This tarotcast is an experiment with my casting for the week and art. Usually I pull cards and then cast about for the art to go with the general energies of that week. This week I am going in the opposite direction and letting the art take the lead. I think the arts were born under the sign of Gemini. Gemini is the first sign in which we work on how and why we communicate with the world. Art is a place where we try to create, experiment and communicate with something outside ourselves to convey what is going on inside ourselves.
So this tarotcast I’m going to let the art solely express your goals, challenges, energies that surround you. I will add a tidbit about the painting that I find relevant to the piece or energy of your cast. This is exercise in mindfulness, of truly experiencing a piece of art. I challenge you to dive deep into each piece and ask how does this makes me feel and see what thoughts it brings to the surface. Like the sign of the Gemini where the twins peer at each other, looking for similarities and differences, so does the exercise of experiencing art. The artist is the twin to the piece and then the piece becomes the twin to the viewer. Art challenges us to look in to it and truly see ourselves – our common humanity through time and space.
P.S. I have also put links for each piece if you want to dive deeper into the art or artist. Please share.
Aries- Ginervra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci 1475
On the back side of this portrait he painted VIRTVTEM FORMA DECORAT (“beauty adorns virtue”)
Taurus– Portrait of Paolo Morgia by Fede Galizia, 1595
Fede was well-known as a portrait painter by the age of twelve. She was meticulous in her attention to detail look at the reflection of the glasses in his hand, they reflect a window not seen.
*Gemini – Portrait d’une negresse by Marie-Guillemine Benoist 1800
Six years previously slavery was abolished in France, though short-lived, so this image became the symbol for woman’s emancipation and black people’s right.
Cancer – Early Moonrise, Florida by George Inness 1893
Inness was known for interpreting rather than recording natures views, moving away from the Hudson River School artists’ transcriptions of nature. According to Inness “you can suggest reality…you cannot paint reality.”
Leo – Stay High 149 aka Wayne Roberts 197?
He was a superstar in the underground up and coming graffiti scene of the 1970’s. This piece is a parody on the British television show The Saint.
Virgo – Dulle Griet by Pieter Bruegal the Elder, 1565
Dulle Griet also known as Mad Meg, in Flemish folklore who leads an army of woman to pillage Hell. Her mission refers to the proverb “She could plunder in front of hell and return unscathed.”
Libra – Le Pont del Europe by Gustave Caillebotte, 1881
The three prominent characters in this portrait are theorized as a representation of the three classes of Parisians who normally not met in society but do on this bridge.
*Scorpio – Carousel in Santa Monica by David Michael Hinnebusch 2006
In 2006, a friend of the artist, who didn’t like Hinnebusch’s art on found materials, took him shopping at the art store. He bought $2,000 US worth of Golden Acrylics, brushes and 10 large canvases and this is one of the painting that came out of that excursion.
Sagittarius – Personnages aux Chevaux, Characters with Horses, by Marcelle Cahn 1935
Was one of the few female artist in 1930’s associated with the movement Abstraction-Creation, which was a counteract to the Surrealist movement.
Capricorn – Closed Gallery by Robert Barry 1969
Closed Gallery consisted of three invitations to gallery shows in Amsterdam, Turin, and Los Angeles printed on simple white cards. They informed the recipients that during the exhibition, the gallery would be closed. “It’s the purest form of this notion of what the physicality of art is and what art is really all about. One doesn’t need to even have the gallery space”, said David Platzker, who sent out numerous announcement cards worldwide, each saying simply “During the exhibition the gallery will be closed”.
Aquarius – La Rue du Soleil, Port Vendres by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1926
Charles started his career as an architect and was influential in the Art Nouveau and Secessionism. He abandoned it later and focused solely on painting watercolors later in life. Though like the reflection of the buildings in the water you can still see buildings are still in his mind.
Pisces – Summon Up by Frederick Hammersley, 1958
He wrote that “hard-edge is often very hard to take, coming to the cold or even to the practiced eyed.”
May light be on you, around you, and within you,
Nina
Last week the Tower challenged you to let go of needing to control change and to subtly navigate it by shifting your stance. This week the Six of Cups continues the theme by having you look back in to your history for clues on how to deal with this change.
