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Tarot and Art-cast for Nov 3 – 16, 2024

I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

Since we are still in Scorpio season and have already pondered death and transformation now let’s focus on its other realm, sex.  The artist is I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih.  Murni’s artistic style came from a traditional form of Balinese art, Pengosekan style, painting and batik.  She uses bold colors and strong lines to create her work.  However, Murni broke away from traditional Balinese themes of flora and fauna to work through her traumatic past of sexual abuse by using a stream of images conjured from her dreams and subconscious.  Her work, once considered crude in her home country, is now seen by the world as original and a voice of resilience.

Your pondering: We as a collective are still dealing with gender bias based in our overly simplistic concept and overuse of binarism. This binary thinking leads to “us versus them” instead of “we” or a “black and white: yes/no” instead of the gray areas seen by examining the why behind an action.  What would happen if we when we think of classification and judgment we see a spectrum instead of a set of distinctively separate boxes?  Would it end war? Genderism? Racism?

Solar System highlights

The moon begins in Sagittarius – the beginning of the week might be challenging to be focused.  But by Tuesday you hit your stride with the moon in Capricorn giving us the motivation and direction to get to work.  On Friday the moon is in Aquarius – go with the flow.  Then on Sunday the moon moves into Pisces – a great time for your imagination and daydreaming.

But again, this moon energy creates a slow start to the week and makes it hard to focus.  But by Tuesday November 12th our energy gets reignited with an Aries moon.  That energy continues as the moon moves into Taurus on Thursday November 14th.  And we end the two weeks with the moon moves into social Gemini – reconnect with friends.

Mercury is in Sagittarius until the end of the year.  This is due to its retrograde from November 9th to the 29th.    This is a 9-week exploration of truth seeking and growth in communication.  And remember during the retrograde season it is the best time to recharge, reflect and redo.

Venus is in Sagittarius until December 7th. This is a time for exploration and growth around the concepts of love, beauty and harmony.  Mars is now in Leo until the end of the year.  This aspect is fiery – great for getting things done but be careful around egotism in yourself and others.  This is not a time to start a fight!

And just to jump to Pluto for a sec.  Since mid-September Pluto has moved back into Capricorn.    So, until November 19th you may feel stuck in old patterns that you thought you had worked through.  This is the last time in our lifetime to do shadow work in whatever house Capricorn sits in your natal chart. And for most of us, we have been doing the work since 2008.  So, this last bit is just to tweak not overhaul.

And our longer aspects: Jupiter, the planet of abundance and growth, is in Gemini until June of 2025.   This placement is here to help us work with opportunities to grow and succeed through intellectual, verbal, and written pursuits.  However, we must also watch its challenging aspects:   not following through, gossip, too much information and fickleness.   And lastly Saturn is in Pisces until February 2026 teaching us how to be more fluid and inclusive in our structures.

 

EXTRA

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

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

Five of Fire – These next two weeks hold the potential for chaos.  The muses’ counsel to navigate this energy is in realizing you have a choice in engaging in the games or not.  You can walk away.  You are not required to play if you don’t like the rules.  However, the challenge is if you decide to jump in you will need to commit to the rules and stay until its conclusion.  If you jump out mid-game, you will be disqualified or create more chaos in doing so.

 

Taurus
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

Two of Earth – The Muse of Juggling comes when you need to maintain a better focus.  For the next two weeks she advises to stop multi-tasking and only take on one project at a time.  Part of her reasoning is the energy in the coming weeks might throw you some curve balls and if your hands/thoughts are full you will not be able to “catch” and deal with it.  Pare down your to-do list to the essentials, so you can be focused and aware if aspects become off kilter.

 

Gemini
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

Seven of Fire – The keys to ease in the coming two weeks have to do with two conditions.   One is obtaining a vantage point to gain perspective and secondly, increasing the potential energy to exert more than average force to get something done.  Remember, Mercury starts retrograding and slowing down processes while throwing curve balls, so space and time are both needed to navigate this energy.  So first, the muses advise when trying to find a solution step back from the situation, take a break and walk away for a bit.  Give your mind a rest. Then secondly, they advise being prepared.  Make sure you are well rested and well fed so you can tackle any problem.

 

Cancerian
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

*World – The Muse of Integration is hanging with you these coming weeks.  She is asking you to take this Mercury retrograde time to process information and emotions so during December you are prepared to take on new opportunities as well as wrap up 2024.  You will get inspiration from the muses during this time, write them down.  They also advise playing with ideas, expanding your dreams, and meditating with the cosmos.

 

Leo
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

*Wheel – This energy comes to rebalance karma to set up a transformation in your life.  During this Mercury retrograde it is important you go with the flow.  Take advantage of tiny as well as big opportunities.  Spin the wheel often and see what comes up.  The muses remind you this spinning shouldn’t cost you anything on the physical, thought or emotional plane.  This energy is about increasing potentiality so watch expectations.  The lower the expectation the greater the prize.

 

Virgo
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

Six of Earth – These next two weeks will have some turbulence.  And the Muse of Kindness has come to remind you that you can “catch more flies with honey than vinegar.”  You all may be well- aligned with Venus in her go with the flow attitude, but the people around you are vibing way more with Mars in Leo’s fiery attitude.  So, the muses are warning you not to take the bait and to be “the calm in the storm” by administering kindness instead of being the helpful critic or the hyper-vigilant truth teller that is your innate nature.

