Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 28, 2021

March 28, 2021 Nina

penguin

Yep, it is time for another round of cute animal pictures to raise our spirits. The end of March is the also the end of the yearly migration of the Emperor Penguin and the beginning of a new generation of penguins. If you have not seen the March of the Penguins, please do it’s an amazing documentary about Emperor Penguins and their breeding season. There are 17 to 20 species of penguins (the debate is still on with scientists). So far, the biggest known species is extinct and stood at the height of 1.77m/5’ 10” and weighed over 91kg/200 lbs.

The above is the tiniest, lesser know and only blue feathered penguin, the Little Blue Penguin, Fairy Penguin or kororā in Māori. It is found on the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. They are 33cm/13in in height and weigh about 1.5 kg /3 lbs compared to the Emperor who can reach almost 1.1m (3ft 7 in) tall and weigh 35kg (77 lbs). Most penguin species eat krill, squids, and small fish. Ten of the species are considered endangered from varying reasons of weather pattern, climate change, declining food sources, or increase in predation.

Planets and Ponderings: Full Moon in Libra. This moon is about harmony, peace and love however, for the next couple of days Venus planet of love and Chiron the wounded healer are in the opposing warrior and action sign, Aries. So be aware relationships and communication can be a bit at odds, old wounds can re-open so try not to push anything to fast into action. The best way to navigate this time is to be patient, listen with compassion and speak from a place of love. And if you are feeling angst do something active with your body.

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

*Sun and Knight of Swords – Last week your first energy for the coming year was about balancing excess and blending binaries. This week you have two Muses to aid in that balancing act. The first is the Muse of Energy. This year is full of growth and light. You will be able to cultivate anything you aim your energy at. However, the second energy the Muse of Slowing Down warns that you need to buffer your intensity and slow your pace so you can think things through. This is a year to actively expand but balance and moderation are your prim directives.

Taurus

*High Priestess – The Muse this week is the partner to last week’s energy. Last week was a time for reflection- to dive into the subconscious either through dreams, meditation, or aimless ponderings to connect with the flow of energies and emotions that need tending to. By softening your gaze, you see the periphery with more clarity. That peripheral vison while be needed again this week. When this muse shows up, she is calling you to dive into the information around and about your higher purpose. Last week was a modification of self this week is a tuning of why you are here. Look for clues in synchronicities and cycles.

Gemini

Nine of Coins – This is a great week for working on anything on the material plane. However, to maintain your focus you need more time alone then in the company of others. Take moments to go into airplane mode and put out the do not disturb sign, and only let in people who have your back.

Cancer

Page of Cups – Last week a shift happened, the pendulum is on a new swing cycle. And you were advised to seek the seeds of serendipity, knowing that there are lessons and gifts in each swing. This week that energy is still in motion. However, The Muse of Innocence is here to help guide you with a fresh set of eyes. Though that vision is rosed color in tint, it is more adept at seeing the silver linings in your week.

Leo

Five of Wands – You are going to need last week’s lesson in balancing this week, for it is full of chaotic energies. And harder for you because what cat isn’t attracted to the flicker and flutter of something in motion or distress. It is your choice to jump into the game of cat and mouse. But if you do, know it will be hard to keep your focus and goal in mind with all that movement. Conscious focus and innovative side-stepping will be the key to success.

Virgo

Knight of Wands – Last week the Muse of Justice came to work with you around the concepts of fairness as well as inequity. Challenging you that for true justice to happen so must deliberation. This week is a whole lot smoother with the Muse of Perfect Timing at your side. If you follow your integrity, you will be in the right place and the right time. So good or bad there are hidden gems for you at ever turn.

Libra

Knight of Coins – Learning the right pace for the right job are the lessons this week. If slow and steady is your speed, then work like you are running a marathon. Hydration and nutrition are key. If you work better in short quick sprints, then make your workflow mimic that pace.

Scorpio

*World – The Muse of Tying up Loose Ends is here to help you complete something. This is a great week to tackle anything that has been on your to-do list the longest and/or has just one more step to completion. This Muse is the forebearer to new beginnings, so she is here to help you create space and time for that new thing to take root.

Sagittarius

Queen of Coins – The Muse of Living is here to help you combine getting things done with enjoyment. Her first lesson is if you are not having fun while you are working then you are not doing it right. And her second is if you are not savoring all your senses each day then you are not enjoying this time you have on Earth in this body. If you do the second lesson the first becomes easier.

