Happy Losar 2025!
The Year of the Female Wood Snake
Prayer flags below Triten Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, NepalThe Tibetan New Year (Losar) will be celebrated from February 28 to March 2, 2025. It is the year of the Female Wood Snake.
As we have been doing since 2016, Ligmincha will be holding opportunities to celebrate the new year all around the world, and some of these activities will be available via Zoom. We don't have the schedule finalized yet, but we will be posting it on Ligmincha's website, Ligmincha.org, and via social media. There will be Losar greetings from Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar, live practices in several languages, and more!
In the Tibetan calendar, the snake is one of the twelve animal zodiac signs and is associated with qualities such as wisdom and intuition. The element of wood adds characteristics like growth, creativity and harmony. Therefore, the female wood snake may be seen as embodying intuitive and creative energies, bringing a period of transformation, growth, and new beginnings.
As we move into the new year, this is a great opportunity for cleaning one's home, giving away things that you don't use or need, making offerings to monasteries or organizations that benefit your community, expressing gratitude and giving thanks to the natural world, accumulating mantras, preparing special foods, hanging prayer flags and more. As Rinpoche has said on several occasions: Start the year with the energy that you want to experience throughout the whole year.
Be sure to check the Ligmincha website or Facebook page for Losar events!
