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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Oct. 11, 2020

October 11, 2020 Nina

This is spooky month but with spook comes fantasy. This week I will be reading from the Tarot of the Divine who uses fairy tales and myths from around the world for the imagery. Fairy tales and myths have similar qualities. They usually convey a moral or a lesson. The characters may vary but there is usually a hero, villain, and a friend/mentor. There is some magical or otherworld element. And the heroine/hero usually has some task or problem they need to solve to overcome evil. These stories were told to not only impart knowledge but for the readers to contemplate their own story. So this week ponderings are: What is your story, how have you vanquished your monsters, what tasks do you still need to accomplish to reach your “happily ever after” and please remember for a full life story you need sequels and multiple happy endings.

This week’s artist Kinuko Craft pulls from the realm of the fantastical. Her art is meticulous and highly detailed. Since the 90’s she focuses on illustrating fantasy book covers, opera posters, and her amazing fairy tale books. Each piece shows her love for art history and fine art itself. I recommend going to her site to see these up close the detail and layering is amazing.

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

Nina

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.

Aries

*Chariot – Time to harness your emotions and start creating momentum. The places that you have once floundered are no longer a hindrance, for you have learned from your mistakes. What lays before you is the known. Now you have the experience to avoid the potholes on your path. So get a move on this week. Use this Mars energy to your advantage and get a head start on 2021. Your tale: The Three Princess of Whiteland, Norway.

Taurus

Knight of Cups –The energy this week resonates with love, kindness and standing up for who and what you believe in. The challenge is that you might need to befriend a dragon or put others needs ahead of your own. However, these challenges and sacrifices do work in your favor in the long run. Your tale: Halibu the Hunter; Mongolia.

Gemini

Nine of Wands – This week ‘s energy is a bit of a battle. The key to navigate these trials is to be vigilant while maintaining hope. Your tasks are honing your resilience and being prepared. This can look as simple as carrying snacks and water with you this week to sustain your energy. Your tale: Vasilisa the Beautiful, Russia.

Cancer

Knight of Coins– Last week was about keeping hope alive and spending time to heal. This week’s energy is about action. This is a great week to slowly and steady do what needs to be done. Persistence is key. Your tale: Heitsi-Eibib, Khoikhoi, South Africa

Leo

*Fool – Last week’s energy surrounded the concept of insightful exposure of what is driving you crazy or blocking you. However, this was to be done with a new perspective. If you did your work, you are ready to take the next step into the unknown. If not, then you can fall into the doldrums and feel the path is hopeless. So the key now is to take the step knowing that even if you fail you will not fall. Your tale: The Little Mermaid, Denmark

Virgo

Page of Wands – Last week’s energy was about creating the divine on to the material plane. This energy bleeds into this week but with a focus more about the playful energy of creation. If you are not having fun creating the world you are in – why are you doing it? And if you are stuck in a world you have not totally created you can still pull out crayons and color outside the lines. Your tale: Mwindo, Republic of Congo.

Libra

*World – This is your first big energy card to start off your birth year. This is the card of happily ever after endings following a difficult journey. You have gone through the trials, and now it is time to wrap up the old story so you can start anew. This year brings it endings as well as beginnings. Spend this week writing a list of what needs to be finished. And then start building a vision board for what you want next. Your tale: Hinemoa and Tutannekai, Maori, New Zealand.

Scorpio

Three of Coins – Where last week people may have gotten on your nerves, this week they are vital to your success. Collaboration and recognizing other’s gifts are part of finding solutions and ease. The challenge is you may need to come at projects and problems with humbleness not hubris. Your tale: Banjhakri and Banjhakrini, Nepal.

Sagittarius

*Tower – This is the second time you got the Tower this year. What have you not dealt with that is not working in your life? If this is the same thing that was not right back in May, get it fixed now because the third time around tends destroy to create movement. If you dealt with the May issue, then look for small cracks in your foundations. These usually have to do with the material plane, like not having a solid exercise regime, not liking your job, not have 6 months of savings or still in debt. You might need to make some sacrifices to mortar up the holes, but it is worth it in the end. Your tale: Rapunzel, Germany.

Capricorn

Four of Cups – There is something in plain sight that needs your attention. You are not seeing because it is not being the squeaky wheel or bursting fireworks. This week look for simple solutions, and basic pleasures. What is most “mundane” may be the most useful. No reason for extravagance. Your tale: The Nightingale, Denmark.

