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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 22, 2021

Happy Birthday Virgos!

Can this tiny caterpillar be the origin of dragon mythology?  There are over 400 species of the dragon-headed caterpillar, genus Charaxes.  They live in the Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Australia and one species found in Europe, so far.  The butterflies’ colors vary from white, brown, yellow, clay-red, black and can differ with spots of blue or light green.

But the dragon-headed caterpillars all have green wide bodies in the middle and narrow behind with a flat head and these horn-like process with barbs.  The caterpillars’ markings and size can vary from season to season and year to year. Be careful when handling them, for the barbs exude a toxin similar to a bee sting. The eggs hatch within three days from being laid and then go through 5 stages of growth called instarts.  Most grow from 5 mm up to 30 mm (about an inch) by end of cycle.

Solar System highlights:  The Moon starts in Aquarius.  This is the second full moon in a month under the same sign so is also called a Blue Moon – this moon is great at opening portals and downloading innovations with the Sun in its last day of Leo.  It then moves to Pisces on the 23rd – time to deal with paradoxes.  Then into Aries on the 24th– back down to earth and actions.  And ends this week in Taurus on the August 27th– focus on things that need exaltation.

Mercury is in its final week in Virgo.  Finish cleaning out your email and when conversing be clear, simple, and precise.  Venus is in Libra- enjoy your relationships and energy around equity.  Mars is in Virgo – time to clean and tidy up anything your gaze goes to.  Jupiter and Saturn are in Aquarius – so innovating and upping your game is their focus for the rest of this year.

 

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  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.

 

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

Nina

 

 

Aries

dragon headed caterpillarSeven of Cups – The Muse of Dreaming and Wishes suggests your mantra to be I seize the opportunity to dream. This week push the realms of practicality and dream outside your comfort zone.

Taurus

dragon headed caterpillarAce of Coins – You are surrounded by the energy of prosperity.  This is a great week to start a new project, launch or relaunch a product/service, invest and plant seeds.  What you plant/focus on now will grow.  Your mantra this week is I create abundance with the resources I already have at my fingertips.

 

Gemini

dragon headed caterpillar*Hermit – The Muse of Hermitage is directing you to pull away from society.  Gaining perspective is needed this week.  By retreating from civilization, you calm your mind and see your next steps to journey back into humanity with more mindfulness.  The challenge is informing people of your boundaries while keeping your ringer on for emergencies. Your mantra this week:  When I step back, I regroup and renew.  

 

Cancerian

*Devil – The Muse of Being Bound arrives continuing to help in the process of letting go of the material.  The challenge is this week is also full of distractions and temptations to not deal with your emotional or obligational bindings.  The key is to start small and work your way up or deeper depending on the case.  Remember, the material plane is here to help you grow, not hold you to a past you no longer vibrate with.  Your mantra:  I let go of the old to welcome the new.

 

Leo

dragon headed caterpillar*Empress – If you didn’t do your vison board/lists for where you want to be in 2026 you have another week to start it. Remember you are supposed to tweak it for the rest of 2021.  If you did, then you can jump right in and start creating.  The Muse of Creation is here with ideas and supplies. However, she has a challenge about being honest with yourself about the choices in how you will tend to your future.  Either you can commit to tending to your creativity for the next 10 months, or you can fling your seeds into the wind to see what grows 10 months from now.  You have a choice whether to specifically grow what you want or forage what you need in the wild.  So, pick your mantra:  My life is rich and ripe with possibilities that I can manifest and create. Or My world has infinite possibilities that will manifest for the higher good. 

 

 

Virgo

Three of Coins – Your first muse for the coming year is the Muse of Teamwork.  The energy has come to advise you to ask for help and bounce your ideas off others.  Whatever you are working on it is more fortuitous or more likely of having success with more sets of eyes, minds, and hands then just yours.  Your mantra:  Collaboration is key to learning and growing.

 

Libra

dragon headed caterpillarQueen of Cups – Last week the Muse of Relationships reminded you to treat people how you would like to be treated.  The challenge was it is not always reciprocated.  But she had you ponder does it matter to who you want to be in the world?  Now the Muse of Fun is at your door with games and outings into nature.  This is another week where relationships are important but where last week it could be draining this week it fills your cup.  Your mantra: My relationship with others reflects that I am worthy of love and respect.