 

Libra
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

Three of Air – The Muse of Breakthrough comes to help you heal old wounds put there by others.  The challenge with these coming two weeks is that it feels as if these wounds are re-opened.  However, the muses remind that these occurrences, though they feel as if you are being re-wounded, are actually just a reminder of where more healing needs to happen.

 

Scorpio
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

Ten of Fires – The Muse of Burdens comes when you have or about to take on too much.  Some of these tasks are your responsibility but at least 3-4 are not or you can ask for help to get them done.  This muse advises prioritizing what needs to be done in the coming weeks and then just focus on the top three.  Once they are done, you can focus on the next three.  And the rest see if someone else can pick them up or even better, by the end of this time, they are no longer a problem.

 

Sagittarius
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

Ten of Water – As you finalize this birth year the muse would like you to sit back and enjoy what you have reaped.  All tens are energies of endings, but this one is about enjoying the end before starting anew.  These next two weeks focus on what makes you feel happy, free, and flowing.  If you are having problems seeing the beauty the muses advise daily gratitude to sync you up with the positives.

 

Capricorn
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

*Strength – The Muse of the Inner Compass is with you in the coming weeks to get you to ponder the Whys behind what you want to do.  She asks will your actions obtain what and who you stand for or want?  Has your morals or goals changed?  What is the most important obtainment that you want in 2025?  Then are you and your tasks/work aligned with that goal?  Take this Mercury retrograde to reflect and readjust.

 

Aquarius
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

*Death – This energy aligns well with the coming retrograde.  This energy likes releasing as much as planting seeds.  The Muse of Organic Change asks what would you like to change that can be accomplished in the next 9-10 months?  And what do you need to let go so you can?  Use Mercury’s retrograde energy – rest, reflect, and re-do – to lay the groundwork for what you want to grow.

 

Pisces
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih

Seven of Air – The Muse of Stealth comes when you need to work behind the scenes to find out what needs to be done.  You fish are highly intuitive and absorb others’ emotions readily.  But during this time your radar for the reasons behind the emotions is off.  So, you will need to be inquisitive without being interrogative or overtly obvious in your questioning.  Use your intuitive IQ to look for trends more than relying on gut feelings.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Oct. 24, 2021

Dorothea Tanning Self Portrait

The artist this week is Dorothea Tanning.  When you play the game Having a Dinner Party, where you pick 10 people alive or dead that you would have over, I would pick Dorothea Tanning as one of them.  She is a creative.  Tanning is well known for her surreal paintings, but her endeavors include drawing, painting, sculpting, installations, costume design, set design, writing poetry….

She published a book of poetry the year before her death in 2012 at 101 years old.  The span of her work in her words is “her enigmatic versions of life on the inside, looking out.” Tanning draws us into her mind as well as her physicality.  She also often paired her work with poems from other poets, to give even more depth into her painterly ponderings.  As we view her work one feels not only acquainted with her investigations of self but also, we identify ourselves in her.  For me, I would learn more about me by my conversations with her.

Your pondering, as the veil thins this week, who would you invite to your party, dining with the dead? And I have attached a line, bolded, of Tanning’s poem All Hallow’s Eve to each of your casts.  Start with the first 2 lines here and read down.

 

Be perfect, make it otherwise.
Yesterday is torn in shreds.

Solar System highlights:  On Monday the Moon starts in Cancer– get cuddly with a partner or pet and self-care should be on the agenda. Then it moves into Leo on Oct 28th – a time to shine.  The Moon then finishes in Virgo – so you can categorize your candy haul. Mercury is in Libra– great for communication, creating networks and getting in touch with friends.  Venus is in Sagittarius asking are we feeding and nurturing our relationships enough to keep them growing?    Mars is in Libra until Oct. 30th  – the last week investigating relationships around the question are your actions following your words?  Then it moves into Scorpio – passion is in the air and a great time to finish up projects.  And lastly, Jupiter and Saturn are in Aquarius – so innovating and upping your game is their focus until end of December.

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

 

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

Nina

Aries
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning

Page of Wands – The Muse of Inspiration has come this week.  You will find that she has hidden at least one “Easter egg” of insight in each day.  These small gifts are here to help you motivate or bring your work/life up a notch.    Lightning’s thousand sulfur eyes

 

Taurus
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning

*Hierophant – The Muse of Structures has arrived with rulers and T-squares.  This energy comes around when you need to check the structures that support you in life.  Something is off kilter.  Whether it is your schedule, eating habits, your rules/morals, or your boundaries one of these is not aligned with your way of life.  The challenge with this energy is making sure when you do this re-structuring that it remains flexible enough that you can still grow.  Rip apart the breathing beds.   

 

Gemini
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning

Five of Cups – The Muse of Clumsiness is here to spill liquids and disrupt emotions.  So, on a practical side, don’t put your fluids by electrical devices.  And on a heart side, be careful how you interpret emotional outburst- yours and others.  This week can also be full of fret.  Your challenge is to clean up your mess and leave others to clean up their own.  Hear bones crack and pulverize.

 

Cancerian
Dorothea Tanning Set design for Ballet Witches

*Tower – The Muse of Destruction has come with a sledgehammer to  dismantle some aspect of your life. You don’t really have any power in this deconstruction; except to lessen the chaos by finding what needs to be fix before this energy does it for you.  This can be as simple as your desk has been a mess for weeks – clean it up.  Or as challenging as leaving a job or relationship that is no longer working for you.  Look around and find out what you have pushed off for ages and know well and good that it needs to be done so do it.  Doom creeps in on rubber treads.

