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Tarot and Art-Cast for week of Jan 14, 2024

Sonja Hinrichsen and a bunch of volunteers

The artist this week is Sonja Hinrichsen @sonjahinrichsen.  Hinrichsen is a multimedia artist that works within and about nature and how humanity interacts or could interact with it.  Her work resonates with ancient petroglyphs, chalk land carvings, but also the clash between nature and modern civilization. All her pieces seem to investigate the vacillation from flow to stillness, so we can see the movement of land, a bird, and our observations through time.

One of the beautiful things about Hinrichsen’s work is that with many of her pieces, you can imagine yourself participating in it. Like her snow drawing pieces which is often done with herself and up to 50 volunteers in snowshoes interacting with the land and a concept.  And by doing so we can see that we are connecting not only to each other but the land itself.  In her words:  I believe that through the means of art it is possible to point out the importance of environmental soundness – through speaking to emotion and passion for nature, and through unlocking an ancient sense of freedom and awe.”

 

Your pondering for this week: Spend time interacting with the flora and fauna. Harmonize with the duality of the flow and stillness of nature.

 

****And I am experimenting again.   I had switched from using the older suits name (pentacles, cups, swords, and wands) to a more elemental way of reading them which is earth, water, air, and fire.  Now I would like to leave the binary and feudal system of the RWS’s court cards.  So, the RWS old version is Page, Knight, Queen, and King is changing to Heart (pure embodiment of element), Body (moving the element), Spirit (living the element) and Mind (taking care of the element).

 

 

Solar System highlights

The moon begins the week in Pisces – go with the flow.   On Tuesday it moves into Aries – kick into action. On Thursday and through the weekend it’s in Taurus – ground yourself and finish tasks.

Mercury is back in Sagittarius so you can re-tweak and do more experimenting with your communication skills until February 8th when it rolls back into Capricorn to implement what you have learned.  Mars (action) is in Capricorn (discipline) until February 14th.  This is a great time to get things checked off your to do list.  While Venus (beauty and harmony) has moved into Sagittarius until January 23rd, so she would like you to experiment with any aspect that increases beauty in your life.

Jupiter (abundance) is in Taurus (grounding) until May 25, 2024, which is all about expanding pleasure but watch overindulgence.  And Saturn (structures) is in Pisces (dream, create) thru Feb 13, 2026, so fluidity is the name of the game.

 

*** Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Capricorn this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Cancer it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in now is the time. And I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.

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

Nina

 

Aries
Sonja Hinrichsen
Sonja Hinrichsen

Eight of Fire – This is the second eight so a quick dip in the number.  Eights in tarot are the cards of holding and releasing.  Last week the muses wanted you to consider where you have been, where you are now and then consciously embarking on a journey that brings you new emotional horizons. And now the muses would like to download information that you will need to move forward with impetus.  Hint: this info often comes in multiple times and various ways until you get it, so ears and mind open for glitches in the matrix.

 

Taurus
Sonja Hinrichsen

Spirit of Fire – The Muse of Warmth reminds you that you can literally light up a room.  You are inspirational when you engage with your passion.  So how can you feed your fire so you can feed others?

 

Gemini
Sonja Hinrichsen
Sonja Hinrichsen

Nine of Air – The Muse of Overthinking has come because you are circling a problem that has a hidden solution.  This can be either you are worrying over something you can’t control, or this is not the time to deal with it.  Either way you need to put the problem down for a while and come back to it later – this week, next week or possibly never.

 

Cancerian
Sonja Hinrichsen

Heart of Water – The Muse of Joy would like you to find time this week to play, because your emotional well is running a bit dry.  So, playing on the floor with pet or child, drawing or coloring, snowball fights, sledding, skating, swimming, whistling, singing or any way to use your senses without a goal in mind is prescribed.

 

Leo
Sonja Hinrichsen

Two of Water – The Muse of Romance would like you to use that amazing charisma you have and to charm the pants figuratively or literally off someone (or yourself).  You need to flex and strengthen that amazing skill you have of giving pleasure and making someone’s day.  Go on, you can do it, you know you are good at it.

 

Virgo
Sonja Hinrichsen

Spirit of Earth – The Muse of Nurturing comes when someone or something needs tending to in a supportive way.  This energy is not asking you to take control but to help guide the person or process in a gentle and loving way.  This muse challenges any co-dependent energy and persuades you and the energy to become more naturally interdependent.

 

Libra
Sonja Hinrichsen

Nine of Earth – The Muse of Contentment is here to remind you to stop for a moment and realize all that you have accomplished and reassess what is left to do to succeed.  You may find that you are a place where you can put down the proverbial spade and relax for a moment.  This is a smell the roses – stop and contemplate the rainbow kind of week.

 

Scorpio
Sonja Hinrichsen

*Empress – The Muse of Nurturing comes when it is a good time to create something.  The challenge is this thing needs to be nurtured into being- like think 10 months from now.  So, what would you like to bring into the world? Think around the concepts of cultivation, wholeness, nature, and coexistence.

 

Sagittarius
Sonja Hinrichsen

Spirit of Air – The Muse of Angles advises looking at situations from all sides.  By doing this you are diverting the energy from critical to inquisitive and from ignorance to insight.