 

Scorpio

Eight of Cups – The Muse of Simplicity has come to help you clean out your physical and emotional closets.  This energy wants you to discern your needs from your wants, and then make sure what surrounds you and resonates within you fulfill those needs. This focus guides you this week in all your decisions.  Your mantra:  I will no longer hold onto what isn’t right for me.

 

Sagittarius

Hanged Man – The Muse of Inertia comes when you need to alter your perception of something in your life.  This energy stops you from moving forward until you find a solution to a lingering problem.  And her advise is to look at it from other angles.  Like a painter does when they are stuck, they turn the canvas upside down to see what is needed to balance the composition.   Your mantra: I let go of my attachment to how I think things should be so I can open my mind to what it can be.

 

Capricorn

Nine of Coins – The Muse of Success has come to help you build upon what you have successfully obtain thus far. This is not a time to add more to your plate, but to work on what you need to make the coming months move with more ease.  Your mantra:  I am solidifying my security in the world.

 

 

 

Aquarius

*High Priestess – The Muse of Intuition and Higher Purpose has come to fine tune your instincts.  This Muse likes to play with metaphors, signs, and synchronicities. This energy reminds you that there is a plan though you may not see the whole picture, but by following your intuition you will end up in the right place at the right time.  Your mantra:  When I tune into and trust the vibes, I will obtain higher wisdom.  

 

Pisces

dragon headed caterpillarPage of Cups – The Muse of Optimism has come to help you see that the world can have beautiful and joyous moments.  She does this by reminding you to take the perspective of a child where everything is a wonder and new.  By perceiving the cup half full, this week becomes easier and a bit more fun.  Your mantra:  I open my heart allowing wonder and virtue to lead me on my path.  

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 8, 2021

Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

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

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

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

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

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

 

Taurus
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

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

 

Gemini
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

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

 

Cancerian
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

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

 

 

Leo
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

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

 

 

Virgo
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

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

 

Libra
Joan Fullerton

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

 

Scorpio
Joan Fullerton

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

 

Sagittarius
Joan Fullerton

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

 

Capricorn
Joan Fullerton

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

 

Aquarius
Joan Fullerton

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

 

Pisces
Joan Fullerton

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

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 1, 2021

Calvin Seibert

As we enter the last month of summer, the artist this week is Calvin Seibert @calvinseibert.  Seibert’s is an architecture and shape enthusiast.  He photographs odd things and parts of buildings as the foundation of his work.  He either applies color, lines and dots to these images, or he combines these visual elements to create sand-defying sandcastles.

His photography and framing highlights what we walk by every day and bends it to eccentricity or kitsch.  Kitsch is defined as art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way. As one views Seibert’s art one finds themselves smiling.  His “view finder”, artistic brain plus eye, makes the viewer look at the world around ourselves and appreciate the quirk by the accentuating the angle of the picture or by creating and applying new constructs on to old ones.

Solar System highlights:  Moon starts in Gemini – so watch your emotional communication.  Then moves to Cancer on the 4th – create spaces and time for the “comfy’.  It then ends in Leo on 7th – no time for shade, be kind, and share the wealth.  Mercury is in Leo great time for PR and making yourself shine.  Venus is in Virgo this can be a hard configuration around your relationships, so watch frustrations and critical talk – patience is key.  On the positive side a great time to weed and fertilize anything you want to grow or create space for.  Mars is in Virgo – time to clean and tidy up anything.  And Jupiter is back in Aquarius so back to the drawing board innovating and upping your game for the rest of this year.

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

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

Nina

 

 

Aries

Calvin Seibert
Calvin Seibert

*Emperor – The Muse of Empire Creation has come with blueprints.  This energy is great for building on anything you have already started.  This muse inspires you to get things done and off your lists.  The challenge with this energy is being aware of your surroundings and the consequences of your actions.  The more people that benefit from your constructions the better.

 

Taurus

Calvin Seibert
Calvin Seibert

Six of Cups – The Muse of the Past has come for beverages, reminiscing, and asking you to pull out your pictures to share.  This is a great week to hang with family and friends and exchange histories.  The past has some information that is useful for you this week.

 

Gemini

Calvin Seibert
Calvin Seibert

King of Coins – Last week the Muse of New Beginnings came to divinely guide you to your next endeavor.  Now the Muse of Doing has come to help you move along any project you hopefully started last week. This energy brings with it experienced wisdom.  That means you have the skills even though this is a new frontier.  Rely on what you know.

