I don’t profess to know a lot about Chinese astrology but I am intrigued by what I am hearing in relation to this period in time. As a Westerner, I have always felt that the start of a new year brings new ideas and the chance to start fresh after the holidays. Down here in Australia, the new school year starts at the end of January after the long summer break, and so I have been ‘programmed’ with this ideology around the new year from a young age. But the start of 2026 hasn’t