Aquarius

King of Coins – This energy is about digging in deep and holding steady. You can help others with their hopes and dreams this week. However, the challenge is acknowledging when you need to pull in your energy. Conservation is key for preservation. Do not worry, if you are honest, the people around you will support you as much as you support them. Your tale: Hah-nu-nah, The world Turtle, North American Iroquois.

Pisces

Two of Cups – Last week the energy of creation for comfort was key. You needed some positive mothering energy to sustain yourself. The energy this week resonates with this sense of comfort and love. Though the focus is more on equality and partnership. Your inner circle must fill your cup as well as challenge you in your growth. Take time to connect to those that you love and separate from those that only take or hurt. Your tale: Enkidu and Gilgamesh, Iraq, Sumerian.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Oct. 4, 2020

October 4, 2020 Nina

First, I want to thank all of you for reading my musings on art, tarot, and a bit of science. I am going into my 6^th year with this blog, and I so appreciate your support and feedback throughout the years. At times I feel as if I am writing into the void, so your echoes back help me see that this is fulfilling its purpose of entertainment and hopefully some enlightenment and ease. You all are few but mighty in spirit, love and appreciated!

And now to start off the month of spook, this week’s artist is Stella Snead. She is a surrealist painter, photographer, and collage artist. She and her father struggled with depression. Though she has few memories of her father the viewer can see her exploration of her own psychology through her artwork. Surrealism has a natural affinity towards the study of the subconscious.

Her early paintings all seemed set in a nocturnal landscape of the dreaming mind. Her depression stopped her from painting in her mid-life, but travel and photography became the mode and medium during her darker times. She began collaging her mental ponderings. By her 70’s she returned to painting and revisited images she had done in her earlier years. Themes you often see in her musings are nature’s powerful forces: volcanos, tornados geysers, containment, and using perspective to draw the eye out of the picture. These techniques and images are keys to propelling the viewer into unknown waters. But also, the opportunity that once we have traversed the unknown it becomes know, less scary and possibly a brighter freer place than what we have known.

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

Nina

Aries

Ace of Cups – This week is testing your emotional intelligence. This energy wants to unblock your heart and get your emotional energy moving. This is a great week to watch a movie that brings a tear to your eye. While balancing it with activities that make you laugh. The more you are in tune with your feelings, the more you can be there for your love ones and understand the emotional intention behind those around you.

Taurus

Six of Cups – The keys to navigating this week is linked to the past. This is a great week to share stories of your childhood, go through old photos, and read old journals. There is inspiration and answers in reminiscing this week.

Gemini

Queen of Wands – Your passion needs a focus this week. Inspiration and creativity are craving your attention, but it is up to you to take the time to let them in for a drink. Creativity takes time, pondering, mulling to find its nuance and ignite passion. Time to have a must needed conversation with your muses.

Cancer

*Star and Nine of Swords – This week highlights that the future is uncertain; however, this does not mean to worry or fret. The key to navigating the night is seeing that you are surrounded by a blanket of love and care, and the Star Muse of Hope and Faith leads the way even though the path is dark with uncertainty.

Leo

*Hanged Man – This week’s energy surrounds the concept of insightful exposure. What is driving you crazy or blocking you needs to be reexamined. However, this investigation must be done from a new perspective. You are stuck because your life stories are being played out through a lens of an old perception. To become more malleable with your thinking let go of awareness and allow your truth to float to the surface. A gestalt is forming to break you out of your stagnation, but you will need to flip and flow your mind in the quiet of reflection without judgement or logical thought.

Virgo

*Magician – Last week was about ending and cleaning out the debris from last birth year. You still have until mid-November to tie things up. But this week is about creating what you hold as divine. This is your purpose wanting some hang-time with you, so you can start plotting out how this concept will unfold. This muse reminds you that you already have the skills and tools to accomplish what you want to do. The challenge is realizing that those tools can come from other people taking over some of the everyday of your plans. Your energy needs to focus on creating the form and space for your creation to begin to grow, however, there is no need for you to do it all alone.

Libra

Six of Swords – This is your winding down month until your birthday and the energy this week helps in this transition. The challenge is that the future is clouded over. You may feel as if the mists have settled in front of you. However, the muse this week gives you the keys to traverse the unknown. The first key is simplification. She asks what is it that you most want to change or shift. The second key is faith for there will be clues along the way to guide you through these coming months as your perspective and horizons become clearer.

Scorpio

Seven of Wands – This week people can get on your nerves. The challenge with this energy is standing your ground and keeping your inner light lite. Planet-wise there are some hard aspects this week, and water signs are feeling the brunt of it. This muse reminds you even in standing your ground you can reach out with love to keep the blue meanies away.

