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Tarotcast for the Week Of August 19, 2018

Unknown Unknown, by Zhang Chenxi

I haven’t featured a lot of computer generated art, but this collection of digital illustrations caught my eye.  If you know me well, you know I love nudibranchs, small slug like sea creatures. This series, Unknown Unknown, by Zhang Chenxi is a tiny alien world comprised of hybridized animal/plant creatures, and where the very real and Earth-bound nudibranchs would fit right in.  I don’t know much about this artist other than he is on Instagram and Behance.  But I do know I love his imagination.

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Aries – Page of Cups

Unknown Unknown, by Zhang Chenxi Take this last week of summer and enjoy yourself with the Page of Cups.  This card wants you to get a fresh outlook on what is going on in your life right now.  Try to have the perspective of a child who is discovering something for the first time, where everything is new and amazing.

 

Taurus – Knight of Swords

Unknown Unknown, by Zhang Chenxi The Knight of Swords warns you not to rush into anything this week.  Take things slow; consider all aspects before moving ahead.  Usually when this card shows up you are moving too fast and are missing some important pieces to the puzzle. Or you are literally just not watching where you are going and can bruise your extremities or mess up projects.
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Tarot-cast for week of August 12, 2018

Jane Wilson

Weather has been on my mind as we are in the dog days of summer.  Where I live huge thunderstorms can rage in the afternoons and are a brief respite to the heat of the day.  You can feel them coming as the air cools, breeze picks up and you can smell the rain on the wind.

The phrase dog days comes from the Latin term Dies Caniculares referring to the time that Sirius, the Dog Star, rises before the Sun, and it referred to the time period of late July to late August, the hottest part of summer in ancient Greece.  So the phrase through time has become associated with the hot and muggy days of August.  Even though now, since the constellations have shifted, we see it before sunrise starting July 12th to August 12th.

Jane Wilson was an artist in tuned with the weather.  She painted a wide variety of subjects but landscapes became her focus. Jane moved to New York at 25; however, growing up on an Iowa farm highly influenced how she saw our relationship with weather.  She said that living on the farm you learn to feel the weather coming. So when she painted she would aim for moments of strong sensation ⎯ moments of total physical experience of the landscape, when weather just reaches out and sucks you in. When you look at her landscapes you can really feel the dew of dawn, the heat of the afternoon, the spray of a stormy ocean or the coolness of the air as the sun sets.

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Aries – Ten of Wands

The Ten of Wands tells you that this week might feel like an uphill battle.  It will be full of responsibilities.  Your challenge is to figure out which ones are yours and which are others, and then make the conscious choice as to which you will do first.

 

Taurus – Page of Pentacles

The Page of Pentacles is the card of the student.  Take time to learn something new.   The area where you need to do your studies is in the material plane:  your work or environment.

 

Gemini – Queen of Pentacles

Jane WilsonThe Queen of Pentacles is the gardener of the deck.  You need to tend to your personal environment.  These activities for example are deep cleaning part of your home, putting up shelves, stock your pantry, or gardening.  The challenge is enjoying the space you are creating.

 

Cancer – Four of Swords

The Four of Swords would like you to take a respite.  For some, you will need to take time out to reconsider something and for others you will just need the rest.

 

Leo – Page of Swords and Nine of Swords

Jane WilsonThis week is a two card week and that means that there is a couple of messages for Leos.  For all Leos, it is a week to do some investigative work.  There are messages that are hidden out there.  They just need you to do a little digging to find them.  And for some of you this info will help you with what has been worrying you.  The challenge is realizing what to actual worry about and what is just in your head.

 

Virgo – Ten of Pentacles

Jane WilsonLast week, the High Priestess challenged you to see the bigger picture while seeing the synchronicities in the details. This week the Ten of Pentacles shifts you from watching to doing.  This is a great week to finish projects, which is appropriate for Virgos, because you are in your wind down month before your birthday.   The challenge is finishing things you don’t want to carry into another year.

 

Libra – Seven of Pentacles

Jane WilsonThe Seven of Pentacles is the card of hard work.  This week is a nose to the grind-stone week.  The challenge is that the work you do is more of a long-term investment than an immediate return. But it will be worth the wait.

 

*Scorpio – Queen of Swords and Justice

Jane WilsonOkay, two cards for you again this week.  Last week Hierophant came to the rescue advising you the more organized and prepared you are the easier it will be to navigate in and around the chaos.  The Queen of Swords continues this theme that prep and strategy will be needed this week.  And Justice comes in to warn you that things are more black and white then what they seem.  Your challenge with both cards is not to be too harsh or cold to those around you or yourself.

