This week’s artist is another Neo-expressionist, Elizabeth Murray. Murray’s work spans five decades from the 1960’s to 2000’s. Her art is big. She uses multiple canvases and constructs it like a puzzle; therefore, the paintings become more sculptural and emotive. As I explained last week, Expressionism “refers to art in which the image of reality is distorted in order to make it expressive of the artist’s inner feelings or ideas.” Where the artist disintegrates constructs to allow the viewer to plunge into a cleaner perspective of emotions and universal concepts. This is the mission of Murray and the sign of Pisces. How to express a purer integration of our reality, feelings, and big ideas.
If life is art, we are now working with the new and last Saturnian muse, Saturn in Pisces. With Saturn in Pisces, we are completing a natural thirty-year cycle, 1996 to 2026. Saturn has gone through all the zodiac signs but Pisces – developing, constructing, innovating the constructs of our daily lives – how we live. We will find in the next two years that we either love or hate how our structures are set up. If we love it, this muse will nurture what we have and promote its growth. For those of you who have planets in Cancer, Capricorn, Scorpio, and Taurus, you will find that Saturn in Pisces is very benevolent during this span. It will nurture and support the areas those planets rule.
But if you have any planets in Gemini, Pisces, Sagittarius, or Virgo it is a bit more challenging. These areas are where you will be pushed to examine your structures. We will see points in our constructs that don’t work, that constrict and bind us. Until we get to the point of wanting to trash the whole thing. But in the center of this disgust, we find inspiration and expansion. A natural flexibility, because we will have found the emotional freedom of “letting go” of the now useless patterns and ideas that we intellectually or passionately started with. Now we can truly integrate what feels right to us.
Lastly, for those of you with planets in Aries, Aquarius, Leo, and Libra those areas are off the hook. The Universe always gives us some place to rest our eye/soul.
Your pondering for the week: Spend time pondering how you would like your piece of art to be finished off in the next couple of years?
Solar System highlights
This week begins in Sagittarius on Monday – exploration is the name of the game. On Thursday it moves into Capricorn – great for getting things done before the weekend. Then on Saturday the moon is in Aquarius, try to find time to ponder big thoughts.
Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Pisces – talk out your dreams with others. Mars (action) is still in Gemini (communication and knowledge), until March 25th, 2023. This is a 7-month stopover instead of it’s usually 1-2. Mars is pushing us to truthfully talk and follow up with actions. The challenge with this time is your politeness filter has been switched off. So, it is having us double down on how to be constructive with our voice – to promote action not reaction. Venus (beauty and harmony) is in Aries, where it fires up our passion and pushes us to action. Jupiter (growth) is also in Aries until May 16, 2023 – great for manifestation, expansion, and action.
And the big deal is Saturn (structures) has started its two-year stint in Pisces. So now all that work you did with structures, building and innovating them, it is time to make sure they are elastic and responsive to change. The challenge is our boundaries can get too flexy or have gaps, so we need to work on being flexible but resilient, think like bamboo or jellyfish.
**Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Piscesthis 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. and I have a new tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.
May light be on you, around you, and within you.
Nina
Aries
Elizabeth Murray
Queen of Earth – The Muse of Sensuality is here this week. If you are partnered, this is a great week for intimacy and passion. If you are not partnered, then this week is about grounding yourself in your body. This muse suggests the best way to do this is to indulge each sense. For instance, get good chocolate and spend time tasting its qualities or luxuriate in cashmere or a bubble bath. You have five senses to work with this week so spoil them.
Taurus
Elizabeth Murray
Three of Air – This week holds some aspects that can throw you off your game. The Muse of Deep Wounds comes when the littlest of things can trigger you. The challenge when working with this energy is understanding that this hurt is not wanting you to relive the wound or even react, but it is a spark for you to dive deeper and find its cause.
Gemini
Elizabeth Murray
*Lovers – So your soul card has come to visit. This is an energy you work with and refine as a Gemini your whole life. This energy works around the concept of partnership and relations with others. The Muse of Intimacy would like you to reignite your passion for people. And with Saturn moving into Pisces this is a time for you to rework how you work with your boundaries. She asks how can make your boundaries more flexible but keep your need for no nonsense intact.
Cancerian
Elizabeth Murray
Three of Earth – The Muse of Teamwork is here to remind you that you need help. Whether that is more hands or more brains you need outside perspectives and ingenuity to lift you to the next level or get a project moving.
Leo
Elizabeth Murray
Seven of Earth – The Muse of Satisfaction would like you to evaluate what would actually satisfy you? This energy often comes when our goals get muddy. Take this week to work with the concept of fulfillment and then do some planning on how to obtain the satisfaction you require.
Virgo
Elizabeth Murray
Four of Air – The Muse of Repose advises you to unplug from technology and take some time off. This energy usually comes when you are depleted and don’t realize it. Do as much restoring as you can this week, so you can stave off possible sickness or mental exhaustion.
Libra
Elizabeth Murray
Ten of Air – The Muse of Drama is visiting this week. This energy comes when the world and people around you are not at their best and you are matching that energy. She advises unless you can see a positive outcome in a difficult situation, do not participate. This is a week to consciously pick your battles and modulate your ego when you engage.
Scorpio
Elizabeth Murray
*Tower – I hope last week you received the message from the Muse of Sacred Mysteries. It will benefit you in navigating the tempest around you this week. However, if you didn’t receive it or understand last week’s message, this week might be troublesome. So, the Muse of Destruction is here to help. She advises if you start to see an aspect of your surroundings start to crumble, step back and let the dust fall before you go in. Or if you cannot see a collapsing, look for underlying stress fractures or structures that need to be reinforced if shit does hit the fan. This week, walk softly and consciously.
Sagittarius
Elizabeth Murray
*Sun – Another great energy week for you all. The Muse of Light is here to shine some on you. This week is great for radiating your positivity and sharing your superpowers with others. By doing so, you not only bring to light your amazingness, but you bring others into the light as well.
Capricorn
Elizabeth Murray
Seven of Fire – The Muse of Focus asks what exactly is your focus for this week? If you do not have a focus word, goal, or idea then this week might be very confusing and vague. You may find yourself forgetting what you were doing or why you are exerting all this energy. However, with a focus the energy this week can exhilarate you.
Aquarius
Elizabeth Murray
*World – This week holds many opportunities for expansion, integration, and completion. The challenge with this energy is feeling so overwhelmed with choices that you find you can’t move. As studies have proven, too many choices can make us not choose. So, the Muse of Oneness advises this week to ground yourself with an idea or feeling that you would like to experience. And as situations and choices come up if it doesn’t vibrate at the same frequency of your desire walk the other way.
Pisces
Elizabeth Murray
*Hanged One – This week might have a lot of starts and stops. The Muse of Inertia advises to use them wisely, especially the pauses. If you are halted this week, heed it, and stop. Either the timing isn’t right, or you need to rethink what you are doing. She reminds you that sometimes the Universe works with red lights instead of green ones.
