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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Oct. 18, 2020

October 18, 2020 Nina

Another spooky favorite is cartoonist Charles Addams. He created the Addams family cartoon which later became a TV series, animations, live action movies, and a stage musical. Addams brought the ghoulish and absurd into our everyday habitats, cities, and suburbs. He started drawing cartoons in 1935 for the New Yorker and contributed to it for more than 50 years. However, of his thousands of cartoons, the Addams family only appears in around 50. His humor was subtle either in the wry captions or the characters’ juxtapositions within “normal” settings. He brilliantly added to the definition of American Gothic.

American Gothic literature was born from puritanical ethos and anxiety of the unknow wilderness of the forming United States. This ghoulish vision of condemnation reinforced by shame and guilt was fertile ground for Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne. Later Darwinism adding to the gothic collective consciousness the ab-human, authors like Lovecraft and Shelly having us question what it is to be human. These themes still resonate in modern literature like Interview with a Vampire and The Shining. The beauty and twist with Addams are he knew how to traverse the line of the macabre and the “normal.” Inverting the battle of good versus evil and coaxing the viewer to find common ground with our darker or absurd side of the psyche. In essence he makes the viewer ponder the American Gothic that lies in all of us.

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

Nina

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

Aries

Four of Pentacles – Last week’s energy was pushing you to harness your emotions and start creating momentum. Using this Mars energy to your advantage to get a head start on 2021. This week the energy lessens but still the goal is the same. Make sure you allocate your finite resources to continue laying down the foundation for 2021 projects. And be careful this week not spending money or time in frivolous endeavors.

Taurus

Queen of Wands – The energy this week is about creation, inspiration, and leadership. Your tasks are to reflect and revise your mission statement. What is your purpose? What are you trying to convey? Use this retrograde energy to recalibrate your goals to your message.

Gemini

Ace of Wands – Fresh starts this week are in abundance. This muse asks you what would you do if your slate was clean? Your answers will help define your next steps.

Cancer

Eight of Coins– The muse this week is here to help you hone your craft. This can be how you make your money and/or what you do with your hands. The more you focus on the details of your skills and tweak how you do things the easier your work begins to flow.

Leo

How many times have I told you…always read the labels

*Magician – You all are just banging out the karma and dharma cards the past 3 weeks. So, you have been and will continue (if needed) working with energies about blocks, so you can jump with the elegance of a sleek black cat not knowing where exactly it will land. If you have done the work, then you realize each jump lands you in the arms of the next Magical Muse. This muse creates space for experimentation and creation. She helps you pull the divine down into the material world. This can look as simple as you taking your hobby to the next level, or as complicated as starting a new business/job. The key is allowing and experiment with your tools to move you to the next stage of growth.

Virgo

Three of Coins – Collaboration and teamwork are the energies of ease this week. Finding people with your common goal not only uplift you but also have vital information for you. By fusing your energies, you create something more then you could attain this week on your own.

Libra

Four of Swords – Last week your year card of beginnings and endings foretold what 2021 will hold. This week is about rest. This is about spending your last week of your birth month, luxuriating. Time for bubble baths, spa days, reading a novel, and lazing in the sun. Your mind needs time to rest and reset for the coming year. Turn off electronics for at least a day and relax.

Scorpio

*Devil – What an interesting card to start off your birth month. This energy is one of your karmic energies for your sign. This coming birth year will have a lot of distractions and potholes. However, if you use your incredible Spidey sense you can navigate it all with ease. You can read a room well when you tune in, and you can see someone’s weakness and strengths in a glance. These aspects will be tested this year, so one thing to do this month is have a mirror talk with yourself and ask what do you really want out of 2021? Write down your response so when a distraction pops up you can pull out your map to stay on your path.

Sagittarius

Five of Swords – Last week’s energy was about mortaring up holes in your physical realm’s foundations or dealing with an issue hanging around since May. This week’s muse gives you another week to shore-up work. The challenge can be your sensitivity is high with all the posturing that can is going on around you. You cannot ignore the problems, but you also should not engage. Your motto: Not your monkeys, not your circus- Polish proverb. But if they are your monkeys cleaning up after them is your responsibility.

