Year Of The Horse
2026, the Year of the Horse—the symbolism of energy, strength, independence, and ambition. I personally think of it as not only holding onto my dreams, but acting upon them.
The year 2025 definitely did not go as planned or expected, but the lessons I learned and carry into 2026 will help shape me more into who I want to be. It was the year I learned the most about myself so far—learning how I want to be seen, how things make me feel, what I like when interacting with people, what bothers me, what doesn’t, and simply discovering new creative ideas or approaches. New outlooks on life, ideas I never thought of—which is what I like. I like when I can study different aspects that I would never usually go to. I find that makes me wiser and a better human.
The Year of the Horse—I really enjoy that. I love horses and the idea of them. The idea that they can just run, not even with an ideal destination in mind, but feel so free to do so—and can. Pour into yourself more this year. I plan to do that too. And to just keep going, although I have already been doing that. Even when it felt like I was held down with pins and rocks being thrown at me, still I rise, get up, and keep going. Because that is what horses do.
I think for so much of our life—as I only know 24 years right now—we all get caught up or “stuck” in one routine. That’s miserable to me. I want to keep constantly branching out, doing more and more no matter how crazy it seems.
In 2025, I finally got to sit and understand how truly magnetic I am—how drawn people are to me even when you don’t physically see me or hear from me, but I am looked for. It took the year for me to fully get it through my head. I’ve had questions about this since I was a child, and it used to frustrate me because I couldn’t really comprehend what it was about.
One moment that sticks out to me was an interaction I had with an older man about my life story. After I explained it all, he looked at me and said, “What are you still doing here? You don’t belong here.” I think back on that often. He was right.
Year of the Horse. Dream big. When there is a will, there is a way.