This week’s artist is Katharina Hafner @malereikatharina. I often rabbit hole on Instagram while I’m finding artist to highlight. And while doing so, I like to find artists that don’t have a big following on this platform, but still their images call to me, Hafner is one of those. They become like a treasure or a gift that keeps me on Instagram. (My relationship with social media can be rocky). What I did find is her website and from that a bit of her history. In her words, “My artistic roots come from the subculture of the eighties and nineties. I was largely inspired by German Expressionism and American Neo-Expressionism…. The themes of my pictures are nature experiences, whereby this nature is open to the fantastic and helps to shape the dreamlike and the unconscious.”
German expressionism was an early twentieth century German art movement that “highlighted the artist’s inner feelings or ideas over replicating reality, and was characterized by simplified shapes, bright colors and gestural marks or brushstrokes.” Fifty years later Neo-expressionism developed as a reaction against “conceptual art and minimal art of the 1970s. Neo-expressionists returned to portraying recognizable objects, such as the human body often in an abstract manner, in a rough and violently emotional way, often using vivid colors.” Both movements began when Saturn went into Pisces. When we are asked to dive into the depths of our psyche and examine our concepts of boundaries and norms, hopefully to rise with more flexible and elastic structures.
Your pondering for the week: Explore your boundaries where do you need to become more adaptable?
Solar System highlights
This week begins in Virgo on Monday – great for organizing and getting things done On Thursday it moves into Libra – go out with work buddies and hang out with friends over the weekend.
Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Pisces – talk out your dreams with others. Mars (action) is still in Gemini (communication and knowledge), until March 25th, 2023. This is a 7-month stopover instead of it’s usually 1-2. Mars is pushing us to truthfully talk and follow up with actions. The challenge with this time is your politeness filter has been switched off. So, it is having us double down on how to be constructive with our voice – to promote action not reaction. Venus (beauty and harmony) is in Aries fires up our passion and pushes us to action. Jupiter (growth) is in Aries until May 16, 2023 – great for manifestation, expansion, and action.
And the big deal is Saturn (structures) is starting its two-year stint in Pisces. So now all that work you did with structures, building and innovating them, it is time to make sure they are flexible and responsive to change. The challenge is our boundaries can get too flexy or have gaps, so we need to work on them being flexible but resilient, think like bamboo or jellyfish.
P. S. Signs with an * it is 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. and I have a new tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.
May light be on you, around you, and within you. Happy Solstice no tarotcast next week so I’ll “see” you all in 2023.
Nina
Aries
Katharina Hafner Wind
Two of Air – The Muse of Decisions comes when you need to feel your way to solutions more than using your logic. Using reasoning this week can make your decisions too didactic, linear, or just make you more indecisive. By following your heart or making decisions that promote how you want to feel will lead you to better goals and solutions for your future.
Taurus
Shards on saturnine Katharina Hafner
*Emperor – The Muse of the Builder comes to help you construct and protect your “empire.” This Muse encourages that this work be about building upon what you already have in place. She asks you questions like how you can improve your way of working to bring in more profit, how can you utilize your time to be a better guardian, or what do you need to do to modernize your legacy? This can look like the problem solving bigger aspects like those above or it can be as simple as fixing that squeaky door, telling someone how important they are to you or hugging your kids for no reason at all.
Gemini
Katharina Hafner Water Features
Hanged One – If you find yourself on hold this week take advantage of the downtime. But if you find that your life is one chore after another, find time this week to turn off everything and quiet your mind. The Muse of Inertia comes when you need time to tune out so you can tune back in with a clearer calmer and often newer perspective.
Cancerian
Dancing rabbit Katharina Hafner
Ten of Fire – You may feel overwhelmed this week. The Muse of Burdens is here to help. First, she advises that you inventory all that is on your plate. Second, some of these are not your responsibility so give them back to their owner. Or they are yours, but you can delegate a piece to someone else. Then lastly with what is left, prioritize them, take off the lower 20% and put those off until next week. Now you have your core responsibilities. She advises taking them one at a time.
Leo
firebugs in the night Katharina Hafner
Knight of Fire – This week has a bit of luck for you, for the Muse of Perfect Timing is riding with you. The cool thing about this energy is that you find yourself in the right place at the right time. Even if you are waylaid there is a reason for it. And there are gifts along the way if you are cognizant of them. So, enjoy the ride.
Virgo
Trixer Katharina Hafner
Two of Fire – The Muse of the Future Expansion is here to get you to do some daydreaming this week. She asks what new places do you want to discover? What would you like to learn to broaden your knowledge base? What would you like to create? If you are stuck for ideas she advises, go to a museum, library, or the woods to get some ideas.
Libra
Stella on the Rock Katharina Hafner
*Strength – This week you need to keep a positive pose in various scenarios. Maybe your buttons are getting pushed or you have a strong opinion. The Muse of Inner Strength advises to make sure you are on solid moral footing before you dive into hostile or troublesome scenarios. Or possibly you are making a scenario a bigger problem because of your issues. Look inward, solidify your position and then, if needed, make a stance.
Scorpio
Born from Foam Katharina Hafner
*High Priestess – The Muse of Sacred Mysteries has come this week to give you information; however, the message is shrouded. You will need to tune into your intuition and follow synchronicities to find its wisdom. This energy would like you to truly see that a winding path can hone your sixth sense and deepen your knowledge more than an easy solution.
Sagittarius
Katharina Hafner Kaba Ska
*Judgement –The Muse of Transformation is here this week help you make preparations to level up. Sometimes one needs to shed their skin to grow. She asks what needs to be left behind and what needs to grow so you can evolve to the next stage? This can be around a work issue or a personal one. Get ready because a form of freedom is on its way.
Capricorn
wild peace in the monkey moon Katharina Hafner
Nine of Fire – The Muse of Interludes comes when you need to take stock and restock your resources. She advises taking time to do an internal and external inventory so you can be prepared for the next couple of months. The challenge is you might have to do some boundary protection to find the space and time to do this.
Aquarius
I cry because I’m burning Katharina Hafner
Three of Air – The Muse of Deep Wounds comes when the littlest of things can trigger you. The challenge when working with this energy is understanding that this hurt is wanting you to relive the wound or even react, but it is a spark for you to dive deeper and find its cause.
Pisces
me the snow you the sand Katharina Hafner
Page of Fire – The Muse of Creativity is here for you to spark yours. She comes when your life has unknowingly become a bit humdrum. So, she advises listening to music, taking a walk in nature, or visiting a museum. Do something that ignites the passion in you.
This week’s artist is Kara Walker@kara_walker_official. She is best known for her use of silhouettes in her art. However, Walker also uses drawing, painting, text, shadow puppetry, film, and sculpture to delve into history, slavery, sexuality, violence, subjugation, and the ongoing psychological injury caused be the legacy of slavery.
Her work leads us to think about our history often using dark humor and thus examining our contemporary racial and gender stereotypes. Her work is controversial with a wide variety of audiences. Many think her work demoralizes and betrays the history of slaves. However, this is her work as an artist. Artist work to comprehend their own experience and have a dialogue with their audience. Walker’s work does just that. In her exploration of self, she has made you think of yours.
Your pondering for the week: To expand your knowledge of Black History try these prompts created by @feministajones, it’s week long commemoration of the accomplishments and personhood of Black women held between February, Black History Month, and March, Women’s History Month. I shared mine to start you off.
The daily prompts are as follows:
DAY 1 February 25: A Black Woman You Admire – Deborah Phillips aka English – defense attorney- my friend and roommate from college. I admire her intellect, creativity, musicality, power, strength, as a mother and just her general badassness. Then in a more famous way, Michelle Obama pretty much for the same reason I admire Deborah.
