On February 7, 2026, Grandmaster JinBodhi hosted a livestream titled “Awaken Your Fortune” and revealed the key factors that influence your luck throughout the year.
The year 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse and Red Goat, bringing overall turbulent energy. Many people are wondering: How can we enhance our fortune this year, and what practical and effective methods should we turn to for improving luck in 2026? If things have already been going poorly, is a turnaround possible?
Grandmaster JinBodhi explains the true meaning behind Lunar New Year traditions and, through real-life testimonials, teaches everyone how to eliminate disasters, resolve misfortune, and transform danger into safety—opening a smooth and peaceful start to the New Year.
【You will learn】
- New Year traditions and their origins
- Methods for warding off negativity and safeguarding the home during the Lunar New Year (including how to use sea salt)
- Information on the 2026 Pacifying Tai Sui light-offering and First Incense-offering
【Featured aphorism】
- When encountering minor misfortunes or hardships, learn to endure, be tolerant, and remain grateful—thank the buddhas and bodhisattvas for turning major troubles into minor ones, and minor ones into nothing.
Why Are New Year Traditions and Their Origins So Important?
Why don’t the Chinese celebrate Lunar New Year on January 1st?
More than 2,000 years ago, Qin Shi Huang unified the calendar system. During the Han dynasty, over 30,000 people were mobilized to calculate the Twenty-Four Solar Terms. Ultimately, the beginning of the year was set at the time when spring arrives and all things awaken—not the cold January 1st.
Spring symbolizes the energy of growth and the beginning of hope. Therefore, speaking auspicious words and performing auspicious deeds during this period may truly influence your fortune for the entire year.
What Can You Do at the Start of the Year to Make It Better?
Common New Year fortune-enhancing practices include:
- Honoring ancestors: Express gratitude for the gift of life and upbringing.
- Praying to deities for blessings: Ask for peace, smooth progress, abundance, and auspiciousness in the New Year.
- Offering the First Incense: Considered one of the most auspicious acts of worship; wishes made at this time are especially likely to come true.
Testimonial 1: Pacifying Tai Sui Light-Offering Helped Avoid a Major Fire
She was born in the Year of the Horse and would clash with Tai Sui in 2026, so she made a Pacifying Tai Sui light-offering. Just one week later, her home gas stove exploded, and flames instantly engulfed the entire kitchen! In her panic, she made the most dangerous mistake…
At the very moment between life and death, a single thought flashed through her mind—and the fire was extinguished. Was this mere luck? Or was there an unseen force quietly protecting her?
What If Things Are Already Going Wrong? 2026 Remedies for Offending Tai Sui
- Method 1: Make a Pacifying Tai Sui Light-Offering
Appease Tai Sui to resolve or lessen the energetic impact of the year.
- Method 2: Perform More Auspicious and Altruistic Deeds
Volunteer at meditation centers, chant more often, and accumulate merit.
Grandmaster JinBodhi reminds us that after unfortunate events occur, it is even more important to accumulate merit and replenish our energy. By making a conscious effort and using auspicious blessed items, one can alleviate the negative effects of offending Tai Sui.
☆How to turn seemingly inauspicious events into auspicious ones?
Further Reading: 2026 Year of the Horse Zodiac Forecast | Fire Horse & Red Goat Disasters & Remedies for Tai Sui Clashes!
How to Ward Off Negativity and Safeguard Your Home During Lunar New Year
- Hang Lunar New Year couplets, door guardians, and large “Fu” (fortune) characters.
- Wear red clothing and accessories: Red symbolizes auspiciousness and wards off negative energy.
- Blue salt or sea salt: Considered to carry yang energy, helping ward off negativity and purify the space.
☆Grandmaster JinBodhi advises on ways to use sea salt
☆Can sea salt be placed in the bedroom?
☆Precautions for using sea salt
Testimonial 2: Blessed Fortune Coin—Job Offer Within Two Days
After being unemployed for six months and repeatedly rejected, she was discouraged and disheartened. Holding a fortune coin blessed by Grandmaster JinBodhi in her palms, she prayed sincerely. Within just two days, she received two job offers simultaneously!
What mysterious power lies behind this small coin?
Testimonial 3: Medicine Buddha Divination Stick Helped Her Avoid a Major Travel Disaster
After drawing consecutive unfavorable lots from Medicine Buddha, she decided at the last minute to cancel her family trip. Soon afterward, news broke of flight-system failures and frequent violent incidents—and that very day had been their originally scheduled departure.
Testimonial 4: Blessed With a Child Thanks to Practicing Energy Bagua and Accumulating Merit
At age 35, which is considered advanced maternal age, she was predicted to have little luck with bearing children. She had fallen into the darkest depths of her life after a miscarriage—waking each day in tears.
Then, she met Grandmaster JinBodhi, who pointed out the “coldness” within her body and showed her a path to transform her fate. The true turning point came after she made a First Incense-offering.
Testimonial 5: A Yellow Jambhala Statue-Gilding Offering Revived His Company
When he was nine years old, a fortuneteller predicted he would “be so poor in the next 10 years that he wouldn’t even have food to eat.” Starting when he was 30, his company’s performance steadily declined. His savings were exhausted, and he had to rely on his father for living expenses.
At that critical moment, he made a key decision—to make a Yellow Jambhala statue-gilding offering. Soon after, he had an unbelievably vivid dream that completely changed the course of his fate.
☆The One Thing You Must Not Miss in the Lunar New Year
Bodhi Meditation College | 2026 First Incense-Offering & Pacify Tai Sui for Peace and Auspiciousness!
As we welcome the turbulence and change of the Fire Horse and Red Goat year, you can make a Pacifying Tai Sui light-offering for yourself and your family, offer the First Incense at the beginning of the year, and pray sincerely to the buddhas so that the New Year may unfold more steadily and peacefully.
How to Offer First Incense
- Commence: Available now – log in to the Bodhi Meditation College website to make your offering.
- Deadline:
North America (Vancouver): Feb. 16, 2026, at 11:59 PM (Lunar New Year’s Eve)
Asia (Taipei): Feb. 17, 2026, at 3:59 PM (Lunar New Year – Day 1)
Tier 1 First Incense – USD $888
Effects: Eliminates disasters and obstacles, brings longevity, dispels evil, and attains perfect auspiciousness.
Gift: Tai Sui Safety Lamp (Value: USD $99)
Tier 2 First Incense – USD $280
Effects: Removes obstacles, attracts wealth and charm, and brings success.
Tier 3 First Incense – USD $8
Effects: Eliminates misfortune, brings safety, ensures a smooth life, and attracts auspiciousness.
☆Make a Pacifying Tai Sui Light-Offering now to receive safety, smoothness, and auspiciousness in all matters!