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Happy Lunar New Year : 4724 Fire Horse

This lunar year of the fire horse highlights all of
the earthly and heavenly attributes of the mighty equine.

The power to lead from the heart.
Feel your truth.
Go forward with your passions and creativity.
Be earth sure and valiant,
when the way forward is chaotic and unclear.

The Equine Way leads the herd away from danger
and sprints towards the greater good.
May this Fire Horse year
nuzzle you through this tumultuous year
and towards many amazing grazes.

Canter On!
M

The Power To Lead From the Heart
Feel Your Truth

As humans our default choice is to choose our thoughts.
Doing thus, we ignore our strongest sensing organ in our body; the heart.
When adversity, conflict ensue we grasp onto what is badgering us in our brains.
The Ego; opportunist as it is, will lead us away from what is true.
Equines, using all of their senses, especially the heart,
communicate to their entire being.
They feel what is true.
An automatic trust that their heart will lead them away
from a predator or towards a friend.
An equine way that I continue to learn.

Go Forward with Your Passions & Creativity

Curiosity leads Equines to discern what they want
and where they want to go.
"Fresh grass to graze is over there."
"Galloping free on the beach is through this path."
Follow and nurture your passions during this fire horse year.
Take creative action towards a soul satisfying path towards manifestation.
Love who you are.

Be earth sure and valiant,
when the way forward is chaotic and unclear.

The Fire Horse year will be fast moving, transformational and unpredictable.
A fire fed by strong wind.
The Equine Way is grounded and all senses alert
when heavy energy surrounds.
Once earth sure, Equines proceed with certainty and valor.
One of my favorite quotes is from John Wayne; an anthem
for the current human created heaviness

that surrounds us
"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway."
Humans ready to saddle up.

Human Fire Storm
Humans who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Human greed.
Human hegemony over all sentient beings.
Human Ego's self righteous voice hardens the heart.

"It cannot be overlooked that every migrant is a person and, as such, has inalienable rights that must be respected in every situation."
Pope Leo XIV State of the World Speech January 6, 2026

The Equine Way ~ Humans Can Too

The power to lead from the heart.
Feel your truth.
Go forward with your passions and creativity.
Be earth sure and valiant,
when the way forward is chaotic and unclear.

Here are ways in which to take action.

Call your representatives.
Direct calls and leaving messages produce results.
The Senate switchboard number is 202 - 224 -3121.
Follow Ben Sheehan who is an author and produces; A Brief Spectacular Life on PBS. He is on a mission to educate everyone on civics. He posts on instagram, substack and youtube
He posts the how to's and a script when calling your representatives. I've learned a lot from him. He helps you take solid action when you need to know how to do the right thing.

Another National Treasure to follow is Heather Cox Richardson
A historian, who puts into perspective the fast moving changes of our democracy in a concise and poignant way.
Follow her on instagram, substack and youtube.

Support Local Businesses in Ice Targeted Areas

Donate to Food Banks

Go to Town Hall Meetings & Local Government Emergency Awareness Classes

Learn your Civil Rights from the ACLU

A love note and the power of Fire.

Let us praise the grace and risk of Fire.
In the beginning,
The Word was red,
And the sound was thunder,
And the wound in the unseen 
Spilled forth the red weather of being. 
In the name of the Fire,
The Flame
And the Light:
Praise the pure presence of fire 
That burns from within
Without thought of time. 

The hunger of Fire has no need
For the reliquary of the future;
It adores the eros of now, 
Where the memory of the earth
In flames that lick and drink the air 
Is made to release

Its long-enduring forms 
In a powder of ashes
Left for the wind to decipher.
As air intensifies the hunger of fire,
May the thought of death
Breathe new urgency
Into our love of life.

As fire cleanses dross,
May the flame of passion
Burn away what is false.
As short as the time
From spark to flame,
So brief may the distance be
Between heart and being.
May we discover
Beneath our fear
Embers of anger
To kindle justice.

May courage
Cause our lives to flame,
In the name of the Fire,
And the Flame
And the Light.

John O' Donohue

Fire Horse 4724

2026