Happy 2022!
This week’s artist is Lucia Heffernan @luciaheffernan. Heffernan paints animals in human situations. This anthropomorphic view is often used in comics, cartoons, and children’s books. We are all familiar with Cassius M Coolidge’s Dog’s Playing Poker paintings to advertise cigars in the early 1900’s or Bugs Bunny. Often animals are used to characterize and/or make fun of human behaviors.
The difference with Heffernan’s work is the animal is represented first and then the human characteristics are layered on top. As she says, “This collision between animal and human sensibilities creates a whimsical, theatrical, and often humorous world that viewers can relate to on an emotional level.” Heffernan allows us to see that we are animals too and that we can discover our own humor and innocence in the reflection of our fellow earthly companions.
I picked her Yoga Chick series because it resonates with how we all like to make goals for the coming year. A friend of mine (thanks Lou and @cynyassy) sent me this cartoon that asked when goal setting- are you committing to the outcome or the process? By committing to the just the goal you may not get there and if you do what next? But if you commit to the process then you are learning along the way. So, no setbacks, no failure just expansion. Just like in yoga (or any spiritual practice), you don’t go in thinking I will downward dog four times. The goal with the practice is the practice. So, your pondering for the week – what process are you willing to commit to?
Solar System highlights: The Moon starts this week in Capricorn – great time to start a practice, business, or project. Then moves into Aquarius on the 3rd – innovation is key. Then onto Pisces for the 5th – a great time for dreaming. And moon ends in Aries – spend the weekend in motion. Mercury is in Aquarius – find new ways to communicate. Venus is in Capricorn – where beauty and harmony are achieved through practicality. Mars is in Sagittarius a lovely time to expand and explore not only your environment but your mind. Jupiter is in Pisces; this aspect is dreamy and holds opportunity and luck. And Saturn is still in Aquarius – so innovating and upping your game is its focus.
P.S. 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.
May light be on you, around you, and within you,
Nina
Aries
King of Cups – Your typical MO is action. “Let’s get things done”, but this week you will need to get in touch with your emotions. Instead of making a to-do list. Make a to-feel list. What do you want to feel in the coming year?
Taurus
*Tower – You need to start this year by doing a “building inspection” of your life. Something is making you off kilter, or there are cracks that need tending to before you start the year. Your foundations need stabilizing. So, start this year by doing some deconstruction before you start constructing.
Gemini
Four of Cups – Introspection is the name of the game this week. Yep, some deep belly-button gazing is required before you start this year. By doing this you will find 3 wonderful gems of insight. However, keep one ear/eye open for messages from outside sources that will help you with your last bit of info.
Cancerian
*Temperance – You will need to start your year in the slow lane. This week is about honing your skills in balance, patience, and moderation. By not rushing into the year, you can stabilize your energy, so you can better unite with the flow instead of swimming against it.
Leo
Ten of Coins – The start of this year is around wealth. The challenge is that your wealth does not come from one source. Yes, the material plane cannot be denied, but you need to reassess your place on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. By changing your perspective from lack to a desire for growth, you see that some of your needs are met and which ones need to be boosted.
Virgo
Four of Swords – The beginning of this year is centered around rest. Rest in its verb form is defined as cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, or recover strength. Your challenge is to still yourself – mind, body and spirit, so you can recharge your batteries. Do things like unplug, sweat lodges, deep water massage, stare out your window for hours…
Libra
Two of Cups – Love is the energy that starts off your new year. Love is defined as feeling deep affection for _____. Spend this week filling in the blank as many times as you can.
Scorpio
Ace of Swords – Insight and clarity are the themes to the start of this year. Take this week to modernize an old inspiration, motto, truth into this new decade. You are rewiring your brain to update your prime directive, a past paradigm or thinking process.
Sagittarius
*High Priestess – Sacred knowledge is being delivered to you this week. Use your intuition or spiritual practice to tap into the flow of information masked in synchronicities, riddles, and Fae energy. Dance in the moonlight, follow willow wisps, do radio divination – find ways to tap into the source.
Capricorn
Knight of Cups – This year starts with the energy of the romance. For those that know you well, under your can-do practical personality lies a gushy romantic. It is time for you to turn on your charm and caring for ones closest to you. Connection and intimacy are key for the start of 2022.
Aquarius
Nine of Swords – As you start 2022 you need to deal with your pessimism. Yes, 2021 was harsh and frustrating for you, but it is also the beginning of a 20-year cycle where you are in your groove and the rest of us catches up with how you think, and problem solve. Let go of your worry and upgrade your natural gifts of flexibility and adaptability.
Pisces
*Strength – Last year you faced and subdued many of your demons. So, this year starts with acknowledging them and checking on their leashes. You start this year much stronger than at the beginning of 2021, so 2022 will be easier. But the challenge is believing that you have done the hard stuff, that you are smarter and stronger. That you have and will endure.
