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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 29, 2020

Live cam video

I don’t know about you all, but I need an animal break. There is a great website to get the latest in live cam videos.  Many of them are animals.  Also, zoos and aquariums have live cams too.  My favorite is the Jellyfish-cam at Monterey Bay Aquarium  . They also have live videos in their aviary, coral reef, kelp forest, moon jellies, penguin, and shark exhibits and two open sea cams. So, this week I attached to each sign a baby animal (who doesn’t need more cuteness) and website to visit, but I suggest visiting them all.

These websites are great to use for animal observations for parents’ home schooling right now. You can do wildlife nature drawings while they are watching the animal’s behavior for 20 minutes.  Then they can write down their observations on what they saw.   Remember you may not see the animal at that time. And it’s not baby season, so no little cuties.  But it’s an exercise of stillness, maybe something we all need to learn.  By slowing down we become more in sync with nature and see that in 20 minutes maybe nothing needs to happen.

 

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

Queen of Wands – The energy of courage has your back this week.  Your environment needs your fierce take-charge energy right now.  Do not doubt yourself or worth to others at this time.  However, watch that you let people have their independent thoughts.  This will stop them and you feeling overbearing.  As I once heard someone say, don’t push me but you can lead me.  San Diego Zoo Tigers

 

Taurus

Live cam video*The Beyond – Taurus out of all the signs you have had to deal with a lot of energy coming at you.  The past weeks have triggered your self-doubt and insecurities.  But also guided you to self and universal compassion.  And last week embodied the energies of change and transitions asking you take time to, figuratively and/or literally, weed and plant anew.  You are the sign that grounds the world and represents the more maternal part of nature. In some ways your sign is feeling this pandemic the most, because as the first earth sign you are feeling the tremors of change in our collective deeper ground. This week the Beyond has shown up calling upon you to believe and seek higher meaning from your higher power. If you can find ways to connect with your spiritual plane, then you plow the way for others to find it too.  Remember this isn’t about doing others work this is about doing yours.  Lead by example.  Puppies Warrior Canine connection

 

 

Gemini

Four of Wands – The energy this week is the celebration of the small things.  The little things that bring community and harmony into your life.  Host a virtual beverage party with a few friends. Hang with your pet in your favorite spot in your abode.  Talk to your indoor plants.  Map the sun as it goes through your house and make sure you have a sunny spot you can hang in.  These little things are what balances you more than then big events and changes.    California Academy of Science Farallon Islands

 

 

Cancer

Live cam video*Tower – You would think that you all would love all this home time.  But you are also feeling the chaos like energy of the worldwide change that is happening.  The best way for you deal with this is first realize you have no control over these big outside forces of change.  And second do what you can within the breadth of your crabby claws to make ease in your small sphere. There is an awakening happening, dig in and allow it to wash over you like a wave.  Manatees

 

Leo

*High Priestess – This is a week to heed and hone your inner voice.  Your intuition and subconscious are working overtime.  However, this is a land of metaphoric formations.  Look for the hidden truths, the synchronicities and cycles.  By sifting through the inner planes, you will see a clearer path in the outer one.   National Zoo Lion

 

 

Virgo

Four of Pentacles – The energy this week is about conservation.  Let go of anything that feels in excess, unused or no longer working.  Take this time to declutter your space, time and mind.  This is about using your resources carefully.  Energy goes where the focus goes.  This week will help you focus it in more constructive places.  Houston Zoo Gorilla

 

 

Libra

Knight of Wands – This week is filled with antsy energy.  The best way to work with this is to get active and creative.  Sing at the top of your lungs, dance while vacuuming, go through old magazines and collage.  This action does not need a goal it just needs release.  River Otters

 

 

Scorpio

Live cam videoFive of Cups – Last week you were in the mists and now the fog has cleared.  Acceptance and forgiveness are the keys to moving on.  Do not let pessimism or regret come into play.  Find the positives, give them your energy and leave the negatives behind.  Memphis Zoo Hippo

 

 

Sagittarius

*Hermit – Another week of self-discovery is in store for you.  Get some alone time to do some much needed soul searching.  The challenge with this card is that you can hermitize but not isolate yourself.  Being the hermit gains you enough space from civilization to get a deeper and broader perspective on your life and where it is going.  By the end of this week answer the questions:  Am I ready for another year of this life? Or is it time to start to envision the changes I need to make to gain the life I want?   San Diego Koala

 