 

Cancerian

Calvin Seibert
Calvin Seibert

King of Cups – The Muse of Deep Emotional Understanding has brought you cookies and emotional support.  This energy is about sitting down with all your emotions and making friends.  Every emotion has its good and bad side.  Each is helpful.  So, whatever emotions you are dealing with this week learn from them and be grateful for their gifts.

 

Leo

Calvin Seibert
Calvin Seibert

*Strength – The Muse of Resilience and Inner Strength has come to play with you this coming birth year.  This is one of your Karmic cards that you work and go deeper with for your entire life.  The quest for subconscious released and claimed by the direction of cognizant realization. So simple that means how do you let your inner self comfortably show in the outer world?  Do you do it through art, writing, music, running?  Where can you safely let your wild and creative side out? Your work this year is to create or work on healthy outlets so your inner “beast” can roar.

 

 

Virgo

Calvin Seibert
Calvin Seibert

Ace of Swords – The last couple of weeks the Muse of Higher Purpose came to remind and/or deepen your commitment to the many reasons you are here on this plane at this time using synchronicities and cycles to help guide you.  Then her partner joined emphasizing that you need rituals and structures set up, so you doing your purpose comes with more ease.  Well lucky for you, you get another week to ponder, clarify and set up this new structural formats that support your desires and destiny.

 

Libra

Calvin Seibert
Calvin Seibert

Eight of Coins – The Muse of Mastery advises that this week’s focus is solo on your material plane work; however, she also reminds you that you have all the skills necessary to work on it. Your challenge is that it may take a few tweaks to get everything to line up correctly.

 

Scorpio

Calvin Seibert
Calvin Seibert

Three of Swords – The Muse of Heart Ache has come to help you navigate your heart around possible triggers this week.  She reminds you these are old wounds that need to be healed.  However, you do not have to re-live the trauma.  These triggers are just reminders on what you need to still work on.

 

Sagittarius

Calvin Seibert

Four of Coins – The Muse of Frugality has come to advise you to spend your resources wisely this week.  She usually arrives when your structures are not supporting you and you are leaking energy because of it.  Not getting enough rest, not eating well, or overspending resources when it is not necessary.  This is also a great week to start or add to a savings account or invest for the long-term.

 

Capricorn

Calvin Seibert

King of Swords – Time to tweak your what you are working on.  The Muse of Long-term Planning is here to calibrate your present plans to your future goals.  Something has gotten out of kilter, and you need foresight to realign it back to the right path.

 

Aquarius

Calvin Seibert

*Fool – The Wandering Muse is pushing you to start on a new adventure.   This Muse reminds you that Aquarius is the sign of innovation and day dreamers.  Your joy comes from discovering the new. This is a great week to plan a vacation, or start a new project, or wander without any set goals.

 

Pisces

Calvin Seibert

Eight of Swords – Last week, the Muse of Duality pointed out the paradoxes and conundrums in your life.  This energy wanted you to start dealing with double truths, or conflicting wants like stability/freedom, love/frustration, happy/sad etc.…You get another week on this work because you also discovered some major blockades to this way of thinking.  Take this week to pull back and identify what is blocking you, and then release what is no longer working.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of July 25, 2021

Peng Wei

Happy birthday month Leo!

This week’s artist is Peng Wei @pengwei_weipeng.  Wei uses classical ink and painting techniques on rice paper.  Though as the viewer examines more closely you see that there is always a twist.  She applies them on torsos, inside shoes or presents them in “playful combinations of harmony and discord”.  For instance, her shoes are titled a Beautiful Pair and show a couple in an intimate embrace but in the next insole another figure interacting with the woman.  Or she presented her landscapes on musical stands accompanied by calligraphed translations of Chopin letters to friends with erotica played in the background.   She has the viewer questioning our surface perceptions and therefore has us questioning who we are and what the world expects us to be. Your pondering for the week what are your assumptions and how do they guide you in your perception of reality?

Solar System highlights:  Moon starts in Pisces – keep on dreaming.  Then moves to Aries on the 28th – great time to start or finish tasks.  It then ends in Taurus on 30th – this is where it is exalted- good vibes wherever you focus.  Mercury is still in Cancerian a great time to express your emotions and have deep convos with your besties.  It then goes into Leo on 27th great time for PR and making yourself shine.

