Happy Gregorian New Year!!!!
2026 – The Year of the Prepper
– Gibbous Moon Phase – trust, analyze, prepare, digest, alchemy
– Moon in GEMINI–
– Retrogrades –
- Jupiter – Nov 11th – Mar 11th
- Chiron – Jul 30th – Jan 2nd
– Best Days (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – Jan 1st – 2nd – Cut Firewood, Dig Holes, Mow to Increase Growth, Host a Party, Travel for Pleasure, Kill Plant Pests, Set Eggs
– Planting Calendar (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – Jan 1st – 2nd – Poor day for planting, seeds tend to rot in ground.
– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: – 11 ARIES: the ruler of a nation
– Aspect of the Aeon Sophia: (Wisdom): Kali – The Destroyer
– Aspect of the Aeon Thelete: (Will/Desire): Seth, God of the North
NOTE ON MY RECENT ABSENCE – Sorry for not writing sooner. I have been rehabbing a knee replacement and have not been all myself. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a more regular schedule
Gregorian 2026
Welcome to the next dropping of the ball and the date you need to go out to the bank to get a free calendar. The night and day are a massive, world-wide celebration as each time zone celebrates the moment as it happens. Fireworks, confetti, costumes, hats, noisemakers. And let’s not forget making New Years resolutions.
If you have been following me for very long, you know I talk a lot about many different calendars and ways of tracking the passing of time. My preference is for the following of the lunar phases and tracking them by the Astrological Calendar (where the “new year” occurs at the time of the new moon in the sign of Aries). Note: in Gregorian 2026, this will happen on April 17th at 7:51 AM.
That being said, if you follow sidereal astrology, it is a different date. The Chinese, the Koreans the Jews, The Mayans and the Asian Indians (to name a few) also count the days in completely different ways.
If there is any justification that I can make for the Gregorian (named for Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 who changed it to correct for errors in the Julian Calendar which started in about 46 BC), is that it is constant enough that countries around the world reference it.
For me, I still prefer to follow a calendar that tracks the natural cycles. That is me. And in this short discourse, I might point to another reason that we should be paying attention to the Natural Cycles.
Year of the Prepper
I heard about this title for 2026 from Ben Davidson of SpaceWeatherNews (Suspicious0bservers). I am good with it. If you have followed me for any amount of time, you know it is a regular theme in my articles. And if nother else, it is giving me motivation to write more.
But it is not just a fringe SpaceWeather thing. A quick AI search described it pretty well:
“Year of the Prepper 2026” refers to online discussions and content creators focusing on preparedness for potential future disruptions, emphasizing skills like water/food storage, grid-down scenarios, and community building, while the UN officially designated 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, highlighting sustainable land use and pastoral livelihoods, not global collapse. For preppers, 2026 is about building resilience through practical steps like securing 30-90 days of supplies, practicing skills, and strengthening local networks. ~The Google AI Robot
I especially liked how it differentiated our fringe fun from the official UN designated title that firmly directs us to follow the sustainability bullshit they have been preaching. Prepping is much more fun!
So, what will it take to become more prepared? Let’s start with a whole new mindset and go on from there. If you want to check out some of my past articles, you can find them under the tab above entitles “Prepping” 🙂
I will be reviewing a lot of these themes as well as suggesting a whole new plan to get better mentally and physically prepared for what may come. And I welcome you along for the ride.
Happy 2026. Be Prepared!