April showers bring May flowers or so the saying goes. But is it true? The first time it is found in writing is in a poem from 1610, Sweet April showers, do spring May flowers. Historians believe this proverb was born in areas either in or around the United Kingdom. Because the month of April tends to be especially rainy due to the position of the jet stream. However, the real reason for flowers blooming is the temperature. As the temperature gets closer to spring like weather, flowers bloom no matter the amount of rain. And why the temperature? Well the insects that pollinate these flowers can only move when the temperature is above 45°F or 7.2°C.
So, take this drizzly season and be like the bee, relax. These rainy days set the mood for tea, lazy afternoons, piddling or reading. And enjoy these amazing raindrop pictures by photographer Duscan Stojancevic. And remember to try and support the arts and artists if you can.
P.S. Signs with an * it 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.
P.P.S. New moon in Taurus great time for grounding, starting a new project. And if you do wishes, areas around money, sensual pleasure, perseverance, patience, self-worth, and releasing stubbornness.
May light be on you, around you, and within you,
Nina
Aries
*World – At the last day of your birth month the karma card shows up – the World. So, for this birth year the driving force will be the concept of completion and triumph versus incompletion and disappointment. The big question for you is how much your personality is tied to completing projects and the success of them? Why is the attainment of goals so important in your make up? How can you feel complete when there is more to do? Can you feel harmony in the emptiness of challenges or defeat?
Taurus
Two of Wands – What a great energy to start your birth month with! The best way to use this week’s energy is through discovery. You are in a place that holds both the past and the future in it. And in this space, there is information for you to glean. How does information from your past effect the planning of your future? And does this process to get to the future holding you back? Can you plan without knowing the outcome? These are the questions to ponder this week.
Gemini
Eight of Cups – Last week’s energy was about infinity growth. And was to be used as a reset button, a time to make changes that will take you to your next phase, mission, and/or purpose. That energy is still hanging around you this week. This is not a time to avoid or walk away form this opportunity. It is time to clean house and start anew.
Cancer
Ten of Pentacles – The energy around you is tense with thoughts of financial security in the future. Your wealth lies in more than monetary goods. You are at an end of a fiscal cycle but that does not mean an end to economic security. Look in the coming weeks for inspiration of where to or how to go next with all things green. But be careful that you do not go on an emotional shopping spree this week.
Leo
Six of Cups – To get out of last week’s doldrums call upon the energy of innocence and playfulness. This week find joy in the little things. And there are hidden messages in your childhood to help you get there. More crayons, more time with a lying on the floor perspective.
Virgo
Five of Swords – Last week your task was taking this time of stagnation as a moment for you to let go of resistance and pain. To contemplate the future and find paths to a more enlightened way of being. This energy continues with more lights to guide you to enlightenment – compassion, and reconciliation. To truly let go of your pain you need to reconcile with it. Be compassion with it, tame and love it.
Libra
King of Cups – It is easy to see the world with the duality of right and wrong, but this time period calls for a balancing act of both. You and the ones around you can be moody and your go-to is to create harmony. However, trying to control harmonious outcomes may be impossible this week. So, compassion is key to navigating this week’s energy.
Scorpio
*Empress – Motherhood and all it entails is a big theme this week for you. The concepts surrounding and for you to ponder are nurturing versus smothering, codependence versus interdependence, and growth versus obstructions. The areas of contemplation and hopefully solution are how to give yourself and others the space, time and energy to grow with just enough structure to feel rooted and secure.
Sagittarius
Six of Coins – Last week’s energy was about completion, creating more harmony, success, and forward momentum. The energy shifts a bit this week from endings to sharing. The more positive energy you can emit the more positive energy you will gain back. Of course, this works with negative energy too. The only kink with this transfer is that the return usually comes back from a convoluted path.