 

Leo
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning

*High Priestess – The third high energy week for you.  The last two weeks advised you to pause and evaluate, then the Muses suggested remixing to balance your fabrication.  Now the Muse of Higher Purpose ask you to tap into your intuition and ask what’s next? Now this Muse is asking what the purpose is behind your next steps?  Are they leading you to where you want to go, who you want to be?  If not, time to take a hard look at your plan and re-do.  If so, you still have a few insights to round out the picture.  Intuition and asking your spirit guides are keys to unlock the secrets to the next steps.    Countless overwrought housewives,

 

Virgo
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning

*Moon – The Muse of Unconscious is here to help with your fears.  This energy wants you to investigate the darker hidden aspects of what you fear.  This Muse reminds you that interacting with your worries as if they are friends, allows you to see that they are like helicopter Moms.  Trying to keep you from harm, but also keeping you locked up.   So, this week converse with your fears, and coax them to see that they really don’t have to save you.  You are doing just fine.   Minds unraveling like threads,

 

Libra
Dorothea Tanning

Seven of Coins – The energy this week is all about work.  Time to get things done and off your to-do lists.  The challenge is you will not see the benefits from your labors for a couple of  weeks.  Try lipstick shades to tranquilize

 

Scorpio
Dorothea Tanning

Page of Coins – Last week you started off your birth month with the Muse of Deconstruction and The Muse of Potential.  They wanted you to strip away what is not working so you can re-divine a new you and your surroundings.  Now the Page of Coins joins this duo declaring that  one of your roles this coming year is being the student.  This is a year to learning new skills on the material plane.  This can look like going back to school, learning new skills for work, or trying on different hats in the workplace.  Fears of age and general dreads.

 

Sagittarius
Dorothea Tanning

Two of Coins – The Muse of Juggling comes when you need to adjust at how you get things done.  This week is not made for multi-tasking.  This muse advises to take on one thing and do it well before adding a new something to your attention.  Sit tight, be perfect, swat the spies, 

 

Capricorn
Dorothea Tanning

Four of Cups – The Muse of Introspection has come to help you remove the metaphorical lint from your belly button. She advises that you spend ¾ of your time navel gazing, but you must spend the other fourth doing and being in the world.    Don’t take faucets for fountainheads.

 

Aquarius
Dorothea Tanning

Three of Cups – The Muse of Friendship comes when your emotional glass is empty.  She reminds you that friends can uplift your spirts the best.  Find time this week to just hang and talk shit with loved ones.  Drink tasty antidotes. Otherwise

 

Pisces
Dorothea Tanning

Queen of Coins – The Muse of Keep Calm and Carry On is here to remind you to do just that.  She advises that practicality, down-to earthiness, and compassion are the elements to work with this week.  Also, a great week to invest in your future.  You and the werewolf: newlyweds.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of Sept. 5, 2021

Hung Lui Wings

This week’s artist is Hung Lui  @hungluiartist who just passed in August.  She is a painter and often created mixed-media installations around her paintings.  Hung’s style is layered not only technically but also in context.  She uses layered brushstrokes combined with washes of linseed oil to create her paintings.  Her portraits are of refuges, prisoners, prostitutes and the forgotten.  Her installations might have one piece, a broom, clock, or cup paired with the painting.  Or be a mountain of railroad tracks surrounded and leading to a pile of fortune cookies.

These items bring us into her pieces like a smell leads us to memory or an object starts a dream.  Then as we awaken and remember, we hold on to an aspect that is vivid and punctuated but the whole is blurred.  Hung’s art feels as if she is summoning ghosts.  As she says  “When I moved to the West, exactly half a lifetime ago, I carried my ghosts with me. The ghosts I carry are a burden, but also a blessing.”  Your pondering for this week:  seeing your ghosts as blessings.

Solar System highlights:  This week the Moon starts in Virgo– it’s all about organizing and cleaning until the 8th.  Then the Moon goes into Libra and a focus on relationships.  And finally, into Scorpio for the weekend- time for finding some fun.  Mercury is in Libra– great for communication, creating networks and getting in touch with friends.  Venus is in Libra until the September 10th – enjoy your relationships and work with the energy around equity.  And then it moves into Scorpio to add more positive energy to the weekend vibe.  Mars is in its last week in Virgo – clean and tidy up anything your gaze goes to.  Jupiter and Saturn are in Aquarius – so innovating and upping your game is their focus for the rest of this year.

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Virgo this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Pisces 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
Hung Lui
Blue Boy Hung Lui

*Judgment – Last week’s energy was about co-creation, and the Muse of Evolution takes it to the next level.  Time to push your self out of the same old – same old and evolve into a new you.  If you could become any type of chimerical creature, what would you be?  A Merlion? A Catantram?  Your challenge this week to answer – What are the best qualities of your peers and mentors that you want to add to you?

Taurus
Hung Lui
Mirror Hung Lui

*Hierophant – The Muse of Structure is here to help you with your Achilles heel, over- doing.  If you make a structure so airtight, you make the building and its inhabitants unable to breathe.  Or so impenetrable, you stifle creativity.  Your work this week is about balancing work with play.  All work kills creativity.  All play ends up not getting you to the goals you have set.  So, how can you build a sense of a schedule with the flexibility and spaciousness to create freely?

Gemini
Hung Lui
Dry Well Hung Lui

Five of Coins – This week’s energy can highlight a sense of lack in your life.  So, the Helper Muse has come to highlight you are not alone nor totally lacking.  Though this week is hard it is not doomed.  There are gifts to this week.  But you must reach out to acquire them.  This Muse reminds you that focusing energy on only the negative feeds it.  Her advice, starve the worry and feed the hope.