Capricorn

*Temperance – This week’s energy is about harmony. The key to this energy is understanding that balance is not about equal it is about appropriate amounts for a harmonious flavor. This week work on the components and amounts of hardship, work, play, purpose, thriving, enjoying, and healing to blend into a savory dish of life. Your song: A Spoonful of Sugar.

Aquarius

Nine of Wands – This energy is about meeting your goals and follow-through. You might have to put on blinders and lock yourself in the room, for the world is very willing to distract you this week. So, staying diligent and putting up strong boundaries is necessary to get things done.

Pisces

Seven of Wands – Ok time to fortify your defensives this week. No joke this Mars and Mercury retro is making people just not a their best and this week you are ultra-sensitive to it. The challenge is not taking it personally and protect your inner light from outer negativities. This is a great time for pillow forts, ice cream, or anything lovely that can get you through this week’s negativity.

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

October 4, 2020 Nina

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

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

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

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

Nina

Aries

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

Taurus

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

Gemini

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

Cancer

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

Leo

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

Virgo

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

Libra

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

Scorpio

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

Sagittarius

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

Capricorn

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

Aquarius

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

Pisces

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

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

September 27, 2020 Nina

bonpon511

Happy Birthday Libras!

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

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

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

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

Nina

Aries

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

Taurus

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

Gemini

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

Cancer

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

Leo

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

Virgo

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

Libra

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

Scorpio

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

Sagittarius

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

Capricorn

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

Aquarius

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

Pisces

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

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

September 6, 2020 Nina

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

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

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

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

Let love and hope win.

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

Nina

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

Aries

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

Taurus

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

Gemini

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

Cancer

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

Leo

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

Virgo

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

Libra

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

Scorpio

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

Sagittarius

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

Capricorn

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

Aquarius

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

Pisces

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

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 30, 2020

August 30, 2020 Nina

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

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

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

Nina

Aries

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

Taurus

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

Gemini

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

Cancer

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

Leo

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

Virgo

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

Libra

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

Scorpio

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

Sagittarius

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

Capricorn

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

Aquarius

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

Pisces

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

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 23, 2020

August 23, 2020 Nina

Happy birthday month Virgos!

The artist this week is Ed Fairburn. He creates portraits using traditional ink, pen and pencil but with a unique canvas, old maps. Fairburn calls this process “topopointillism, a combination of topography and pointillism.” His pieces examined closely still contain the information of the map, but the viewer also paradoxically loses the person. This resonates with the science inquiry of what percentage of our genetics or our environment effect who we are. Or the philosophical inquiry that one event can define us. We are influenced by where we inhabit and what we do in each moment. But our life is not just as simple as the sum of its part or the how, what, when and the who. What makes us magical and unique is the alchemy of the whole, the whys.

P.S. Signs with an * it 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

Eight of Wands – Last week’s energy was prodding you to produce a plethora of beauty and ingenuity. Challenging you to allow for experimentation and mistakes while letting your imagination play. This energy of discovery continues this week. The task to truly playing is you must accept there is no simple yes or no. This week is about moving forward with the unknown – without all the answers.

Taurus

*Devil – As they say the devil is in the details and details have the potential to be your biggest foe in the coming week. So you have two ways to choose how to deal with this. Either to purposely dig deep into the rabbit holes and allow distraction to take you off course. You will get to your destination at some point. Or let go of all the details and go with the flow. Being more flexible and permitting imperfection in. The challenges with either choice is seeing that you have a choice and make either one more fun.

Gemini

*Judgement – Last week’s energy was about changing your fortune. And your challenge was to follow the breadcrumbs of synchronicities and serendipities. This week is another high energy week with a reckoning at its core. You need to see yourself as the beautiful spark of inspiration that you are. That because of your flaws you shine more brightly. Your motto: There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen

Cancer

Eight of Coins – The last two weeks were high energy about building and planning your future that ethically balance mind, heart, and soul. This week is taking all that and doing the feet on the ground work. It is a great week to get things off your to do list.