Capricorn

*Lovers – Relationships and creation are key components to focus on this week.  And the heart of this investigation lies within the notions of contentment and choice respectively.  Put energy into relationships that bring serenity and envisage the implementation of creation is based in choosing.  Then see how these applications of serenity and choice feels in the broader picture.  Think and do more like an abstract painting.  Look how the colors and brush strokes feel next to each other.  It is less about technique and more about emotional experimental mixing/creating.   The challenge is you won’t know the painting is done until it is.    Goats live cam

 

 

Aquarius

Page of Wands – Last week, the task was finding moments of silence, synchronicities and moon beams to guide you to opportunities and solutions that were hidden in the light of day.  Luckily you get another week of discovery and exploration.  The challenge is how to be a free spirit when the world is “stay in place.”  A hint, follow your passions and your imagination.  British Columbia Tiny kittens

 

 

Pisces

Four of Cups – To make it through this week you need to find time and space to mediate.  Now the challenge is when you try stopping your mind you end up going down rabbit holes of questions.  Which end up with you withdrawing into self-loathing or other negative thought patterns.  So, the key is working on the skills of contemplation.    The definition of contemplation is the action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time. So, when you are thinking, no questions, judgements, or what ifs, just utilize only certainties and the action of acceptance of what is.  Georgia Aquarium Reef

 

 

 

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 22, 2020

Miriam Schapiro
Miriam Schapiro Beauty of Summer

Miriam Schapiro was a painter, collage artist, and sculptor.  She was a forerunner in highlighting what was traditionally seen as woman’s craft is actually a form of “high art.”   By combing collage, painting, fabric, and other high and decorative art techniques, Schapiro created her most famous works.  She then named the technique femmage. Her use of fabric, what was at the time seen as a utilitarian and feminine material, alongside of paint and high art methods and styles elevated craft to Art.

We at this time are being shown that what is “basic”, possibly taken for granted, is vital to our existence.  That we need housing, family sick days, fiscal support that is equal to economic needs and basic health care, to name a few. But more important we are becoming aware of our neighbors and what they bring to our community.  How important our garbage people, postal workers, people in health care, teachers, and food workers who cook, stock and supply our food, etc…  My hope is that we start to see how each individual brings something to our collective community table, and that we see all of their/our work as high art.

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

Miriam SchapiroKing of Swords – See the broader picture of situations and champion those that are being bullied.  Watch for people taking advantage of or manipulating those that are more misfortunate around you.  You can solve these predicaments as simply as sharing your toilet paper or getting the elder down the street groceries, so they don’t have to go out.

 

Taurus

Miriam Schapiro*Death – Another energy packed week.  The past couple of weeks have triggered your self-doubt and insecurities.  Then the energy shifted trying to guide you towards self and universal compassion, so you could believe in you and the world at large.  This week the energy embodies change and transitions. Things need to end so there is room for new projects/ideas/people.  Take this time to, figuratively and/or literally, weed and plant anew.

 

Gemini

Miriam SchapiroQueen of Pentacles – Last week, the energy surrounding you was materializing the divine.  Advising that conjuring for the greater good brings more ease to finding solutions.  This energy continues through this week; however, you will have to let go of trying of controlling the entire materialization process.  Watch the line between nurturing and smothering people and projects this week.  Whatever you create needs to work without your constant guidance and support to succeed and not suck all the energy out of you.

 

Cancer

Miriam SchapiroAce of Pentacles – Opportunities, abundance and prosperity are the energies to work with. This week has the potential of creation in it.  Think of this energy like a seed – this is a beginning.  What seed will you pick to plant and water as you go into this spring season.  What one thing can you hone your focus and energy into?

 

Leo

Miriam SchapiroTen of Swords – Normally this energy is harsh, but you seem to rise above the morass by getting out of your head and being there for others.  This week’s energy of regeneration and recovery lifts you above the banal and the suffering to a place that feels lighter and more hopeful.

 

Virgo

Miriam SchapiroKnight of Swords – To be truly courageous and unstoppable it is best to slow down.  You can easily be triggered into impulsiveness.  So, take a breath and survey your surroundings before you step into any situation this week.

 

Libra

Miriam SchapiroNine of Pentacles – Last week’s energy was about walking into your destiny.  And, the lessons were about when your luck is favorable grab it and when it is unfavorable let it go. While realizing neither outcomes had anything to do with you.  This destiny energy continues this week and adds that while things may look advantageous or not, that you need to watch overextending and/or overcompensating.  So, take only what you need and let go of what doesn’t work.

