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Tarot and Art-cast for March 30 – April 12, 2025

Vasilisa Romanenko
Vasilisa Romanenko

The artist highlighted is Vasilisa Romanenko @vasilisa.romanenko. Vasilisa Romanenko is an illustrator, designer, and fine artist. “She creates paintings and drawings inspired by botany, natural history, and textile design. Her artwork depicts the mystery, beauty, and fragility of nature using botanical elements, intricate patterns, and vivid colors. Vasilisa sees her paintings as windows into a magical world, much like the one she enjoyed getting lost in as a child while reading fairy tales. She creates artwork using both traditional and digital mediums.”

Your pondering: My favorite childhood stories were about people being able to talk to animals or understand them. Dr. Doolittle was the big one for me.  What were your favorite fairy tales or stories as a child?  Did they have a common element?

Solar System highlights

On Monday the Moon moves into Taurus – keep yourself and projects moving.  On Wednesday it goes into Gemini – communication is highlighted.  On Friday it is in Cancer – get snuggly with the ones you love.  On Sunday April 6th the moon moves into Leo – your time to shine.  On Wednesday April 9th it goes into Virgo – keep things tidy and organized.  And on Friday the moon enters Libra – another weekend to hang with the ones you love.

Mercury is back into Pisces for round two figuring out how to communicate your dreams.  Also, it is in retrograde until April 6th, so remember to use this time to recharge, reflect and redo. Venus has also retrograded back to Pisces until April 30th.  This is your second chance to work with your dreams, art and creativity. Mars is in Cancer, so movement forward still takes alternate routes to get to your destination.

Our longer aspects: Jupiter, the planet of abundance and growth, is in Gemini until June.   This placement helps us to 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.   Saturn is in Pisces until May 25, wanting us to learn how to be more fluid and inclusive in our structures. And it is the last time it will work with Venus (love, beauty, creativity and art) for another 28 years, so it is a good idea to work on inking in some Venusian activities into your daily schedule.

 

EXTRA

*Signs with an * it is a big week for you.   Aries this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Libra it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in, now is the time. `

**** I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the tarot & art-casts.

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Vasilisa Romanenko
Vasilisa Romanenko

Six of Fire – The Muse of Jubilation is working with you for the next two weeks.  This is quite appropriate because it is your birth month.  She would like you to celebrate all that you have worked so hard at doing for the past year.  Yeah, she acknowledges that there were challenges, but you have overcome them if you are reading this.  She also wants to remind you how amazing and unique you are, and now is the time to celebrate the you that you have become.

 

Taurus
Vasilisa Romanenko
Vasilisa Romanenko

*High Priestess – Okay so for these next two weeks the muses have given you a divine task(s).  The key with this energy is knowing that you were put on this earth to bring your divine unique presence into this world and these two weeks that are especially highlighted.  To do so you must be your most authentic self – that beautiful human flaws and follies included.  This is good practice for considering what you want to do with your new birth year.  What do you aspire to even when you are perfectly imperfect?

 

Gemini
Vasilisa Romanenko
Vasilisa Romanenko

Eight of Air – The Muse of Bondage comes when you are being held back by old thought patterns that no longer work for you.  These thoughts were put there by other people and you took them on as yours.  Possibly to fit in or you didn’t have the knowledge of experience and grabbed the first thing you could, to protect yourself.  Now is the time to release them, to fly and be free of others’ expectations and rules.

 

Cancerian
Vasilisa Romanenko
Vasilisa Romanenko

Seven of Water – The Muse of Imagination would like to work with you for the coming weeks.  She suggests you do exercises to expand your dreams.  Pondering what if scenarios that do not have boundaries or limitations.  Then she would like you to decipher the feelings behind those dreams and from those feelings create a wish list/vison board.  An example, you want a new car, the feeling behind it is freedom, so freedom becomes the wish.

 

Leo
Vasilisa Romanenko
Vasilisa Romanenko

*Fool – Your second round of big energy. Last week the Muse of Manifestation reminded you that you have all the tools to manifest your desires, you just need divine inspiration and focus to manifest them.  So, I hope you did some goal setting, for now the Muse of Exploration would like you to experience new things without judgement.  This challenge is to make sure your manifestations are not a rehash of old ideas or outdated means to materialize them. Clean off your workspace and start with a proverbial new canvas and just play around.

 

Virgo
Vasilisa Romanenko

*Emperor – The Muse of Building is working with you for the coming weeks.  This muse suggests only working on projects that are already in process.    This energy likes to build onto whatever is already in existence but needs adding on to make it more lucrative and efficient.  The challenge is building in durability as well as building for the common good.  This is a quality or over quantity vibe.

 

Libra
Vasilisa Romanenko
Vasilisa Romanenko

Nine of Fire – The next couple of weeks are going to present some challenges that will be hard for you as a justice loving sign to deal with.  The Muse of Boundaries suspects that an aspect in your environment will try to test your endurance and resilience. The key to navigating this energy is to know where you stand before you go into a situation.  And if you are called on to deal with something immediately at the very least take a moment before you engage.  This is not a time to fight so don’t cross others’ boundaries while at the same time being very clear where yours are.

 

Scorpio
Vasilisa Romanenko
Vasilisa Romanenko

*Temperance – The Muse of Mixology would like you to recalibrate aspects of your life.  Imagine your life as a bread recipe.  There are main ingredients (flour and water) that all lives are made of.  But depending on the bread you make, add some yeast to make it airier or bananas and chocolate to make it sweet and moist, the quality and tastes are different.  So, this muse would like you to figure out/tweak, what are the ingredients for your good life?  And in what quantity do you need each element to be to feel balanced?

 

Sagittarius
Vasilisa Romanenko
Vasilisa Romanenko

Three of Fire – The Muse of Endeavors would like you to use this retrograde time to reflect, restore and redo.  This is not a time to start new projects but to stand back and gain perspective on projects that are in the works now.  See this as a time of preparation.  A time to refuel and possibly rethink better mechanisms and routes to get what is in progress to the next stage.

 

Capricorn
Vasilisa Romanenko

Seven of Earth – Nothing like a Capricorn to use a time where you should be pulling back to work harder moving forward.  The next two weeks the Muse of Work is with you helping you make progress on things that you are focusing on.  However, she also challenges you to take at least a few days off to rest and restore your body and mind.  Yes, this can be a working vacation, but you also need to have some fun without goals, a schedule or a payout.

 

Aquarius
Vasilisa Romanenko

Eight of Earth – The Muse of Mastery is hanging with you for the next two weeks.  She would like you to tweak a skill you have mostly mastered.  So, think along the lines of, if you do woodworking, learn a new way to join wood without nails.  Or if you love baking, tweak your favorite recipe.  The challenge is to know what you are good at and then make it a bit better or be able to do it more efficiently.