Capricorn

Four of Cups – Last week the Hermit Muse advised you to take yourself out of the world to gain perspective and regroup. You get another week with this energy with her younger sister the Muse of Introspection. Again, your best thinking is done in seclusion from the hustle and bustle of the world. However, if you find yourself having circular thoughts then it is time to turn outward for clues and inspirations. Which you can take back to your reverie.

Aquarius

Six of Coins – Last week the muses advised patience to gain a new perspective. This week the energy shifts to more action. The only caveat is that what you give out will reverberate back to you. So, this is great if you are emitting positive energy. But if you are being judgmental or just plan mean this will also echo back to you. So, watch your P’s and Q’s.

Pisces

Six of Cups – The Muse of the Past is wanting to go through photo albums and/or your attic/basement with you. Why? Because your past has answers and hidden treasures that will be useful in your near future.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 21, 2021

March 21, 2021 Nina

The artist this week is Leilah Babirye. Babirye’s art guides us into ponderings about ancestors, history, and societal groups. Her sculptures are constructions of wood or ceramic adorned with found objects. Part new, part past and part the living history around her. Her titles and inspirations come from her personal story where ancestral lineages are essential though her ancestral present does not serve her. Babriye comes from Buganda a kingdom of Uganda however, she had to leave six years ago because of homophobic death threats.

In Uganda members of a clan create kinships. They consider themselves siblings or an interconnected family inconsequential to their bloodline. Babriye incites us to see that we can reestablish kinship when our historical structures fail us. With this series she creates ancestors from Kuchu Clan. Kuchu being a secret endearment used within the queer community in her native land. We classical define clans as the principal social unit of a tribal organization which is descended from a common ancestor. Babriye’s art shows us our need for connection, and if the system or social construct cannot support us, we can make our own.

Ponderings for the week: With the Pope and therefore the Catholic Church again condemning same sex relationships as a sin. We still have a lot of prejudice to weed out of our institutional systems. Where do your belief systems support biases? How can we honor our heritage but also allow it to evolve with our collective conscious? Who would your chosen ancestor be? Is it time to re-cite your story?

Planets: Venus goes into Aries today. This can be a very playful and action filled week, however; on Tuesday, March 23 there are some funky planet configurations. Be kind and watch that you don’t jump into situations that cause more trouble then good.

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

Nina

Aries

Leilah Babirye, Omumbejja Sangalyabongo (The Only Daughter of Nagginda, The Wedded Queen of Buganda

*Temperance – The first card of your birth month is The Muse of the Middle Path. This year is a lesson in balancing excess and blending binaries. There will be no absolutes this year which is hard for your sign in general. You like definitives. However, cooperation, blending, and balance is essential to create forward movement that does not look like a zig zag pattern. You are also challenge this year not to over-do, over-exert, and over-emote. Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making synthesis of them, achieving balance- Taisen Deshimaru

Taurus

*Moon – The Muse of the Moon is here to remind you softness is needed this week. A time for reflection- to dive into the subconscious either through dreams, meditation, or aimless ponderings. You might feel slightly disconnected and not as grounded, but this allows you to connect with the flow of energies and emotions that need tending to. By softening your gaze, you will see the periphery with more clarity.

Gemini

Seven of Wands – The Muse of Attentiveness reminds you to focus on one thing at a time. This week’s energy will be bombarding you with inquires and attention seeking people. Your challenge is to push all that aside and focus on what needs to be done. She suggests you write your goals down before you walk out the door each day. Or even better if you pull out a sharpie and write the one item with the highest priority on your hand.

Cancer

*Wheel – This week is a moment when you will feel a major energy shift. You understand acutely what goes up must go down, for you are in tune with the cycles of not only the moon but also life. Your challenge this week whether the fate is fortuities or failure, is the pendulum will swing in the opposite direction again. So, it is valuable to seek the seeds of serendipity. There are lessons and gifts in each swing.

Leo

Leilah Babirye Omugole omukyala namirembe kaddulubale peaceful bride of mwanga

Two of Coins – The Muse of Balance has come to help you sort through this week. First, she advises you do some grounding exercises: yoga, bury your feet in sand, or visualizing growing roots into the ground. Next, she has you practice balancing on one foot while figuring out what your two top priorities are this week. Then she suggests you take on only those two objectives until they are complete or as complete as they can get. Of course, the trick is doing the above while eating balanced meals, drinking eight glass of water, and sleeping at least 8 hours. It takes concentration but you can do it.

Virgo

*Justice – The Muse of Justice has come to work with you around the concepts of fairness as well as inequity. The challenge with this week and these energies are that the answers are not an easy yes/no, good/bad kind of ruling. For true justice to happen a thorough deliberation must be done. So in all decisions you must look at the why things happen and then align that to your integrity before you can come to a verdict.