 

Capricorn
Sonja Hinrichsen

*Death – The Muse of Organic Change comes when your process of transformation needs some revisions.  You are trying to quicken the pace of a manifestation.  She advises slowing down.  There is something that needs to be re-worked or possible let go so that the movement and creation happens more organically.

 

Aquarius
Sonja Hinrichsen

Spirit of Water – The Muse of Flow would like you to examine yours.  She asks you to look for places that feel stagnated or dammed up.  These places of restriction are linked to untapped emotions. These restraints are self-placed, and you are taking something way too seriously.  Even if the situation or feeling is dark, she advices to uncork it with laughter and have some fun.

 

Pisces
Sonja Hinrichsen
Sonja Hinrichsen

Heart of Earth – The Muse of Discovery comes when there is some skill set that you need to learn or update.  You will need this knowledge in the coming months. Look to places of discomfort or unease to if you are at a loss on what to study.  This week take yourself back to school.

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Tarot and Art-Cast for week of Dec 10, 2023

Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

The artists this week is Marcin Nagraba @marcin_nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa @agnieszkaosipa.  Nagraba is a photographer and visual artist.  He often uses his mother as a model, outfitting her in Osipa’s otherworldly costume designs that are steeped in the darkness of Eastern European forests, fairytales, myths, and legends.  These mystical and exquisite photographs remind us of mythos like Baba Yaga (Slavic), and Cailleach (Scottish and Irish an aphorismic representation of Winter).  Both these deities represent wisdom, nature, pathways to the past and wishes made towards the future.

Lately it seems there is some age positive rediscovery that is happening in parts of the world that were lost in the culture of youth.  We are seeing more mature models in couture like @daphneselfe and sites like @advancedstyle rebuilding the respect of maturation.   This kind of art and Instagram sites like these are helping us re-establish and hopefully recreate our connection to aging as a natural part of life, that also doesn’t have to be bound by social dogma of what age should be or look like.   But proves that aging has its own beauty and wisdom to give.

Your pondering for this week:  And as we head into this season, notice and honor your own maturation and evolution from this year’s experiences.

Solar System highlights

The moon begins the week in Sagittarius wanting us to explore possibilities.   On Wednesday it moves into Capricorn to put that exploration into good use.  On Friday it moves into Aquarius, great for being social and thinking about the world at large.

Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Capricorn (discipline) until Dec 23rd, so we move from experimentation of our communication to implementation on what we learned. Don’t worry, you get to re-tweak and experiment when Mercury rolls back into Sagittarius at the end of December.  Mars (action) is in Sagittarius (exploration) until the end of the year wanting us to investigate and expand our horizons.  While Venus (beauty and harmony) has moved into Scorpio (passion and release) until the end of the year so this is a perfect time to enjoy the height of the winter/summer season.  And a time to release what causes disruption in your life.

The outer planets until the end of the year and into next are having us work on nurturing the pleasures in our lives, be aware of dipping into overindulgence, making our structures elastic and responsive to change, and lastly looking back to 2008 to see if any lose ends need to be tied up especially around the house and planets that sit in your natal Capricorn.

***Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Sagittarius, this is a perfect time to get a Astrological Tarot Reading  for your coming year.  And Gemini, it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading  for a check in now is the time. And I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.

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

Nina

 

Aries
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

Seven of Earth – The Muse of Rewards would like you to give you some benefits, but she does require you to work for it.  This week put your best effort in what you do, and you will see compensations in the coming weeks.

 

Taurus
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

Ten of Water – The Muse of Appreciation requests that you list at least ten things you appreciate in your life right now.  She reminds you that the act of appreciation is recognizing the full worth of something.  For example, I appreciate indoor plumbing because I don’t have to go outside to pee, but this also includes the system that supplies the water and takes away the refuse, the invention of the toilet and copper pipes etc….. This exercise helps you see and acknowledge the complexity of ease and happiness.

Gemini
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

Eight of Fire – The Muse of Messages comes when there is an abundance of information coming at you.  The challenge is some of this information is yours and important, but others are to be passed on or even ignored.  So, this muse advise to start this week off asking the questions you most want answers for and then collate the correct information just for those foci.

Cancerian
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

Knight of Earth – The Muse Pace advises that this week you should slow down and steadily walk forward with a narrow focus.  She recommends you plan out your route/tasks for the week, properly prepare and then gradually go after them.

Leo

*Fool – The Muse of Possibilities would like you to start something.  Really you pick it can be anything:  a puzzle, a project, exploring your surroundings….  You pick.  The challenges are that it needs to lead to or through something new and then for you to have faith that even though it is unknown it’s gong to be okay.

Virgo
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

Five of Earth – The Muse of Refuge comes when life is a bit rough.  She reminds you that you are not alone, but you will need to ask for help to get you through this time of need.  You are human so ask for that hug, comfort, helping hand this week.

 

Libra
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

*Hierophant – The Muse of Structures is asking you to look at yours this week, for something is not supporting your needs.  Maybe your schedule is not giving you enough sleep or quiet time, your finances are stretched, or you aren’t eating well.  Find what isn’t supporting you and make the changes needed so they do.