 

Pisces
Vasilisa Romanenko

*Emperor – The Muse of Realization would like you to take a project you have on the backburner and bring it forward.   Look around your environment or work and see what needs to be done.  Maybe it’s getting an ergonomic chair, fixing the squeaky door, or that art project that has sat there for months. The challenge is working through the blocks.  You have got this, you know how to swim upstream.

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art-cast for March 2- 15, 2025

Bennu and Futuraheliopolis, Rithika Merchant

The artist highlighted in this tarotart-cast is Rithika Merchant @rithikamerchant. Merchant’s work “explores the common threads that run through different cultures and religions. Similar myths, stories, and ideas are shared by cultures all around the world; her paintings explore this concept while also featuring creatures and symbolism that are part of her personal visual vocabulary.”

Using collage, painting, drawing and geometric paper folds, she gets the viewer to perceive and examine our connections between the mind, body, and Earth. And perhaps ponder that we have similar pieces that make us relatable to another, but it is how we put these pieces together that makes us unique. As she stated in an interview for Colossal: “I think there is something powerful in taking whatever scraps you can find and putting them together to create something meaningful.”

Your pondering: I have always been intrigued by our use of symbols, especially those that we see cross cultures like the image of an eye or the sun.  Symbols are often simple and at the same time hold a larger content.   What symbols or images would you use to represent you?    

Solar System highlights

We begin with the Moon in Taurus on Monday – great energy to get things done.  On Thursday it moves into Gemini – communication and information exchange are emphasized.  On Saturday it moves into Cancer – do things around the house.  On Monday March 10th  the moon moves into Leo – your time to shine.  On Wednesday the 12th it moves into Virgo – great for organizing.  We have an eclipse on the 14th lay low if you can.  Then on Saturday the 15th the moon is in Libra – relationships take priority.

Mercury is now in Aries – great for using communication to move things forward. The challenge is realizing compromise is the only way to do it.  So, watch “my way or the highway” kind of thinking. Mars is retrograde in Cancer, so movement forward still takes alternate routes to get to your destination.

Venus is still in Aries.  This is not one of Venus’s favorite spots. But it does teach us to follow through with our actions and to take this Aries “go for it” energy to make the world a more loving place.  Just watch for stubbornness or over reaction.  Lead with curiosity and create win-win situations that move you and others forward not backwards.

Our longer aspects: Jupiter, the planet of abundance and growth, is in Gemini until June.   This placement helps us to 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.   Saturn is in Pisces until May 2025 wanting us to learn how to be more fluid and inclusive in our structures.

 

EXTRA

*Signs with an * it is a big week for you.   Pisces this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Virgo it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in, now is the time. `

**** I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the tarot & art-casts.

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Quantum Fluctuations, Rithika Merchant

Six of Air – The Muse of Tiny Transitions will be traveling with you this week.   She challenges you to make little doable changes in your life that will move you to a clearer more efficient headspace.  For example: wanting to get up earlier, she advises just starting to set your alarm in 10-minute increments until you get to the hour you are wanting to rise at.  Look for small simple ways to make your life and thoughts more efficient and your daily life easier.  And on a side note, this muse says water is an important element to make this transition.  Whether that is going to the beach or lake or taking a bath, this exercise is a great way to hear yourself think.

 

Taurus
Deliverance, Rithika Merchant

*Tower – The Muse of Deconstruction comes when you need help seeing what isn’t working in your life.  This can be something like physically not taking care of your body, mentally not taking care of your mind, being in the wrong vocation, or as simple as oiling a hinge that’s squeaking and is driving you crazy.  The key with thus energy is not ignoring the cracks or wishing away the irritants that can be fixed.  So, look at what in your daily life resources you and dismantle what does not.

 

Gemini
Plant Medicine, Rithika Merchant

Nine of Earth – The Muse of Discernment challenges you to see what and who you are dependent on.  Are you being realistic with your expectations of them? Are you taking action instead of being reactive?  This Muse reminds you that relationships are important to your well being, but they also can be a detriment if interdependence changes to dependance.

 

Cancerian
Halcyon Days, Rithika Merchant

Body of Earth – The Muse of Pace advise during the next two weeks to watch your pace as well as move at the appropriate one.  These coming weeks need a slow and steady movement to gain ground. This may seem contrary to Mars being in your sign.  For most people this aspect of working on sideways movements to gain traction is hard, tries their patience but is meant to help see alternatives to the narratives.  However, this is old tromping grounds for crabs. You all by instinct can find alternative solutions to any problem.

 

Leo
Midnight Sun, Rithika Merchant

Spirit of Water – The Muse of Compassion is working with you for the next two weeks.  She advises that kindness and sincerity are not only useful to get things done with others but also will tame your inner lion(ness).  These challenge times bring out the protective side of you all and most of the time this is helpful and appreciated.  Who doesn’t want a big cat in your corner.  However, this muse recommends for the next two weeks to be more kitten-like, cute, playful and if they scratch, they are easily forgiven.

 

Virgo
Providence, Rithika Merchant

King of Fire – The Muse of Vibrancy is challenging you this week.  Vibrancy is defined as the state of being full of energy and life.  This muse wants you to be the beacon in helping us, as a community, to become more vibrant in our own lives as well as others.  So, this muse tasks you to help others become more of who they are instead of who they should be.  So, the muses ask you to shine in your uniqueness to inspire others to shine in theirs. Your motto: I am the change I want to see in the world.

 

Libra
Rithika Merchant
Panorama II, Rithika Merchant

Body of Fire – The Muse of Adventure would like you to do two things.  One to see your life as an adventure full of curiosities to discover and puzzles to unravel.  And secondly to take a real-life adventure.  It can be a day trip or a weekend.  The where is less about the destination and more about the journey there.

 

Scorpio
Rithika Merchant
Altered Destiny, Rithika Merchant

*Magician – These next two week the Muse of Experimentation is hanging with you.  She would like you to experiment with some part of your life where you are trying to manifest or conjure up something new.  The key is that this new aspect’s what, how and when need to be played around with to manifest something truly unique and useful.  So, she challenges you to let go of expectations and work on bringing the divine (excellent; delightful) into the world.

 

Sagittarius
Rithika Merchant
Rithika Merchant

*Lovers – The Muse of Relationships is working with you for the next two weeks.  She challenges you to be more intimate with people.  Maybe of late you have pulled away or felt the need to be independent and freewheeling, for this is your natural state.  However, this muse is asking you to engage more deeply with the people around you.  You all are the philosophers of the zodiac and easily see how all things are interconnected, but the Muses are challenging you to take actions to prove it.

