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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of June 7, 2020

Tyler Thrasher

This week’s artist is Tyler Thrasher.  He is an artist, plant enthusiast, and a self-proclaimed mad scientist.  One of his areas of exploration are these amazing pieces above and below where he crystallizes bugs and skeletons and then photographs them.  His work provokes reflections around the concepts of death, beauty, and time.   In his words: With an undying love for nature and its respective curiosities, there are few things Tyler’s brain isn’t obsessing over. Between his pursuits to crystallize the world, opalize everything, and hunt down some of the realm’s most unique plants, his passion to combine art and science every step of the way is his fire and fuel.

You can support him by buying his art or become a Patreon.  He also sells t-shirts where he donates to good causes.  The last t-shirt drop was for making science kits for black kids in his area.

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

Tyler ThrasherTwo of Wands – You are in the land of in between.  Caught between the past and the future. To use this energy, it is about being very present.  Seeing each moment for the preciousness bit of life it is.

 

Taurus

Tyler ThrasherThree of Swords – Last week the energy was used hopefully in finding the pearls in your world.  However, the challenge was in answering:  Are you flexible enough to know when to let it go if it isn’t working or allowing it to evolve into an unknown ending?  This week the energy has shifted to heart break.  You are feeling the World’s pain and having a hard time figuring out what to do with it. If you met last week’s challenge (re-read the first two lines) finding flexibility and letting go, then you realize evolution and healing are done in small steps and they start within.  So, this week has a lot of heart work in yourself and in your world.  Don’t force it. Feel and tend the way to rebuilding.

 

Gemini

Eight of Wands – Movement is the energy you need this week.   Get out of the house if you can, ride a bike, walk, turn the music up and dance, play an instrument, paint with big broad stroke, etc….  You are holding in energy and it needs to get out, or you will sink more into lethargy and/or nervousness.  This week let your body move, so your soul can soar.

 

Cancer

Tyler ThrasherPage of Wands – This week has aimless energy.  You are feeling the world’s energy and it is painful.  This brings on setbacks which lead to procrastination.  First, realize that the majority of people are or have felt this energy in the past couple of months, and so can you.  Then to get you out of the morass go into your shell and dive into your imagination.  Find things on the web, TV, books, art, nature, etc… that let you have a bit of escapism but it must also tap into your sense of wonderment.  You need to recharge, and childlike wonder and curiosity are a great ways to get there.

 

Leo

Tyler Thrasher*Hierophant – This week energy is around structures.  Now is the time for you to break them down. You need more freedom and a bit of rebellion to do it.  What structure in your life just isn’t working?   Look to the physical plane first. It could be when you go to bed, when you wake up, where you work, how you work, how you let people step on you…  By deconstructing the structures on the material plane, you will give your spiritual self the space and freedom to rebuild.

 

Virgo

Tyler ThrasherQueen of Wands – You are creative, courageous and fierce.  Now your challenge is to believe it.  Release your self-doubt and go get what you want.

 

Libra

Eight of Swords– Self-acceptance is the key to this week. Allow yourself the ability to have foibles – we all do. The key is accepting these perceived quirks and converting them to your superpowers. Be compassionate with your heroine/hero character you are creating and ignore what others perceive it to be.  Then re-write your narrative.

 

Scorpio

*World – Another high energy week for you. Last week the energy overloaded and unbalanced you, so emotional outbursts were necessary to vent and recalibrate.  The key was purposely vent before the pressure made you burst. Hopefully, you got that out of your system, for this week you are called into the World.  There is a mass of opportunities for you to try out this week, but you need a sense of completion to move on. Your challenge is to finish the old to make way for the new by the end of the week.

 

Sagittarius

Tyler Thrasher*Beyond – Last week, the energy asked you to spotlight your focus on things you want to do – not things you had to do. The energy this week adds to that force of optimal growth by opening portals to the soul.  Take this week to meditate, be philosophic, find some awe, and dream day and night. Your higher being is asking for some face time with you. Time to listen and do some persona Socratic Q&A.

 

Capricorn

Tyler ThrasherFour of Coins & Five of Wands – The last two weeks’ energies have you now moving with a more natural pace, in a more comfortable place, and your mind has disseminated and cleansed the what ifs scenarios.   For with that skill set you can navigate this week’s two-sided energies.  One side is chaos and drama and the other stability.  Though the former might have you feeling too conservative or greedy with your resources.  So the challenge this week is fine tuning your skills at healthy boundary making, so chaos can happen but in a safer play-pen arena.

