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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Oct. 31, 2021

October 31, 2021 Nina

Happy Halloween. Blessed Samhain to all my Gaelic folk. And blessed Day of the Dead to my Mesoamericans.

The artist this week is Georgiana Houghton @georgianhoughton. Houghton was a spiritualist medium in the 1860’s and 70s. She used watercolors to create vivid and complex abstract paintings. Houghton declared that she was guided by various spirits including family members, Renaissance artists and angelic beings to create these works. She used a color scheme to express characteristics of people and conditions. There is a list of what each color means at her website.

Houghton predates, by 50 years, the “declared” founder of Wassily Kandinsky who started dabbling in abstract painting in 1911, and Hilda Klimt who was painting abstractly five years before Kandinsky. Klimt also declared herself a spiritualist. Does art history need a re-write? Kandinsky even proclaimed in the essay “On the Spiritual in Art”, (paraphrased) that all forms of art can reach a level of spirituality. He often argued that color could be used to paint something autonomous like music. So why can’t the two women before him be seen as artist who paint the soul, the ultimate of abstraction?

Your pondering: As the veil thins tonight – what spirit would you call in to inspire you?

Solar System highlights: On Monday the Moon starts in Libra – relationships and beauty are the focus. Then it moves into Scorpio on Nov 3^rd focusing on passion and letting go. The Moon then finishes in Sagittarius – go outside and enjoy the weekend. Mercury is in Libra until the 5th– great for communication, creating networks and getting in touch with friends. Then it moves into Scorpio switching the focus to passion and letting go of forms of communication that no longer work for you. Venus is in Sagittarius also until the 5^th then moves Capricorn where beauty goes from free spiritedness to practicality. Mars is in Scorpio – desire is in the air as well as a great time to finish up projects. And lastly, Jupiter and Saturn are in Aquarius – so innovating and upping your game is their focus until end of December.

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Scorpio this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Taurus it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check-in, now is the time.

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

Nina

Aries

Five of Cups – The Muse of Optimism has come to help you see that your cup is half full. Yeah, there are some not so great things this week, but overall, you have a lot to be content about. People around you might also need this insight.

Taurus

Nine of Cups – Last week, the Muse of Structures arrived to check the constructs that support you in life, and something was off kilter. If you fixed it awesome you have a week off. Find your comfy spots and dig in. If you didn’t, use this week to realign but take the weekend off.

Gemini

*Wheel of Fortune – The Muse of Fortune has come to calibrate your karma. This week can either go good or bad. But no matter where your wheel lands by the end of the week your karmic bank will be more balanced. Have faith in the Universe everything is happening as it should.

Cancerian

*Temperance – Last week the Muse of Destruction came to dismantle some aspect of your life that needed fixing. Your job was to fix the cracks to lessen or avoid the blow. This week the Muse of Stabilization has come to shore you back up. This energy is best in building back a more balanced world around you, so you can let your life force flow without resistance. Moderation is key.

Leo

Queen of Coins – Final a week to settle in with the Muse of Luxury. The last 3 weeks have been full of energy surrounding and demanding a lot out of you. But this week there should be a balance of work and play. The Muse of Luxury reminds you that for every bit of energy discharged there should be an equal amount of energy taken in. So, for every minute you work your behind off, there should be an equal amount of time you spend luxuriating. She challenges you with this pondering – why and what are you working so hard for if you are not also enjoying the process or the harvest?

Virgo

Six of Coins – Last week the Muse of the Unconscious had you conversing with the darker hidden aspects of what you fear and seeing that they don’t have to protect you. Now the Muse of Cause and Effect comes to ground you back into reality and your impact on it. This week notice how your actions and words effect those around you. This Muse reminds you “what goes around comes around.” So, practice what you preach.

Libra

King of Coins – The Muse of Ambition has come to help you turn your visions into reality. If you know what to do this is the week to get it rolling. The only challenge is if you don’t know where to go next. If you are floundering, start fixing the small things around you that are not working. This will give you ideas or at least a cleaner platform to begin from.

Scorpio

Ten of Coins – Next energy up for your new year, you will be working with the Muse of Financial Security. This year will be a bumper crop on your career front. This is a year to accumulate wealth. The challenge is what do you need that will sustain you and help you build into your future. This can be as easy as creating a savings account and as hard as keeping it full.

Sagittarius

Page of Cups – The Muse of Play has come to lighten up your week. Her goal is to remind you to play each day. Whether that means cards or crayons, play is best done with people you love.