Cancerian
Hung Lui
Crane Dance Hung Lui

*Lovers – The Muse of Co-Creation recommends looking at who and/or what you are partnering with to create this part of your life.  She advises call on your likeminded friends and do some deep imagining. Or ingest some literature or music that inspires you.  Spend some time with your favorite material or tool and make something.  Bring into your life the people, things and ideas that make you a better you.

Leo
Hung Lui
Dragonflies Hung Lui

Ten of Cups – The Muse of Family is highlighted this week.  She reminds you that family are the people that support you.  They can be the ones you are born with but are also the ones you have gathered.  Time to connect with your peeps and deepen your roots.

Virgo
Hung Lui
Polly Bemis Hung Lui

*Star – Your third and Big Karmic energy to work with this year is the Muse of Healing. This year, magic is flowing around you to help restore and rediscover your purpose.   As you leave behind the past, pick up the lessons and move into a brighter future.  The lesson this Muse has is that wounds leave scar tissue, and these areas must still be tended to and stretched often.  You have all year to work with this energy, but this week spend time with your bruises and wounds and see which ones still need mending.

 

Libra
Visage VII Hung Lui

Two of Wands – The Muse of the Future is here to activate your imagination and set some goals for you to work on into 2022.  If nothing was in your way, would your goals change?  This Muse wants you to ponder obtainable and seemly unattainable goals.  She then asks you what is in your way to get to these seemly inaccessible aspirations.  Compare them to the strengths that make your obtainable goals possible.  Work on areas where there is crossover.

Scorpio
Hung Lui
America Hung Lui

Queen of Wands – The Muse of Nature is calling to you.  Animals and plants are calling you to impart their wisdom. Whether it is the resilience of a dandelion growing in sidewalk, the focus of a dog finding a scent, the joyous song of a bird, the fragile beauty of a butterfly or the contentment of a cat finding the perfect spot to rest.   Nature is giving you clues on aspects in your life that you need to work on.

Sagittarius
Refugees Woman and Children Hung Lui

Ace of Cups – The Muse of Love is here.  Whether you are in a relationship or not this energy advises you to share some part of you.  The more you joyfully fill another’s cup the more your cup will be filled with joy.  The challenge is if it does not bring the joy then you are sharing that negative energy in a loop, so try something new or quit and move on.

 

Capricorn
Chinese in Idaho Portrait II Hung Lui

*Hermit – The Muse of Hermitage has called you back to the cave.  This energy comes when you need to gain perspective by pulling back from society.  But the challenge is you can not completely withdraw.  So, your pondering becomes: How can you hang out your open sign without being bombarded by the crowds?  Think about the paradox of honesty and stealth.  Like being that spooky shop that is on some back alley.  You know it is open but it hard to get to its exact location.

Aquarius
Jongzhe- First Spring Thunder Hung Lui

*Justice – The Muse of Truth has come to help align you to your purpose or to help you find a solution to a problem.  However, this energy holds you accountable for your actions and words.  If you are aligned with your divine or searching for a truth to aid, then no worries.  However, is you are not aligned or hunting up a “good story” then be careful, for Justice is swift.

Pisces
Hung Lui
Strange Fruit Comfort Women Hung Lui

Three of Swords – The Muse of Heartache is here with tissues and a shoulder if you need one.  This week can be rough and triggering.  First be kind to yourself.  And secondly, be aware you are being triggered because something is not aligned to your heart purpose.  Either it is an old hurt or hole that needs mending.  Tend to it this week.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of July 25, 2021

Peng Wei

Happy birthday month Leo!

This week’s artist is Peng Wei @pengwei_weipeng.  Wei uses classical ink and painting techniques on rice paper.  Though as the viewer examines more closely you see that there is always a twist.  She applies them on torsos, inside shoes or presents them in “playful combinations of harmony and discord”.  For instance, her shoes are titled a Beautiful Pair and show a couple in an intimate embrace but in the next insole another figure interacting with the woman.  Or she presented her landscapes on musical stands accompanied by calligraphed translations of Chopin letters to friends with erotica played in the background.   She has the viewer questioning our surface perceptions and therefore has us questioning who we are and what the world expects us to be. Your pondering for the week what are your assumptions and how do they guide you in your perception of reality?

Solar System highlights:  Moon starts in Pisces – keep on dreaming.  Then moves to Aries on the 28th – great time to start or finish tasks.  It then ends in Taurus on 30th – this is where it is exalted- good vibes wherever you focus.  Mercury is still in Cancerian a great time to express your emotions and have deep convos with your besties.  It then goes into Leo on 27th great time for PR and making yourself shine.

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 Leo until the 29th, so continue manifesting your desires, then switch focus as it goes into Virgo – time to clean and tidy up anything.  And I just want to remind everyone that Jupiter returns to Aquarius on the 28th, so until then it gives you a window into 2022, so if you do not like what you see, time to start making changes. After that it is 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
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Eight of Swords – The Muse of Bondage has come to teach you a lesson of limiting beliefs.  You have allowed societal thought patterns to hold you back.  Now is the time to let go of those now self-restricting patterns and walk with autonomy to your true north.

 

Taurus
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Five of Swords – The Muse of Conflict has come to your door with boxing gloves in hand.  This week is full of conflict, but also the potential for resolution to situations that have bubbling under the surface.  The key is how and what you choose to fight for.  You are advised by this muse to come at each round with a deeper understanding of your opponent’s fighting style and navigate if it worth the fight for the long game?

