Chinese New Year green Snake 2025 Birthday PapW Paperweight

Origami style for a green Snake on "wooden" background + Chinese Snake ideogram. Design on oval paperweight. Perfect for Chinese New Year of the Snake 2025. -------- The snake (蛇) is the sixth of the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. According to one legend, there is a reason for the order of the animals in the cycle. The story goes that a race was held to cross a great river, and the order of the animals in the cycle was based upon their order in finishing the race. In this story, the snake compensated for not being the best swimmer by hitching a hidden ride on the Horse's hoof, and when the horse was just about to cross the finish line, jumping out, scaring the horse, and thus edging it out for sixth place. In Chinese symbology, snakes are regarded as intelligent, with a tendency to lack scruples. People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Snake", while also bearing the following elemental sign: 10 February 1929 - 29 January 1930 = Earth Snake 27 January 1941 - 14 February 1942 = Metal Snake 14 February 1953 - 2 February 1954 = Water Snake 2 February 1965 - 20 January 1966 = Wood Snake 18 February 1977 - 6 February 1978 = Fire Snake 6 February 1989 - 26 January 1990 = Earth Snake 24 January 2001 - 11 February 2002 = Metal Snake 10 February 2013 - 30 January 2014 = Water Snake 29 January 2025 - 16 February 2026 = Wood Snake 15 February 2037 - 3 February 2038 = Fire Snake 2 February 2049 - 22 January 2050 = Earth Snake - (Wikipedia)