Artcast for July 5-18, 2026

July 4, 2026 Nina

Hi All,

The artist this week is Ana María Hernando, @anamariahernandoart. She is a multidisciplinary artist, but here I am focusing on her textile work “New Worlds”. Partially because it just makes me happy and I wanted to share some of its joy with you.

From a 2024 article in NWMA, Hernando speaks about her work: …my work focuses on the feminine, using empathy to make the invisible visible and to question our preconceptions of the “other,” their worth, and value. Though we are constantly bombarded with urgent, hard-to-hold, awful news, there are small gestures infused with kindness, perseverance, hope, and clarity all around us like waterfalls. However, if we allow ourselves to be buried in sorrow, hopelessness, and disappointment, we can miss them. This is why I want to celebrate these quiet actions, bringing them into the light for us to be nourished by them. The hope of a new world brings renewal to every cell inside me.

A new world is one where nobody is invisible, where our interconnectedness is felt in our bones. In a new world, lies would be diluted by the boldness of those overflowing with generosity, who have committed themselves to the very long view of caring and wisdom, those who set a path forward toward the humbleness of real power.

Your Pondering: How can you help make something that nourishes visible? In your life and in others? What would your new world hold?

Solar System highlights for the next two weeks

We have a New Moon in Cancer on July 14^th. Ask the moon for what you need to nurture yourself. Mercury is retrograde in Cancer until July 23^rd. Time to recharge, reflect and redo. And Jupiter moved into Leo for a year. Look to your natal chart where Leo sits and that area is being prime for abundance.

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*If you want a more in-depth look into the planets and tarot elements and how they affect you, you can get those with the yearly AstroTarot reading or if you sign up for your personalized monthly New Moon readings. Cancerians, this is a perfect time to get that Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Capricorn, it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check-in, now is the time.

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

Nina Fox-B

**Reading from Grow Oracle deck by Justina Blakeney and Dr. Ronnie Blakeney

Aries

Attachment – The Muses would like you to look at your attachment style. Are you holding on to something to tightly? If your attachment grounds and nourishes you then there is no reason to un-root yourself. But if you attach so tightly, not allowing growth now is the time to loosen your grip.

Taurus

Order – Chaos abounds in the world. Though messy it still has its positive: to help creation, imagination and alter perspectives. The counter point to chaos and part of humaning is to create meaning from the disorder. The muses would like you to practice creating order and harmony in your environment and/or relationships. If having trouble getting into the groove try rearranging your closet/drawers/a corner of your home. The challenge is making sure that your arrangements allow for growth and a space to breath without expectations.

Gemini

The Rumble of Our Joy Will Not Be Stopped, Ana María Hernando

Whimsy – Whimsy is defined as ‘capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression.’ In the coming weeks, the muses would like you to indulge in this levity. The key with this energy is ultimate to test if you allow yourself to be unpredictable and a bit mischievous. This is playful trickster energy. Your assignment is to get people to laugh and doing so will thus lighten you up too.

Cancerian

Breath – Happy birthday month. The muses would like you to be present and breath in the coming weeks. Breath is one of the amazing things that show us the act of giving and receiving with the natural world. As we breath in we are receiving life, the gift of oxygen, from the plants around us and as we breath out we give back to them a portion of their nourishment. We do this gift exchange unconsciously from the day we are born. By consciously breathing you become more aware of your relationship and place in the present and the world.

Leo

Un saludo para los-pajaros, Ana María Hernando

Synchronicity – The muses would like you in the coming weeks to watch for synchronicities. These “coincidences” connect your inner self and the outer world. By allowing your mind to notice and follow patterns and signs you begin to navigate your outer world with your inner world as the driver. The challenge is discerning that everything is not a sign. So, the muses remind you they are easily identified if they have meaning.

Virgo

Beauty – The muses would like you to spend the coming weeks examining your concepts around beauty. As children we see beauty in making rainbows in sprinklers, raindrops on a window, butterflies, a smile, the veins on our grandparents’ hands…. The muses remind us that as we age society often dictates what is perceived as beauty. So, the muses challenge you to rekindle the eye of a child- to align beauty more with wonder than with perfection.

Libra

Sunshine – It is your time to shine. The muses would like you to step into the limelight for the coming weeks. You have an inner light that you have dimmed and now is the time to it switch back on. The muses ask you to chant this blessing: May the light shine on me, in me and with me.

Scorpio

A Not Softspoken Desire, Ana María Hernando

Mountain – The muses would like you to gain some perspective in the coming weeks. So, they ask you: how do you ground yourself? What heights do you aspire to? Are you adequately prepared for this journey? If you do not know the answers to these questions, now is the time to gather your energy, gear and map out your trek. If you can answer all of them adequately, it is time to climb that mountain.

Sagittarius

Self-compassion – Of late you have been too hard on yourself, too judgmental. The muses would like you for the coming weeks to show yourself some compassion. They remind you that deflecting your emotions or walling them in does your brain and body no good. Treat yourself like you treat your buddies and give yourself some slack.