Capricorn

Knight of Wands – The energy this week leads you to the right place at the right time. No matter good or bad you are synced with the Universe, and it has gifts waiting around each corner. This is not a week to be idle in mind, spirit and/or body. The challenge is moving patiently forward so you can receive your gifts and insights.

Aquarius

*Death – The Muse of Letting Go prompts you to do some recycling in your life. She asks you what is no longer serving you? What are you carrying that is holding you back? Your challenge is to use the past like compost for the future. Bury it, burn it and/or free it, so that something new can grow in your life.

Pisces

Two of Wands – The Muse of the Present has come to firmly remind you that each day is important and to live in it to the fullest. We average 31,755 days or 762,120 hours in a lifetime. And only 508,080 hours of that are we awake. For every year that you are alive subtract 5,800 hours. So, if you are in your 20’s you have around 400,000 hours; if you’re in your 40’s that s 254,000 hours. Yes, she says, life is short and precious; use it wisely.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Oct. 10, 2021

October 10, 2021 Nina

First I want to thank all of you for reading my ponderings. I just finished my sixth year doing these tarotcasts and I am grateful to all of you. Well here we go for another round….

The artist this week is Fanny Sanin. Sanin explored many art forms, but eventually honed her eye to explore geometric abstraction. She focuses on color and form, but all within boundaries of straight lines and arcs. Her goal is for the viewer to perceive through symmetry and balance an almost “mystical experience.” A place where the composition does not jar or distracts us but narrows our perception. Her work eases the eye while heightening our natural intuition/response. When you go to her website her paintings are grouped by decades and we can see how she went from non-form abstraction, 1962-1968, to this geometric play for the next 50 years. (You can see partially the progress as you scroll down ). In her scope of work the viewer can see not only her journey with color and form but also that this play is endless. Where a lifetime of work does not complete this line of discovery.

Your pondering this week: is this true with all that we do? Are there endless combinations to work with for lifetimes? And if so, what are yours?

Solar System highlights: On Monday the Moon starts in Capricorn– a great time to get things done on the material plane. Then on Oct 13^th it goes into Aquarius – a time of invention and innovation. The Moon then finishes in Pisces – dreamy vibes for the weekend. Mercury is in its last week of retrograde in Libra– great for communication, creating networks and getting in touch with friends. Remember when Mercury is retro not a great time to start projects but perfect tie to Review, Reflect and Revise.

Venus is now in Sagittarius and asks are we feeding and nurturing our relationships enough to keep them growing? Mars is Libra – another planet sending energy into investigating relationships this is around the question are your actions following your words? This theme and work around your relationships is big until Mercury moves into Scorpio Nov. 7^th. And lastly, Jupiter and Saturn are in Aquarius – so innovating and upping your game is their focus for the rest of this year.

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Libra this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Aries it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check-in, now is the time.

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

Nina

Aries

*Empress – The Muse of Creation has come to help you grow anything you put your mind to. Her challenge is this project may take up to 10 months of work to fully develop. If you can not commit to this, then creation is still available to you, but you will have to let go of expectations of the outcome. For example, you want to grow a zucchini then up to 10 months of focused attention will grow a bounty of zucchini. However, if you can’t spend the time and focus, something will grow in its place, but you will not know it’s form until the summer of 2022.

Taurus

Ten of Wands – The Muse of Burdens is here to help you in relieving some of yours. This week there is no way you are going to accomplish all that you need to do. So, this Muse suggest make a list of your todos, prioritize them two ways by ease and necessity, and see where those two lists overlap. Then only do, at most, the top eight. The rest put off until next week. The lesson with this card is not only to get things done but you may find that next week the leftovers might lose their significance.

Gemini

Ten of Cups – The Muse of Bliss Finding is here with brownies. This energy comes when an emotional restoration is needed. Find or create moments that create bliss each day. Ex: napping with your animal, sitting in a sunbeam, a beverage of choice while sitting still, read a book, stay in your PJs for a day etc….

Cancerian

*Justice – The Muse of Truth appears this week to help you make an important decision and/or search for your personal truth. She asks are you aligned with your higher self and your credos. Now this can go both ways, possibly you need to adjust your actions to align with beliefs or your beliefs need tweaking. This is not a week of right versus wrong. You need to see the grey behind the decisions and find a balanced compromise that does not dilute who you are.

Leo

*The Hanged Man– The last couple of weeks you have been working with lessons around fairness, decisions and how they affect your growth. This week you are in a holding pattern. This energy is aligned perfectly with the last week of Mercury’s retrograde. Whether you spend that time revisiting the last two week’s lesson or decide to tune out, both are beneficial. The challenge is around not being pushed forward when you know the timing, i.e. this week, is not right for moving forward.

