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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of May 24, 2020

Alice Ball

A tiny break from art into science, because we need a collective shout out to the scientists that work every day in creating cures for thousands of illnesses.  Our society is relying on a variety of scientists around the world to understand and create a vaccine for Covid-19.  Theories aside from how it was spread, we need researchers to develop a vaccine.  Science, in general, needs to be supported now and women in particular need to be nurtured in science fields.  Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.― Marie Curie

Alice Ball was the chemist that developed the first successful treatment of Hansen’s disease (leprosy).  She was also the first African American and woman to graduate with a M.S. degree in chemistry from the College of Hawaii.  Her research in the early 1900’s with oil of the chaulmoogra tree lead her to create the first injectable leprosy treatment. The previous oral use of the oil caused many uncomfortable side effects and was less effective.   Her method was so successful it allowed patients to rejoin their families free from the symptoms of leprosy.  She died at age 24.  She was not recognized for her work until 2000.

P.S. Signs with an * it a big week for you.  Gemini this is a perfect time to get an 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.

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

Nina

Aries

Eight of Cups– The energy this week is about walking away from things that are no longer useful.  Your heart is telling you something is off, and it is time to take another avenue.  But to figure out what that is sometimes you need to totally disengage from it.  This isn’t about avoiding anything, it is about evaluating and simplifying.

Taurus

Nine of Coins – Abundance is in the air.  You are going to need time to do some work this week, in solitude is best.  Utilize this energy to materialize what you are wanting to grow in your physical plane.  As they say energy goes where attention flows.  So where or what are you driving to?

Gemini

Seven of Coins – The energy this week is aimless and spotted with areas of delay and inertia.  To work with this, focus and persistence is vital.  This is a nose to the grindstone kind of week.  But as in the quote by John Firth implied do not holdeth their noses so hard to the grindstone, that it clean disfigureth their faces.  The challenge is there is a line between work and being overwork.  Be careful not to step over that line.

Cancer

Queen of Coins – The last two week’s energies were about healing being needed as much as action in creating a healthier future.  Now the energy is about the balance between work and play, and for you this takes form in being the nurturer and being nurtured.  Broaden your scope of independence to find places where you can nurture yourself.

Leo

King of Swords – You are going to need your brain this week.  The challenge is using your intellect for long-term planning is more useful than getting all the details right.  Yes, it is easier getting caught in the what ifs, but that will take you off course.  So, discipline is key to taking advantage of this energy.

Virgo

Ten of Cups – Last week’s energy was calling you, to find ways to mother and not smother your creativity.  It is natural for you to nurture others but when it comes to yourself you stop.  You needed to loosen the structure and cultivate organic expression.  Well that energy continues this week by helping you cultivate the joy you find in creation.  Now is the time to be masterful and overlap that with your bliss.

Libra

Page of Coins – Learning and diligence are needed to use this week’s energy well.  The challenge is allowing yourself to be wrong.  You do not need to hold all the weight to get things done.  Delegation and assistance are key, but you must let go of the idea that your way is the only way.

Scorpio

Ace of Wands – Distraction and delays are in the air for you this week which will lead you to hesitating or off your intended path.  The key is keeping your eye on what inspires you.  If you let inspiration be your guide you will follow a creative path of ease instead of willow wisps.

Sagittarius

Eight of Coins – It is easy to do your work this week as long as you stick to what you know.  Use this week’s energy honing your skills.  You do not need to learn more.  You have mastered your craft now it is time to use it.

Capricorn

*Death – Change is in the air again.  Do not resist or fear this transformation.  Let things end so others can begin. This change is organic.  There are ups & downs and starts & stops, but overall, this push forward has you moving in a more natural pace and to a more comfortable place.

Aquarius

*Justice – Another big energy week for you.  Two weeks ago, it started with summoning you to take a bit of control over your destiny by showing up.  Then the Temperance energy suggested creating your life like a refined meal that has many notes to balance its tastes into a delectable dining experience.  This concept of balance continues this week but instead of the last week’s refinement, this week is more related to the balance that happens with causes and effects.  The challenge is that every question is not yes or no look for the grey areas to find a true sense of fairness and harmony.

