Episode Transcript
Welcome to the Making of You. I'm Alexandria, founder of the Mastery Project and your Transformation Hub. And this series is dedicated to the whys and ways to transform the mundane into the magical, the doable into enjoyable, successful, and purposeful, all while having fun becoming the architect of your own life.
Okay, the audience has spoken. So this is a bonus episode and it's dedicated to Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year, and It is on the 17th of February, 2026, and we're going to be looking at Yang Fire Horse. And also, what does that mean for the 12 animals in the zodiac?
Now, if you'd like greater depth than the two and a half minutes I'm going to be spending per sign in the podcast, then please visit YourTransformationHub.com and check out what's in store for 2026. All right.
Okay, well, let's dive in. Now, we know it's Yang Fire Horse, so, horse, you are number one. And don't think you're getting your own way just by tossing your mane and being top of the pile, all right? There's more things to do.
So what's relating like this year? Well, for Yang Fire Horse, you have got a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm, almost the point where you might feel a bit exhausted this year from time to time. So I want you to be a great leader. I want you to be part mentor in spirit or be a confident creator, but also build respect and trust.
So just because you're the general out front, then don't run so far that everyone else is sort of panty and exhausted behind you. Patience required, all right? Funneling your focus into avoiding sort of swinging from my way or the highway or any degree of ultimatum.
If you don't know, then admit you don't know. Work in a team, all right? Leadership is always respected when the leader respects the people. Okay, so what about money? Well, yes, it's a bold and upbeat year, all right? But also it's about magnetizing and alignment.
So authenticity, originality, that's going to be rewarded. And there's a lot of opportunities coming your way, but you do need to synchronize and sometimes with this incredibly passionate Yang Fire that can make you charge off into the future or get a little bit stuck in your head rather than staying in your heart and being balanced.
So don't take on too much, all right? Allow the universe to do its half and really focus on understanding what magnetizing means. Okay? Have a big open heart and be prepared to align rather than dashing around, chasing opportunity. All right, okay. Purpose and your spiritual fulfillment. Overreaction, very high expectations could be your major problem this year. So don't climb the expectation mountain only to fall down the other side and keep that sense of humour intact.
Laugh a lot and really work to be in a co creative year as you also distinguish yourself in leadership.
Right, we're dashing over to Goat now.
What's happening for Goat? Well, this is a year where your mates can really help you. It's, it's a big year for friendship and it's also a great year to unpack your past and to let go of burdens that you might have been carrying. The last two years have been somewhat exhausting for Goat and you have had a lot of personal healing and also a lot of demands on your relating time.
So to get past the relating marathon, all right, put it behind you. But putting it behind you is all about forgiving yourself, finding the meaning in what you've been through, but also now saying, I'm ready for a rebirth. I'm ready to look into at my life differently in a fully now way, concentrating my energy in the now, not going through endlessly what happened in the past.
So horse will help you move forward. It'll help you clarify. This energy will give you lots of new roles to play, but you've got to be willing to take that particular initiative and to not sort of languish in the shadows or the background money. Well, we've got a steady pace here, but please avoid that sort of rush of the yang fire horse, which could encourage you to overextend yourself or overspend your friend. Doesn't mean you have to like run alongside horse. All right, you can be with the energy but going at your own pace.
So consider new income options but also look at your spending habits, look at where you can refine or shake up your relationship with money and look at your worthiness and your sense of value.
Okay, well your purpose and spiritual nature. For you Goat, it's going to be self perception. What would you like to change in the limited belief department?
What are you choosing now to see differently in your yourself? What reality shake up can you embrace? And it doesn't have to be huge. It can be a very simple self loving tweak every day. But do choose to embrace some kind of regular innovation to help you move ahead with confidence.
Okay, now we're moving into monkey. Well, horse and monkey overlap because they are sharing that big results, big horizon and horse is helping monkey with overthinking. I. E Letting overthinking go.
So Horse is saying, focus, enjoy, Monkey, but don't go rushing into the future too much. So Monkey is looking like an intellectual superstar potentially. Bit of dazzle there on your ability and your problem solving illumination, but don't hold the stage. And remember, Monkey, less is more. You don't have to perform until everyone is exhausted. So it's an exciting and enthusiastic year for Monkey. Need to be willing to travel and to take advantage of new possibilities in your life. Allow life to surprise you, Monkey. Okay, what about money? Well, horse is challenged in the sense that it is dashing about with a very high pace and monkey can sometimes react to that. And as a result, the productivity can be a bit up and down. So I'd like you to be flexible and I'd like you to find that now space. So keep working on the heart mind alignment, Monkey, and keep reactions or overload to a minimum, please.