Capricorn

Recibo la hora vespertina, Ana María Hernando

Moonshine – Happy half-birthday! The muses would like to know if you followed their advice last cast and on June 29^th’s full moon in Capricorn, you made a plan for the coming 6 months? If so great, then you are ready to embark on this new cycle. But if you couldn’t the muses are gracing you with another 2 weeks to conjure one up. Either way they remind you to embrace the rhythm of the tides’ ebb and flow, nothing this year is set in absolute stone.

Aquarius

Plants – During the coming weeks the muses would like you to connect with plants/nature. By embracing their presence, they will teach you how to grow, bend, weather a storm, contribute to your surroundings, give shade and nourishment, all with more ease.

Pisces

Al Sur del Sur me converti en asteroide, Ana María Hernando

Magnetism – For the coming two weeks the muses would like you to pay attention to what you are attracting into your orbit. By doing so you can then fine tune your energy to pull in more positive energies. They suggest you start each day with this chant: I pull in what I need to become more balanced and successful.

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Artcast for June 21-July 4, 2026

June 20, 2026 Nina

Happy Summer Solstice. The artist this week is Diane Di Bernardino Sanborn @diane.sanborn. Sanborn is an abstract artist and teacher. Over a year ago, I came across her in one of my deep dives into women artists on Instagram.

Sanborn often uses the Italian practice of pentimento Which translates literally to “repentance” or “changing one’s mind”. In art, it refers to the visible traces of an artist’s earlier sketches, alterations, or compositional changes hidden beneath the final layers of a painting. However, in Sanborn’s art she uses it to show “important clues for the viewer to understand my invisible world…. It is visual evidence of areas where I changed my mind, showing those alterations as important to the final work. It is just beneath the transparent surface where the viewer is given clues to my meaning.”

Your Pondering: What do you think you are hiding that actually is in plan sight?

Solar System highlights for the next two weeks

We have a Full Moon in Capricorn on June 29^th. A good time to update your to-do list.

And Chiron is taking its first dip into Taurus until Sept 16^th, 2026. So, we switch from lessons around understanding and healing our perceptions of our faults and weaknesses through self-compassion. To Chiron in Taurus which marks a timeframe of focus on physical healing and bonding with the natural world. It will retrograde back into Aries Sept 17^th – April 14^th, 2027. Then it will be back in Taurus until 2033. Chiron’s retrograde is our last of the outer planets, once in a millennia, collusion in chaotic retrogrades within such a short span of time ie: 2 years. Fingers crossed we are slowly leaving chaos behind.

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

Nina Fox-B

**Reading from Dali tarot deck

Aries

Lettere d’amore, Diane Di Bernardino Sanborn

Lovers – The Muse of Relationships is your companion for the coming two weeks. This muse shows up when you need to evaluate your relationships, at work, home and in society. So, pay attention to the people that show up during this time. They are here to make you reflect on how you partner and your expectations around it. Aspects like, is your work divvied up according to gender? And are you doing things for ease instead of equality? Are you paying attention to how you show love? Do you know what the other person needs are? Are you asking for affection the way you like it? This muse is not suggesting “tit for tat” or keeping score but working on complementing and lifting each other.

Taurus

Ten of Wands – The Muse of Burden comes when you are taking on too much. Yes she admits you have some priorities and this is the time to focus on them. So, she suggests making a list of what needs to be done in just the next 2-week period. Sort them from highest to lowest priority. Now cut the list in half. The bottom half, put away for now and focus on the remaining top priorities. Only when they are done can you pull out the remining part of the list. Often you will find that the bottom half of the list is no longer a priority.

Gemini

King of Pentacles – The Muse of Work comes when you need to move a project forward or move an old project from the back burner. She reminds that you have thought about, planned, and circled this work enough. Now is time to put things in action, experiment and see if it works on the ground. No more thinking – just do and see what comes from that.

Cancerian

Devil – The Muse of Rebellion comes when you need to change things up. In these coming weeks pay attention to what feels uncomfortable or as if it is testing a part of your ethics and what you stand for. This muse suggests that you may not need a totally re-haul of your principles but accepting the norm without question is not beneficial to your growth or your path.

Leo

Death – As this birth year comes to a close the Muse of Compost arrives to help you wrap up the year. Reflect on what you have accomplished, what you need to finish up and what no longer is a priority in all aspects of your life. She asks what needs to be reworked or composted to feed your next growth spurt? This exercise is important to do before your birthday. Think of it like planning your garden for the coming year. What worked, what didn’t, while still leaving fertile ground for new possibilities and unexpected seeds to grow.

Virgo

Come Together, Diane Di Bernardino Sanborn

Nine of Pentacles – The Muse of Success is your companion for the coming two-weeks. She would like it if you made some space to enjoy the successes that have happened in the past nine months. You have worked hard. So, try to find some time to kick back and enjoy what you have built. PS. You may have to find the time by hiding out in your secret space and only inviting in your helpful companions.

Libra

Three of Wands – The Muse of Staying Present comes when you are future tripping too much. This muse usually shows up when aspects of your life are happening behind the scenes, or the timing is not right to make a move just yet. And you are feeling antsy and/or stuck. The key for ease in the coming weeks is to stay as present and focus only on what is right in front of you.