Scorpio
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

Ace of Earth – This week is a perfect time to start something new on the material plan.  It could be a new work project, a business endeavor, investing, building something, a new savings account.  This week plant the physical seeds that lead to prosperity and/or more ease on the material plan.

 

Sagittarius
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

Two of Earth – The Muse of Juggling advises not to muti-task this week.  She recommends this tactic for a two reasons.  You are having trouble focusing thus getting anything done, or something needs your full attention. Either way no more than two tasks at a time.

 

Capricorn
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

*Death – As you head into the final weeks of this birth year.  The Muse of Weeding would like you to clear some space to make room for the new.  This Muse would like you to discard and simplify activities or physical items to create open slots/plots in your time and space.  So, she recommends prioritizing needs first and adding just a few wants.  Pursue minimalism.   By doing so you are freeing up energy in which, at the beginning of your coming birth year, you can utilize in the next growing phase.

 

Aquarius
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

Six of Water – The Muse of Memories comes when information needs to be gathered from the past.  Spend some time in nostalgia.  You will need this information in the coming weeks, to not make any prior mistakes.

 

Pisces
Marcin Nagraba and Agnieszka Osipa

Seven of Air – The Muse of Small Success advises to break down everything you do in the coming week into small bite size pieces.  By doing so you not only create an air of efficiency but also complete more than you would tackling the big stuff.

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Tarot and Art-Cast for week of Dec 3, 2023

Almut Hilf
Almut Hilf

The artist this week is Almut Hilf @almut_hilf.  Hilf is a collage artist, but in an innovative way.  Her palette is the shades that vary between black and white.  In her words about the series KENNLINIE: “The photographs were copied in different sizes and brightness levels, have since been cut up in a continuous process and collated again and again as paper collages, then reproduced and printed 1:1 with high resolution.  The starting point of KENNLINIE are the rooms of Galerie Barbara Thumm. They are based on an idea of the architecture as a barge on a journey, as a motor for development. Images in process. Architecture as a building of possibilities and beginnings. Beginning, causing, preceding, trying.” She is now working on a series: pictures in books- libraries as living organisms.

What resonates with me about her work is it reminds me of how we move through life.  Not as a circle were we repeat the same things but a spiral where we pass by an experience, season, emotion that is similar, but it is not an exact repeat of the same thing.  And where most of our decisions are not an easy yes/no but often a decision made because of the grey and are based on past experiences that are similar.  We want the certainty of a cyclic season, but in actuality as we layer our memories and perspectives, we become something new each moment as do the spaces we walk through.

 

Your pondering for this week: Work with spending each day perceiving with fresh eyes. Seeing the present as something new that you can layer on top of the past and ponder the comparisons and contrasts.

 

Solar System highlights

The moon begins the week in Virgo helping you stay organized.   On Wednesday it moves to Libra highlighting relationships and harmony.  On Saturday it moves into Scorpio so have fun and follow your passion.

Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Capricorn (discipline) until Dec 23rd, so we move from experimentation of our communication to implementation on what we learned. Don’t worry, you get to re-tweak and experiment when Mercury rolls back into Sagittarius at the end of December.  Mars (action) is in Sagittarius (exploration) until the end of the year wanting us to investigate and expand our horizons.  While Venus (beauty and harmony) has moved into Scorpio (passion and release) until the end of the year so this is a perfect time to enjoy the height of the winter/summer season.  And a time to release what causes disruption in your life.

The outer planets until the end of the year and into next are having us work on nurturing the pleasures in our lives, be aware of dipping into overindulgence, making our structures elastic and responsive to change, and lastly looking back to 2008 to see if any lose ends need to be tied up especially around the house and planets that sit in your natal Capricorn.

 

***Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Sagittarius, this is a perfect time to get a Astrological Tarot Reading  for your coming year.  And Gemini, it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading  for a check in now is the time. And I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.

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

Nina

 

Aries
Almut Hilf
Almut Hilf

*Devil – The Muse of Wilding is wanting you to let lose just a bit.  The challenge is not to go full out into the land of extremes.  But just step out of the chains of society, gender, race, etc.… and step into what naturally is you.  This could look like changing your hair style to match your hair type not what your boss, partner or society demands.  Or wearing more color or just black.  How can you challenge yourself to be a bit freer to express the wilder side of you.

 

Taurus
Almut Hilf
Almut Hilf

King of Water – The Muse of Channeling would like you to engage in stepping into other people’s metaphorical shoes this week.  The challenge is not bringing your own emotions into the costuming.  This week is a deep dive into the concept of empathy.   This practice brings understanding of others, but more potently how hard it is to let go of your own bias.

 

Gemini
Almut Hilf
Almut Hilf

Three of Fire – The Muse of Negotiations is here to help you through this week.  When you find yourself in situations that are non-productive, negotiation is your best tool to get things moving in the right direction.  This can even be negotiations with yourself.  For example, if you have a project that needs doing but has stalled, time to negotiate with yourself what benefit you can gain by doing that.  It can even take the form of self-bribery.

 

Cancerian
Almut Hilf
Almut Hilf

*Judgement – The Muse of Evolution would like you to ponder on what in your life needs to evolve or transform.  Maybe it is traveling more to know more about the world, or maybe staying at home more to become more intimate with your family and self, less social media for more reading, etc…  What habit needs shifting?  What exploration needs scheduling?  What do you need to do to up your game and evolve your soul.