 

Capricorn
Mothership II, Rithika Merchant

*World – The Muse of Integration is choosing to walk with you in the coming weeks.  This energy shows up when you are in an alpha and omega moment.  Where aspects of your life are coming to an end while simultaneously things are beginning. You are here at this moment because of all your hard work and therefore ending a chapter.   While simultaneously you are walking into a new cycle of evolution.  She advises that you let go of the past as you finalize it, so your arms are open to embrace the future.

 

Aquarius
Panorama III (Aether), Rithika Merchant

Mind of Earth – The Muse of Building comes to give you energy to build upon what already is in existence.  This is a great time to finish off things on your to-do list, and to bring projects that were on the backburner to the front.  This muse suggests using this Mars in Cancer energy to find alternative ways to get past the blocks you might have with unfinished projects.

 

Pisces
The Inner Sanctum, Rithika Merchant

*Hanged One – The Muse of Suspension comes when you need to put things are hold so you can contemplate new perspectives.  This energy’s mythology is based on Odin hanging from the Tree of Life and discovering the runes.  The key to this story is him discovering the runes not that he created them.  There is a little quantum theory with this energy.  It is the concept that everything already exists, and we just need to align ourselves with that thing’s frequency to tune into it.  So, use this time to sit back and just ponder – let your mind wander and see what it discovers.

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art-cast for Feb 16 – March 1, 2025

Lincoln, Mark Wagner

In “honor” of Presidents’ Day and the all-mighty dollar, the artist highlighted in this tarotart-cast is Mark Wagner. Wagner is a collage artist that works with one material, the dollar bill.  Collage is a unique art form because it relies on materials that already exist and often already have cultural references attached to that object or image.  So, collage can be used to relay that pre-existing reference or can go so far to completely transform it.  As Wagner states: “To what extent is the material transfigured? Is it to be circumcised…or neutered? Collage can gently adjust or fully transform. Collage can enshrine a thing fully intact…elevating an object, framing and presenting it as a reliquary. Or it can put a material on trial, violate or destroy it, mince a thing into its molecular simplicities.” 

I suggest you read his blogs.  He puts forth an interesting hypothesis about the correlations between collage, and magic.

Your pondering: I have been trying to navigate how to live in this interesting moment in history.  When piecing together what I put my focus on, this pondering from Wagner resonates: “Placing things in proximity enables them to interact. No chemical reaction—be it simmer or explosion—occurs unless reagents first come into contact. All love stories start in this manner. As do all border disputes…. Side-by-side on the page, matched images mingle. Some attract; some repel. Pick your metaphors for harmony and dissonance: fair skies and stormy, love and enmity, peace and war—collage is ultimately about interaction, and these metaphors will serve us well. Do things go together smoothly or not? Do they lead to seamlessness or seemliness?”

Solar System highlights

We begin with the Moon in Libra – highlighting relationships and harmony.  On Tuesday it moves into Scorpio – work with your passions.  Friday it moves into Sagittarius – go exploring.  On Sunday February 23rd the moon moves into Capricorn – great energy to start your work week.  Tuesday the 25th it moves into Aquarius – do something social.  Then on Thursday the 27th the moon is in Pisces- take time to dream of a better world.  And finally on Saturday it is in Aries – great energy for starting a project.

Mercury is now in Pisces – use this aspect to talk about your dreams for the future.  Mars is retrograde again in Cancer until February 23rd, 2025. So once again action moves sideways not in a straight line.   But this is our second opportunity to find new and better avenues than the obvious or easiest ones. The on the 26th Mars goes direct – so movement forward becomes a bit easier though still it takes side roads to get to your destination.

Venus is still in Aries.  This is not one of Venus’s favorite spots. But it does teach us to follow through with our actions and to take this Aries “go for it” energy to make the world a more loving place.  Just watch for stubbornness or over reaction.  Lead with curiosity and how to create win-win situations that move you forward not backwards.

Our longer aspects: Jupiter, the planet of abundance and growth, is in Gemini until June.   This placement helps us to 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.   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.   Aquarius/Pisces this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Leo/Virgo it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in, now is the time.

**** I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the tarot & art-casts.

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Big Fish Little Fish, Mark Wagner

*Hermit – The Muse of the Larger Perspective is your buddy for the next two weeks.  She usually shows up when you need to step back and see the bigger picture.   To see the landscape, you are working with.  The challenge with this energy is that you can’t totally hermitize.  You will need to keep your proverbial “open sign” on.  However, she does recommend that you make people work for your attention.

 

Taurus
Powerline, Mark Wagner

Eight of Fire – The next two weeks you will be given vital information for the coming months.  The Muse of Messages advises to help prioritize what you need to know, ask the universe/guides specific questions.  Then watch carefully for the messages because they will be flying in with speed.  And they are often encoded in synchronicities and repetition. She also recommends keeping notes of your ideas.  However, she warns this is a time to gather intel not to jump into action.

 

Gemini
Bird in Hand, Mark Wagner

Ace of Fire – Wow another ace.  All aces signify beginnings.  For the last two weeks the Ace of Air signified a new way of thinking or a decision for change.  The muses asked what thoughts can be transmuted from stagnation to progression?   And now they provide you the fire to start this progress.  This ace is perfect energy to start seeding any project you want to see grow in the coming months.

 

Cancerian
Mark Wagner
Concerned Citizen, Mark Wagner

*Star – The Muse of Healing comes when you need to set some time aside to heal your heart and soul.  You have gone through a major restructuring.  And now it is time to step back and find your truth that gives you hope and makes you more resilient.  Things have been rough out there and all the water signs are especially feeling it.  But this muse reminds you: “How rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist.” lyrics by Saturn, Sleeping at Last.

 

Leo
Mark Wagner

Mind of Earth– The Muse of Investing would like you to prioritize for the next two weeks what you want to materialize. This muse gives you the energy to build upon a project that you have in progress or have kept on the back burner for too long.  She does recommend that you wait until February 23rd when Mars stations direct again to really move on it. So, until then this is a time to collect your resources to get ready to launch at the end of February.

 

Virgo
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner

Five of Earth – The Muse of Refuge would like you to spend these next two weeks working with resources that fortify you.  She recommends this exercise.  Get some paper and make three columns.  In the first column make a list of things (people, aspects at work, the news etc.…) that take resources/energy but don’t give anything in return. Then the second column, make a list of things that take from you but also give back.  And then the more challenging, in the last column list the things that only resource you (give you energy or restore your energy).  Once you have categorized them, then for every item that you do in the first column you do something in the third column to restock your energy.  So you don’t feel so depleted.

 

Libra
Mark Wagner

Ten of Earth – Hopefully you worked with the Muse of Burdens to lighten your load.  If so, this week is meant for enjoyment.  Finding moments that restabilize who you are, who you support, who supports you, what brings you comfort, etc.  If not, this is a week to get projects finished or at least to a place that they no longer pressure you.  And then no matter what, do not start something new and fill your weekends with enjoyment.  Your motto: I work hard and balance that with play and joy.

