The beginning of 2020 has been a bit rough with fires, plague, a variety of governments in turmoil and corruption. The art of Eva Camacho brings many of these injustices to the forefront, but she also gives us hope. The piece above, A Golden Ray of Hope, and her words below are just what my soul and maybe yours needs to hear to carry on.
“Worry, loss, sadness, injustice, desperation, tears, incredulity, uncertainty and pain can sap us of our will to carry on. A golden ray of HOPE keeps us going, striving, moving, laughing, breathing, loving and surviving. It binds us to each other and roots us to the ground. It is the current that jolts through our hearts and brightens are eyes. HOPE nourishes us and guides us from darkness towards peace, justice, and love. This piece visualizes a golden ray of HOPE that can help us all carry on.”
Camacho started out as a designer of felted garments and gave it up to hone her skills into conceptual art pieces mostly around social and environmental justice. Even though her pieces take on heavy injustices, the technique she uses, and her designs show us that even in the presence of hardship that we can mend bind together and grow. She has combined her felting wool with the process of Joomchi. Joomochi is an centuries old Korean technique working with Mulberry fibers to create sculptural paper. The pieces below are just close ups of her stuff please click to her site to see the full display.
P.S. Remember signs with an * it a big week for you. Aquarius this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Leo it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in now is the time.
Aries
*Star – The Star brings with it a lovely, calming, healing energy to this week. Take time to just be. Allow yourself the time and space to connect to the positive flow of the Universe. If you are quiet enough you can tap into your north Star, your guiding light. This process will help you realize you are not alone in your quest, and that you can heal not only your wounds but some of those in the world too.
Taurus
Two of Cups – The best use of this week’s energy is focusing on the ones you love. These are relationships you choose. There is a need to re-balance these relationships. The challenge is finding the time to create the intimacy that fills both your cups by just being with each other.
Gemini
Seven of Swords – Small victories abound through out this week, and you are due these successes. However, the challenge is to be careful not to allow in the energy of tit for tat or retribution. Your battles are being won but the war continues, so play fair and win with good sportsmanship.
Cancer
Queen of Wands – Taking time this week to be creative and be in nature will help you focus on the tasks that need to be done. I know this sounds counterintuitive or makes you feel like you are goofing off. But taking the time to reconnect with your soul is as important to your work as checking things off your to-do list.
Leo
*Death – Change begins this week. The energy is the combination of letting go of things that don’t work and learning from that process what to focusing on or plant next. It will be a slow process and a very organic one. This energy is very cyclic in nature. The more you empty your cup – the fuller you can re-fill it. The more you till the soil – the more fertile the ground. Dig deep, turn things over, throw out the stones in your path and plant the seeds for things to come.
Virgo
Ace of Swords – The energy this week is buzzing around thoughts and communication. Do PR, answers all those emails, and take time to contemplate new ideas. The more you think about and communicate the more seeds you will plant for the coming month.
Libra
Two of Coins – The energy to work with this week is balance. Not only doing exercises that hone your physical balance, but also balancing work and play is vital. The challenge with this is that you can’t juggle more than one thing. So, if working, focus on the job at hand, and if playing, focus on the fun.
Scorpio
Two of Wands – Betwixt and between is the energy to work with this week. This is not the time to start new things. It is more of a time for preparation and reflection. The best exercises to do with this energy is examining your past for lessons and imagining your future with out restrictions.
Sagittarius
Eight of Wands – The Universe is full of communications and information for you this week. The soul’s flow is trying to ease your path and it does it with synchronicities and signs. You can also ask for more directed help and the more you ask for the more hits you will get. Though you will have to sift through all messages to find them. The challenge with this energy is sometimes the Universe believes it knows what you want better than you do. And lol that may be true.
Capricorn
Page of Swords – To get to the truth this week will be tricky. The challenge with this energy is to truth-find you will have to do some digging and deep listening. Ask questions that slowly peel away the layers. Go at your life and your problems like a therapist with inquiry, compassion and patience.
Aquarius
Ace of Wands – The energy this week is about planting the seeds for future passions. What makes you get up in the morning other than the alarm? What is your driving force? By answering these questions, you can start planting the seeds to create more opportunities where your passions can flower. This is a great card to begin your new birth year.