 

Leo
Almut Hilf
Almut Hilf

Two of Earth – This week the muses would like you to play with balancing.  The Muse of Flexibility suggests focusing on only two things this week.  And then work all this week between the two.  This is a lesson in simplicity, discipline and to help control “squirreling.”

 

Virgo
Almut Hilf
Almut Hilf

King of Fire – The Muse of Rituals would like you to ponder on actions you do and then make them divine.  Some examples:  Taking out recycling becomes an act of protecting Mother Earth, brushing your teeth becomes an act of self-care, or smiling and telling a stranger to have a good day is an invocation for peace.

 

Libra
Almut Hilf
Almut Hilf

Queen of Fire – The Muse of Guardianship is asking you to ponder all living things you protect and how you do it.  She then asks you to prioritize them.  And then, she asks, “are you on the list? And if you did list yourself, where in the priorities are you.  If you are not in the top three then you need to work your way up to a higher position.

 

Scorpio
Almut Hilf

*Sun – The Muse of Radiance would like you to turn up your shine.  She would like you to focus your energy on things you do best and do more of that this week.  Also, if you can get some actual sun this too will give you more energy and clarity on what to focus on.

 

Sagittarius
Almut Hilf

Three of Air – The Muse of Breakthrough advises you to do a deep dive into a wound you are feeling resurge this week. Even though this feeling of hurt is now, the injury is from the past. And the muses would like you to begin healing it from the bottom up.  As Alice Walker said, Healing begins where the wound was made.

 

Capricorn
Almut Hilf

Knight of Fire – The Muse of Timing comes to herald that you are in the right place at the right time to receive divine knowledge.  The challenge, this knowledge can come in disguise as a negative as easily as it can be a positive.  So, this muse suggests to receive the wisdom but to let go of the tone.

 

Aquarius

*Magician – The Muse of Manifestation asks you to be aware of what you are manifesting in the world.  This week is potent with energy to start projects and bring ideas into reality.  But the muse would like you to make sure the reason behind what you want to manifest is beneficial to you or to the world.  She warns this is not a time to push something that may not be fully though out.  As they say, measure twice before the cut.

 

Pisces

Eight of Air – This is your second eight so a quite dive into the number.  Eights are the numbers of refine and release. Last week the Muse of Mastery wanted you to refine your strengths.  This week the Muse of Letting Go would like you to release your weakness.   She advises working with the ones that were put there by others, but you have held on to.  They may have once served you but now they do not.

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Tarot and Art-Cast for week of Nov. 26, 2023

Bill Traylor
Bill Traylor

The artist this week is Bill Traylor. Traylor started painting at 86 years old and continued to the end of his life, 1939-1949.  His canvases were the discarded pieces of paperboard he found around his neighborhood.  Through flat images he tells the story of the complex time between slavery and civil rights in Jim Crow South.  For African Americans in the south literacy, personal agency, and personal expression were dangerous. Traylor’s body of work “is artistically unique, but its historical position is singular as well. When he started drawing it was a radical act.”

 

Traylor would be classified under outsider art.  Outsider art is considered art made by someone not formally trained.  But here is crux – though some artists are all about the technical aspects of a form of art.  Most artists I know use art to express their creative voice.  I do believe that we all can be in some form creative.  But not so sure we can call everyone an artist.  I also ponder around, as many art associated people do, what makes art so selective, categorically art? Is it like what Traylor did, expressing a viewpoint through satirical whimsy of what was happening around him without the technical prowess of say DaVinci?  Or the intellectualism of Dadaism of making art that is anti- art? Or Abstract art expressing a feeling instead of the technicality of Realism? Is art just a form of expressing self, perspective, a radical act or possible all three?  Then maybe we can all be artists in some way?

 

Your pondering for this week: What is your definition of art? 

 

Solar System highlights

The moon begins the week in Gemini where exchange of knowledge is key   On Wednesday it moves to Cancer highlighting self-care.  On Friday it moves into Leo – get outside into the sun if you can, if not bask in your own light.

Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Sagittarius (exploration) until Dec 1st, where we can experiment with our communication style. Don’t worry if you don’t get it Mercury rolls back for a replay at the end of December.  Mars (action) is in Sagittarius (exploration) until the end of the year wanting us to investigate and expand our horizons.  While Venus (beauty and harmony) is in her home sign Libra (relationships and harmony) until December 4th, so finding and creating harmony plays a big role in the next couple of weeks.

The outer planets until the end of the year and into next are having us work on nurturing the pleasures in our lives, be aware of dipping into overindulgence, making our structures elastic and responsive to change, and lastly looking back to 2008 to see if any lose ends need to be tied up especially around the house and planets that sit in your natal Capricorn.

 

***Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Sagittarius, this is a perfect time to get a Astrological Tarot Reading  for your coming year.  And Gemini, it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading  for a check in now is the time. And I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.

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

Nina

 

Aries
Bill Traylor

Seven of Water – The Muse of Dreams is challenging you to dream bigger.  She is not asking you to unrealistically dream but just to expand the boundaries of your imagination.  So, explore questions like – what would I do if I didn’t have to worry about money?  Or what would I do if there were 3 more hours in a day?