 

Sagittarius – Six of Cups

Jane WilsonThe Six of Cups has two parts.  One is that the past holds some important information for you to use this week, so no need to create new tricks.  And the second is you need to take a child-like view to freshen your perspective.  This card advises, if you have forgotten how to freshen up your point of view, get on the floor, color outside the lines, spin in circles or go swinging.

 

Capricorn – Eight of Pentacles

Jane WilsonThe Eight of Pentacles wants you to feel and practice your mastery this week. This is not a week to learn new tricks but hone the ones you already have.

 

Aquarius – Two of Rods

Jane WilsonThe Two of Rods foretells success though it also involves a lot of waiting.  The challenge is keeping busy during the waiting periods. This is a great time to catch up on your to do lists, read or start little projects.

 

Pisces – Page of Wands

Jane WilsonThe Page of Wands comes around when your Awe meter is low. Your challenge this week is get yourself into nature, go to a museum, a music show or anything that has to do with nature or art.  Your passion for life needs to be re-lit.  Life is good Pisces you just need to be reminded.

 

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

Nina

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Tarotcast for the week of August 5, 2018

Eclipse Viewers

The last and fifth eclipse of 2018 will be this Saturday.  I don’t know about you all but I have been feeling them.  In Astrology the one common concept is that eclipses are transformative times for people whose Sun, moon or ascendant coincides within five degrees of the sign and degree of the eclipse.  This year we had two pairs of eclipses in Leo-Aquarius and one odd-ball solar eclipses in Cancer.  (You can look up the degrees here to see if it affected you.)

Eclipses are usually paired one solar and one lunar, a fortnight apart. This usually happen at least four times a calendar year and unusually from 5-7 times (next seven is in 2038).  We have one more set of five in 2019 with Cancer and Capricorn pairings, and then we will have six eclipses in 2020.  Thank the heavens things calm down until 2027 with five and 2029 with a six eclipses.   But all this made me wonder how do we predict the number of eclipses?

Let me just say the answer to that question is both simple and complex and it is still evolving.  Simply it involves the orbit of Earth and Moon orbital planes in comparison to the Sun which varies 5 degrees.  And because of that sometimes the moon Earth and Sun aren’t aligned to cast shadows.  Complexly even today scientists are adding on to the precision of that shifting number because of the interplay of Earth’s tides, rotation and tilt and the distance of the Moon.

The Universe does not run like a clock.  The most interesting concept to me as I study Astronomy and Astrology is that the both prove that the Universe is alive.  The definition of a living organism in its broadest form is something that is made of parts that interact with each other, it reproduces, and it syntheses energy to live and grow.  This is something I see the planets and stars do on a daily basis.

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Aries – Nine of Wands

The Nine of Wands is about perseverance.    For some reason this week you believe you need to take on more than you actually need to do.  You have nothing to prove about your strength or your can do ideas of how you run your life.  This card challenges you to lay just one thing aside this week to lighten you load.  And for some of you rams you literally need to be careful of straining your back.

 

Taurus – Nine of Swords

The Nine of Swords is the card of worry.  Worry is just an aspect of fear.  Take this week to look at your fears and see if there is any truth in them in the here and now not the past and future.  Then take action with the present worries, and let the past and future worries disperse in the mist of unchangeable and uncertain.

 

Gemini – Eight of Swords and Seven of Pentacles

Eclipse watchers squint through protective film as they view a partial eclipse of the sun from the top deck of New York's Empire State Building Aug. 31, 1932. (AP Photo)

Ok lovelies, you all got the Eight of Swords again, so some of you are still holding on to things that are binding you to a hindering reality.  LET GO.  And then move on to the energy of the Seven of Pentacles which is investing into long-term goals.  Your challenge is to let go of the past and start planning for the future. This literally a good time for you all to invest- so contribute to your 401K, buy stock, make improvements to your home if you own it, etc…

 

Cancer – Nine of Pentacles

Where last week collaboration was the key, this week the Nine of Pentacles says you get more done alone or with just a chosen few.  Your challenge is to see your successes and bask in them before you get back to work.

 

Leo – King of Pentacles

This is your second King, so lets’ just glance at the King’s energies.  Kings are the manifestors of the deck.  To get two in a row in your birth-month means this year the energy of manifestation is available to you.  You can make some long-awaited projects happen this year.  Last week the King of Wands wanted you to focus your energy on what you actually want.  The King of Pentacles is the resource man asking you now that you know what to focus on, what do you physically need to make that happen?

 

*Virgo – High Priestess

FEB 22 1979, FEB 26 1979; Pupils At Stephen Knight School, 3245 E. Exposition, View Monday's Solar Eclipse; They let sun shine over their shoulders and look at image projected through small hole of paper onto another paper.; (Photo By Ernie Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

The High Priestess in her simplest form wants to stare out the window and watch the world go by, reading a book like the Three-Body Problem, or get a divination reading .  In her more complex form she might be challenging you to go on a retreat, write your own book, or cast a spell.  The challenge is seeing the bigger picture while seeing the synchronicities in the details.