 

Scorpio
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner

Seven of Water – The Muse of Dreams comes for two reasons.  First the universe and therefore you need a clearer vision of what you dream for.  This energy is about daydreaming the specifics.  And the second is that you are not dreaming big enough.  This muse wants you to stretch your imagination.  She reminds you that you never know what comes out of dreaming big.  However, the challenge is accepting, as the Rolling Stones say, you can’t always get what you want but you get what you need.   Sometimes the muses know better than you.

 

Sagittarius
Peacock, Mark Wagner

Three of Fire – The Muse of Enterprise comes when you are usually stagnant in using your imagination and creativity, stalling and/or having the blahs at what you do for a living.  So, this muse asks why are you doing what you are doing? She is challenging you to reignite your passion and start working on something that you love. Start building the future you want to live in.

 

Capricorn
Way the Wind Blows, Mark Wagner

*Hanged One – The Muse of Suspension comes for two reasons.  One foretells that there will be something you will need to put hold on.  And two, she suggests simultaneously using this suspension to gain a new insight or perspective.  For example, if you are stuck somewhere, use this extra quiet time to let your mind wander and see what new insights it gives you.  This card portrays the hanging of Odin from the Tree of Life where he discovers the runes (Not creates – but discovers).  This is a bit of quantum physics energy – that any form of intelligence, or anything really, already exists we just need to take the time to tap into its “frequency” to manifest it.

 

Aquarius
Mark Wagner

*Empress – The Muse of Creativity is challenging you to create.  She reminds you that quality work takes time, like gardening you plant the seed, let it sprout, then tend it to maturity.  So, this muse asks what do you want to bring into your world?  What would bring you joy and comfort?  What would feel good and fulfilling?  Now is the time to plant those seeds.

 

Pisces
Serpent, Mark Wagner

*Temperance – For the next two weeks the Muse of Harmony has decided to dance with you.  She asks, what makes you stable and what helps you go with the flow?   What are your ideal mixtures of social and alone times?  What ingredients do you need to do something creative? She reminds you that this mixing is like cooking not all ingredients are measure equally.  So, what is your mix for a balanced lifestyle?

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art-cast for Jan 19 – Feb 1, 2025

Bernice Bing
Burney, Falls, Bernice Bing

The artist highlighted this tarotart-cast is Bernice Bing. Bing’s medium was paint and her mode was color and tone.  Her paintings are big and bold. The viewer can see her fascination of the duality of light and dark, whether that was her landscape paintings or her later explorations of the unconscious world, Zen Buddhism and Chinese calligraphy. Abstraction as a practice gave her the ability to investigate her faceted self.  Abstract art emerged primarily because artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries wanted to break away from the traditional focus on realistically depicting the physical world, instead seeking to express emotions and ideas through color, line, and form, rather than recognizable imagery, leading to a movement that emphasized the inner experience and artistic interpretation over strict representation of reality.

Society and its constructs are often set in place to give us meaning and a sense of community.  It is very human characteristic to want to define, categorize, create structures to explain and predict outcomes.  But it also can constrain growth.  This is the beauty of abstraction when we or aspects don’t fit into just one box we can explore without constraints.

Your pondering: Bing once said about doing art. “It’s like the highest form of art becomes a vehicle, like a mantra.” What is your mantra this year? Can you apply it to take an action to the highest level? Can your action/mantra both hold structure and allow growth?

*to those new subscribers and a reminder – pondering is just a place to flex your critical thinking muscle.  You don’t have to find the answer – there can be right or wrong.  It is just a place to reflect.

Solar System highlights

We begin with the Moon in Libra – relationships are on the forefront.  On Wednesday it moves into Scorpio – time to let something go.   Then on Friday it moves into Sagittarius – spend the weekend exploring.  On Monday the 27th it moves into Capricorn – focus on work. Then on Wednesday the 29th the moon moves into Aquarius – work on innovating something to the next level.  And lastly for the weekend the lunation moves into Pisces – daydreaming and intuition is key.

Mercury is still in Capricorn until January 26th, having us working on being efficient and succent with our conversation.  Though be careful about coming off as too bossy or harsh.   Motto: “I know things, but I don’t know everything.” The it moves into Aquarius.  Mercury is now about socializing and innovating the way we communicate.  Mars is retrograde again in Cancer until February 23rd, 2025. So once again action moves sideways not in a straight line.   But this is our second opportunity to find new and better avenues then the obvious or easiest ones.

Venus is now in Pisces until Feb 3rd.  This aspect is lovely – a dreamy haze.  Though be careful with this stop and go energy of Mars that you don’t just daydream the month away.  There still is action needed but it is a meandering organic evolution of your concepts of beauty and harmony. And Venus will retrograde back into Pisces in the spring.  So don’t stress, once things get moving you will have a second chance to come back to this growth.

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.   Saturn is in Pisces until February 2026 teaching us how to be more fluid and inclusive in our structures. And lastly Pluto in Aquarius is still feeling very new.  So is you are feeling wobbly, remember to take things slowly.  We have lots of time with this aspect.

 

EXTRA

*Signs with an * it is a big week for you.   Capricorn/Aquarius this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Cancer/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.

*** Since it is a new year and I have some new subscribers, to explain my naming convention and experimentation with card titles.   I have 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.  Also, 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). Or at least that is what I am playing with now.

**** I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity.

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Bernice Bing
Vital Energy, Bernice Bing

Ace of Fire – All aces support beginnings and this ace’s realm is creativity, nature and spirituality.   The muses would like you to incorporate into your schedule for the next two weeks a ritual of awe.  Awe is defined as a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.  Yes, they want you to push your boundaries just a bit, so it feels a little intimidating, but the rewards are awesome.

 

Taurus
Bernice Bing
Anderson Valley, Bernice Bing

Six of Earth – The Muse of Giving is challenging you to extend a helping hand.  She reminds you that little acts of kindness have a way of reverberating and multiplying in unique ways.  So, smile at a stranger, open the door for someone, pay for the coffee order behind you.  And since this energy is about both giving and receiving.   The bonus is that goodness will meander its way back to you.

 

Gemini
Bernice Bing
Velasquez Family, Bernice Bing

*Magician – During the next two weeks the Muse of Manifestation would like to work with you.  This Muse reminds you that at this time you have all the tools you need; however you have two challenges.  One you will need to investigate new ways of using them.  And secondly focus, she advises that during these trials that you are clear on the why behind this manifestation.  You have the power, but if it is not focus or has a reason behind it, it can get out of hand.

 

Cancerian
Bernice Bing

Nine of Fire – The Muse of Resilience comes when you need to set boundaries and firmly ground yourself.  She reminds you that you have the strength to do what needs to be done and protect what you have fought hard to safeguard.   You can huddle into that crab shell if need be if the waves hit – remember you were built for the give and take of the tides.