 

Taurus

Bill Traylor*Judgement – The Muse of Transformations challenges you to start evolving a part of your life this week.  She is asking you to get a head start on what might be your intentions for the coming year.  This exercise is meant to liberate you from only making resolutions on big occasions.  She is asking you to start your evolution in small doable steps.

 

Gemini
Bill Traylor
Bill Traylor

Eight of Water – The Muse of Closet Cleaning comes when you need to make some physical space to allow new things to come in or to give your eyes a space to rest on.  She reminds you that you may need to walk away from old thought patterns to free up some space in your environment.  An example: is holding on to clothes that no longer physically or mentally fit who you are today.

 

Cancerian
Bill Traylor
Bill Traylor

Three of Earth – The Muse of Collaboration comes when you need to ask for help from those around you.  This help can take any form.  Physically needing more hands, mentally needing different perspectives, or emotionally some cheerleading and hugs.  You are not in this alone.

 

Leo
Bill Traylor

*Tower – The Muse of Disruption is challenging you to shake things up.  She reminds you that as a fire sign sometimes you need upheaval to gain revelation.  But she would like you to control the commotion and not have it come from an outside source. If you don’t know where to start, look for an irritation.  Like a chair you bump into all the time this muse advises rearrange your space, so nothing interferes with your dancing.

 

Virgo
Bill Traylor

*Sun – The Muse of Radiance would like you to turn up your shine.  She would like you this week to focus your energy on things you do best and do more of that.  Also if you can get some actual sun this too may give you more energy and ideas on what to focus on.

 

Libra
Bill Traylor
Bill Traylor

*Chariot – The Muse of Momentum would like you to move a project or idea to the next phase.  The issue is that the energy to ignite this entropy needs to come from you.  Do not rely on others this week to get things done.  It doesn’t mean you have to do everything, for it is also up to you to prioritize needs over wants.

 

Scorpio
Bill Traylor
Bill Traylor

Five of Air – The Muse of Ego comes when egos get in the way of creating balance. So, this week watch getting into discussions of who’s right.  It is best when dealing with another’s ego-distortion to not confront it at all.  If you do engage then you chance your ego getting bruised and fighting back.

 

Sagittarius
Bill Traylor

*Death – The Muse of Purification would like you to incorporate a monthly ritual of purification for your coming birth year.  By literally or metaphorically sloughing off your old skin, you allow space and air for your new dermis to not only glow, but it will also be able to better protect you.

 

Capricorn
Bill Traylor

Ace of Fire – The Muse of Genesis would like you to list the things you would like to grow in your coming birth year.  And then categorize them into needs and wants.  The needs list this muse suggest start growing now, so you can propagate the wants in fertile soil.

 

Aquarius
Bill Traylor

King of Water – The Muse of Emotions is challenging you to get in touch with yours.  You may think that because you have been distancing yourself from them or handling them alone that you have not been emotional.  This muse reminds you that emotions are hard to damn up forever.  The dam will break, so a little venting goes a long way this week.

 

Pisces
Bill Traylor

Eight of Earth – The Muse of Mastery comes when you need to hone your strengths instead of focusing on your weakness.  She reminds you that you have learned some handy and unique skills, so use them.

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Tarot and Art-Cast for week of Nov. 19, 2023

Happy Birth-month Sagittarians!

Emmi Whitehorse, Fireweed

The artist this week is Emmi Whitehorse, a painter and printmaker.  As a student in the late 1970s, E. Whitehorse joined the groundbreaking “Grey Canyon Group”, which was comprised of other contemporary Native American artists. Together, the group challenged beliefs placed on Indigenous-made art by utilizing modernist abstraction to express Indigenous themes and worldviews.

Throughout her forty-year career, E. Whitehorse has created abstract and meditative mixed-media paintings. Her main sources of inspiration come from the landscapes of the American southwest and her Navajo culture. She cites her grandmother, who was a traditional Navajo weaver, as one of her earliest art mentors. Her grandmother’s influence not only shaped how the artist viewed composition but also ingrained in her the Navajo philosophy of Hózhó, or balance. This philosophy has inspired the artist to make artworks that honor the aspirations of a harmonious balance between nature and humanity.

Cite: awarewomenartist.com

Your pondering for this week: For me ancestors and family are a big theme for the period from Halloween to the New Year.  I go from Halloween honoring ancestors and people who have passed on to Turkey day spending it with family and friends in the present.  Then onto Solstice where I celebrate letting go of the old and inviting in the new with friends and at times strangers that become new friends.  In all these celebrations I try to honor the people in my life.  How do you honor your ancestors, family, and friends; past, present and future?

 

Solar System highlights

The moon begins the week in Pisces – important to go with the flow   On Wednesday it moves to Aries giving you the energy to finish the week.  On Friday it moves into Taurus – great for doing things around the house and with family.

Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Sagittarius (exploration) until Dec 1st, where we can experiment with our communication style.  Mars (action) is in Scorpio (passion and letting go) until November 24th. Wanting us to check that our actions are supporting the expression of our passion.  Then moves into Sagittarius until the end of the year wanting us to explore and expand our horizons.  While Venus (beauty and harmony) is in her home sign Libra (relationships and harmony) until December 4th, so finding and creating harmony plays a big role in the next couple of weeks.

