Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Jan 31, 2021

January 31, 2021 Nina

The planets: Just a heads-up Mercury is retrograde until February 18^th. People are often fearful of this planet’s retrograde period. Though it is not the best time to sign contracts, buy things that have electronic components or start something new. And we need to be careful how we communicate and timing in general. This is a great time to Review, Reflect and Revise.

Now to this week’s artist, Shelley Muzylowski. Muzylowski is a glass artist. You would not know it from her pieces for they look like they are sculpted in clay instead of molten glass and fire. The movement of her work, the emotions they convey, and the depth of color is extraordinary. Muzylowski subjects are animals. The viewer can see she pulls inspiration from a wide variety of cultures, history, and art mediums. Though realistic in form her work seems to connect to the spiritual realm. They are creations of myth, magic, and storytelling.

To genuinely appreciate this art form. There is a show on Netflix called Blown Away. It will show you how much physical work in combination with artistry that this art form requires. Most glassblowers have to do their work with assistants. To obtain this level of art the artists and assistants must be in sync. Dependent on precise communication while also aware of each other’s nuances, it is like a dance. This art form reminds us that we do not do our work alone. We rely on others to help us create, live, and express our stories.

Light and Love

Nina

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Aquarius this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Leo it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in now is the time.

*Aries

Justice – Justice is defined as just behavior or treatment. Someone is not aligned with their integrity. The challenge is this could also include you. Use Mercury’s retro-energy to review how you are treating people as well as how you are being treated. Take this week to make sure you are aligned with your truth and is it holistically fair before you sentence or censor others… or yourself.

Taurus

Two of Coins – Last week, The Muse of Integrity asked you to look for imbalance picking only two issues to rebalance. You get another week to work on this. However, if you now can confidently balance those two issues, you can add more. This energy advises to add one at a time. And if something feels off or you drop the ball, you have taken on one too many. Subtract and try again.

Gemini

Ace of Swords – Of course you Gemini’s can navigate this Mercury retrograde and start something new. The challenge is to make sure this new idea is an innovation and not a repeat of old thought patterns dressed in new clothes. The key is this aligns with a new emerging truth. So supple thinking is required.

Cancer

Queen of Wands – Last week the muses had you tying up loose ends. Now, The Muse of Inspiration is here to help you imagine and innovate what is next. This week commune with the ethers and nature to clear your mind and connect with the conduit of the divine. Look for synchronicities and serendipitous to help you find the “easter eggs.”

Leo

Knight of Swords – This week you will need to slow your roll. The energy around you is ginchy. This is that feeling when you are tired but also feel as if you should run or you are easily agitated. So, the best course is to slow down, take deep breathes and be aware of your surroundings before leaping. And as always with this energy on a practical level, watch your appendages and wear comfortable shoes. This energy tends to have you absent mindedly cut your fingers, twist your ankles, and stub your toes.

Virgo

Seven of Coins– This week is all about getting things done. It is a great week to check things off your to-do list, tackle that pile of paperwork, get your taxes done early, clean your inbox, etc.… Yes, this is the week to get up early and work. If you do this, the fruits of your labor will be bountiful. Not to mention raise your energy level and mental state.

Libra

Knight of Coins – The Muse of Pace is here. She comes when you are not in sync with how you like to work. There is something off kilter that is interfering with your flow. Are you getting enough sleep? Eating well? Moving enough or too much? Is your desk unorganized? Is your chair making your back hurt? This is the week to fix your material plane to help you mental and emotional one.

Scorpio

Six of Swords – The Muse of Transitions is knocking. She is inviting you on a cerebral trip, a step up and out in thinking. Certain thought patterns need to transmute, and in doing so you will find that some thought patterns are now obsolete. This is a time to simplify and begin again.

Sagittarius

Six of Wands – This is a good week. Small jewels of luck and synchronicities line up for you. Pay attention to these gems of inspiration, they are pats on the backs from the universe. Telling you that you are doing good in the areas where you find these small treasures.

Capricorn

Two of Swords – The energy this week is about making decisions; however, there is a twist. The decision is not as important as the path this decision has you taking. This muse asks you to tune into your heart and your truths. Making sure the route you take to your goals aligns with how you want to feel and your integrity.

Aquarius

King of Coins – I hope you rested last week because its back to work. Time to put energy into your material plane ie: work, home, garden. This muse is here to help you build whatever you want short or long term, and aids those projects to increase your future abundance. However, if you find a block, then it is not the time to force a project forward. This energy paves paths of ease for some work and puts up walls for things that are not timed correctly.