 

Leo
Bernice Bing
Ideograph, Bernice Bing

Seven of Air – The Muse of Deception comes when you are not being truthful with yourself.  Now for most of you cats this comes out as you are not good enough, unsure or feeling like an impostor.  This muse reminds you that overall, this is not true you know things and are good at what you do, but there is a small truth in it.  She asks, “do you need to strengthen a skill?  Do you need to find more resources? Do you need help?  There is a lack though it is not in you innately.  The challenge is seeing it as something missing that needs to be found and fixed not as a lack that needs to be hidden or disguised.  Time to find out, fess up and fix it.

 

Virgo
A lady and a road map, Bernice Bing

Spirit of Air – For the next two weeks details become vitally important.  The Muse of Specifics reminds you that the small stuff actually matters during this period.  So read the fine print.  When negotiating, do not assume.  Read the room before starting conversations.  Ask for clarification.  This muse is not a harbinger of doom, but she does advise that a “laissez faire” attitude will lead to more chaos then flow.

 

Libra
Bernice Bing
Lotus circle Lotus Goddess, Bernice Bing

Body of Water – The Muse of Flirting is hanging out with you for the next two weeks.  She wants you to strengthen your “charm muscles”.  Charm is defined as the power or quality of giving delight or arousing admiration.  These next two weeks smile at strangers, dole out compliments, and even wink at yourself when you walk by a mirror.  You have some “fine” qualities and now is the time to show off and remind yourself how irresistible you can be.

 

Scorpio
Mayacamas, Bernice Bing

Body of Earth – The Muse of Pace walks with you for the next few weeks.  This energy comes when you need to readjust your pace to be appropriate to the work that needs doing.  She advises to ground yourself in purpose, the why behind what you do, and examine your surroundings before moving forward.  And for some of you this is about moving your physical body in a new way.  So, if your old exercise regime is not working now is the perfect time for a change.

 

Sagittarius
Map Forms #2, Bernice Bing

*Fool – The Muse of Journeys is roaming with you for at least the next two weeks.  She asks you to strengthen your exploration muscles.  Maybe some of you feel stuck or others on the precipice of new but haven’t taken the leap.  This energy wants you to jump into the unknown.  This can be as simple as taking a different way home or trying a new place to eat lunch.  Or as complex as starting a new relationship, project or job.  The key with working with this muse is to have faith not in the destination but in the journey itself.

 

Capricorn
Bernice Bing
Big, Sur, Bernice Bing

*Tower – Where the last two weeks were about seeding the new, these two weeks are about deconstructing what no longer works.   The Muse of Sudden Change forewarns that change is coming and there are parts of your structures that are not retrofitted for this evolution.  She advises spending the next two weeks clearing the decks of unnecessary clutter, making sure your resources are stocked, planning how you want to rebuild, etc…  This energy is not about fear but about preparation, so when change happens you can mitigate the chaos around it.

 

Aquarius
Generations, Bernice Bing

Heart of Earth – The Muse of Study is hanging with you for the coming weeks.  She shows up when you need to learn a new skill.  Now the key is putting energy into learning something that you actually want to do or grow.  She asks what do you need to know that will ground you in your purpose? And she reminds you not to get too philosophical with this question. This should be fairly simple and practical. Like learning how to file you own taxes, fix a squeaky door, keep your plants alive….

 
Pisces
Healing, Bernice Bing

*Moon – The Muse of Emotional Literacy is hanging out with you these coming weeks.  She comes when emotional tides are high, and you need to work on navigating them.  The issue with you, fishy-folk is that you can be very susceptible to the influence of others’ emotions.  So, your work for the coming weeks is to decipher what you are feeling and what you are picking up from someone else. However, this muse does remind you that other people’s emotions can reflect areas needed for your personal healing.  If you still feel in the dark, an exercise she suggests is asking your subconscious for guidance before you go to sleep.   Dreams are gateways to information during this time.

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art-cast for Jan 5- 18, 2025

Zarina
Home Is a Foreign Place, Zarina

Happy Gregorian New Year!

The artist highlighted this tarotart-cast is Zarina.  She uses paper as her main medium.  She likened it to skin: “It can be stained, pierced and molded and it still has the capability of breathing and aging. It has a fragility and resilience.”   She used this pulpy instrument to express her travels through life.   Zarina traveled around the world and lived in Aligarh, Bangkok, Delhi, Paris, Bonn, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York and London.  These movements became her art – an exploration/understanding of the concepts of home, displacement, borders, journey, and memory.  She states: “I do not feel at home anywhere, but the idea of home follows me wherever I go. In dreams and on sleepless nights, the fragrance of the garden, image of the sky, and sound of language returns. I go back to the roads I have crossed many times. They are my companions and my solace.”

Your pondering: What is home to you? What memories tie you to your understanding of home?

Solar System highlights

We begin with the Moon in Pisces – great for dreaming on what to conjure for 2025.  Then it moves into Aries – start something.  On Wednesday it moves into Taurus – supplies energy to what you focus on.   Then on Friday it moves into Gemini – hang out with friends and family.  On Sunday the 12th it moves into Cancer and it’s a full moon so self-care and a slow start to the week. Then into Leo – work on making yourself and others shine.  And lastly for the weekend the lunation moves into Virgo – you can finally spend time cleaning and sorting the odds and ends of 2024.

Mercury is still in Sagittarius until January 8th, 2025. So, we can keep exploring big ideas, truth seeking and growth in communication. The challenge is still being blunt or soapboxing. Then Mercury moves into Capricorn until January 26th, having us working on being efficient and succent with our conversation.  Though be careful about coming off as too bossy or harsh.   Motto: “I know things, but I don’t know everything.” Mars is retrograding again into Cancer until February 23rd, 2025. So once again action moves sideways not in a straight line.   So, it will feel like a very slow start to 2025.

Venus is now in Pisces until Feb 3rd.  This aspect is lovely – a dreamy haze.  Though be careful with this slow start that you don’t just daydream the month away.  There still is action needed but it is an meandering organic evolution of your concepts of beauty and harmony. And Venus will retrograde back into Pisces in the spring.  So don’t stress, once things get moving you will have a second chance to come back to this growth.

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.   Saturn is in Pisces until February 2026 teaching us how to be more fluid and inclusive in our structures. And lastly Pluto in Aquarius is still feeling very new.  So is you are feeling wobbly, remember to take things slowly.  We have lots of time with this aspect.

EXTRA

** 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.

*** I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the tarot & art-casts.

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Zarina
Beyond the Stars, Zarina

*Star – What a way to begin the year with the Muse of Hope.  This muse would like you to wish upon a star.  Ponder your hopes and dreams.  Are your choices set up for healing?  What can you do to bring more flow into your life without excess stress?  She also advises slowing down.  This is not a time to jump into anything.