DAY 2 February 26: A Moment in Black Women’s History – Katherine Johnson’s overall career as a mathematician for NASA. Since I grew up in the Cape Canaveral area in Florida during the 60’s and 70’s, space stuff was so interesting to all us kids and made me want to be in the sciences. But you rarely saw woman or people of color in these fields. So, seeing her get recognition by President Obama just felt like women in STEM and their contributions are finally getting seen.
DAY 3 February 27: A Black Woman from Another Country – Queen Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande of Ndongo and Matamba (1583-1663) modern day Angola.
DAY 4 February 28: A Black Woman Who Has Made Your Life Better- Dr. Patricia Bath invented Laserphaco Probe for cataracts removal. Every recent elder in my family has benefitted from this invention and seems I will be in the future too.
DAY 5 March 1: A Black Woman Artist – at this moment I’m in love with Kayla Mahaffey @kaylamay_art, but there are many like Kara Walker or Tawny Chatman @tawnychatmon above who’s art has moved me or has expanded my thought process profoundly.
DAY 6 March 2: A Powerful Quote from a Black Woman- “As a classroom community, our capacity to generate excitement is deeply affected by our interest in one another, in hearing one another’s voices, in recognizing one another’s presence – bell hooks. Her books where guides for me as an educator and as a person.
DAY 7 March 3: A Day of Self-Celebration for Black Women
Solar System highlights
This week begins with a new moon in Gemini on Monday – time for collaboration and sharing your feelings. On Wednesday it moves to Cancer – self-care is important. Then on Saturday the moon is in Leo – spend time in the sun.
Mercury (communication and knowledge) has now moved into Aquarius (innovation and society) – a great time to talk about personal and social change. Then on Thursday moves into Pisces – talk out your dreams with others. Mars (action) is still in Gemini (communication and knowledge), until March 25th, 2023. This is a 7-month stopover instead of it’s usually 1-2. Mars is pushing us to truthfully talk and follow up with actions. The challenge with this time is your politeness filter has been switched off. So, it is having us double down on how to be constructive with our voice – to promote action not reaction.
Venus (beauty and harmony) is in Aries fires up our passion and pushes us to action. Jupiter (growth) is in Aries until May 16, 2023 – great for manifestation, expansion, and action. And lastly, Saturn (structures) spends its last week in Aquarius until March 7th – so innovating and modernizing your everyday life is its intention.
PS. Signs with an * it is 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. and I have a new tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.
May light be on you, around you, and within you. Happy Solstice no tarotcast next week so I’ll “see” you all in 2023.
Nina
Aries
Kara Walker Detail from Emancipation Approximation
*Sun – This week is your time to shine. The Muse of Radiance is here to highlight your good qualities and projects. So, focus on what is easily seen this week. You can even boast a little. The challenge is not to overshadow those around you. There is enough light for all.
Taurus
Kara Walker
Queen of Earth – The Muse of the Grounding comes when you need to get your soles and soul re-connected with Mother Earth. Whether that is gardening, buying flowers, eating more veggies and fruit, or playing with our other sentient beings that cohabit our earth with us, it is important to use your senses while you are interacting with the bounty of nature.
Gemini
Kara Walker Exodus of confederates
Nine of Air – Your mind is very active this week. The Muse of Worries and Fretting would like you to ignore the should, could and would sentences. She asks you to focus only on what you can truly control in the now. And let the rest of your thoughts go.
Cancerian
Kara Walker Gone An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it occurred b’tween the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart
*Lovers – The Muse of Intimacy comes when you need to deepen your relationships. This week spend time in conversation with those closest to you. Share your secrets with others, especially the confidences that you hide from the world. This Muse reminds you that you will have more commonalities with others than you think. And don’t forget to listen to other’s secrets too. Sharing is caring.
Leo
Kara Walker Scene of McPherson’s Death
Three of Air – You can be triggered this week. The Muse of Deep Wounds has come to help. She reminds you these triggers are places that are ready to heal. So, spend quality time with a friend, therapist or in meditation and go to the root of the wound and begin to heal. Big Hugs.
Virgo
Kara Walker
*Temperance – Temperance is a life card for you all. You have life lessons around turning your volume knobs down to mid-range. The Muse of Patience and Middle Roads is your life companion for this work. This week will hold an aspect or two that can make your volume button either turn up to eleven or down to mute. If this happens ground yourself and then rebalance the intensity of your reaction. As they say: Keep calm and carry on.
Libra
Kara Walker
Ace of Fire – This week is a perfect time to light a fire under a project that you have been holding off on. The Muse of Vitality is here to help spark what you put your focus on. The challenge is also exactly that being aware of where you spend your energy. So focus wisely and go for it.
Scorpio
Kara Walker The Rich Soil Down There
Five of Water – This week will have its ups and downs. The Muse of the Half Full Cup advises that if you view situations as half full you are more likely to see there is enough and share. But if you view them half empty one often falls into a scarcity perspective and the feeling of isolation. This week is a test in optimism, finding the silver linings in rain clouds and accepting the umbrellas of friendship.
Sagittarius
Kara Walker Sermon the benefits of exile
*Hermit – Though you all are gregarious as a group, even you need time to pull back and think. This week the Muse of Perspective advises to spend some time in solitary reflection. There are aspects of your life that you need to see from heights to gain the larger picture. The only challenge is, if you do get time to walk away, telling others of this mini-sabbatical, so they don’t try to find you during your hermitage.
Capricorn
Kara Walker
*Devil – Where last week was about control and getting things done, this week it is time to investigate the untamed. The Muse of the Wild is calling to you this week. This is life-long energy-work for you all. The challenge with this card is playing with the wild without getting swept away by it. You have good boundaries and are tethered, so allow yourself to step away from structures so you can relax into and play within the subconscious, rediscover nightlife, or even go out in the wooded wilds at dusk and dance or howl.
Aquarius
Kara Walker Cotton Hoards in Southern Swamp
Seven of Earth – This week is great for work. The Muse of Do is helping you find your flow and the satisfaction of getting things done. There is ease if you keep a steady momentum and have a good plan of what you need to do. By putting the work into this week’s projects, you will create more ease in the future and a better bounty too.
Pisces
Kara Walker
Three of Fire – The Muse of Timing comes when you need to utilize this time of waiting wisely. Things are happening behind the scenes, and you should match that energy. This is a great time to revise projects, re-stock your resources, and brainstorm. Do what needs to be done to get ready for the future.
This week’s artist is Kerry James Marshall. @kerryjamesmarshs Marshall is an artist and professor best known for his mix media portraits of Black America especially around themes and depictions that have been historically omitted from the American and Western Art history. A mission he calls the “counter-archive” of the painting of black subjects. ‘Part of what I’m doing in my work is about attending to this absence of black representation in the historical narrative. But the question is always then, when you put black people in a picture, what should they be doing?’
Marshall answers this question in two ways ideologically and technically. Ideologically he shows black people going about their day, creating “a sense of simple presence.” ‘Part of my project is to escape this kind of imperative that everything you do as a black person is always about lack. That there’s never a moment in which you have simple pleasure – where you’re just there, where you’re just simply being. And your being is not fraught with all these other layers of historical meaning.’ Though in some of his paintings like The Garden Projects (see Aries and Pisces below) shows us the conundrum between the history of black people in America and his mission.