Virgo

Ace of Coins – You have the energy this week to start new projects; however, with Mercury in retrograde you are making your life harder if you do. Yes, the early bird catches the worm. But if you go before dawn, the worms aren’t up yet because it is too cold. Therefore, this week instead of jumping into doing, prepare and organize, so you can be the first one out of the gate next week.

Libra

*Empress – The third energy to work with for this coming year is the Muse of Creation. This Muse is big karmic growth energy to work with however, it will take all year to see the fruits of your labors. This Muse wants to co-create abundance and beauty into your life. So first she asks to acknowledge the beauty that already surrounds you. These you want to continue growing. And then she has you ponder what is missing? This year she will help you fill in voids of your garden.

Scorpio

*Strength – The third big energy week for you. The past weeks had the Muse of Opportunity opening doors for you to dabble in new worlds. The Muse of Patience and Moderation advising you to reduce your speed and rebalance. And this week the Muse of Inner Strength has arrived to build your courage, determination, and compassion. So, it is interesting that you can work with all these big energies in the final weeks of your birth cycle, and that they coincide with Mercury retrograde. When this happens, the Muses are trying to get you to tie up loose ends and prep the ground for your coming year. They ask you what do you want to finish up/let go of before your birthday? By dealing with them now, you create space for creation in the coming year.

Sagittarius

Eight of Cups – The Muse of Release has come to help you clean out your closets or send something/person off. This can look like literally cleaning out your space or it can be releasing emotions, situations, persons that don’t jive with who you are. This energy usually shows up to create space for new things, people or situations that will be arriving soon.

Capricorn

Four of Cups – Last week the Muse of Composting came to help review and recycle what no longer serves, by taking the nutrients from the past to grow the future. The Muse of Contemplation continues this theme in the final week of Mercury’s retrograde. Take this week to do ¾ internal work and ¼ external. She advises that slowing down will speed up the process.

Aquarius

Six of Cups – The Muse of Remembering has come to swapp stories of youth and the past. This energy comes around when the past has information for your present. Pay special attention if you feel a Deja Vue or a familiarity. Sit with it, notice all that is happening around you for clues to your download.

Pisces

Seven of Wands – The Muse of Grit has come to help you make a stand or fortify your resolution. She helps by reminding you the why you are dealing with/through the challenges you have control over. Is it for more ease? Better Life? Sense of Security? If you can stand behind why you are fighting, then what seems like a war becomes a quest for your desires

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 15, 2021

August 15, 2021 Nina

abLast week we investigated a working artist that so far has not made it into the Louvre, and this week we view the artist Sonia Delaunay. The first living woman to have a show in the Louvre,1964, after six decades of work as a renowned painter, textualist, illustrator, and designer. She and her husband founded the Orphism Art movement which used strong colors and geometric shapes.

She first thought of it while making a quilt for her son. “When it was finished, the arrangement of the pieces of material seemed to me to evoke cubist conceptions and we then tried to apply the same process to other objects and paintings.” Their experimentations they called simultaneous, which combined the geometric elements of Cubism and the color theory of Pointillism. There for making a more flowing vibrant paintings that lead them to abstraction. As she said “Abstract art is only important if it is the endless rhythm where the very ancient and the distant future meet.”

Solar System highlights: The Moon starts in Sagittarius – step out into the world. It moves to Capricorn on the 18th – time to work and fortify structures. Then Aquarius on the 20^th – innovation is key. Mercury is in Virgo. Great time to clean out your email and when conversing be clear, simple, and precise. Venus is in Libra spend energy enjoying your relationships. Mars is in Virgo – time to clean and tidy up anything your gaze goes to. Jupiter and Saturn are in Aquarius so back to the drawing board innovating and upping your game for the rest of this year.

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Leo this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Aquarius it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check-in, now is the time.

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

Nina

Aries

Queen of Cups – The Muse of Fun is bringing the party over to your house. Take this week to promote enjoyment in your life. Watch comedies, laugh with friends, and relax in a water element. These are the final weeks in summer make the most of it.

Taurus

Three of Coins – The Muse of Teamwork has come again. This week it is important to ask for help and advice. This Muse reminds you that three heads are better than one, and that collaboration is key to the innovations you need to manifest your creations this year.

Gemini

Three of Wands – Last week the Muse of Creation asked what you would like to develop and grow in the next 10 months. This Muse reminded to cultivate something you need to tend to it. And if you cannot commit you could cast your seeds to the wind, so that either a desire or a surprise will be born. Now the Muse of Preparation enters and gives you more time to manifest your seeds and prep your soil. The challenge this week requires patience and an acute sense of timing.