Pisces

Eight of Wands – Slow down you move to fast is your theme song this week.  This week has tons of information coming at you and the feel of needing making quick decision, but to discern the information you will need to slow down and feel the flow.  Use this week’s energy to swim with the current even though it may feel too slow.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of May 17, 2020

Beth Cavener

This week’s art is the incredible sculptures of Beth Cavener.  The exquisite lines of these sculptures are like Japanese calligraphy strokes in clay. The sculpting style feels loose in appearance but tight in emotion. In her own words: Primitive animal instincts lurk in our own depths, waiting for the chance to slide past a conscious moment. The sculptures I create focus on human psychology, stripped of context and rationalization, and articulated through animal and human forms. On the surface, these figures are simply feral and domestic individuals suspended in a moment of tension. Beneath the surface, they embody the consequences of human fear, apathy, aggression, and misunderstanding.

Many people are seeing their and others’ worse sides right now.  Wanting to be free but fearful and aggressive in obtaining that freedom.  We must try to calm our primal emotions of flight, fight, or freeze, and enhance our innate capacity for empathy and compassion.  But to do that, we must face our underlying fears.  We must stare at them even though uncomfortable, possible wrestle with them, but ultimately, if we are truthful with where they are rooted, they will not overcome us.  And for others’ feelings, empathy is necessary, for they are as scared of something as you are.

Please check out her website especially check out her process. It is amazing!

P.S. Signs with an * it a big week for you.  Taurus this is a perfect time to get an 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.

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

Nina

 

Aries

Eight of Coins– This week is all about work.  You got skills and you need to use them. So, now is the time to get things done.  The challenge is being humble enough to know you always have something more to learn

 

Taurus

Two of Cups – It is all about partnerships this week.  This time holds possibilities of unity and connection, but if emotions are not attended to, it can also hold tension and disharmony.  Be aware it takes two to tango or waltz. One can lead but the other must agree to follow.

 

Gemini

beth cavener Ten of Cups – This week’s energy is around family bliss.  Spend these coming days cultivating harmony and happiness.  Find ways to enjoy the company of others, whether that is with a web wine meet up or a virtual game of cards.  Companionship is key this week.

 

Cancer

Beth Cavener*Star – Last week’s energy is about bring the divine down into practical applications.  Using your resourcefulness and skills to create action.  Now the card of healing joins the mix.  For last week’s energy was a mix bag of actions.  This week you can step back and see why your creative fires did not light or burn as brightly as you intended.  Do not be discouraged.  This is part of the process of action you need to learn before your new birth year starts.  Understanding and mending is needed as much as action to create a healthier future.

 

Leo

beth cavener Eight of Swords – Ok week two of moody thoughts and feelings surrounding you.  The key to this week’s feeling of being trapped is again around self-acceptance.  You are allowed to have feelings, but overthinking those feelings is where the trap gets triggered.  Take this time to discern and disengage from the entwinement of your heart and your mind.

 

Virgo

*Empress – Creativity is calling to you.  But something is holding you back.  This week find out how to mother and not smother that creativity.  It is natural for you to nurture others but when it comes to yourself you stop.  Why?   Let loose of the structure and cultivate organic expression.

 

Libra

Ace of Wands – Last week’s energy was about creating new beginnings if you are not reckless or naïve in its undertaking.  The energy continues this week.  However, so does the energy of distraction.  Why are you hesitating on moving to the next level, beginning a new project, or just being creative without any goals?  Again, the key and conundrum is around planning.  You do have to plan the whole project.  This energy is about taking one step at a time and enjoying the process hopefully as much as or more than the result.

 

Scorpio

Knight of Swords – You are unstoppable this week, and that has two potential outcomes.  Either you can impulsively rush in without thinking and either bruise yourself or another.  Or you can swoop in with heroic and selfless actions and save the day.   The key is thinking before you act.

 

Sagittarius

beth cavener Four of Coins – Conservation is the energy you will need to work with this week.  Your resources are limited, so use them wisely.  This isn’t about being miserly but being frugal.  Frugal in the sense of simplifying and focusing your energy, within the context of what you feed grows.

 

Capricorn

Ace of Swords – The energy this week is about breakthroughs.  There is clarity in the air which brings new ideas and thoughts into your mix.  The challenge is deciding either surfing the chaos like a Zen wave rider or diving into the depths letting the waves roll above the contemplative stillness you have found.  The choice is yours.