Pisces

Four of Wands – The Muse of the Hearth and Home has come to hang. This is a great week to put time into your home and family (adopted or born with). Make your abode more comfortable and then bring out the board games and hot chocolate. Connect anyway you can to your inner community and solidify the foundation of your relationships with care and comfort.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Jan 24, 2021

January 24, 2021 Nina

Happy Birthday month Aquarius!

This week’s artist is Toni Frissell. Frissell was not formal trained as a photographer, but she used this to her advantage. She never learned to properly light indoors, so she opted for outdoor shoots and often preferred shooting at angles other than straight on. During World War II she volunteered for the American Red Cross and The Air Force. She took thousands of photos of woman in service, front-line soldiers African American Fighter Pilots and orphaned children. After WWII she became famous for her sporty and outdoor fashion photography and informal portraits for Vogue and Harpers Bazar. She focused on showing a more natural side of couture and woman. That intersection that woman at the time were navigating the couture perfect woman and the woman of the real show in her the angle she chooses.

The above photo was from a fashion shoot taken by Frissell in 1947 at Weeki Wachee, Florida. Around the time the mermaid attraction opened its doors. Weeki Wachee named by the Seminole Indians’ means little spring or winding river. The spring itself is the deepest spring in the US. It bubbles up 117 million gallons of fresh water at a cool 74-degree each day. The spring filtering through its deep caverns create a current of water that can run as strong as five miles and hour or knock off a diver’s mask. The river flows west for 12 miles until it meets up with the Gulf of Mexico. This area is a natural reserve and yes is where mermaids still swim.

Light and Love

Nina

Aries

Queen of Swords – Last week the energy of change was in the house wanting you to take charge. And the key to ease was setting a clear destination. Lucky for you the Muse of Details is here to help you plan the steps for that change. It is time to make clear your intentions for 2021 and begin to outline the details to get there.

*Taurus

Justice – The Muse of Integrity is visiting you this week. Something in your life is out of balance and you are not living in your truth. This can feel overwhelming especially after last week’s getting reacquainted with your emotions. But those emotions were your canaries singing to you where you need to rebalance. So now that you have hear them clearly, pick two to begin the process of rebalancing. The Muse hears you rebut “but it is complicated, and they are reliant on each other.” She reminds you if you can find balance with the two the others will fall into line.

Gemini

Seven of Cups – The Muse of Dreams is coming over to have a drink with you. She tells you; you are not dreaming big enough. And prompting you not to tie these dreams down with your expectations. Imagine what you want to feel if you got your dream instead of the thing itself. Thus allowing the Universe to work its magic.

*Cancer

World – The Muse of tying up lose ends has arrived to help you finish some projects this week. This is a great time to finish the tasks that have been on your list for the longest. Or at the very least see if they even need to be done anymore. This energy comes right before the Muse of Opportunities shows up. So, clean off your plates, before the next course is served.

Leo

Seven of Swords – The Trickster muse’s energy surrounds you this week. You need to be careful of cynicism not only around you but also when you find yourself easily chiming in. Under the mask of comedy, you may find malice or trickery. This muse reminds you that it is best not to participate in the theater, for all may not be as it seems on the surface. Align and act with your integrity will guide you safely through this week.

Virgo

Four of Wands– The Muse of Homelife is asking you to make sure your surroundings are supporting your comfort. Do you need to do some early spring cleaning? Buy new sheets? Sage your house? Clean your garage? After you tidy, she then invites you to revel in your surrounds and convey your gratefulness to your abode for keeping you safe and comfortable.

Libra

King of Wands – The energy this week is vibrantly in your favor if you innovate. This week thinking outside the box or coloring outside of the lines is necessary to free you of old thought patterns. By doing this exercise, you are reigniting your sense of wonderment, awe, and creativity. And forming new pathways instead of traversing old patterns that end up blocking your growth.

Scorpio

Two of Coins – The Muse of Juggling is here to assist you this week. She starts you out suggesting to only focus on 2 things. When you handle them to the best of your abilities you can then add another. The challenge is not taking on more to quickly, learning to say no or at the very least you will have to wait until I am done here.

Sagittarius

Queen of Cups – The energy of adventure continues this week with the Muse of Fun. The challenge last week was being in each moment mindfully and letting go of any expectations to meet up with serendipity. The challenge is the same. But where last week you were following one footstep to the next, this week follow your emotions, flitting from one joyful happenstance to another. And if you run out of wildflowers, create your own blossoms of joy.

