Happy new year for the year of the Wood Snake. Lots of creativity, adaptability, cunning, but also intuition and wisdom and transformation coming your way.

Snake charms include: elegance, grace, intuitiveness, steady and grounding presence

Snake issues include: being cold and selfish, indifferent, even dangerous and malicious when threatened

Why is this the year of the Wood Snake?

I wanted to share some resources for understanding the calculations behind the 60 year Sexagenary cycle; and more ways to understand the relationships that might peak your interest in some divination!

Here is a good steady resource on the Sexagenary Cycle, that lists the 10 Heavenly Stems, 12 Earlthy Branches in a cool visual way:

​​https://ytliu0.github.io/ChineseCalendar/sexagenary.html

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This image I found on the Wikipedia page, which shows visually how the year cycles through the branches and the 5 elements. Looking into those previous years with the same stem and branch, I wonder what connections one might find?

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To dig deeper, here is a Hong Kong Observatory site that also lists the hours and days and their corresponding branches:

https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/gts/time/stemsandbranches.htm