The Nine of Swords is the card of worry. Worry can be helpful when you use it to prepare for the future or to re-think about your past. However, the challenge with this card is to know when worry becomes nothing but thoughts that have no objective or conceives a useful action. This week be aware where your worries take you. 
Science says that rest is a valuable component of your health regime and the Four of Swords recommends you will need it. The Four of Swords also challenges you actually to not push anything through this week.
The Two of Cups recommends applying your energy to deepen your close relationships. Our emotions are set into memory with our senses. So look in your love ones’ eyes, breathe in their scent, touch them with love, and listen to their feelings behind their words. 
The Ten of Wands warns you not to take more on this week. You have more than enough on your plate as it is. Your hint: Be aware of obligations that sprout from guilt. If it does, don’t do it.
The Ten of Pentacle is about completion that creates success. This week focus on projects that are near completion. For now ignore projects that have just started or take on anything new this week. 
The Strength card last week seems to be your birth year card, so throughout the year you will be tested or learn ways to strengthen all aspects of your life. The Strength card energy this week is with the King of Pentacles. This card wants you to strengthen the activities that ground you. This King asks you if you don’t believe in what you do for money than why are you doing it? And if you do than be proud of the path you have chosen.
The Queen of Pentacles is all about healthy indulgences and creating spaces of comfort. Do things that pamper you this week. The more you do for yourself the more you will be ready to be there for others.
The Sun continues to shine this week for you with the focus on home life. The Four of Wands challenges you to make your home a place where people and things can grow. This is a great week to Spring Clean or bring nature into your abode. Throw open your windows no matter the temperature you need to let some fresh air into your life.
This is the second time the Sun has “shone” up for you this year. Look back and see what you started around February 18th that needs tending again. The Sun foretells that you will find success in what you have started. If things aren’t growing or moving, this means you are missing only the last piece to the puzzle and with the light of your conscious mind you will find it.
The Page of Pentacles declares that this week you should spend your time hitting the books. The challenge is to be open to learn something new. You will find that you will need that knowledge in your near future.
The Three of Cups challenges you to go get your friends and hang out this week. Yep that is right your challenge is to enjoy this week. Since this card has shown up twice this year, seems you need to hang out with friends more constantly.
You are carrying too much again Libra. Time to let go of some of your duties and obligations. The Ten of Wands warns that you have chosen to take on more burden then is necessary or healthy. Lighten your load this week. Even letting go of one thing will make you feel better.
This is the fourth pivotal week in your life. Last week Death returned to push you to learn how to work with the environment to make change that sticks. Now the Devil is here in all his glory trying to divert you from that path. This week people, events, environment, and even that little voice in your head will try to sidetrack you. Keep strong. Keep to your integrity. And Keep moving forward.
Justice is the card of fair play. Here is the interesting thing with Sagittarius and the Justice card, you both believe in fairness and equality and are willing to fight for it. But Sagittarius, like their forebears the centaurs, you have a bit of a wild streak. When you think you are right, well, you all can get a bit fiery about it. Where Justice card many times teaches us to let karma take its natural course. So your challenge this week is to see how to champion justice with the mind and spirit and not with the heart and sword.
Success is on the horizon for you. The Sun is here to help you grow anything you put your focus on. The question is where do you want to direct your gaze first? This is a big karma card so take your time but don’t let your dreams wither away with indecision.
The Queen of Cups is all about the 3 Cs: calm, compassion, and comfort. The challenge is to make sure you have at least two out of the three first then you can spread it around.
The Ace of Cups of cups heralds the beginnings of emotional fulfillment. The challenge with this card this week is seeing that no matter how full the cup that it is “good to the last drop.”
This week will be easier if you fortify your inner strength. Now I’m not suggestion drinking for courage especially for anyone with an addictive personality. You should work on having habits in place that ground you and give you courage in more positive ways. But if a glass of wine, chocolate, or binge watching BadLands grounds you can do it without guilt, but only this week.
Since mid-March you all have actually been in a good place. The Knight of Wands is confirming that even the hardships you have gone through are starting to make sense and you are seeing the purpose behind the movement. Your challenge is to keep moving and know you are on the right path. 
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