 

Gemini
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

*The Fool – The Muse of New Beginnings is here to divinely guide you to your next endeavor.  This is a great week to explore your surroundings, experience something new, start a class, start anything.  The challenge she poses in that you must have faith.  Even if things seem to not work out as you have planned, there is a divine scheme that is in place.   Trust.

 

Cancerian
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Ten of Wands – Finally the Spotlight has moved off and you can go back to you doing you.  However, don’t forget this year’s theme is about creating structures that promote contentment, sustainability, and stability.   Your challenge is to remain flexible and innovative so as you grow so does your “shell.”   But this week the Muse of Burdens has come to try and knock you off course with obligations and responsibilities.  Your goal is to par down your workload to only things that are necessary to your themes above.  Let go of the obligations that society or your worrying is trying to put on you.

 

Leo
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Three of Wands – Last week the Muse of Death had you cleaning your decks for the coming year.  Well, this week that energy continues with The Muse of Forethought.  Put your thinking cap on and start looking at the steps you will need to take to make this coming year all that it is meant to be. She also emphasis that you will need space to allow new things into your life.  So, the first step is setting up the space to think, so you can simplify your surroundings.

 

 

Virgo
Peng Wei

*Hierophant – Last week the Muse of Higher Purpose has come to remind and/or deepen your commitment to the many reasons you are here on this plane at this time using synchronicities and cycles to help guide you.  Now her partner has joined the ranks emphasizing that you need rituals and structures set up, so you doing your purpose comes with more ease.  Your challenge is to set up the constructs that support your desires and destiny.    Look at your schedules, self-care regime, and workload.

 

Libra
Peng Wei
Peng Wei

Three of Cups – Last week the Muse of Bondage came to help you find freedom.  Asking what are you “wedded” to that just feels wrong?  This Muse lovingly reminded you that these bindings were beneficial for time to soothe yourself or make it through tough times.  But now you have learned healthier ways to combat these struggles. One of these ways is gathering good friends around you.  This week it is time to cull the herd if any of them do not support the new you.

 

Scorpio
Peng Wei

Four of Coins – The last couple of weeks you have been dealing with the Kali like energy of Deconstruction.   You needed to dismantle what was no longer working for you.  Now it is time to rebuild; however, your challenge is using your resources wisely.  This week is very much about quality versus quantity and working smarter not harder.

 

Sagittarius
Peng Wei

Three of Coins – The Muse of Cooperation is here with two more friends.  This muse prophesizes that networking and bouncing ideas off colleagues will be vital to create ease on your work front or any other material plane concern. She reminds you that you do not need nor should do this week’s task alone. Also, look for triangles and threes as markers of good tidings.

 

Capricorn
Peng Wei

Page of Swords – The Muse of Investigation comes with notepad in hand.  This week nothing is clear cut.  You will need to ask questions to get to underlying issues. The challenge is crafting questions and ponderings that don’t shut down your investigation.  This week takes a lite touch and good listening skills to get at the truth.

 

Aquarius
Peng Wei

King of Swords – The Muse of Long-Term Planning asking you to ponder where you want to be in 10 years.  She does this not to get you to set things in stone, but to realign your actions to desires for your future self.  Finding what is off kilter in what you do today will ensure your tomorrow and taking the long view will help you recalibrate.

 

Pisces
Peng Wei

*Lovers – The Muse of Duality has come to your backdoor and let herself in. Her favorite pastime is to point out the paradoxes and conundrums in your life.  Like Gemini, Pisces deals with duality all the time, but instead of feeling comfortable with them working at the same time, you try to deal with them separately.  However, this is the week to start dealing with double truths, or conflicting wants like: stability and freedom, love and frustration, happy and sad etc.…Try to think of these dualities like salt and pepper; if you use both, your cuisine becomes better flavored.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of July 11, 2021

Tamara Natalie Madden
Conqueror by Tamara Natalie Madden

This week I highlight the art of Tamara Natalie Madden.  Madden’s art is richly in color and regal in tone.  Her subjects are “everyday folk” that surrounded her in her homeland of Jamaica.  Inspired by Klimt, Egyptian and West African depictions of royalty, she uses gold leaf and vibrant quilted fabrics to adorn and uplift the unseen.

“In order to fully represent the intrinsic beauty of many of these individuals, I decided to emphasize society’s fascination with materialism and splendor by using bright colors, golden washes, silk fabrics, and bold patterns.  I found that the most powerful images of our time were those that demanded attention and admiration, and I wanted these individuals to have their moment to shine, thus many of my paintings feature singular portraits.”  In many of her paintings her subjects are accompanied by a bird.  This bird signifies freedom. “The birds in my paintings are symbolic of my personal struggle with illness, and a representation of my survival and freedom from it.”

Sadly, Tamara died from cancer in 2017.  But during her the 16 years, she painted she was prolific.  She lived her art.  However, almost all her interviewers at some point highlight her struggle with sickness.   And though it was pivotal to her art and life, have we missed the point of the birds?  Do we, as a society, underline the shadow-the struggle- and make it the hero?  Instead, like Tamara’s art, shouldn’t we  uplift and shine a light on our beauty, our divineness and the freedom we obtain when we do not chain ourselves to that struggle?

