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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Nov. 15 2020

November 15, 2020 Nina

This week’s artist is Irving Penn. He was a photographer, painter, and inventor of the platinum printing process. His style whether portraits or still life often leans towards minimalism and emotes a feeling of rawness. At this unique point in time, our collective experience and personal emotions seem to directly resonate with his series Portraits in a Corner. Where we all are having this vague feeling that something has changed but still finding ourselves isolated in our small section of life possibly feeling restricted. Our reptilian amygdala stressed and fearful. Is it possible that we can switch our mindset to finding the space comforting, a place of intimacy, and a place to engage with ourselves?

Penn started this series in 1948. He pushed two studio flats together to create a sharper than 90-degree angle. The floor covering an old piece of carpet with the detritus of the photography process still on it. As Penn says “a very rich series of pictures resulted. This confinement, surprisingly seemed to comfort people, soothing them. The walls were a surface to lean on or push against. For me, the picture possibilities were interesting: limiting the subjects’ movement seemed to relieve me of part of the problem of holding on to them.” The amazing thing the viewer can see in these portraits is the “character” of the portrayed becomes more defined.

Can we use this this time to lean into our severely defined space? To find more intimacy and realness with our-selves? Imagine if we were more aware and secure with who we are. When it is time to turn the corner into the world again, we would be more prepared with our actions and interactions. More grounded to who we are, more determined with what needs to be done, a better I to contribute to a better We.

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

Nina

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Scorpio this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Taurus 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 Cups – The energy this week can make it hard to see the beauty that surrounds you. The fire signs more than others are feeling the miasma of the future. The challenge for you is to see the beauty in the minor things in life, the here and now. Appreciating and highlighting these smaller moments you will start to see the patterns and puzzle pieces of the bigger picture.

Taurus

Seven of Cups – The energy this week might be challenge for you all if you want to get things check off your list. Forward movement will feel like you are swimming up stream. But if you can play and daydream this is the week for you. Play or doing things for the joy of doing them without goals helps your mind and imagination create outside the lines. While at the same time breaks down walls around intimacy with others and tunes you into your soul’s purpose. Taurus has the kindest hearts if they can put aside their practicality and “I’m the only one that can keep things going” motto. Find that fun persona you have hidden lately. The world might get a bit messy while you are playing but you can tidy it up next week.

Gemini

Six of Swords – Last week the muse of change was at your door. Coaxing you to let go off the old to make room for the new. Luckily, you have another week to get rid of what no longer works. While you are unloading your “boat” be open to transitions or transactions that come from unexpected places. Maybe its an invite to join an online class, going to a zoom dance party, talking to a friend you haven’t talked to in ages, or a new work project pops-up in your inbox. These occurrences are the universe sending out flares of hope. Though this transition can be hard, your too tired to do more or you cannot see into the future because of the mist, there are still new adventures to be had.

Cancer

Three of Wands and Three of Swords– The last couple of weeks have been big energy weeks. The energy was best used tapping into your inner strength and cocooning as you metamorph into a new you. This week will be a bit of a roller coaster ride of emotions and inspirations. You got a set of threes. These energies test the duality of stabilization and flexibility. You will need to flow with your emotions to heal some heart wounds while at the same time be patient with prosperous possibilities that are on the horizon. Your challenge is to stay with the down time to heal and strengthen your core and not jump into anything until it feels right.

Leo

*High Priestess – This is last week’s energy of intuitive creation on “11.” We have multiple reasons to be on Earth at this time and place. This muse asks you to investigate purpose as you are in the act of creation. Whether it is your reason for existence, others or more likely both, go behind the veil and find the connective tissue of your history and the history at large. Answer the question Why are you here and re-ignite the work you still need to do.

Virgo

Ace of Wands – Mark this period in the sands of time. This week is a place to start a wiser new beginning. The challenge to light this fire is to imagine if you only had a year left to live and only could pick one thing to do. What would you do? This is the universe trying to get you to take your laser pointer and focus on one thing fully. Maybe it is focusing on your child, starting a business, or writing a novel. Now is the time to focus on your legacy. No more thinking this is inspirational doing.

Libra

Page of Swords – Things are not what they seem on the surface this week. If you need information you are going to have to dig for it. The challenge is asking the right questions the right way and then listening. Listen to the nuances for the truth. People are not trying to hide things from you. It is more of a cause of ignorance than malice.