 

Aquarius

beth cavener *Temperance – Last week, it was time to take a bit of control over your destiny by just showing up.  The high energy continues this week but with less of a roller coaster feel.  This energy asks you what is your purpose?  The keys to finding these answers is patience and balance.  Your life is complex, so balancing out different aspects and aspirations is important to moving forward in the year to come.  Think of your life like a refined meal that has many notes to balance its tastes into a delectable dining experience.

 

Pisces

Beth CavenerTwo of Swords – Decision making time.  There is a stalemate that is about to happen but just being decisive about what you want and how you want to feel will avoid later confusion.   Do not avoid what you know needs to be done.

 

 

 

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of May 10, 2020

Today is Mother’s Day. By taking the gender out of the day, this is about recognizing the nurturers in our lives.  Nurturing is the process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something.  They can be your mother, a nurse, a partner, teacher, Mother Earth, a friend, a gardener, or your child… to name a few.   

This week’s artist is Uemura Shoen (Uemura Tsune).  She is considered a major innovator in the bijin-ga style.  Shoen grew up in a time when women were admired for painting but only behind closed doors.  Her mother, a widow, nurtured Shoen’s desire to become a painter by defying cultural norms. She let her paint in the corner of her tea shop, were Uemura soon became recognized for her painting skills. At age 12, Shoen’s mother sent her to study under Suzuki Shonen a famous Chinese landscape artist. By 15, Uemura became famous for the purchasing of her painting The Beauty of Four Seasons by the son of Queen Victoria.

Shoen was drawn to the bijin-ga style of painting. Bijin-ga, beautiful woman pictures, were produced from the 17th century to the 19th century and were exceedingly popular with the middle class. They traditionally depicted courtesans or “women” Noh performer (all the woman roles were played by men).  However, Shoen chose celebrating ordinary woman and often portraying them doing domestic chores or dressing up in their finery.  This elevated the women cultural, from lower-class citizens to beautiful and unique. Shoen paid forward the nurturing of her mother to all women.   

Thank you, nurturers for giving us space to grow!

P.S. Signs with an * it a big week for you.  Taurus this is a perfect time to get an 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.   

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

Nina

Aries
Dattatraya Thombare
Dattatraya Thombare

Four of Cups – This is your second four, so let us dive just a bit into fours.  Four is the number of stability.  Last week you needed to relax to increase your stability.  This week is you need to withdraw.  A retreat is needed.  A time for reworking what is necessary to maintain your strength in the coming months.  With that idea in hand you will feel less apathetic and more apt to action.

Taurus
Sonya Boyce

Five of Coins – Some weeks are harder than others, so do not be shock if this week comes at you relentlessly.  The best way to work with this energy is to ask for help.  Assistance is there though you will need to exchange coinage in some form.  This can be as easy as baking cookies for your helper or picking up milk for them when you run to the store. 

Gemini
Diego Rivera

Two of Swords – This week’s energy is full of crossroads decisions, which you cannot avoid.  If you come to an impasse, remember make the decision based on how you would feel once you have started on this path.  Or another way to see this, the decision is more about the journey than the destination.   

Cancer
Mother

*Magician – This week’s energy is about bring the divine down into practical applications.  Use your resourcefulness and skills to create action.  Now is a great time to conjure up next steps.  The challenge is that the product needs to not only benefit you but has components that benefit others. 

Leo
Nguyen-Thanh-Binh

King of Cups – Careful this is a moody week for you.  The energy around you can set you off easily and you may come across as uncaring.  So, the challenge is finding balance by being compassionate with yourself.  This is not time apologizing for your behavior, but it is a perfect time being vulnerable and tell people how you are feeling.  And if they can’t take f@$% them.  Figuratively or literally. 

Virgo
Midnight mother
Kitagawa Utamaro

Two of Coins – It is a balancing act this week.    It is essential that you figure out your priorities and then cut that list in half.  The key to this week’s energy is flexibility and avoiding overwhelming yourself.  This is not a week to multitask or jump from one project to the next. 

Libra
Beatien Yazz_mother_daughter_one
Beatien Yazz

*Fool – This week has the energy creating new beginnings if you are not reckless or naïve in its undertaking.  If you feel you do not have all that you need to begin a project, now is not the time to rely on seat of the pants logic or free-spirited spontaneity.  This week needs planning and preparation before embarking on a new project or direction.     

