The artist this week is Joan Fullerton @joanfullerton. Fullerton is a working artist. What I mean by that is she is not world-renowned artist hanging in the Louvre, but she does art. She teaches, shows, and paints. Fullerton does what she loves. I highlight working artists because it shows that you can do what you love and make a living doing it. Not everyone is going to be a Frieda Carlo, Maya Angelou, or Brad Pitt, but there is plenty of room for people to honor their passion. They all started off make a living and doing the work. During this Leonine week where we investigate how we shine ponder this: Do we sometimes by aiming for the goal, miss the point of the work? The work should bring you contentment not the goal. Goals are fleeting; where the everyday, the work, is steady and satisfying.
Solar System highlights: Moon starts in Leo – your time to shine and find joy. It moves to Virgo on the 9th – time to clean house and organize. Then Libra on the 11th – highlighting relationships. Ending in Scorpio – focus on your passion but watch the drama. Mercury goes into Virgo on the 11th. Great time to clean out your email and when conversing be clear, simple, and precise. Venus is in Virgo this can be a hard configuration around your relationships, so watch frustrations and critical talk – patience is key. On the positive side a great time to weed and fertilize anything you want to grow or create space for. Mars is in Virgo – time to clean and tidy up anything. Jupiter is back in Aquarius so back to the drawing board innovating and upping your game for the rest of this year.
P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Leo this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Aquarius 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
King of Cups – Last week the Muse of Empire Creation supported you in building onto anything you have already started. The challenge with this energy is being aware of your surroundings and the consequences of your actions. Now the Muse of Emotionality is here to continue the theme of what is good for all is good for the one. You maybe asked to be vulnerable this week to build better community and a better you.
Taurus
*Strength – This week has its challenges, but it is just testing your ability to be flexible and open to other ways of doing things. Your Muse of Resilience and Inner Strength suggest you be less like an oak tree and more like bamboo. Oak trees are solo. Bamboo relies on each other for strength. Oaks grow slowly. Bamboo grows fast. The task is to be less stoic and set and more passionate and supple. Sometimes taming oneself weakens your passion. Your motto: I’m not in control of everything and that is okay.
Gemini
*Empress – The Muse of Creation has come to help you birth something. She asks what would you like to develop and grow in the next 10 months? This energy will help you in this endeavor if you show up. This Muse reminds that to cultivate something you specifically need to tend to it. However, she also advises if you do not have the time to be present then cast your seeds to the wind and see what shows up a in the spring of 2022. Either a desire or a surprise wants to be born, so create and planet some seeds this week.
Cancerian
Two of Wands – The Muse of Future is here to get you dreaming of far away places and new adventures. Spend this week thinking of what 2022 could hold for you. What would you like to accomplish two birthdays from now? Markers, scissors, paint, and vision boards up.
Leo
Six of Cups – Last week the Muse of Resilience and Inner Strength is having you quest for subconscious release by the direction of cognizant realization. So simple that means how do you let your inner self comfortably show in the outer world? Your work this year is to create or work on healthy outlets so your inner “beast” can roar. To help you on this hunt is the Muse of the Past. Some of the answers lie in your childhood. This energy wants you to explore how the child you, 2-10, found outlets to express yourself.
Virgo
*Magician – This Muse is here to help you finalize the last month of your birth year and prep the table for the coming year. The Muse of Divine Manifestation is asking you to connect with your celestial source to download information and action plans. She reminds you that you already possess all the tools you will need for this coming year, but asks what will you do with them? Spend this week experimenting with your tools and innovating your plans.
Libra
Three of Swords – The energy around you this week is heartache but within it is also healing. You may find you are easily triggered. Use these upsets to guide you to places that need healing. Be kind to yourself as you would for anyone else recovering from wounds or trauma.
Scorpio
*Devil – The Muse of Exams is here with a number two pencil and bubble sheets. This energy will test your resolve and boundaries. So, with every exam prep work is needed. Start off this week with a few goals and boundaries set. Then once you roll into Monday you will be less likely to be taken off track. Remember this energy is not to reteach you any lessons. This is about did you fully understand the knowledge gained from your life experiences.
