Are you ready for the ride?

If you ask anyone in my family they will tell you I am a planner.  Sometimes it drives them crazy, other times they are excited about the opportunities my planning has presented, most often in the form of family vacations.  I try not to be so rigid, I really do, but I am a Virgo and my “sign” is known for planning, and also being a bit, well, “Karen-like” sometimes.   So, it did not surprise me that during my meditation early this week God/My Guardian Angel/Spirit told me,

“You don’t always have to plan, sometimes the opportunities will find you when you are not looking.”

I wrote it down.  It resonated.  “Yes,” I told them.  “I’m working on this.”

But then in my reading today my lesson was, “Take risks even when afraid.”

Ok.  I always trust God/My Guardian Angel/Spirit and I am always listening, but these two messages seemed to juxtapose each other. Don’t plan, but take risks?  Don’t I have to plan to take risks?  I closed my eyes as I asked this question, and was called to read more about the Year of the Fire Horse. 

If you have been on social media lately, you are probably seeing posts everywhere about the Year of the Fire Horse, starting officially on February 17, 2026.  I am so excited about it, one, because I am a huge horse person (I had a horse before I had children), and two, because the Year of the Fire Horse in Chinese Astrology comes around only once every sixty years!  Once in SIXTY YEARS!  That means I wasn’t alive for the last one, and I won’t be alive for the next one.  This year is my one and only Fire Horse opportunity!  Ever!

As I read and learn a bit more about this special year, I am seeing that two of the repeating themes for the Year of Fire Horse are:

1. Stop trying to control and trust.
2. This is a big year for risk taking, so be open to the opportunities presented to you. 

Do you see why I love God/My Guardian Angel/Spirit so much?  They already told me both these things before I even started reading, but in reading it is becoming more clear to me.  This year is about trusting the opportunities presented to me, and to risk taking them.  I am to trust and be open to what comes, versus trying to control and plan what comes.   As the Beatles sang,

“Let it be, let it be!  There will be an answer, let it be!”

If this interests you, I encourage you to read about the Year of the Fire Horse.  I find it exhilarating and exciting, and you might too.  You don’t have to believe in Chinese Astrology or astrology at all, but it can’t hurt to think about all that this year is supposed to represent.  

The quick and dirty of it all, as I am understanding it, is that last year was a Snake Year, and up until February 17, 2026 this presents the opportunity to “shed” what has not served you, to break old patterns, and to release anything that is not right for your soul’s path.  And then, come February 17^th, get ready, because the Year of the Fire Horse is supposed to bring intense energy (fire) and bold transformation or “galloping” (horse) forward on your soul’s path after shedding all that was in its way.  

I find the shedding of 2025 interesting as well, because last year I was advised by God/Guardian Angel/Spirit to let go of the things not serving me.  As you know, with difficulty I decided to put a hold on seeing clients, I let go of several friends who hurt me, changed some personal bad habits/patterns, and started working on my next steps as I face empty nest.  I didn’t even realize I was in the Year of the Snake, yet I was shedding! Who knew?  And now I am almost ready for the Year of the Fire Horse!  

But wait, there’s more.  2026 is also a one year in numerology!  (2+0+2+6=10, 1+0=1).  Yes, I also love numerology (this too can drive my family crazy), and a one year is exciting because one means new beginnings and new opportunities.  So, we are now facing a one year, AND the Year of the Fire Horse at the same time! This seems extra powerful doesn’t it?

Please know, I am not an astrologist or a numerologist, so I am not promising anything in this email, but I do believe with my whole heart in the powers above me and the messages they give me.  So, I am going to continue shedding the things/people/actions that are not serving my higher self, try to stop controlling and instead trust, and not be afraid to take the risks presented to me.  

Yee Haw!  Bring it 2026.  I love you already. 

Blessings for a wonderful year/ride ahead.