Joan Murrel Owens embodies the words of resilience and persistence. At an early age she loved the ocean, but had four barriers to her dream of being a marine biologist. She was a woman, black, had sickle-cell and was growing up in segregated Miami, Florida in the 1940s. She studied hard and got partial scholarships at Fisk University, but in landlocked Tennessee where there were no marine biology programs. So she gained a degree in Art minoring in psychology. However, science persisted to call her, and she continued her studies in psychology receiving a Master’s degree in guidance counseling with an emphasis on reading therapy. For the next thirteen years she taught and designed programs for teaching English to educationally disadvantage students.
At 37, she heard the call of the ocean again. Her barrier once more was no marine science program at George Washington University, so she majored in Geology with a minor in Zoology. After graduating with her third degree, she is continued on to her doctorate. This time her sickle-cell was the barrier, for she could not dive in the ocean. Undeterred, she did her graduate study in the labs of the Smithsonian working with coral specimens. At 51, she earned her Doctorate in Marine Biology by studying the deep-sea species of button coral from an 1880’s science expedition. Two years later she discovered 2 new species of button coral, and at 61 she found discovered another – never diving into the ocean.
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Aries – Page of Cups
The love continues this week with the Page of Cups. This Page wants you to practice looking through rose-colored glass. This card’s challenge is to see instead of an experiment in naiveté, you actually perceive with a cleaner perspective.
*Taurus – Chariot
Wow the Chariot again, guess you all are dealing with balance issues while making a change in your life. The Chariot at its best is movement in equilibrium. You must also remember that the Chariot is change that you have total control over. You create the pace. Your challenge is to check and make sure you have all you need while embarking on this time of change. The question is what you choose to carry? In its simplest form this can be traveling light but with all you need. Remember, no need to carry something that you can get along the way.
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The Ace of Cups is all about cleaning off your emotional slate and creating something new. For you single people out there ask someone out on a date. For those in relationships go enjoy the company of your special someone. And for single people who are taking a break from the relationship scene, treat yourself like you would want your lover to. For all you Aries this week is about healing and feeling the love.
Last week, the Chariot advised you to correct the imbalances in your life so that the change that is happening would be smooth sailing. The King of Cups continues this theme with a focus your over-indulgences. At times we over-indulge and use it as a crutch for not healing the hurt. The balance you need to find is when to lay down your crutches. They are important when you are healing, however, once you have healed you need to let them go.
The Devil last week foretold that you would be tested on your resolves. This theme continues this week but the focus shifts to the Three of Pentacles. This is the card of cooperation and asking for help. The Devil is not testing you to see if you can do it alone. One of his tests is seeing if you can work with others to accomplish what you want to do. This is a week were 2 or 3 heads are better than one.
The Sun says you can overcome any obstacle or fear that your subconscious mind brings up. Cancers feel uncomfortable at times when the Sun shows up. It just can be too bright. But remember Moon child the Sun is how you gain your light. You need joy and success to shine it back on others. So take this week to bask in your successes, see the beauty of what you have, and see that the road you are creating is lining up many of the things you have wanted.
Last week the Sun challenged you to bask in the good things life has to offer. This week the Ace of Wands wants you to continue to do just that. The only challenge this Ace brings is asking you how will you will continue creating good vibe opportunities in the coming weeks.
The Queen of Cups advise this week to speak softly, kindly, and with truth. Her challenge to you is to learn how to do that without spilling your emotions all you, others, and the table.
Queen of Swords is the strategist card. You have to look at this week like a scientist. You need a hypothesis/goal, make sure you have your materials, plan out your work, do the actual work, and then look over the results and tweak your procedures where needed or start over with a new hypothesis.
The last two weeks have been heavy with change. With Death two weeks ago wanting you to clear your emotions for the change that is coming , and the Hermit giving you time to contemplate the change you want to happen and how to get there. Now, the Empress has arrived to start the process. The Empress is giving you about nine months to create the change you want to happen. Your only challenge is that with this pregnancy you are pretty much guaranteed a period of morning sickness. Realize whats make you sick for now should be avoided.
More intel gathering this week. Where last week the information came to you, this week be more like a spy. Be subtly to find out what is going on behind scenes. These two weeks are not decision-making weeks. There is obviously information you need before moving ahead.
The Two of Wands advises you to have a broader perspective in all that you do. This card’s challenges you to see if what you are doing or have in planning actually fits into the world view you are trying to create.
The King of Wands asks you what kind of ruler are you. Are you kind but a bit of a push over, orderly but a bit of tyrant, or intellectual but not compassionate enough. This week look at how you rule your work place, your family and yourself and find ways to improve it. The King of Wands challenges you to be a better more balanced ruler while keeping in mind this is a year to heal and create a new order.
Last week, Judgment and the Four of Swords reconfirmed that you are on a journey to rebirth and reminded you that you need to take care of yourself along the way. Well, guess that advice was hard to swallow, because you got the Three of Swords this week. This card says that you are holding on to three concepts that are holding you back. I bet one of those is that anytime life hurts you somehow you are responsible for it. This card challenges you that you can’t control the getting hurt but you can control the healing.
The last two weeks, the Emperor and the Empress challenged you to use your creative energy. This week the Page of Swords tells you to step off doing and to listen. This card foretells that there is some information that you need to find. Your challenge is to ask questions but in the most subtle of ways. It is not words that will be telling you what’s going on but subtle body cues.
The Chariot brings change that you are in control of. This week is all about moving forward with balance. This in its simplest form tells you to check your tires or eat a more balanced diet, but in its complex this is seriously doing something about imbalances in your life. 
Last week, the Emperor told you to build, create, and conquer. Now the feminine version of that creative energy, the Empress, appears this week. The Empress’s energy is less of the hustle and bustle of Emperor last week energy and more about tending, grooming, and coaxing along your work. The challenge with the Empress is being open to a more organic approach then sticking to plans.
The Ten of Pentacles brings prosperity to those that finish their work. This card is about finishing up projects. Your challenge is to work on the projects that are close to finish first, before starting anything new. You will find the more you can check off your list the more new prosperity will begin to grow.
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