 

Libra – Page of Cups

The Page of Cups is the card of innocence.  The challenge with this card is seeing things with fresh eyes and if you do you will find the solution or answer you need.   If you are having a hard time with this – hang out with children, watch Anne with an E, or anything out of Miyazaki’s animation studio.

 

*Scorpio – Hierophant and Five of Swords

June 1927: A group of nurses observing a solar eclipse through special dark glasses. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Ok two cards for you this week.  First the Five of Swords forewarns, this week is going to be bit chaotic.  The hard thing with this card is that you really have no control over it and most likely there is no way around it.  The Hierophant comes to the rescue advising the more organized and prepared you are for this week, the easier it will be to navigate in and around the chaos.  Also the Hierophant highlights that there is an important lesson you will learn by the end of the week that will come in handy in the near future.

 

Sagittarius – Knight of Pentacles

The journey continues with the Knight of Pentacles.  The Knight of Pentacles means you are on the right path and your challenge is to get into the grove of your personal pace. All the Knights (movement) are all easy cards for your sign, so enjoy the journey and the wind in your hair.

 

Capricorn – Six of Rods

The Six of Rods advises you to take a moment this week to notice how far you come from the beginning of this year.  This is your half way point from your birth year.  The challenge is not to sit on your laurels, but to ask what am I going to do with the next 6 months.

 

Aquarius – Three of Cups

Companionship is the key this week.  You have been out of the loop.  It is time to call old friends and lift the glass even if it’s on FaceTime.

 

 

Pisces – Six of Swords

The Six of Swords’ lesson is about lightening the load that you carry with you.  Whether that is mental or physical, you need to prioritize and hone down what you are carrying into your future.  One thing with this card is that being by water can help in this process.

 

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

Nina

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Tarotcast for Week of July 29, 2018

Abstract Expressionist Elaine de Kooning

A feminine viewpoint throughout art history has had a small lens.  It was not that woman didn’t do fine art but their main function was as objects for paintings or their work considered too feminine to have substance or meaning. During the 50’s and 60’s the art movement of Abstract Expressionist became even more of a boys club.  This weeks’ artist is Elaine de Kooning who had to deal with this bias with a double lens of being female and married to an artist.

Elaine was an Abstract and Figurative Expressionist. Even though, she was the only female member of the Eight Street Club in New York City, an artistic think tank with some of the heavy hitter of the Expressions movement, her work was looked over.  A perfect example of this overly male point of view was her first show. It  was curated for married artists to show their artwork together; however, it was called Artists: Man and Wife.  Which she later commented:   “It seemed like a good idea at the time, but later I came to think that it was a bit of a put-down of the women. There was something about the show that attached women-wives- to the real artists”.

For that reason, Elaine chose to sign her artworks with her initials rather than her full name, to avoid her paintings’ being labeled as feminine in a traditionally masculine movement and not to be confused with her husband’s paintings. When you look at her body of work most of her portraits and abstracts are of men or bulls and are done with broad strokes.  As if she is saying you want to see through the lens of a powerful woman – here you go.

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Aries – Page of Swords

Elaine de Kooning Abstract Expressionist

The Page of Swords means you need to do some investigative work this week.  Everything is not as it seems. There is an underlining dialogue or situation that needs to be uncovered.

 

Taurus – King of Swords

Elaine de Kooning Abstract Expressionist

The last two weeks have been deep with the Star and Hermit challenging you to heal and take solace in solitude.  You need that for this week because the King of Sword is the strategist of the deck.  This card advises you to take this week to do some long-term, like until 2020, planning.
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Tarotcast for Week of July 22, 2018

Velveteen Rabbit

One hundred and thirty seven years ago today Margret Williams was born.  Forty one years later she wrote her famous book The Velveteen Rabbit.  Most of her children’s books center around toys coming to life and conveying human emotions.  She wasn’t the first to do this; there was Steadfast Toy Solider by Hans Christian(1838) Anderson or a couple years earlier than her book the Raggedy Ann(1922) stories by Johnny Gruelle.

It is interesting that Margret’s and Hans’ stories are the ones that have held up through time.  Their commonality is that they are sentimental but sad stories.  Both toys are forgotten, thrown out, and die.  However through the alchemy of love are transformed into something else.  It is interesting that both these authors chose inanimate objects to tell this story instead of their living counterparts.  Maybe these tales and ones like them ask a deeper question – what makes us real?

