u7801(\u63d2\u4ef6\u5df2\u4e0d\u518d\u6e32\u67d3,\u4e14\u77ed\u4ee3\u7801\u5728 wp:html \u5757\u91cc\u672c\u5c31\u4e0d\u6267\u884c,\u4f1a\u88ab\u5f53\u88f8\u6587\u5b57\u663e\u793a)\u3002\n   \ud83d\udeab \u4e0d\u8981\u518d\u5f80\u6b63\u6587\u653e\u90a3\u4e2a\u77ed\u4ee3\u7801\u2014\u2014\u7ad9\u957f 2026-08-27 \u5b9a,\u8d28\u68c0\u4f1a\u786c\u62e6\u3002\u7528 var(--ink\/--bg\/--accent) \u6545 MOON DARK \u6697\u8272\u4e5f\u9002\u914d\u3002 *\/\n(function(){\n  function go(){\n    var page=document.querySelector('.tzl-page'); if(!page)return; if(page.querySelector('.tzl-toc'))return;\n    var all=page.querySelectorAll('h2');var hs=[];\n    for(var q=0;q<all.length;q++){if(all[q].closest('.tzl-hero')){continue;}if(all[q].closest('.tzl-faq')){continue;}hs.push(all[q]);}\n    if(hs.length<3)return;\n    var ul='';\n    hs.forEach(function(h,i){\n      if(!h.id){var s=(h.textContent||'').trim().toLowerCase().replace(\/[^a-z0-9]+\/g,'-').replace(\/^-+|-+$\/g,'').slice(0,50)||('sec'+i);var id=s,k=2;while(document.getElementById(id)){id=s+'-'+(k++);}h.id=id;}\n      ul+='<li><a href=\"#'+h.id+'\">'+(h.textContent||'').trim()+'<\/a><\/li>';\n    });\n    var nav=document.createElement('nav');nav.className='tzl-toc';nav.setAttribute('aria-label','Contents');\n    nav.innerHTML='<div class=\"tzl-toc-h\">On this page<\/div><ul class=\"tzl-toc-list\">'+ul+'<\/ul>';\n    var hero=page.querySelector('.tzl-hero');\n    if(hero){if(hero.parentNode){hero.parentNode.insertBefore(nav,hero.nextSibling);return;}}\n    page.insertBefore(nav,page.firstChild);\n  }\n  if(document.readyState!=='loading')go();else document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',go);\n})();\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wood Snake \u00b7 \u4e59\u5df3 2025 Wood Snake Year: Meaning of \u4e59\u5df3 in the 60-Year Cycle The 2025 Wood Snake year is \u4e59\u5df3 Y\u01d0s\u00ec: Yin Wood paired with the Snake branch. 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