What about purpose and spiritual nature? Well, simplicity is your watchword this year, Monkey. Simplicity. And how are you going to achieve it? Well, you're going to achieve it by being open to what the universe wants to show you, all right? Not being super focused and constantly thinking from your intellect and from your knowledge base. Allow that wisdom and allow the spontaneity.
Okay? Gosh, we've dashed already into Rooster. What's happening for Rooster? Well, we've got a mini resurrection happening in your energy and it's a little bit like a Rubik's cube. You're being decisive about your life and you're aligning. And you've got a lot of opportunities, Rooster, this year to shine, all right?
So in relating, I'd like you to be confident. I'd like you to take up invitations, all right? No more excuses to hermetically hide. I want you to be social and I don't want you sabotaging yourself being a wallflower, all right? So choose not to push in, all right? But definitely to take up that opportunity to shine when it's presented. What about money? Well, it's a brave new world. You're going to have a little bit of a 'Humpty Dumpty' moment. Where you pushed or did you fall? Well, it doesn't actually matter. Horse is saying you get out there, all right? And it doesn't want you to be overwhelmed by the momentum.
So you do need to dump or distance yourself from the inner control freak and really embrace the random, the illogical and the beautiful because that is you. For spiritual purpose. Well, I'd like you to look at self care, all right? One of the chinks in your arm is a little bit of a health up and down in your energy.
So it's important to have a supportive, self loving regimen and also to be able to make room to chill and to be with your beloveds, your nearest and dearest.
Okay, so Dog, what's happening for you? Well, you are in BFF year. Yes. Horse is very much your best friend and last year you had a few issues, a few sort of sunshine showers and it, it was sort of. Yeah, sun was there, but there was a bit of fog. Okay. So this year you've got a much more productive horizon beckoning and it could even be effortless. But you do have to do some people management. Why? Cuz Dog, you are so friendly, you are very caring and you are very devoted, but you could end up being the gopher for everyone else. Go for this, go for that. So Dog needs to be both passionate and professional, but also learn to say no this year, please.
And if you can look into what your core intention is behind your relating, then it's going to really help you be both compassionate and understanding, but not overextend yourself or get taken advantage of by other people.
What about money for Dog? Well, money, money, money. Yes, you are valued. And if you are looking for a promotion, a new job, if you're thinking about your horizons and expansion, then Horse is going to help you with a beautiful consolidation of your sense of wealth and feeling supported. But please, the people who are a bit clueless or a bit careless or a bit all over the shop will come your way. All right? They'd like to be sorted out. So Dog, please, it's not your responsibility. You can offer advice but then say off you go, learn, choose, process your experience.
All right? Okay. Purpose and spiritual nature. It's a very warm and inclusive year for Dog and you've got the opportunity perhaps to take on some new hobbies or literally be a lot more intuitive than you've had time for and also really feel that you're developing your inner harmony. So it's a really harmonious and supportive time for Dog.
Okay, Piggy. Piggy. Pig. Well, Piggies, you've got a lot of water and fire, Horse. Guess what? It's fire.
So this year you are going to feel like you need to step into life, you need to make an effort. So your water is going to be warming up and reignite your passion for life and your sense of social interaction. So relating is top of the list for Pig and you need to bounce back and get pressing the Flesh, be socially aware and be open to the opportunities that horse chaperones your way. Now, horse is going to encourage you, but it's not going to do it for, for you. Remember that. So you do need to say yes and you do need to watch if you're being a bit sloppy or a bit late in replying or taking up opportunities. Why do I say that? Because it's not a year in money to be dragging your feet because a lot of business is going to come your way due to social connection.
So I'd like Pig to recognize that you do need to be on the pace. You do need to be saying yes and no as you discern to invitations that are given. But just manage and yeah, put your face around town, be prepared to talk because people will be listening to your opinions and your observations.
Okay, Purpose and spirituality for Pig. Well, it's all about goal posts shifting with people. And so you need to be clear and you mustn't stretch yourself too thinly. All right? So don't over commit and go the extra mile in intimate relationships with relating, that sense of purpose or meaning that you want to convey.