Scorpio

Out of Africa, Diane Di Bernardino Sanborn

Six of Swords – The Muse of Transitions comes when you need to tweak and simplify what you are dealing with in the coming two weeks. An aspect of your life is overloaded, and you need to trim it down to the essentials or rework it with a focus of “what route is the easiest.”

Sagittarius

Lady Madonna, Diane Di Bernardino Sanborn

Eight of Pentacles – The Muse of Mastery is your partner for the coming weeks. She is here to remind you that you have all that you need for whatever you need to do. Even if it feels impossible there is a workaround with the resources at hand. Time to hone your savvy.

Capricorn

Five of Wands – The Muse of Chaos is your co-pilot for the coming weeks. She comes when your world has the potential to spiral out of control. The key to working with this energy is acknowledging the chaos and if you are going to engage, do prepare appropriately. She also reminds you that you can walk right past this whirlwind of energy and not participate. Not ever game dealt needs to be played.

Aquarius

Night Trees, Diane Di Bernardino Sanborn

Fool – The Muse of Going with the Flow is your companion for the coming weeks. She suggests a carefree attitude with a keen eye on each step you take. This is a balance of laissez-faire and wit. Yes, sometimes in life we need a leap of faith but not when you are aware of a pit of vipers below.

Pisces

Temperance – The Muse of Moderation is your partner for the coming weeks. She comes when an aspect of your life needs to be remixed. She challenges you to reflect on situations as if they were a recipe. Though each ingredient may be important, they all don’t have the same proportions for a delicious outcome. She reminds you that for some things in life “a little goes a long way.”

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Artcast for June 7-20, 2026

June 6, 2026 Nina

The artist this week is Agnus Pelton. Pelton is part of the modernist movement known as a desert transcendentalist. In the desert, she ultimately found the “abstract beauty of the inner vision, which would be kindled by the inspiration of these rare and solitary places.” Pelton contemporaries include George O’Keefe and Agnus Martin. Where O’Keefe was about sensuality and Martin about nuance, Pelton takes a more spiritual approach. She writes about her desire to seek the essence of things through her paintings – “a beauty not for the eye alone, but of a more comprehensive nature, carrying a more direct impact on our newly developing perception….” A century later her work still challenges us, offering a vision of our landscape in an iridescent transcendent form.

Your Pondering: A poem by Pelton about the above painting, The Fountains.

The Fountains

Two balanced forces
Rising from a pool
To play in harmony
Like water–fountain music

The golden disc of day irradiating
Fires and lights their movement

Opposite, yet side by side
Felicity mounts upward
To fall, and rise again

And from this confluence
Descends a sphere
Lucent as the dawn
Of a new day

Solar System highlights for the next two weeks

We have a New Moon in Gemini on June 14th. Time to experience the variety of life. But don’t over-intellectualize your feelings while you do it.

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*If you want a more in-depth look into the planets and tarot elements and how they affect you, you can get those with your yearly AstroTarot reading or if you sign up for your monthly New Moon readings. Gemini this is a perfect time to get that Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Sagittarius, it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check-in, now is the time.

**** I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the tarot & art-casts.

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

Nina Fox-B

**Reading from Between Worlds Oracle deck

Aries

Passage – These next two weeks the muses are here to help you deal with the uncertain. You are entering a new chapter or transition but to do it with ease you must trust the process. There will be a lot of start and go kind of energy so try not to get too frustrated my dear ram. Now is not the time to push things through but to float down the river and use its natural current.

Taurus

Valley of Detachment – The muses are helping you navigate this part of the journey when times are a changing. The uncertainty is unnerving, but it is time to detach from your surroundings and hone into working with what you love and being honest and open. Focus on what is important to you and the ones around you and let go, at least for the next two weeks, fixing the world at large.

Gemini

Liminality – During the next two weeks the muses suggest entering a liminal space, a in-between, a pause. Find time to leave the day to day and sit quietly in the space of the “pause between breaths.” This is a time to gather intel and seek messages in the quiet. A time to attune yourself to the realm of magic, possibilities and becoming.

Cancerian

Orphan – The muses would like to commend you for how you have been strengthening your resilience. You have come through some hard times and periods of isolation. The amazing thing, little crabs, this has made you more perceptive about your surroundings, name your shadows and empowered you to look directly at your fears. However, the muses suggest using these two weeks to soften into the love and beauty that surrounds you instead of hardening your shell.

Leo

Trepidation – In the coming weeks the muses would like you to hone your skills on discerning the difference between a perceived threat and a real danger. They ask, “can you tell the two apart?” What is the criteria that defines either case? Can you look directly into the source of each fear? The muses spur you on to find its roots and dig it out, so it does not spread to other parts of your beloved garden.

Virgo

Contentment – The Muses ask, can you feel at home in yourself in the world? Take these two weeks to unbind from expectations. To help set yourself free they suggest making good with your experiences of things just as they are and with yourself just as you are.

Libra

Wayfinder – In the next couple of weeks you will be called on to lead or guide. The muses remind you that you have a knack at seeing the bigger picture and often make the journey more focused and productive. However, the challenge is not to be so aloof or so future focused that you are not supportive in the present. You can be in the front but don’t forget to also circle back to support and help refocus the stragglers.