Sagittarius

Two of Cups – The energy this week is all about positive reinforcement of relationships that you have picked in your life. Whether that is a partner, a pet, or your plants. Caring for others fills your cup as much as them caring for you.

Capricorn

Knight of Swords – This week’s energy tends to make you feel as if you need to rush to decisions and actions; however, the exact opposite is true. To deal with this hectic energy slowing down is the best solution. Be gentle with your responses for they can become defensive. Be slow in your actions for you can hurt yourself, especially your extremities. Logic and caution are key this week. Motto: look both ways before crossing the street.

Aquarius

Knight of Wands – You are in the right place doing the right thing. This week’s energy helps you accomplish anything you put your focus towards. The key is finding inspiration to keep the energy going. Whether that is seeing that this project will lead to more projects or the beginning of something new. It is vital that you see the why behind what you are doing so you can take your life to the next level.

Pisces

*Empress – The energy of creation for comfort is what generates ease this week. You are needing some positive mothering energy to sustain yourself. This can look as simple as making a scrumptious meal or get that new piece of furniture that will make your living area finally comfortable. The challenge with this energy is creating comfort not prestige. Creating things that feed your senses, that make you go ahhh, have you smiling, and that make you feel nurtured are the items you should incorporate into this week’s schedule.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Sept. 27, 2020

September 27, 2020 Nina

bonpon511

Happy Birthday Libras!

Libra is the sign that governs balance, partnership, and harmony. Libra’s motto is I relate. Whatever house Libra resides in your natal chart is where these concepts become the place of learning for you. With a nod to Libras this week’s artists are the couple, bonpon511 on Instagram, otherwise known as Tsuyoshi and Tomi Seki. (when you go to their Insta account flip through the photos – they see some cool art shows.)

In May they celebrated their 40th anniversary and their third year in retirement. They have only been matching outfits and documenting them since 2016. As Mrs. Pon says Since we both have gray hair, we thought it’d be funny to match our fashion styles, so we started wearing clothes of the same color and patterns. We decide based on how we feel each day… They have taken what is known in Japan as Osoroi Code, where groups or couples wear matching clothes, to another level. … it’s not just about coordinating our clothes,” said Tsuyoshi. We try to choose outfits that complement our surroundings. What makes a good partnership or harmony varies for all of us. Mrs. Pon credits Mr. Bon for being a work center person leaving early in the day and coming home after midnight to their long and loving relationship.

Finding balance does not mean everything has to be the same. It is about what feels right. This concept of Osoroi Code “matching coordination” is what we should grok from Libra. It is not just about relating to others and our surroundings. It how it feels in its relation. So, this month’s pondering – Am I in harmony with self, others, and my environment? Do have good partners? And most importantly, does it make me smile? Cite

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

Nina

Aries

Osoroi bonpon511 Page of Cups – Last week the energy was pushing you to finish projects. Hopefully, you got to do that for this week is all about play. Time to take the focus off doing and more on non-goal-oriented fun. Play is vital for productivity and freeing your mind to discover new connections that stringent scheduling can hinder. So pull out the Legos and crayons.

Taurus

Osoroi bonpon511 King of Wands – The muse this week wants you to work with your inspirations. Do your inspirations motivate your own work, or have they become distractions that no longer fit your divine purpose or soul? If they do motivate you this is the week to focus on one and go. Write that book, do that art project, tell your boss about that innovation you have thought of. Believe in your visions, point of view and intellect.

Gemini

Osoroi bonpon511 Ace of Swords – Last week was about working in the realm of the subtle. Using your intuition as your compass to navigate the mists. It made you sensitive to the current of your surroundings which helps you with this week decisions, inquiries, and problems. With your finely tuned intuition and your sharpened intellect you bring much needed awareness and clarity to situations.

Cancer

Osoroi bonpon511 King of Cups – This week’s energy can bring on your emotions. However, you have the Muse of Emotions helping you see that this outpouring of feelings are paths to self-discovery. That what awaits in the middle of the feeling storm is a calm place of compassion and knowing. Dive into the whys of how you are feeling without being swept away in the currents who, what, where and how. This energy, if used correctly with love, can heal.

Leo

Osoroi bonpon511 Three of Cups – Last week the muses were guiding you to an awaken. By accepting your flaws are rooted in your humanness, you began incorporating them as positive influences instead of distractions. The muses this week will lead you through the phases of life. You need to connect to not just people in your age group but also those above and below. By befriending other ages, you will find connections to your past, your future and firmly ground you in your present.