Sagittarius
Queen of Cups – The Muse of Fun is here to help you have some, well, fun. You all as a sign are fun-loving but when you get down in the dumps it can be like trying to drive on flat tires. This energy is here to remind you that one of your purposes for being here on Earth is to find the fun and bring others along for the ride. So, your homework is to do as many joyful things as possible for yourself this week and if you can include another – double the fun 😉
Capricorn
Queen of Swords – Last week the Muse of Long-term Planning came to calibrate your present plans to your future goals. Something has gotten out of kilter, and you need foresight to realign it back to the right path. And now her partner The Muse of Details has come to join the party. This energy helps you navigate the details needed to obtain your goals. Their motto: Work smarter not harder and Measure twice and cut once.
Aquarius
Ten of Coins – Last week the Wandering Muse was pushing you to start a new adventure, plan a vacation, start a new project, or wander without any set goals. Reminding you that your joy comes from discovering the new. Now the Muse of Success has joined to prompt you before you start on your new adventure take this week to relax and enjoy your success. This month signifies a new beginning but also an ending. Don’t rush the process to move on without patting yourself on the back and basking in your achievements.
Pisces
King of Swords and Six of Cups – The Muse of Planning has partnered with the Muse of Memories this week. To create memories sometimes planning is involved. These energies not only want you to go down memory lane and pull up past joyful memories but also wants you to plan events in the future that can create new joyful memories. Your past has knowledge on the who, what, where, and how to future joy. They remind you now is the time to start new and fresh and be more positive energetically for your future.
King of Swords – See the broader picture of situations and champion those that are being bullied. Watch for people taking advantage of or manipulating those that are more misfortunate around you. You can solve these predicaments as simply as sharing your toilet paper or getting the elder down the street groceries, so they don’t have to go out.
*Death – Another energy packed week. The past couple of weeks have triggered your self-doubt and insecurities. Then the energy shifted trying to guide you towards self and universal compassion, so you could believe in you and the world at large. This week the energy embodies change and transitions. Things need to end so there is room for new projects/ideas/people. Take this time to, figuratively and/or literally, weed and plant anew.
Queen of Pentacles – Last week, the energy surrounding you was materializing the divine. Advising that conjuring for the greater good brings more ease to finding solutions. This energy continues through this week; however, you will have to let go of trying of controlling the entire materialization process. Watch the line between nurturing and smothering people and projects this week. Whatever you create needs to work without your constant guidance and support to succeed and not suck all the energy out of you.
Ace of Pentacles – Opportunities, abundance and prosperity are the energies to work with. This week has the potential of creation in it. Think of this energy like a seed – this is a beginning. What seed will you pick to plant and water as you go into this spring season. What one thing can you hone your focus and energy into?
Ten of Swords – Normally this energy is harsh, but you seem to rise above the morass by getting out of your head and being there for others. This week’s energy of regeneration and recovery lifts you above the banal and the suffering to a place that feels lighter and more hopeful.
Knight of Swords – To be truly courageous and unstoppable it is best to slow down. You can easily be triggered into impulsiveness. So, take a breath and survey your surroundings before you step into any situation this week.
Nine of Pentacles – Last week’s energy was about walking into your destiny. And, the lessons were about when your luck is favorable grab it and when it is unfavorable let it go. While realizing neither outcomes had anything to do with you. This destiny energy continues this week and adds that while things may look advantageous or not, that you need to watch overextending and/or overcompensating. So, take only what you need and let go of what doesn’t work.
Two of Swords – The mist that surrounds you is making decisions hard and/or is adding undue confusion to situations. So come to terms you are at a stalemate this week and it is best just to sit and wait out the bad weather. The fog will lift, and the road will be clear soon. Just not this week.
Two of Pentacles – Take this week’s energy to slow down the spinning plates. This is a time to look at what overwhelms you and where you are over committed. You have the time to contemplate what are your true priorities and where can you be flexible in your commitments. Life is a balancing act, and this is a good week to regain some of your balance and dexterity.
Four of Cups – Meditation and retreat are key elements to your week. And the atomic structure of this energy lies within the concepts of apathy and acceptance. How do you allow acceptance into your life without feeling apathetic? Contemplating on that goatfish will lead to avenues of ease.