All righty, so we're already halfway through.
So who's next? Well, Rat's next.
Now, in a lot of Chinese zodiacs, you're going to see something called a clash year presented. Now in it's simply that the opposite is in the face. It's like the two animals are opposite one another in the zodiac. So rat, yes, you are in the opposite situation. But this is a brilliant year to break through, to learn deeply about yourself. It doesn't have to be all doom and gloom, nor does it necessarily ever have to be unlucky. All right? So it might just be that you have to look at some of the, the ego issues, the bits of yourself that you've been avoiding.
So. Or potentially the resistance, for example, to change.
So how's it going to be for relating for Rap? Well, I'd like you to consider choosing really consciously. Now you might go, I do, and I'm really bright and I deliberate over my choices. Yes, you do. But also there's a lot of noise going on in the zodiac.
You might find it very difficult to actually hear what you truly want or to make informed decisions because you're kind of in this niggling self doubt.
So you're going to say no to any inner sabotage.
And if you're not sure, then please wait till you can find a calm place to make your decisions. All right? Rushed decisions could cost you.
So please don't get talked into this things money. Well, it's about stepping back and seeing the big picture this year. No super risky investments, please. And to magnetize opportunity, you need to be a little bit more flexible than normal. And I don't want you to be tempted to make up for lost time. So you kind of dive in, as I said, to desperate or risky investments. So none of that, please. All balance and looking at a wise spend and a long term vision.
What about purpose? Well, for Rat, this year it's all about developing your intuition and balancing intuition and intellect. And so that's going to require a little bit of chaos or a little bit of adaptability that you're not necessarily used to, but it's actually going to pay dividends. So don't go the chosen trodden path if you will. Go a little bit of the road less traveled and explore and build your confidence.
Okay, Ox?
Right. Then while you're feeling detached and out of the blue, events are possible.
And what you do need to do is keep your balance point because again, a little bit like Rat, Horse is on your case and you could feel like you're being a little bit rushed. Now, Ox, you like to be considered in your pace and you have legendary stamina.
But also you can consider that you get a little bit grumpy. All right, Bull in a china shop, if you feel pushed or people are demanding a lot of your time. So this year you could feel that you are in a prestige or powerful position or that you have a lot more more air time than other signs in the zodiac. So by all means celebrate, but also try and get a balance. Not too much of a good thing, but equally socially get out there because you are in demand.
Financially, yes, you might be seen as a little bit of a creative fixer. You've got that practical sparkle and a bit of razamataz. And you could also attract investors or people who are very much interested in putting money your way.
So what you, your hurdle here is there are also other people who are finding it hard to change their mind about who you used to be or that they've heard gossip or rumors about who you were. And so they are sticking with that old image of yourself. So I'm not suggesting you need to explain, but do make your image in the sense of your brand this year very clear.
And if there's any confusion with the past, then just be gentle and diplomatic about putting people straight.
What about your purpose? Well, for rocks, this year it's Potter time. Please, please don't get irritated with the demands of others. And I'd like you to feel that you are in alignment. And if you get out of alignment, I'd like you to spend that extra moment to connect back in.
Alrighty, who's coming next? Well, it's Tiger.
Tiger, you did have a little bit of abundance and easy money. Even a lottery win in the previous year. Snake was good to use. So this year we've got to go a little bit more into effort. All right? And I want you to say to yourself, open heart, no in mind. I don't want you to be talking yourself into things, particularly if you're going into relating patterns that you've had for a long period. And you go, oh, it's all coming around again. I want you to be really clear about your new beginnings and your new attitude. Whether it's about your personal value, whether it's about how you behaved last time. You're choosing to make it very now and you're not reacting and you're believing in that now. Whatever is your new vision and you're sticking to it.
So it's about walking the path and it's not about walking the path most jaded.
It is definitely that horse wants you to use your incredible intuition and to move into a quality and a considered fashion. Perhaps a little less risk taking than Tiger is used to, but. But equally one of great clarity and quality for you. How about money? Well, it's juggling priorities. It's keeping that money equation balanced. Doesn't mean you can't risk. But again, it's margin calls and it's not. It's clever administration of your finances and no particular extreme behaviors if you can avoid it. So look at what you truly want. Want in the financial horizon to happen, but also have you back up and your contingency rather than having that space where you feel a bit reactive or extreme purpose and your spiritual nature, well, it's about being now. All right? Stick to your core values. Stick to what you believe is that courageous, trailblazing Tiger, and be authentic and independent individual because that's what people are going to seek you out for this year. They really want you to be you. So no compromises. Don't see compromise as balance. See balance as balance and your core values. All right, so you can still be that incredibly inspiring figure, but also be balanced.