Taurus
Zarina
Letters from Home, Zarina

Eight of Fire – The Muse of Messages comes bearing information from a variety of sources.  These messages are for you or can be passed on to another that may need a boost.  And you can ask for information from this muse too.  Just write or say it out loud and information with start coming in.  There are always gifts in this energy, so put on your bunny ears and start listening.

Gemini
Zarina
In the Woods, Zarina

Five of Air – The Muse of Ego is hanging out with you the next two weeks.  Fives are omens of chaos, and this one is chaos created by ego.  Whether that is your ego or someone else’s, this is not a time to prove you are right or they are wrong.  The challenge is just sticking to the facts and moving on if you hit a brick wall.  Remember Mars is in Cancer and retrograde, so things move more sideways then straightforward. This is an opportunity to find ways around instead of through.

Cancerian
Zarina
Bird in Flight, Zarina

Mind of Fire – The Muse of Joie de vivre (exuberant enjoyment of life) would like you to focus on what makes you zing, love, laugh, smile…. The muses would like you to create space for the joy to enter.  The challenge may be feeling as if you don’t deserve it or making time for what you consider self-indulgence.  But the muse reminds you that one of your gifts is if you are truly fired up that fire spreads.   So, the more you zing the more your environment will follow suit.

Leo
Folding Homes, Zarina

*Star – So you all and Aries are vibing the same energy.  You are also being visited by the Muse of Hope.  This muse would like you to wish upon a star.  Spend this time pondering your hopes and dreams.  She asks, are your choices set up for healing?  What can you do to bring more flow into your life without excess stress?  And an added element – you need to make sure your home has a healing element to it as much as your actions.

Virgo
Kiss, Zarina

*Lovers – The Muse of Relationships is your partner for the beginning of 2025.  This muse challenges you to call-in the people you need to help you accomplish what you want to do.  Now I know you all can be uber practical but also think about traveling partners, gaming companions, people or animal companions to have fun with.  This is about calling in support and fun.

 

Libra
Under the Dark Sky, Zarina

Ace of Air – The Muse of Thought is here to start off 2025.  She asks you to ponder what one thought do you need to change.  And by doing this work you have the potential to change your whole way of decision making.  For example:  You say you are not smart enough – switch it to I am exactly the person to solve this problem.  Or I don’t have enough money – switch to I always have enough to survive but now I want to have enough to feel safe.  Think about how to switch poverty or a “less than” mind set to abundance and can-do.

Scorpio
Junk, Zarina

*Death – Nothing like starting out the year with a life-muse (a muse you work with your whole life).  The Muse of Organic Change is asking you to start off 2025 with a bit of Swedish Death cleaning.  It’s not as bad as it sounds -just a mind-set of decluttering your life so more can grow into it.  Time to let things go.

Sagittarius
Almost There, Zarina

Ten of Water – What a great way to start off 2025 with the Muse of Bliss by your side. This muse would like you to imagine what your world would look like if everything just worked out.  She would like you to take this outlook to start your year.  Tens signify completion.  And this energy is about completion in the emotional realm.  This is a moment to end things that do not work for your heart and prep the ground for new emotionally positive events to happen.

 

Capricorn
Travels with Rani, Zarina

Ace of Fire – Woot, what great energy for the new year.  All Aces signify new beginnings, and this energy is around creativity and spirituality.  The muses would like you to embark on a quest of spirit, vitality and creation.  They ask questions like: what is creativity without social bounds?  What is your soul curious about? What energizes your body?  This energy is not about doing but about growing.  And the muses suggest thinking more along a tree’s timeline then daylilies.

 

Aquarius
Shattering Sky, Zarina

*Wheel – The Muse of Surprises is your companion for the beginning of 2025.  She challenges you to go with the flow.  Take opportunities as they show up.  Work on being spontaneous. This is not a time to push through or make things happen.  The world has its own agenda and wants you to loosen up and roll with the surprises. If you do, you will end up in a better place then where you started.

 

Pisces
Weaving Memory, Zarina

*Empress – To start 2025 the Muse of Sensuality would like you to work on yours.  Sensuality in the sense of – the condition of being pleasing or fulfilling to the senses.  And this muse challenges you to indulge your senses and by doing so you will find areas you need to grow in. Especially indulging in the sense you work with the least.  Like if you don’t normal work with your taste – go on a quest to find the best pie.    See this Gretchen Rubin video about happiness science and senses. (You can take her quiz too, but she wants your email).

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art-cast for Dec 15-31, 2024

 

Mila Zemliakova
Mila Zemliakova

Happy Solstice to all of you.  May the light shine on you, in you and with you.

The artist highlighted this tarotart-cast is Mila Zemliakova, @milazemlia.   Mila’s anthropomorphic creations are pieced together from her and her family’s collection of textiles.  The artist shares that she sees this menagerie as an expression of “the connection of Belarusians with their nature, as well as with their traditions, which are now in a dangerous position and under repression.” cite Colossal.   This is one of the many things that artists and their art do for us viewers; they connect us to culture and perspectives that are not our own.

Your pondering: Mila often takes pictures of these soft sculptures outdoors in what could be called their natural setting.  Often sitting in quiet repose, staring of in the distance or if we are lucky into the viewer’s eyes.  Take time this season to sit in quiet contemplation (hopeful within the view of nature) and see what comes up.  May this new year bring peace to you and to collective we call life.

Solar System highlights

We begin with a full moon in Gemini on Sunday night.  Go out and howl at that beautiful, illuminated globe in the night sky.  On Monday the moon moves to Cancer – find ways to nurture yourself.   The on Wednesday the moon shifts into Leo – your time to shine.  And then on Friday it moves into Virgo – great for prepping for your festivities.  Solstice is that Saturday. Release the old and make wishes for the new.

On Monday December 23 the moon moves into Libra- great for hanging with friends and family.  On December 25th the moon is in Scorpio- it’s all about celebrating pleasure.  And then on Saturday the moon is in Sagittarius – go exploring.  And we end the year with a new moon in Capricorn on Monday December 30th – a great time to think about what action steps you would like to take but see Mars below for the challenges.

Mercury is in Sagittarius until January 8th, 2025, and is now out of retrograde.  So, we can keep exploring big ideas, truth seeking and growth in communication. The challenge is still being blunt or soapboxing.  Especially because Mars is retrograding in Leo until Jan 6th, 2025.

This aspect is fiery when direct – great for getting things done but be careful around egotism in yourself and others.  However, when in retrograde it is hard to keep momentum. Also, Mars stays in retrograde though it moves into Cancer until February 23rd, 2025. Which if you remember action moves sideways not in a straight line.   So, with all that New Moon in Capricorn energy for planning our moves forward, it will feel like a very slow start to 2025.

