In 2025, which is the year of the Snake, several types of lucky charms and actions may help to improve fortune:
Lucky Colors: Red, orange, purple, cyan, and green can help stabilize emotions and improve overall luck. White, blue, gray, and brownish-yellow are also lucky colors for those born in the year of the Snake.
Lucky Numbers: The numbers 2, 4, 7, and 9 have special significance and can improve luck during Ben Ming Nian. The numbers 4, 8, and 9 are also considered lucky.
Trinkets: Wearing a string of "Emingju Sanhe Tongbao Shenjiang Jihong Bracelet" can help gain assistance from benefactors, improve career and wealth, and keep villains away.
Ornaments: Displaying "Rhino Phoenix Shoulu Glazed Ornaments" is considered a festive lucky item for the year, as the rhino and phoenix guarding the treasure symbolize peace, prosperity, and help from benefactors. A "Climbing Laurel One Armor" ornament can be placed on a desk or bedside to attract good luck and help.
Accessories: Wearing a money-encircled ornament and a glazed noctiluca snake tail is believed to enhance wealth. The money symbolizes the accumulation and circulation of wealth, while the glazed noctiluca attracts good luck even at night.
Amulets: A Tai Sui amulet can be acquired from a temple and worn to ward off evil and ensure safety.
Peach Wood Items: Peach wood ornaments can ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. Hanging peach wood on a child's bed can help them stay away from trouble. Peach wood ornaments can also improve home Feng Shui and promote career advancement.
Crystal: Wearing crystal ornaments can help resolve crises by purifying negative energy. Tea-colored crystals can improve wealth and health, while strawberry crystals can improve relationships for singles.
Buddha: Wearing a natal Buddha can resolve disasters and eliminate misfortune. The natal Buddha for those born in the year of the Snake is the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, which can bring wisdom, promote good deeds, purify inner evil, and maintain a clear mind.