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Unlock the Spiritual Power of the Lunar New Year

Writer's picture: Britta Van DunBritta Van Dun

Updated: Jan 20


Chinese Lunar New Year is a beautiful celebration of spiritual depth and abundant festivities.
Chinese Lunar New Year is a beautiful celebration of spiritual depth and abundant festivities.

The Chinese Lunar New Year: Welcoming Renewal and Prosperity


January's new moon on Wednesday, January 29th signals the beginning of the Lunar New Year lasting until February16th after the “Snow Moon” wanes. 2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake symbolizing wisdom, growth, creativity, and transformation. Lunar New Year is revered in many Asian cultures as a time of profound spiritual significance. Rooted in ancient traditions, it marks not only the beginning of a new lunar calendar but also a potent opportunity to cultivate harmony, realign with nature’s rhythms, release the old and invite in the new. From the crucible of Daoism, the lunar calendar reflects the natural ebb and flow of yin and yang energies, attuning us to the balance of light and dark.


In many East Asian traditions, each calendar year is linked with one of the twelve creatures of the zodiac and one of the five elements - water, wood, fire, earth, metal - the combination of which creates a unique energetic signature. As mentioned earlier, we are evolving to the Year of the Wood Snake, symbolizing transformation, wisdom, and growth. Acknowledging and aligning with these energetic movements will help us navigate the year’s opportunities and challenges with greater ease.


As an acupuncturist and practitioner of Chinese Medicine, I’m always excited to share a bit about Eastern traditions. As a Westerner, I particularly appreciate that Lunar New Year gives us yet another ritualized opportunity to review intentions for the year and call in supports to make our dreams come true. My hope is that by exploring the spiritual significance of Lunar New Year, you will also embrace its energy to create alignment and abundance in your own life, and, within your community.


Spiritual Depth of Lunar New Year


Lunar New Year is an invitation to realign with our higher selves and with nature. Themes associated with this sacred time include:

  1. Release and Renewal The days leading up to the Lunar New Year are devoted to clearing out old energy, both physically and emotionally. Traditionally, homes are cleaned thoroughly to remove stagnant qi (energy), symbolizing the release of what no longer serves. Spiritually, this is a time to reflect on past experiences, forgive others and ourselves, and create space for new beginnings.

  2. Setting Intentions Lunar New Year rituals often include writing intentions, lighting incense, and offering prayers to invite prosperity, health, and happiness. This is a powerful time to clarify your wishes and align your actions with those aspirations. Here’s another opportunity to write down what you wish to see more and less of in the year ahead—whether that’s cultivating serenity, career success or feeling good in your body.

  3. Honoring Ancestors Many Lunar New Year traditions involve paying homage to ancestors through offerings and ceremonies. This beautiful practice is often missing in Western households, reminding us of the unbroken line connecting us to the wisdom and strength of those who came before us. Perhaps take a moment to reflect on the gifts you’ve inherited and how they strengthen your capacity to realize your dreams. 

  4. Cultivating Community The Lunar New Year emphasizes unity and togetherness. Celebrations often include shared meals, gift-giving, and acts of kindness. From a spiritual perspective, this reminds us of the interconnectedness of all beings and the importance of nurturing and cherishing our connections. It’s a beautiful time to set intentions around deepening relationships. 


How to Align with the Essence of Lunar New Year


If you’d like to harness the essential energies of Lunar New Year: 

  • Clear Your Space: Perform a physical and energetic clearing of your home. Open windows to let in fresh air, burn incense or spritz hyrdrosols, and declutter spaces of unused or no longer cherished belongings to invite clarity and flow.

  • Create an Altar: Dedicate a small space in your home to honor your ancestors, wishes and perhaps all beings. Include symbols of abundance (like fruit and grains), candles, and written intentions for the year ahead. As you make offerings at the altar, give thanks.

  • Practice Gratitude: Take time to express gratitude for the blessings of what you already have, what has passed and the lessons learned, even the challenges. Gratitude opens the heart and creates fertile ground for future blessings and the experience of Oneness.

  • Nourish Your Body: Prepare traditional foods associated with luck and prosperity. Try your hand at dumplings (symbolizing prosperity) or noodles (representing longevity). Praying or taking a moment of silence before a meal is centering and blesses the experience. Eating mindfully helps us align with health and abundance.

  • Meditate on Renewal: Take a moment to be still. Perhaps follow a guided meditation that focuses on releasing old patterns and visualizing the new. Imagine yourself stepping into an abundant life with ease and grace.

  • Create Intentions: Allow yourself the time to dream. Imagine all the best life has to offer and what most inspires and speaks to you. Write down your wishes, taking time to feel, sense, see, hear, taste and enjoy what that will look like. You can also conjure one word phrases to grow your year around. A few of my words are "divinity," "authenticity" and "play."


By honoring the cycles of nature, setting clear intentions, and cultivating gratitude, you can harness this sacred time to reconnect with your inner light and manifest a life you love. I hope you do! Please let me know if I can help ♥️

✨🐍Wishing you a beautiful and abundant Lunar New Year!🐍✨
✨🐍Wishing you a beautiful and abundant Lunar New Year!🐍✨

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