Seven of Cups – The Muse of Dreaming and Wishes suggests your mantra to be I seize the opportunity to dream. This week push the realms of practicality and dream outside your comfort zone.
Ace of Coins – You are surrounded by the energy of prosperity. This is a great week to start a new project, launch or relaunch a product/service, invest and plant seeds. What you plant/focus on now will grow. Your mantra this week is I create abundance with the resources I already have at my fingertips.
*Hermit – The Muse of Hermitage is directing you to pull away from society. Gaining perspective is needed this week. By retreating from civilization, you calm your mind and see your next steps to journey back into humanity with more mindfulness. The challenge is informing people of your boundaries while keeping your ringer on for emergencies. Your mantra this week: When I step back, I regroup and renew. 
*Devil – The Muse of Being Bound arrives continuing to help in the process of letting go of the material. The challenge is this week is also full of distractions and temptations to not deal with your emotional or obligational bindings. The key is to start small and work your way up or deeper depending on the case. Remember, the material plane is here to help you grow, not hold you to a past you no longer vibrate with. Your mantra: I let go of the old to welcome the new.
*Empress – If you didn’t do your vison board/lists for where you want to be in 2026 you have another week to start it. Remember you are supposed to tweak it for the rest of 2021. If you did, then you can jump right in and start creating. The Muse of Creation is here with ideas and supplies. However, she has a challenge about being honest with yourself about the choices in how you will tend to your future. Either you can commit to tending to your creativity for the next 10 months, or you can fling your seeds into the wind to see what grows 10 months from now. You have a choice whether to specifically grow what you want or forage what you need in the wild. So, pick your mantra: My life is rich and ripe with possibilities that I can manifest and create. Or My world has infinite possibilities that will manifest for the higher good. 
Three of Coins – Your first muse for the coming year is the Muse of Teamwork. The energy has come to advise you to ask for help and bounce your ideas off others. Whatever you are working on it is more fortuitous or more likely of having success with more sets of eyes, minds, and hands then just yours. Your mantra: Collaboration is key to learning and growing.
Queen of Cups – Last week the Muse of Relationships reminded you to treat people how you would like to be treated. The challenge was it is not always reciprocated. But she had you ponder does it matter to who you want to be in the world? Now the Muse of Fun is at your door with games and outings into nature. This is another week where relationships are important but where last week it could be draining this week it fills your cup. Your mantra: My relationship with others reflects that I am worthy of love and respect.
Eight of Cups – The Muse of Simplicity has come to help you clean out your physical and emotional closets. This energy wants you to discern your needs from your wants, and then make sure what surrounds you and resonates within you fulfill those needs. This focus guides you this week in all your decisions. Your mantra: I will no longer hold onto what isn’t right for me.
Hanged Man – The Muse of Inertia comes when you need to alter your perception of something in your life. This energy stops you from moving forward until you find a solution to a lingering problem. And her advise is to look at it from other angles. Like a painter does when they are stuck, they turn the canvas upside down to see what is needed to balance the composition. Your mantra: I let go of my attachment to how I think things should be so I can open my mind to what it can be.
Nine of Coins – The Muse of Success has come to help you build upon what you have successfully obtain thus far. This is not a time to add more to your plate, but to work on what you need to make the coming months move with more ease. Your mantra: I am solidifying my security in the world.
*High Priestess – The Muse of Intuition and Higher Purpose has come to fine tune your instincts. This Muse likes to play with metaphors, signs, and synchronicities. This energy reminds you that there is a plan though you may not see the whole picture, but by following your intuition you will end up in the right place at the right time. Your mantra: When I tune into and trust the vibes, I will obtain higher wisdom. 
Page of Cups – The Muse of Optimism has come to help you see that the world can have beautiful and joyous moments. She does this by reminding you to take the perspective of a child where everything is a wonder and new. By perceiving the cup half full, this week becomes easier and a bit more fun. Your mantra: I open my heart allowing wonder and virtue to lead me on my path. 
Ace of Cups – The Muse of Abundance is here to make your cup runneth over. Yep your are surrounded by bounty of love, friendship, and stuff that brings you joy. Get off your work horse and enjoy.
Four of Coins – The Muse of Frugalness has come to tighten your flow of resources. However, she also reminds you not to be pennywise and pound foolish. She asks you to perceive how you spend your resources. Are you too frugal that you miss profitable choices? Or are you picking quantity over quality because you are too energy spent? Spend wisely in all you do this week.
Six of Coins – Last week the Muse of Clean Slates came to remind you that this moment is a place of beginning. A time where you can start on a new path. You are divinely guided but need faith so you can step into this new unknown. For there are gifts at every step. Well, this is another week of wandering in the new; however, you need to be a bit careful on how you step. If you are aligned with positive vibes then more gifts will be bestowed upon you; however, if you are carelessly, then retribution comes quickly. So Be Nice.
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