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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 August 15, 2021

Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay playing cards

abLast week we investigated a working artist that so far has not made it into the Louvre, and this week we view the artist Sonia Delaunay.  The first living woman to have a show in the Louvre,1964, after six decades of work as a renowned painter, textualist, illustrator, and designer.  She and her husband founded the Orphism Art movement which used strong colors and geometric shapes.

She first thought of it while making a quilt for her son.  “When it was finished, the arrangement of the pieces of material seemed to me to evoke cubist conceptions and we then tried to apply the same process to other objects and paintings.”  Their experimentations they called simultaneous, which combined the geometric elements of Cubism and the color theory of Pointillism.  There for making a more flowing vibrant paintings that lead them to abstraction.  As she said “Abstract art is only important if it is the endless rhythm where the very ancient and the distant future meet.”

Solar System highlights:  The Moon starts in Sagittarius – step out into the world.  It moves to Capricorn on the 18th – time to work and fortify structures.  Then Aquarius on the 20th – innovation is key.  Mercury is in Virgo.  Great time to clean out your email and when conversing be clear, simple, and precise.  Venus is in Libra spend energy enjoying your relationships. Mars is in Virgo – time to clean and tidy up anything your gaze goes to.  Jupiter and Saturn are in Aquarius so back to the drawing board innovating and upping your game for the rest of this year.

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

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

Nina

Aries
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay

Queen of Cups – The Muse of Fun is bringing the party over to your house.  Take this week to promote enjoyment in your life.  Watch comedies, laugh with friends, and relax in a water element.  These are the final weeks in summer make the most of it.

Taurus
Sonia Delaunay

Three of Coins – The Muse of Teamwork has come again.  This week it is important to ask for help and advice.  This Muse reminds you that three heads are better than one, and that collaboration is key to the innovations you need to manifest your creations this year.

Gemini
Sonia Delaunay 

Three of Wands – Last week the Muse of Creation asked what you would like to develop and grow in the next 10 months. This Muse reminded to cultivate something you need to tend to it.  And if you cannot commit you could cast your seeds to the wind, so that either a desire or a surprise will be born.  Now the Muse of Preparation enters and gives you more time to manifest your seeds and prep your soil.  The challenge this week requires patience and an acute sense of timing.

Cancerian
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay

Eight of Cups – The Muse of Letting go has come to help you release old stuff.  Whether this is a de-cluttering of your physical space or your emotional space, it is time to let go of items that no longer fit who you are now and hold no joy in keeping around.

Leo
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay

King of Swords – This is your last week of your birth month.  The Muses to work with until next summer are Organic Change, Resilience, Inner Strength, and the Past.  These Muses will help you create change and navigate challenges that will help your will power by highlighting past experiences lessons.  And finally, this week the Muse of Long-term Planning has come with her vision board to pull it all together.  She asks you what, where, who you want to be in 2026?  This energy asks you to cast your soul into the future to see what visions you are inspiring to create.  This is not a good week for figuring out details.  It is all big picture planning.  Like literally make lists and create a vision board.  And remember you have all year to tweak them.

Virgo
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay

Knight of Coins – This Muse of Pace has come to tell you to take things slowly and steadily this week.  You are in the right place at the right time if you do not rush it.

 

Libra
Sonia Delaunay bathing suits

*Lovers – The Muse of Relationships is calling.  Investing energy into people is important this week, as is conscious conversations. There is a need for you to be truthful and clear in your choices.  Ultimately this energy reminds you to treat people how you would like to be treated.  The challenge is it is not always reciprocated.  But does it matter to who you want to be in the world?

Scorpio
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay

Four of Coins – Last week the Muse of Exams tested your resolve and boundaries.  This depleted your energy resources.  So, the Muse of Savings is having you pull in, regroup, and restock.   Whether this is literally restocking your cupboards, balancing your books, or energetically withdrawing, take this week to refill what is lacking.

Sagittarius
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay

Ace of Wands – The Muse of Inspiration has come to inspire you.  The world is brimming with inspirational signs and synchronicities to ignite your imagination.  If you can’t not sense your guides, time for a hike into nature or visit a space that has music/art to reboot your intuition.

 

Capricorn

Ace of Cups – The Muse of Abundance is here to make your cup runneth over. Yep your are surrounded by bounty of love, friendship, and stuff that brings you joy.  Get off your work horse and enjoy.

Aquarius
Sonia Delaunay

King of Coins – The Muse of Construction has come to help you build whatever you want.  This is a great week for business, money, building and anything hands on that increase your wealth or feeds your senses.