Leo

Six of Cups – So last week the energy was to trust that the blank canvas of your coming year would have to be a paint as you go scenario, while challenging you to not repeat old patterns or keep that canvas blank. This week you get to use the five planets in retro energy to do the 3 R’s reflect, reassess and revise. The challenge is not getting too sentimental with the past. Use it as a resource, not your only foundation of reality. An exercise in this is going through photo albums and just pick a couple of photos per trip that really have the feeling of the memory. Then use the rest in art projects or creating wallpaper for your bathroom or living space.

Virgo

Ace of Wands – This week is a great week to start anything. The challenge is to pick something that inspires you for at least a six-month period or longer. This energy is about planting and growing a seed now that you can harvest in 2021.

Libra

*Hermit – This week’s energy compels you to find seclusion. You need to pull away from society as much as possible, reground and gain some perspective. As much as you can, turn off technology, the news and try not to answer the phone. You need to realign your wants and needs without hearing all the hubbub around you. Silent contemplation is your friend.

Scorpio

*Emperor – The energy this week is highly active and used best in building what is already started. This project needs your guidance and you might have to call in some favors to get it moving towards completion. Your challenge is though this endeavor needs a leader it does not need a tyrant. Watch your bossiness. Don’t be a sheep dog wrangling its flock by nipping at their heels. Think more like a helpful guide dog, nudging people to the right path.

Sagittarius

Three of Wands – Last week was all about not getting distracted but realizing that part of your antsyness is that you need to schedule some fun. Sadly, this week’s energy does not allow you as much funtastic time as your soul needs. So, the key to another week of work is setting up plans for an everyday ritual/period of letting off steam.

Capricorn

Queen of Swords – The energy this week is a no-nonsense, no-BS, and all about clear visioning. This is a great week to do solid planning, strategically thinking, diving down to the details, and making sure your communications are clear.

Aquarius

*Temperance – The energy this week is about balancing multiple elements into a cohesive path. This can look like having a lot of disconnected projects or tasks, but you perfectly plan the right route to get it all done and still eat, exercise, and relax. The key is divvying up the tasks in a way that creates ease throughout the whole week.

Pisces

Six of Coins – The last couple of weeks’ energies felt a little like you were on a roller coaster or yo-yo. This week’s energy calms down to a nicely balanced week. There is still give and take, positive and negative forces, but it does not feel like you are dealing with extreme g-forces anymore. Leaving you exhausted and feeling squished. The only challenge this week is that energy exchange does happen. So, the more positive energy you put out the more you get in return; however, this works for negative too.

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 16, 2020

August 16, 2020 Nina

The artist this week is photographer Nina Leen. She was the first woman photographer hired by Life magazine. However, Life only hired her for freelance, even though she contributed to the magazine for 30 years with over 50 covers and countless reports and photo essays. Her photo style was unique for she took pictures of everyday events, but always with an added twist, a place of tension or surrealness.

This made her photograph not only stand out but had the viewer subtly expanding their perspective. For instance, she took the picture above the group of artists that led the 1950 fight against the exclusion of abstract expression from the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibitions . Leen had the one woman Hedda Stern, at the shoot only 15 of the 28 signers showed up, stand above all the other men, making the subtle statement of the bias on women in the art scene and an ironic statement of exclusion.

Her subjects were often actress, fashion models, everyday women, teens and animals. She also co-wrote and did photography for 12 books on animals. Some say she liked animals more than people. The viewer can see this wry sense of humor. With her washed kitten (see Leo) titled wet by wiser or (see Libra) where actress Joan Roberts is walking her dog at intermission. Leen’s choice of showing the owner not in totally control of the scene lowers the glamour star status of Ms. Rivers but also makes her more relatable, more real. Leen’s photos are even today avant garde, female positive, intriguing, and wanting us to turn the page to see more.

P.S. Signs with an * it 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

*Magician – The energy this week helps with manifesting anything creative. You are prompted to produce a plethora of beauty and ingenuity. You have all the tools you need to do this work. The challenge and key to creating with ease is allowing for experimentation. Make mistakes, color outside the lines, and let your imagination play.