Scorpio
mother-and-child
Helene Schjerfbeck

Page of Cups – The energy this week is full of possibilities if you can only be vulnerable and follow your heart.  Pull out your rose-colored glass and look for the good.  The more positive and open hearted you are the easier solutions will be found.  Open heart – Open mind. 

Sagittarius
Ravsaheb Gurav

Nine of Swords – Last week you were dealing with the card of change and awakenings.  It wanted you to find your fissures, fix what is fixable, and if too broken then it is time for a significant change.  Luckily, you have another week to work on this.  The energy this week of letting go helps you cope with the strains and fractures of your structures. Worry only about the things you have control to change. 

Capricorn
Silva Manansala

Six of Coins – The energy this week is about investing and receiving.  Share and you receive in return, but be warned that goes for good and bad energy.  The challenge with this exchange is that it takes a serpentine and circuitous route coming back.  So, receiving the gold or the coal can be from surprise sources.

Aquarius
B. K. Lusk

*Wheel of Fortune – It is time to take a bit of control over your destiny by just showing up.  Yes karma, fate and luck all come into play this week and nothing is a guarantee.  But just indicating your wants will give you that bit of control you need and even the odds more in your favor.

Pisces
Shijun Munns

Page of Swords – A piece to the puzzle is hidden that you will need to solve a conundrum(s). Using your charm will get you the needed information.  Be aware this hiding is not to undermine you. It is done out of ignorance.  Also be warned, your intuition is likely to miss some of the facts.  This week intellect is your ally.   

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of May 3, 2020

This painting, The Rainbow, is by George Inness.  Inness  was born May 1st, 1825 and became one of the most influential American artists of the 19th century.  He often used rainbows to convey the divine.  Inness attempted through his art to demonstrate the reality of the unseen by juxtaposing blurred elements to refined details intertwining the physical and spiritual nature of the object.  

The rainbow is symbolically thought of as a call for hope after a storm, a covenant, a bridge to the gods or a god/goddess itself.  Scientifically a rainbow is meteorological phenomena that is caused by reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets.  Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear directly opposite of the sun and observed at a 42-degree angle.  The color sequence starting from the top is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.  Ten degrees above, often not seen but always there, is a larger and fainter secondary rainbow where the color sequence is reversed. 

This is a unique time in history where many aspects of our lives are being reflected, refracted, and dispersed to us.  Covid has made the unseen seen and flipped our reality.  It has united us globally bringing out our divine side of grace, gratitude, and generosity.  And in contrast has brought to light the cracks in each country’s structures and culture were our basic needs are not met.  We can no longer not see the unseen of global interdependence, inequality between all our workforces, the disparity in health for races, our presence affecting climate change to name just a few.  Now is the time to acknowledge both reflections of our world, to bridge our gaps, and to create a covenant to do no harm. 

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

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

Nina

Aries

Four of Swords – Relaxation is what you need this week.  The energy slows down around giving you time to recuperate and mediate on what needs to happen.  The more time you give your body to rest the better your outcomes will be next week.

Taurus

Ace of Pentacles – The last two week’s energy had you ponder:  How does information from your past effect the planning of your future?  And does this process hold you back?  Can you plan without knowing the outcome?  If everything were possible and you had infinite energy, how and what would you grow?  This week’s energy is asking you to take your pondering to a plan.  Do not let this time of opportunity get away.  It is time to create.

Gemini

Ace of Cups – Last week’s energy was pushing you to take a chance on yourself.  Karma, fate, and luck are all part of the cosmic design, but you can and do have some control of where the ball lands on the cosmic roulette table.  Your part is to show up and make the bet to change your destiny.  This week’s energy will help drive destiny if you let creativity have full reign.  Your only roadblock is not being compassionate with your drive for perfection. Do not repress your creative tenacity.

Cancer

King of Cups – Last week the universal energy for your sign was helping taming your insecurities and self-doubt and making you more resilient.  You will need it for this week’s temperamental energy.  It easy for you to get swept up in this moody current to land on the shores of apathy.   However, you are not heartless just heart weary.  Allow yourself time to withdraw into you shell and regroup.  You will come back to the land of compassion and balance by the week’s end.   

Leo

Page of Pentacles – Manifestation is the energy to utilize this week.  Anything you set your drive and diligence towards will move at a steady pace.  However, this is not a week for bonfires or sparks.  Stoke the fires in a sensible and consistent way. 