Pisces
Sonia Delaunay

Five of Cups – The Muse of Spilled Milk is here to help you let go of grievances, bad feelings, insecurities, blame and/or not “enoughness.”    She reminds you that what is gone is no longer needed, what you have is enough and to continue your journey with a lighter load.

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of August 8, 2021

Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

The artist this week is Joan Fullerton @joanfullerton.  Fullerton is a working artist.  What I mean by that is she is not world-renowned artist hanging in the Louvre, but she does art.  She teaches, shows, and paints.  Fullerton does what she loves.  I highlight working artists because it shows that you can do what you love and make a living doing it.  Not everyone is going to be a Frieda Carlo, Maya Angelou, or Brad Pitt, but there is plenty of room for people to honor their passion.  They all started off make a living and doing the work. During this Leonine week where we investigate how we shine ponder this:  Do we sometimes by aiming for the goal, miss the point of the work?  The work should bring you contentment not the goal.  Goals are fleeting;  where the everyday, the work, is steady and satisfying.

Solar System highlights:  Moon starts in Leo – your time to shine and find joy.  It moves to Virgo on the 9th – time to clean house and organize.  Then Libra on the 11th – highlighting relationships.  Ending in Scorpio – focus on your passion but watch the drama.    Mercury goes into Virgo on the 11th.  Great time to clean out your email and when conversing be clear, simple, and precise.  Venus is in Virgo this can be a hard configuration around your relationships, so watch frustrations and critical talk – patience is key.  On the positive side a great time to weed and fertilize anything you want to grow or create space for.  Mars is in Virgo – time to clean and tidy up anything.  Jupiter is back in Aquarius so back to the drawing board innovating and upping your game for the rest of this year.

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

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

Nina

 

 

Aries
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

King of Cups – Last week the Muse of Empire Creation supported you in building onto anything you have already started.  The challenge with this energy is being aware of your surroundings and the consequences of your actions.  Now the Muse of Emotionality is here to continue the theme of what is good for all is good for the one.  You maybe asked to be vulnerable this week to build better community and a better you.

 

Taurus
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

*Strength – This week has its challenges, but it is just testing your ability to be flexible and open to other ways of doing things. Your Muse of Resilience and Inner Strength suggest you be less like an oak tree and more like bamboo.  Oak trees are solo.  Bamboo relies on each other for strength.  Oaks grow slowly.   Bamboo grows fast.  The task is to be less stoic and set and more passionate and supple.  Sometimes taming oneself weakens your passion. Your motto:  I’m not in control of everything and that is okay.

 

Gemini
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

*Empress – The Muse of Creation has come to help you birth something.  She asks what would you like to develop and grow in the next 10 months?  This energy will help you in this endeavor if you show up.  This Muse reminds that to cultivate something you specifically need to tend to it.  However, she also advises if you do not have the time to be present then cast your seeds to the wind and see what shows up a in the spring of 2022.  Either a desire or a surprise wants to be born, so create and planet some seeds this week.

 

Cancerian
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

Two of Wands – The Muse of Future is here to get you dreaming of far away places and new adventures.  Spend this week thinking of what 2022 could hold for you.  What would you like to accomplish two birthdays from now?  Markers, scissors, paint, and vision boards up.

 

 

Leo
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

Six of Cups – Last week the Muse of Resilience and Inner Strength is having you quest for subconscious release by the direction of cognizant realization.  So simple that means how do you let your inner self comfortably show in the outer world?  Your work this year is to create or work on healthy outlets so your inner “beast” can roar.  To help you on this hunt is the Muse of the Past.  Some of the answers lie in your childhood.  This energy wants you to explore how the child you, 2-10, found outlets to express yourself.

 

 

Virgo
Joan Fullerton
Joan Fullerton

*Magician – This Muse is here to help you finalize the last month of your birth year and prep the table for the coming year.  The Muse of Divine Manifestation is asking you to connect with your celestial source to download information and action plans.  She reminds you that you already possess all the tools you will need for this coming year, but asks what will you do with them?  Spend this week experimenting with your tools and innovating your plans.

 

Libra
Joan Fullerton

Three of Swords – The energy around you this week is heartache but within it is also healing.  You may find you are easily triggered.  Use these upsets to guide you to places that need healing.  Be kind to yourself as you would for anyone else recovering from wounds or trauma.

 

Scorpio
Joan Fullerton

*Devil – The Muse of Exams is here with a number two pencil and bubble sheets.  This energy will test your resolve and boundaries.  So, with every exam prep work is needed.  Start off this week with a few goals and boundaries set.  Then once you roll into Monday you will be less likely to be taken off track.  Remember this energy is not to reteach you any lessons. This is about did you fully understand the knowledge gained from your life experiences.

