This week’s artist is Yoshihara Jiro.  Was one of the founders of the Gutai Art Association, a post WW2 avantgarde art movement in Osaka, Japan.  Yoshihara wrote their manifesto basically stating Do what has not been done before. He took inspiration from the calligraphy movement Bokujinkai and Zen philosophy.  Starting his career in western art forms, abstraction, and surrealism.  The last 10 years of his life he explored the paradoxically simplicity of the circle and the complexity of inscribing,  resulting in the Circles series, highlighted here.

Yoshihara’s Circle Series represents the eclipse season so well.  We hardly notice the complexity of our system until something strange happens.  What seems simple the concept of night and day during an eclipse for moments changes the “natural” dynamic.  Our study of Astrology and Astronomy makes the demure concept of gravity become an awe-inspiring study of the clockwork of the Universe.    It stops us and makes us aware of the hidden systems we take for grant.  Eclipses shake our souls.  We start to see something deemed as simple, every day as complex and holds deeper meaning than we imagined.

Planets:  On May 26^th we have an eclipsed full moon in Sagittarius.  Eclipses have a way of turning up the volume to eleven or raising some chaotic ruckus.  This is not a time for impulsively, but it will bring insight into what you have been needing more of.  Then Mercury in Gemini goes retrograde from May 28^th to June 23rd.  So, remember to back up your electronics, make time and space for snafus and do the 3 R’s: Review, Reflect and Revise.  Venus also is in Gemini will help us navigate this time by promoting good vibes.  And then Jupiter (expansion) is in Pisces until July 28^th giving you a heads up what your 2022 will be like and what area your growth will take place.

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Taurus this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Scorpio 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

Knight of Coins – Last week the Muse of Self Momentum came to light a fire under your chassis.  You hopefully realized you need to take totally control to get a project off the ground.  Luckily, you have this Muses little sister, the Muse of Sustainability to help in the momentum.  This energy gives you insight on how to sustain the power needed to keep your work on focus.  The challenge is you need to find the pace that works best for you.  Whether that is sprinting or marathons both forms of movement need appropriate recoup times, so also plan them into your work schedule.

Taurus

*Empress – I hope you set intentions last week, because the Muse of Creation is here to fertilize the growth process.  If you by chance do not have anything to sow, you still have time to come up with something before May 27^th.   (See planets for the week in intro).  Then after May 26^th you can start growing a project or two.  The challenge is usually these projects take time so are you committed to nurturing something for 9 to 10 months?  If not, it is okay to put a bigger project on the backburner until you are ready, but then use this energy to mature something that is already in the works.

Gemini

Ten of Wands – First Happy birth month.  The first energy to work with in your coming year is the Muse of Burdens.  This year it is time to decipher which burdens are yours.  This Muse suggest you do this exercise each time you get overwhelmed or tired.  First prioritize your to-do list for the week, then take the last three items off your list and put them off to the side for next week.  Now do the items one by one down the list.  If you get blocked, then move the item to the bottom of your list and continue.  If you happen to finish the list, then you are done for the week.  Lastly, do this process the next week, re-adding the 3 things you put off and start over from the first step above.  The moral to this exercise is that the items you pull off your list you may find either someone else did them or they no longer need to be done, and you revise what you can actually accomplish in a week’s time.

Cancer

*Hangman – Ok the Muse of Pondering is here giving you another week to answer last week’s question, what will the new you be and what will you do in this new form?  Evolution is needed and intention is required for this creation.  Take time this week and think, or this Muse will find ways to make you stop so you can ponder.

Leo

Two of Coins – The Muse of Equilibrium has come to hone your skills of multitasking.  First step, stop multi-tasking.  This muse advises you to do one thing at a time until you are good at doing it or completing a task without diverting yourself.  Only after you are confident that you can get one thing done can you add another task.  Also, as a side exercise and lesson, she has you stand on one foot for a minute then switch, do daily for a week.

Virgo

*Wheel – This Muse of Fortune has come to play with you.  This energy comes to switch things up.  So, pay attention when things go your way or totally don’t.  In either scenario there is information for you to glean on how to get unstuck and create momentum in your life.

 

Libra

Ace of Cups – The Muse of Moderation and Balance worked with you around the questions why am I not doing that one thing or doing that one thing more?   Hopefully helping you tap back into the why behind what you do.  Because this week you can now tap into the energy of new beginnings. The sky is the limit  as long as you follow your heart.

Scorpio

*Fool – The Muse of Clean Slates has come after the work you did last week.  This week is great time for adventures, sights, and sounds.  This Muse is inciting you to experience the “new”.  Some great exercises she lays before you are saying yes to all invites, throw a dart at a map and travel there, try new food, and make new friends.  This week is about playing with the energy of spontaneity.

Sagittarius

Nine of Cups – Last week, the Muse of Reflection asked you to engage in Socratic thinking and deep reflection to either re-think about what the priority/purpose is, or through this questioning have you more firmly set in the reason you are doing a task in a certain way. And now that you are on the other side, you should be stepping more firmly in what are the next phases.  This state of mind makes this week’s energy of contentment something you can now appreciate to its fullest.  If you didn’t do the work, then spend the time before the eclipse in deep reflection so you can relax after May 26^th into a more content rhythm.

Capricorn

Three of Coins – The Muse of Collaboration is here.  This energy advises to create ease in getting things done it is best not to do it solo.  Gather your forces and teammates and go for the gold.

Aquarius

Four of Coins – The Muse of Conservation has come to slow down your spending on the material plane.  This week is vital that you spend your time, cash and energy with these two things in mind. 1) Quality over quantity.  2) Work smarter not harder.

Pisces

Page of Cups – Get your rose-colored glass out for the Muse of Joy is here to play with this week.  Her mission, if you choose to accept it, is to show you that life can be entertaining, funny, quirky, playful, mischievous, and joyful.  Get out crayons and/or sidewalk chalk if you need to tap into it.