Virgo

bonpon511 *World – This week is great for finishing up projects. You can start something new; however, it is vital that you clear off some of the debris left over from last birth year. You do not need or want to carry useless crap into 2021. Mars is in retrograde until November 12th and Mercury will go retro during that time, too. You have until mid-November to tie things up, so what is seeded can start to grow without hinderance or shade.

Libra

Osoroi bonpon511 Page of Swords – The best thing to do with this week’s energy is to come at it like a news reporter. You find out more by asking question and doing some deep listening. Not all information is on the surface, so inquiry and sensitivity are need to get to the real truth. Since this is also your birth month. Turn some of that inquiry to investigating what do you want in the coming year.

Scorpio

bonpon511 Ten of Wands – The energy this week is about prioritizing your obligations. This muse recommends ordering your work and then take the two lowest ranked tasks off you list. Put them aside until next week and see if either someone else picked them up because they were not yours in the first place, or they just magically disappear.

Sagittarius

bonpon511 Eight of Coins – More work energy this week. This vibe is great for advancing projects to the next step. However, is not a great time for starting something new. If you do, it can feel like Sisyphus rolling your rock up to have it fall again. So, stick to what you know and plow through that.

Capricorn

Osoroi bonpon511 Two of Swords – Last week, the Muse of Manifestation was there to facilitate calling down your energy and to create on the material plane. This week is more of the same; however, do not vacillate on making decisions. Now is the time to choose. You will find out later that the choice did not matter as much for you end up in the same place. However, in making your choices go with the feeling and less with the logic. It is more about the journey then the destination.

Aquarius

Osoroi bonpon511 Four of Cups – The energy continues with your work and building upon your empire. Continue getting things off your to do list. However, where last week’s energy was about navigating chaos, this week’s distraction comes from within. It is fine to do some introspection but diving deep into your pondering mind will take you off course. So, if you find yourself going down the rabbit hole, change your perspective to the outside and do something you love in the world.

Pisces

bonpon511 Two of Coins – The energy this week is about balance. Something in your life is out of sync. Usually with this energy it literally means you need to work on physical balance. Like not enough veggies or water or you need to practice yoga or Tai Chi. And/or your work/life balance can be out of whack. So, time for an adjustment.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Sept. 20, 2020

September 20, 2020 Nina

The artist this week is Ute Milotich. Milotich’s paintings are the collision of the real and the existential. There is a boldness to her color choices and subjects that invigorates and yet firmly grounds the viewer. There lies a duality of solidity and motion in almost all her paintings. As she says I paint to explore what it means to be human now. Everything is in motion, everything changes over time, sometimes quietly, sometimes dramatically. In my paintings, I strive to capture a glimpse of a person or a fleeting moment in the richness of human experience.

It makes sense Milotich nods to Anne Dillard as inspiration. Dillard also uses the technique of deeply seeing through the real finding the spiritual. Dillard does this to an exception in her book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Deep seeing or deep listening is about staying in the moment passing through the uncomfortable to a place of new understanding. Often when doing this we find a connection or new meaning. It is interesting that Milotich pulls this quote from the Dillard’s book I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. This is what painters do they see the light bouncing off the object and then try to replicate it on the canvas, like an artistic prism. So, we as the viewer/reader ponder what to I take in and how does it beam back into the world?

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

Nina

Aries

*World – The muses keep pushing energy at you to finish projects. This week is a great time to end cycles. Success and completion are at hand. But just as vital as checking off your to-do lists is celebrating that you have. You are on the verge of new things, but old baggage needs to be dealt with to move on. Do it and raise a glass to your accomplishments and the future.

Taurus

Queen of Cups – The energy this week ask you to find places of joy. This can be dancing to music in your living room, have a stich and bitch session with friends, get rowdy and watch sports with your crew or having a pillow fight with your kids. (of course safely distancing or virtually) This energy is about in-joying your life. That place of fun that rises you above self-thought with a hint of blissful abandon at the same time connecting you to your core.

Gemini

*Priestess – Ancient ancestor wisdom is waiting on the other side of the door. This week is about working in the realm of the subtle. Use your intuition as your compass to navigate its mists. Look for cycles and synchronicities to leading you to find gems of wisdom laying behind the curtain, under your sofa, out your window or out of the mouth of strangers as you pass by.

Cancer

Nine of Wands – The muse this week advises to shore up your boundaries. You have work to do and the outside world may try to intrude. Follow through, finish up loose ends, these are the activities that are supported by the universe. Your job is to stand firm and make yourself your first priority.

Leo

*Judgement – Your muse this week is here to help your awakening. To help move you to your next step. To do so you must accept your flaws are rooted in your humanness. Find ways to incorporate them as positive influences instead of distractions. This Muse reminds you that only being honest about your blunders of the past can you use them to burst out of the cocoon of inertia and self-doubt.