 

Scorpio

Miriam SchapiroTwo of Swords – The mist that surrounds you is making decisions hard and/or is adding undue confusion to situations.   So come to terms you are at a stalemate this week and it is best just to sit and wait out the bad weather.  The fog will lift, and the road will be clear soon.  Just not this week.

 

Sagittarius

Miriam SchapiroTwo of Pentacles – Take this week’s energy to slow down the spinning plates.   This is a time to look at what overwhelms you and where you are over committed.   You have the time to contemplate what are your true priorities and where can you be flexible in your commitments.  Life is a balancing act, and this is a good week to regain some of your balance and dexterity.

 

Capricorn

Four of Cups – Meditation and retreat are key elements to your week.  And the atomic structure of this energy lies within the concepts of apathy and acceptance.   How do you allow acceptance into your life without feeling apathetic?   Contemplating on that goatfish will lead to avenues of ease.

 

Aquarius

Miriam Schapiro*High Priestess – Listening to your intuition is vital this week. However, figure out what your subconscious is trying to convey is hard to hear through all the static of everyday life.  So, find moments of silence, synchronicities and moon beams to guide you to opportunities and solutions that are hidden in the light of day.   For example:  There is a new Moon in Aries March 24; it’s a great day to start things.

 

Pisces

Three of Cups – The energy this week is about independence.  Your close ones and friends are important, but it must be balanced with some alone time.  And this energy whether with friends or alone is best utilized doing the activities you love to do.  This week is about filling your emotional cup.

 

 

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 15, 2020

Harriet and Helena Scott

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

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

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

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

Nina

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

 

 

Aries

Helena and Harriet ScottSix of Cups – Where last week had its sorrows, this week’s energy is much lighter.  The force that moves you forward is joy and playfulness.  The challenge is not being naïve about what is going on in your life, but to weather through this storm by touching base with your inner bliss finding the calmer path.

 

Taurus

Helena and Harriet Scott*Strength – The past couple of weeks have triggered your self-doubt and insecurities.  But this week you have the energy to see your inner strength if you give yourself compassion.  None of us are perfect and learning from your mistakes only makes you stronger.  However, the true key is seeing your imperfections as strengths.  These warps are what make your perception, intuition and strength unique and valuable to the larger community.  Believe in you and the world.

 

Gemini

Helena and Harriet Scott*Magician – The energy surrounding you this week is materializing the divine.  Your resourcefulness and concentration are needed to move things into action.  The challenge with this card is making your actions have altruistic components.  If you can conjure for the greater good, the work and solutions will come with ease.

 

Cancer

Helena and Harriet ScottFour of Swords – The energy is all about relaxation. Take this week to rest and recuperate from the past retrograde.  Allow your mind to wander without a goal and see what pops up but don’t act on it.  The best use of this energy is in meditation and contemplation not engagement.

 

Leo

Helena and Harriet ScottNine of Swords – Last week’s energy was about shaking things up and paying attention to the cracks in your foundation.  This week there are still some after-shocks that need attending to.  They are triggering your worries and possible anxieties.  You must remember that your worries have some aspect of facts; however, this energy can blow things out of proportion.  This week is more about figure out what worries you can fix and what are out of your control. Let go of those that have no solution at this time, and fix the cracks you can with more innovative and adaptable ways.

 

Virgo

Helena and Harriet ScottTen of Pentacles – This week’s energy is about endings on the material plane.  The challenge is that these endings give off a feeling of insecurity and instability. You will need to learn to let go of the old, so the new can come in with more ease and room.  Remember endings are also beginnings.

 

Libra

*Wheel – This week’s energy is about walking into your destiny.  Fate and luck are the aspects in play.  The definition of fate is the development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power and luck is success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions.  This is an important lesson for you this week.  When your luck is favorable grab it and when it is unfavorable let it go. While realizing neither outcomes had anything to do with you.

 

Scorpio

Five of Wands – Compromise is key to the chaos produced this week.  The more that you find solutions that lead to agreement and harmony the easier the path.  This is not a week to stand on your principals alone.  Stand in the shoes of your “opponent” and see their side of the problem.  Doing so will not only produce solutions to your predicament but tap into your empathy for others.

 

Sagittarius

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

 

Capricorn

Helena and Harriet ScottTen of Cups – This week’s energy is all about familial bliss.  This family does not have to be blood based but can be life acquired. This is about you enjoying to your fullest.  Remember that connection is not only to those people that make you happy but also to those activities/surroundings that do.  Enjoy the harmony of living.