Cancerian

Eight of Cups – The Muse of Letting go has come to help you release old stuff. Whether this is a de-cluttering of your physical space or your emotional space, it is time to let go of items that no longer fit who you are now and hold no joy in keeping around.

Leo

King of Swords – This is your last week of your birth month. The Muses to work with until next summer are Organic Change, Resilience, Inner Strength, and the Past. These Muses will help you create change and navigate challenges that will help your will power by highlighting past experiences lessons. And finally, this week the Muse of Long-term Planning has come with her vision board to pull it all together. She asks you what, where, who you want to be in 2026? This energy asks you to cast your soul into the future to see what visions you are inspiring to create. This is not a good week for figuring out details. It is all big picture planning. Like literally make lists and create a vision board. And remember you have all year to tweak them.

Virgo

Knight of Coins – This Muse of Pace has come to tell you to take things slowly and steadily this week. You are in the right place at the right time if you do not rush it.

Libra

*Lovers – The Muse of Relationships is calling. Investing energy into people is important this week, as is conscious conversations. There is a need for you to be truthful and clear in your choices. Ultimately this energy reminds you to treat people how you would like to be treated. The challenge is it is not always reciprocated. But does it matter to who you want to be in the world?

Scorpio

Four of Coins – Last week the Muse of Exams tested your resolve and boundaries. This depleted your energy resources. So, the Muse of Savings is having you pull in, regroup, and restock. Whether this is literally restocking your cupboards, balancing your books, or energetically withdrawing, take this week to refill what is lacking.

Sagittarius

Ace of Wands – The Muse of Inspiration has come to inspire you. The world is brimming with inspirational signs and synchronicities to ignite your imagination. If you can’t not sense your guides, time for a hike into nature or visit a space that has music/art to reboot your intuition.

Capricorn

Ace of Cups – The Muse of Abundance is here to make your cup runneth over. Yep your are surrounded by bounty of love, friendship, and stuff that brings you joy. Get off your work horse and enjoy.

Aquarius

King of Coins – The Muse of Construction has come to help you build whatever you want. This is a great week for business, money, building and anything hands on that increase your wealth or feeds your senses.

Pisces

Five of Cups – The Muse of Spilled Milk is here to help you let go of grievances, bad feelings, insecurities, blame and/or not “enoughness.” She reminds you that what is gone is no longer needed, what you have is enough and to continue your journey with a lighter load.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 8, 2021

August 8, 2021 Nina

The artist this week is Joan Fullerton @joanfullerton. Fullerton is a working artist. What I mean by that is she is not world-renowned artist hanging in the Louvre, but she does art. She teaches, shows, and paints. Fullerton does what she loves. I highlight working artists because it shows that you can do what you love and make a living doing it. Not everyone is going to be a Frieda Carlo, Maya Angelou, or Brad Pitt, but there is plenty of room for people to honor their passion. They all started off make a living and doing the work. During this Leonine week where we investigate how we shine ponder this: Do we sometimes by aiming for the goal, miss the point of the work? The work should bring you contentment not the goal. Goals are fleeting; where the everyday, the work, is steady and satisfying.

Solar System highlights: Moon starts in Leo – your time to shine and find joy. It moves to Virgo on the 9th – time to clean house and organize. Then Libra on the 11^th – highlighting relationships. Ending in Scorpio – focus on your passion but watch the drama. Mercury goes into Virgo on the 11^th. Great time to clean out your email and when conversing be clear, simple, and precise. Venus is in Virgo this can be a hard configuration around your relationships, so watch frustrations and critical talk – patience is key. On the positive side a great time to weed and fertilize anything you want to grow or create space for. Mars is in Virgo – time to clean and tidy up anything. Jupiter is back in Aquarius so back to the drawing board innovating and upping your game for the rest of this year.

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

Nina

Aries

King of Cups – Last week the Muse of Empire Creation supported you in building onto anything you have already started. The challenge with this energy is being aware of your surroundings and the consequences of your actions. Now the Muse of Emotionality is here to continue the theme of what is good for all is good for the one. You maybe asked to be vulnerable this week to build better community and a better you.

Taurus

*Strength – This week has its challenges, but it is just testing your ability to be flexible and open to other ways of doing things. Your Muse of Resilience and Inner Strength suggest you be less like an oak tree and more like bamboo. Oak trees are solo. Bamboo relies on each other for strength. Oaks grow slowly. Bamboo grows fast. The task is to be less stoic and set and more passionate and supple. Sometimes taming oneself weakens your passion. Your motto: I’m not in control of everything and that is okay.

