16/02/2026
We have reached the final days of a year full of heaviness and brutal truths. If last year broke you open, it was supposed to. The Snake did not come to be kind. It came to prepare you. The Year of the Snake is almost over as we prepare to step into the powerful and exciting new energy of the Year of the Horse, on the 17th February.
The Year of the Wood Snake has tested and challenged us to our core. Relationships have been tested, truths have surfaced that could no longer be buried, dreams and goals have been shattered, and many of us have faced endings and realisations we did not prepare for. This was a year of shedding, releasing and exposing truths about ourselves and others we could no longer ignore.
The Snake year was preparation for what is on its way. Every heavy moment, every forced ending, every sleepless night asking yourself difficult questions, that was the Snake clearing the path, revealing where we had been living out of alignment with who we really are. It cut cords that drained our energy, dissolved attachments that kept us small, and took us underground into the shadows, old wounds and identities we had outgrown but not yet released.
If you felt as though you were undergoing a death and rebirth, that is exactly what the Snake required. Transformation is not supposed to be pretty. It is messy and uncomfortable. It asked you to grow roots before you grow wings - to rebuild from within rather than keep running on unstable ground. That is true transformation. A gift, even when it did not feel like one.
These final days before the 17th February are for reflection. Honour what has changed within you over the past year. Write down what you are leaving behind. Old stories, guilt, patterns, versions of yourself that no longer fit where you are heading. Burn the paper or throw it away. This is your final passage through the Snake cycle. Use it consciously. And if tears come, let them, it is okay to feel emotional as the heaviness lifts. Release is not weakness, it is acknowledgement. You are not mourning failure; you are honouring growth.
On the 17th February 2026 we enter the Year of the Horse, and everything shifts. Where the Snake was constraint and challenge, the Horse is action, movement and momentum. The path is opening for us. The energy next week is going to feel completely different. You will feel it. We thank the Snake for dissolving illusions and clearing the ground beneath us. The 17th is an activation point, amplified by the Solar Eclipse coinciding with the arrival of the Horse on the same day.
We explore the Year of the Horse, the Solar Eclipse and much more in depth inside our upcoming magazine, Soul Destiny & Karma. Created for you - its purpose is to guide, support and illuminate your soul path. Through spiritual insights, honest direction and a deeper understanding of the energies shaping our world and the months ahead; it is here to guide you as you continue to grow, evolve and step into who you are becoming.