Capricorn

Knight of Coins – This energy has come up 3 weeks ago and it now circles back to revisit the concept of pace. When you get this card, it means to look at how you live your daily life and to sync yourself to your natural gait. For some of you slow and steady wins, for others it is a series of sprints. Whatever pace you feel the most comfortable in will be your most productive and will balance quantity with quality.

Aquarius

Four of Swords – The Muse of rest and restoration is here to remind you to relax. Find a good chunk of time to do whatever you want that makes your soul and heart feel rested and refreshed. Whether that is a day of no tech, a spa day, or a day at the beach. Take it. There will not be many times in the coming year for places to chill. So, take these breaks when you can.

Pisces

King of Coins – The Builder Muse is here to help you build whatever you want short or long term. This energy when used correctly should be both beneficial to you, your loved ones and/or community. If you find a block, then it is not the time to force that project forward right now. This energy paves paths of ease for some work and puts up walls for things that are not timed correctly.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Jan 17, 2021

January 17, 2021 Nina

The Dark Abyss Never Seemed so Bright Michaela Yearwood-Dan

This week’s artist is Michaela Yearwood-Dan (@artistandgal). Yearwood-Dan’s art is rich in texture and dense in color and meaning. She explores the genre of abstraction using oil paint, collage, and traditional techniques from Western, Japan and China art forms. Her pieces often bring the viewer into the center of the work. At times it is a vortex of a singular hue at others a truth to ponder.

As the viewer steps back, we can see that the void, space, or text is surrounded by color and life. She leads us to realizing any concept or feeling is surrounding and part of the context of how and what we live in. So, this week’s pondering is how this moment, where we have been forced into void and slammed into truths, has created an experiential contrast. Making us more able to feed and savor the richness of life.

Light and Love

Nina

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.

*Aries

Come on Ol’blighty Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Chariot – The energy this week is about effort and change. The only way to get things moving this week is for you to take charge. And the key to creating ease in this is to have a clear destination for this impetus. Time to set your goals, start your engines and go.

Taurus

Ace of Cups – Your muse this week wants you connecting with your emotions. Yep, you and all your emotions need to get reacquainted. The challenge is seeing them as your allies. Your canaries in navigating your environment. Time to listen to what your heart is saying, so you can drive your bus safer and healthier.

Gemini

King of Coins – The Muse of abundance is knocking at your door. They come knocking looking for a partner to build avenues to success and plenty. Now is the time to construct on the material plane. They key to work with this energy is to build not only for your success but also lift others with you.

*Cancer

Star and Five of Wands – Two muses are working together this week. One is chaos and the other healing. Sometimes the universe must stir the pot, so we can see are wounds and new ways to heal. So, if things become chaotic sit calmly and carry out non-judgmental observation. Once you see the information you need, step out of the chaos, and take time to reset.

Leo

Nine of Swords – The muse this week is here to help you get out of your mind. You are overthinking and not in your body like you need to be. When you find that an earworm has taken over your mind – ground. This can be as simple as doing a few jumping jacks or putting a rubber band on your wrist to snap you back into your body. It does not have to be a strenuous or long grounding exercise though it might have to be often.

Virgo

Page of Coins– The muse this week ask you to go back to the drawing board. Something in your plans is not fully thought out. Take on the role of the student. Review the basics and look to new sources for inspiration. This week an open mind is a fruitful mind.

Libra

Two of Wands – This week’s energy is best used by plotting out your course for the next 3 to 6 months. Putting energy into future planning will be well worth your while. The clearer idea you have of where you are going the easier it will be to pick the right roads/projects/people as they come into view.

Scorpio

Eight of Wands – Imagine this week’s work as two-fold. One is there is a ton of incoming information downloading into your life. This can be a lot to sort through so just gather them and ponder them next week. Second, imagine if you had eight arrows to shoot into the future what would you like to “bag”. Set those intentions and let those arrows fly.

*Sagittarius

Join me unitl the Bitter Finale Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Fool – The energy this week is great for starting any new adventure. The key with this energy is once you start – let go of your goal, be in each moment mindfully and follow the winding path. For the muse of serendipity wants to help but you got to let go of any expectations to meet up with her.

Capricorn

Five of Cups and Five of Coins – These are your final cards for the trends in this coming birth year. Your themes are narrow your focus, contentment, pace and with this week’s energies a sense of things being off. If you can put your energy to the first three, the latter two will be less of a pain in the butt. The first energy that can throw you off your game is tying self -worth to either material wealth and/or quantity of product. The second is worrying over the negatives and not putting your energy into the positives. Your motto: feed what you want to grow.