 

Sagittarius
Joan Fullerton

Queen of Cups – The Muse of Fun is here to help you have some, well, fun.  You all as a sign are fun-loving but when you get down in the dumps it can be like trying to drive on flat tires.  This energy is here to remind you that one of your purposes for being here on Earth is to find the fun and bring others along for the ride.  So, your homework is to do as many joyful things as possible for yourself this week and if you can include another – double the fun 😉

 

Capricorn
Joan Fullerton

Queen of Swords – Last week the Muse of Long-term Planning came to calibrate your present plans to your future goals.  Something has gotten out of kilter, and you need foresight to realign it back to the right path. And now her partner The Muse of Details has come to join the party.  This energy helps you navigate the details needed to obtain your goals.  Their motto:  Work smarter not harder and Measure twice and cut once.

 

Aquarius
Joan Fullerton

Ten of Coins – Last week the Wandering Muse was pushing you to start a new adventure, plan a vacation, start a new project, or wander without any set goals.   Reminding you that your joy comes from discovering the new.  Now the Muse of Success has joined to prompt you before you start on your new adventure take this week to relax and enjoy your success.  This month signifies a new beginning but also an ending.  Don’t rush the process to move on without patting yourself on the back and basking in your achievements.

 

Pisces
Joan Fullerton

King of Swords and Six of Cups – The Muse of Planning has partnered with the Muse of Memories this week.  To create memories sometimes planning is involved.  These energies not only want you to go down memory lane and pull up past joyful memories but also wants you to plan events in the future that can create new joyful memories.  Your past has knowledge on the who, what, where, and how to future joy.   They remind you now is the time to start new and fresh and be more positive energetically for your future.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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*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 June 13, 2021

Sabine Pigalle
Sabine Pigalle

The artist this week is Sabine Pigalle @sabinepigalle.  Pigalle’s work revolves around using art from the past and twisting into to a modern context.  Often showing the archaic structures and ideals we sadly still hold today.  She has done six series during the lockdown (Please got to her site and see them all). One about Islamic art, another on gender and the last four about Covid.  The series highlighted here is called New Economy.  The pandemic has made it very evident the fragile balance of globalization and how interconnected we are by trade.  If a nation wobbles, other nations now feel it in a way we have never been cognizant of before.  Pigalle has the viewer pondering our global economy tottering between interdependence or co-dependence.  And asks us how do we re-structure trade to create mutuality instead of capitalistic dependences.

Planet highlights:  Moon starts in Leo this week , so be aware emotion emoting happens here.  It then goes into Virgo on 16th – great for organizing and tidying up and ends the week in Libra focusing on harmonizing and balance. Mercury is still retrograde in Gemini until June 23rd.  So, make time and space for snafus and do the 3 R’s: Review, Reflect and Revise.  Lastly, Venus is in Cancer so self-care creates ease and Mars is in Leo so work on your sovereignty and resilience.

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

Ace of Coins – Another Ace, so last week and this week has all the energy you need to start new endeavors.  Last week was about sharing the love and igniting relationships.  This week is about starting new projects on the material plane.  Look at place you feel like you have less and start planting the seeds to become abundant.

Taurus
Sabine Pigalle
Sabine Pigalle

Two of Coins – The Muse of Juggling is here to work on your skills around action and accomplishment.  She starts you off prioritizing your tasks for the week and then has you pick the top two.  Then work with them until you find a flow.  Only once you have established your groove can you begin another task.  Its easy to juggle two balls but juggling three or more needs practice to enhance expertise.

Gemini
Sabine Pigalle

Three of Swords – So the past couple of weeks have been a bit bumpy with all the planets and the eclipse tussling in your playground.  You might feel a bit battered.  The Muse of Deep Healing is here is help you with your recovery.  But you will have to look deeper into why you are feeling hurt.  These are not surface scratches but wounds which need sufficient self-care and reflection to truly mend.

Cancer
Sabine Pigalle
Sabine Pigalle

Six of Cups – Last week the Muse of Letting Go advised you to clean your literal and/or metaphorical closets so you can move into the next phase of your new birth year.  You get another week to dive into the past and continue clearing.  But remember as a Cancer you are the holders of history, so do not throw everything away. If you still love it leave it.  But if it does not serve the new you or conjures up bad emotions, dump it.

