15 Phrases of Snake-Inspired Wisdom to Use as Your Year of the Snake Instagram Captions

The 2025 Lunar New Year arrives in one week, beginning on Jan. 29 and ending on Feb. 12, ushering in the Year of the Snake.

Occurring every 12 years, the Year of the Snake represents reflection, wisdom and change, urging as all to shed our old skin and learn from the past to emerge as our best, most informed selves. If you, like us, can't wait to celebrate, keep scrolling to discover 15 of our favorite words of wisdom about snakes to use as your next Instagram caption

For tuning out the rumors in 2025:

"A snake knows more about what is happening around than any other creature, because it has no ears to listen to gossip—only direct perception."

-Jaggi Vasudev

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For sniffing out deceit:

"There's a snake lurking in the grass."

-Virgil

 

For dealing with the sudden ups and downs of the human experience:

"Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders."

-Steven Morrissey

 

For walking the fine line between self-love and narcissism:

"Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it."

-George Gordon Byron

 

For feeling like this season will open up a grand new story for you:

"Every great story seems to begin with a snake."

-Nicolas Cage

 

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For net letting the haters get you down this year:

"Snakes and stones never broke my bones."

-Taylor Swift, "You Need to Calm Down"

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For recognizing the drastic change you need to make in your life:

"The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

 

For feeling ready to strike:

"Don't touch me, I'm full of snakes."

-Jack Kerouac

 

For when the situation's more complicated than it first seems:

"Not all the snakes are poisonous and not all the poisons are deadly! Keep this in mind when bitten."

-Mehmet Murat Ildan

 

For showcasing your deadliest outfit:

"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."

-Chanakya

 

Also read about: The Best Easy Yet Thoughtful Journaling Prompts to Keep Your Year on Track

 

For embracing the optimism of the snake:

"Have you ever studied a snake's face? How optimistic they look. They have an eternal smile."

-Tasha Tudor

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For weighing the pros and cons of a risk:

"There is no way to catch a snake that is as safe as not catching him."

-Jacob Braude

 

For teaching yourself to expect the unexpected:

"None of us knows how we will cope with snakes until the moment arises, and then most of us find out that we do not do it very well."

-Alexander McCall Smith

 

For feeling drawn to the wrong people again and again:

"I really think I like poisonous snakes."

-Bindi Irwin

 

For preparing yourself for a new chapter in life:

"Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again."

-Gautama Buddha

 

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