Hi All,

Due to my surgery and my annual soul retreat during Winter Solstice to the New Year, this is the last forecast until the first week in January.  This cast I am asking the muses to give you a word or saying to ponder on the lessons, challenges and warnings to wrap up 2025 and begin 2026.

Also, I just want to express how grateful I am for you all walking with me through my exploration of art and tarot.  I wish you all great joy and happiness as we finish off 2025 and begin our journey into 2026.  See you in January 2026.

The art the cast is from winners of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photography competition.

 

Solar System highlights

Mercury is back in Sagittarius until the end of the year – chatty Cathy is in the house.  Mars also moves into Capricorn on December 15^th – great to tie up loose ends and plan for new beginnings. Venus is in Sagittarius until December 24^th – wanting us to be curious and then moves into Capricorn where we focus on making beauty more tangible in our lives.

Jupiter, the planet of abundance and growth, is in Cancer until June 2026.  This placement is exalted, because Cancer boosts Jupiter’s positive aspects and vice versa.  Jupiter creates more ease in our emotional growth, intuition, feeling nurtured as well as giving it.  However, the two-fold challenge is that growth needs time to cultivate and may bring growing pains.  So be kind and patient with others and yourself as we grow into our abundance.

Lastly, Saturn is back in Piscis until February of 2026.  So, we are back to our structures having trouble being…well… structured.  And I am sending out extra feel-good vibes for you all with a Saturn in Aries or Pisces and are dealing with this erratic Saturn return.

 

EXTRA

*Signs with an * it is a big week for you.   Sagitarius/Capricorn this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Gemini/Cancerian it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in, now is the time.

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May light be on you, around you, and within you.

Nina

 

 

Aries

Three of Fire – Lesson: Patience and preparedness   Challenge:  The challenge with this card is being aware of timing and then all you have to do is make sure everything is set up for your egg to hatch.    Warning: Be flexible for things to change.

 

Taurus

Heart of Water – Lesson: Playfulness.  Challenge: Take a lighter outlook on life.  Keep your heart open.   Warning: Don’t be naïve about the power of your emotions or others.

 

Gemini

Hermit – Lesson: Gaining perspective.  Challenge: Contemplate the bigger picture to work out the details.  Ie: plan backwards.  Warning: This action requires solitude without being antisocial which can lead to loneliness.

 

Cancerian

Mind of Fire – Lesson:  The quest of balancing being a Zen master and a Sovereign.  Challenge: Working on increasing your spiritual practice and governing your life with authority.  Warning:   how do you make things happen without using force?

 

Leo

Supporter – Lesson:  Culture does not make people. People make culture. ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists. Challenge: Creating structures that can support your soul’s quest.  Warning: Being so rigid with those structures you cannot evolve.

 

Virgo

Moon– Lesson:  The gleaming stars all about the shining moon; Hide their bright faces, when full-orbed and splendid; In the sky she floats, flooding the shadowed earth with clear silver light. ― Sappho.  Challenge: Bring the hidden softly into light.  Warning: Tether yourself before you dive into the shadows.

 

Libra

Partners – Lesson:  Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. Anais Nin   Challenge: Maintaining your sovereignty while compromising.  Warning: If you can’t love yourself how the hell you gonna love somebody else – RuPaul

 

Scorpio

Heart of Air – Lesson:  Investigate and gather information. Challenge: Opening your mind and digging deeper for the truth. Warning:  Not acknowledging real and/or perceived facts.

 

Sagittarius

Two of Water – Lesson:  Balancing romantic relationship or close partnerships.  Challenge: Two people dance well together, when they have the same goals.  Warning: Watch when dancing with another that even when you are leading you do not overpower, assume, or stop listening to your partner’s voice/body language.

 

Capricorn

Mind of Earth – Lesson:  Construction is the art of making a meaningful whole out of many parts – Peter Zumthor architect.  Challenge: Manifesting systems to realize your desires.  Warning:  Misunderstanding the why or who you are building for.

 

Aquarius

Mind of Water – Lesson:  Family and self-compassion.  Challenge: This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. – Rumi.  Warning: Self-medicating to deal with the feeling of being overwhelmed by emotions or using it to escape those emotions.

 

Pisces

*Evolution – Lesson: Shedding the old you so you have room to grow.  Challenge: Let go of judgement, apathy and regret.  Warning:    Neptune has been urging you to create balance between the mystical and reality and has been playing with your Sun (identity) sign for the past 14 years.  You are on the final stretch because it leaves Pisces in January and does not come back for another 160 years.  So, your challenge is having a clear and realistic dream of who you want to evolve into.