Happy New Year, friends!
It’s Angelica — your friendly neighborhood bruja, omen translator, and occasionally the woman staring at cards in the corner saying, “Huh… that’s interesting.”
Every year around this time, I like to step back and ask:
What stories are we walking into together?
Not predictions.
Not doom.
More like: archetypal weather.
In this week’s podcast, I’m exploring 2026 through three symbolic lenses that have been talking to each other in really beautiful ways:
the Tarot cards of the year
the Chinese zodiac’s Fire Horse
and Horse in the South from the shamanic medicine wheel I work with
Before we get mystical: none of this is fortune-telling. These are metaphors — ways of paying attention.
The Tarot of the Year
For 2026, we’re working with The Wheel of Fortune and The Magician.
The Wheel reminds us that change is not personal punishment. Life turns. Seasons shift. Doors open and close. Control is… well, overrated.
The Magician stands beside the Wheel and asks:
Okay — given what is, what can I create? What tools do I have? What can I do with integrity and intention?
We’re not passengers. But we’re also not the pilot of reality. We’re collaborators.
Enter: The Fire Horse
Then we add another archetype in the mix: 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse.
I’m not teaching Chinese astrology here — I’m honoring it as symbolic language.
Horse is movement, boldness, independence, momentum. Fire adds creativity, courage, heat… and sometimes impatience.
Historically, Fire Horse has had a complicated (and honestly, patriarchal) reputation, especially regarding strong-willed girls and women. So we reclaim it differently:
Fire Horse is life-force that refuses to shrink.
And that, to me, is holy.
Horse in the South
In the shamanic framework I was taught, Horse lives in the South — the direction of Fire.
South is creativity. South is transformation. South is the power that moves through us — not the power we hoard.
Horse carries prayers. Horse carries messages. Horse carries energy between worlds.
Put all of this together and 2026 doesn’t feel chaotic.
It feels like a year where power wants to move — and where our work is learning how to carry it wisely.
Not burnout. Not martyrdom. Not control-freakery.
Steady, sovereign, creative fire.
In the episode, I share reflections, some humor, and practical ways to ride this energy instead of getting dragged behind it.
We talk pacing, ritual, creativity, nervous systems, and — importantly — how not to set everything on metaphorical fire.
Click to listen: 2026 Archetypes
I also created some intersectional Journal Prompts and a Tarot Layout. (yes, it is shaped like a horseshoe for you!)
And as always, I’d love to hear what you’re noticing, dreaming, and working with. Comment on the blog or hit reply and tell me what’s moving for you.
With candles lit and horses unbridled — but gently,
Angelica