*High Priestess – Listening to your intuition is vital this week. However, figure out what your subconscious is trying to convey is hard to hear through all the static of everyday life. So, find moments of silence, synchronicities and moon beams to guide you to opportunities and solutions that are hidden in the light of day. For example: There is a new Moon in Aries March 24; it’s a great day to start things.
Three of Cups – The energy this week is about independence. Your close ones and friends are important, but it must be balanced with some alone time. And this energy whether with friends or alone is best utilized doing the activities you love to do. This week is about filling your emotional cup.
Page of Swords – This week is about information gathering. The Page of Swords is the card of truth. Though to obtain that truth one will have to do some undercover work. When this card shows up ask questions and listen closely to the answers. The truth does not lie on the surface.
*Chariot – Lol, you all got the Chariot, card of change, two weeks ago. This repeat of cards happens for two reasons. Either it has come by again picking up where you left off, or you didn’t take up the reins last time and you get a do-over. The Chariot proclaims again that it is time to make transformations happen around areas that you want to alter, and it is your sole responsibility in powering that change. I highly suggest you take up the reins and make stuff happen. Life rarely gives us do-overs. Motto: Be the change you want to see in the world. Ghandi
*Devil – The Devil card comes when one is getting tested around who you are and what you stand for. This week plays out like finals week. You have gone through all the hardships. And now situations and people will test you around your resolves. This can look as simple as a co-worker asking you out for lunch when you are trying to save cash, or boss asking you to work another long day or weekend when your child hasn’t had time with you all week. Or this can be as complex as speaking up when you see/hear discrimination happening at the bus stop. You will have to walk your talk.
Six of Swords – The last two weeks have been all work and no play. This week the Six of Swords still has movement, but advises that you need to step back, gain some perspective and simplify your process/life. You need this paring down so you can be more focused. Also, this is a great week to hang in or around a water source.
Five of Wands – The Five of Wands ends your birth month with a bit of chaos. This week is just a hint of some things you need to focus on and straighten out in the coming year. On a positive note with all that isn’t working and bring chaos into your life this week, you have a whole year to lay the foundations and structures. By 2020 birthdate you can begin to create your empire on what you accomplish this year.
*Strength – Right out of the gate your first big card for the coming birth year. The Strength card helps you ground yourself and acknowledge your resilience, self-compassion, and mental acuity. This year you will have opportunities to show you how far you have come. That though you have been bent you have never broken. By 2020’s birthday you will feel more comfortable in you own skin. And to do so the best exercises are ones that keep you in your body. If you don’t have those practices this is the week to start them. This can look like doing body scan meditations each night, learning how to rock climb, or start journaling. Just find a way to notice how you walk and feel on the Earth in the day to day.
Eight of Pentacles – The Eight of Pentacles is the card of mastery or bettering your skills at how you make money. This week is not about learning new things but more about tweaking, so you work smarter not harder.
The Seven of Cups – Last week, the Hanged Man card of stagnation and inertia ruled the roost. This week with the Seven of Cups movement is still on hold. But where last week the goal was using the time-out enjoying whatever life brought you or listening in silence to your inner voice for some enlightened contemplation. This week’s card suggests your contemplation focusing on your dreams. The goal is to investigate if you are dreaming big enough while at the same time making sure you are not being delusional. Motto: head in the clouds – feet on the ground.
Five of Pentacles– Two fives in a row, so first lets stress fives represent chaos. So last week it was looking at emotional chaos. This week the Five of Pentacles are focusing on loss on the material plane. This can be as simple as you misplace your keys or wallet. But it also can be complex as loosing time or losing confidence in your work. The big way to work through this week is asking for help. I know you all like to do things on your own, but four hands or eyes are better than two.
Nine of Cups – Last week, the Empress wanted you to start planting seeds for projects/relationships you want to produce in 10 months. While challenging you that you must commit to it for the next 10 months to get a well-formed outcome, and it must have a component of helping others. Well the Nine of Cups continues that theme of growth and is begging you to drop your perfectionism down a half a notch this week. Remember this “project/s” is supposed to represent how you want to grow and what you want to grow. And no “baby” can grow without the freedom of learning from missteps.