 

Aquarius

Tyler ThrasherThree of Cups and Emperor – The month of May was full of big energy.  It started with summoning you to take control over your destiny by showing up.  Then you dealt with the concepts of refinement, the grey areas of fairness and harmony and final, self-determining change.  So now you are given a choice of paths. You can continue the high energy ride with the Emperor.  This energy is about manifesting things on the material plane.  It is a great time for all things around business and culture.  Or you can take the second route, having fun with friends and filling up your emotional cups.  Hopefully, you can do both, but don’t be surprised if one the roads whisks you away.

 

Pisces

*Strength – The energy that surrounds you and is within you is fortitude.  You have a deep well of reserve energy which, though you have been dipping into a lot, the universe is also refilling.  So, if you are having self-doubt, know you are supported by the cosmos not as a crutch but as a comfy blanket when you need it.  Your task is realizing you can call on your power at any moment needed or not.

 

 

 

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 15, 2020

Harriet and Helena Scott

This is Spring/Fall Equinox week.  The ending and beginning of 2019/20 is showing the cracks we need to fix in our societal structures.  That climate change is real and that our world health care needs work.  However, let us not forget we are entering the time of rebirth and growth of spring for the northern hemisphere and a slowing down and consolidation of fall for the southern hemisphere.

This is a time to make change happen.  And these ordeals have shown us that like in South Korea people can calmly stand in line for masks and only take what they need so others can also have them.  That the non-profit organizations in Australia have tripled their expected donations from people around the world to help rebuild.  That our neighbors have said if you are quarantined that they will buy groceries for us.  That even when the worst shows up so does the best, with the Tower’s calamity the Star follows with its time of healing.  And that is what we could do as a world. We could metamorphize into a better beautifully holistic place to live. Where cause and effect are now seen as a world occurrence as much as a neighborhood one.

To represent this I picked the moth and butterfly illustrations of the Scott sister’s, Harriet and Helena.  They lived during the turn of the late 1800’s in New South Wales, Australia. Their most famous works were for the book Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations written by their father. They depicted the life cycle, host plants of each species, detailed body parts and its habitat.  What made Harriet and Helena Scott  stand out from other illustrations was their use of live specimens, so the colors and shape are truer to form. And their landscapes where done in a black pen and ink wash, which made the colors of the insects stand out even more.  The lesson this art provides is in seeing not only the vivid detail but a holistic look at how we fit into and effect our landscapes and our societies.

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

Nina

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

Helena and Harriet ScottSix 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.

 

Taurus

Helena and Harriet Scott*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.

 

Gemini

Helena and Harriet Scott*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.

 

Cancer

Helena and Harriet ScottFour 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.

 

Leo

Helena and Harriet ScottNine 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.

 

Virgo

Helena and Harriet ScottTen 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.

 

Libra

*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.

 

Scorpio

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.

 

Sagittarius

King of Swords – The conundrum for you is skating between the concepts of discipline and authority juxtaposed to manipulation and callousness. The line is easily crossed by you and those around you.  So, your communication skills will be tested but your intellect and seeing the bigger picture will help you cross this thin iced land. Also, watch your ego that it doesn’t have an air of dominance and/or superiority that pokes the tiger in others.

 

Capricorn

Helena and Harriet ScottTen 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.

 

Aquarius

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.

 

Pisces

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.

 

 

Tarotcast for Week of July 16, 2017

The above fiber art is made by textile artist Claire Moynihan. She displays these tiny works of art like traditional entomologist do in display cases; however her categorizations of bug balls and moth balls are more humorous.

The study of bugs or entomology dates back to the rise of agriculture.  However, the focused scientific study didn’t start until the 16th century.   And it wasn’t until the early 1800’s that it started to have more participants. Entomology became a wide spread hobby among the European middle and upper class. As children we all have done some form of entomology. We all have gotten down on our hands and knees to study the hustle and bustle of an ant hill, watch a fly clean its face, or run after the fluttering butterfly.

P.S. Remember, signs with * it’s a big week for you.

Aries – Six of Pentacles – The Six of Pentacles teaches you about the ripples of karma. This week everything you give comes back to you three-fold, this includes the good and the bad. This card reminds you karmicly to be more Gilda the Good Witch then Wicked Witch of the West, or at the very least not to send out the flying monkeys when you get upset.