One of our brighter spots is Venus, which is in Aquarius until January 2nd, 2025.  This aspect is all about hope and love.  So, shower the world with hope, harmony and love.  Be the Change….

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 Saturn is in Pisces until February 2026 teaching us how to be more fluid and inclusive in our structures. And lastly Pluto in Aquarius is still feeling very new.  So is you are feeling wobbly, remember to take things slowly.  We have lots of time with these aspects.

 

EXTRA

* I usually do a year looking back as my last tarotcast for a year.  That is, I look at the statistics of the most pulled cards.  I am doing this as a 10-year study on whether pulling cards had an even probability.  Or does woo come into play.  Well, my inquiry ends next year at the end of September. So, I decided this year that I will hold off at looking at the trends and do it as a bigger post in October 2025.  Though if I have time, I might post an abbreviated version of this year’s trend on my Instagram @thefoxandthetarot.  Will post around solstice.

** Signs with an * it is a big week for you.  Sagittarius/Capricorn this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year.  And Gemini/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.

*** I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the tarot & art-casts.

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Mila Zemliakova
Mila Zemliakova

*Hierophant – These final weeks of 2024 the Muse of Structures challenges you to ponder are the structures in your life supporting you.  Now is the time to tweak or dump what isn’t working for you. This new year is asking you to innovate the structures in your daily life and for some of you investigate your belief systems. Are they giving you the support/foundation you need/want for the year ahead?  Get out your pencil (and I do mean pencil because of the flexible criteria – you will need to erase and rework all next year) and start creating your stronger but more flexible foundations.

 

Taurus
Mila Zemliakova
Mila Zemliakova

Heart of Fire – The Muse of Spark is accompanying you through these final weeks of 2024.  She challenges you to create more space for your passions, for the things that get you up and running, for art, and for more nature.  She would like to see AWE in your everyday life.  So, stay curious, discover and then support the things that make you go: Whoa! Wow! OOOOooo! Yum! Love it!

 

Gemini
Mila Zemliakova

Six of Earth – The Muse of Generosity is here to help you enter the new year with more ease.  She challenges you to look at what you do, see if you can’t make it into a positive and then extend that positivity outward.  Make it magical.  Say you clean the counter – you imagine you are cleaning away old karma for yourself and/or anyone who needs it.  Or you are feeding your family – see it as giving them energy to accomplish their dreams.  Where washing your hair or brushing your teeth becomes a spell for self-care.  And where smiling at a stranger creates a wave of goodwill spreading across the globe.

 

Cancerian
Mila Zemliakova

Three of Air – The Muse of Healing is you co-pilot into the new year.  These coming weeks are meant for parenting that inner child and pampering the adult you have grown resiliently into. You might feel some barbs or twinges of past hurts.  Take this time to see where your scabs are and make sure you have taken the time to properly attend to them.

 

Leo
Mila Zemliakova

Two of Water – The Muse of Love is hanging out with you for the final days of 2024.  She challenges you to figure out what you need and need to heal to be truly in love with someone as well as yourself.  This self-love is especially hard for you lions.  You are all tough on the outside but a mushy kitten on the inside.  Remember to tend to the kitten these coming days.  So, lots of play, naps and cuddles.

 

Virgo
Mila Zemliakova
Mila Zemliakova

*Death – The Muse of Organic Change will be your guide these final weeks of 2024.  She first asks you to excavate what no longer works for you.  What purpose, project, person no longer is appropriate for the new you?  Now is the time to compost these outdated aspects.  By doing so you are creating more fertile ground and resources for growth in 2025.  And then she challenges you to write out a baker’s dozen (13) of things you would like to grow in this coming year.  Your motto: Out with the old and in with the new.

 

Libra
Mila Zemliakova

Four of Water – During these final days of 2024 the Muse of Contemplation hangs with you.  She challenges you to do a deep dive into your emotional well.  Is it full?  Do you have some emotions you haven’t dealt with this year?  What has your heart been saying that you haven’t had time to hear?   But it is not all inner naval gazing part of these insights come from outside sources.

 

Scorpio
Mila Zemliakova

Nine of Air – The Muse of Worry is working with you these final days to slow your mind.  She challenges you to spend these final days of 2024 to set aside any worries you have that you do not have a solution for.  Spend the rest of 2024 creating or doing action steps to clear your plate of solvable scenarios.  So, by the time Mars goes direct in February you are focused and have more time to work on new things.

 

Sagittarius
Mila Zemliakova

Five of Earth – During these final weeks of 2024 the Muse of Refuge is hanging with you.  Refuge is defined “as a condition or something where you are safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble.”  You are the explorers and wanders of the signs, but everyone needs a homebase, a place that grounds and protects you. She asks where is your refuge?   So, she would like you to spend this time shoring up what, where and/or who of the that question.

 

Capricorn
Mila Zemliakova
Mila Zemliakova

Seven of Water – The Muse of Dreams would like you to spend the final days of 2024 daydreaming.  2025 will be full of opportunity.  Now with Pluto off your proverbial back, you will feel freer than you have for the last 16 years.  So, spend time cleaning your plate and dreaming bigger than the practical side of you usually allows.

 

Aquarius
Mila Zemliakova

*Devil – The Muse of Final Exams is here to help you finish out 2024.  She asks what business is unfished?  What would you like to wrap up so by the time your birthday comes you are ready to begin anew.    As Pluto moves in with your Sun sign for the next 2 decades these will be very transformative years for all of you, water bearers.  New careers, new lifestyles, new relationships are all on the horizon.  So clean/finish up what you do not want to carry forward.

 

Pisces
Mila Zemliakova

*Wheel – For the final days of 2024 the Muse of Surprises comes to hang out with the fishes.  She challenges you to go with the flow.  Take opportunities as they show up.  Work on being spontaneous. This is not a time to push things through or make things happen.  The world has its own agenda and wants you to loosen up and roll with the surprises. If you do, you will end up in a better place then you started.

Tarotcast

Tarot and Art-cast for Dec 1-14, 2024

This Way, Lola Dupre

The artist highlighted this tarotart-cast is Lola Dupre. @loladupre Dupre is a collage artist and illustrator.  She plays with the viewers’ perspective and possibly our expectations of what something should look like.  However, these distortions bring often humor and an emotional aspect that we normally read as an undercurrent.  In her words: “I like taking something familiar and making it a subversive shadow of itself.  You might view a new sight with familiarity you can’t quite explain.  It might challenge your opinion of the original…all I can hope for in the viewer is that they might arrive at a thought or ideally, begin a dialogue about something…” cite Metal interview

Your pondering: Try coming into a conversation without expectations but with curiosity.  Learn something you never knew about the person you sit next to, on a train, your workplace, maybe even a close friend.  Humans are complex; work on finding out how multifaceted we are.