Scorpio

Irving Penn *Death– Your final birth month card and it is another big energy card. So, you will have three muses to work with in the coming year. First, the muse of dreams and synchronicities helping you intuit how 2021 and your purpose will unfold. Then, the Muse of releasing old ideas, creating new story lines (remember new map – new ship) And finally, the Muse of Death or organic change. This is also your sign’s life card, which means this is your super-power, but you must do the work to make it so. This muse helps you see that the old is fodder for new growth and helps you work with the cycles and seasons. This is change that happens with some help from you and some from the universe. Your challenge is to tune yourself to the ebbs and flow of your environment, find new ways to traverse it and slowly guiding change. This coming year is a new chapter – What are you going to write?

Sagittarius

Eight of Wands – This is the last week of your birth year and it is full of information. The challenge is trying to sort it. A better way to deal with all the incoming messages is to think of it as a brainstorming session with the universe. Write it all down and do not judge it. This week is about inspiration and possibilities.

Capricorn

King of Cups – The muse advises you to come at the days ahead quietly and calmly. However, you may run through an array of emotions this week, but you will find you are also in control. As a friend use to say You can let your emotions play with the radio, but they cannot drive the car.

Aquarius

Four of Wands – The energy this week is about the happy home. Usually this comes up when you need to ground yourself and do some nesting behavior. Take time to enjoy your home. So, make your favorite meals, curl up on the couch with loved ones and watch movies, eat by candle light, tidy up areas of your house that you hang in the most, hang your Christmas lights early etc… This week is about cozy and comfort.

Pisces

Ace of Cups – The last couple of weeks have been high energy. The muses had you looking at outdated systems that are no longer working. In essence looking at your map for 2021 and assessing and adjusting structures, morals, rules, and regulations to get “your boat” to the next harbor. This week the energy is around love and happiness. They are what drives your mortal coil. So, make sure love has a place in your intentions. Now is time to focus on how your heart gets a say in the planning.

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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. 13, 2020

September 13, 2020 Nina

The artist this week is Meghann Riepenhoff. Her process is cyanotype. Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century as a simple and low-cost way to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blueprints. She is not the first person to use it for art. Anna Atkins would be the first, using it to “photograph” seaweed. (Atkins will be highlighted soon.) Riepenhoff has taken Atkin’s process of creating static images to creating a dynamic photograph of an action or interaction. She collaborates with the elements of rain, snow, ocean, salt, and sediment. She drapes her “canvas” over objects in the environment which adds the aspect of the terrain that then collides with these elements. These interactions are recorded on the cyanotype.

The two series represented here and below are Ectone and Littoral Drift . Ectone is a region of transition between two biological communities. Litoral Drift is a geological term describing the action of wind-driven waves transporting sand and gravel. Riepenhoff is illuminating that these edges of water, air, and land blur in their interaction, becoming something new and occupy an everchanging space. Thus, having us as the viewer pondering where, when or if we begin or end.

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

Ten of Coins – Last week’s energy was cluing you into something being off in your life and you needed to gain perspective to find solutions. This week the energy shifts from contemplative to active. So, if you found solutions, now is the time to use them. If you found that everything is balanced and moving smoothly then do not dally, for now is the time to move things into the done box. This is a great week to finish projects and bask in your success.

Taurus

Meghann Riepenhoff two waves poured dawn to dusk

Three of Coins – Last week the energy was asking you to look for cycles that need to be readjusted, and synchronicities to help move you forward, enlightening situations of inertia or chaos. This week wants you to take those enlightenments and utilize them in the world. The challenge is you need the help of others to lift what you are doing to a new level. Time to get your besties on the phone and brainstorm.

Gemini

Ten of Cups – Last week’s energy wanted you to reignite optimism and hope in your being. Luckily, you get another week to find moments that give you the curative perspective that after each period of chaos comes a time for healing. You need to heal and bask in love, so this week engage in activities and people that fill your cups. Joy is key. Find or create it.

Cancer

Meghann Riepenhoff.
tidal pools dipped and buried

Ace of Swords – The energy this week is great for planning, research, philosophy, and problem solving. Your mind is your best tool. Your emotions can play with the radio, but your mind must do the driving.

Leo

Page of Coins – You got another active energy card. So, if you still need another week to finish up old projects do that. But if you did that work last week this is a great week to start a new project. The challenge is taking tiny steps, because big leaps will have you in a tangle of minutiae or chasing your own tail.