Virgo

Knight of Swords – This is not a week to rush into anything.  The energy around you is unpredictable and can lead you either aimless around in circles or impulsively drive you over a proverbial cliff.  A cool thoughtful mind is needed.  No superhero antics. 

Libra

Queen of Cups – Last week’s energy was about transitions – places in your life that need to end so others can begin.  You needed more space for harvesting the new, so something needed to give.  The energy continues this week with a dash of compassion.  Change is never really comfortable even when you and/or it has the best intentions.  Try to use this week’s calm and comforting energy to sooth the bruises in this very transitional period.    

Scorpio

Eight of Coins – The last couple of weeks had a heavier energy about them.  First, they asked you to ponder the concepts of nurturing versus smothering, codependence versus interdependence, and growth versus obstructions.  Giving yourself and others the space, time, and energy to grow with just enough structure to feel rooted and secure.  Which readied you for new beginnings and spontaneity.  If you did this work, then you can use this week’s energy of focusing and mastering the skills to get a jump on your new endeavor.  As long as you do not get caught up in perfectionism, for it will drain your inspiration.

Sagittarius

*Tower – The energy this week is all about the awakening.  Every sign has been dealing with this card and now it is your turn.   Society as a whole is dealing with the Tower card. Covid has all of us seeing the cracks in our society. But when you get this card personally you need to take a closer look at where things are broken and where you are resisting change in your own life.  This week is a wake-up call. Find your fissures and fix what is fixable. If its too broken then it is time for a significant change. 

Capricorn

Seven of Cups – Time for pie in the sky dreaming.  Usually with this card I warn people to not be illusional with their dreams.  But Capricorns can get too practical, which can block your creativity, so just for this week dream without limits.

Aquarius

Eight of Swords – Self acceptance leads you to freedom this week.  Yes, there are places where you feel not in control, bound, and with legacies given unwillingly to you; however, do not let these entrap you.  The more you let go of commanding yourself and situations the freer you become and the broader the possibilities for you to step into.

Pisces

Six of Cups – This week’s energy helps you see how much you have worked for your independence.  Your inner child feels more secure.  Through self-compassion and forgiveness, you are taking yourself and your decisions more seriously and now people are taking you more seriously too.  Congrats.  Now you are able to see that the past is now not in control of your future. 

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of April 26, 2020

Hubble Telescope
 The image is nicknamed the “Cosmic Reef,” because it resembles an undersea world.

Art in Space.  The Hubble Telescope just had its 30th birthday in space.  Above the latest picture is a giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020) part of the Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located 163,000 light-years away. The blue we see is oxygen emitting from stars.  The red is the presence of nitrogen and hydrogen.  And the wave/cloud is actually the “wind” made by those stars’ energy pulsating out.  How magnificent is this!

On April 24th, 1990 Hubble was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida attached to the Discovery space shuttle.   It has been serviced and upgraded by 5 more missions from 1993 to 2009.  To date Hubble has taken over 1.4 million observations.  Data from this telescope has helped astronomers measure the expansion and acceleration rate of the universe, study black holes, take in depth looks at planets and their atmospheres, just to name a few of the advances in astronomy.

Below are more incredible photos from the Hubble Telescope take this year and last.

P.S. Signs with an * it a big week for you.  Taurus this is a perfect time to get an 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.

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

Nina

Aries

Hubble TelescopeSix of Cups – Last week the World card heralded the concepts surrounding completion and triumph versus incompletion and disappointment as your coming year’s driving force.  This week’s energy has you starting that search in the past.  Look for useful models about completion in personal and/or world history to help process and expand your knowledge on how to maintain resilience no matter the outcome.

Taurus

*Universe – Another great energy for your birth month!  Last week’s energy had you ponder:  How does information from your past effect the planning of your future?  And does this process to get to the future holding you back?  Can you plan without knowing the outcome?  Now the Universe card has you looking towards a more distant future.  This energy asks you: If everything were possible and you had infinite energy how and what would you grow?  This is a call from the Universe to evolve but it can only help you if you give it some ideas.  So, think big!