Taurus – Four of Swords – The last couple of weeks have been full of things to do and information to gather. This week the Four of Swords is challenging you to slow that way down. You need time to mull over all that has gone on, your body needs rest, and your soul needs space. So take some advice from the Dalai Lama – Sleep is the best mediation.
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Tarotcast for Week of June 4, 2017

Hiroshi Shinno insects 01

These imaginary insects are made by the artist Hiroshi Shinno. He casts the outer petal-and-leaf like structures in resin, paints them with vibrant acrylic paint and then applies them to a brass base. Even though I have read how he does it I still wonder, how in the heck did he do these? They are the size of a leaf,. and you can see from the picture that some of the pieces are almost translucent. People are amazing. Or really, nature is so amazing that we in one of our highest forms of expression trying to copy it.

P.S. Remember, signs with * it’s a big week for you.

*Aries – Strength – It is all about strength this week. Your challenge is to identify the things that make you stronger and feed them. If exercise makes you feel stronger, do it. If resting makes you stronger, get your eight hours and nap if you need to. If love makes you stronger, spend time with people who love you and who you love.

Taurus – Queen Of Cups – Last week, you practiced balancing work and play. Now, the Queen of Cups is begging you to add more play, by reconnecting with love and beauty. Your challenge is to spend as much time in the land of Ahhhhhh and Wow. The more your heart is open to the wonders in this land the more you will receive.

Gemini – Six of Swords – Last week, The Star heralded that your new year would be filled with the gifts of enlightenment and healing. This week the Six of Swords challenges you to get some solitude and think about the areas of your life where you want healing and enlightenment in the coming year. As always with this card, I advise you do this around water, and ocean, river, ha even a pool.

Cancer – Queen of Cups and Three of Pentacles – So remember that juggling you need to get better at? Well, you are still working at juggling this week. The Three of Pentacles is challenging you to add another ball to the two you have been working with. The Queen of Cups says that part of your balance problem is that you haven’t been working in enough fun, so this new ball needs to be fun. The key, and paradox, is that fun shouldn’t be work.

Leo – King of Pentacles – The King of Pentacles’ focus is on pushing projects forward. He is the doer of the deck. His lesson is to get hands on. This is not a week of the mind. The one challenge with this King is that when he does something he is on maximum drive, and this includes being lazy. Remember it is great to be driven, but don’t be extreme.

Virgo – Ace of Swords – The Ace of Swords is advising you to make a decision or to come to a new way of thought. The Aces always foretell a new beginning and this one starts in your mind. Your only challenge is to stay focused yet open.

 

Libra – Six of Wands – Another good week for you all with the Six of Wands. This card indicates victory and completion. The challenge is identifying and then focusing only on projects where the goal is easily attainable. Anything that does not fit into that category can wait, because those projects are too convoluted or blocked right now. Meaning no matter how hard you push, they just won’t get done anyway.

Scorpio – Five of Pentacles – This week you are missing resources that you need to move forward. For example, you can’t find anyone around to help you, you don’t have enough money to cover an expense, or that piece you need to finish the puzzle is nowhere to be found. The lesson to learn with the Five of Pentacles is that this is a short lived shortage – this too shall pass. The challenge is to fortify yourself with hope. Things will work out, just not this week. PS: You may also literally lose something – like car keys or credit card. So put your car keys in one place all this week.

Sagittarius – Ace of Wands – The Ace of Wands is wanting you to do something that brings awe and amazement into your life. This card advises that this activity or thing should be something new. The only challenge with this card for Sagittarians is that the combination creates a lot of fire energy, so be safe on your adventures. Buckle up and wear a helmet when required.

*Capricorn – Lovers – The Lovers is all about collaboration. Spend this week with others bouncing off ideas, and philosophizing about how to fix the world’s problems or how to make the divine manifest into the world. This week is big and lofty. To get your imagination and intellect to soar you will need partners. Also, realize you will have different partners for different things. So your challenge is to be fully focused and engaged with the person you are with at the moment.

Aquarius – Four of Wands – The Four of Wands’ lesson is around making a happy home. This card asks you to ponder, how do you make your home a happy place for you? Do you need to make food and invite loved ones over? To curl up on the couch, turn off all electronics and read for a day? Change the color palette? Remember to follow your heart, because your home is where your heart is.

Pisces – Knight of Wands and Two of Pentacles – The Two of Pentacles is back to remind you need more balance in your life. And the Knight of Wands is saying that your imbalance stems from you neglecting your creativity. Your challenge this week is to not only juggle work and family. Now you have to add “me time” in or you are going to lose your balance.

 

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

Nina