King of Wands – The King of Wands comes to remind you how special you are. You have gone through a lot this past year. And this week you can build upon your successes. This is a week for you to take back some control you may have given away.
*Tower – The Tower is the card of change that comes from an outside source, to shake up something that is not working. This is the energy of Kali, goddess of destruction and rebirth. There are a couple ways to deal with this card. One way is do nothing, let the shaking happen and deal with the aftermath. The Second way is to say, “nope I would like not to deal with this”, some tiny shit will hit the fan and this card will come back around with more force next time. Or lastly see what needs to be changed and initiate that change before an outside source does. This is as simple as seeing that engine light on your dashboard lit up and then getting your car fixed this week. Or as complex as seeing that your relationship is not based on equality and having a discussion about it.
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King of Cups – Last week the Death card had you clear some space, weed out the plants/projects/ideas that you do not want to grow this year. And then prep the soil/mind-space/physical-space where the budding will happen. The first seeds to plant and or tend are the ones in the emotional realm this week. Whether this deals with work or personally, your heart wants to be part of it. Your motto – is if it doesn’t make you feel than you ain’t doing it right.
King of Pentacles – Last week the Knight of Pentacles wanted you to work on your environment, your work that brings in money, your health and/or any physical project that creates a physical item. The King of Pentacles continues this momentum. However, he wants to see at the very least some aspect of a the product finished, so finish a project or move it to a place where you can see the end, or double down on your fitness regime. Your motto – Do it.
*Death – This week is a great place to start prepping areas where you want change to happen. I think of Death as the gardening card. First you need to weed and prepare the soil for your seeds. That is your mission this week to clear some space, weed out the plants/projects/ideas that you do not want to grow this year. And then prep the soil/mind-space/physical-space where the budding will happen. If you get that done, you can start growing the seeds of change.
Knight of Pentacles – The Knights come to tell us we are on the right track and to keep on keeping on. This specific knight is in the realm of the material world. So, the areas to work on this week are your environment, your work that brings in money, your health and/or any physical project that creates a physical item.
Page of Pentacles – Last week, the Hierophant wanted you to create structure and the Eight of Pentacles wanted you to work on mastery at what you are doing. Now the Page of Pentacles arrives to remind you that learning is part of the process of growing. This week use this page’s power to help you hit the books and learn something new.
Three of Cups – This week’s energy is all about enjoying friends. The Three of Cups comes up when your soul needs to be refilled and no one better to make you smile then friends. Take this week to reconnect with your chosen loved ones.
Ten of Wands – Two tens in a row. Let’s look at tens for a second. Tens tell us that cycles are on their final chapters. This is a great time to use the energy to enjoy what you have sown. Last week it had you recognize how far you have come and how good your life is. This week is about prioritizing and letting go a bit of your what’s on your plate. Think of this like a 12-course meal. The concept is to take your time savoring each course, but with this card realize if you are full you can take home a doggy bag for later.
Eight of Cups – The Eight of Cups’ energy for this week is letting go of emotions or relationship expectations that just aren’t working. This card comes when we are feeling drained or frustrated and not seeing that somethings just can’t be worked on right now and maybe for a while. This week’s motto let go.
Four of Pentacles – This card warns us when we need to conserve our energy, money and time. Take this week to save and simplify. The less you do the better the flow.
Eight of Wands – Last week, the Empress challenged you to plant seeds – start big ideas/projects that will bud in about 9-10 months from now. The Eight of Wands continues this theme by building on the energy of inspiration through the acts of communication and sharing. Use this energy to bounce off ideas with comrades, partners and mentors. Revel in the exchange of information and inspiration.
Queen of Swords – Strategy and standing up for yourself is your focuses this week. The Queen of Swords comes up when you need to draw lines in the sand and then strategize how to negotiate when boundaries are questioned or stepped over. Your challenge is this strategy and maneuvering is for the long game, so kind but firm is the key.
King of Wands – The King of Wands’ energy brings the concept of the mindful and compassionate ruler. He challenges you to focus on one main goal that will both benefit the world and yourself. By doing this exercise this energy will help a spectrum of personal and universal goals, but with only one point of force. Think of this like a laser that has a ripple effect – focused but far-reaching.
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