Gemini

Hubble Telescope*Wheel – This is the last month before your new birth year and the universe is giving you a chance to change your fortune for the coming year.  It is pushing you to take a chance on yourself.  Yes karma, fate and luck are all part of the cosmic design, but you can and do have some control of where the ball lands on the cosmic roulette table.  Your part is to show up and make the bet to change your destiny.  Yep you got to play, so what you going to do?

Cancer

*Strength – So if anything, this time has taught you that you have control issues to work on, and that you need a lot of self-compassion to tame these inner demons.  The amazing bit about this energy work you been doing is that your inner strength is getting stronger.  This week’s energy will help you in taming your insecurities and self-doubt and make you more resilient to boot.

Leo

Hubble TelescopePage of Swords – The energy around you this week is not helping your restlessness, but you can let your curiosity tame your gitchiness.  As you let your curiosity roam more ideas start popping up.  This exercise will not only divert you but also take you on a better path than the one you are on now.

Virgo

Three of Swords – Forgiveness is key to this week’s energy of suffering and sorrow.  Stop licking your wounds and let them heal.  Now is the time to move on and take a more optimistic look into your future.

Libra

Hubble Telescope*Death – The energy this week is about transitions.  There are places in your life that need to end so others can begin.  Utilize this energy like weeding a garden.  You need more space for what you want to harvest, so something needs to give.  Let what doesn’t work go.

Scorpio

*Fool – Last week’s energy had you pondering the concepts of nurturing versus smothering, codependence versus interdependence, and growth versus obstructions.  If you did this, you are now giving yourself and others the space, time and energy to grow with just enough structure to feel rooted and secure.  Which readies you for this week’s energy of new beginnings and spontaneity.  Now you have the space to take advantage of the free spirit energy that prevails this week.  If you did not do this pondering, you may fall on a foolish path.  So think before you leap.

Sagittarius

Hubble TelescopeEight of Cups – This week is about creating some space and simplification.  You need the space to spread out your mind and body, but your environment is cluttered.  So, clean out the closet, your inbox, and/or your desk, so you can walk away from the old and into the spacious horizon of the new.

Capricorn

Ace of Wands –This week’s energy is full of opportunity and potential, but you must stoke your fires of inspiration.  Create a vision board, daydream, dig into social media platforms like Pinterest and Instagram to rouse your muses, write lists of your wishes, peer into fire and conjure visions.   Now is the time for new beginnings.

Aquarius

Hubble TelescopeTwo of Coins – Balance is key this week.  The more flexible you are the better you can attend to your priorities.  This sounds like a paradox, but it is key to not overcommitting yourself and giving away time to do not actually have.

Pisces

Page of Coins – This is a week of possibilities that lead to achievements and victories.  You will need to be diligent to make it manifest but anything you put effort to will move towards success.  This energy comes to validate that your dreams are flourishing, and you are moving towards goals you have wished and worked into being a while back.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of April 19, 2020

April showers
Blue Mosque Istanbul

April showers bring May flowers or so the saying goes.  But is it true?  The first time it is found in writing is in a poem from 1610, Sweet April showers, do spring May flowers.  Historians believe this proverb was born in areas either in or around the United Kingdom.  Because the month of April tends to be especially rainy due to the position of the jet stream.  However, the real reason for flowers blooming is the temperature.   As the temperature gets closer to spring like weather, flowers bloom no matter the amount of rain.  And why the temperature?  Well the insects that pollinate these flowers can only move when the temperature is above 45°F or 7.2°C.

So, take this drizzly season and be like the bee, relax.  These rainy days set the mood for tea, lazy afternoons, piddling or reading.   And enjoy these amazing raindrop pictures by photographer Duscan Stojancevic.  And remember to try and support the arts and artists if you can.

P.S. Signs with an * it a big week for you.  Taurus this is a perfect time to get an 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.

P.P.S.  New moon in Taurus great time for grounding, starting a new project.  And if you do wishes, areas around money, sensual pleasure, perseverance, patience, self-worth, and releasing stubbornness.

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

Nina

 

Aries

 Manhattan

*World – At the last day of your birth month the karma card shows up – the World.  So, for this birth year the driving force will be the concept of completion and triumph versus incompletion and disappointment.  The big question for you is how much your personality is tied to completing projects and the success of them?  Why is the attainment of goals so important in your make up?  How can you feel complete when there is more to do?  Can you feel harmony in the emptiness of challenges or defeat?