My favorite part of her story is the exchange between the Velveteen Bunny and the Skin Horse.  You can read the entire exchange as you read down the forecasts. I have added its parts sequentially at the end of each forecast – for fun and contemplation.  They may or may not add to your reality.  😉

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Aries – Ten of Rods

The Ten of Rods say you are carrying too much at one time.  Sometimes we take on more than we should because we think or believe we should handle more.  Whether that choice is to prove something to yourself or old mental baggage that someone has loaded on you, you do not at this time need to take on so much responsibility.    The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.

 

*Taurus – Hermit

Last week the Star challenge you  to not hide the suffering and sorrow of the world when, so in the Star’s simplest form asked you to stand and say “you are not alone” or in its complex form to help find positive solutions. This week you pulled the Hermit card that still continues the theme of healing.  The Hermit advises you need some alone time. Your mind needs solitude to heal your own wounds before going out in the world.  However, you are also challenged when you are with people who you are bringing that healing message to others.  He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away, and he knew that they were only toys, and would never turn into anything else.
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Tarot-cast for Week of July 15, 2018

Japanese woodblockA couple of years ago I told you all about the Library of Congress Jukebox, an amazing collection of old musical recordings.  Now I want to introduce you to its collection of Japanese woodblock prints and drawings.  Ukiyo-e, pictures of the floating world, arose in the city of Edo, now Tokyo, in the 1600s.  This art form showed mostly the leisure culture of Japan, though subjects from travel, myth, legend, literature, history, and daily life were also popular. This art form was little known for the 200 years because of national seclusion, a policy adopted by Tokugawa shongunate.

Though there are many genres and traditions in this collection, the art Yokohama-e is the most prolific.  This subset arose from two expeditions in 1852 and 1854 by American naval officer, Matthew Calbraith Perry.  He is considered instrumental in opening up Japan to the Western World.  Edo print publishers sent Ukiyo-e artist to the port city of Yokohama to sketch these foreigners. I love the intersection of cultures in this form.   Our paths so   frequently cross now that we, as global citizens, seem to forget that separate cultures still exist. We still need to be as fascinated and inquisitive with each other’s culture to realize diversity is the key to evolution as well as connection.

P.S. Please share.  The pictures below are from all time periods.  Also, I have put up another quote to download for your vision board.  Enjoy.

 

Aries – Queen of Cups

The Queen of Cups is the creator and nurturer of emotions.  The challenge with this card is knowing when your cup isn’t full enough to create or nurture emotions with a positive outcome.  This week self-care and compassion is due to you first before it is possible to give it to the world.

 

 

*Taurus – Star

The Star is the card of healing and hope.  With the Queen of Wands last week, this is another week of looking at your work and purpose and asking – is what I’m doing or saying inspiring hope and healing?  The challenge is realizing that we need to go to through the Tower (destruction) to get to the Star.  And in so doing, we should not hide the suffering and sorrow in the world but at the very least stand and say “you are not alone” or at the Star’s height to help find positive solutions.

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Tarot-Cast for Week of July 8, 2018

This week’s artist is Josef Florian Krichbaum.  The definition of quirky is characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits.  Quirky is exactly what I love about JFK’s art.  Each painting has something unexpected, a twist of a foot, a dog looking directly at the viewer with a paw in mid-step, or the theme of over-sized headdress.  There is a sense of awkwardness but also a sense of joy.  In short his paintings make me smile.

Quirkiness or more precisely a joyful unexpectedness is what makes me smile in my own life.  An unexpected outcome is the part of what makes a good joke. Or unexpected scenarios bring joy – like when a child hugs you “just cuz”, your partner gives you a hand-picked flower, a dragonfly sits upon your toe, or even a stranger says Hi.

The unexpectedness, good or bad, seems to give things more energy.  Hence, we try to control the unexpected bad by doing what is expected or planning every moment of our lives. However, this over planning and social conformity stops us from having moments of unexpected joy and creates shame for our own quirks.  I challenge you to allow and highlight the quirky or unexpected joy in your life. Whether that is spontaneously doing something joyfully unexpected, or proudly let your freak flag unfurl. I expect that this will make you smile.

P.S. Please share.  I’ve add more works from Josef Krichbaum and please go to his website his sketches are also so cool.   Also, I have add quotes to your forecast and put up another quote to download for your vision board.  Enjoy.

Aries – Two of Cups

Last week the Magician challenged you to experiment and see that the key to success are learning and building on your mistakes.  This week continues that theme with the focus shifting to relationships.  The solution is not so much learning from past mistakes but finding new ways to connect. Remember unconditional love is to truly seeing and saying  I like you just the way you are – Mister Rodgers.

 

Taurus – Queen of Wands

The Queen of Wands embodies spiritual creativity.  Your challenge is being mindful of what you create.  She asks- What are you communicating with your creation?  Will it improve the world? That challenge is daunting unless you remember the quote from Mother Theresa- I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
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