Gemini

*Empress – The Muse of Creation has come to help you birth something. She asks what would you like to develop and grow in the next 10 months? This energy will help you in this endeavor if you show up. This Muse reminds that to cultivate something you specifically need to tend to it. However, she also advises if you do not have the time to be present then cast your seeds to the wind and see what shows up a in the spring of 2022. Either a desire or a surprise wants to be born, so create and planet some seeds this week.

Cancerian

Two of Wands – The Muse of Future is here to get you dreaming of far away places and new adventures. Spend this week thinking of what 2022 could hold for you. What would you like to accomplish two birthdays from now? Markers, scissors, paint, and vision boards up.

Leo

Six of Cups – Last week the Muse of Resilience and Inner Strength is having you quest for subconscious release by the direction of cognizant realization. So simple that means how do you let your inner self comfortably show in the outer world? Your work this year is to create or work on healthy outlets so your inner “beast” can roar. To help you on this hunt is the Muse of the Past. Some of the answers lie in your childhood. This energy wants you to explore how the child you, 2-10, found outlets to express yourself.

Virgo

*Magician – This Muse is here to help you finalize the last month of your birth year and prep the table for the coming year. The Muse of Divine Manifestation is asking you to connect with your celestial source to download information and action plans. She reminds you that you already possess all the tools you will need for this coming year, but asks what will you do with them? Spend this week experimenting with your tools and innovating your plans.

Libra

Three of Swords – The energy around you this week is heartache but within it is also healing. You may find you are easily triggered. Use these upsets to guide you to places that need healing. Be kind to yourself as you would for anyone else recovering from wounds or trauma.

Scorpio

*Devil – The Muse of Exams is here with a number two pencil and bubble sheets. This energy will test your resolve and boundaries. So, with every exam prep work is needed. Start off this week with a few goals and boundaries set. Then once you roll into Monday you will be less likely to be taken off track. Remember this energy is not to reteach you any lessons. This is about did you fully understand the knowledge gained from your life experiences.

Sagittarius

Queen of Cups – The Muse of Fun is here to help you have some, well, fun. You all as a sign are fun-loving but when you get down in the dumps it can be like trying to drive on flat tires. This energy is here to remind you that one of your purposes for being here on Earth is to find the fun and bring others along for the ride. So, your homework is to do as many joyful things as possible for yourself this week and if you can include another – double the fun 😉

Capricorn

Queen of Swords – Last week the Muse of Long-term Planning came to calibrate your present plans to your future goals. Something has gotten out of kilter, and you need foresight to realign it back to the right path. And now her partner The Muse of Details has come to join the party. This energy helps you navigate the details needed to obtain your goals. Their motto: Work smarter not harder and Measure twice and cut once.

Aquarius

Ten of Coins – Last week the Wandering Muse was pushing you to start a new adventure, plan a vacation, start a new project, or wander without any set goals. Reminding you that your joy comes from discovering the new. Now the Muse of Success has joined to prompt you before you start on your new adventure take this week to relax and enjoy your success. This month signifies a new beginning but also an ending. Don’t rush the process to move on without patting yourself on the back and basking in your achievements.

Pisces

King of Swords and Six of Cups – The Muse of Planning has partnered with the Muse of Memories this week. To create memories sometimes planning is involved. These energies not only want you to go down memory lane and pull up past joyful memories but also wants you to plan events in the future that can create new joyful memories. Your past has knowledge on the who, what, where, and how to future joy. They remind you now is the time to start new and fresh and be more positive energetically for your future.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of May 23, 2021

May 23, 2021 Nina

Jiro Yoshihara, To Martha’s Memory, 1970

This week’s artist is Yoshihara Jiro. Was one of the founders of the Gutai Art Association, a post WW2 avantgarde art movement in Osaka, Japan. Yoshihara wrote their manifesto basically stating Do what has not been done before. He took inspiration from the calligraphy movement Bokujinkai and Zen philosophy. Starting his career in western art forms, abstraction, and surrealism. The last 10 years of his life he explored the paradoxically simplicity of the circle and the complexity of inscribing, resulting in the Circles series, highlighted here.

Yoshihara’s Circle Series represents the eclipse season so well. We hardly notice the complexity of our system until something strange happens. What seems simple the concept of night and day during an eclipse for moments changes the “natural” dynamic. Our study of Astrology and Astronomy makes the demure concept of gravity become an awe-inspiring study of the clockwork of the Universe. It stops us and makes us aware of the hidden systems we take for grant. Eclipses shake our souls. We start to see something deemed as simple, every day as complex and holds deeper meaning than we imagined.

