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Alberta, Fortune-Tellers, and a Fire Horse Birthday

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Julie Montagu
Feb 17, 2026
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It is my birthday today.

It is also the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

And — deliciously — it is the Year of the Fire Horse.

If ever there were a year for dramatic destiny, impulsive decisions, romantic upheaval and slightly reckless brilliance… it is this one.

Which feels entirely appropriate.

Because today I want to take you to Paris. To drawing rooms. To palmists. To astrologers. To a twenty-two-year-old American heiress having her future told — repeatedly — and writing every word down.

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