The Sheep in 2026 ～ Fire Horse Year

Horse and Sheep : Best Friends Forever?

In the system of Chinese Astrology known as Bazi, the relationship of the Horse and Sheep is known as Secret Friends or 六合 6 Harmonies. In this alliance, often it will be the Sheep holding things down, always being available when the Horse crashes and burns, sometimes being left behind when the Horse is flying high. The Sheep is more prone to keep the relationship going, at least on the surface. A Horse’s secret is that they would like to have just one partner for life. They are seeking consistency.

The Sheep puts a lot of effort into service. This can work both for and against them.

Generally speaking, the 未 Sheep (sometimes called Goat) is a more stable sign than the 午 Horse; this is the difference between Earth and Fire. At times the Sheep puts up with the antics of the Horse to live vicariously. The Sheep doesn’t have the daring of the Horse, or the willingness to burn everything down. On the other hand, the Horse craves the calming effect of the Sheep, a reflection of the observable role of goats in stables. The Sheep supports and stablizes the Horse.

Power Cycle

All this to say, Sheep are entering a two year power cycle in the sense that they have direct access to the power and favor of the year in 2026, then the Sheep is the year boss in 2027. It’s time to make hay while the sun shines as they say.

Sheep also enjoy the blessing of the 太陽 Tai Yang or Sun this year. To activate it, you act! Do things. Sheep clients who have followed my advice have already been preparing for this for the last couple of years. In a bazi with both 丑 Ox and Sheep, there may be conflict in life but this year you have a lot of benefits too.

Being in a position where you are close to the boss, one role of the Sheep this year could be that of whistleblower, but certainly you are problem solver in chief. With your bff Horse and the power of the SUN, you can melt ICE. The next Sheep, the Sheep of 2027, is a Fire Sheep. The Sheep year in which ICE was born was a Water Sheep year (2003).*

In the year of the Fire Horse there’s no point trying to keep secrets. Bring facts out into the open and the problems will tend to solve themselves. If you’re thinking there will be a lot of interpersonal relations this year, you’re understanding.

For the Sheep, the Fire Horse brings a relationship boost, but pursuing relationship may seem less exciting than career. The 桃花 Peach blossom of the Sheep is the Rat and this year the Rat is clashed and unable to focus that kind of energy for you. The Horse has other plans for you I guess.

Would you like to speak to the Manager?

You may have heard before that the Snake is the sign of a politician. This is true, however, don’t sleep on the political savvy of the Sheep. If you want to keep a whole family or team together, it takes every kind of management. Note: when I say family, I mean all families, not just the nuclear.

Keeping people together requires someone who is willing to make invitations, or host and organize family events; someone who thinks the nightly family dinner (or its equivalent) is important.

The Sheep stays aware of social protocols and observes them, putting people at ease and keeping them coming back. They feel a certain kind of loyalty to the Sheep when they know what to expect from them. Without the Sheep, the generational traditions falter, therefore if you love a Sheep, you’ll help them keep the family bonds intact by being a team player. The Horse may feel confined at times by the Sheep’s family driven values although it greatly benefits them.

Generational traditions remind us of what we will always have in common, and lately the loss of them is troubling, especially those around mourning. Maybe we lost them in the last Ox year of 2021. We thought we were postponing community and so it was okay to ignore our usual rituals around death…this was a big mistake. Our distancing ourselves from the idea of death and the witnessing of death has changed how we think of it and not in a way that is pro human. This next two years give us an opportunity to get back in touch with death, generational traditions, and therefore with life.

Storing Up : Money Matters

There’s a lot of pressure about money these days for everyone but Sheep can expect some financial success in the year of the Horse due to your connections with the zeitgeist. Magnify your luck by staying aware of current events, especially regarding places you think you would like to be. The Horse will propel you and spread the word about you. You may be able to get into positions that aren’t usually accessible. Stay as healthy as you can be and get more benefits.

In the system of Bazi, if you want to accumulate money it’s helpful to have a storage or vault in your natal chart. That means you would have one of these four signs: 丑 Ox, 辰 Dragon, 未 Sheep, 戌 Dog.

If you were born in a Sheep year, in a Sheep month, on a Sheep day or in the Sheep hour, this means you have at least one vault and a better chance in general of accumulating money. Study with me and learn that even if the vault doesn’t store your money element, it’s still helpful.

Look at Steve Jobs and Bill Gates for example. They were both born in 1955, a Wood Sheep year. Steve Jobs was a yang Fire day master while Bill Gates is a yang Water day master. Wood is the element the Sheep stores and it’s not the money element for either one of them.

What Could Go Wrong?

If you’re a Sheep, the answer to that question is not much, but even in a good year there are challenges. One challenge for the Sheep in a Horse year is an impatience like an itch. You may find yourself wanting to get payback or revenge. Give yourself time to respond rather than reacting right away. In the moment, you might not feel like you have time for that, but you do.

Listen to your body when you’re not sure. Give your body the veto power. It seems odd to say this to the Sheep given their nature, but massive retaliation against introverts is not the way.

All in all it’s going to be a good year for the Sheep. Spread the benefits of your connection to power far and wide.

Dynasties

Sometimes I observe that the Sheep sees their family as players or pawns in their empire building. The Sheep can be a driving force for family businesses where the children are expected to take a role when they are mature enough. But when will that be?

An extreme example of this is Kris Jenner who was born in a Wood Sheep year. Kris is somewhat of a kingmaker, as Sheep can be. She shows us how the Sheep might want their children’s marriages to be alliances with power that bring more financial and other opportunities to them and the dynasty.

Ba Zi of Kris Jenner
b. November 5th 1955 02:47