 

Aquarius

Nine of Pentacles – The energy this week is about abundance.  Where can you receive and give?  How can you create luxury in your life, but do so with the essence of resourcefulness? By answering these questions, you can find more sustainable rewards then just through material gains.

 

Pisces

Three of Pentacles – Last week’s energy was around the crossroads in relationships.  It had you making choices that involve, self-love, commitment and/or separation.  Now that you have either ended, adjusted and/or reignited those relationships, the energy this week is turned towards collaboration.  With the relationships you are continuing, now is the time to find common goals to work towards.  Also, it is a great time to find new kindred spirits that you can learn and collaborate with. Either way the energy this week builds towards more harmonious prospects.

 

 

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 1, 2020

Marc-Le-Cornu_Infinity-Eight-Aerial photography
Marc LeCornu Infinity-Eight

This week I continue the theme of flying with a glimpse into aerial photography.  Aerial photography not only open ours eyes and mind to a unique perspective but it gives us a sense of awe of how we and our world are part of a bigger construct.

The highlight of this genre is the Drone Awards, which are now looking for submission for 2020.  This is a worldwide competition about aerial photography that is now on its third year.  This competition though called Drone Awards includes a variety of platforms, fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, balloons, blimps, rockets, kites, parachutes and drones.  The winners are showcased at the exhibition Above Us Only Sky held in Siena in October.

Aerial Photography has been around since the 1860’s when James Wallace Black photographed Boston from a hot-air balloon.  The first drone or at the time called quadcopter was created by Jacques and Louis Bregut in 1907.  However, its limitations of being unsteerable and requiring 4 men to steady it, it only lifted two feet off the ground.  The first pilotless winged craft came about 10 years later and of course was evolved for warfare.  However, by 1960 with the breakthroughs in transistor technology decreasing the size of RC planes, unmanned aircraft became big with hobbyists.  By 2010 the AR Drone released by the French company Parrot, where the drone is controlled via WIFI using a smart phone.  This breakthrough has created a boon in amazing aerial photographs and videos.

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

 

Aries
Aerial photography
whale sharks-by-Bachir Moukarze

King of Wands – This week’s energy is boosting your abilities of envisioning a brighter future and the intentions that you will need to lay the foundation to manifest it.  However, we are still not out of the woods with Mercury in retrograde which slows creation, but by the end of the week you can start moving your visions into manifestations.

 

Taurus
Aerial photography
Benoit Stichelbaut Dourveil Beach

The Messenger – Where last week the world was harsh and unsupportive, this week the messenger comes with divine signs to guide your way through the chaos.  The other perk with this energy is it will protect you from the turmoil if you don’t jump into it.  Remember you always have choice, but at least the best choice will be well lit.

 

Gemini
Tuan Nguyen Tan- Burden Salt Harvest

Seven of Coins – The energy this week is all about perseverance.  If you keep your nose to the grindstone and do your due diligence you will reap your just rewards.  However, if you don’t do the preparational work, you will increase your workload and cause delays throughout this week.

 

Cancer
Yevhen Samuchenko 2 people-2 dogs and 4 shadows

Knight of Coins – Slow and steady is the energy to work with this week.  Go after your responsibilities one step at a time.  Patience is key.  Don’t rush; find a comfortable stride and continue on.

 

Leo
Khanh Phan – Flowers on the Water

Four of Cups – Well Mercury is still in retrograde until the 6th so last week’s Hanged Man, low or inert energy, is still hanging around with the Four of Cups – withdrawal and meditation. So, this is another week to catch up on anything already in progress or contemplate your next steps.  The skill you are honing is acceptance and utilization of the low energy weeks as much as those fiery energies you so love to dive into.

 

Virgo
Aerial photography
Jacek Deneka_A Shoal of Colorful Fish

Seven of Swords – This week’s energy has a hazy deception in the air.  First you need to realize that Mercury is still in retrograde, so miscommunication and an inertia prosper during this time.   Second, this energy has nothing to do with you, if you don’t get involved in other’s drama or even let your own pessimism get in the way.  You do not have to be the moral police 24/7.  This energy is best dealt with by seeing the small victories instead of everything looking like a hundred-year war.

 

Libra
Aerial photography
Jeremiasz Gądek_ Island of Love

King of Cups – Compassion is key to this week’s energy.   And here are some key points to remember.  You can not control everything.  You and most people are doing the best they can.  Situations and problems do balance out in the long view. And finally go with the flow with an open heart.

