Chinese Lunar New Year, 17 February 2026

 
Chinese Lunar New Year, 17 February 2026 
(Year of the Horse*)  

*If one attributes the Five Elements to a birth year 
or the Zodiac it self, it would then have a name preceded 
with any of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, 
or Water.  

Accordingly, the year 2026 belongs to the element Fire.
Therefore, the Year of the Horse could also be called 
the Year of the Fire Horse.  

Valentine’s Day

The Fountain of Youth  
J. Wm. Lloyd (1899)  
  
THE years roll on, and the head grows grey,
But the longing heart doth ever pray,
With a prayer too deep for words to say.

Love is the fountain of youth alway.

“Thou art old!” mocks Love, “and hast had thy day.”
But the heart protesteth:
“Nay, O nay!
My life is love, alway, alway,
And the human heart is young for aye.”

  Love is a fountain of youth alway.

“Thou art old,” saith Love, “and thy debt must pay.”
But the heart makes answer:
“Nay, O nay!
My hunger groweth every day,
Grows stronger with eating the years away;
Age is for earnest and youth for play,
The hottest coals ’neath the ashes stay,
And the human heart is young for aye.”

Love is the fountain of youth alway.