Scorpio

Valley of Knowledge – These coming weeks are a time to skill build and work towards mastery. However, as much as it is a time to thrive in the material world the muses also want you to trust your own wild path. This is not a time to conform to making it and/or societal pressures, but to exert your unique stamp on what you do.

Sagittarius

Embodiment – For the coming weeks the muses would like you to attune yourself to your body. Can you fully integrate wisdom and knowledge into your soft tissue? Nurture what hurts. Steep in pleasure. Feel life in your bones. Be In-Body.

Capricorn

Dissatisfaction – Recently you have been looking at your attachments. Things and ideas you are holding on to or the expectations of outcomes and how they would make you feel. You are realizing, more and more, how suffering is in the attachment of outcomes. The muses remind you to continue your practice of releasing into the uncertain, so that life becomes a series of wonders instead of expectations.

Aquarius

Partnership – The muses for the coming weeks would like you to focus on deepening your bond with lovers, business partners, and friends. These relationships are natural mirrors to see yourself more clearly. And to delve into the subjects of honesty, intimacy, trust and communication.

Pisces

Crone – The muses would like you to work on your intuition to help you navigate the unknown with more ease. Their first request is to accept yourself as whole the way you are. You are you, perceived imperfections and all. Yes, you can always evolve and learn but the muses remind you that at each moment in your journey you are complete. The potential in you already existed from birth. Your motto: The acorn holds the oak.

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Artcast for May 24 – June 6, 2026

May 22, 2026 Nina

Hi All,

The artist this week is Amelia Dennigan, @acru_, a fine art thread painter. Dennigan’s “work blurs the lines between textile, painting, and emotional memory. Guided by an intuitive process and a reverence for craft, she transforms thread into gesture—capturing softness, stillness, and shadow with painterly precision. Rooted in ritual and rich in texture, her pieces evoke a quiet kind of intimacy, inviting viewers to slow down, feel, and see differently. Through both her fine art practice and her decor atelier, ACRU, Dennigan creates tactile worlds where art is not only seen but deeply lived.”

Your Pondering:

In an interview Dennigan says: “I’m coming to think that being self-taught is one of the stronger aspects of my work. For a long time, I felt it was a mark against me, but now I think it has allowed me to carve out this weird niche that I may otherwise have never discovered.” Is there a thought or judgement of yourself you once thought of as a hindrance, that is now an asset?

Solar System highlights for the next two weeks

We have a Full Moon in Sagittarius on May 31^st. Go on an adventure.

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

Nina Fox-B

**Reading from The Ethereal Tarot

Aries

Knight of Wands – The Muse of Adventure is your guide for the coming weeks. She would like you to go on a quest to engage your creative side. The challenge with this quest is the goal must be a larger more general idea like searching for “things that make me happy” or the color yellow. Or you can have no goal but just to be thoroughly present in exploration and experience.

Taurus

Ace of Swords – All aces signify a new beginning, and the ace of swords suggests a new cycle of thought, ideas, dreams and intellect. It is a time to open your mind, see things from a different perspective and/or perceive new opportunities.

Gemini

The Hanged One – The Muse of Pause has been sent as a guide for the coming two weeks to help you gain some in-sight. Whether the circumstance you are in is stagnating, you are feeling vegetative, or overwhelmed, this muse reminds you that the pause can be very useful. If it is the first two then this time has been granted to you, use it wisely as a breather, gain a new perspective or reconnect with lost ideas. If it is the latter, then it is up to you to find space to pause in all the action so you can process.

Cancerian

Nine of Pentacles – The Muse of Luxury is your companion for the coming weeks. You have worked hard to get where you are at, and it is time to see and partake in how abundant your world is. However, this muse also warns to investigate how you may be over investing. Examples are possibly you are giving too much in your job or over investing in some aspect or person in your life that takes more resources or energy then it gives. This energy is about taking advantage and pleasure of your means without living or working above it.

Leo

Ten of Wands – The Muse of Burdens comes when you have too much on your plate and it is affecting your progress. Now some of these duties you need to do, but the way you are going about it is not efficient or through. This muse suggests writing a list of all the things you need to do, prioritizing them and making an approximate time they can be done in. Now cross off the last two on the list; they are on hold for two weeks. Then take the top two and work on them to completion, then the next two, and so on. You cannot add to the list unless it is urgent but then you must take off another task on the bottom. You may find by the end of the two weeks the urgency of the bottom tasks have been resolved.

Virgo

Justice – The Muse of Accountability is your guide through the challenges in the coming weeks. One aspect is your truth will be challenge. Now the key is keeping an open mind and seeing the other side’s perspective. You don’t have to agree but understanding is important to rebalancing the situation. The other aspect that you can control is that you are accountable for your actions and words. If you can’t give it 100% then don’t say you can and be truthful with what you can do.