 

Scorpio
Aerial photography
Ming Li_Waltz of Overpass

Page of Cups – This is your second page so let’s look closer at the page energy.  Pages represent learning or coming at situations with a more open viewpoint.  Last week your passion needed reigniting so finding new ways to light your soul was key.  This week the Page of Cups wants you to view the world with more curiosity and love.  Seeing the world with rose-colored glasses actually open up more opportunities for you this week.

 

Sagittarius
Aerial photography
Dendrites by Branko Markovic

Seven of Cups – The energy this week is murky and full of illusions and misconceptions.  This is mostly due to Mercury still being in retrograde, so misinterpretation and self-misrepresentation still abounds.  This is not a week to make any decisions, but it is a great week do delve into fantasies and dreams. However, beware that you don’t try to bring your fantasies into the light of day.  These visions are just for enjoyment and expanding your mind to otherworldly possibilities.  They can plant seeds of potential for the future but not probability of the present.

 

Capricorn
Ningtai-Yu_Love-in-the-poem
Ningtai Yu_Love in the poem

Nine of Swords – This week’s energy is all about letting go.  Letting go of controlling every aspect of your life.  This is a hard one for you Capricorn especially because this year is so full of forward momentum.  But to cope with all the possibilities, all the positive energy, and all the hope, you must stop trying to control it all.  Worry will get you nowhere – not this week nor this year.

 

Aquarius
Aerial photography
Jie Zhang Game of The Earth TETRIS

*Death – Change is in the air, but it is slow in coming. Mercury is still in retrograde until the end of the week.  You cannot rush the universe, nor do you want to.  As they say there is a season… Take this time to weed and till your soul’s soil.  Trying to rush the change is due to a fear or a resistance on your part.  Take this week to look at your possible blocks and clear those from the road so the Universe has a clearer path to create the change that you are wanting and waiting for.

 

Pisces
Aerial photography
Diana Buzoianu_Alone

Three of Swords – Mercury is still in retrograde until the end of the week.  This energy feels as if you are bound to the assignment of Sisyphus – rolling a rock up a hill to only see it roll down time after time.  This week feels as if you are in a seemingly endless cycle of triumph and sorrow.  The key to working with this energy, if you feel stuck, move on to the next task and come back to “the rock” another day.

 

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

Nina

 

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Feb 23, 2020

Faith Ringgold Tar beach
Faith Ringgold Tar Beach

We all at some point in our lives have flying dreams.  Dream experts believe that flying dreams represent control, new perspectives, freedom and/or escape.  One of my favorite children’s book is Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold.  It is about an eight-year-old girl, Cassie, in Harlem.  Not only does this loosely autobiographical book give the reader a glimpse into Harlem circa 1939 but it inspires us to transcend and soar.   As Ringgold writes it’s very easy, anyone can fly. All you need is somewhere to go that you can’t get to any other way.

Ringgold is an accomplished artist and activist.  She started in tradition oil paintings but by 1970 she began experimenting with painting acrylic on unstretched canvas with fabric borders, much like the Tibetan Thangkas (silk paintings with embroidery).  She expanded this technique to her painted narrative quilts which she is now most famous for.  Her pieces are usually heavy in symbolism and full of historical references of African American culture.

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

Aries
Faith Ringgold Seven Passages to Flight

Five of Cups – Last week’s energy came to help you destroy the edifices that bind you, and strengthen your resolve to create new structures (time, space and how use your energy) that will sustain the work that needs to be done.  You are going to need those structures to ground you this week from the chaotic emotional energies whirling internally and externally.  The goal to traversing these waters is within each wave of churning emotion is a pearl of wisdom and truth.

Taurus
Faith Ringgold The In Crowd

Ten of Swords – Well Mercury is in retrograde and you might be feeling the barbs.  This week’s energy can bring on confrontation if you are not mindful of your intuition warning you to duck.  If the hairs on the back of your neck raise up or you get a tingling feeling not to broach a subject or walk down that street, follow that warning.  People and your environment can be sharp this week. Your challenge is to be aware of your triggers and avoid the clashes.

Gemini

Four of Swords – The energy this week is all about rest and healing.  This energy warns you that your immune system, soul and mind needs rest.  Take time to pull away from the maddening crowd (this includes social media) and relax.