Planets: On May 26^th we have an eclipsed full moon in Sagittarius. Eclipses have a way of turning up the volume to eleven or raising some chaotic ruckus. This is not a time for impulsively, but it will bring insight into what you have been needing more of. Then Mercury in Gemini goes retrograde from May 28^th to June 23rd. So, remember to back up your electronics, make time and space for snafus and do the 3 R’s: Review, Reflect and Revise. Venus also is in Gemini will help us navigate this time by promoting good vibes. And then Jupiter (expansion) is in Pisces until July 28^th giving you a heads up what your 2022 will be like and what area your growth will take place.

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Taurus this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Scorpio it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check-in, now is the time.

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

Nina

Aries

Knight of Coins – Last week the Muse of Self Momentum came to light a fire under your chassis. You hopefully realized you need to take totally control to get a project off the ground. Luckily, you have this Muses little sister, the Muse of Sustainability to help in the momentum. This energy gives you insight on how to sustain the power needed to keep your work on focus. The challenge is you need to find the pace that works best for you. Whether that is sprinting or marathons both forms of movement need appropriate recoup times, so also plan them into your work schedule.

Taurus

*Empress – I hope you set intentions last week, because the Muse of Creation is here to fertilize the growth process. If you by chance do not have anything to sow, you still have time to come up with something before May 27^th. (See planets for the week in intro). Then after May 26^th you can start growing a project or two. The challenge is usually these projects take time so are you committed to nurturing something for 9 to 10 months? If not, it is okay to put a bigger project on the backburner until you are ready, but then use this energy to mature something that is already in the works.

Gemini

Ten of Wands – First Happy birth month. The first energy to work with in your coming year is the Muse of Burdens. This year it is time to decipher which burdens are yours. This Muse suggest you do this exercise each time you get overwhelmed or tired. First prioritize your to-do list for the week, then take the last three items off your list and put them off to the side for next week. Now do the items one by one down the list. If you get blocked, then move the item to the bottom of your list and continue. If you happen to finish the list, then you are done for the week. Lastly, do this process the next week, re-adding the 3 things you put off and start over from the first step above. The moral to this exercise is that the items you pull off your list you may find either someone else did them or they no longer need to be done, and you revise what you can actually accomplish in a week’s time.

Cancer

*Hangman – Ok the Muse of Pondering is here giving you another week to answer last week’s question, what will the new you be and what will you do in this new form? Evolution is needed and intention is required for this creation. Take time this week and think, or this Muse will find ways to make you stop so you can ponder.

Leo

Two of Coins – The Muse of Equilibrium has come to hone your skills of multitasking. First step, stop multi-tasking. This muse advises you to do one thing at a time until you are good at doing it or completing a task without diverting yourself. Only after you are confident that you can get one thing done can you add another task. Also, as a side exercise and lesson, she has you stand on one foot for a minute then switch, do daily for a week.

Virgo

*Wheel – This Muse of Fortune has come to play with you. This energy comes to switch things up. So, pay attention when things go your way or totally don’t. In either scenario there is information for you to glean on how to get unstuck and create momentum in your life.

Libra

Ace of Cups – The Muse of Moderation and Balance worked with you around the questions why am I not doing that one thing or doing that one thing more? Hopefully helping you tap back into the why behind what you do. Because this week you can now tap into the energy of new beginnings. The sky is the limit as long as you follow your heart.

Scorpio

*Fool – The Muse of Clean Slates has come after the work you did last week. This week is great time for adventures, sights, and sounds. This Muse is inciting you to experience the “new”. Some great exercises she lays before you are saying yes to all invites, throw a dart at a map and travel there, try new food, and make new friends. This week is about playing with the energy of spontaneity.

Sagittarius

Nine of Cups – Last week, the Muse of Reflection asked you to engage in Socratic thinking and deep reflection to either re-think about what the priority/purpose is, or through this questioning have you more firmly set in the reason you are doing a task in a certain way. And now that you are on the other side, you should be stepping more firmly in what are the next phases. This state of mind makes this week’s energy of contentment something you can now appreciate to its fullest. If you didn’t do the work, then spend the time before the eclipse in deep reflection so you can relax after May 26^th into a more content rhythm.

Capricorn

Three of Coins – The Muse of Collaboration is here. This energy advises to create ease in getting things done it is best not to do it solo. Gather your forces and teammates and go for the gold.

Aquarius

Four of Coins – The Muse of Conservation has come to slow down your spending on the material plane. This week is vital that you spend your time, cash and energy with these two things in mind. 1) Quality over quantity. 2) Work smarter not harder.