Aquarius

Ace of Coins – Last week’s energy was all about pondering and overhauling your structures and boundaries. I hope you had time to do this. For this week is great for starting projects, investing money, moving, anything new on the material plane you want to focus on will root well. The stronger your structures and boundaries the stronger and deeper this new thing can root.

Pisces

Six of Pentacles – The muse this week is karma. The important concept she tells you is for every action there is a reaction. So, the more positive you put out the more positive returns. Of course, this works for the negative vibes too. The twist karma many times is not a straight line from A to B.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Jan 10, 2021

January 10, 2021 Nina

This week’s artist is Ruby Silvious. Silvious artistic journey involves the consideration of what can be used as a canvas and therefore what is art. The transformative aspect of her work is her uses of everyday ephemera and elevating it to an art form. This has been done before but Silvious dives deeper and longer in her investigations then others. An example of this is the series where she created an art piece a day for 363 days using teabags for her canvas. She later published this collection as 363 Days of Tea.

The art shown in this blog is the product of Silvious specific and our collective times. Silvious explains, inspired by Picasso during his Blue Period, this series uses found materials around the house/yard as canvases over a 14-day self-isolation period during the coronavirus pandemic, 2020. All in monochromatic shades of blue.

Every one of us has gone through our own blue period with Covid. Hopefully, this series has us collectively sighing, smiling, and pondering how can we raise the energy of our everyday experience into something sacred and precious.

Light and Love

Nina

Aries

Eight of Cups – This week’s muse advises you that you need to either turn away from a project or person at least this week, possibly longer. Consider this advice as the avenue to simplifying your life. If you continue in this old pattern you will be allowing the drama of old models to get in your way to a lighter brighter future. Time to figuratively clean out your junk drawer.

Taurus

Page of Swords – You will need to keep your thinking cap on and vision board up on for this week also. Last week was about long-term planning and figuring out what you will be focusing your energy on in 2021. This week your energy is best spent doing some research on how to make that happen. Again, many insights will come from out-side sources, so reporter/researcher hat on. Inquiry is your Muse.

Gemini

Ace of Swords – New ideas and ways of thought are key this week. The more innovated your ideas the more prepared you will be in the coming months. Brainstorming is your Muse’s energy. Also, very practically at the end of the month Mercury is going retro so if you need new electronics now is the time to buy.

Cancer

Knight of Wands – Last week the muse asked you to free yourself of old stories that have bound you to past recollections of self and take control of your new narrative. You may continue this process with this week’s energy. However, this energy invites you to be more creative and playful with parts of your narrative. This muse frees your passion and purpose to explore new storylines.

Leo

Five of Wands – This week the Muse of Chaos has invited herself in. Her goal is to liven things up and keep you from getting stuck in routines and boredom. However, she can be very messy with this process. The best way to work with this energy is to allow the chaos to ensue without trying to control it. When you do not feed the energy, it putters out quickly.

Virgo

Page of Wands – Inspiration and creative energy continues this week. This muse reminds you that all work and no play makes jill/jack a dull person. Go find and play with things that make you zing. This can look like deep listening to an album, re-reading your favorite book, camping… Do what you love and be with it intently.

Libra

Queen of Wands – Last week you may have had times that seem to take every ounce of strength you had to persist, BUT the universe gave you moments to refresh your spirit. This week’s muse energy continues to re-fill your courage, confidence, and joy. The key to connect with this energy is to follow your desires and aspirations. You are worthy of the light.

Scorpio

Seven of Cups – Last week the muse was asking you to let go of 2020’s bindings. I hope you did, for this week the Muse would like you to dream. Dream outside your old boundaries. Go ahead ask for what you want. There is no hurt in trying. The key is to not to focus on the goal but imagine the how that goal would make you feel. This gives the Universe space to gift you in ways your mind may not be able to predict. Dream big.

Sagittarius

Three of Wands – This week things are on the move behind the scenes. For you this might feel like a standstill, but you still need to put energy towards your goals for the future. Think of this time like you are in a holding pattern waiting to land. This is not the time to turn back or use your energy for useless worrying. Let things take their natural course.

Capricorn

Knight of Coins – Pace is key this week. Somethings take time, and some done quickly. This Muse has you playing with how to lump/space your projects together and create a pace to your work. Do you like to do all the quick jobs at one time? Emails in the morning or on Mon, Wed, and Fri? Find your natural rhythm. To move forward she suggest this mantra: I set the pace for the horse; the horse does not set the pace for me.

