Feng Shui Plants for the Year of the Snake

March 31, 2025

We’re always fans of plants, but this spring is an especially great time to bring plants into your home, for a few reasons. First, the element associated with the season of spring is wood, and plants are expressions of the wood element. Second, each year is connected to one of the five elements, and 2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake. This means plants are especially auspicious this year. Third, having plants’ vibrant energy in our homes as we say goodbye to winter can help to ease this seasonal transition.

What do plants mean in feng shui?

To help you embrace wood qi this spring and welcome the Year of the Snake in your home, we’ve shared five of our top piIn feng shui, living green plants invite auspicious, vibrant qi, or life force energy. On top of that, feng shui is a practice of bringing the outside in and connecting to the natural world, and having indoor plants in your space is a great way to do this. In addition, plants are living beings, and they teach us how to mindfully care for the things in our home. This is why we always recommend real plants rather than fake ones if you are using them for a feng shui purpose.

The wood element, represented by plants, is about growth, healing, compassion, and kindness. To understand the energy of wood, visualize a seed sprouting and growing and notice the sense of life force and new beginnings this image conjures up. You could also visualize walking through a forest and imagine breathing in the fresh air.

To help you embrace wood qi this spring and welcome the Year of the Snake in your home, we’ve shared five of our top picks for feng shui plants below:

1. Snake plant

   Of course we have to start with the snake plant on our list of plants for the Year of the Snake! Snake plants are excellent air-purifying plants and they are pretty straightforward to care for as long as you don’t overwater them. Snake plants also have a protective energy because of their tall, sword-shaped leaves. They can be quite tall and they come in different colors, including variegated varieties. We recommend placing a snake plant in a location where you want some extra protection from unwanted energies or in a corner where you want to bring the energy upwards.

2. Jade plant

   Jade plants, also known as money plants, are succulents with plump, round leaves. The jade plant’s coin-shaped leaves as well as its ability to hold onto moisture gives it a strong connection to wealth and prosperity. Jade plants are also connected to jade stones, which are very revered in feng shui and Asian culture. If you want to learn more about jade and feng shui, we recorded a whole podcast episode about it! You can place a jade plant in your living room to invite more wealth and prosperity into your home, or in your workspace to invite wealth and prosperity to your work. Jade plants are also pretty easy to care for, and similar to snake plants, it’s important not to overwater them. You’ll also want to make sure they are in a location with plenty of sun.

3. Pothos

   If you’re new to plants or you have a bad track record with plants, try pothos – they’re very forgiving! They can thrive in indirect light and are more tolerant than many other plants of over- and under-watering. We love pothos for the Year of the Snake because their vines have a serpentine shape and energy. Depending on where you put a pothos, it may snake down or climb up. Pothos is a great plant to put in your bathroom. Bathrooms contain a lot of water energy, and it’s nice to give this water a purpose and allow it to feed the wood qi of a plant.

4. Monstera monkey mask plant

   If you’re a plant person, you are probably already familiar with monstera – and this particular type of monstera is called “monkey mask” because it looks a little bit like a monkey face. We chose this plant for the Year of the Snake because the Snake’s secret best friend in the zodiac is the Monkey, meaning the Monkey is a good luck charm this year. In general, monstera plants are also great house plants because they are beautiful and easy to care for. If you can find the monkey mask variety, that can bring even more good luck because it will remind you of the auspicious benefit that the Monkey can provide this year. You can put this plant anywhere in your home with the right growing conditions, but it could be especially helpful in a spot where you need a little bit of encouragement to play more, which is one of the teachings of the Monkey.

5. Red amaryllis

   Amaryllis is a beautiful seasonal bulb that we often see in the winter and early spring. In addition to the wood element, red varieties of amaryllis also bring in the fire element, which gives us warmth and brilliance. Fire is the element associated with the Snake, so it can be especially appropriate to work with fiery plants this year. From a feng shui perspective, the fire element is a very inspiring addition to your home because fire is connected with inspiration and clarity. Try placing an amaryllis on your dining table with the intention to kindle more warmth, connection, and generosity with your community, family, and social life.

If you are looking for a new plant to add to your home this year, we hope these suggestions inspire you! To learn more about how to work with plants in feng shui, check out this podcast episode.