24: Shedding Layers: Eclipse Season, Snake Energy, Transformation, & the Wild Feminine
Introduction
The Year of the Snake, particularly the Wood Snake in 2025, represents transformation, emotional depth, and innovation. For mothers balancing family responsibilities, self-development, and spiritual growth, this is a valuable time to reevaluate priorities, let go of outdated patterns, and reconnect with intuitive decision-making. The eclipse season—known for rapid changes and endings—offers a unique opportunity to align actions with long-term intentions.
This entry explores how to navigate this season with practical tools, supported by themes from The Wand(HER)wild Podcast episode on transformation, breathwork, and feminine embodiment.
Why Snakes Symbolize Transformation
In many ancient traditions, the snake is a symbol of renewal and self-regeneration. As snakes shed their skin, they represent the ability to discard what no longer serves and emerge anew. In 2025, the Chinese Zodiac marks the Year of the Wood Snake—a time associated with progressive ideas, inward reflection, and emotional refinement.
The Wood Snake, in particular, represents calculated transformation. This zodiac archetype is not about sudden action but about intentional change supported by introspection and inner alignment. Individuals influenced by this energy may find themselves prioritizing emotional intelligence, creative pursuits, and self-evolution.
Rather than fear change, this period encourages strategic pauses and mindful transitions. For mothers in particular, it's a moment to slow down, reassess, and reconnect with personal values.
Personal Reflection Through Breathwork
A recent virtual breathwork session hosted by Wand(HER)wild offered participants a chance to engage in intentional release. During the session, Monica experienced a spontaneous body movement reminiscent of a snake's slither. This intuitive reaction highlighted how somatic practices can facilitate mental clarity and emotional unburdening.
Breathwork is a science-backed method for reducing stress, increasing oxygen flow, and stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system. Research shows that breathwork can positively impact emotional regulation, immune function, and cognitive clarity. When practiced consistently, it can support a more grounded approach to daily stressors and deepen self-awareness.
Eclipse Season: Characteristics and Timing
Eclipses mark a temporary yet powerful pause in the lunar or solar cycle. Astrologically, they signal change, closures, and new beginnings. Whether or not one subscribes to astrology, many report heightened emotions, life transitions, or intuitive insights during these times.
Typical Patterns During Eclipse Season:
Unexpected shifts in relationships or work
Heightened need for solitude
Emotional intensity
Desire to restructure routines
These experiences often feel destabilizing but carry the potential for long-term alignment. Understanding these patterns can help reduce resistance to change and make transitions more manageable.
Practical Strategies for Navigating Eclipse Season
To move through this season with grace, consider integrating these strategies:
1. Rest and Reflect
Avoid starting major projects. Instead, use this time to reassess goals, journal, and engage in stillness.
2. Limit External Noise
Cut down on information overload. Social media detoxes or time off from news can sharpen personal clarity.
3. Engage in Somatic Practices
Breathwork, intuitive movement, yoga, or dance can help release stuck energy and promote physical resilience.
4. Take Cleansing Baths
Salt and magnesium baths help regulate nervous system function and provide a physical outlet for energetic release.
5. Reconnect with Nature
Spend time outdoors—barefoot grounding, forest walks, or sitting under the moon. These practices support circadian rhythms and mental clarity.
6. Visualize Letting Go
Use meditation and visualization to symbolically shed limiting beliefs, obligations, or emotional weight.
The Feminine Archetype of the Snake
Beyond cultural myths, the snake is also a metaphor for feminine power. It represents cyclical growth, transformation, and intuitive wisdom. Unlike linear productivity models, feminine growth is nonlinear, spiraling inward and outward over time.
Embracing this archetype can help mothers shift from performance-based living to presence-based living. Rather than measuring success by output, the snake encourages evaluating life through alignment, embodiment, and resonance.
In myth and tradition, the snake has been both feared and revered. In modern spiritual discourse, it symbolizes kundalini energy—coiled at the base of the spine, waiting to rise. This metaphor invites women to consider the latent potential within their own bodies and spirits.
Journal Prompts for Clarity and Insight
Writing can serve as a powerful form of mental decluttering. Here are a few questions to guide inner exploration:
What patterns am I ready to release?
What does a renewed version of myself look like?
How does transformation feel in my body?
Where am I resisting necessary change?
What environments or habits drain my energy?
Set aside 15–20 minutes in a quiet space and allow these questions to guide a flow of insight.
Wand(HER)wild Tools for Self-Alignment
To support mothers through this transitional period, Wand(HER)Wild offers several community-focused resources:
Inner Wisdom Ritual (Eclipse Season Edition)
A guided journaling experience to tap into inner knowing and seasonal rhythm.
Breathwork Replay – Renewal & Release
A 60-minute session to release stress, reset your nervous system, and restore clarity.
Sacred Connections Mind Mapping
An exercise to visually track alignment, friction points, and intuitive insights.
Energetic Home Cleansing Ritual
A ritual for clearing both physical clutter and energetic residue from your living space.
All sessions are available on-demand, making them easy to integrate into even the busiest motherhood schedule. Learn more about them here.
Final Thoughts
The Year of the Wood Snake offers a framework for intentional transformation. Through self-reflection, somatic practices, and ritual, mothers can harness this energy to evolve consciously—both as individuals and as caregivers.
By embracing change, releasing outdated patterns, and reconnecting with embodied wisdom, it becomes possible to live not just with purpose, but with resonance. The invitation is simple: shed what no longer serves and rise into what’s waiting.
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