Solar System highlights

The moon begins with a new Moon in Sagittarius- great for travel and philosophical discussions.  New moons are great for setting intentions.  On Tuesday the moon moves into Capricorn – time to get to work.  And then on Thursday it moves into Aquarius – innovate and think outside the box.  For the weekend the moon is in Pisces – daydream.   Monday, December 9th we start the week in Aries – fire thing ups.  On December 12th the moon moves into Taurus – get grounded.  And for the weekend the moon will be in Gemini – friends and great conversations to be had.

Mercury is in Sagittarius until January 8th, 2025.  This is due to its retrograde from November 26th to December 15th.    This is a 9-week exploration of big ideas, truth seeking and growth in communication. The challenge is being blunt or soapboxing.    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. Then moves into Aquarius until January 2nd, 2025.  Shower the world with harmony and love.  Be the Change….

Mars is now in Leo until Jan 6th, 2025.  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!

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 Saturn is in Pisces until February 2026 teaching us how to be more fluid and inclusive in our structures.

Lastly, Pluto recently move into Aquarius and it is still making the world feel wobbly.   The last 15 years Pluto was in Capricorn- an earth sign making us feel a bit more grounded.  While we as society explored the shadowy side of karma, fame, authority, jobs, business, politics and status. Now we move to Aquarius’s shadowy side of luxury, groups and organizations, innovation, technology, and revolution. This sign has a lot of unknowns credited to it because it is outside the box thinking and innovation.  So, this is about the new.   Look to where Aquarius is in your natal chart to see what aspects to focus on personally. Reminder:  it is not all “shadow” with Pluto; there are also jewels brought up from these deep excursions into the darker realms.

 

EXTRA

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

*** I have a tip jar if you want to leave a gratuity for the tarot & art-casts.

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Wake up St-Pancras Lola Dupre

*Tower – I hope you work with the Muse of Pace last time, because now the Muse of Quakes has come to shake things up.  This muse brings chaos to shake your foundations and see what is left standing.  What is left, after the dust settles, is your solid ground.  Take this time to remove the rumble and start planning your new innovative and upgraded next build.  Remember Mercury is in retrograde so don’t start the building just yet.  Use this time for cleaning up and planning.

 

Taurus
Bull after Potter, Lola Dupre

Three of Fire – The Muse of Groundwork comes when you need to expend your energy on setting up the preliminaries of your life which then will make your work/life easier.   This may look like making a big batch of soup and freezing some, or reorganizing your workspace, or cleaning out your inbox.  This muse asks, what can you prepare to help the next two weeks flow with more ease?

 

Gemini
Lola Dupre
Randy, Lola Dupre

*Moon – Dear twins the Muse of Moods arrives to help you navigate your tidal emotions.  These next two weeks are going to have some “feels” and it is recommended that you do not ignore or run away from them.  These emotional apparitions are just remnants of old patterns that need to be dealt with and banished.  You no longer need to hold this guilt, fear, sadness…  You have grown past the past.

 

Cancerian
Lola Dupre
Marie Bashkirtseff, Lola Dupre

*High Priestess – The Muses of Higher Purpose comes when you are called to be your most authentic self.  You are being called by fate to implement your purpose more profoundly during this time.  Authenticity is not about perfection but about truth.  By being your truth, you become an example, an aide to others around you.  Opening a door, smiling at someone, being okay with not being oaky has an immeasurable effect on others these next two weeks.  Be the change…

 

Leo
Lola Dupre
Orangie, Lola Dupre

Mind of Water – Okay the emotional high tides of emotions continue to wash your shores.  So once again, some of these waves are yours and some others.  The Muse of Acceptance reminds you as these tides ebb and flow so should your attention to them.  This is not a time to ruminate about each emotion but to deal with the ones in front of you until they percolate in, if yours, or flow away on their own accord if someone else’s. Motto: levees up when dealing with other reactions and levees down to deal with yours.

 

Virgo
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New Yorker Shark, Lola Dupre

Five of Fire – Chaos is the name of the game for the coming two weeks.  The Muse of Competition reminds you that you have a choice whether to participate in these games or not. If you choose not to, keep walking and no side talk.  However, if you do then you must fully commit to playing by the rules and to its conclusion.  Also, she advises to put on whatever form of padding that is needed before participating.

Libra
Linus, Lola Dupre

Seven of Earth – The next two weeks the Muse of Work is here to cheer you on.  You are almost at the finish line.  Now is not the time to slow down or slack off.  However, the challenge is not taking your work home with you.  When you hang up your coat, metaphorically hang up your work.  Your body and mind need the space and time not only to recharge but also to evaluate what step to take next.

Scorpio
Two weeks in Dundee, Lola Dupre

Eight of Water – The Muse of Cleaning Closets comes when you need to let go of stuff, ideas, and/or emotions that no longer serve you.  The challenge is not critiquing the process or what you have hung on to for so long.  This activity is a cleansing, a purge, to make room for something new.

 

Sagittarius
Bay after Herring, Lola Dupre

Four of Water – The Muse of Introspection comes to make sure you do some internal pondering before heading out into the world and your new birth-year.   This is a perfect assignment for this period.  Your sign is often seen as the travelers and explorers, but you all are just as much in your head as you are on your feet.  So, spend these two weeks pondering this phrase from the muses: Let my heart honor the past, my feet stand firmly in the present and my sight focus on my bright future.

 

Capricorn
Plato, Lola Dupre

Nine of Air – The Muse of Overthinking has come to challenge you to work on how you perceive thinking.  These next two weeks she challenges you to work on not having goals.  To meander throughout your day without examining, critiquing or planning.  When working to only take on the task in front of you.  To do the best that you can and then walk away from it not looking back.  And on your days off, no planning, just doing or dealing with what naturally comes up.  This muse helps you see how many tasks you put in your way just to keep busy.

 

Aquarius
E, Lola Dupre

Seven of Water – The Muse of Imagination comes when you are not dreaming big enough or not dreaming at all.  This muse challenges you to be more creative, to dream bigger, to imagine a world of positives what ifs.  So, find time in the coming weeks to write down a list of dreams, make some of them practical and obtainable but then have at least a few that are really stretching the possible.

 

Pisces

The Intrepid, Lola Dupre

*Sun – The Muse of Shine is radiating her warmth to you.  She challenges you to grow in this illumination.  She asks you, what is the best part of you and then how do you expand that into the world?  Maybe you are a good cook- make cookies/meal for a neighbor.  Perhaps you are good with kids- babysit for a single parent.  You have extra time or money – give to an organization.  Perchance you have a gift of making people smile- make a conscious effort making one random person beam.  See Troy Hawke for examples.