Solar System highlights:  Moon starts in Leo – good time to focus on what you want to grow.   Then moves to Virgo on the 13th, a great time to get organized and clean. It then goes into Libra on 15th – all about relationships and balance and ends in Scorpio on the 17th – time to play and have some fun.  Mercury is still in Cancer a great time to express your emotions and have deep convos with your besties.  Venus and Mars are in Leo, it is all about loving the things you have around you, so time to manifest your desires if you are not feeling the love.  And I just want to remind everyone that Jupiter is in Pisces until the 28th.  This gives us a window into 2022, so if you do not like what you see, time to start making changes.

P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Cancer this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Capricorn 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
Tamara Natalie Madden
Tamara Natalie Madden

*Emperor – The Muse of Building is knocking with plans in hand.  Take this energy and apply it to anything you want to build upon.  This is not a week to start new projects but to expand ones already in motion.  By working on something that has already started you create more stability and sovereignty in your life.  The challenge is making sure that you are not the only one benefitting from this project.

 

Taurus
Tamara Natalie Madden
Tamara Natalie Madden

*Temperance – Another big energy week for you.  The past two weeks, the Muse of Structures asked you to  investigate your constructs to see if they could sustain you for the long haul. Then the Muse of Divine Manifestation came to help you either to fix the cracks you found or to totally recreate a 2.0 version.  Now the Muse of Divine Balance has joined this holy triad to help you find your flow and get to work.  If you have done the past two weeks homework you will easily tap into your life force and flow.  However, if you have not done your work the past two weeks you will have no place or plan to use this energy wisely.  You can still tap in but narrow your focus.

 

Gemini
Tamara Natalie Madden
Tamara Natalie Madden

Three of Coins – The Muse of Cooperation has come and invited some people with her.   This week any major actions/decisions require at least 2 more people to get the complete picture.  Yep, three heads and six hands are better than one and two.  Your challenge is asking or accepting the help.

 

Cancer
Tamara Natalie Madden
Tamara Natalie Madden

Four of Cups – Your second four so just to highlight that.  Fours mean you are craving stability.  This is not only a theme this week but for the coming year.  Last week’s muse advised you that what, how and where you put effort into needs to profit sustainability.   And this week the Muse of Introversion adds her two-sense.  She foretells you will need the time and the space in the coming year to pull away if you become overwhelmed.   Specifically, to stabilize your emotional landscape, you will need introspection; however, your challenge is not to pull in completely.  The outside world still holds bountiful gifts.

 

Leo
Tamara Natalie Madden

Three of Cups – The Muse of Friendship comes when you need to connect to your pals.  This energy shows up when you need to fill your cup with laughter and companionship.  Find time to reconnect and share physical and emotional sustenance.

 

 

Virgo
Tamara Natalie Madden
Tamara Natalie Madden

Eight of Coins – The Muse of Mastery has come to tell you it is time to up your ante.  You have skills and those need to be enhanced.  This will create more monetary sustenance and widen your influence.  Her motto is work smarter not harder.

 

Libra
Tamara Natalie Madden

Eight of Cups – The Muse of Moving-On invited herself over to help you realign with your goals.  You have an aspect in your life that is not longer working for you.  And it is time to pack it in and move on.  Simplification is key this week.

 

Scorpio
Tamara Natalie Madden

Five of Cups – Last week the Muse of Deconstruction came inspecting your foundations and structures, because you are not paying attention to what is not working in your environment.  Luckily, you have another week to hunt for messes and mistakes.  Time to fix what needs to be repaired, clean up the mess, and move on.

 

Sagittarius
Tamara Natalie Madden

King of Wands – The Muse of the Visionary is asking you to see with holistic eyes. Events this week need a broader perspective.   The concept of  Seventh Generation should be consider in your everyday actions.  The muse asks you:  Is what you do today not only a good thing in the present, but does it resonate 140 years from now as still good?

 

Capricorn
Tamara Natalie Madden

*Justice – The Muse of Fairness has entered the sandbox this week.  If you are acting in alignment with your true purpose and higher self, then all is well; keep sifting sand and making castles.  However, if you are not aligned you will be called to make amends.  Starting with yourself and rippling out to those around you if needed.

 

Aquarius

Four of Coins – The Muse of Frugalness has come to tighten your flow of resources.  However, she also reminds you not to be pennywise and pound foolish.  She asks you to perceive how you spend your resources.  Are you too frugal that you miss profitable choices?  Or are you picking quantity over quality because you are too energy spent?  Spend wisely in all you do this week.

 

Pisces

Six of Coins – Last week the Muse of Clean Slates came to remind you that this moment is a place of beginning.  A time where you can start on a new path.  You are divinely guided but need faith so you can step into this new unknown.  For there are gifts at every step.   Well, this is another week of wandering in the new; however, you need to be a bit careful on how you step.  If you are aligned with positive vibes then more gifts will be bestowed upon you; however, if you are carelessly, then retribution comes quickly.  So Be Nice.

 

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of May 23, 2021

Jiro Yoshihara, To Martha’s Memory, 1970

This week’s artist is Yoshihara Jiro.  Was one of the founders of the Gutai Art Association, a post WW2 avantgarde art movement in Osaka, Japan.  Yoshihara wrote their manifesto basically stating Do what has not been done before. He took inspiration from the calligraphy movement Bokujinkai and Zen philosophy.  Starting his career in western art forms, abstraction, and surrealism.  The last 10 years of his life he explored the paradoxically simplicity of the circle and the complexity of inscribing,  resulting in the Circles series, highlighted here.

Yoshihara’s Circle Series represents the eclipse season so well.  We hardly notice the complexity of our system until something strange happens.  What seems simple the concept of night and day during an eclipse for moments changes the “natural” dynamic.  Our study of Astrology and Astronomy makes the demure concept of gravity become an awe-inspiring study of the clockwork of the Universe.    It stops us and makes us aware of the hidden systems we take for grant.  Eclipses shake our souls.  We start to see something deemed as simple, every day as complex and holds deeper meaning than we imagined.