Venus is in Virgo this can be a hard configuration around your relationships, so watch frustrations and critical talk – patience is key.  On the positive side a great time to weed and fertilize anything you want to grow or create space for.  Mars is in Leo until the 29th, so continue manifesting your desires, then switch focus as it goes into Virgo – time to clean and tidy up anything.  And I just want to remind everyone that Jupiter returns to Aquarius on the 28th, so until then it gives you a window into 2022, so if you do not like what you see, time to start making changes. After that it is back to the drawing board innovating and upping your game for the rest of this year.

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

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Eight of Swords – The Muse of Bondage has come to teach you a lesson of limiting beliefs.  You have allowed societal thought patterns to hold you back.  Now is the time to let go of those now self-restricting patterns and walk with autonomy to your true north.

 

Taurus
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Five of Swords – The Muse of Conflict has come to your door with boxing gloves in hand.  This week is full of conflict, but also the potential for resolution to situations that have bubbling under the surface.  The key is how and what you choose to fight for.  You are advised by this muse to come at each round with a deeper understanding of your opponent’s fighting style and navigate if it worth the fight for the long game?

 

Gemini
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

*The Fool – The Muse of New Beginnings is here to divinely guide you to your next endeavor.  This is a great week to explore your surroundings, experience something new, start a class, start anything.  The challenge she poses in that you must have faith.  Even if things seem to not work out as you have planned, there is a divine scheme that is in place.   Trust.

 

Cancerian
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Ten of Wands – Finally the Spotlight has moved off and you can go back to you doing you.  However, don’t forget this year’s theme is about creating structures that promote contentment, sustainability, and stability.   Your challenge is to remain flexible and innovative so as you grow so does your “shell.”   But this week the Muse of Burdens has come to try and knock you off course with obligations and responsibilities.  Your goal is to par down your workload to only things that are necessary to your themes above.  Let go of the obligations that society or your worrying is trying to put on you.

 

Leo
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Three of Wands – Last week the Muse of Death had you cleaning your decks for the coming year.  Well, this week that energy continues with The Muse of Forethought.  Put your thinking cap on and start looking at the steps you will need to take to make this coming year all that it is meant to be. She also emphasis that you will need space to allow new things into your life.  So, the first step is setting up the space to think, so you can simplify your surroundings.

 

 

Virgo
Peng Wei

*Hierophant – Last week the Muse of Higher Purpose has come to remind and/or deepen your commitment to the many reasons you are here on this plane at this time using synchronicities and cycles to help guide you.  Now her partner has joined the ranks emphasizing that you need rituals and structures set up, so you doing your purpose comes with more ease.  Your challenge is to set up the constructs that support your desires and destiny.    Look at your schedules, self-care regime, and workload.

 

Libra
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Three of Cups – Last week the Muse of Bondage came to help you find freedom.  Asking what are you “wedded” to that just feels wrong?  This Muse lovingly reminded you that these bindings were beneficial for time to soothe yourself or make it through tough times.  But now you have learned healthier ways to combat these struggles. One of these ways is gathering good friends around you.  This week it is time to cull the herd if any of them do not support the new you.

 

Scorpio
Peng Wei

Four of Coins – The last couple of weeks you have been dealing with the Kali like energy of Deconstruction.   You needed to dismantle what was no longer working for you.  Now it is time to rebuild; however, your challenge is using your resources wisely.  This week is very much about quality versus quantity and working smarter not harder.

 

Sagittarius
Peng Wei

Three of Coins – The Muse of Cooperation is here with two more friends.  This muse prophesizes that networking and bouncing ideas off colleagues will be vital to create ease on your work front or any other material plane concern. She reminds you that you do not need nor should do this week’s task alone. Also, look for triangles and threes as markers of good tidings.

 

Capricorn
Peng Wei

Page of Swords – The Muse of Investigation comes with notepad in hand.  This week nothing is clear cut.  You will need to ask questions to get to underlying issues. The challenge is crafting questions and ponderings that don’t shut down your investigation.  This week takes a lite touch and good listening skills to get at the truth.

 

Aquarius
Peng Wei

King of Swords – The Muse of Long-Term Planning asking you to ponder where you want to be in 10 years.  She does this not to get you to set things in stone, but to realign your actions to desires for your future self.  Finding what is off kilter in what you do today will ensure your tomorrow and taking the long view will help you recalibrate.

