2026: Toward a New Anchor  |  New Year's message 2026  |  December 13h, 2025  |  Oth - Ellen Rauh - in English

New Year's message 2026

2026: Toward a new anchor

Our first New Year message was for the year 2000, a two with three zeros. You and I. And now, our 26th New Year message for 2026. A two, a zero, a two, and a six. You and I, connected on Earth. When you write it down, you will feel the harmony. All shapes are rounded. A two, rounded, then another two, and then a six, with its opening pointing upward.

Very many people will look upward. They want to believe in something again. Whatever belief helps you, in the end it is about trust. What do you trust? In higher guidance? With a name? Let go of what someone believes in. Let go of where someone finds their trust. Stay with yourself. What gives you trust?

The six points upward — but where is it pointing to? What do you trust in? Do you believe in coincidences? Very many coincidences. It will be unpredictable, and for many people this brings joy: "Wow! I did not expect this." And for others, their belief will fall apart completely. And they will find a new belief, a new anchor, a new trust.

Gratitude and living with nature

Everywhere, shifts of power are taking place — through nature, through belief, through politics. Name it: all struggle, confrontation, and duality. But dear people, 26 becomes an eight. An eight — look it up — is a very important symbol. Balance between high and low — whatever high may be for you, and whatever low may be for you.

Matter is low. Earth is low. Air is higher. The internet. A.I. (artificial intelligence). You can go anywhere virtually, but going somewhere virtually or going somewhere physically is a big difference. Try regularly to reconnect physically — with animals, with plants, with volcanoes, with mountains, with water, lakes, seas, oceans, the forces of the Earth.

The sun, the moon, and the stars are always there, as long as it is not cloudy on Earth. But when it is cloudy and you fly, you rise above the clouds, and there is light. So there is always light — also for you — for everyone. Even when it is heavily clouded, or when you are a heavy cloud, there is always light. So we would say: connect.

Heavy cloud cover never comes from one single cloud — you need many clouds for that. So if you like, connect with a heavy cloud. Who knows, you may give your heaviness to a cloud — your heaviness. And then the cloud says: "Thank you. I become darker." And if it is a light cloud, you say: "Oh, you are soft. Nice to sit on you for a moment or lean against you. Thank you."

And when the sun shines? One person loves it, another wants to move into the shade. Just like in nature with animals. Some people love cold, others love warmth. It is all allowed. So feel.

If it is cold and you love it, enjoy it. If it is warm and you love it, enjoy it. If the wind blows and you like it, enjoy it. And if it rains and you love it (like a rainstick): "Wonderful, thank you!" Try to say thank you as often as possible — to the people you meet, to natural phenomena.

This will help you move more lightly through the year 2026. Prepare yourself for surprising turns. At times, it may seem as if everything is falling apart, like a puzzle breaking into pieces. But we can tell you this: it will unfold differently. And by the end of the year, everyone will know.

Conflict as part of natural balance

Do not be naïve. Take good care of yourself and prepare for unexpected turns — where one person becomes very happy and another loses courage. Then the struggle seems to have been for nothing. Just like every human being sometimes loses an inner battle and sometimes wins.

Accept that you are human, living in polarity. Everything is available. Feel like a winner sometimes, and dare to admit sometimes that you have lost and say sorry. Grant someone their blessing. Seek connection with each other — all year long — and prepare for surprises. There is no country left, let alone a continent, that still consists only of original inhabitants. People have mixed — for centuries. America consists of many nationalities. Europe also consists of many nationalities, with different anchors, different beliefs. And do not forget Africa — many tribes, many rivals. Asia as well.

There is struggle everywhere. There is also struggle in China. So struggle always exists — and when people do not create struggle, nature helps a little. So dear people, a life without struggle does not exist.

The greatest danger is when you have never experienced struggle, because then you never had to stand up for anything. Then you wander without direction. What is your purpose? What do you stand for? What still matters?

Many people walk around numb and lost: "Where should I go? Where do I belong? Where do I find connection? Where do I find like-minded people? I am alone. I am so alone. I am uprooted. Where do I belong?"

Become a connector and bridge builder

Become a connector. A bridge builder is a connector — a connector between two poles or many poles. If you feel anger toward America, know that it is about different people. What is politics? There are many people there who have nothing to do with it and who suffer because of it.

Look at your own country. All regions — all different — politics, beliefs, family conflicts — struggle everywhere. But we do not call that war. No, then we call it democracy.

There is so much freedom, and at the same time many people no longer have a purpose. If everything is possible, what should you still stand for? Many people now walk around without direction, without motivation. They feel they no longer matter. Wandering people. And many uprooted people.

Some will remain that way, so that others can pull them out. Because wandering people lack connection, lack purpose. It is a phenomenon.

First we had corona, which made people feel excluded all over the world. And now there is a virus of hopelessness, powerlessness, fear. Every individual human also has fear.

So the more suppressed fear you carry inside yourself, the more you suffer from group fear — fear of the masses. When there is mass fear, return to yourself. Where is your fear? What resonates? Which part of your body reacts to fear?

That part needs extra care and extra kindness. Then mass fear can help you stand stronger in life. Use mass fear.

Care for yourself so you can be there for others

Use emergency supplies, use everything that is offered, if you feel you need it. But in the end, you will have to do it yourself. Often it is a sign of not caring well enough for yourself — so someone else has to force you to do so. Or you expect others to always help you.

If you receive help, pass it on. If you are helpless, receive help. Be grateful for help. Be grateful when you can help.

When there is so much fear and it triggers your own fear, you cannot help others. One person explodes, another freezes.

But as we said: by the end of next year, you will see that many people have found a new balance, that the year unfolded differently than expected. Sometimes you were a bridge builder. Sometimes you were part of group fear. Sometimes you were lost without direction.

"Where am I going? What am I living for? What will I still do?" Find a purpose. And when it no longer applies, find a new one. We are deeply attached to our own goals and habits.

Stay open to surprises, new directions, new people, new ideas. You cannot imagine how many seeds have been planted that have not yet sprouted. They are ready to burst. Great renewal will follow.

Let go of predictions when appropriate and useful to you. Prepare yourself, but do not be naïve. Take good care of your body. If you want to help others, you must stand even stronger yourself.

So — do you want to be a bridge builder? A helper? A connector? Then find the strength within yourself so that when you are called into conflict, you can be a connector or a neutralizer. Neutralizing is the opposite of polarity.

Become a diplomat. Be silent when silence is needed. Speak when speaking is possible. This will never work for everyone.

Grant everyone their own belief and their own anchor, but stay with your own anchor, your navigation, your compass, and follow your direction toward 2027.

We wish you a surprising year. Look forward to surprises and seek connection when you need connection. And when you think you do not need connection, connect with people.

You are not alone. Feel the great love from all of us.

2026: Toward a New Anchor  |  New Year's message 2026  |  December 13h, 2025  |  Oth - Ellen Rauh - in English

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