Technically, he plays with the color black chromatically. First in the choice of saturation and then his use of varying shades of black placed masterfully next to each other. ‘If you looked at the palette, I was using you’d think, “Well, that’s black, black and black next to each other.” And they don’t look so different. But when I use them in a painting next to each other, the differences become more apparent. Because the iron oxide black is inherently red. And if you stack that on top of carbon black, it obviously looks red. Or I’ll mix in cobalt blue, a chrome oxide green, an earth tone like raw umber or yellow umber. What I’m doing is changing the temperature, from cool to warm and warm to cool.” Not only is his art a master class in color theory and painting but it also makes the viewer think about the color black and how we visually see it in the world.
Your pondering for the week: What is color?What does each color mean to you?And then when you apply it to a person’s skin does that change its context or that person?
Solar System highlights
This week begins with a new moon in Pisces on Monday – perfect for daydreaming and wandering in the realms of the unconscious and spirit. On Wednesday it moves into Aries – a great time to start projects. Then on Friday through the weekend the moon is in Taurus – perfect for working or playing in the outdoors.
Mercury (communication and knowledge) has now moved into Aquarius (innovation and society) – a great time to talk about personal and social change. This should also help Mars in Gemini’s lessons. For Mars (action) is still in Gemini (communication and knowledge), until March 25th, 2023. This is a 7-month stopover instead of it’s usually 1-2. Mars is pushing us to truthfully talk and follow up with actions. The challenge with this time is your politeness filter has been switched off. So, it is having us double down on how to be constructive with our voice – to promote action not reaction.
Venus (beauty and harmony) is in Pisces until Wednesday, so we move from going with the flow to Aries firing up our passion and pushing us to action. Jupiter (growth) is in Aries until May 16, 2023 – great for manifestation, expansion, and action. And lastly, Saturn (structures) spends its last weeks in Aquarius until March 7th – so innovating and modernizing your everyday life is its intention.
PS. Signs with an * it is 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. and I have a new tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.
May light be on you, around you, and within you. Happy Solstice no tarotcast next week so I’ll “see” you all in 2023.
Nina
Aries
Kerry James Marshall The Garden Projects series
Five of Fire – The unruly currents are still around this week. Where last week was more anticipatory challenges, this week you are faced with known challenges. However, you have the Muse of Chaos to guide you through this turbulent time. Her advice is to take your ego out of the mix. Some chaos you cannot control but what you can manage is your headspace and your ability to ride them out. You have done these tasks before; they are more bothersome than detrimental. So, get out your soul surfboard, calm your mind and ride the waves.
Taurus
Kerry James Marshall, School of Beauty
Seven of Earth – This week is the perfect combination of work and rest. The Muse of Satisfaction reminds you that the rest after labor can be more satisfying than lazy days’ rest. She advises that after each focused exertion to equally attend to the blissful moments that that this work has gotten you to.
Gemini
Kerry James Marshall
Seven of Air – The Muse of Small Steps advises you to simplify your projects into bite size pieces. By seeing this week incrementally, you are more likely to gain success than by aiming for a broader goal. Put on your metaphorical “reader glasses” and focus on the minutia.
Cancerian
Ace of Earth – This is a great week to start a project, plant something, look for a new way to make money, or learn a new skill. The Muse of Material Beginnings is here to help organize and fertilize this new project or skillset.
Leo
Kerry James Marshall
King of Earth – Another productive energy week for you. The Muse of Construction comes to help you move a project to the next phase. However, this is not a fly by the seat of your pants kind of week. The key to this energy is knowing the inventory of the resources needed to do so. Take time at the beginning of the week to gather what is needed.
Virgo
Kerry James Marshall Slow Dance
Queen of Earth – The Muse of the Senses would like you to enjoy yours this week. Her assignment is to find ways to luxuriate in each sense. So, indulge in saturating smells, sensualizing sight, enchanting your ears, and titillating your tastebuds and touch.
Libra
Queen of Fire – The Muse of Practicality advises that it is time to stop theorizing and go do it. You may have been sitting on an idea or project and this energy is heralding that the time is ripe for action. Go make things happen.
Scorpio
Kerry James Marshall
*Magician – The Muse of Manifestation would like you to conjure something from your imagination into reality. You have all the tools necessary for this invocation. The only caveats are that you will need a connection to the divine and the Force of Will to make it happen. So, declutter your mind from the “what ifs” so you have a clear link to your imagination and begin creating.
Sagittarius
Kerry James Marshall
Queen of Water – The Muse of Fun is here with you this week. This energy usually comes when life has become mundane, and you are finding yourself in an endless repeating cycle of wake-work-sleep. She recommends finding time to frolic throughout this week. She wants you to reconnect with the real meaning of life – finding your joy.
Capricorn
Kerry James Marshall
*Chariot – The Muse of Movement is here to help you focus. This week supplies tons of to-dos and luckily the universe is giving you the gas to make a run of it. However, it is solely up to you to have a direction, route, and do all the driving. So, before this week starts make sure you have mapped out what needs to be done and where you need to go, or you will be doing metaphorical donuts in the parking lot. And she reminds you rest stops are necessary for any trip so plan those in too.
Aquarius
Kerry James Marshall
Six of Earth – The Muse of the Ripple Effect has come to visit this week. She comes when you need to be mindful of how you are treating people. As a sign, you all are uber-conscious of being respectful in society; however, this week it is important to bring that mindful kindness to the folks closer to you. You might find it hard to connect because your mind is elsewhere. But it would be beneficial to create moments of intimacy and connection not only for your people, but it will ground you too.
Pisces
Kerry James Marshall The Garden Projects Series
Five of Earth – This week comes with some challenges, but the Muse of Refuge is here to help you. First, she reminds you that you are not alone, but you will have to put some effort into connecting with people. Secondly, she reminds you that all of humanity deals with challenges and hardships, so your difficulty is not unique. She is not trying to diminish your feelings. But she just doesn’t want you to isolate yourself while you are having them. The big lesson with the challenges you will face this week is seeing that people have your back if you let them.
Celebrate 40,000 Years of American Art, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Welcome 2023!
The artist this week is Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Smith, also a curator, teacher and activist describes herself as “a cultural arts worker”. Smith’s art is a commentary on personal, social, environmental, and political issues of navigating the world as a Native American. By working with layers of paint, images, collage elements, sign-like petroglyphs, text she texturizes meaning into her work. Smith’s complex art compels the viewer to see their own complexity in history, representation, gender, and race. In her words. “Art should reveal the unknown to those who lack the experience of seeing it.” Her message from her art is a process of viewing, agitation often through humor, hopeful understanding and then a call to action.