Planets:  On May 26th we have an eclipsed full moon in Sagittarius.  Eclipses have a way of turning up the volume to eleven or raising some chaotic ruckus.  This is not a time for impulsively, but it will bring insight into what you have been needing more of.  Then Mercury in Gemini goes retrograde from May 28th to June 23rd.  So, remember to back up your electronics, make time and space for snafus and do the 3 R’s: Review, Reflect and Revise.  Venus also is in Gemini will help us navigate this time by promoting good vibes.  And then Jupiter (expansion) is in Pisces until July 28th giving you a heads up what your 2022 will be like and what area your growth will take place.

P.S. Signs with an * it is 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
Jiro Yoshihar
Jiro Yoshihara

Knight of Coins – Last week the Muse of Self Momentum came to light a fire under your chassis.  You hopefully realized you need to take totally control to get a project off the ground.  Luckily, you have this Muses little sister, the Muse of Sustainability to help in the momentum.  This energy gives you insight on how to sustain the power needed to keep your work on focus.  The challenge is you need to find the pace that works best for you.  Whether that is sprinting or marathons both forms of movement need appropriate recoup times, so also plan them into your work schedule.

Taurus
Jiro Yoshihara

*Empress – I hope you set intentions last week, because the Muse of Creation is here to fertilize the growth process.  If you by chance do not have anything to sow, you still have time to come up with something before May 27th.   (See planets for the week in intro).  Then after May 26th you can start growing a project or two.  The challenge is usually these projects take time so are you committed to nurturing something for 9 to 10 months?  If not, it is okay to put a bigger project on the backburner until you are ready, but then use this energy to mature something that is already in the works.

Gemini
Jiro Yoshihara
Jiro Yoshihara

Ten of Wands – First Happy birth month.  The first energy to work with in your coming year is the Muse of Burdens.  This year it is time to decipher which burdens are yours.  This Muse suggest you do this exercise each time you get overwhelmed or tired.  First prioritize your to-do list for the week, then take the last three items off your list and put them off to the side for next week.  Now do the items one by one down the list.  If you get blocked, then move the item to the bottom of your list and continue.  If you happen to finish the list, then you are done for the week.  Lastly, do this process the next week, re-adding the 3 things you put off and start over from the first step above.  The moral to this exercise is that the items you pull off your list you may find either someone else did them or they no longer need to be done, and you revise what you can actually accomplish in a week’s time.

Cancer
Jiro Yoshihara
Jiro Yoshihara

*Hangman – Ok the Muse of Pondering is here giving you another week to answer last week’s question, what will the new you be and what will you do in this new form?  Evolution is needed and intention is required for this creation.  Take time this week and think, or this Muse will find ways to make you stop so you can ponder.

Leo
Jiro Yoshihara
Jiro Yoshihara

Two of Coins – The Muse of Equilibrium has come to hone your skills of multitasking.  First step, stop multi-tasking.  This muse advises you to do one thing at a time until you are good at doing it or completing a task without diverting yourself.  Only after you are confident that you can get one thing done can you add another task.  Also, as a side exercise and lesson, she has you stand on one foot for a minute then switch, do daily for a week.

Virgo
Jiro Yoshihara

*Wheel – This Muse of Fortune has come to play with you.  This energy comes to switch things up.  So, pay attention when things go your way or totally don’t.  In either scenario there is information for you to glean on how to get unstuck and create momentum in your life.

 

Libra
Jiro Yoshihara
Jiro Yoshihara

Ace of Cups – The Muse of Moderation and Balance worked with you around the questions why am I not doing that one thing or doing that one thing more?   Hopefully helping you tap back into the why behind what you do.  Because this week you can now tap into the energy of new beginnings. The sky is the limit  as long as you follow your heart.

Scorpio
Jiro Yoshihara

*Fool – The Muse of Clean Slates has come after the work you did last week.  This week is great time for adventures, sights, and sounds.  This Muse is inciting you to experience the “new”.  Some great exercises she lays before you are saying yes to all invites, throw a dart at a map and travel there, try new food, and make new friends.  This week is about playing with the energy of spontaneity.

Sagittarius
Jiro Yoshihara

Nine of Cups – Last week, the Muse of Reflection asked you to engage in Socratic thinking and deep reflection to either re-think about what the priority/purpose is, or through this questioning have you more firmly set in the reason you are doing a task in a certain way. And now that you are on the other side, you should be stepping more firmly in what are the next phases.  This state of mind makes this week’s energy of contentment something you can now appreciate to its fullest.  If you didn’t do the work, then spend the time before the eclipse in deep reflection so you can relax after May 26th into a more content rhythm.

Capricorn
Jiro Yoshihara

Three of Coins – The Muse of Collaboration is here.  This energy advises to create ease in getting things done it is best not to do it solo.  Gather your forces and teammates and go for the gold.

Aquarius
Jiro Yoshihara
Jiro Yoshihara

Four of Coins – The Muse of Conservation has come to slow down your spending on the material plane.  This week is vital that you spend your time, cash and energy with these two things in mind. 1) Quality over quantity.  2) Work smarter not harder.