Libra

Ace of Cups – Love is in the Air. Connect to the people you love, engage in activities that you love, and share the love. Plant seeds of affection wherever you go this week. Open doors, smile with your eyes, and savor good food and good company. Love is one of the elixirs of life – Fill your cup.

Scorpio

Two of Wands – Time to future gaze. This week’s energy is all about planning the next steps of your destiny. This Muse asks you to include at least one of your passions and one adventure into the next phase of your plans. By the end of the week, you might feel her urging you to also make the first step.

Sagittarius

Leilah Babirye Omulangila Jjunju (Prince of The Buganda Kingdome)

Five of Cups – The Muse of Spilled Milk is here to tweak your concepts of mistakes. Look around you and see areas where you are floundering or making missteps. These areas need to be re-done. You need to sift out what is working. This is not a totally re-do but it is a restart. Work with what is working and leave the rest of the mess behind.

Capricorn

Leilah-Babirye-Namakula The Mother of All Artists

*Hermit – This week take time to pull yourself out of the world to gain some perspective and regroup. This Muse comes to guide you to higher ground so you can see the bigger picture. If you remain in the entanglements of the now, you will be swallowed by its urgency and complexity. By stepping back, you begin to see the pattern of the dance so when you rejoin you do so with ease and joy.

Aquarius

Leilah Babirye Namasole Nakatya Queen Mother of Ssekababka Mwanga II

*Hanged Muse – This Muse advises to come at this week with patience and a new perspective. The patience part is that this week time is just not on your side or at least you are dealing with it as an enemy instead of a beloved friend to hang with. Thank the delays you encounter. They are lining you up to be more in sync with the natural order. And while you are in idle take this time to ponder a new perspective on an aspect of your life that feels as if it is roadblocked. It is, but that does not mean you cannot figure out a new way around it. The key is new.

Pisces

Five of Coins – The Muse of Lost Things is knocking at your door. She would like to come in and sort out that feeling that something just is not right. She asks can you be helped preferably from a professional? Part of that feeling un-rightness is not having the resources or knowledge to solve it, but help is there if you just look for it.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 14, 2021

March 14, 2021 Nina

Happy Spring Equinox. The zodiac wheel completes another turn on Saturday March 20th. The sun moves into Aries and all the planets are in direct motion until end of April so great time to get things done and started. But remember relaxation should be part of your equation. The new norm is innovation that has us working smarter not harder.

This week’s artist is Cecil Kemperink @cecilkemperink. One first comes to her work above as a minimalistic piece. She uses one material clay and one shape a circle. However, Kemperink then interlinks these clay circles and we begin to see how something as simple can become a complex “organism.” That through connection these pieces can be reformed into a variety of shapes while emitting a soul-chorded sound. We now see that this simple circle when linked to each other becomes more versatile, strong because of the connection. Kemperink explains Motion is a key part of the expressiveness of my sculptures. The movements show the importance of each circle of the object. Every ring is essential and influences the other: because they are all connected.

Note: this article will not do her pieces justice. Please go to her Instagram page and watch not only her process but also the motion and sound of her pieces.

Your ponderings for the week: As we move into a new season, see, and appreciate your connections, for they confirm your existence, purpose, and make you stronger.

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

Nina

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

10 of Cups – The Muse of Bliss is here to help you step into your birth month with a gleeful stride. This week enjoy by inserting some merriment into each day. Swap stories that create chuckles, watch comedies that make you laugh, tell Dad jokes that get you giggling. Don’t you think this is the perfect time to laugh out loud, big belly laughs or snort even? Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. – Victor Hugo

Taurus

Seven of Cups – The Muse of Dreams would like you to dream bigger. She nods with all your counterarguments about being grounded, vigilant and staying in the here and now. But she reminds you that taking a dream break feeds the soul, expands the heart, and is a place where innovation is born.

Gemini

Page of Cups – The Muse of Play is here to loosen you up. Yep, your juices need a refresh and no better way to do this then to play. Crayons/fingerpaints out, doodle during boring meetings, take pictures from a 5-year-olds perspective, or reinvent the PBJ. This muse reminds you play is a gateway to imagination and creativity.

Cancer

Nine of Coins – The Muse of Alone Time has left you a note. Your solitude will be support and a home for you, even in the midst of unfamiliar circumstances and from it you will find all your paths – Rainer Maria Rilke. Find time this week for alone-time you will get more done then in the company of others.

Leo

Five of Wands – The Muse of Chaos is here, and it is your choice whether to open the door and let her in or ignore her insistence this week. This energy comes to remind you chaos is an aspect of creation though uncontrollable and transient. So, you can do little about it, except sidestep its path or join in it’s dervish dance.

