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Feng Shui master Marites Allen. Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News

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Anna Cerezo

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1768399724440viber_image_2026-01-14_21-39-34-308.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Feng Shui master Marites Allen. Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News" width="960"/>Feng Shui master Marites Allen. Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News</div>MANILA -- Feng Shui master Marites Allen described 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, as a period defined by speed, intensity, and transformation, urging Filipinos to move quickly if they want to benefit from its energy.“It is going to be a very fierce, fast, and strong. Very transformative,” Marites said in an interview held in Taguig City. “This is the year mga kaibigan, if you want to capitalize on the energy of the year. Act fast: Speed is very important.”She added that 2026 will reward the “strong.”“This is not the year of the weak, this is the year of the strong. Fire horse if very strong—everything can be done with caution,” she said. &quot;At the end of the day it is just a forecast, take it not as concrete but a weather forecast. May or may not happen but signs are there.&quot;To grow stronger, Allen also urged Filipinos to stop measuring their worth online.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/12/29/7-money-mistakes-to-avoid-when-you-welcome-the-new-year-1524">7 money mistakes to avoid when you welcome the New Year </a> </div>“With social media, people live on clicks and likes,” she said. “No—it has to be about you.” Beyond forecasts, Allen emphasized self-reliance and inner grounding as key themes for 2026.“Sometimes if you keep relying on other people and you get frustrated because is not being done correctly or the way you want it to be—always love yourself first,” she said. “Charity begins at home what is home—you. Learn to go back to yourself.” Allen noted the growing influence of younger generations as something people should watch.“Something we should be wary of in 2026, is the voice of the youth,” she said. “The youth is going to be in control: if we cannot manage it well, decision making will come from the youth.” For relationships, Allen predicted tension for women, particularly those under certain zodiac signs.“If you are a woman, matriarch, most women, especially sheep and monkey—issues of separations, misunderstanding, quarreling and exposed in uncompromising way,” Allen said. She pointed to signs she called more fortunate in romance.“Your so called peach blossom love and maswerte sa pag ibig are ox, sheep, and rooster,” the feng shui master said.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2026/1/1/horse-figurines-sought-for-luck-in-the-year-of-the-horse-1832">Horse figurines sought for luck in the Year of the Horse</a></div>She recommended tips to strengthen relationships.“Mandarin ducks, mystic knot, you can put in southwest part of the home or bedroom,” Allen said. The expert said money-making opportunities will meanwhile favor emerging industries, particularly artificial intelligence.“Making money is good if anything to do with artificial intelligence,” she said.She encouraged people to promote themselves strategically.“What you have to do to make money is make personal branding,” Allen said.Allen advised people to incorporate water symbolism at home to support finances. “Put water elements in your home. Water elements anything flowing,” she said. “If you want money make sure it is flowing it should not be stagnant.”She recommended where to place such elements.“Put water in the east, south east, and north,” Allen explained.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2026/1/1/from-the-shedding-of-the-snake-to-the-galloping-of-the-horse-0900">From the shedding of the Snake to the galloping of the Horse</a></div>For a more accessible and personal guide, Allen announced the launch of her new app, Destara, which she said compiles decades of her work into a single platform. “This is the first Feng Shui app it incorporates my practice in the last 30 years,” she said. “My brain, everything I learned in feng shui it is incorporated there.”Allen said she considers the project her present to Filipinos.“It is my philantrophic gift to the country. Generations can use it,” she said. “The word feng shui is googled nearly 100 million times a month,” Allen said. “Maybe it is my goft for the Filipino public.” Allen hopes to launch the Destara app before the Chinese New Year.For more information visit <a href="https://destara.app/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://destara.app/</a>

Feng Shui master Marites Allen described 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, as a period defined by speed, intensity, and transformation, urging Filipinos to move quickly if they want to benefit from its energy.

Feng Shui master Marites Allen described 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, as a period defined by speed, intensity, and transformation, urging Filipinos to move quickly if they want to benefit from its energy.

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Marites Allen: 2026 Fire Horse year rewards strength, speed

Anna Cerezo,

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Published January 14, 2026 10:15 PM PHT

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Updated January 21, 2026 07:54 PM PHT

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