Six Insights for 2026 🐣

Six Insights for 2026 🐣

After an early morning of relentless rain that lasted well into the afternoon, the sun arrived to warm things up again. Last night’s New Year's neighborhood fireworks lasted well after 2am, and the ensuing downpour washed away all of the smoke that crept into my house and clung to the air outside. Today I’m drinking māmaki tea and remembering how close the explosions were, and how the cacophony shook the entire house for hours. 

When I stepped into my yard to greet the sun, I saw the family of six feral chickens—one mother and her five half-grown chicks—that I’ve been feeding for the last week, hiding amongst my aloe vera plants. I scattered brown rice and almond flour on the ground for them and wondered where they had found refuge during the night’s shock and awe. 

My thoughts began to make associations with last night’s experience to 2025 as a whole. All of the external chaos that came with the year was debilitating at times, and keeping up with the latest breaking news and social media posts felt like enduring explosion after explosion, some arriving with a small bang and others shaking our foundations. 

We were all like wild chickens running for shelter, trying to find sustenance. And some of us were lucky enough to have people provide us with aid. So many communities came together to protect and defend their neighbors. I am grateful to have been given that kind of support as well. 

Without it, I wouldn’t have gotten through my challenges in the ways that I did. I wouldn’t be here now, with my nervous system feeling calm and regulated, with all of the perspectives I’ve been integrating.

These insights came out of that support and that work, and I want to share them with you.

My top 6 insights to ring in 2026:

Make time for joy first. Schedule it before work gets in the way. 

If you work first, and play with whatever time and energy is left, you’re usually left with nothing. Happiness deserves planning too. Besides, discipline does not inspire learning in the way that joy does. Be devoted to joy.

Everything takes longer than you think it does, especially healing.

This is a very “you can’t rush the river” kind of sentiment and I’m sure you’ve heard it before. Still, I keep coming back to it, because when my mind initializes something I can see the end result almost immediately, similar to how I write short stories. I can feel it becoming real, but then I have to stretch time out and plot the in-between, while understanding that my timeline might need revision at any moment. 

For me, healing is less of a goal and more of an agreement with my mind, body, and soul. It’s a way of living in partnership with my holistic Self. And that is how we cultivate patience. We give grace to every part of us, especially the disparate ones. 

You create your own closure.

Replace the word “closure” with “peace.”

Life is going to be filled with loose ends, unanswered questions, and stories with no final chapter. What someone else says ultimately doesn’t matter. No apology or communication from someone else can give you closure, because it comes from what you tell yourself. Give yourself the gift of peace by acknowledging that life is messy and sometimes things just don’t make sense.

Allow people to be who they genuinely are and let them show up for you in the way that they naturally do. Then determine if that is enough for you. 

Unless you’re acting in a play together, no one should be giving anyone a script. 

Your life is the ritual and you are the altar. 

What you do on the daily creates an order to your existence. Intentionally setting aside quality time and claiming psychic space for ceremony allows you to shift how you see, feel, and live your experience. Ceremony gives your life layers of distinction, making the ordinary seem extraordinary. Treat your body as the sacred vessel that it is, and participate fully in your own myth-making. 

When inspiration strikes, take action as soon as possible.

In my experience, inspiration has a half-life like a radioactive material. The more time you allow to pass from the moment it begins, the less likely you are to do anything about it. Eventually, that spark diminishes completely. Carpe diem!

We are in winter, a time for rest, reflection, and restoration. Now is when we compost old stories and tend our inner fire. 

In springtime we will be reborn, but now is the time to dream about what you want to grow. How can you honor your roots? What would nourish them? 

Are you ready to dream new stories? Perhaps you already have a vision for 2026 and you’d like assistance in actualizing it.

If so, I’m excited to support your next chapter with a Heroic Tarot Reading & Mentoring Session.

This is for you if you're ready to approach challenges from unique perspectives, generate original ideas, find inventive solutions, or simply seek more joy in your process.

You’ll receive clarification on your current crossroads, as well as new ideas, concepts, and possibilities about your journey. 

~ I have 13 available slots in my calendar for these sessions. ~

Sessions last one hour, cost $150, and are conducted by phone.

~ To set up an appointment, please respond directly to this email. ~

Magickally Yours,

~Violet Storm 💜⛈️