2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, the sixth animal on the 12-year cycle. The snake is meant to symbolize wisdom, growth and renewal. The snake has the ability to shed its skin, which shows transformation. This is said to make people with the Snake zodiac sign visionaries and good leaders.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Most ring in the new year once the clock hits midnight each Jan. 1, but some Asian cultures celebrate weeks later. The festivities often last just over two weeks. Thursday night, the Kern County Asian Chamber of Commerce had its first-ever Lunar New Year event at Rice Bowl on 18th Street.