Capricorn
Queen of Coins – This week is all about practicality while still indulging in your five senses. The easy avenue for this is eating and enjoying healthy food. But there is also a need for beauty, so what in your life can be practical and beautiful. Arrange your fruit in a basket, invest in beautiful but good sheets, change the lighting in your rooms to match their use? For example, cozy lights in the living room and bright lights in the kitchen or office. These are the things and places to invest your energy in this week.
Aquarius
King of Wands – This week’s energy is around upping your game. Doing things that enhance your skills, experimenting to find new ways of doing things, or finding some way to upgrade your business, presence and or leadership. How can you re-energize your vision and intent for your future?
Pisces
Four of Swords – Last week the energy was having you walk on the sunny side of the street. Luckily, you can hide a bit this week, but you will still need to bring that sunny energy with you in the form of self-care. This time period has pulled more energy out of you then you realize. No need to fear just schedule in daily times of solitude to recharge your batteries.
Two of Coins – Last week, change was in the air if you didn’t try forcing it. The energy wanted you to work with the ebbs and flows of natural cycles. Sharing the job of creating movement with the universe continues this week. If you share the burden, you will feel less like you are spinning plates and/or overwhelmed. The part is to work on your balancing act and be flexible.
*Death – Change is in the air this week if you would just let go of trying to force it to happen. This energy wants you to work with the ebbs and flows of natural cycles. Though this downturn in energy feels like stagnation, it is actually waiting for you to sort out what you fear will change. Take your hand off the wheel and let the universe drive. 
*Judgement – Again big energy and I know you might be feeling wiped out. All of March was a roller coaster of forces guiding you through your triggers, compassion for the universe and yourself, challenged you to weed to find room for the new, and then asked you to connect deeply with your spirit to gain more information on how to lead by example. And now this week’s energy is about rebirth. Your challenge is to answer what has this past month taught you? What has awakened you to be closer to your calling and the understand of it? 
*Hanged Man – You are resisting using this time as a moment to gain perspective. You are percieving this energy delaying you, but it challenges you by asking delaying you from what? This is big energy and has the potential for you to stockpile this inert energy like a pulling back a rubber band. This time is just a pause a place to reset or to reimagine your destiny. Take this time to gather your strength and gain perspective on where to you want to go after this pause. 
Nine of Swords – Last week you were feeling the chaos like energy of the worldwide change. And you had to wrestle with the idea of not having control over these big outside forces of change. The forces advised controlling only your small sphere and then allowing the rest to wash over you like a wave. This week you are still grappling with letting go. Worries still needle you like tiny gnats. The energy this week advise you to focus on hope instead of hopelessness. 
Six of Coins – Last week you needed to heed and hone your inner voice. Looking for the hidden truths, the synchronicities and cycles. Your discoveries have you feeling as if you do not have enough resources to deal with this week’s energy. However, if you put selfcare first, you don’t have to be stingy with the rest of your energy. So, heed the phrase put the air-mask on yourself first before helping others with theirs. But keep in mind they do need help and you can expend yours. 
Ace of Coins – The energy of grounded beginnings is rumbling under you. This is a great week to start a new project. Do not loss this opportunity even though you may be staying at home. All seeds are started in the dark. This is a time to water some ideas and see what sprouts in the coming weeks. 
Messenger – There are messages all around you this week. Your spirit guides are in your midst, protecting and divining to you what is and isn’t important. You will get some straightforward clues but also look for hidden meanings in synchronicities. 
Nine of Coins – This week energy is about abundance and finding ways to reward yourself and others. However, luxuries have a new meaning at this time. What were you taking for grant that now this week has become a luxury? And how can you share and enjoy them with yourself and others? 
Four of Cups – The energy this week continues your need for mediation. Where last week you needed to pull away from the everyday to gain perspective, this week you will need to occasionally look to your outer sphere to gain a fuller picture. Try to divide your time in to ¾ introvertive behavior and the last 1/4 as an extrovert. 