Virgo

Three of Cups – Connection is what you need. Find ways to link up with your friends this week. If you can mask up and social distance yourself a hang. If not, then get on a phone and have a virtual beverage together. You need a good chinwag with people who care about you. One reason is to vent; the other to refill your emotional cups.

Libra

Eight of Cups – The Muse of Closet Cleaning has come for a visit this week. She comes when you have outgrown an emotion, purpose, copping mechanism, or your style. There is something or someone that no longer is helpful in your life and it is time to shed it. This muse recommends get you in the mood and thought pattern go through your closet or junk drawer. Throw away all the items that are no longer useful or the style you are trying to convey. Motto: cleanse the trivia to get to the substance.

Scorpio

Knight of Swords – The energy is fast paced this week or at the very least feels as if you should be trying to keep up with something. The Muse of Slowing Down has come to remind you to look both ways before you step out into the metaphorical and literal street. This week it is important to be mindful of your thoughts, words, and steps. No rushing.

Sagittarius

King of Wands – Another good week for you all. This is a week where that Sagittarian good luck is working in your favor. Whether that is getting a parking space, a vaccine appointment, or following synchronicities like homemade sour dough breadcrumbs, it is all gold. Also, by following your intuition, you can bring together many moving parts into a cohesive apparatus. You are like Elizabeth in Queen’s Gambit. A step or two ahead of all that you do, once you are in the zone (If you haven’t seen it on Netflix – please do).

Capricorn

Knight of Coins – Last week the Muse of Leaps came to help you out of a rut you may not have realize you were in, by having you play around with your routines. This week you get to implement some of the things you discovered back into your regular schedule. The one key is making your pace appropriate to your path. If the way is rocky slow down, but if it is open road you can put the pedal to the metal.

Aquarius

Four of Coins – This week your resources – energy, time, money and space – are limited. The key to this week is quality over quantity. Make sure ever minute is used wisely that includes getting enough sleep, putting good food in your belly, and taking some “me time” to relieve some of the push you-pull me stress. Make sure your needs are dealt with first before your wants.

Pisces

Page of Wands – The last card for your birth month is innovation. You already know that organic change is a big theme this coming year. Advising you to have something in the works to change every season. But another essential is this cannot be the same old rodeo with new costumes. You have this year to play around with trying new things/ways to innovate the who, what, how and where and possible why in your life. Nothing must be written in stone this year, so have fun experiment. Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before. – Alexander Graham Bell.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of March 7, 2021

March 7, 2021 Nina

I know why the Caged Bird sings Bisa Butler

If you all have been with me for a while skip down to the 4th paragraph, I have ranted on this before. But if you are new…… I was an elementary coach for teachers and I am not fond of the emphasis and exaltation of a “minority” history months in American public schools and on Google. Before you get mad please read on. Though I understand its necessity when this movement started, back in 1926 as Black History Week by historian Carter G. Woodson. Where he saw little to none African American representation in the “white halls of history” and probably was seeing the whitewashing of the Red Summer. History week has now grown to a month, added new months for other minorities and spreading outside of America. But have we now fallen into Hallmarking ™ history? In our political correctness, lost the thread?

Textbooks and curriculum of American schools still teach basically the same history– white-male-centric – but now in February you teach about MLK, in March about Susan B. Anthony, and Native American Heritage Month in November, so you can get it close to Thanksgiving – UGH. This does the “minority’s history” an injustice. First it loses its context in history as a whole. The “minority” becomes not part of our shared history but as a parallel thing happening alongside predominately white male history or is only seen for a month in bubble in and of itself. We lose the why it came about and the reverberation of that action now.

Secondly, it supports instead of works against our biological perspective of tribalism. And we lose the perspective of the history of the individual within the collective. The acts of an individual echoing through time and space. Lastly, this undermines teaching the student not only Socratic thinking which hinges on contextual information, but also disempowers the student to see that they can change the course of the future in ways they would never imagine.

The artist this week is Bisa Butlers @bisabutler should be used as a history teaching tool. She takes everyday photos of African Americans throughout history and contextualizes them by using exquisite fabrics and an skilled illustrative thread. Take for instance the art above I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she uses a Vlisco fabric called “Michelle’s shoes” for the woman’s skirt on the far right. The fabric is inspired by West African textiles, done with and Indonesian batik and made in the Netherlands.