Virgo

*Death – Your first big energy card for your coming birth year. This energy is about rebirth, regeneration, and metamorphosis. The energy this year is about rising from the ashes of old. The challenge is making sure that you are not holding on to dreams you have outgrown. This Muse has come to aid you in seeing the parts of you and your life that have been decaying and need to be buried. That the seeds of change are just below the surface being feed by the aspects you are now laying to rest. When you step back you will see that this burial ground is also a place of planting and future growth.

Libra

Meghann Riepenhoff. rainstorm one hour and 47 minutes

Knight of Swords – This is not a week to rush anything. Though you may feel antsy or anxious do not jump without thoroughly looking both ways and figuring out your plan before you step onto your path. This card can also mean to be careful of injuring your extremities. So cut your vegetables with care and watch where you step.

Scorpio

Meghann Riepenhoff
rain through a tree canopy

Queen of Swords – Last week’s muse asks you to dive into your subconscious, listen to your intuition, emotions, and dreams. The challenge was that emotions could run high. And you had to decipher which emotions were yours and what were others. Emotions are still riding high this week. To combat this, this muse suggests only taking in the logical details to see the correct channel through these emotional waters. Your motto: head over heart.

Sagittarius

Knight of Coins – The last two weeks had you deep diving into your shadow side to find your vulnerabilities, strengths and testing your character and will. You can use this insight now to really dig into your work. The key is your pace. You are now less likely to be distracted and will find that slow and steady wins the race.

Capricorn

Queen of Coins – Last week’s energy was about building upon your empire. This week you can continue your construction, but you must add indulging in the finer aspects of your physical environment. This muse knows how to work hard but also can fully indulge in her bounty she has created. Your challenge is to follow her lead and realize play, comfort and pleasures are as important as work.

Aquarius

Seven of Coins – Last week’s muse wanted you to adjust your material and spirit goals, blending the need to survive with the need to enjoy life. This energy bleeds into the beginning of this week. The first few days are best used as a pause between the past and future. This is a moment where rethinking, reestablishing, and redirecting is need before you push forward. By the end of the week you will be in full nose to grindstone mode, but the challenge is a plan and adjustment is needed before going ahead.

Pisces

*Judgment – The muse this week is pulling you above the clouds to a personal clarity. A reckoning is needed. You have made a mistake from the past which you have not forgiven yourself for. This week’s energy is implanting the clarity of self-compassion and forgiveness into your sight for self. This muse ask you to truly forgive yourself for this past transgression, so you can open yourself to a lighter and enlighten future that is more in tune with your divine nature.

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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

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 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.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 2, 2020

August 2, 2020 Nina

Baby Animals

Many of my clients are asking for a heads up of what is going on in with the planets for the rest of the year. So I am taking break from art for my intro this week and doing a generalized and abbreviated dive into astrology. If you want a more detailed and personalized version get an appointment with astrologer. (I use Michelle Gould.) And while we go down that path, I thought I would share with you all my personal baker’s dozen of pictures of cuteness above and in the tarotcast. Enjoy.

And now for astrology summary (if you just want the quickie version go to the last paragraph).

This summer has felt weird around the concept of time. Partial this is due to Covid and our staying in, but also that theme is reflected in the sky. Normally the inner planets, Mercury and Venus or what is called our personal planets, move within a month. Venus has been in Gemini since beginning of April, and Mercury has been traversing back and forth through Cancer the home of home and emotions since May 28th. And both have been in retrograde motion.

Not to mention most of the outer planets are in retrograde too. In June and July, the only movement besides the Sun going through Gemini and Cancer and the Moon doing its rounds, was Mars who left Pisces and returned to Aries on June 27 (where it stays the rest of the year). So, both June and July could have felt either unusually sluggish or like you were on a continuous repeat and rinse cycle.

In August we will still have 5 planets in retrograde, Pluto, Neptune, Jupiter, and Saturn and Uranus will join mid-August. Retrogrades are great times to use the 3 Rs: Review, Reflect and Reassess. Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus are outer planets and have to do with trends with society at large. For example, Pluto likes to dredge up all the stuff that isn’t working and Capricorn is the sign of society and personal structure and our purpose, so we, as a world, are going through those shifts and will continue in some form until 2024.

However, in August personally things start to move again. Mercury goes through three signs Cancer, Leo and Virgo. Our thinking and communication stats flowing again from emotional to flamboyant to orderly and detail oriented. Venus moves out of Gemini where we are reassessing our values and how we communicate and moves into Cancer August 2^nd, so now we can act on creating or strengthening emotional bonds and connections through Sept 7^th.