Three of Coins – Relationships and creation are again the resonating energy this week. However where last week your investigation where in the notions of contentment and choice respectively. Putting energy into relationships that bring serenity and envisaging the implementation of creating is based in choice. This week there is less contemplation and more active collaboration. Even if you are stuck inside take time to zoom, skype or face time with others. You need people as bouncing boards and to challenge you to get to the next level, not to mention some playful banter to liven your spirits. 
Page of Cups – This week’s energy is about looking for the brighter side of things. Your sign is the one that inspires humanity and raise us up to the next level. So, use your curiosity and rose-colored glass envisioning you and us a brighter future. 
Page of Wands – Pull out your paintbrushes, crayons, pencils, scissors, glue, wood tools and create. The challenge with this creative energy is not about having a goal but about investigating your mediums. This energy is best used in discovery and exploration. Doing so will bring you closer to a place where movement can happen. 
Queen of Wands – The energy of courage has your back this week. Your environment needs your fierce take-charge energy right now. Do not doubt yourself or worth to others at this time. However, watch that you let people have their independent thoughts. This will stop them and you feeling overbearing. As I once heard someone say, don’t push me but you can lead me. San Diego Zoo 
*The Beyond – Taurus out of all the signs you have had to deal with a lot of energy coming at you. The past weeks have triggered your self-doubt and insecurities. But also guided you to self and universal compassion. And last week embodied the energies of change and transitions asking you take time to, figuratively and/or literally, weed and plant anew. You are the sign that grounds the world and represents the more maternal part of nature. In some ways your sign is feeling this pandemic the most, because as the first earth sign you are feeling the tremors of change in our collective deeper ground. This week the Beyond has shown up calling upon you to believe and seek higher meaning from your higher power. If you can find ways to connect with your spiritual plane, then you plow the way for others to find it too. Remember this isn’t about doing others work this is about doing yours. Lead by example. 
Four of Wands – The energy this week is the celebration of the small things. The little things that bring community and harmony into your life. Host a virtual beverage party with a few friends. Hang with your pet in your favorite spot in your abode. Talk to your indoor plants. Map the sun as it goes through your house and make sure you have a sunny spot you can hang in. These little things are what balances you more than then big events and changes. 
*Tower – You would think that you all would love all this home time. But you are also feeling the chaos like energy of the worldwide change that is happening. The best way for you deal with this is first realize you have no control over these big outside forces of change. And second do what you can within the breadth of your crabby claws to make ease in your small sphere. There is an awakening happening, dig in and allow it to wash over you like a wave. 
*High Priestess – This is a week to heed and hone your inner voice. Your intuition and subconscious are working overtime. However, this is a land of metaphoric formations. Look for the hidden truths, the synchronicities and cycles. By sifting through the inner planes, you will see a clearer path in the outer one. 
Four of Pentacles – The energy this week is about conservation. Let go of anything that feels in excess, unused or no longer working. Take this time to declutter your space, time and mind. This is about using your resources carefully. Energy goes where the focus goes. This week will help you focus it in more constructive places. 
Knight of Wands – This week is filled with antsy energy. The best way to work with this is to get active and creative. Sing at the top of your lungs, dance while vacuuming, go through old magazines and collage. This action does not need a goal it just needs release. 
Five of Cups – Last week you were in the mists and now the fog has cleared. Acceptance and forgiveness are the keys to moving on. Do not let pessimism or regret come into play. Find the positives, give them your energy and leave the negatives behind. 
*Hermit – Another week of self-discovery is in store for you. Get some alone time to do some much needed soul searching. The challenge with this card is that you can hermitize but not isolate yourself. Being the hermit gains you enough space from civilization to get a deeper and broader perspective on your life and where it is going. By the end of this week answer the questions: Am I ready for another year of this life? Or is it time to start to envision the changes I need to make to gain the life I want? 
*Lovers – Relationships and creation are key components to focus on this week. And the heart of this investigation lies within the notions of contentment and choice respectively. Put energy into relationships that bring serenity and envisage the implementation of creation is based in choosing. Then see how these applications of serenity and choice feels in the broader picture. Think and do more like an abstract painting. Look how the colors and brush strokes feel next to each other. It is less about technique and more about emotional experimental mixing/creating. The challenge is you won’t know the painting is done until it is. 