For example, the above work, Celebrate 40,000 years of American Art though seemingly simple is deep in meaning. First, she has us see the rabbit’s smoke/shadow-dance from background to forefront hinting the movement of past to future. This leads us to the words reminding us that American Art started when Native Americas first walked in the Americas and the importance of bringing Indigenous art into the context of and dialogue of Art. Third, the rabbit imagery has been used in indigenous art for millennia and most notably as the trickster spirit of some Native tribes. The rabbit in their stories can be a hero but is often prone to inappropriate behavior like gluttony, carelessness, and an overinflated ego. So simultaneously Smith is using the rabbit image as a critique of modern artists and the art world. Like the work done by Joseph’s Beuys’s How to explain Pictures to a Dead Hare playing with the concept of what art is or the controversial aspects of Jeff Koon’s Rabbit which sold for $91million dollars. Her work nods not only to history but also to stepping more mindfully into the future.
Your pondering for the week: Let us use this retrograde period to walk or dance slowly 2023 and with more mindfulness. Not leaving the harder lessons of the past five years but honoring our history as we create our future.
Solar System highlights
This week the moon starts in Taurus – start the week slow but steady. On Tuesday it moves into Gemini – conversations and relationships are highlighted. On Friday we have a Full Moon in Cancer, a lovely time for self-care, family and enjoying your home.
Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Capricorn (work and discipline) compromising is key to grease your work wheels. It is also in retrograde. This is a perfect time to reflect, review and redo. Mars (action) is still in Gemini (communication and knowledge), until March 25th, 2023. This is a 7-month stopover instead of it’s usually 1-2. Mars is pushing us to truthfully talk and follow up with actions. The challenge with this time is your politeness filter has been switched off. So, it is having us double down on how to be constructive with our voice – to promote action not reaction. And it’s in retrograde until January 12th, so again this is highlighting to walking into 2023 very slowly, mindfully, and calmly.
Venus (beauty and harmony) moves into Aquarius (innovation) on January 2nd – where we can focus on updating our environment and how we experience sensuality in our lives. Jupiter (growth) is in Aries until May 24, 2023 – great for manifestation, expansion, and action. And lastly, Saturn (structures) remains in Aquarius until the beginning of March 2023 – so innovating and modernizing your everyday life is its intention.
*****I have changed using the RWS version of the tarot names and now call the suits: pentacles/coins is now Earth, cups is now Water, swords is now Air and wands is now Fire. Because I want to work more closely to the elements that these suits represent.
PS. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Capricorn this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Cancer it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in now is the time. And if you need a quick stocking stuffer. I can supply gift certificates for all my readings.
May light be on you, around you, and within you. Happy Solstice no tarotcast next week so I’ll “see” you all in 2023.
Nina
Aries
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
*Hierophant – You all start this year with the Muse of Structures. The place to look is not on the physical plane but on a spiritual and heart center one. This Muse asks you to focus on looking at your support/foundations with your spiritual self and with your close friend group. She wants you to strengthen the weave in your daily life with the people that are important to you and a spiritual practice. Their access may require what seems like a sacrifice of your resources, but it is actual sustenance.
Taurus
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
*Lovers – Connection is the theme for you to start with this year. The Muse of Intimacy invites you into the year with a visualization of what this could mean. The Muse asks you to open your inner eye to a landscape blooming with flowers, a pair of birds singing harmonies of contentment. A journal lying open on a chair welcoming you to be curious and trusting. A cottage in the background where you see a simple but hearty meal waiting for you. This is the magic, learning and exchange of deep connection: growth, harmony, openness, acceptance, and nourishment. Welcome it into 2023.
Gemini
Four Directions, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Four of Air– You need to slowly roll into 2023, for the Muse of Restoration is calling you to stay in the stillness. The quiet of ritual seclusion brings inner silence and the profound rest you still require. Revitalization and healing are possible this year when sufficient time is dedicated to quietude. However, it is up to you to place and ensure quiet time into your schedule.
Cancerian
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
*Death – The Muse of Organic Change walks with you into 2023. Spend time this week evaluating what you are bringing into the new year. This Muse asks you to spend time releasing more of what you no longer need so the “new” has a place to grow. The challenge with this time of pre-creation is it is still nebulous. Work on staying with the planets’ retrograde period of review, revise and release (until January 18th), and keep the need to know at bay. Organic change is inevitable, terrifying, but also beautiful when allowed to naturally blossom.
Leo
Coyote Made Me Do It, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Ten of Earth – You are walking into 2023 still having to do some clean up from 2022. The Muse of Fortitude helps us with the banality of day-to-day existence or the struggle of the last mile. She reminds you that this last bit of cleaning up is a pause to adjust and reinvent what will soon be the past. That you still can make magic happen with this ending. This seems to coincide with taking advantage of the planets in retrograde. So, the real beginning of the year starts mid-January for you.
Virgo
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Six of Water – Do not rush into 2023 just yet. The Muse of Remembrance is advising you to do some journaling to close out 2022. Pick six memories of the past year where you have successfully dealt with a challenge and/or experiences that has shaped the person you are now. By doing this exercise you will raise your vibration level to match the positives vibes awaiting you in 2023.
Libra
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Wisdom Knowledge
Nine of Earth – The Muse of Independence walks with you into 2023 to boast your confidence. Last year was challenging in many aspects. And you have come through it, maybe a little battle sore but with more resources and resilience than you realized you had. So now walking into 2023 you are wiser and better resourced, making the journey going forward easier and giving you the confidence to see and utilize your hard-won sovereignty.
Scorpio
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Ace of Air – This is the card of new beginnings on the thought plane. The Muses would like you to make an outline of your goals and aspirations for 2023. The challenge is twofold. First being penetratingly truthful with what you want. Don’t be unassuming or question the substance of the goal. Secondly, leave enough room for something magical to happen too. So, make a few goals that are more about feeling of something you need than reality of a thing.
Sagittarius
A Nickel For Your Thoughts, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Queen of Air – The Muse of Details walks you into 2023. Perceptiveness is the skill she wants you to use this week. For example, while entering a room, see how people are gathered, who is pay attention, on their phone, laughing, talking quietly, or sitting alone. By distinguishing the details of situations before engaging, you can align yourself to where you want to be or the next action. Instead of your typical go with the flow attitude, this week is more about preemptive cleverness in deciphering decisions and actions.
Capricorn
In the Footsteps of My Ancestors, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Ace of Earth – Apropos that you would get a new beginning card for your birth month and for the year. The Muses would like to bestow some fertilizer on your year. These energy gifts are the stability of a the Pando root system, strength of Australian Buloke wood, wisdom found in the earth crust, fertility of an Ocean Sunfish, and the potential for abundance if you put in the ground work.
Aquarius
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Ten of Fire – You are walking into 2023 still having to do some clean up from 2022. Luckily this slow walk into 2023 is supported by the planet’s retrograde period that ends on January 19th. The Muse of Responsibility advises that you spend time finishing tasks leftover from 2022. First evaluate if the things on your list are still relevant to the coming year. Then prioritize, what on your list only you can do. Lastly spend the next two and half weeks getting as much of the rest checked off as you can. Clearing your to-do list is essential before you begin your new birth year.
Pisces
Coyote Made Me Do It, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Eight of Water – The Muse of Simplification is suggesting the best use of this retrograde period is to reassess if you need to exit a situation and move on to something new. She would like you to lighten your load so you can set a new course into 2023. May times this un-baggaging has to do with emotions that no longer work for you. Or aspects that you are holding on to for comfort or sentimental reasons instead of living in the present. Time to release.