Virgo

Nine of Swords – Virgo now finishing your birth month you discover this coming year a field of passionate beginnings, clearer paths, and strategies, and muses that will frolic and co-create with you a space of safety. This coming year energy is about rebirth, regeneration, and metamorphosis. But before you start your journey you need to befriend the muse of fear and doubts. This energy is not a tiger in wait but a scared kitten needing your consolation.

Libra

Eight of Swords – The energy this week can feel claustrophobic from within and without. Many of these swarming thoughts and duties when looked at closely are not yours. You have accepted them, but they are not yours to hold. It is time to let negative thought patterns go. However, part of the problem is also your need to control situations and outcomes, but you are creating codependent behavior with those around you. Let go of the control so others can learn their own power.

Scorpio

Two of Wands – The energy this week highlights being in the present. The energy feels on the onset like torpor but when looking closely and deeply you can study the subtle moments of the small. Exercises like eating a rasin, watching rain fall on a window pane for 30 minutes, watch ants going in and out of a hill or feel the subtle aspects of wash your hands for two minutes. Finding the moments between the breath in and out is to find a place of peace within the actions of life.

Sagittarius

Queen of Coins – The energy this week is still vibrating on the material plane. This muse wants you to work hard and play harder. She reminds you that the reason you work is to create. She asks are you indulging in the finer aspects of your creation. All work and no play makes Jill/Jack a dull human.

Capricorn

*Magician – The Muse of Manifestation walks with you this week. She facilitates calling down your energy and to create on the material plane. The challenge is realizing you have all you need to conjure up the divine. You have collected the material and tools you need. Use your imagination to work with what you have. It is enough and so are you.

Aquarius

*Emperor and Five of Wands – So you have two energies to work with this week. The first is about work and building upon your empire. This is a great week for projects, getting things off your to do list, working with your hands. However, the other energy is chaos and competition, which can distract you. So, you can put on your blinders and get to your work, or you can practice your skills of charm and cajoling to get what you want done. The latter route will find you more allies in the coming weeks, and the former, you will get more done. Your choice.

Pisces

Six of Wands – Last week’s energy hopefully implanted the clarity of self-compassion and self-forgiveness for a past transgression. Opening yourself to a lighter and enlighten future that is more in tune with your divine nature. This week shines a light on you. The challenge is can you except the limelight. This is not a week to hide in the shadows but step out into the light.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Sept. 13, 2020

September 13, 2020 Nina

The artist this week is Meghann Riepenhoff. Her process is cyanotype. Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century as a simple and low-cost way to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blueprints. She is not the first person to use it for art. Anna Atkins would be the first, using it to “photograph” seaweed. (Atkins will be highlighted soon.) Riepenhoff has taken Atkin’s process of creating static images to creating a dynamic photograph of an action or interaction. She collaborates with the elements of rain, snow, ocean, salt, and sediment. She drapes her “canvas” over objects in the environment which adds the aspect of the terrain that then collides with these elements. These interactions are recorded on the cyanotype.

The two series represented here and below are Ectone and Littoral Drift . Ectone is a region of transition between two biological communities. Litoral Drift is a geological term describing the action of wind-driven waves transporting sand and gravel. Riepenhoff is illuminating that these edges of water, air, and land blur in their interaction, becoming something new and occupy an everchanging space. Thus, having us as the viewer pondering where, when or if we begin or end.

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

Nina

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Virgo this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Pisces 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

Ten of Coins – Last week’s energy was cluing you into something being off in your life and you needed to gain perspective to find solutions. This week the energy shifts from contemplative to active. So, if you found solutions, now is the time to use them. If you found that everything is balanced and moving smoothly then do not dally, for now is the time to move things into the done box. This is a great week to finish projects and bask in your success.

Taurus

Meghann Riepenhoff two waves poured dawn to dusk

Three of Coins – Last week the energy was asking you to look for cycles that need to be readjusted, and synchronicities to help move you forward, enlightening situations of inertia or chaos. This week wants you to take those enlightenments and utilize them in the world. The challenge is you need the help of others to lift what you are doing to a new level. Time to get your besties on the phone and brainstorm.

Gemini

Ten of Cups – Last week’s energy wanted you to reignite optimism and hope in your being. Luckily, you get another week to find moments that give you the curative perspective that after each period of chaos comes a time for healing. You need to heal and bask in love, so this week engage in activities and people that fill your cups. Joy is key. Find or create it.