Libra

Seven of Cups – The Muse of Dreams will be your partner for the coming weeks. She usually shows up for one or two reasons. First, you may not be dreaming big enough. You are keeping yourself small instead of letting your creativity and imagination expand your horizons. If this is it then do “what if” scenarios where there are no restrictions. The other possibility is that you are not actively pursuing your dreams. So, take this time to evaluate why. With either scenario, this is not about magical wish granting but being open to possibilities.

Scorpio

Queen of Wands – The Muse of the Wild is summoning you in the coming weeks to come out and play. She would like you to tune into your passion and ignite it. If stuck, you can kindle this fire by going out dancing, howling at the moon, jumping on trampolines, climbing rocks, writing in rhyme or painting in larger swaths of color.

Sagittarius

Fool – The Muse of Fresh Starts is heralding new beginnings are on the horizon. The challenge for you is to be okay with the unknown. She is having you practice optimism, confidence and hope while moving forward. The key is trusting that every step you take is full of potential. And you can cash in on this if you are sure-footed and present in each step.

Capricorn

Page of Wands – The Muse of Art is your companion for the coming two weeks. She comes when you need to work with your creativity in a more intimate but freer setting. So deep dives into creativity without boundaries, expectations or goals. This is about finding and reigniting the joy of immersing yourself in your imagination. If blocked this muse suggests experiencing something outside of your usual genres like delving into all the recipes around a certain food item or listening to different music. The key is experiencing and experimenting with the new without expectation.

Aquarius

Ace of Pentacles – All aces signify a new beginning, and the ace of pentacles represent a beginning on the material plane. This is perfect timing for the seeds of opportunity to be planted; however, the challenge is it also needs to be lovingly tended to for the coming weeks. Some examples are applying for a new job, investing, planning a trip, starting an exercise program, starting a garden or beginning a new venture. However, if you don’t have the bandwidth to nurture these seeds, then you can randomly throw out ideas to the wind and see what grows.

Pisces

Eight of Pentacles – The Muse of Mastery comes when you need to immerse yourself in the tasks at hand. This muse reminds you that you have the skills, but you still need to strive for excellence while preparing for the worst and pivoting to accommodate your surroundings. If needed, superhero pose to boast your self-confidence. You got this!

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Artcast for May 10-23

May 8, 2026 Nina

The artist this week is Rebecca Aldernet. Aldernet has been on my list to share for quite a while. I can’t quite remember what drew me to her art, the birds, water or bubblegum, but I have loved her stuff since then. One theme in her paintings is birds and in her words here is why.

“I often get asked what inspires me to paint things.

Every day as I make my way to the studio down the alleyway, I’m greeted by the familiar sight of birds, particularly pigeons, who seem to welcome me with their presence. Occasionally, they even tap on my window. The sound of seagulls when I’m inside my studio signals that I’m in the uptown area of my city. It’s strange how a city doesn’t quite feel like a city without the echoing cries of seagulls in the distance.

Once I return home to the outskirts of a new set of challenges, present itself. Now, it’s the ducks invading my lawn that I must contend with. While I enjoy letting my cat roam outside with me, I’m always on guard as a hawk lurks nearby, eyeing him.

Even a simple bike ride isn’t without its obstacles, as Canadian geese often cross my path, leaving behind trails of droppings that I must carefully navigate to avoid slipping. As night falls and morning breaks, the soundtrack of my surroundings changes yet again. Now, it’s the cawing of crows that bid me goodnight and good morning and if I’m lucky, some beautiful chirping.

It’s as if these creatures have become an inseparable part of my daily routine, both loved and loathed.

So, I’ve come to accept them, embrace them even. I’ve decided to channel my conflicting feelings into my art, capturing the majesty of these creatures that both fascinate and frustrate me. I’m determined to learn more about them, to create new ones in my imagination. After all, why not?”

Your Pondering: What both fascinates and frustrates you at the same time? And does this dichotomy inspire you in some way?

Solar System highlights for the next two weeks

We have a New Moon in Taurus on May 16^th. This is a moon of abundance and very nurturing.

EXTRA

*If you want a more in-depth look into the planets and how they affect you, you can get those with my yearly AstroTarot reading or if you sign up for my monthly New Moon readings. Taurus this is a perfect time to get that 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.

**** I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the tarot & art-casts.

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

Nina Fox-B

**Reading from The Cat Land Oracle Deck by Joanna Nelson

Aries

Create – For the coming two weeks the muses would like you to work on creation. The challenge of this is not having the goals of an adult but the goals of being a kid at play. This is creativity without judgement. The key is doing activities that bring you energy and joy. If you are having trouble getting into the vibe the muses suggest buying finger paint or sidewalk chalk and start dabbling.

Taurus

Starlight – The Muse of Hope has come to light your way through the darkness. This is a time to be bold and daring, focusing on ways of making your dreams come true instead of focusing on what is holding you back. In the coming weeks it is your job to search for the positive. It most likely will come from unexpected sources, so stay open.

Gemini

Rendezvous – The next two weeks the muses would like you to come together with your friends. Make time for your relationships. Nurture and enjoy them. Tell the VIPs in your life how important they are to you. This is a great time for you to connect and fall in love again with those around you.

