The Power of Numbers

Happy New Year!

2026 is the Year of the Horse, according to the Chinese Zodiac.

Not just any horse, mind you. But the Fire Horse.

Even just typing those words makes me feel energetic and bold, which this special sign represents. The Fire Horse also signifies freedom, innovation, and fast action.

Strap your boot straps on, we’re rearing to go this year.

Numerologists advise us that one can reduce a year to a single number simply by adding the numbers…

2+0+2+6=10, then reduce this by adding the last two digits, 1+0=1

Welcome to the Universal Year 1.

And, even more significant, January 1, 2026 reduces to 1/1/1, representing a significant numerological portal.

Are you with me so far?

Apparently, this portal is instrumental in intention setting.

I love that. A mathematical hole to step through to pursue our purpose.

Note that I did not say “resolution.”

I’ve always felt New Year resolutions came from a place of negativity…feeling as though we need to do something to change something about ourselves. Lose weight, cut back on bad stuff we put into our bodies, get out of debt, etc.

To me, intentions come from a positive place…things we ought to do more of. Spend time with family and friends, get out and take a walk every day, get caught up in the moment.

So, we’ve got the Year of the Fire Horse, a Universal Year 1, and then, as I tend to do, I fell into the numerological rabbit hole, and discovered that my birth date, 21 represents the frequency of 3. (Remember 2+1=3).

I was born three weeks late. The fourth child and three weeks late. Go Figure.

But, I think the universe was just waiting for me to drop on that date, as the core values of the number 3 include growth, creativity, communication, optimism, and harmony. And, I’m associated with understanding and self-expression, i.e. writing.

Reading this through my deep dive brought me back to my intentions for this Year of the Horse.

I’m going to draw on those significant mathematically established traits and continue to embrace my creativity and try to bring harmony within myself and in all of my relationships.

But most of all, I’m going to dive back into the first draft of the middle-grade novel I wrote last year.

I’ll be intentionally rewriting and revising this personal and heartwarming story. Then moving forward through critique group and ultimately querying literary agents.

As traditional publishing time frames go, my hope is that my novel sells and is contracted in 2028.

2+0+2+8=12.

1+2=3

As they say, it’s all in the numbers.