Okay, so we're looking at the last three signs. What do we got? We've got Rabbit. Right. What's happening for Rabbit? Well, it is a beautiful dawn of new potential for Rabbit. You've had a couple of what can we say, sort of backseat years that might have felt a little bit isolated or a lot less social than you would have liked. But please don't compare this year. Stay now. And relating, you actually have the celebrity card. Potentially you are a little bit of a high priestess meets goddess in the tarot. So don't worry, enjoy.
And people will be asking for your advice and they will also want to put you up there, not on a pedestal but perhaps on the stage and asking you to strike your stuff. So you love horse. Horse is charming, is beautiful and is a wonderful co creator support in your life.
So take full advantage of that rabbit and enjoy your celebrity moments. What about money? Well, work isn't necessarily what you've known it to be or what perhaps you've traditionally done, but it is definitely going to be helping you and it will be if you're prepared to be flexible. Exactly what you can grow into.
And so you want to be using that for fluffy charisma, to collaborate and to love new opportunities into being spiritual purpose. Well, I'd like you to plan a little bit but definitely to be open to amazing sort of blue moon events. There is a blue moon this year and also to really be welcoming new horizons and don't second guess your good fortune, but alrighty. What's happening to Dragon? Well, we've got patience but also we need not to be relying too much on position or on expectation. I want you to be really strong Dragon this year with observation and looking to build your people skills and who you are becoming.
So relating, check in with the foundation. What is your clan, what is your resonance and what are the relevant elements for relating for you? What are the core qualities and really work to make those your mantra when you are dealing with all kinds of relationships and if you've changed in the way that you used to view things, then show people that you're keeping it real. You've changed your perspective and sometimes Dragon can be considered a little bit too traditional and and other times very mystical or mythical or a little bit on a pedestal. So the chance for Dragon this year is to get very aware and available in relating.
How about money? Well, we're inspired but also there is a pressure on you to choose wisely in your investments. I don't want you to get too picky. All right. But also it's a moment to be up close and personal with the naked truths. So if you do need to innovate or empower your skills, make that extra moment count and then you could really be seen for both Your flexibility, your core cultural quality. And also the icing on the cake is everything that you are choosing to learn. The newness, purpose and spiritual nature. Well, you're going to know thyself and you're going to advance that challenge we always face within ourselves to appreciate, concentrate our worthiness and our sense of self.
So it's about doing the best way you can to ride that wave of transformation rather than being knocked around or dragged around by it.
Okay, Our last animal today is Snake.
So with Snake, you've got the memo. It's all about keep on keeping on and the fundamentals of your journey. Be diligent with them. All right? Horse is very professional and it's very interested in supporting you in developing that core foundational, businesslike attention to quality and quality relating.
We want to avoid virtue signalling and we just want to be authentically of service in a balanced way. If you want to charm, if you want to wine and dine, do a little bit of that. Just watch the waistline. And with money, I want you to be looking at your long game, all right? And the openness to developing your skills. And you might. Snake is often the promoter of others. You might actually find a new promoter who can help you evaluate your skills or help you look at who you are differently and help you grow your value as a result.
Okay. Purpose and your spiritual. Well, Snake, you're an incredibly spiritual sign. It was your year last year and this year, you know, you're going to be in your element and you're going to really feel that your vibration and your sense of inspiration is rising.
This will create a greater emotional iq, but don't get driven to exhaustion, all right? Yes, you do need to perform and as I say, said, keep on keeping on with your professional life. But again, Snake loves to socialize, kick back and have some of that beautiful cultured fun that makes you that beautiful and intuitive contribution to the Chinese zodiac.
Alrighty. Well, it's been my great pleasure. The music's run out, so I'm obviously overrun my 20 minutes. But I love to share this with you and I hope it is useful. And if you'd like any further detail, please don't hesitate to visit YourTransformationHub.com and check out the articles for the Chinese New Year in full.
Thank you very much for joining me.