 

Pisces
Peng Wei

*Lovers – The Muse of Duality has come to your backdoor and let herself in. Her favorite pastime is to point out the paradoxes and conundrums in your life.  Like Gemini, Pisces deals with duality all the time, but instead of feeling comfortable with them working at the same time, you try to deal with them separately.  However, this is the week to start dealing with double truths, or conflicting wants like: stability and freedom, love and frustration, happy and sad etc.…Try to think of these dualities like salt and pepper; if you use both, your cuisine becomes better flavored.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of June 20, 2021

Father’s Day
Cardinal Fish

Happy Summer Solstice, Happy Birthday to all you fellow Crabs out there and Happy Father’s Day.  There is a lot happening today.  Let’s take the celestial portion first.   Summer Solstice happens every year and marks the beginning of the summer, or winter depending on which hemisphere you live on.   It is the one of two times the Earth is farthest away from the Sun within a year.  During this season, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun to get the most rays and the Southern to get the least.

On this day, the Sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer hence its name; however, it has been over 2,000 years since the Sun enter the constellation for Cancer on solstice.   This is because of a motion of Earth called precession, the sun is always moving along the zodiac.  The cycle of this movement is 26,000 years long.  The sun moves toward the west.  Thus, relative to the zodiac’s backdrop of stars, the sun on every solstice appears a bit westward of the previous year’s solstice sun.  So, this solstice the sun is actually entering Taurus.

And lastly today is Father’s Day.  A shout out to all those men out there that co-parent or single parent the next generation.  Above pic is a male  Cardinal fish that holds the eggs in his mouth until they hatch.  He doesn’t eat for about a month while they mature.  And below are other father’s in the animal kingdom that take a larger part of the hatching/rearing of their young.

Planet highlights:  Moon starts in Scorpio this week, so be in touch with your sensuality.  It then goes into Sagittarius on 22nd – great for discovering new things, and then ends in Capricorn – focusing on structures.  Mercury is out of retrograde but still in Gemini until July 16th.  So, time to make those revisions of the last two weeks live.  Jupiter goes retro today, June 20.  It does this cycle every 399 days and lasts 4 months.  It is a great time to slow your roll but not to stop forward motion.  Remember while it is in Pisces, until the end of July, this gives you a window into the energies that will be around you in 2022.

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Cancer this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Capricorn 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
Father’s Day
African Dogs

*Sun – This week it is time for you to shine.  Take a step into the light.  Feed energy only in the things you want to grow.  But be aware, your fiery, all-action temperament does not give “shade” to those that are around you.  Helping others shine adds to your shimmer.

 

Taurus
Father’s Day
Emu

Six of Coins – The Muse of Charity has come to your door.  This week the more positive energy you put into the world the more optimistic your surroundings become.  However, this energy works with negative energy also.  The lesson is what you feed is what grows.

 

Gemini
Father’s Day
Midwife Toad

Six of Cups – The Muse of the Past is knocking around in your attic.  This energy advises you to investigate your past for answers this week.  You are playing out old patterns and you need to find where it all began to releasee or innovate out of them.

 

Cancer
Father’s Day
Seahorse

Ace of Cups – Of course at the beginning of your birth month you get the Muse of Emotional Beginnings.  This is a great week to make wishes on how you want this new year to feel.  And then riff off that feeling and innovated on how to make it happen.  This muse recommends finding a word to encompass that mood and write it somewhere that you can see it throughout this month.

 

Leo
Father’s Day
Golden Tamarin

Nine of Wands – The Muse of Commitment is asking you to spend this last month of your birth year tiding up looses ends, so you have a clean slate to start off on your birthday.  All the tasks will not be completed within this months’ time.  Boundaries are essential to create space and time to do this work.  The more you deal with now the more energy and focus you will have to innovate the future.

 

Virgo
Father’s Day
Sandpiper

Knight of Swords – Last week the Muse of Taking Charge challenged you to create momentum in your life.  She left you in charge of everything: the what, where and how to get to you closer to your destination.  Well, you have another week to keep that momentum going; however, you need to slow down and think things through at each step.  This is not a week to make rush decisions or fly by night moves.  Thoughtfulness and patience are the skills you are utilizing this week to create ease.

 

Libra
Bat Eared Fox

Seven of Cups – The Muse of Dreams has arrived to boost you to imagine bigger.  You have limited your desires in someway and this had left you feeling hollow.  This feeling of scarcity has created a hungry ghost that uses anything to fill that space.   However, if you follow your dreams that hunger will be abated.

 

Scorpio
Microhylid Frog

King of Wands – The Muse of Inspiration has come to play with you this week.  This is a great week to plan and start a modernization to drive you into your future.  The challenge is thinking outside of the box and for the long term.  It will take time for this to mature, but this week has the momentum to start the ball rolling.