She vividly leads us to see the complex connected thread of these woman’s history, African roots to Maya Angelo and Michelle Obama to our multi-cultural world. She brings these “everyday” people into a contextual history. In her words: …I am telling the story— this African American side— of the American life. History is the story of men and women, but the narrative is controlled by those who hold the pen. ……..My community has been marginalized for hundreds of years. While we have been right beside our white counterparts experiencing and creating history, our contributions and perspectives have been ignored, unrecorded, and lost. It is only a few years ago that it was acknowledged that the White House was built by slaves. Right there in the seat of power of our country African Americans were creating and contributing while their names were lost to history. ………My subjects are African Americans from ordinary walks of life who may have sat for a formal family portrait or may have been documented by a passing photographer. Like the builders of the White House, they have no names or captions to tell us who they were.

Your ponderings for the week: Learn the why behind something in your own history, and see how it affects you now and would you tweak it to change the future? And the Planets: New Moon in Pisces on March 13^th great day for daydreaming.

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

Nina

Aries

*Chariot – This is the week to make change happen. The Muse of Movement is here to help grease the wheels. Momentum is not problem. The only challenge with this energy is you must drive it and have a destination to drive it to. If you do not have a focus you may run around in circles this week.

Taurus

Knight of Wands – This Muse comes to say you are in the right place at the right time doing the right thing. You may not see it, but your timing is perfect. Whether you are standing still, trotting along or in full gallop allow your spirit to guide you.

Gemini

King of Cups – The Muse of Emotional Acceptance has come to help you heal old wounds of the heart. This muse celebrates the hardest emotion that we deal with as humans: grief. There is something you need to grieve. This energy wants you to dive deeply into this emotion of loss. When we grieve, we empty the cup fully and by doing so allow the cup to be refilled.

Cancer

Ace of Coins – The Muse of Material Beginnings is here. This is a perfect week to start a new project, re-plan your garden, buy something to fix up your house or start a savings account. The key to this energy of sustainability is to create with the concept of quality over quantity.

Leo

Queen of Swords – The Muse of Details has come to help guide you through this week. This energy comes when it is important to read the fine print, plan out a project in detail, and sweat the small stuff. You can find pleasure if you pay attention to the details of your life. Time to get out that metaphorical (or literally if you must) fine-toothed comb or cleaning toothbrush and tease out the specifics.

Virgo

King of Swords – The Muse of Long-term Planning is here to set up your itinerary for the rest of the year and three- and five-year goals. This week do not get caught in the morass of minutia. Turn your gaze to the horizon and the dreams of tomorrow. Vision boards out, daydreaming on, and no boundaries in vastness of your future.

Libra

Four of Cups – Last week the Muse of Divine energy was here to grow whatever you wanted to focus on. You get another week to do just that. But this week’s Muse ask you to go back and relook over what you are working on. There is something that does not feel quite right. That thing or idea needs some more introspection. The challenge with this is after you have done a pass with your internal eye, turn outward to get another person’s opinion. Though make sure it is with someone you trust with your dreaming.

Scorpio

Ten of Coins – The Muse of Finishing is here to help you complete a project. Either find the oldest thing on your to-do list or finish up something that has been nagging at your subconscious. This is a great week to move a project forward to completion or at least a big leap towards it.

Sagittarius

Ten of Cups – The Muse of Bliss is here to point out all the good things in your life. This week sit back and enjoy all that you have worked hard to get. If you have a roof over your head start there, food on the table you are doing great; and a job that is getting your needs meet, Whoot. And if you do not have these things, help is on the way. You just need to ask and then open your door; you have friends that are wanting to pay you back some of the kindness you have given in the past.

Capricorn

*Fool – The Muse of Leaps is here to help you out of a rut you may not realize you are in. The key to this is to do the non-routine. Sleep late or get up with the sunrise, turn off all electronics after sunset for a night, eat for one day without cooking unless over an open fire, do not look at your emails for a 24-hour period. I know you all love your routines, but this week shake it up and see what new ideas sprout from the cracks.

Aquarius

Queen of Coins – The Muse of Physical Pleasures is here to help you through this week. This muse comes when you need to ground yourself. She reminds you to connect with your five senses if you can daily. Eat good food, see beautiful things, feel something textural, smell some aromatherapy, and listen to your favorite music. Enjoy the simple things in life.

Pisces

*Death – Ok so this rarely happens but the Muse of Organic Change arrives again during your birth month to remind you how important this year is to make big changes happen. And to do so you need to release, release, and release some more. And while you are doing all this releasing you are using this “stuff” to compost new soil to grow from. The challenge with this energy is having the patience and attunement with your surroundings like a gardener. You need to pay attention to the cycles of growth and harvesting. This can be a year where you are planting and harvesting each season.

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