The outer planets until the end of the year and into next are having us work on nurturing the pleasures in our lives, be aware of dipping into overindulgence, making our structures elastic and responsive to change, and lastly looking back to 2008 to see if any lose ends need to be tied up especially around the house and planets that sit in your natal Capricorn.

***Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Sagittarius, this is a perfect time to get a Astrological Tarot Reading  for your coming year.  And Gemini, it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading  for a check in now is the time. And I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.

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

Nina

 

Aries
Emmi Whitehorse
Emmi Whitehorse

*World – The Muse of Opportunities is knocking on your door.  This is a week to say yes to all offers.  The challenge is you think that you must take each opportunity to its conclusion.  However, this week is about seeing all your options before you make a choice.  Go discover what is out there.

 

Taurus

Emmi Whitehorse
Emmi Whitehorse

Two of Air – Decisions abound and there are some vital ones to make this week.  The Muse of Choices reminds you that not all decisions are ones of logic.  Sometimes the heart is better to follow then the head.  So go with what feels right.

Gemini
Emmi Whitehorse
Emmi Whitehorse

Five of Earth – The Muse of Poverty reminds you this week that though your resources may be at an all time low, you still can ask for help.  Do not assume that people will notice you need assistance, for you are usually seen as not needing help at all. Go on, ask.

Cancerian
Emmi Whitehorse
Emmi Whitehorse

Knight of Earth – The Muse of Steadiness is here to help you slog through all you have to do.  This muse reminds you to take things slow for the terrain is ever changing, but if you play it right you can keep a steady pace throughout it all.

Leo
Emmi Whitehorse
Emmi Whitehorse

*Strength – The Muse of Inner Strength is an energy you wrestle with your whole life.  She works with you to discover and utilize your superpowers.  She reminds you that as you negotiate with your inner world your outer world falls into place.  You are strong, amazing, creative but you need to believe it to make it present in the world.

Virgo
Emmi Whitehorse
Emmi Whitehorse

Ace of Water – Aces herald new beginnings.  The Ace of Water declares you can have a new start on the emotional plane.  Whether that is looking for a new love or igniting a relationship you are in.  You are ready to dive deeper into intimacy and matters of the heart.

 

Libra
Emmi Whitehorse

Queen of Fire – The Muse of Protection is asking you to set up some boundaries in your life.  You naturally tend to protect others but this week you need to shield yourself first.  She reminds you just like an airplane stewardess –  put the oxygen mask on yourself first.

 

Scorpio
Emmi Whitehorse
Emmi Whitehorse

Eight of Water – This is your second eight so a deeper dive into the number.  Eights are the “refine and release” muses of the tarot.  Last week the muses asked you to release old thought patterns that are holding you back.  This week the Muse of Simplification would like you now to refine what is left.  She asks you questions like what are the top 8 ideals you live by? Or what eight things would you take with you if you had a fire in the house?  Or pare down and refine your wardrobe? Work with streamlining and simplifying this week.

 

Sagittarius
Emmi Whitehorse, Jackstraw

Four of Earth – The Muse of Resources comes around when your resources are depleting faster than you can save.  She advises spending your physical resources of time, money, and/or space frugally this week.  She is not heralding poverty, but you might need some extra assets in the coming weeks.

Capricorn
Emmi Whitehorse

Queen of Air – The Muse of Details advises to pay attention to the minutia this week.  She comes when you may be spending too much of your vision looking at the big picture and future instead of what is needed practically and in the present.  This is especially true if you are doing any legal work – read and negotiate around the fine print.

 

Aquarius
Emmi Whitehorse
Emmi Whitehorse

Four of Fire – The Muse of Happy Home would like you to spend time in yours and spruce it up.  Whether that is putting flowers in your home, fixing squeaky doors, or just putting your feet up.  Home is where your heart is, so make sure your heart is happy at home.

 

Pisces
Emmi Whitehorse
Emmi Whitehorse

*Magician – The Muse of Manifestation asks you to be vigilant about what you are manifesting in the world.  Is it for your higher good or for the higher good of others?  If the answer is no to either of those options, go back to the drawing board, re-do the plans, goals, or outcomes to be more favorable for you and the world.

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art-Cast for week of Nov. 12 2023

Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems Matera

The artist this week is Carrie Mae Weems. Weems uses her art to bear witness to the presence or absence of black woman in history. She used photography, video, performance, installations, and social practices to explore this subject. Trained in dancing and photography in the mid-1980s she became interested in the observation methods used in the social sciences.

By the early 1990s, she began placing herself in her photographic compositions in an “attempt to create in the work the simultaneous feeling of being in it and of it.”2 She has since called this recurring figure an “alter-ego,” “muse,” and “witness to history” who can stand in for both the artist and audience. She helps us explore the concept of who is doing the looking and for what reason or end?  Watch the video explaining her work From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried (1995). Weems work could be summed up in this quote from an interview with Dawoud Bey, “My work endlessly explodes the limits of tradition… I’m determined to find new models to live by. Aren’t you?