 

Sagittarius
Water Bug

Eight of Swords – You are stuck in some part of your life/work and are clinging to a thought construct that does not work for you.  The Muse of Theories is here to help you meditate revise or release what no longer serves you.   

 

Capricorn
Rhea

*Devil – The Devil card is one of your life cards, so that means this week has some karmic components to it.  The sun is going into Cancer which is opposing your natal Sun.  This happens every summer in June and July.  It is a time to stand back, re-group and begin again.  You are halfway through your birth year.  Take this week to assess how far you come and readjust how you want to continue.  This muse also challenges you to relax and slow down to do this evaluation correctly.  As they say the Devil is in the details, but you need to modulate your speed to pay attention to the small.

 

Aquarius
Darwin Frog

Five of Swords – The energy this week brings with it a feeling of chaos and distraction, like a nest of bees outside your window.  However, the Muse of Best Interests is here to keep you focus and on the right path.  Your challenge is to stay true to your integrity and humanity.  Go into any situation with the question:  What is best for me and for the other person I am interacting with? And if those conflict enact compassion and compromise for the both of you.

 

Pisces
Emperor Penguin

Nine of Swords – The Muse of Processing Difficulties has come to have a beverage with you.  This week has a feeling of melancholy to it.  Melancholy comes when one is having difficulties processing new situations by using old models of coping.  Take this week to innovate ways in which you handle the troubles in your life.

 

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of June 6, 2021

Marcus Chin
Marcus Chin

Happy Pride Month!  The artist this week is Marcos Chin @marcoschinart.   Chin’s illustrations are vibrant!  Vibrant is defined as full of energy and enthusiasm, quivering; pulsating, bright and striking.  He draws the viewer into environments and turns the volume up a notch or three.  Having the viewer wanting to jump in and join the parade of color.  As an art form illustration often gets categorized outside high art.

This  critique  disregards the technical skill and imagination of the artist as well as turning a blind eye to the cultural significance of its form.  This is why politics and advertising employ illustration to visual inform and create solidarity. Illustration like street art is the art of the people.  There is not one person that has not enjoyed the artwork on albums, story books, T-shirts, or posters.  Illustration is the Pied Piper of art and art appreciation.  This form brings vibrancy to our lives and sparks our imagination.  Illustrators need as much highlighting and fanfare as any gallery artists.

Of course, I am a tarot reader that relies on illustrations.  To tarot readers illustration is a gateway into the soul’s journey.  I believe this is why we collect decks.  Each deck is another interpretation of the soul’s path.  Each deck increases our knowledge and therefore our skill as a reader.  And yes, Chin has some illustrations of tarot cards (see the last three pics) but no deck.  So need I say, tarot lovers lovingly hound this fellow to make more.

Planet highlights:  We have a New Moon in Gemini with a solar Eclipse on June 10th.  And Mercury is still retrograde in Gemini until June 23rd.  So, make time and space for snafus and do the 3 R’s: Review, Reflect and Revise.  Pay attention to triggers this week, for eclipse time gives us hints on where to heal and fix what is not work.  Mars goes into Leo on the 11th.  While it’s still in Cancer chat with your emotions so when the fiery planet goes into Leo you can work on your sovereignty and resilience without getting hurt. For with Mercury still retro spats can occur, so remember check your ego.   Also, Jupiter (expansion) is in Pisces until July 28th giving you a heads up what your 2022 will be like and what area your growth will take place.

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  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
Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin

Ace of Cups – The energy of love surrounds you this week. Your cup spillth over.  Employ this energy to refresh yourself and the ones you love.  This is a new beginning; how are you going to use the power of love and spread it?

 

Taurus
Marcus Chin
Marcus Chin

Three of Swords – The past two weeks you have been working with the energies of Creation and Supportive Partnership.  However, this week you are solidly in Mercury’s retrograde and the eclipse, so amid this creation process (remember this is an energy in play for the next 9 months), you might be triggered.  The energy, this week is about healing deep wounds around self-worth, grief, and sorrow.  This is a perfect time to pull back and do the 3 R’s to sort through the feelings of your shadow side.

 

Gemini
Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin

Eight of Swords – The Muse of Boundaries has come to break down limitations that were set by others and create more healthy boundaries that do not constrain you.  This is a great exercise for Mercury and eclipse energy this week.  Take this time to see what thought patterns are holding you back and let them go.