Cancer

Meghann Riepenhoff.
tidal pools dipped and buried

Ace of Swords – The energy this week is great for planning, research, philosophy, and problem solving. Your mind is your best tool. Your emotions can play with the radio, but your mind must do the driving.

Leo

Page of Coins – You got another active energy card. So, if you still need another week to finish up old projects do that. But if you did that work last week this is a great week to start a new project. The challenge is taking tiny steps, because big leaps will have you in a tangle of minutiae or chasing your own tail.

Virgo

*Death – Your first big energy card for your coming birth year. This energy is about rebirth, regeneration, and metamorphosis. The energy this year is about rising from the ashes of old. The challenge is making sure that you are not holding on to dreams you have outgrown. This Muse has come to aid you in seeing the parts of you and your life that have been decaying and need to be buried. That the seeds of change are just below the surface being feed by the aspects you are now laying to rest. When you step back you will see that this burial ground is also a place of planting and future growth.

Libra

Meghann Riepenhoff. rainstorm one hour and 47 minutes

Knight of Swords – This is not a week to rush anything. Though you may feel antsy or anxious do not jump without thoroughly looking both ways and figuring out your plan before you step onto your path. This card can also mean to be careful of injuring your extremities. So cut your vegetables with care and watch where you step.

Scorpio

Meghann Riepenhoff
rain through a tree canopy

Queen of Swords – Last week’s muse asks you to dive into your subconscious, listen to your intuition, emotions, and dreams. The challenge was that emotions could run high. And you had to decipher which emotions were yours and what were others. Emotions are still riding high this week. To combat this, this muse suggests only taking in the logical details to see the correct channel through these emotional waters. Your motto: head over heart.

Sagittarius

Knight of Coins – The last two weeks had you deep diving into your shadow side to find your vulnerabilities, strengths and testing your character and will. You can use this insight now to really dig into your work. The key is your pace. You are now less likely to be distracted and will find that slow and steady wins the race.

Capricorn

Queen of Coins – Last week’s energy was about building upon your empire. This week you can continue your construction, but you must add indulging in the finer aspects of your physical environment. This muse knows how to work hard but also can fully indulge in her bounty she has created. Your challenge is to follow her lead and realize play, comfort and pleasures are as important as work.

Aquarius

Seven of Coins – Last week’s muse wanted you to adjust your material and spirit goals, blending the need to survive with the need to enjoy life. This energy bleeds into the beginning of this week. The first few days are best used as a pause between the past and future. This is a moment where rethinking, reestablishing, and redirecting is need before you push forward. By the end of the week you will be in full nose to grindstone mode, but the challenge is a plan and adjustment is needed before going ahead.

Pisces

*Judgment – The muse this week is pulling you above the clouds to a personal clarity. A reckoning is needed. You have made a mistake from the past which you have not forgiven yourself for. This week’s energy is implanting the clarity of self-compassion and forgiveness into your sight for self. This muse ask you to truly forgive yourself for this past transgression, so you can open yourself to a lighter and enlighten future that is more in tune with your divine nature.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Sept. 6, 2020

September 6, 2020 Nina

The artist this week is Marina Vargas. Vargas often uses the motif of guns and the color red. Her work can be very jarring which it is supposed to be, but it is also, as art is, very enlightening for the viewer. With all art we as viewers bring our perspective. Of late we have been dealing with a lot of violence and unrest. How do we deal with it is the inquiry in highlighting her art this week.

When asked what her favorite color was, Vargas said it was difficult to pick one, but she uses red often. As she said in a South Mag article: Although there is no doubt that in my work the most predominant (color) of them all is red. I suppose that in some way it is the color that mediates me with the rest of the colors. Red is a wake-up call, it is alertness and it is also the color that represents blood, wound, vulnerability and violence. I suppose that to be in relation with this color is to enter fully into the control that there must be to manage between the instinctive and the rational.

These images of Vargas’ correlate with Mars going into retrograde September 9^th through November 13^th. Mars is the planet of activity, sex, energy, confrontations, and war. During this time, you should be wary of starting new businesses, projects, or litigation. They may be exceedingly difficult to gain momentum and in the areas of law those that start “the war” may fail. Also, be aware this time can lower sex drive and increase a feeling of malaise. However, this period is great to work on projects already started, organization, and planning. It is made for crossing off old to-do lists, cleaning up your inbox, creating relaxing activities with loved ones, etc…

So, the big lessons with Mars are being aware of what irritates, frustrates and angers you. Take note but not action. And when you feel low energy, it is a wake up call for self-care. This time will be filled with more uncertainty and feelings of vulnerability. Use this alertness to enlighten and enhance your skills at how you are managing between instinctive actions based on fear and rational actions based on love and hope.