Pisces

Page of Cups – Get your rose-colored glass out for the Muse of Joy is here to play with this week. Her mission, if you choose to accept it, is to show you that life can be entertaining, funny, quirky, playful, mischievous, and joyful. Get out crayons and/or sidewalk chalk if you need to tap into it.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Jan 17, 2021

January 17, 2021 Nina

The Dark Abyss Never Seemed so Bright Michaela Yearwood-Dan

This week’s artist is Michaela Yearwood-Dan (@artistandgal). Yearwood-Dan’s art is rich in texture and dense in color and meaning. She explores the genre of abstraction using oil paint, collage, and traditional techniques from Western, Japan and China art forms. Her pieces often bring the viewer into the center of the work. At times it is a vortex of a singular hue at others a truth to ponder.

As the viewer steps back, we can see that the void, space, or text is surrounded by color and life. She leads us to realizing any concept or feeling is surrounding and part of the context of how and what we live in. So, this week’s pondering is how this moment, where we have been forced into void and slammed into truths, has created an experiential contrast. Making us more able to feed and savor the richness of life.

Light and Love

Nina

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

*Aries

Come on Ol’blighty Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Chariot – The energy this week is about effort and change. The only way to get things moving this week is for you to take charge. And the key to creating ease in this is to have a clear destination for this impetus. Time to set your goals, start your engines and go.

Taurus

Ace of Cups – Your muse this week wants you connecting with your emotions. Yep, you and all your emotions need to get reacquainted. The challenge is seeing them as your allies. Your canaries in navigating your environment. Time to listen to what your heart is saying, so you can drive your bus safer and healthier.

Gemini

King of Coins – The Muse of abundance is knocking at your door. They come knocking looking for a partner to build avenues to success and plenty. Now is the time to construct on the material plane. They key to work with this energy is to build not only for your success but also lift others with you.

*Cancer

Star and Five of Wands – Two muses are working together this week. One is chaos and the other healing. Sometimes the universe must stir the pot, so we can see are wounds and new ways to heal. So, if things become chaotic sit calmly and carry out non-judgmental observation. Once you see the information you need, step out of the chaos, and take time to reset.

Leo

Nine of Swords – The muse this week is here to help you get out of your mind. You are overthinking and not in your body like you need to be. When you find that an earworm has taken over your mind – ground. This can be as simple as doing a few jumping jacks or putting a rubber band on your wrist to snap you back into your body. It does not have to be a strenuous or long grounding exercise though it might have to be often.

Virgo

Page of Coins– The muse this week ask you to go back to the drawing board. Something in your plans is not fully thought out. Take on the role of the student. Review the basics and look to new sources for inspiration. This week an open mind is a fruitful mind.

Libra

Two of Wands – This week’s energy is best used by plotting out your course for the next 3 to 6 months. Putting energy into future planning will be well worth your while. The clearer idea you have of where you are going the easier it will be to pick the right roads/projects/people as they come into view.

Scorpio

Eight of Wands – Imagine this week’s work as two-fold. One is there is a ton of incoming information downloading into your life. This can be a lot to sort through so just gather them and ponder them next week. Second, imagine if you had eight arrows to shoot into the future what would you like to “bag”. Set those intentions and let those arrows fly.

*Sagittarius

Join me unitl the Bitter Finale Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Fool – The energy this week is great for starting any new adventure. The key with this energy is once you start – let go of your goal, be in each moment mindfully and follow the winding path. For the muse of serendipity wants to help but you got to let go of any expectations to meet up with her.

Capricorn

Five of Cups and Five of Coins – These are your final cards for the trends in this coming birth year. Your themes are narrow your focus, contentment, pace and with this week’s energies a sense of things being off. If you can put your energy to the first three, the latter two will be less of a pain in the butt. The first energy that can throw you off your game is tying self -worth to either material wealth and/or quantity of product. The second is worrying over the negatives and not putting your energy into the positives. Your motto: feed what you want to grow.

Aquarius

Ace of Coins – Last week’s energy was all about pondering and overhauling your structures and boundaries. I hope you had time to do this. For this week is great for starting projects, investing money, moving, anything new on the material plane you want to focus on will root well. The stronger your structures and boundaries the stronger and deeper this new thing can root.