 

Cancer
Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin

*Death – The Muse of Letting Go is here to clean your literal and/or metaphorical closets so you can move into the next phase of your new birth year.  By letting go of the decay you are creating fertile grounds for your new garden of delights.  Go through closets, junk drawers, emotions, thoughts, and structures that are no longer of use or do not work well.  This coming birth year is setting you up for an upgrade, so clear space.

 

Leo
Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin

*Empress – Last week the Muse of Justice and Truth came to aid you on setting boundaries and goals with the assistance of Mr. Flip if needed.  Now with your new boundaries, goals and a helper if you get stuck you can start creating.  The Muse of Creation has arrived, and she is asking for a 9-month comment to growing something in your life.  Luckily, she is also giving you some time (until the end of this retrograde period) to play and nurture a few ideas before you commit.  So, crayons out, vision boards up and have some fun.

 

Virgo
Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin

Six of Swords – The Muse of Tiny Excursions is here to help you find the beauty of the intimate world around you.  She asks you to take strolls in your neighborhood, investigate intimate venues, read a short story or poem to deep dive into a vignette of emotion.  Her lessons are small and simple but holds as much profound as the large.

 

Libra
Marcos Chin

*World – The Muse of Success is knocking.  Success is defined as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. What have you accomplished since June of 2020?  Take this week to tie up loss ends and to celebrate your triumphs.  Examine what you have created as your legacy.  What is going to reverberate into the World because of you?  For these coming months will bring you new opportunities to build upon what you have already started or start a new adventure with a clean slate.

 

Scorpio
Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin

Two of Cups – Relationships are the theme this week.  This energy is all about equity in relationships.  Are you getting your cups filled by others around you and are you doing the same?  If the people around you aren’t supporting, then it is time to cut the chords and spend that energy on the people that do.

 

Sagittarius
Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin

Seven of Wands – The Muse of Perseverance is here to help you continue the fight or a stance.  You are on the right path even though it may feel like you are walking against the wind solo.  Yes, something is off but that just means there is more work to do on this project or where you are at.  Keep on keeping on.

 

Capricorn
Marcos Chin

*Justice – The Muse of Fortune came last week to shake things up for inertia had set into someplace in your life.  Now the Muse of Balance has come to settle your world back into some form of your “new normal.”  The challenge with this Muses’ wisdom is balance is not the same as equity.  The Goddess Maat knew that the good versus bad depended on circumstances.  For example, a solider and husband who murdered his wife would weigh differently around killing.  So, take note in how you judge situations, people, and yourself.

 

Aquarius
Marcos Chin

*High Priestess – The Muse of Intuition is here to bestow some information though she makes you work for it.  This week look for patterns and synchronicities for they will lead you to gems of knowledge need in the coming weeks.  She also is the Muse of your many purposes on Earth.  So don’t be surprised if this egg hunt brings up doubts or confidences in what you are doing.  She reminds you that one’s path does not need to be difficult to be worth it, but it does need your undivided attention.

 

Pisces
Marcos Chin

*Judgement – The Muse of Structures came last week to help you stabilize your life and work.  You needed a clean and organized slate for the Muse of Evolution is here this week.  It is still advised that you tweak the Feng Shu in your space and life but with the lens of making it a place where you can metamorphosis into the next phase of your life.  To evolve into a better you, you need a nurturing space to cocoon in.  Take time this week making your spaces and plans comfortable to grow in and into.

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of May 2, 2021

Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

This week’s artist is Betsey Batchelor @betseybatchelor.  Batchelor is an artist’s artist. Some artists are meant to be followed not only for their art but because they are willing to show their process.  Batchelor, maybe because she is a teacher, lets us into her process.  She allows the viewer to see through her posts not only the finished piece, but a blank canvas, scraps of paper pinned to a wall, under sketches, daily practices, detailed parts of her work, and pieces in progress.  Batchelor reminds us that art is work.  That there are sketches, experimentation, and honing skills before an artist even gets to the white void.  Then it is honed, thought over, reworked, mulled again or even abandoned.