Also, we can look at Saturn and Jupiter personally, and they are both in Capricorn until December. Jupiter is the planet of growth and Capricorn is how we live on the material plane make money, our health, and our purpose. Jupiter being retrograde just means things will run positively in those areas, but it will take time. And Saturn for us personally is about boundaries and how we do our scheduling and managing our life. That means we have the rest of the year to work on our personal structures and how we want to live to get us ready to start innovating when they both move into Aquarius at the end of 2020.

Starting in September Mars goes retrograde on Sept 9^th until October 13^th, so it can get a bit sluggish again. But by the end of September both Jupiter planet of growth and Saturn planet of structure institutions, and Karma go direct. This means that we can create more traction and action from this massive refection period to start rebuilding and restructuring.

So, what does this all mean.

If you felt like you have not gotten anywhere over the past couple of months you are just in line with the energy of this strange bit of planetary retrograde where the three Rs, review, reflect and reassess are the actions most supported. Starting in August things will start to shift on a personal level. And by the end of the year most of our lives will be in the place to rebuild into a lighter more enlightened future.

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

Ace of Wands – This week inspires passionate new beginnings, electrical ideas, and vibrant musings. This is a great week to explore your creativity and imagination. Experiment and playing with ideas is best.

Taurus

baby animals Six of Pentacles – The key this week is about the energy exchange in giving and receiving. And the two are not so different except in your perception and feelings in either position. The challenge is trying to find more joy in receiving and gratitude with giving.

Gemini

baby animals *Lovers – This energy is one of your life lessons. The Lovers card embodies the aspect of duality and choice. Now is the time to commit to a choice or two. The key to choosing is to let go of old panics and unhealthy decision of the past. They are lesson learned and you will not make those mistakes again. But to make these choices you must open your heart and trust in yourself that if needed you will see the red flags and pay heed to their warnings. This is a time to trust your gut and make some choices.

Cancer

baby animals King of Cups – Last week was about letting go of the old and sloughing off the things that no longer work for you. This releasing is generating the fodder for new beginnings, and this week you have more time to process this primordial ooze lapping at your shores. Accepting all your emotions are key to this process of evolution. As Rumi suggests in Guest House, you are a guest house to your emotions, treat each one honorably and be grateful, for your emotions have been sent as guides from beyond.

Leo

Queen of Cups and Seven of Cups – So this week can go into the land of disillusionment or into self-acceptance and choice. You have one energy inviting you to self-discovery, compassion, and passion. Where your empathy gains strength without taking on other people’s baggage, and your actions align with your heart’s choice. The other vibe has the mind tricking the heart that there are more choices to think about. Now is the time to make a compassionate heart choice and see it through to action.

Virgo

King of Wands – Visionary thinking will be needed to navigate this week’s energy. Though it has positive tones this energy can burn your edges or possible crisp you to your core. BUT you are supposed to emulate the phoenix and rise again inspired and enlightened. The key to this is you cannot do this alone. You need your people to guard your back and bring you sustenance during your rebirth. Your task is only to fall madly in love with your new goals and aspirations.

Libra

baby animals Six of Swords – The energy this week lends a helping hand with difficult transitions. The challenge is seeing and following the breadcrumbs of serendipity through the mist of uncertainty. You will find help from unexpected sources. Eyes, ears and mind open.

Scorpio

Two of Wands – This is a great week to make plans for the distant future. Where do you want to be a year from now? What new experiences do you want to manifest? By casting your line farther out in the future you will catch bigger and better fish.

Sagittarius

Knight of Coins – The energy this week is slow and steady wins the race. This is a great week to create action and movement on any project you pick. Relax into the tasks you have there is no rush. The only challenge is being consistent and doing a bit every day. While balancing it with equal time and energy just kicking back and living life.

Capricorn

Seven of Wands – You deserve this success. This week do not let anyone dim your accomplishments. Defend this spark and push away any darkness inflicted by others or your doubting self. Fill your heart with joy of accomplishment.

Aquarius

Page of Wands – This week is full of inspirations, solutions, and potentials. The challenge is rooting them into your core truths then taking action to bring them into reality. The key is not getting over-whelmed so pick one or two to start with.

Pisces

Five of Coins – Last week your task was to ground and deepen your connection to how strong you really are. Hopefully, you took the time to do that because this week’s energy wants you to tackle your relationship with money. That can look like putting money into savings, asking for help, seeing that you have been through worse or raising your prices. You can take positive actions this week to accept your worthiness and heal the rift between your wealth, self-worth and feeling financially secure.

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