 

Taurus

Brooklyn Bridge

Two of Wands – What a great energy to start your birth month with!  The best way to use this week’s energy is through discovery.  You are in a place that holds both the past and the future in it.  And in this space, there is information for you to glean.  How does information from your past effect the planning of your future?  And does this process to get to the future holding you back?  Can you plan without knowing the outcome?  These are the questions to ponder this week.

 

Gemini

Grand Central Station

Eight of Cups – Last week’s energy was about infinity growth.  And was to be used as a reset button, a time to make changes that will take you to your next phase, mission, and/or purpose.  That energy is still hanging around you this week.  This is not a time to avoid or walk away form this opportunity.  It is time to clean house and start anew.

 

Cancer

April showers
Sagrada Familia Barcelona

Ten of Pentacles – The energy around you is tense with thoughts of financial security in the future.  Your wealth lies in more than monetary goods.  You are at an end of a fiscal cycle but that does not mean an end to economic security.  Look in the coming weeks for inspiration of where to or how to go next with all things green.  But be careful that you do not go on an emotional shopping spree this week.

 

Leo

Guggenheim

Six of Cups – To get out of last week’s doldrums call upon the energy of innocence and playfulness.  This week find joy in the little things.  And there are hidden messages in your childhood to help you get there.  More crayons, more time with a lying on the floor perspective.

 

Virgo

World Trade Center Hub NYC

Five of Swords – Last week your task was taking this time of stagnation as a moment for you to let go of resistance and pain.  To contemplate the future and find paths to a more enlightened way of being.  This energy continues with more lights to guide you to enlightenment – compassion, and reconciliation.  To truly let go of your pain you need to reconcile with it.  Be compassion with it, tame and love it.

 

Libra

National Assembly Belgrade

King of Cups – It is easy to see the world with the duality of right and wrong, but this time period calls for a balancing act of both.  You and the ones around you can be moody and your go-to is to create harmony.  However, trying to control harmonious outcomes may be impossible this week.  So, compassion is key to navigating this week’s energy.

 

Scorpio

April showers
Church of St Save Belgrade

*Empress – Motherhood and all it entails is a big theme this week for you.  The concepts surrounding and for you to ponder are nurturing versus smothering, codependence versus interdependence, and growth versus obstructions.  The areas of contemplation and hopefully solution are how to give yourself and others the space, time and energy to grow with just enough structure to feel rooted and secure.

 

Sagittarius

National Library NYC

Six of Coins – Last week’s energy was about completion, creating more harmony, success, and forward momentum. The energy shifts a bit this week from endings to sharing.  The more positive energy you can emit the more positive energy you will gain back.  Of course, this works with negative energy too.  The only kink with this transfer is that the return usually comes back from a convoluted path.

 

Capricorn

ada bridge belgrade

Queen of Coins – This week is all about practicality while still indulging in your five senses.   The easy avenue for this is eating and enjoying healthy food.  But there is also a need for beauty, so what in your life can be practical and beautiful.  Arrange your fruit in a basket, invest in beautiful but good sheets, change the lighting in your rooms to match their use?  For example, cozy lights in the living room and bright lights in the kitchen or office.  These are the things and places to invest your energy in this week.

 

Aquarius

Empire State Building NYC

King of Wands – This week’s energy is around upping your game.  Doing things that enhance your skills, experimenting to find new ways of doing things, or finding some way to upgrade your business, presence and or leadership.  How can you re-energize your vision and intent for your future?

 

Pisces

April showers
Flat iron bldg NYC

Four of Swords – Last week the energy was having you walk on the sunny side of the street.  Luckily, you can hide a bit this week, but you will still need to bring that sunny energy with you in the form of self-care. This time period has pulled more energy out of you then you realize.  No need to fear just schedule in daily times of solitude to recharge your batteries.

 

 

 

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of April 12, 2020

Egg hunt
Salvador_dali_-Teatro Museo Dali 1974

The egg symbolizes new life.  It is used by many artists as a symbol of everyday life, birth, sexuality, hope, and nature.  The use of this oval subject dates to pagan’s rituals of Spring and was adopted by Christianity to represent Christ coming out of tomb. Some scholars hypothesize that the decorating of eggs started around the 13th century, for eggs were forbidden to eat during Lent.  Therefore, people decorating eggs was part of celebrating the ending of their fast.