It’s that time again. Every Winter Solstice to New Years, I reflect on what has been and plan for what is to be. Also, I’m data geek. I keep excel sheets collecting data points from the tarotcast’s cards that each sign gets throughout the year. So, this tarotcast is dedicated to our rearview mirror of 2022.
I look at the data in two ways, how many times each card was pulled (for anomalies) and what the actual cards were for each sign (trends). For fun I want to see if the data shows some statistical difference and or trends, and so far, it has. This means that certain cards get pulled outside the average (which this year the average is 8 times). Now, to be truly scientific I would have to do this for many years. I am only on year seven, but let’s see how this works with the data I have so far. (You can see a year in review for 2016 , 2017 , 20182019, 2020, 2021). Also, some of you had asked why I include the tarot card’s name. I do this for my readers that want to learn more about tarot, so for you all that just want the trends, skip over the card names.
Gazing in the Rear-view Mirror
First, I look at overall anomalies or card pulls outside the norm: This is a look through a societal lens. This year the most pulled cards were the Fool and Moon in the Higher Arcane and Four of Swords and the Pages as a group in the Lower Arcane.
The Fool herald of new beginnings, leaps of faith and clean slates. Examples of this are the generational change in leadership with the Democratic party in the house. Or more generally we all were coming out of pandemic with new ideas about how we wanted to come back into society. Many of us have jumped into new lives or come back into society. This could be done foolishly or with wisdom this was part of the challenge with this energy. Either we learned from mistakes and successes of the past and brought them forward into our new life or we unconsciously and foolishly stepped into something that does not align with our aligned path – jumping in with ego or because of fear. An example of that more foolish behavior is Elon Musk buying Twitter and the way he is cleaning house. A more positive aspect is the Great Resignation in the US, where employees were leaving their jobs to find or demand better opportunities.
The Moon was another card we saw a lot. The most recent example is NASA launching its first rocket back to the moon. But the Moon is also about emotions and brings out hidden or repressed aspects of our subconscious. These reflections of our subconscious can be the thing of dreams or nightmares. This year has had a sense of feeling raw, exposed. The moon has revealed our various prejudices and fears reflected in our society, especially around femininity. Sadly, we see this with more hate crimes and laws against trans-people and women around the world. Like the overturning of Roe, the laws in Texas outlawing gender affirming medical treatment, the protest in Iran around women having choice to wear a hijab, to name a few. The lesson with this Muse is society needs to have our collective subconscious revealed, like a wave pulling back exposing the shore. So, we can work to see what lies underneath the waves of emotion and heal it if necessary. The beauty is in the knowing that the tide will shift once again; the life-giving waters of our emotions will return and hopefully to healthier cleaner shores.
The Four of Swords advises us that rest and restoration is needed. Often this is around technology, and we have seen this with examples like the lower subscriptions in Netflix, people want to pull back from working over 40 hours, wanting a reasonable pay rate. But it also says how we easily tire and feel exhausted more this year even though some of the stressors of the past two years have toned down.
Pages are the cards of learning. And all the signs participated in this learning, creativity, and innovating process. However, again like the Fool above, pages can bring with them a sense of naiveté and at times foolishness. If you worked with these Muses well, you had lessons around being humble and learning from others. If not, there were lessons in our mistakes.
The lowest card pulls for the year are places where we did not have enough support from the Universe. The lowest card was the 9 of Cups- only pulled once this year. This card’s energy is around the lessons of feeling satisfied or content – the universe didn’t give us any help in this area. So even though we want the rest of the Four of Swords above we needed to fight for it. Then we had some ties for the next tier, cards pulled twice, the Wheel, Judgement, 10 of Cups and the King of Swords. So not really supported were the Wheel, so we saw sort of the same old same old. Judgement the card of evolution again no big jumps in creating a new world. Ten of Cups which is that big joy and happiness card was hard to find. And lastly the King of Swords so it has been hard to make or even clearly see long-term plans.
That is the big societal trends. And below in the cast are the trends within each sign in comparison to the norm. Art is some of my favorites for the year.
Solar System highlights until the end of the Year
This week the moon starts in Scorpio- prioritize your passion and heart. On Wednesday it moves into Sagittarius, reveling in freedom and adventure. Friday we have a new Moon in Capricorn, make wishes for what you would like to materialize in 2023. On Sunday the 25th the moon moves into Aquarius, great for community spirit. On Tuesday it moves into Pisces – spend time relaxing and daydreaming. And on Thursday into the new year the moon is in Aries great for beginnings.
Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Capricorn (work and discipline) for the rest of the year so we can get a lot done through conversations if you can compromise. Venus (beauty and harmony) is also Capricorn – where spending our resources wisely is highlighted.
Mars (action) is in Gemini (communication and knowledge), until March 25th, 2023. This is a 7-month stopover instead of it’s usually 1-2. Mars is pushing us to truthfully talk and follow up with actions. The challenge with this time is your politeness filter has been switched off. So, it is having us double down on how to be constructive with our voice – to promote action not reaction. Jupiter (growth) is in Aries until May 24, 2023 – great for manifesting, expansion, and action. And lastly, Saturn (structures) remains in Aquarius until the beginning of March 2023 – so innovating and modernizing your everyday life is its intention.
PS. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Capricornthis is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Readingfor your coming year. And Cancer it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in now is the time. And if you need a quick stocking stuffer. I can supply gift certificates for all my readings.
May light be on you, around you, and within you. Happy Solstice no tarotcast next week so I’ll “see” you all in 2023.
Nina
Aries
Lucia Heffernan
This year compared to other signs was a very energetically charged for you all. You were one of the two signs that had the most karmic cards, and you had the most at 20 karma cards pulled. Each month you had at least 2 highly charged weeks where you dealt with karma and learned big lessons. Except for the months of April and August where you had none and could take a breather. Also, during this year, you had three major energies on rinse and repeat. The Devil, where learnt lessons were re-tested and you needed to stand up for your moral ground. The Chariot, if change was going to happen this year, it was up to you alone. You and Taurus had the most knights(momentum) cards than other signs. So, the Universe supplied gas for your tank but no help in direction. And this is where the third theme came in if you didn’t have a direction then the Universe put up blockades until you did. So, take these next two weeks to relax, you deserve it.
Taurus
My Miss America Ernie Barnes
Unlike last year where you had the highest karmic cards in comparison to other signs, this year you had the average amount. However, unlike the other signs you did not partake at all in getting rest/restoration into your regime, for you never got the 4 of swords (rest and restoration). And you and Aries had the most knights (movement) cards pulled compared to other signs. Then to add to it, throughout the year you were pushing for new beginnings, being one of the two signs with the most Aces (new beginnings) pulled. From the start of 2022 to the beginning of April you were busy deconstructing and finishing up projects. The rest of the year was a study in manifesting, healing, emotions, balance, and ending the year with multiple occasions fighting for justice and balnce. Even though feminine energy was not supported by the universe you took up the sword and fought for it in various ways: learning from women, lots of conversations, as well of action steps. Try to spend this last part of the year reflecting on what you have learned from all those that identify with feminine energy, how you can spread what you have learned into 2023, and above all else, REST.
