Your Word Of The Year For 2025, Depending On Your Zodiac Sign
Though the collective Word of the Year tradition began in Germany in 1971 in the Wort des Jahres publication, the American Dialect Society didn’t jump on the bandwagon until 1990, and Merriam-Webster didn’t join in until 2003.
In 2024, Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year was “polarization,” an apt choice after a tumultuous American election season and a growing divide between the left and right.
While these end-of-the-year word selections reflect societal, cultural, and political discourse, they are rarely representative of our individual experiences of the year.
Furthermore, selecting a word as the year is already winding down isn’t always the simplest thing. For those who are struggling with loneliness or grief around the holidays, it can be disheartening; for those who are doing altogether too much this time of year, it can be overwhelming.
The personal word of the year trend, on the other hand, is a lot easier to get on board with. Rather than encouraging you to reflect back on the twelve months that have already passed, this new tradition forces you to set a strong intention for the year to come. It enables you to feel in control of your life and optimistic for the time ahead.
As we begin 2025, everyone can rest a little more easily knowing that, thanks to the cyclical nature of the cosmos, there are already many hints as to what is to come. The following words of the year have been chosen in accordance with the upcoming transits of each of the twelve rising signs, so take a look and see if any of them resonate with you.
With several extremely noteworthy transits taking place over the next year, 2025 is being called “the year everything changes,” but that doesn’t mean you can’t find peace in the storm.