Page of Wands – Last week, the task was finding moments of silence, synchronicities and moon beams to guide you to opportunities and solutions that were hidden in the light of day. Luckily you get another week of discovery and exploration. The challenge is how to be a free spirit when the world is “stay in place.” A hint, follow your passions and your imagination. 
Four of Cups – To make it through this week you need to find time and space to mediate. Now the challenge is when you try stopping your mind you end up going down rabbit holes of questions. Which end up with you withdrawing into self-loathing or other negative thought patterns. So, the key is working on the skills of contemplation. The definition of contemplation is the action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time. So, when you are thinking, no questions, judgements, or what ifs, just utilize only certainties and the action of acceptance of what is. 
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.
*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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
*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.
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.
Six of Cups – Where last week had its sorrows, this week’s energy is much lighter. The force that moves you forward is joy and playfulness. The challenge is not being naïve about what is going on in your life, but to weather through this storm by touching base with your inner bliss finding the calmer path.
*Strength – The past couple of weeks have triggered your self-doubt and insecurities. But this week you have the energy to see your inner strength if you give yourself compassion. None of us are perfect and learning from your mistakes only makes you stronger. However, the true key is seeing your imperfections as strengths. These warps are what make your perception, intuition and strength unique and valuable to the larger community. Believe in you and the world.
*Magician – The energy surrounding you this week is materializing the divine. Your resourcefulness and concentration are needed to move things into action. The challenge with this card is making your actions have altruistic components. If you can conjure for the greater good, the work and solutions will come with ease.
Four of Swords – The energy is all about relaxation. Take this week to rest and recuperate from the past retrograde. Allow your mind to wander without a goal and see what pops up but don’t act on it. The best use of this energy is in meditation and contemplation not engagement.
Nine of Swords – Last week’s energy was about shaking things up and paying attention to the cracks in your foundation. This week there are still some after-shocks that need attending to. They are triggering your worries and possible anxieties. You must remember that your worries have some aspect of facts; however, this energy can blow things out of proportion. This week is more about figure out what worries you can fix and what are out of your control. Let go of those that have no solution at this time, and fix the cracks you can with more innovative and adaptable ways.
Ten of Pentacles – This week’s energy is about endings on the material plane. The challenge is that these endings give off a feeling of insecurity and instability. You will need to learn to let go of the old, so the new can come in with more ease and room. Remember endings are also beginnings.
*Wheel – This week’s energy is about walking into your destiny. Fate and luck are the aspects in play. The definition of fate is the development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power and luck is success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions. This is an important lesson for you this week. 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.
Five of Wands – Compromise is key to the chaos produced this week. The more that you find solutions that lead to agreement and harmony the easier the path. This is not a week to stand on your principals alone. Stand in the shoes of your “opponent” and see their side of the problem. Doing so will not only produce solutions to your predicament but tap into your empathy for others.
Ten of Cups – This week’s energy is all about familial bliss. This family does not have to be blood based but can be life acquired. This is about you enjoying to your fullest. Remember that connection is not only to those people that make you happy but also to those activities/surroundings that do. Enjoy the harmony of living.
Nine of Pentacles – The energy this week is about abundance. Where can you receive and give? How can you create luxury in your life, but do so with the essence of resourcefulness? By answering these questions, you can find more sustainable rewards then just through material gains.
Three of Pentacles – Last week’s energy was around the crossroads in relationships. It had you making choices that involve, self-love, commitment and/or separation. Now that you have either ended, adjusted and/or reignited those relationships, the energy this week is turned towards collaboration. With the relationships you are continuing, now is the time to find common goals to work towards. Also, it is a great time to find new kindred spirits that you can learn and collaborate with. Either way the energy this week builds towards more harmonious prospects.