Gemini
Boyton Close 2020 Gilbert & George
Where in 2021 you had the lowest big energy to deal with but the highest in new beginnings compared to other signs, this year you fell into the average ranges for both. And like most of us, this was a year you took a deep dive into emotions and played with taking a leap of faith by the end of the year. But first you began 2022 focusing on increasing your strength (inner and outer) and aligning with your purpose. By the end of spring and throughout the summer themes of closure, healing, letting go, collaboration, communication, and finding balance were the aspects you were investigating. However, at the end of the year you took on the big themes of deconstruction, fairness, and clean slates. Overall, you had the most 5s compared to other signs. Fives represent chaos, so even though you had the average pull for karmic endeavors, 2022 still had elements of hecticness. So, for the next two weeks continue that investigation of what isn’t working and creating a balance so you can start 2023 with that new but calmer journey you have been asking for.
Cancerian
Shirin Neshat
You had the average amount of karmic energy cards this year compared to other signs. Though you had more 8s than other signs throughout the year. Eights mean refine and release, so you were working with those energies too all year. Until May, you were dealing with the concept of mixology or blending. How to find the perfect mix of the four planes of existence: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Then in May, June, and July like Taurus you took a deep dive into the feminine structures and inner strength; however, unlike everyone else who did it through their emotions you did it through the Empress. So, the acts against LGBTQ+, and female rights that were a deep dive psychologically for most were a place to create community, growth, and action for you. However, by August and into November you were wobbling between distraction vs divine attunement, anarchy vs order, and structures vs deconstruction. Finally, you end the year with a bright note and realigning with your purpose. Take these last two weeks of the year creating reminders of what truly brings you joy and purpose, so you can use them as your north stars for 2023.
Leo
The Eclipse Alma Thomas
You all had the second highest amount of karmic energy cards this year compared to other signs. And you came in with the second most 7s than other signs. Sevens are the cards that focus on expansion and contraction. So, you often felt dueling aspects of introvertism and extrovertism throughout 2022. Though January started off slow, by February you started dealing with the duality of death/manifestation and structure/deconstruction. These are themes you revisited two more times during this year. And like most of the signs you also had to deep dive into your emotions and clean slates. You are now ready to move on from your inner work towards being back into society. Take the next couple of weeks to continue that theme of letting others back into your life, so that 2023’s topics become more about being social and creative collaboration than being pushed and pulled between introvert and extrovert.
Virgo
Djakou Kassi Nathalie
You had the average amount of karmic energy cards this year compared to other signs. Though you did have more 4s pulled. Fours are the lessons around stability. So, you were working with that energy all year. And like most of us, you also took deep dives into emotions and started looking for new experiences. However, you interspersed those with the themes of creation, growth, goal setting, collaboration, and exploring opportunities. And you did it in your thorough Virgonian way by taking on only one big energy each month. Which is interesting how the year is ending for you with two big concepts around evolution, and self-propulsion. It is like you are on the cusp of evolving into the next better version of you. So, take the next two weeks storing up momentum and designing plans for version youdot2023.
Libra
Shantell Martin
You all were dealt the average amount of karmic energy this year compared to the other signs. Like most of us, this was a year of deep diving into emotions and starting something new. However, you all decided to take on the most diverse number of karmic themes, and unlike the other signs except for Taurus you did not partake in getting rest/restoration into your regime. Instead, you explored ideas around evolution, balance, perspective, inertia, collaboration, inner strength, opportunities, manifestation, deconstruction, building and growth. Whew! So, it may be best if you spend the next two weeks reflecting on what you want to bring into 2023 and recharging your batteries. You have been very busy, and it is time for you to let go of control and take a break.
Scorpio
Anna Fusco Good requires very little
This year you all were dealt the average amount of karmic energy compared to the other signs. And like most of us, this was a year of deep diving into your emotions and starting something new. Though you started and finished the year respectively with those themes. You also revisited the concept of self-propulsion versus inertia throughout the year. Having to provide most of the energy and direction or being stop completely in your tracks. That means you spent most of the year driving the bus or being stuck in proverbial traffic. Not to mention you tied with Gemini for the most 5s pulled for the signs. Fives help us find ways to deal with and around chaos. And then between all of that you also worked with the karmic energies of inner strength, structure, building, manifestation, and collaboration. Only slowly down somewhat in the past few weeks. So, I suggest continuing this focus on slowing down and simplifying. Take the next two weeks to rest and enjoy the ending of 2022 and work on what you need to bring more calm and joy into 2023.
Sagittarius
Berenice Abbott
You all were dealt the average amount of karmic energy compared to the other signs this year. And like most of us, 2022 was a deep dive into your emotions and starting something new. However, you spread your lessons out, one at the beginning, the middle and again at the end of 2022. Also, you delved into ideas around purpose and growth twice this year. Where you stood out from the other signs is you had the most Pages and 2s. Pages are the muses of learning, and you learn from all four realms: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual, especially from the summer on. And 2-cards are lessons on balancing in all the 4 realms also. So going into next year you are more stable and sure-footed. Take these next two weeks to consider what you have learned this year, especially around balance and equity and take that information into 2023.
Capricorn
Debora Lombardi
Happy Birthday Month! You all had an average year in karmic energies compared with the other signs in 2022. And like most of us, this was a year of deep diving into emotions and starting new projects or journey with a leap of faith. Though you started and finished the year respectively with those themes. However, unlike last year which had a high learning curve, this year was just about gathering information to deepen your knowledge base. Your other karmic themes were moderation, manifestation, self-propulsion, building, deconstruction, and organic change. However, the trend that stood out for your sign was you all pulled the most 6s. Sixes represent exchange. So, there was a lot of back and forth this year of ideas, emotion, and physical resources. You ended the year with World card meaning doors are opening in 2023. Spend the next two weeks making sure your resources are in the green, so you can step fully equipped into whatever is opening up for you in 2023.
Aquarius
Beyte Saar Legends in Blue
You all had an average year in karmic energies compared with the other signs in 2022. And like most of us, this was a year of deep diving into your emotions and starting something new, but you all waited until mid-2022 to start in on these themes. It is not that you weren’t busy because you were. You took on a new karmic theme each month. Themes like structure, luck, collaboration, purpose, fairness, inertia, opportunities, and manifestation. And this year you all have specifically been dealing with the squaring of Saturn and Uranus a bit more than the rest of us. Which showed up by being one of two of the signs having a lot of 5s pulled. Five means chaos or disarray, and the lessons are around learning how to deal with or avoid them So, you haven’t been able to be as free flowing as you innately are. However, Saturn will be leaving your sign and this configuration fully by March of 2023. Freedom is on the horizon for all you water bearers. So, take these two weeks to ponder what you would like to do when the chains of Saturn release you.
Pisces
Mu Pan
You all were dealt the average amount of karmic energies compared with the other signs in 2022. However, you are the only sign that didn’t deal with the big themes of diving into your emotions or taking a leap of faith or new adventure. The themes you explored are inner strength, manifestation, collaboration, building onto what you have, focus, moderation, hermiting, inertia, purpose, and healing. You also had the most 7s than other signs. Sevens are the cards that focus on expansion and contraction. And you took that hermiting/contraction a bit to the extreme by being the sign with the lowest number of court cards. Court cards represent people, and you had your doors locked to newcomers. But you have ended the year pondering what is next and how to get back into the swing of things. In the final two weeks of 2022, it is vital that you continue working with this theme. Because you will need a road map and destination plotted out for the coming year, and more importantly travel companions.
