18/02/2026
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๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐
The new year doesnโt start on January 1 for me. Thatโs a calendar. My year starts when the moon says it does, when energy shifts, cycles reset, and the universe invites you to step fully into your power. Thatโs today. Thatโs the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Fire Horse, and the start of a new cycle.
Lunar New Year marks the beginning of the year based on the lunar calendar, falling between late January and mid February. It originated in China over 3,000 years ago, but is celebrated across communities worldwide.
Yesterday I had the honour of celebrating the Lunar New Year a beautiful cultural tradition that marks the beginning of a new year based on the moon cycle.
Iโm so grateful to experience and witness such rich tradition, the lion dances, the red lanterns, the firecrackers, the drums, symbolism of prosperity,
Cleansing, protection and ancestral honouring.
I had goosebumps the whole time
๐ฆ Lion & Dragon Dances
Performed to bring good luck, prosperity, and protection. The loud drums and firecrackers are believed to scare away negative energy and bad spirits.
๐งง Red Envelopes (Ang Pao / Lai See)
Money is gifted in red envelopes to children and unmarried adults as a blessing of prosperity and good fortune.
๐ฎ Lanterns & Decorations
Red is everywhere - symbolising luck, joy, and protection. Lanterns represent hope and guiding light for the year ahead.
This year is massive. Itโs the start of a new nine-year cycle, and a Year One numerology energy fresh beginnings, initiation, activation. Last year closed the old nine-year cycle. It ended patterns. Cleared energy. Released the weight that no longer served.
Last year for me personally ended a nine year cycle. My last nine-year cycle began in 2017. That year was everything: the year I left domestic violence after 11 years, the year I gave birth to my second son, Jaxon, and the year I began my new chapter, the foundation of my life as I know it now. It was a year of courage, new beginnings, and challenges.
The Horse brings freedom, independence, and momentum. Fire brings courage, visibility, and spiritual activation. Together, this is a year to step boldly, speak truth, and claim your power. Itโs a reset on every level - energetically, spiritually, and personally.
Yesterday, my business turned seven, and my youngest kid is seven. A 7 year cycle of growth, creation, and manifestation.
But this nine-year cycle is bigger, deeper, a full energetic arc of transformation, healing, and alignment.
Spiritually, this year calls us to:
โข Release what no longer serves
โข Honour our paths and cycles
โข Step fully into intuitive wisdom and power
โข Lead, create, and ride forward with courage
This isnโt just a new year. Itโs an activation point, a reset that honours my journey, my growth, my children, my business, and the spiritual momentum Iโve built over the last nine years.
To everyone celebrating: may the Year of the Fire Horse bring courage, clarity, protection, success, health, abundance, and freedom.
Hereโs to stepping into this new cycle with intention, gratitude and an open heart. ๐โจ
May it ignite your own cycles of transformation and activation.
Alicia Cartwright
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