Episode 233: 2025 Year Of The Wood Snake With Forest Lin

Forest Lin (they/them) is a queer 1.5-generation Taiwanese-American kinesthetic artist, Asian diaspora community organizer, and BaZi Chinese astrology practitioner based in Ohlone territory (Oakland). As a "Dragon meets Goat" Mycelium connector, they cultivate spaces for deeper embodiment, authentic expression, and ancestral healing. Through 1:1 BaZi consultations, Forest helps individuals uncover their potential and align with their deeper calling. They honor their teacher, Meng Yu of Tiger Eye Astrology, and their Mycelium Network kin for shaping their vision. In the Wood Snake year, Forest is especially eager to see their budding healing collective, @qiki.club, grow—we provide free/donation based acupuncture pop-up clinics for those who need to restore, rest, build, resist, and withstand the current movements of today’s world. During this Snake year, forest will be offering sliding scale BaZi sessions $120-250 and commit to moving 20% to QiKi Club - to sustain movement organizers and provide healing support to those who need it the most. ⏰ Timestamps ⏰ 1:22 When it's your animal year 2:25 BaZi Chart 3:04 Yang Wood Dragon Year 4:49 Yin Wood Snake Year 7:19 Forest's own transformation 10:42 Yin wood 13:55 Snake year 26:00 Snake shadow side 28:30 The invitation of a snake year 31:17 The snake is the mystic 40:10 Talking about $ with the community  48:29 Animal compatability with snake 52:03 Forest's advice 57:00 How to work with Forest Show Notes: Natal Chart & Transit Readings  ORDER MY BOOK HOW TO MANIFEST Laura Chung Instagram Laura Chung's Website  Laura Chung's Tik Tok Forest website: www.forestlin.co Forest IG: @forestxrrei QiKi Club: https://qikiclub.carrd.co/ QiKi IG: @qiki.club YouTube Channel Awaken and Align Instagram Connect with Awaken and Align: If you enjoyed the podcast and you feel called, please share it, and tag me! Subscribe, rate, and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. Your rating and review help more people discover it! Follow on Instagram @awakenandalign Let me know your favorite guests, lessons, or any topic requests.