The Yang Fire Horse is a powerful image: speed, charisma, momentum, and heat. It is the archetype of movement - of charging forward with conviction, appetite, and will. In its most luminous expression, this year carries courage, vitality, and the capacity to break through stagnation. But every force that moves this quickly also casts a long shadow. The shadow of the Yang Fire Horse is excess and shallowness mistaken for freedom. I write about the shadow side not to diminish t

Hexagram 10 → Hexagram 58: From Treading Lightly to Joyousness As a gift to this community during our transition into 2026, I offer a communal I Ching reading. What has emerged feels uncannily aligned with the energetic shift between years -from the Yin Wood Snake of 2025 into the Yang Fire Horse of 2026. There is something almost playful about how these alignments reveal themselves right when we need them. The reading landed on Hexagram 10 (Treading / Conduct)  changing into

Anyone who has spent time with me in the last few years - in ceremony or in the moments in between - have probably heard me speak often about BaZi  (pronounced ba-tzuh ). As we enter the Water season of winter, a time of reflection, depth, and inward descent, it feels like the perfect moment to share more about this incredible cosmology from ancient China. This is a system many people have never encountered, yet I truly believe it holds wisdom that can be profoundly transform

As I continued my exploration into why folks choosing to not celebrate certain holidays felt sticky for me, I realized that part of that stickiness came from what I see as a subtle layer of privilege in the ability to “forego” holidays altogether. To be able to simply opt out of collective rhythms - to say “this day means nothing to me” or "I do not agree with this celebration" - requires a kind of freedom and insulation that not everyone has. It assumes we can step outside o