Pisces
King of Wands – The energy this King brings is manifesting creativity and passion. This King heralds this is the time to create many aspects of your world. The challenge is picking the ones that bring you joy and then scheduling them into your life. This energy advises that work is fine, but you must have things in your life that stimulate you at every level.
May light be on you, around you, and within you,
Nina
Four of Swords – This week rest is needed. Your immune system is weak and only rest and a bit of self-coddling will set it right. Go to bed early, eat well, and try to find time to relax into a thoughtless stupor.
Six of Coins – Karma is the resonation this week. What you do for others and to others comes back three-fold. The trick with this card is the payback good or bad is unpredictable in timing and does not always come from the source it was given to. Your song: 
Ten of Coins – Get things off your to-do list and finish up projects that have been around for a while. This week’s energy is about work and completion, so don’t start anything new. Now is the time to clear your plate of the old so the new has room to grow.
Seven of Wands – Last week, the energy was about experimentation with the tools and skills you already have in your arsenal. Creating without purpose and exploring what comes from it. This week to continue doing that, you are going to need to defend your rights to experiment, create and explore. Stand up for yourself. Your mantra: I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can’t ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won’t stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you’d be surprised that people say ‘Can I be of help? – Maya Angelou
Ace of Wands – This week you get to switch gears from all work to the act of creation. Inspiration and ambition is lite by your passion. This is a great week to start new projects, play in nature, and inspire your spirit. Use your natural fiery temperament to ignite what is listless and dark. Your song: 
King of Wands – After last week’s chaos you are stronger and wiser which helps this week’s energy: public relations. This is a great week to meet and greet, send out resumes, beef up your social media page, and be as charming as you can be. You have Pied Piper energy around you. The challenge is figuring out where you want to lead your throngs.
Four of Coins – Resource stability is the energy this week. Great time to start doing your taxes, contributing or starting a savings account or IRA, and/or scheduling in “me-time” or more family time. The challenge is feeling as if you need to do it for fear of losing resources, time, money or space. However, this energy is really about saving in case of, so you don’t have to spend precious time worrying about a lack of those resources in the future.
*Fool – Adventure and new beginnings are the energies to work with this week. Itch feet? Go wandering. Bored? Partake in something you have never done. Melancholy? Watch silly movies all week. Feeling old? Go swing on a swing set or have a snowball fight. Feeling naïve? Go learn something new. This week newness is the key to rekindling your faith and joy of life.
*Hermit – This week’s energy is getting some much-needed alone time. You need space and perspective. And the only way you are going to find it is setting up a sacred space and time. It would be great if you could do a little retreat from your life. But if you can’t do that. This can be done simple by taking the long way home, taking the bus instead of your car, going on silly errands solo, turning off your phone for 2 hours, or eating outside for lunch. The key to obtaining this is telling people that you are turning off your phone from 2-3 hours each day, going to be late coming home, or gone for the week. Because if people don’t see your proverbial do not disturb sign on the window, they will bug you to find out why.
Knight of Wands – Ok I warned you. I hope you rested last week because the energy this week is getting on your horse and riding it the next destination and doing it with some flair. First this energy says you are in the right space at the right time all this week, if you can work with this fiery energy. You must willfully reign in your aspirations and steer them to your desired goals without extinguishing your passion.
Knight of Pentacles – Last week’s energy was about saying yes to opportunities coming at you from unexpected places and learning that saying yes doesn’t mean forever. This energy likes you to try out new things so you can find what best fits the new you. This week’s energy continues the theme of moving forward into new worlds. However, staying open is now focusing down to only areas of work, how you make your money and/or hands-on projects. This is a great time to work on to-do lists and to get far with any plans, while being open to new input. The challenge this week is working this as a marathon not a series of sprints. So, hydrate and feed yourself at regular intervals.
Queen of Swords – Details are the focus this week. This energy is best utilized by examining the specifics of situations and boning up on your communication skills. If you come up to a block, asking questions, deep listening and overall communication will lead you out of any maze.
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