Cancer
Faith Ringgold subway mosaic in Harlem

Two of Swords – Making choices or at least feeling as if you must are in the air this week; however we are in the midst of a Mercury in retrograde. The key to this week is not focusing on the decisions you feel you need to make, but about faith in yourself.  Whatever you decide or not decide you will end up where you should be. This week go with the flow.

Leo
Faith Ringgold

*Hanged Man – With Mercury in retrograde you might find it difficult to go forward.  But this week that will work in your favor.  This is great energy to catch up on anything already in progress or contemplate your next steps.  A break in the action when used correctly can feel like a breakthrough.

Virgo
Faith Ringgold Maya Quilt of Life

King of Swords – The energy this week is best used by planning for the long term.  Though it doesn’t actively move you into the future it does want you to gain perspective and/or a clear focus on the future and how to get there.  This is a great week for planning out the rest of the year or five.

Libra
Faith Ringgold Hide Little Children

Six of Cups – This energy is best used in play.  Get down on the floor with a child and challenge your perspective of time, work and space.  This isn’t about being naïve but about being open to seeing the world with a more inquisitive viewpoint.

Scorpio
Faith Ringgold Tar Beach II

Page of Wands – Your passion needs reigniting.  When this energy shows up it is telling you that your soul’s spark, the reason you get up in the morning- i.e. your purpose(s), is waning.  Take this week to do things that set your soul on fire. Nature and the arts are great venues to help you re-discover why you are here.

Sagittarius
Faith Ringgold

Page of Swords – The last two weeks the energies have been around freedom, newness and metamorphosis.  Now with Mercury fully in retrograde you are giving this time to decipher what has been going on in your outer life and inner mind.  This energy foretells there is information to help you solve a problem or two. But it will take subtle and persistent inquiry to find it, for the truth is hidden by half-truths and denial.  The key is being kind with your queries both to yourself and to others.

Capricorn
Faith Ringgold, Coming to Jones Road Part II: Our Secret Wedding in the Woods, photography by Benjamin Westoby

Four of Wands – Last week the energy was about expanding your horizons by integrating your inner and outer worlds.  Diving into the energy and concept of interconnectedness.  You are building on the old world and creating a new paradigm.   So, to move to this new music you must let the composition enter you, let your body and soul find the new rhythm, and then dance.  That energy is still reverberating through this week.  But this energy focuses you on creating a foundation that is more fluid and more accepting of stress. Think of being more like bamboo then like an oak.

Aquarius
Faith Ringgold Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles

Eight of Wands – Now that you know that 2020 is about igniting new passions, new ways of being on the physical plane, and bringing the divine down into reality.  That definition of divine is of, from or like God, excellent or delightful.  So, 2020 will be a year where new not only grows, prospers but lifts others with delight.  This week is about starting to send out those messages and inquires to the world.  However, since this week Mercury is in retrograde, its not about starting these new projects but more like sending out feelers to see what might bite.  The more arrows you let fly the more likely you will hit upon illuminations.

Pisces
Faith Ringgold

Five of Swords – Mercury in retrograde is creating chaos and you with a few other signs are being affected by it.  Chaos has a way of being attracted to you this week, so the challenge is not reacting to other people’s yuckness.  Your hackles can easily be triggered. The solution is putting on soothing music, light some incense/sage and escape when necessary.

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

Nina

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Feb 9, 2020

Australian animals
Grey headed flying fox

Above are Grey-headed flying foxes and they are suffering due to climate change ie fire and summers temperatures over 100 degrees.  As you know the fire season in Australia has just begun.  Luckily due to some rain the raging fires of January are subsiding, but now the area needs help in rebuilding the habitats of Eastern Australia.  Above and below are some cute baby pictures of native Australian animals that are endangered due to the fires.

Many of these animals are unique to this continent.  Seventy percent of our marsupial cousins and all monotremes are found only in Australia. Marsupials are mammals that give birth to relatively undeveloped babies therefore carrying them around in pouches to nurse them.  Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs but still suckle their young.

If you want to help here ae places you can donate to: WorldWildlifeFund, RSPCA, WIRES, Kolas in Care, INC,

P.S. Remember signs with an * it a big week for you.  Aquarius this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Leo 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
Australian animals
Eastern Pygmy Possum

Seven of Coins – Last week, the Star brought with it a lovely, calming, healing energy.  This week that energy will carry into to all that you do.  You needed time to rest and now refreshed, you can see your work with new eyes.  So, this week is great for planting and growing whatever you put your will to.