Let love and hope win.

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

Nina

Aries

*Hermit – Time to gain some perspective on your life and environment. Something is off and you need to step back from your everyday life to do some contemplation on what it is and how to fix it. The challenge will be finding time for yourself while also equally find time for others. This week is about finding the balance of quiet contemplation and socialization.

Taurus

*High Priestess – The energy is asking you to tap into your intuition this week. Look for cycles that need to be readjusted, and synchronicities to help move you forward and enlighten situations of inertia or chaos. Your instincts are powerful guides this week. The challenge is keeping your ears and logical mind open to your inner voice. And have a broad enough perspective to see that fear is an emotion not reality.

Gemini

*Star – This energy comes when you need to do some healing. You need to reignite optimism and hope in your being. This week find time to relax in moonbeams, feel the wind on your face, watch the sunlight flicker from your windows, and acknowledge the kindness of a smile. Finding these moments will give you the curative perspective that after each period of chaos comes a time for healing. That everything has its season and overall, the arc is towards wholeness, healing, and love.

Cancer

Four of Cups –Well either extroverted or introverted crustaceans this week is meant for quiet contemplation. Which for you introverted crabs is celebratory; however, this pulling in must be productive for both types of crabs. If you find yourself getting lethargic, melancholy, or bored you will be required to step out and reconnect with society until that feeling subsides. Then you can crawl back into your shell until the end of the week.

Leo

*World – This energy comes pushing you to complete something. To energize your leonic procrastination that has lulled you to laze on your sunny rock this summer. That was fine for the summer, but summer is moving into fall. This can be as simple as crossing off the oldest thing on your to-do list. You might even find it does not need to be done anymore. This energy wants you to do that final push, so your muse can open new doors for you.

Virgo

King of Swords – This week’s energy lends itself to long term planning. Time to pull out a blank page and write all your wishes and intentions of what you would like to accomplish in your coming birth year. A great week to make an inspiration board, a bucket list, a brain dump page of all that you can imagine. Then take the rest of your birth month planning on how to reach these goals. The challenge this week is not to do but to think.

Libra

Ten of Wands – The energy this week warns that you are taking on too much responsibility. Time to lighten your load by one or two duties, jobs, chores etc.… The challenge is not to worry or pick them back up. The goal is to see, by next week, if someone else picks it up or you find it really did not need to be done.

Scorpio

*Moon – More internalizing with this week’s energy. This muse asks you to dive into your subconscious, listen to your intuition, emotions, and dreams. The challenge is that your emotions can run high this week. Many times, this might be due to your emotional pores being open and susceptible to absorbing others’ emotions. Therefore, your task is clarifying what are your emotions and what are others.

Sagittarius

*Devil – Last week your emotional waters were tested by aspects being hidden from you. And you were given the option to dive deep into your shadow side to find your vulnerabilities and strengths or skip it. This week brings with it all sorts of diversions and tests of your character and drive. If you did last week’s work, then this week will go by with ease. You are brushing off the devil’s diversions and strengthening your resolve. If you did not do the work, this week might be tough. Either way think of this week as a test of your character and will.

Capricorn

*Emperor – The energy this week is about building upon your empire. This is a great week to do construction around how you make your money, your physical environment, and/or any hands-on work. The challenge with this energy is to be bolder, build bigger however, be careful of hubris. If you build for the good of many, then your work will prosper in the long run.

Aquarius

*Temperance – Balance is key this week. An alchemy of your material and spirit goals are the subjects to adjust. This is a good week to blend the need to survive with the need to enjoy life. So, this muse asks are you enjoying your life? Does the way you make money give you time and resources to enjoy your life? Or does your work bring you joy but does not provide for you? Your challenge is making fine-tuned adjustments to equal out your material plan with your spiritual one.

Pisces

Ace of Swords – Last week the energy was about deconstructing your environment or systems and then creating new paradigms. The strategy being pulling everything apart to see its working and non-working components, fix, and then reassemble. Luck for you all, you have another week to do this with this week’s energy of new beginnings and ways of thinking. This muse hones your intellect to a sharp blade. Allowing you to see, decipher, and reorganize with clarity. However, your challenge is allowing your intellect to do the work and keep your heart in the passenger’s seat.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 30, 2020

August 30, 2020 Nina

The artist this week is Aida Muluneh. I usually pull art from the artist’s entire work but today I am homing in on one series, The World is 9. It centers around a phrase her grandmother would say, “The world is 9, it is never complete and it’s never perfect.” The concept in Muluneh’s words: In this world, we are idealists seeking perfection but living in a reality which does not afford us that balance. Life is unpredictable and imperfect – we must conquer these challenges with strength and endurance because the world within us and the world knocking on our door, bears the unknown future.