Cancerian

Message – The coming weeks are full of important information for you. The challenge is being open or aware of the intel. So, this is a time to not blow off repeating numbers, phrases or ideas. Look around when you see these signs and take in what calls to you. Dreams are also another gateway for information, but remember most intel is metaphorical in this format. Ultimately, these incoming messages are here to help you move forward with more ease.

Leo

Ball of Energy – This is time to let your inner energetic kitten out. The muses have noticed that you have been ignoring your body, heart and mind’s request to be active. The irony of this kind of energy is the more you use it, the more you have in general. The muses suggest if you are having a hard time self-motivating to move, put yourself in lively energetic situations or surround yourself with people that increase your energy.

Virgo

Crystal Vision – The muses would like you to spend time on focusing your intentions. Intention is defined as a determined, conscious aim or purpose to perform a specific action or achieve a desired outcome. With that in mind they would like you to evaluate how you spend your time. To define what your intention is for a day, an hour, or the next five minutes. How much time do you waste spinning your wheels? Or not actually resting if that is the intention. The muses suggest spending some time each night or morning planning out what outcomes you would like to achieve. This will give you the capacity of a clear focus and thus accomplish more.

Libra

Celebrate – Day to day life is full of worries, responsibilities and chores. But the muses suggest it is also full of chances to experience joy. They would like you to look around and realize the accomplishments and blessings that are around you each day. If you are having trouble starting, they suggest realizing the blessing of having indoor plumbing.

Scorpio

Playtime – The Muse of Play comes when you are stuck in a rut or taking life too seriously. She challenges you to make some time for fun whenever possible in the coming weeks. Lose yourself in acts of joy, non-goal-oriented play, and laughter. She reminds you that life is meant to be lived not just survived.

Sagittarius

Justification – Your actions have consequences. However, everything is not as clear as it seems these coming weeks. To help navigate this energy the muses would like you to focus on being clear with your intentions while also finding out the intentions behind others’ motivation before jumping in. Think before you speak or act.

Capricorn

Weaving – The coming weeks are full of connections that are meant to help you see and strengthen your interconnectedness with everything. You often are conscious of how your actions and words have an impact on those around you and your world, but many times do not consider the world’s effect on you. The key is the balance between tension and flexibility. Enough tension so you can realize when someone is on the web with you and enough flexibility to not get thrown off if either of you start moving.

Aquarius

Shine Time – The Muse of Sunshine would like to help you find moments of abundance, energy, inspiration, and nice places to nap. This muse advises letting the light fill and warm you up. You could find it in a hug, a nudge from a furry friend, a good meal or a nice nap in a sunbeam. You have successfully faced trials and tribulations and now is the time to bask in the afterglow of success before rushing into the next challenge.

Pisces

Dream Maker – The muses ask, who helped you get to where you are at, by reflecting on your successes. They concede that some of accomplishments were self-earned, but they would like you to focus on the ones that were supported by others. With Mercury in Taurus, it is a lovely time to thank those that have cared for and assisted you along the way. And by acknowledging who aided you and how, you are more able to pass that energy along and help make someone else’s dream come true.

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Artcast for April 26 – May 9, 2026

April 25, 2026 Nina

The artist this week is Joan Mitchell. Mitchell worked with oil, pastels and printmaking. She is known as one of the most significant post-war abstract artists. She used abstraction to help the viewer feel a subject without needing to know what the subject was. She once said, “I paint from remembered landscapes that I carry with me—and remembered feelings of them, which of course become transformed. I could certainly never mirror nature. I would like more to paint what it leaves me with.”

Your Pondering: This is one of the beautiful things of abstraction is the artist trying to convey an essence and a window into how that artist feels. By doing so it entices us to expand our mind and heart. Look around you and try to explain what is going on using only the aspects of color, energy and how it makes you feel to get a glimpse into the abstract.

Solar System highlights for the next two weeks

We have a Full Moon in Scorpio on May 1st. Be careful not to be too emo.

Uranus is now in Gemini until 2032 – the planet of revolution has us working on evolving how we communicate. On a more personal level, look at your natal chart to see what house Gemini resides in and if you have any planets that it will be working with, trying to revolutionize those areas.

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Nina

**Reading from The Good Tarot by Colette Baron-Reid

Aries

Emperor – What a lovely energy to start your birth year. The Muse of Building is here to help you take a project to the next level. However, this energy should not be just about personal glory but also benefit others. The broader your goals reach, the easier the path becomes to your own destiny. Motto: People with authority and/or knowledge come to aid my quest.

Taurus

Eight of Fire – The Muse of Swift Change is your companion for the coming weeks. Often this is aided by messages or intel. The challenge is sifting through all the incoming energies. She suggests picking a topic for the next 2 weeks or each day and looking for signs, messages, clues just around those topics. Motto: Momentum is building to power this transformation/creation.

Gemini

Page of Water – The Muse of Play comes when you are taking life a too seriously. Yes, the world is a bit much these day, but the muses still suggest for your mental health, play is now doubly important. Remember play is doing things that you enjoy without a goal. This can be playing in your garden, dancing, doing silly walks, finger painting, etc… And if you truly have forgotten how to play find someone under the age of five to help you remember. Motto: I am open to play.