Taurus

Page of Coins– This is a great week to plan, practice, learn, and discover. Think of yourself as a student of life. You do not have to master anything this week. The challenge is allowing yourself to play and explore without grading your work.

Gemini

*Wheel – The energy this week is about changing your fortune. No matter where the Wheel’s cycle lands, win or loss, it is the step of trying and accepting the ups and downs of life that are key this week. You are in the midst of an energy shift. The way to work with this energy is follow the breadcrumbs of synchronicities and serendipities. You cannot grab the brass ring without getting on the ride, but also the ride by itself can give you a new perspective.

Cancer

*Justice – Last week was about building your material plane and feeding your goals while lifting others; to be a steward of good. This good stewardship continues this week, but the energy is less active. Now is a time to reflect and revise where necessary. Look with long vision as well as with your everyday choices. The challenge is making plans and choices that are balanced in the mind and heart and actions ethical with your soul.

Leo

*Fool – So you started your birth month with some high personal karmic energy setting you up for big growth in the coming year. This had you tapping into your superpowers and your personal kryptonite preparing you for the future. At the same time reminding you that relaxation and expressing your emotions are vital in this coming journey. Now at the end your month you receive a call from the Fool, the blank rune. This energy asks you to jump into the unknown. This year is a place of new beginnings, to lean into trust, things are changing, and you are one of the signs heading into it first. The landscape is forming with each step. You get to paint on this new blank canvas as you go. The challenge is not singing the same song, repeating old patterns, and staying stagnate. Time to allow this metamorphosis to begin.

Virgo

Queen of Cups – Last week’s energy was around working with your monsters. You get to continue this work but funneling your focus to only the emotional realm. Specifically, to being more compassionate around your own emotions. Not to see them as monsters but as signposts or bridges to a deeper understanding of your wants and needs.

Libra

Seven of Cups –The energy this week is pushing you to dream bigger. Yes, you still need to be cautious about the parameters of reality or at least the parameters of 2020 where nothing is predictable. So, if nothing is predictable why not dream beyond your typical boundaries. The challenge is not hanging your heart on each wish coming true exactly how you planned.

Scorpio

Page of Wands – Inspiration is the energy to create ease this week. You are stuck in some rut and need to think outside the box. This energy advises you to find inspiration in things that make you go Ah or Oh or Oooooo. This can be nature, music, art, and/or spiritual. The challenge is submerging yourself enough in it that you lose your self to find yourself.

Sagittarius

*Devil – The energy this week is abundant with distractions and opportunities to tempt you away from path. The reason this energy shows up is because you have not given yourself the permission or time to have some fun for fun’s sake. The challenge however is this is not the week to let your “restraints” loose. So, schedule that fun-time in soon but just not this week.

Capricorn

Ace of Cups – Last week you all got the Tower, change that occurs outside of your control. Asking you to look at the “cracks” that 2020 has brought on in your life. To make sure that even though the structures you imagining and creating look different, you are not building on the same defective footing. The energy this week gives you more time in that creation of the new. This energy challenges you practical Capricorns not to forget that it is the feeling of your life that is more important then the structures. Or another way to look at this, do your new structures support the feeling you are going for?

Aquarius

Ace of Pentacles – Hmm another Ace, let us take a closer look at Ace energy. All Aces are new beginnings. Last week was to get inspired looking for something that has potential for new beginnings to sprout. Hopefully, you have found this new inspiration. Now, this Ace is about doing the steps to make that happen. This week pull together your materials and take that first step.

Pisces

*High Priestess – Last week’s energy was about taking a chance to move forward. This week is a 180 degree turn from extroverted jumping into the outside world to introverted knowledge gathering. This information comes from quiet contemplation and dreams. Whether you do this by howling with the full moon on Monday, going to the desert to commune with the Milky Way, putting on headphones and listening to your music collection of shuffle, or meditating, this Muse wants you to work closer with your intuition and the Universe. Your challenge is finding the time and keeping your mind open to see the connections and cycles.

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