*Aquarius

Hierophant – This energy is best used in pondering and overhauling your structures and boundaries. First make sure you have some goals set to shoot for. Then take time reorganizing and streamlining to create more ease to obtain those goals. This can look as simple as rearranging your room, schedule, diet. Or this can look as complex as finding useful and innovative mentors that can help you in that reformation.

Pisces

Ruby Silvious Peace, Love and Good Health

Ace of Wands – Last week the muses had you balancing inequalities and re-focusing your life to your truths. This week you can continue these ponderings; however, this energy also wants you to think of ways to innovate your life. This year has the possibility to create new opportunities. Take this week to lift your wand and start casting some spells that will mature in the summer.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Jan 3, 2021

January 3, 2021 Nina

Welcome 2021!

The artist this week is Victoria Villasana (@villanaart). Villasana uses yarn like bold strokes of paint applied to black and white photographs. She leaves the threads uncut connecting the 2D to the 3D, the past to the present and us to her. Leaving these strings hanging has the viewer contemplating the concepts of ephemerality, imperfection of our everyday existence, connections and what is next. These concepts of will be important skills and perspectives needed in 2021. This is a great week to ponder how will you weave your threads of fate in the coming months? What new pictures will you connect with and conjure forth?

Light and Love

Nina

Aries

Five of Coins – This week’s muse has you getting in touch with the places you feel lack. Discern if this sense of shortage is a hindrance to a gain or gain in disguise. If a hindrance, remove the block, and if it’s a gain make sure it has a place to grow.

Taurus

King of Swords – This muse aids in long-term planning. Play attention to any synchronicities or insights from outside sources that can help you focus on your plans for 2021. She also inquires: Where would you like to be in 2021? Who would you like by your side? How will you spend your time this year? What will your focus(es) be? Vision boards (pictures and/or words) are helpful with this exercise.

Gemini

Page of Coins – This week’s muse advises you to be the learner. She will guide you to many teachers, pockets of knowledge, tiny classes on honing your skills or learning new ones. Keep your mind open, for you have much to discover that will help you in the coming months.

*Cancer

Devil – The muse energy this week is to free yourself of old stories that have bound you to past recollections of self. You are stepping into your own sovereignty. Unbind the strings of old puppeteers and release the lies you have accepted as truths. You are free to be the real girl/boy/they that you were born to be. Now is the time to take control of your new narrative.

Leo

Eight of Coins – Take this week to work on your craft. You are skilled. This muse reminds you that you have all the tools and knowledge you need. Time to put pen to paper, hand to tool, mind to problem. Action and fine tuning are all that is needed this week to accomplish all that needs to be.

Virgo

Ace of Wands – The muse of inspiration is here to escort you to new ideas, inventions, and possible for some of you a new purpose. The key to abundance, she whispers in your ear, is feeding the things that make you zing.

*Libra

Strength – You will have moments this week that seem to take every ounce of strength you have to persist, BUT the universe has your back. Just as you think you cannot run another step there will be a water stand for you. A muse, friend, even a kind smile will refresh you enough to do another kilometer. These bastions of energy are not there by chance. You have placed them there from previous encounters. By loaning others your strength in their time of need, the universe is returning it in kind.

Scorpio

Eight of Swords – This week’s muse advises you to let go of the remining bindings of 2020. This is a new era. Release old thought patterns that no longer fit into the new paradigm that you are creating. Set down the chains and walk through the fence of the past into a lighter tidier future.

Sagittarius

Knight of Wands – You are at the right place at the right time. Look around, take advantage of ever asset that you have this week. This is a moment to modernize. Think outside the box as you gallop into a more innovative future.

Capricorn

Nine of Cups – The Muse this week asks you to ponder satisfaction. The key to this musing is contentment is not about goals, attainment, perfection or checking of boxes. This is about the actions and the life that surrounds them. The art of living. What resides in your foreground, mid-ground, and background? What “colors” will you paint with for 2021?

Aquarius

Three of Swords – Pain from the past arises this week. The muses remind you that your fears and insecurities come from past trauma embedded deeply into your psyche. You can be triggered by them now; however, now you are in power and able to correct, control or walk away from these activations. There is no reason to fear anything but inaction.

*Pisces

Justice – This Muse helps you balance inequalities and re-focusses your life to your truths. What are the strongest truths that you wish to live by? Now apply that to how others treat you as well as how you treat others. For example, say it is to love first and foremost. Is the love you put out equally given back? This week is not only a time to relook at what are your truths and do you live by them, but to see if the company you are in, holds to truths that are acceptable to you. The challenge is nothing is as shadow and light as we would like it to be. Life is complex so your truths need a bit of flexibility without inequality.

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