Cancerian

Ten of Water – The Muse of Serenity is your companion for the coming weeks. This muse helps you fully be in the moments of peacefulness. Yes, this world is a bit much right now, so these moments are hard earned. But she reminds you that the natural world helps you take those moments. So, stop and smell the flowers, listen to bird songs, take a moment when you hear or experience laughter, be present when you are hugged or your pet lays down next to you. Soak in these momentary delights and savor them so you can bring them up for the weeks ahead. Motto: Well-being is my natural state.

Leo

Eight of Water – The Muse of Authenticity is your companion for the coming weeks, for this could be a turning point for you to take a more authentic path. She reminds you that you do not have to give up on your dreams but there are aspects of how you see them that you need to let go of. She asks what do you truly love to do? And then look at what other emotions you have glued to them that have taken away that true love’s joy. There are alternative paths to doing what you love and especially with Uranus, moving into Gemini. It is time to revolutionize how things are done. Motto: I will let go with ease what is in my heart that no longer serves me.

Virgo

High Priestess – You will need to use your intuition these days ahead, so the Muse of Perception will be your guide. The challenge with this muse is that she hides messages in synchronicities and metaphors. So, antenna up. If you get a feeling to not walk down the right side of the street, switch sides. It may be avoiding a hazard, but most likely you will find a message or a dollar bill on the ground. Or say you keep seeing a repeating digit. Ask a question out to the Universe and you will find your answer or clues with the next pop-up of that digit. Motto: I have access to higher wisdom when I tune in and trust the vibe.

Libra

Temptation – The Muse of Lure is your companion for the coming weeks. Her ultimate goal is to strengthen your resolve, but she does it by laying charms and dalliances in your path. If you find yourself partaking in these devilish delights, part of this exercise is to truly decide if your goal is worth the struggle. Or you resist and reassert your resolve. She is here to remind you to be clearer of what choices you are making and why. Motto: I know what I want and I will go after it.

Scorpio

Sun– The Muse of Abundance is your helper for the coming weeks. She reminds you that what you focus on is the thing that grows, good or bad. So, be more purposeful on how you shine and what you shine on. For how you shine: You can be laser focused but only for a set time. Or you can shine with a more ambient light that can last for hours. For what you shine on she reminds you to ask yourself: Does my focus nourish or help me and/or others grow? Motto: This is a time of plenty.

Sagittarius

Queen of Fire – The Muse of Artists comes when you need inspiration to be more creative. She reminds you that anything can be art, even living. Art is expression of your soul into the material world. So how you get dressed can be an art, how you compliment someone can be an art, and of course participating in any of the art modes. The challenge is finding the time to dedicate to your soul, for it is ultimately the reason for picking the form that you did. Motto: “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life” (Pablo Picasso).

Capricorn

King of Fire – The Muse of Modeling is your co-pilot for the coming weeks. You are an amazing unique human with superpowers. This muse would like you to spend these coming weeks shaking out your cape and demonstrating what it is that makes you so spectacular. The challenge of course is being reflective on what you’re good at and then do just that. The key is trying not to be more then you already are. Motto: When I align with my superpower I can help and inspire others.

Aquarius

Four of Earth – The Muse of Stability comes when you need to focus on material matters. She asks what do you need to feel stable on the material plane? So, examples are: think about what does your body need to feel stable? What do your finances need to be to feel safe? Does something need to be fixed in your dwelling? This muse also advises acting on the small doable stuff and leaving any big aspects to later in the month. Motto: What I have rests on a solid foundation so there is no need to fear.

Pisces

Eight of Earth – The Muse of Mastery comes when you need to tweak your skill set. You have a solid foundation and are good at what you do but there are a few small tweaks that will make you more efficient. This muse asks you to develop a deeper understanding of what you know and then apply them in new ways. Maybe it is how you schedule your day? Or to only look at emails at certain times instead of whenever a notification pops up. Or maybe you need to colorize your tasks according to priority. What structure or piece of knowledge do you need to be more efficient? Motto: Even masters of their craft have more to learn.

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Artcast for April 12-25, 2026

April 11, 2026 Nina

The artist this week Tōshi Yoshida. He is the son of last tarotcast artist Hiroshi Yoshida. His father was known for his mountain prints where Toshi focuses on animals and lower landscapes. Where his father was still part of the shin-hanga movement where artist, carver, printer and publisher collaborated on a print, Toshi was part of the sōsaku-hanga where the artist can solely express themselves with the print by being also is the carver and printer. Allowing Toshi to experiment with more abstract concepts, such as the camouflage print above.

Solar System highlights for the next two weeks

We have a New Moon in Aries on April 17^th. This is a great new moon to start something.

Venus moves into Gemini on April 24^th – time to work on conversation in your close relationships. A place to start is complimenting your loved ones on how they improve your life.

Mercury has finally moved on to Aries – conversations can move at lightening speed but beware that information may not be well thought out. Great for brainstorming.

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*If you want a more in-depth look into the planets and how they affect you, you can get those with my yearly Astro reading or if you sign up for my monthly New Moon readings. Aries/Taurus this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Libra/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.