To finish out this year of artists, I highlight another “unknown” woman that came out of the Bauhaus movement, Germaine Krull. Krull was a pioneer in the fields of avant-garde photomontage, photographic books, and photojournalism. She is best known for documenting the industrial revolution of the 1920s and 30’s and bringing her aesthetic approach to it. She created 64 photos and called the series Metal. Instead of documenting industrialization by focusing on the entire structure, skylines, or machinery, she captured pivotal perspectives and detailed views that has us focusing on the aesthetic of these modernizations. Her images concentrate on the curve of a road or the curve of a building. Disconnecting our perspective from the entire object by connecting us to its design, marvel, and beauty.
Her photojournalism of prostitution and homelessness also was a marriage of documentation, social commentary, and art. She has the viewer looking down at the unhoused or straight at the illicit underground. Even her portraits are focused on parts of the person and shot at angles that increase the intimacy of her images. We can see through her photographs that Krull wants us to expand our perspective. To search for new viewpoints, glimpse intimately at our world and find the flow and beauty of its varying configurations.
Your pondering for the week: Take time to look at your world through an engaged lens. See the exquisiteness in the detail of it.
Solar Systems Highlights
This week the moon starts in Leo, your time to shine. On Wednesday it moves into Virgo, prioritize and organize through the end of the work week. And for the weekend the moon is in Libra, great for holiday gatherings and focusing on relationships. Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Capricorn (work and discipline) for the rest of the year so we can get a lot done through conversations if you can compromise. Venus (beauty and harmony) is also Capricorn – where spending our resources wisely is highlighted.
Mars (action) is in Gemini (communication and knowledge), until March 25th, 2023. This is a 7-month stopover instead of it’s usually 1-2. Mars is pushing us to truthfully talk and follow up with actions. The challenge with this time is your politeness filter has been switched off. So, it is having us double down on how to be constructive with our voice – to promote action not reaction. Jupiter (growth) is in Pisces wanting us to dream big and explore what makes us zing for one more week. And lastly, Saturn (structures) remains in Aquarius until the beginning of March 2023 – so innovating and modernizing your everyday life is its intention.
P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Sagittarius this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Gemini 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
Germaine Krull
Four of Wands – The Muse of Happy Home advises getting your home cozy, ready for the holidays and the end of the year. She asks when you walk into your house do you feel a sense of relief. If not, what do you need to add tweak, or eliminate to create more comfort into your home? It could be on the physical plane like more holiday lights, or it could be on the creative or vibe plane changing the color or using design accents to create a more soothing palate.
Taurus
Germaine Krull
Six of Wands – The Muse of Jubilation is here to remind you that you have a lot to be proud and grateful for. She advises you to acknowledge and celebrate your victories this week. And she warns to be careful of not moving on to the next thing or worrying about the future -stay in the now. This week is very much about enjoying what you have reaped this year.
Gemini
Germaine Krull
*Fool – This week marks you are halfway through your birth year and the Muse of Beginnings is wanting you to clean the slate and start afresh. She asks how you can be more spontaneous and open to new possibilities in the next 6 months? She would like you to follow your spirit more than your intellect and this is the week is the beginning of this practice. It can be as simple as taking a new way home or as complex as finding a way to travel to distant shores.
Cancerian
Germaine Krull
Nine of Wands – The Muse of Preparedness would like you to spend this week checking to see if your resources are topped off and if not time to restock. This can be your pantry or your spirit that needs replenishing. Look around and see what projects you might have dangling that are sapping your energy. This is the week to get something off your plate and/or restocking for future energy uses.
Leo
Germaine Krull
Eight of Coins – The Muse of Productivity comes with shots of expresso to help you get things done. She advises to do one action step at a time. This is not time to focus on the big picture but just on the task in front of you. If your neurodivergent tendency takes you off track, this muse advises to make a list and do the easiest or most important part first. Once you get momentum going you will be hard to stop. And remember if you’re tired, take a controlled timed break.
Virgo
*Chariot – Last week the Muses asked if you could transform or liberate one thing in your life, what would it be? I hope you pondered this question for the Muse of Momentum is here to get things moving on it. This Muse gives you energy, but you need to supply the direction. So, if you did not do last week’s pondering, start there before moving forward. Being directionless this week will leave you doing figure eights in the parking lot. They are fun but fruitless. So find your “north star” and head out.
Libra
Germaine Krull
Eight of Swords – This week your thoughts can bind you into feelings of apathy. The Muse of Bondage reminds you that some of these thought constructs are not even your own or ones that no longer work for you. Now is the time to let go of non-relevant survival skills and thoughts. By letting go of the chains of the past you can walk unburdened and energized into the future.
Scorpio
Germaine Krull
Queen of Cups – The Muse of Sparkle is here to put some vim in your vigor. She advises you to add a bit of spice into your outer appearance and actions to show your inner love of life. This could be adding a sensual component to your wardrobe, wearing a new scent, adding glitter to all your holiday cards, or just wishing everyone you meet a great day. You are magical this week and this Muse would like you to share your delight and possibly a little playful mischievousness with others.
Sagittarius
Germaine Krull
Knight of Wands – Your third energy for this birth-year is the Muse of Adventure. This year the Muses guide you to be in the right place at the right time. Your timing is perfect if you follow your instinct and open the doors to adventure. Even if you are stalled, there is a reason for the layover. This is not a year to push things through. Just find your intuitive seat and ride the wave.
Capricorn
Germaine Krull
*World – The Muse of Endings and Beginnings advises using this month to finish some projects, so new projects have a place to land. This can be as simple as cleaning off your desk or inbox. Or as complicated as clearing your calendar for two weeks around your birthday so you can think. The more space you make available, the bigger the blank canvas is to create on. She also reminds you to leave a portion of this blank space for the seeding of future opportunities.
Aquarius
Germaine Krull
*High Priestess – The Muse of Intuition comes to hone your skill in acknowledging and following your instinct more than rationalization. As an air sign you often get lost in thoughts. This week is no exception, but this Muse would like you to rely on your hunches more than logic. Your gut is way more helpful than your brain in navigating the now.
Pisces
Germaine Krull
Ace of Coins – This week’s energy encourages new beginnings on the material plane. It is a great week to invest, start new projects, and figure out your financials before the new year. The Muses advise to write out a list of all that you would like to materialize on the physical plane- think job, money, physical environment, and resources in the coming year. And watch for opportunities because it may be possible to start planting the seeds for one of the things on your list this week.
intentions are the children of desire and the grandparents of destiny
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Ace of Earth – This is a great week to start a project, plant something, look for a new way to make money, or learn a new skill. The Muse of Material Beginnings is here to help organize and fertilize this new project or skillset.
Queen of Fire – The Muse of Practicality advises that it is time to stop theorizing and go do it. You may have been sitting on an idea or project and this energy is heralding that the time is ripe for action. Go make things happen.
*Chariot – Last week the Muses asked if you could transform or liberate one thing in your life, what would it be? I hope you pondered this question for the Muse of Momentum is here to get things moving on it. This Muse gives you energy, but you need to supply the direction. So, if you did not do last week’s pondering, start there before moving forward. Being directionless this week will leave you doing figure eights in the parking lot. They are fun but fruitless. So find your “north star” and head out.
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