So far, this year has felt like that – unpredictable and showing all its imperfections. And dang we have been challenged personally and socially. But that is the beauty of grokking the world is 9. By seeing the world’s and our imperfection, we can continue to strive – creating a better world, and at the same time let our growth be infinite. Thus, not binding us or our world to and ending, a completion nor perfection.

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

Nina

Aries

Page of Swords – The key to this week’s energy is to use your mind like a sharp tool. Information is available for you, but it is either hidden or lock away by sphinx-like energy. Pieces of information will be given if you ask the right questions to decipher the riddles in front of you this week.

Taurus

Eight of Swords – Last week the devil was in the details and details had the potential to be your biggest foe. This energy seeps into this week as well with a “bonus” feeling of an overwhelming or a closing in. Thus, you feel choices/decisions are demanded of you. The key to this is again is either committing to a choice and see how it goes or saying f#$% it and go with the flow. The goal is to stop thinking you have no choice in the matter, or there is only one right path. This leads to circular thinking and a sense of inescapable inertia.

Gemini

King of Cups – The intensity of the energies finally recedes for you this week. Though the themes stay the same. The last two weeks were challenging you to follow the breadcrumbs of synchronicities and reimagining yourself as the beautiful spark of inspiration with flaws exposed making you shine more brightly. This week’s energy helps guide you in an alchemization of your all your feelings happy, sad, anger, lonely etc… You need to see that all your emotions make you who you are. Your motto the Rumi poem The Guest House.

Cancer

Six of Swords – The energy surrounding you might feel a bit muddy and unclear but also has a sense of lightness. This week is full of small transitions helped by small miracles. Following the willow wisps will not lead you to danger but safely to a new shore. Your motto: Follow hope.

Leo

Knight of Wands – The energy this week is wanting you to answer what truly inspires you in nature? The sand between your toes, staring at fire, smelling a storm on the way, or watching the power of a lion/cat on the hunt… Now replicate these feelings/inspirations by doing something artistic, experiencing an art form that resonates it, or mediate on it. Embed that inspiration into your life.

Virgo

Nine of Pentacles – The energy this week wants you to sift your successes and see their worth as a collection. Find contentment in the positive things you have done. You have just one more chapter to complete this cycle. You are on the verge of a transition. Spend this week in moments of solitude and contemplation of your past and the last steps for this birth years conclusion. By doing this exercise you will be prepared to move forward with solider foundation.

Libra

King of Wands – Last week’s energy wanted you to pull away from society as much as possible, grounding and gaining some perspective. Hopefully, you got to do this, can put this insight into action. If not, luckily this energy still allows time for gaining perspective. For this week is full of visionary thoughts and advises to look at the bigger picture for solutions.

Scorpio

Two of Wands – Last week’s energy was highly active and best used in building what is already started. However, this week wants you to turn your gaze to the future. This is a great week to let your imagination ponder where and what you will be wanting to do in 2021. Imagining now will set the universe working behind the scenes to prep some of the roads ahead.

Sagittarius

*Moon – This is a perfect time to dive into your fears and emotions. Yep the energy this week would like to test your emotional waters. In practical matters aspects are hidden from you. You can wait until this phase passes by the weekend (Tuesday is a Full Moon in Pisces so things will start to clear up after that). Or you can dive into your shadow side. The latter is harder but more productive.

Capricorn

Queen of Wands – This energy is best used in the act of creation and self-expression. This muse comes to embolden you to see your courage and power. You are the creator of your life. Are you creating your desires or societies? If so, this is a great week to set intentions. If not, then time to do some heavy mirror gazing and reconnecting to your power source and intuition.

Aquarius

Eight of Wands – Last week was about balancing multiple elements into a cohesive path of ease. Hopefully, you worked on your balancing act, for this week the energy level is still busy. So, going in with a balanced mind-set will help you navigate all the information coming at you. This energy also recommends a game plan, while keeping your eyes and mind open as better paths come quickly into your foreground. If you are good at racing video games, then this week you will do great. If not, peripheral vision is vital.

Pisces

*Hierophant – The energy this week is about deconstructing your environment or systems and then creating new paradigms. This can look as simple as pulling everything out of your closet and reorganizing. Or as complicated as doing this with a work project or relationships. The strategy is pulling everything apart to see its working and non-working parts, fix and then reassemble.

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