Your pondering for this week:  What models do you live by?

 

Solar System highlights

The moon is still in Scorpio at the beginning of this week – keep your passions lit.   On Tuesday it moves to Sagittarius – find time to explore something new.  On Thursday the moon moves to Capricorn – giving you the drive to finish up the work week.  And on Saturday, the moon moves into Aquarius – spend time in society.

Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Sagittarius (exploration) until Dec 1st, where we can experiment with our communication style.  Mars (action) is in Scorpio (passion and letting go) until November 24th. Wanting us to check that our actions are supporting the expression of our passion.  While Venus (beauty and harmony) is in her home sign Libra (relationships and harmony) until December 4th. So, November is a big month in exploring how to harmonize our communication to help us harmonize our relationships while we make time in our life for things that make us zing.

The outer planets until the end of the year and into next are having us work on nurturing the pleasures in our lives, be aware of dipping into overindulgence, making our structures elastic and responsive to change, and lastly looking back to 2008 to see if any lose ends need to be tied up especially around the house and planets that sit in your natal Capricorn.

***Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Scorpio, this is a perfect time to get a Astrological Tarot Reading  for your coming year.  And Taurus, it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading  for a check in now is the time. And I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.

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

Nina

 

Aries
Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems, From Here I saw What Happened and Cried

Three of Air – This week has the potential to trigger old wounds.  This energy is not a warning of things to come but a place where healing should begin.  The Muse of Healing recommends that you dive deep into the why behind your frustration, anger, or sadness, find its source, and give yourself the love that was denied or never given.

Taurus
Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems, African Jewels

Seven of Earth – This week’s energy gives you the stamina and resilience to get stuff done.  The Muse of Work reminds you there is a harvest at the end of this push.  A time to enjoy what you have sown and rest from the work, but this week is not the time.  Carry on and get sh*t done.

Gemini
Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems, The Louvre

Six of Air – The Muse of Transition comes when it is time to move on. Whether it is a project, relationship, way of thought or action.  Something is not working for a reason.  Now is not the time to push through.  Let it go for this week and see if by week’s end it resolves or it is no longer a problem. If it does not, then you can reassess and simplify.

Cancerian
Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems

Three of Water – The Muse of Friendship would like you to enjoy yours.  Spend time with the ones that you love that love you back.  This is a time to share emotions and deepen bonds.

Leo
Carrie Mae Weems, A Distant View

Page of Earth – The Muse of Study would like you to pick up a book, listen to a podcast or watch a documentary.  This muse comes when you are doing to much internal gazing and/or skimming social media.  This muse challenges you to deep dive into something interesting.  There is a spark for you there, but it’s up to you to do the homework.

Virgo
Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems, 2 Playing Cards

Seven of Air – The Muse of Scheme is pushing you to plan.  This muse is not using scheme as a verb but as a noun ie:  a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect. Pull a hope or wish off the shelf and start to make plans for how to bring it into existence.

 

Libra
Carrie Mae Weems, African Jewels

Four of Earth – The Muse of Resources comes when your resources of time, money, and/or space are limited.  She advises that you budget them better this week or you will run out of one or all of them before you can finish what you started.

 

Scorpio
Carrie Mae Weems, From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried

Eight of Air – The Muse of Bondage asks you what old thought paradigms are holding you back?  If you need help, she reminds you they are not yours but were placed there by others and you have now adopted them.  Maybe at some time they worked, but now they are more like burdens.  She advises that all you have to do is let go.

 

Sagittarius
Carrie Mae Weems 

Tower – The Muse of Deconstruction comes when some part of your life is on a shaky foundation.  Is your sleep schedule off?  Are you eating right?  Have you had enough physical contact?  Have you had time to just relax?  All these components are necessary supports for you to do you out in the world.  Shore up what is missing this week.

Capricorn
Cara May Weems – Not Manet’s Type

High Priestess – The Muse of Sacredness comes when you need to tap into your spirit.  She advises finding a mundane task you do every day and making it sacred.  Things like brushing your teeth become an act of loving kindness to your body.  Or taking out recycling becomes a ritual of honoring the earth.  She challenges you to make the mundane – sacred.

 

Aquarius
Carrie Mae Weems – In De Sica’s Light, Roaming Series

*Devil – Last week’s energy was around starting a new project or idea.  However, this week life is throwing some distractions to take you off course.  So, watch surfing the internet for hours, your social media intake, dealing with other people’s problem and not your own or any other rabbit holing that you may do.  This week is about staying focused.

 

Pisces
Carrie Mae Weems – A Single Waltz in Time

King of Wands – The Muse of Charisma challenges you this week to turn up yours.  There is a vibrance in you that can move mountains and break down walls.  She does advise to watch that your compliments reside in truth and your goals are not solely self-center.  This exercise is for the good of the whole as well as you.

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art-Cast for week of Nov. 5, 2023

Anne Ryan
Anne Ryan

The artist this week is Anne Ryan.  Ryan (1889–1954) was an American Abstract Expressionist artist associated with the New York School. She began as a poet and novelist, then moved on to oil painting.  By 1941 she encountered the New York City avant-garde when she joined the Atelier 17, a famous printmaking workshop in New York.