Pisces

Six of Pentacles – The muse this week is karma. The important concept she tells you is for every action there is a reaction. So, the more positive you put out the more positive returns. Of course, this works for the negative vibes too. The twist karma many times is not a straight line from A to B.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 22, 2020

March 22, 2020 Nina

Miriam Schapiro was a painter, collage artist, and sculptor. She was a forerunner in highlighting what was traditionally seen as woman’s craft is actually a form of “high art.” By combing collage, painting, fabric, and other high and decorative art techniques, Schapiro created her most famous works. She then named the technique femmage. Her use of fabric, what was at the time seen as a utilitarian and feminine material, alongside of paint and high art methods and styles elevated craft to Art.

We at this time are being shown that what is “basic”, possibly taken for granted, is vital to our existence. That we need housing, family sick days, fiscal support that is equal to economic needs and basic health care, to name a few. But more important we are becoming aware of our neighbors and what they bring to our community. How important our garbage people, postal workers, people in health care, teachers, and food workers who cook, stock and supply our food, etc… My hope is that we start to see how each individual brings something to our collective community table, and that we see all of their/our work as high art.

P.S. Remember signs with an * it a big week for you. Aries this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Libra it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in now is the time.

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

Nina

Aries

Miriam Schapiro King of Swords – See the broader picture of situations and champion those that are being bullied. Watch for people taking advantage of or manipulating those that are more misfortunate around you. You can solve these predicaments as simply as sharing your toilet paper or getting the elder down the street groceries, so they don’t have to go out.

Taurus

Miriam Schapiro *Death – Another energy packed week. The past couple of weeks have triggered your self-doubt and insecurities. Then the energy shifted trying to guide you towards self and universal compassion, so you could believe in you and the world at large. This week the energy embodies change and transitions. Things need to end so there is room for new projects/ideas/people. Take this time to, figuratively and/or literally, weed and plant anew.

Gemini

Miriam Schapiro Queen of Pentacles – Last week, the energy surrounding you was materializing the divine. Advising that conjuring for the greater good brings more ease to finding solutions. This energy continues through this week; however, you will have to let go of trying of controlling the entire materialization process. Watch the line between nurturing and smothering people and projects this week. Whatever you create needs to work without your constant guidance and support to succeed and not suck all the energy out of you.

Cancer

Miriam Schapiro Ace of Pentacles – Opportunities, abundance and prosperity are the energies to work with. This week has the potential of creation in it. Think of this energy like a seed – this is a beginning. What seed will you pick to plant and water as you go into this spring season. What one thing can you hone your focus and energy into?

Leo

Miriam Schapiro Ten of Swords – Normally this energy is harsh, but you seem to rise above the morass by getting out of your head and being there for others. This week’s energy of regeneration and recovery lifts you above the banal and the suffering to a place that feels lighter and more hopeful.

Virgo

Miriam Schapiro Knight of Swords – To be truly courageous and unstoppable it is best to slow down. You can easily be triggered into impulsiveness. So, take a breath and survey your surroundings before you step into any situation this week.

Libra

Miriam Schapiro Nine of Pentacles – Last week’s energy was about walking into your destiny. And, the lessons were about when your luck is favorable grab it and when it is unfavorable let it go. While realizing neither outcomes had anything to do with you. This destiny energy continues this week and adds that while things may look advantageous or not, that you need to watch overextending and/or overcompensating. So, take only what you need and let go of what doesn’t work.

Scorpio

Miriam Schapiro Two of Swords – The mist that surrounds you is making decisions hard and/or is adding undue confusion to situations. So come to terms you are at a stalemate this week and it is best just to sit and wait out the bad weather. The fog will lift, and the road will be clear soon. Just not this week.

Sagittarius

Miriam Schapiro Two of Pentacles – Take this week’s energy to slow down the spinning plates. This is a time to look at what overwhelms you and where you are over committed. You have the time to contemplate what are your true priorities and where can you be flexible in your commitments. Life is a balancing act, and this is a good week to regain some of your balance and dexterity.

Capricorn

Four of Cups – Meditation and retreat are key elements to your week. And the atomic structure of this energy lies within the concepts of apathy and acceptance. How do you allow acceptance into your life without feeling apathetic? Contemplating on that goatfish will lead to avenues of ease.

Aquarius

Miriam Schapiro *High Priestess – Listening to your intuition is vital this week. However, figure out what your subconscious is trying to convey is hard to hear through all the static of everyday life. So, find moments of silence, synchronicities and moon beams to guide you to opportunities and solutions that are hidden in the light of day. For example: There is a new Moon in Aries March 24; it’s a great day to start things.

Pisces

Three of Cups – The energy this week is about independence. Your close ones and friends are important, but it must be balanced with some alone time. And this energy whether with friends or alone is best utilized doing the activities you love to do. This week is about filling your emotional cup.

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