In German they took it a bit farther with the tradition of making nests for the Osterhause, a hare who lays colorful eggs but only to good children.   This tarotcast is just for visual fun.  In each picture there is an egg some are hard to find and some not so much. I stole this idea from Google Art so for more click Happy hunting.

P.S. Remember signs with an * it 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

Egg huntTwo of Coins – Last week, change was in the air if you didn’t try forcing it. The energy wanted you to work with the ebbs and flows of natural cycles.   Sharing the job of creating movement with the universe continues this week.  If you share the burden, you will feel less like you are spinning plates and/or overwhelmed.  The part is to work on your balancing act and be flexible.

Taurus

Henk Hofstra Art Eggcident 2008 phot Christian Tribert

Six of Coins – Finally a break in the heavy energy.  This is a time to rebalance and recoup some of your energy spent.  To get this week to work with ease, self-care is on the top of the list.  The more positive compassionate love, space and time you can pour into yourself the more you will be available to the outer world.  This is a time you can also call in some unpaid debts. Your energy cupboards are bare.  Find ways to re-stock them.

Gemini

Still Life With Fried Egg and Avocados, Jose Oliver 1963

*Universe – The energy this week is about infinity growth.  This energy can be used as reset button.   The possibilities are endless.  A place and time to evolve to a higher level.  Time to make the changes that will take you to your next phase, mission, and/or purpose.

Cancer

Leda and the Swan Francesco Bacchiacca 1515

Queen of Cups – The energy this week is about investigating your dependence.  You can see your interconnectedness as martyrdom or insecurity, or you can see that we are weave together with others to provide calm and compassion.  Dependence is not always a bad thing as long as your emotional cup is filled as much as those around you.

Leo

Egg hunt
adoracion_de_los_pastores

Queen of Swords – This week’s energy can make your heart feel cold and bitter.  You are trying to logic a situation; where emotions are needed instead.  You are right that a bit of distance will help with envisaging the details of the problems. But pull too far away and you lose the picture and the people you will need to help you.

Virgo

Egg hunt
Piero_della_Francesca Brera Madonna

*Hanged Man – This energy of stagnation has been hopping form sign to sign for the past month. Now it is your turn to deal with the concept of pause.  What to do in this place of inertia?  The best way to utilize this energy is to gain perspective of your life and path.  You are figuratively and literally be held in place.  This moment is a time for you to let go of resistance and pain. To contemplate the future and find paths to a more enlightened way of being.

Libra

Still Life Candido Portinari 1933

Three of Swords – The energy around you is heartbreak.  You are feeling the emotions not only within yourself but also those around you.  You are tuned into the emotional nature of where everyone is.  However, the suffering and sorrow you feel are places where the healing needs to start.  The best place is to begin is with yourself then move outward.

Scorpio

Egg hunt
Merrymakers at Shrovetide Frans Halsca 1616

Eight of Wands – This week energy is about slowing down.  There are a lot of messages in the air for you but if you are impatient or not in stillness you will not receive them.  Take this delay as a time and place to just observe.

Sagittarius

Concert_in_the_Egg Bousch 1561

*World – The energy this week is about completion.  Spend your energy doing the projects that need this quieter time and space. Clean the garage, write your masterpiece, or finish painting the bathroom.  There is a lot of energy to use this week to.  By doing so, you are lessening the drag from past obligations and creating more harmony, success, and forward momentum.

Capricorn

Egg hunt
Pieter_Brueghel_the_Elder_-_The_Dutch_Proverbs

King of Swords –This is a great week for making long term plans, for this energy brings with it, clarity.  Now is the time to put some discipline and structure back into your life.  This lays out a solid foundation for your projects to grow. The farther out you look, the bigger the plans can be.

Aquarius

Egg hunt
Still Life with Fruit Severin Roesen

Page of Swords – So you might be a bit restless this week, but it is just that your brain needs stimulation.  This is a great time to let your curiosity go down rabbit holes of investigation.  The amazing thing about this sleuthing is this brings information that will be useful soon.

Pisces

Landscape_with_egg_-_Goldsworth 2000

*Sun – The energy this week is very positive. This is not the time to let pessimism shade your outlook.  Your world still can bring you happiness and joy. Things will work out.  It is scary times, but the Sun is shining on you. Let yourself bask in the warmth of joy and hope.

intentions are the children of desire and the grandparents of destiny