Pisces
Jiro Yoshihara

Page of Cups – Get your rose-colored glass out for the Muse of Joy is here to play with this week.  Her mission, if you choose to accept it, is to show you that life can be entertaining, funny, quirky, playful, mischievous, and joyful.  Get out crayons and/or sidewalk chalk if you need to tap into it.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of May 2, 2021

Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

This week’s artist is Betsey Batchelor @betseybatchelor.  Batchelor is an artist’s artist. Some artists are meant to be followed not only for their art but because they are willing to show their process.  Batchelor, maybe because she is a teacher, lets us into her process.  She allows the viewer to see through her posts not only the finished piece, but a blank canvas, scraps of paper pinned to a wall, under sketches, daily practices, detailed parts of her work, and pieces in progress.  Batchelor reminds us that art is work.  That there are sketches, experimentation, and honing skills before an artist even gets to the white void.  Then it is honed, thought over, reworked, mulled again or even abandoned.

The humanity of Batchelor’s Instagram is worth you following her, whether her posts remind fellow artists that what we love to do is messy, not just the polished perfection of a gallery exhibit or even our feeds.  And for viewer in general that each piece we see takes hours of unseen work and adds another layer to the awe of art. As an artist or a viewer, it reminds us that the work itself is the life blood of the art and the artist. That the essence of art and life is the work, not just the goals and successes.  This week ponder this quote by Aristotle.  The aim of art (and Life) is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Planets:  Mercury enters Gemini on the 3rd and stays until July 11th .  This is a place where it loves to hang so lots of evolutionary conversations can happen.  And Venus enters Gemini on 8th to help with the good vibes.  The only challenge is being careful of over-promising or saying yes to everything.

*All pictures below are from Batchelor’s Instagram posts some are completed pieces some are just her “work.”

P.S. Signs with an * it is 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
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Knight of Cups – The Muse of Sexuality is here to help you boost your libido.  Whether you go shopping for new toys, trying new ways to excite all your senses, solo or with a partner.  This week you should work on emotional switching on and stimulation of all kinds.

Taurus
Betsey Batchelor

*Empress – Your first big energy for your coming year is Creation. This energy is best when it is used to generate anything that nurtures, consoles, and promotes growth.  The challenge is there is growing pains but there will also be compassion and comfort waiting in the wings to support you.   And with all things that are extraordinary, it will take time to grow.  So be patient with your self and whatever you begin growing in the coming year.

Gemini
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Knight of Wands – The Muse of Perfect Timing is working with you this week.  Good or bad you are in the right place at the right time doing the right thing, if you do you.  Her only requirement is not to second guess yourself, for there is much to glean from this week.

Cancer
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

*High Priestess – You get another week working with your Shadow side.  This Muse helps you see cycles and the bigger picture to work out old karmic patterns and snip their threads.  Use ritual, meditation, singing bowls… to connect with your inner knowledge and outer guides. There are breadcrumbs in synchronicities and patterns, so keep all your six senses open.

Leo
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

*Devil – The Muse of Distraction is here to challenge you.  She only shows up when you are near completion of a goal or learned lesson.  The key is to say no or walk away if something does not feel right or in some cases too right.  The positive consequence of this card is, if you renege this temptation, it will no longer have the hold it had before.

Virgo
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Nine of Coins – This Muse has come to help you maintain your workflow and energy by keeping to yourself or only allowing a few supporters in.  She advises that you create a sacred space and time so you can ponder your thoughts without any outside influences.

 

Libra
Betsey Batchelor

*Strength – Last week the Muse of Momentum asked you to use her energy to plot out your course for the coming month.  This week, the Muse of Strength has come to help start and maintain that route. Often this energy comes to help combat apathy, misdirection, or self-doubt.  She reminds you that you have come through trials before and are stronger and more resilient.  This week is not about things being hard but about you seeing you can accomplish anything you set your heart (not your mind) to.

Scorpio
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Ten of Cups– Another good week in store for you.  Last week the Muse of Optimism and Success shone on all the wonderful things and opportunities that are awaiting you, if you want them and allow yourself to glow and grow. This week the Muse of Bliss reinforces that life has these beautiful moments of heaven on earth.  The challenge with this energy is realizing that these moments are fleeting.  It is important to thoroughly bath in their light when they come and recognize that you cannot maintain that ecstasy.  So, do not to fret their passing but know they will come again. Your motto:  Aloha and Mahalo

Sagittarius
Betsey Batchelor

*Temperance – The Muse of Balance and Moderation has come to work with you.   She asks you to do a dive into what is not working and needs to be healed in both your inner and outer world.  The conduit for the energy flowing between them is clog.  So doing something like Tai chi, Feng Shu, balancing your nutrition, sweating, brainstorming, massage …will get you back into balance and a rhythm that is more suitable for you and your work.

Capricorn
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

Ace of Swords – The Muse of New Truths is calling on you this week.  She comes with bountiful information to help you shift or create new paradigms.  This week mind ON.

Aquarius
Betsey Batchelor

Nine of Wands – Last week the muses where all about creating things out of what seemingly is nothing or build on what already is.  Using these energies for formation, moving forward and growing outward.  This energy is still here this week to work with; however, you will need to pace yourself if you wish to accomplish anything.  So prioritize, prepare for, and only work with the items on the top of your list.

Pisces
Betsey Batchelor
Betsey Batchelor

*Hierophant – Last week the muses were here to aid you in letting go of something to enable growth.  This energy continues this week; however, you also get the assistance of the Muse of Structure. She advises that you look at and rearrange your timing and/or your priorities.  When these two energies come together often your logic is off, like you are putting your cart in front of your horse or not realized the problem of contingencies.  Step back and look at the frame/goals before painting the picture.