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Nina

**Reading from Materia Prima Oracle based on the periodic table.

Aries

Bohrium –The Muse of Sacred Vision will be your companion for the coming weeks. This coincides nicely with the beginning of your birthyear and with Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Chiron all playing in your wheelhouse. This new year is bursting with opportunity around making dreams into reality. The challenge is to align your goals with your sacred vision. Do your goals support the best outcomes for you, while also improving the world around you? If not, this muse advises using these weeks ahead to tweak this and if they are aligned then full steam ahead.

Taurus

Potassium – The Muse of Balance is working with you these coming weeks. She would like you to work on stabilizing elements in your life that bring you more into equilibrium. She reminds you that these are not big or momentous changes but tiny adjustments that are meant to ground you in your truth and calm the nervous system. So you can walk with more stability and focus into your new birth-year.

Gemini

Rutherfordium – The Muse of Distance is your teacher for now. Though you may need space to contemplate and integrate your thoughts, you may be unintentionally pushing intimacy away or coming off as unapproachable. Make sure in the coming weeks, if you need space, to communicate that to those around you. She also recommends stepping out of your comfort zone to meet or experience something new to help elevate your radioactive mood.

Cancerian

Carbon – The Muse of Versatility is your guide for the coming weeks. She reminds you that your essence is all that is needed to build a variety of designs. Do not let others or your environment box you in or compartmentalize you. Little crab you are well versed in the spectrum of being human. You can morph from soft graphite to diamond hard in seconds. This superpower does help to navigate the unpredictable times we are in. However, this muse reminds you that you do not have to be all things to all people just because you can. Mutability is fine as long as it is mixed with mutual respect, understanding and a feeling of safety in whatever form you take.

Leo

Krypton – The Muse of Philosophy comes when you need to do some deep thinking. She pushes you to let your mind divert itself from goal orientation and find the joy of discovery just for discovery’s sake. Yes, that means you can rabbit hole to your delight. But why, you might ask, when there is so much to do? Well, your sense of curiosity has waned, and she would like you to ignite that spark again. In the act of pure contemplation, you can find joy in bringing to light that which was once unknown.

Virgo

Silicon – These coming weeks will have moments of frustration and misunderstandings. The Muse of Yearning has come to help. She would like you to ponder if your frustration comes from a place of impossibility. Are you trying to change a situation you have no control over? Or spending energy wanting a square peg to fit in a round hole? She challenges you at least for the coming two weeks to let things be as they are. If it was meant to be it will be but not because of your wishing it to.

Libra

Lead – Hmm different deck but same energy hanging over you for another two weeks. Are you still feeling sluggish? The Muse of Languor comes when you are not working on what you need to build. When this muse extends her visit, her work with you is about getting you out of your sense of loss or despair. Partially there are seven celestial energies visiting fiery Aries which are opposing your sun sign. This usually causes some imbalance, which is not something you all dig and sadly there is not much you can control outside of yourself for now. So, this muse would like you to focus on what balances you and leave the rest of the world to its shenanigans. For if you are stable then you can provide shelter and help for others without suffering a personal spiritual deficit.

Scorpio

Astatine – The Muse of Regeneration is your spiritual buddy for the coming two weeks. This muse is all about creativity with what you already have around you. She is the queen of upcycling, collage, thrifting and rearrangement. She asks you to recombine elements around you to make them useful again, pushing your imagination without breaking your budget. By upcycling an object outside of yourself, you are modeling how to re-tell a life story with a more positive and useful spin.

Sagittarius

Francium – The Muse of the Ephemeral is your ghostly guest for the coming weeks. She comes when you need to flex your six sense, to take care when your hair rises on your neck, to pay attention to fleeting images at the edge of your vision and ethereal whispers. These elusive intangible sources are important solely as signals to pay attention to your surroundings and are not to be mistaken as reality or taken literally. They are like willow wisps but don’t follow them, just watch your next step when they show up.

Capricorn

Antimony – The Muse of Myth is your co-pilot for the coming weeks. This muse would like you to put energy into some project that encompasses your breadth of skills, something epic. She knows that you all can be full of ideas and she supports them all, but can you hone them down by finding a common thread. Then work on that instead of the 50 isolated ideas in your head.

Aquarius

Argon – The Muse of Compassion is your companion for the coming weeks. The key with working with this energy is knowing the difference between compassion and mercy. Mercy is being lenient in a punishment scenario, and compassion is sympathy and concern for another’s suffering. With all this Fiery Aries energy now is not the time for castigation, to others or yourself. This muse picks you all to lead, for we as a collective need people to walk beside us, to listen, to know we are not alone.

Pisces

Cesium – The Muse of Duality will be working with you for coming weeks. She is here to help you to stabilize who you are. Circumstances beyond your control are a constant in being human; however, my fishy friends often you think you can tame the water you swim in. The truth of the matter is you can only control how you swim in each current, and you are accomplished at swimming in a variety of flows. So even in the most tumultuous environments you can use your charismatic temperament to accomplish swimming up-stream. The key to navigating the coming weeks is to not let your environment overwhelm you – you are the fish not the water you swim in.

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