The prominent turning point in Ryan’s work occurred after the war, in 1948. She was 57 years old when she saw the collages of Kurt Schwitters at a gallery. That night she dedicated herself to this newly discovered medium. She started with words, scrapes of paper like Schwitters but moved onto a rich variety of fabrics and papers to achieve effects that are both calming and intimate. Ryan could see that collage like poetry conveys meaning in a compact space. Her work in this medium numbered over 400 pieces by the time of her death six years later.

Your pondering for this week:  Have you ever experienced something profound or meaningful because of its briefness?

 

Solar System highlights

The moon begins in Virgo, a great way to start the week organized and ready to go.   On Thursday it moves to Libra – it’s all about relationships and balance.  And on Saturday, the moon moves into Scorpio – dive into your passions.

Mercury (communication and knowledge) is in Scorpio (passion) until Nov. 10th. Express yourself but watch over doing it.   It then moves into Sagittarius, where we can experiment with our communication style.  Mars (action) is in Scorpio until November 24th. Wanting us to check that our actions are supporting the expression of our passion.  While Venus (beauty and harmony) is in Virgo (organization) until November 8th. So now we move from contemplating our outward expression harmonizes with what is within, to applying what we have learned into our life.

The outer planets until the end of the year and into next are having us work on nurturing the pleasures in our lives, be aware of dipping into overindulgence, making our structures elastic and responsive to change, and lastly looking back to 2008 to see if any lose ends need to be tied up especially around the house and planets that sit in your natal Capricorn.

 

***Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Scorpio, this is a perfect time to get a Astrological Tarot Reading  for your coming year.  And Taurus, it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading  for a check in now is the time. And I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the weekly forecasts.

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

Nina

 

Aries
Anne Ryan
Anne Ryan

*Justice– The Muse of Justice would like you to see that a variety of aspects in your life are not right or wrong, but they are complex and often paradoxical.  There are situations where you need to find the best solution which is one of compromise and equity.  This week is a balancing act of give and take with any negotiations.  This is especially true if you are doing any legal work.

 

Taurus
Anne Ryan

Five of Fire – The Muse of Chaos comes when you are working outside of the flow.  Think of this energy like jumping into the ropes of Double Dutch.  There are factors you need to work with, timing and commitment.  You don’t have to play but if you do, you will need to commit to it.

 

Gemini
Anne Ryan

*Magician – I hope you got rest last week, for this week the Muse of Manifestation is calling.  This is a great week to bring something into being.  The challenge is that you will need to focus the energy and it needs to benefit more than you.  Wands out – and start the magic.

 

Cancerian
Anne Ryan
Anne Ryan

Queen of Water – The Muse of Fun would like you to partake in some belly laughs.  Maybe you are down in the dumps, stressed or just so focused and serious, this week balance it out with some joy.  It will create more ease and flow in your heart, mind and creativity if you do.

 

Leo
Anne Ryan
Anne Ryan

King of Earth – The Muse of Construction is here to help you finish a project or at the very least get it to the next phase.  She challenges you by asking what is your motivation? If you have a solid answer that spurs you on to jump to it.  But if not, she asks you to ponder – is the problem you or are you building something you don’t believe in?

 

Virgo
Anne Ryan
Anne Ryan

Nine of Water – The Muse of Overflow comes for two reasons.  One you are accepting the abundance around you and the other is you are feeling like too much of a good thing can be overwhelming to.  The key for both is to share the abundance.

 

Libra
Anne Ryan

Page of Fire – The Muse of Art would like you to experience some this week.  This energy comes to give you inspiration and can relight your spark.  So, get out your art supplies and make some art, dance, go to a museum, music venue or gallery and experience some, or all of the above.

 

Scorpio
Anne Ryan

King of Water – The Muse of Emotions comes to remind you that you need to sit with yours and get to know them individually.  Each of your emotions this week has a valuable lesson or information for you.  To better understand this process read the Guest House by Rumi.

 

Sagittarius
Anne Ryan

Seven of Fire – The Muse of Climbing would like you to ponder what mountain are you climbing and why?  Is it to get a better vantage point?  Is it the challenge?  Etc.… The important point to these forms of questioning is to find out if the exertion level is enough to get you to the summit.  And if not, what resources do you need to help you reach it.

 

Capricorn
Anne Ryan

Ten of Fire – You are carrying a hefty load, and the Muse of Burdens asks you is this excess necessary at this moment?  She challenges you to deal with the parts that are a priority whether it is an obligation or timing and put the rest down.  For some things can wait or they are not your responsibility in the first place.

 

Aquarius
Anne Ryan

Ace of Air – All Aces are energies presented to begin something.  This energy is about processing a new way of thought.  The muses suggest the best way to gather intel into this is looking outside yourself first then change the dogma internally.

 

 

 

Pisces
Anne Ryan

*Temperance – Moderation is key this week.  Moderation is defined as “the avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one’s behavior or political opinions.”  But it can also be seen as the Middle Path in Buddhism “the avoidance of two extremes of practical life, namely, indulgence in sensual pleasures on the one hand and severe asceticism on the other.”  The muses would like you to avoid the extremes this week like over the top self-indulgences or severe self-judgements.