The humanity of Batchelor’s Instagram is worth you following her, whether her posts remind fellow artists that what we love to do is messy, not just the polished perfection of a gallery exhibit or even our feeds.  And for viewer in general that each piece we see takes hours of unseen work and adds another layer to the awe of art. As an artist or a viewer, it reminds us that the work itself is the life blood of the art and the artist. That the essence of art and life is the work, not just the goals and successes.  This week ponder this quote by Aristotle.  The aim of art (and Life) is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Planets:  Mercury enters Gemini on the 3rd and stays until July 11th .  This is a place where it loves to hang so lots of evolutionary conversations can happen.  And Venus enters Gemini on 8th to help with the good vibes.  The only challenge is being careful of over-promising or saying yes to everything.

*All pictures below are from Batchelor’s Instagram posts some are completed pieces some are just her “work.”

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

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

Nina

Aries
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Knight of Cups – The Muse of Sexuality is here to help you boost your libido.  Whether you go shopping for new toys, trying new ways to excite all your senses, solo or with a partner.  This week you should work on emotional switching on and stimulation of all kinds.

Taurus
Betsey Batchelor

*Empress – Your first big energy for your coming year is Creation. This energy is best when it is used to generate anything that nurtures, consoles, and promotes growth.  The challenge is there is growing pains but there will also be compassion and comfort waiting in the wings to support you.   And with all things that are extraordinary, it will take time to grow.  So be patient with your self and whatever you begin growing in the coming year.

Gemini
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Knight of Wands – The Muse of Perfect Timing is working with you this week.  Good or bad you are in the right place at the right time doing the right thing, if you do you.  Her only requirement is not to second guess yourself, for there is much to glean from this week.

Cancer
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

*High Priestess – You get another week working with your Shadow side.  This Muse helps you see cycles and the bigger picture to work out old karmic patterns and snip their threads.  Use ritual, meditation, singing bowls… to connect with your inner knowledge and outer guides. There are breadcrumbs in synchronicities and patterns, so keep all your six senses open.

Leo
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

*Devil – The Muse of Distraction is here to challenge you.  She only shows up when you are near completion of a goal or learned lesson.  The key is to say no or walk away if something does not feel right or in some cases too right.  The positive consequence of this card is, if you renege this temptation, it will no longer have the hold it had before.

Virgo
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Nine of Coins – This Muse has come to help you maintain your workflow and energy by keeping to yourself or only allowing a few supporters in.  She advises that you create a sacred space and time so you can ponder your thoughts without any outside influences.

 

Libra
Betsey Batchelor

*Strength – Last week the Muse of Momentum asked you to use her energy to plot out your course for the coming month.  This week, the Muse of Strength has come to help start and maintain that route. Often this energy comes to help combat apathy, misdirection, or self-doubt.  She reminds you that you have come through trials before and are stronger and more resilient.  This week is not about things being hard but about you seeing you can accomplish anything you set your heart (not your mind) to.

Scorpio
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Ten of Cups– Another good week in store for you.  Last week the Muse of Optimism and Success shone on all the wonderful things and opportunities that are awaiting you, if you want them and allow yourself to glow and grow. This week the Muse of Bliss reinforces that life has these beautiful moments of heaven on earth.  The challenge with this energy is realizing that these moments are fleeting.  It is important to thoroughly bath in their light when they come and recognize that you cannot maintain that ecstasy.  So, do not to fret their passing but know they will come again. Your motto:  Aloha and Mahalo

Sagittarius
Betsey Batchelor

*Temperance – The Muse of Balance and Moderation has come to work with you.   She asks you to do a dive into what is not working and needs to be healed in both your inner and outer world.  The conduit for the energy flowing between them is clog.  So doing something like Tai chi, Feng Shu, balancing your nutrition, sweating, brainstorming, massage …will get you back into balance and a rhythm that is more suitable for you and your work.

Capricorn
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Ace of Swords – The Muse of New Truths is calling on you this week.  She comes with bountiful information to help you shift or create new paradigms.  This week mind ON.

Aquarius
Betsey Batchelor

Nine of Wands – Last week the muses where all about creating things out of what seemingly is nothing or build on what already is.  Using these energies for formation, moving forward and growing outward.  This energy is still here this week to work with; however, you will need to pace yourself if you wish to accomplish anything.  So prioritize, prepare for, and only work with the items on the top of your list.

Pisces
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

*Hierophant – Last week the muses were here to aid you in letting go of something to enable growth.  This energy continues this week; however, you also get the assistance of the Muse of Structure. She advises that you look at and rearrange your timing and/or your priorities.  When these two energies come together often your logic is off, like you are putting your cart in front of your horse or not realized the problem of contingencies.  Step back and look at the frame/goals before painting the picture.