“Wise mantras for 2025 are: act with diplomacy, avoid causing offence and deal with the facts on hand and not those gleamed from gossip,” she says. “2025 is a year for listening to each other’s needs and making the best endeavour to combine in a happy compromise for to over assert your authority is to jeopardise your own stability.”

Dubai: The Year of the Snake begins on January 29, the date of the second new moon after the winter solstice, as part of a 12-year cycle. The Chinese New Year is determined by a lunisolar calendar, which is based on precise astronomical observation of the sun’s longitude and the phases of the moon.