Three of Swords – Sorrow is in the air this week. This is the ups and downs of being human. However, this kind of sadness brings with it an opportunity for forgiveness and a step to begin moving on. There are three things to learn with this suffering. Learn them and a begin the journey anew feeling lighter and enlightened.
Six of Swords – You have just gone through a rite of passage. However, the path still is in a misty haze but now is the time continue on. Don’t get stuck in the miasma. To move forward the energy suggests simplification. Even though the future is not so easily seen, the lighter your load- the simpler the solutions -the easier your journey.
Five of Swords – The aftermath of this past Mercury in retrograde still has its tendrils of chaos in your communication land. The energy this week is still full of disagreements and concealment. The best way to disengage with this dynamism is surrender and compromise. The disputes are really about ego, resentment and not worth your time.
Ace of Swords – The energy in the beginning of this week has a sharp tone to it as we navigate out of this mercury retrograde. This can lead to confusion and possible antagonism. Situations cannot be dealt with by old ways of communicating. Look for new ideas and ways to connect to bring clarity and eventually a breakthrough.
*The Tower – The energy this week is about shaking things up. Pay attention. There are some cracks in your foundation, and they need to be tended to. This can look as simple as eating better, getting 8 hours of sleep, or being more efficient with your time because you are overly critical or trying to fit into “normal” work hours. To build stronger does not always mean with stagnate forces like brick and concrete, bamboo is strong and flexible. To go through an earthquake buildings are now being built on springs. Find new ways to shore up your foundations that are more innovative and adaptable. For instance, work two days a week for 12 hours, 2 for 8 hours and then you can fit in a 3-day weekend or make a protein packed smoothie for that forgotten meal.
Five of Cups – This week’s energy has an air of regret and pessimism to it. The key to navigating this energy is realizing you can help solve the world’s problems by solving the ones in front of you first. Clean up some mess around you and be grateful for what you have that is not in disarray. The lesson is you seeing the left-over cups are half full and ready to be filled to the brim.
Seven of Cups – When was the last time you laid around just daydreaming- letting your imagination flow? The energy this week is allowing and advising you to do just that. Your challenge is letting yourself dream big enough. To help with this process, instead of thinking of dreams as illusions and fantasy, see them as seeds spreading out in the wind planting mystery plants of unknown bounty.
Eight of Swords – The energy this week highlights where you are being wronged. Whether this is self-affliction or allowing others to entrap you, this is the time for self-compassion about you allowing the harassment and strength to walk away from it without engaging in anger. The situation is like a Chinese Finger trap the more you struggle the more you are entrapped, but if you disengage in the fight you can get out of the bindings of it.
Two of Swords – Once Mercury goes out of retrograde on the 9th or 10th depending on where you are at, it will be time to make some choices. The challenge is thinking that the choice will solve the problem. However, this week is about moving out of stagnation and avoidance and walking into the journey of discovery.
Knight of Wands – This week’s energy is all about adventure. Take to the road, try new places, things to eat, look around for inspiration outside your normal environment. The more you step out of the mundane the more you will get in touch with your passion, your joie de vie.
Queen of Swords – Last week change was in the air, but it was and is slow in coming. You were advised to take time to weed and till your soul’s soil. Clearing blocks from your forward moment so the Universe has a clearer path to create the change that you are wanting and waiting for. Well, lucky you this week’s energy gives you unbiased thoughts, clearer solutions and honest ideas to do just that. The challenge is that it can come from not only your subconscious (look to your day and night dreams for clues), but it also can come from outside sources. So, ears on and mind open Aquarius. Focus on details not the big picture.
crossroads in a relationship. The energy around this week is making choices that involve, self-love, commitment and/or separation. To truly be harmonious in a relationship you must love yourself first and then work on being your best self. This is also true of the other person in the relationship. But they have free will and it is their responsibility alone to do that growth. So, this energy reminds you that relationships are work and advises love yourself and the other enough to see that creation and growth can happen, but it is up to both of you to decide whether that is together or apart.
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