Taurus
Great glider

*Magician – The energy this week is bring the divine down into the world. This energy asks you to find ways to manifest your purpose on this plane of existence.  The challenge is thinking to much about it.  This dynamism is about tapping into your spirit and calling it into action. Logic often blocks this, so experimentation is key.  Do without goal setting and magically the goal will be reached.

Gemini
Australian animals
Echidnas

*Emperor – The energy this week is used best in building on what already is existing.  Get out of your head and get your hands dirty.  It is a great week to check items off your to-do list. Fix that cabinet that squeaks, expand on that project you are working on, and/or materialize your dreams.  This energy is a great motivator.  Just direct the energy and go.

Cancer
Wombat

Three of Coins – Collaboration is key this week. The more eyes, minds and hands you have to bounce ideas off of the more you will get done.  Take time to ask for input and/or help.  Different viewpoints are needed not so much to change your mind but to have more surer footing and clear insight on what you are thinking and constructing.

Leo
Australian animals
Tasmanian Devil

King of Coins – Last week the energy of change was asking you to dig deep, turn things over, throw out the stones in your path and plant the seeds for things to come.  Well this energy continues with the King of Coins.  His moto is just do it.  Keep moving, keep producing, keeping going – you are on the right path in building upon the material plane.  You GO!

Virgo
Spotted Quoll

*Death – The energy this week is organic change.  Time to start on your spring cleaning, getting rid of anything that is dead weight in your life.  Doesn’t fit, doesn’t’ work, old emails, books you will never read but carry around, clothes that don’t fit, etc…Dump it.  However, this energy is clearing space for planting too.  So, take time this week to write down 50 things you wish for, big or small.  This energy of change is not sudden but organic, so save that paper and see what has sprouted in a year.

Libra
Australian animals
Koala

Knight of Cups – The energy to work with this week is vulnerability and your emotions.  Are you giving enough space and time to your emotions? Letting off some steam, opening up to someone you feel safe with, asking for cuddles, quality companion time, or bitching to your bestie is all good this week.

Scorpio
Duck billed Platypus

Ten of Swords – This week the energy is gnarly, and you can be easily triggered by it.  People are just not getting you, so best to walk away from situations when you feel the tension.  Defend yourself if you must.  However, the more you let yourself get triggered, the more pokey conversations and actions will be on both sides.

Sagittarius
Australian animals
Dunnart

*Fool – The energy this week is freedom and newness.  This energy reminds you that exploring the world is part of what drives your soul.  Discovery is key to bringing new ideas and stimulating your sensualities.  This process of newness keeps you from feeling bored or being in a rut.  Say yes to things this week especially if you never been there, eaten that, done it.  The world is yours to enjoy and discover.

Capricorn
Wallaby

Ten of Pentacles – This week’s energy is about completing projects and basking in your accomplishments. This is not a week to start anything new, so each time you check off an item off your to-do list – celebrate.

Aquarius
Australian animals
Kookaburra

Ace of Coins – The energy of beginnings continues for your birth month.  This week the focus turns from passions to grounding them into reality.  What schedule fits your circadian rhythms?  List the foods that empower and refresh you.  What are your skill sets?  What new skill sets will you need to make your dreams come true?   By answering these questions, you can fertilize the seeds to create more opportunities where your passions can flower.  This is another great card to begin your new birth year.  So far 2020 will be a year where new not only grows but prospers.

Pisces
Kangaroo

Knight of Coins – The energy this Knight brings is stability and pace.  This week is about applying structures that support you going forward.  So, look to your sleep cycle you getting enough or too much?  Look at your eating habits? Are you exercising at least 4 times a week?  Is your home relaxing?  This week is about tweaking your physical reality into shape for the long haul.

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

Nina

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Jan 19, 2020

RaeSwon hat

Two weeks ago I highlighted the art of Eileen Agar a surreal artist that was the first to merge surrealism and fashion with her ceremonial hats.  This week’s artist RaeSwon resonates Agar’s wit in her felted hat creation.  The first know hat was found on Otzi, a bronze age man dated around 3250 BC.  Hats were believed to be worn to cool or heat a person.  However, only 50 years later in an Egyptian tomb painting, a straw hat was worn for status or ceremonial reasons.  Now hats are worn for protection from weather conditions, safety, status, rank, ceremonially and/or fashion.

