Holistic Spaces | the feng shui podcast by Mindful Design · Anjie Cho & Laura Morris

Episode 361: A Flower Ally for Every Zodiac Animal with Katie Hess

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Horses are mirrors; the year of the fire horse is very straightforward, obvious, not subtle like the snake.

A flower can reveal what hides. The episode opens with flower work as a practice in transparency: noticing where someone tucks things away and letting truer intentions come up for air. Katie Hess is the guest, and Laura Morris and Angie Cho keep the conversation close to feng shui teaching, zodiac timing, and the feel of flower allies. The calendar gets a careful note, too. Zodiac years shift around February 4th, so a birthday from January 1st through February 3rd may belong to the animal year before it. Then the rat gets its turn. Rat years are named across the cycle, with rat described through water: quick, forceful, sensitive, like a river in motion. Horse brings fire. In the 2026 fire horse year, that mix sounds difficult, but not hopeless. Strong fire changes water instead of simply going out, and the rat-horse clash becomes a sign that rat people may need more independence and inner steadiness. Katie chooses saguaro flower for that work. She ties it to self-sufficiency, fearless independence, dissolving codependency, and solving problems without getting scattered. The medicine stays practical. When a rat listener feels lost, wants comfort, or notices a pattern of being taken advantage of, saguaro is offered as a steadier hand. Laura's worry about being a rat gives the conversation a softer landing, and Katie answers with the image of a gentle warrior spirit and a pure heart. Even with the specialized language, the episode keeps coming back to ordinary questions: comfort, dependence, clarity, and how to meet a demanding year without going hard. The hosts also point toward upcoming animal forecasts, the year of the horse, nine star key material, and a lunar new year episode, keeping this as part of a wider seasonal run.

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A zodiac forecast that stays grounded in practical use.

Holistic Spaces, episode 361, treats the rat in the 2026 fire horse year as a question of how to stay honest, self-sufficient, and clear about intent. Laura Morris, Angie Cho, and guest Katie Hess of Lotus Way keep the discussion grounded.

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A 2026 rat forecast centered on saguaro, self-sufficiency, and fearless independence.

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