Felting and hats have a long history that started in ancient Greece, the pielus.  Felting from wool is the oldest known textile. There are two ways to make felt.  Wet felting is applying hot water to layers of animal hair and then agitating and compressing the fibers, so they hook together.  This method causes the scales on the hair to open up and the agitation latches them together.  Where needle felting is done by stabbing a barbed needle into animal fibers to tangle and hook them together. RaeSwon uses both techniques to make her very imaginative millinery.

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

RaeSwon hatFour of Swords – This week rest is needed.  Your immune system is weak and only rest and a bit of self-coddling will set it right.  Go to bed early, eat well, and try to find time to relax into a thoughtless stupor.

Taurus

RaeSwon hatSix of Coins – Karma is the resonation this week.  What you do for others and to others comes back three-fold.  The trick with this card is the payback good or bad is unpredictable in timing and does not always come from the source it was given to.  Your song:  Be Nice by the Black Eyed Peas

Gemini

Ten of Coins – Get things off your to-do list and finish up projects that have been around for a while.  This week’s energy is about work and completion, so don’t start anything new.  Now is the time to clear your plate of the old so the new has room to grow.

Cancer

RaeSwon hatSeven of Wands – Last week, the energy was about experimentation with the tools and skills you already have in your arsenal. Creating without purpose and exploring what comes from it.  This week to continue doing that, you are going to need to defend your rights to experiment, create and explore. Stand up for yourself.  Your mantra:  I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can’t ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won’t stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you’d be surprised that people say ‘Can I be of help? – Maya Angelou

Leo

RaeSwon hatAce of Wands – This week you get to switch gears from all work to the act of creation.  Inspiration and ambition is lite by your passion.  This is a great week to start new projects, play in nature, and inspire your spirit.   Use your natural fiery temperament to ignite what is listless and dark.  Your song: Light My Fire by the Doors sung by Shirley Bassey.

Virgo

King of Wands – After last week’s chaos you are stronger and wiser which helps this week’s energy: public relations.  This is a great week to meet and greet, send out resumes, beef up your social media page, and be as charming as you can be.  You have Pied Piper energy around you. The challenge is figuring out where you want to lead your throngs.

Libra

Four of Coins – Resource stability is the energy this week.  Great time to start doing your taxes, contributing or starting a savings account or IRA, and/or scheduling in “me-time” or more family time.  The challenge is feeling as if you need to do it for fear of losing resources, time, money or space.  However, this energy is really about saving in case of, so you don’t have to spend precious time worrying about a lack of those resources in the future.

Scorpio

*Fool – Adventure and new beginnings are the energies to work with this week.  Itch feet? Go wandering.  Bored? Partake in something you have never done.  Melancholy? Watch silly movies all week.  Feeling old? Go swing on a swing set or have a snowball fight.  Feeling naïve? Go learn something new.  This week newness is the key to rekindling your faith and joy of life.

Sagittarius

RaeSwon hat*Hermit – This week’s energy is getting some much-needed alone time.  You need space and perspective.  And the only way you are going to find it is setting up a sacred space and time. It would be great if you could do a little retreat from your life.  But if you can’t do that. This can be done simple by taking the long way home, taking the bus instead of your car, going on silly errands solo, turning off your phone for 2 hours, or eating outside for lunch.  The key to obtaining this is telling people that you are turning off your phone from 2-3 hours each day, going to be late coming home, or gone for the week.  Because if people don’t see your proverbial do not disturb sign on the window, they will bug you to find out why.

Capricorn

Knight of Wands – Ok I warned you. I hope you rested last week because the energy this week is getting on your horse and riding it the next destination and doing it with some flair.  First this energy says you are in the right space at the right time all this week, if you can work with this fiery energy. You must willfully reign in your aspirations and steer them to your desired goals without extinguishing your passion.

Aquarius

RaeSwon hatKnight of Pentacles – Last week’s energy was about saying yes to opportunities coming at you from unexpected places and learning that saying yes doesn’t mean forever.  This energy likes you to try out new things so you can find what best fits the new you. This week’s energy continues the theme of moving forward into new worlds.  However, staying open is now focusing down to only areas of work, how you make your money and/or hands-on projects.  This is a great time to work on to-do lists and to get far with any plans, while being open to new input.  The challenge this week is working this as a marathon not a series of sprints.  So, hydrate and feed yourself at regular intervals.

Pisces

Queen of Swords – Details are the focus this week.  This energy is best utilized by examining the specifics of situations and boning up on your communication skills.  If you come up to a block, asking questions, deep listening and overall communication will lead you out of any maze.

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

Nina