Leo
Sabine Pigalle
Sabine Pigalle

King of Wands – Last week the Muse of Creation came and asked for a 9-month comment to grow something in your life.  Luckily, she gave you until June 22nd (the end of this retrograde period) to play and nurture a few ideas before you commit.  So, you still have time to have fun with your vision board, for this week’s the Muse of Envisioning has come to spur you to dream bigger and with more color.  She shares her power to turn to ash what has been holding you down.

Virgo
Sabine Pigalle
Sabine Pigalle

*Chariot– The Muse of Taking Charge is here.  This week is great for making anything go.  The challenge with this energy is you must create all the momentum.  Yep, for anything to happen you need to make the lunch, pack the car, and do the driving to get anywhere.  But you also get to pick the radio station, destination, and the pace.  On a purely practical side of this energy, check your tires and wear appropriate shoes to all events.

 

Libra
Sabine Pigalle
Sabine Pigalle

Ten of Cups – Last week the Muse of Success had you assess your accomplishments since June 2020, tie up loss ends and celebrate your triumphs.  You get another week to continue that, but the Muse of Good Times has shown up to increase the partying time.  This week take off as much as you can and enjoy life.  What did you do all that hard work for if you didn’t plan for a little vakay.   This week focus on good food, good friends, and good times.

Scorpio
Sabine Pigalle
Sabine Pigalle

Ace of Swords – The Muse of the Mind is here to have you re-think a situation.  This week is about finding new ways of thoughts or ways of communicating around old problems.   The closer you are to your truth the easier the task.

Sagittarius
Sabine Pigalle

Four of Coins – The Muse of Penny Wisdom is here.  She arrives to remind you in everything you do quality over quantity.  Where you spend your money, time and energy is highlighted this week.  Time to trim the excess, fix the leaks and redirect the misdirected.    

 

Capricorn
Sabine Pigalle

Two of Swords – Last week the Muse of Balance had you ponder that balance is not the same as equity.  The Goddess Maat knew that the good versus bad depended on circumstances.  For example, a solider and husband who murdered his wife would weigh differently around killing.  So, I hope you took note in how you judge situations, people, and yourself.  For this week, the Muse of Choice is prompting you to move forward with this re-worked concept of justness.  The choices presented to you this week are challenging you to perceive the circumstances around decisions. You may find them more important than the decision itself.

Aquarius
Sabine Pigalle
Sabine Pigalle

Eight of Swords – Last week the Muse of Intuition wanted you to ponder patterns and synchronicities but not to be surprised if this egg hunt brings up doubts or confidences in what you are doing.  She reminded you your path does not need to be difficult to be worth it, but it does need your undivided attention.  Well, this week some of those mind traps have come to haunt you.  Luckily the Muse of Boundaries is supplying you energy to let go of useless thoughts that no longer serve you and create boundaries that do.

Pisces
Sabine Pigalle

Five of Swords – Last week the Muse of Evolution advised you to tweak the Feng Shu in your space and life but with the lens of making it a place where you can metamorphosis into the next phase of your life.  To evolve into a better you, you need a nurturing space to cocoon in.  I hope you did that for this week brings a bit of chaotic energy.  The people around you are vying for your attention but in unhealthy ways. So be careful you do not get pulled into gossiping and/or competitions.  There is not enough of you to go around so only put energy t

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Tarot and Art Forecast for Week of May 16, 2021

Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid

This week’s artist’s is Lubaina Himid.  Himid is one of those seminal artists in art history.  What makes a pivotal artist?  First a bit of context.  Seminal in this framing means not the first artist to touch on this art form and/or concept, for there are many steps/people before said artist, but this is when all of it comes together to shift societal awareness and/or expands its view to influence other areas or perspectives.  An example of this on a large scale is pointillism.  It changed the way artists and viewers looked at the world.

Himid’s art is around black identity and how people of color are underrepresented in history and art as a whole.  What makes it pivotal is her art creates a jumping point for communicating holistic concepts of belonging, identity, communal history, and representation.  And she technically often takes the painting off the wall into a 3-D form.

As she says in the SLEEK article, That’s why I sometimes make work on ceramics or on fabric, because everybody knows what a plate is, and everybody knows what a cloth is—it’s more approachable. However, when you get near the issues in my work, they are complicated.  It’s about communicating and dialoguing, and a collective strategy for changing things. There is no use in me doing what newspapers do or what political activists—in the true sense of the word—do better than me. I’m a painter, that’s what I do. I think survival is about hope. In some ways, it’s not so much celebratory, but it is about coming up with strategies. It is optimism. It’s [saying], “This was an incredible trauma, but we survived this far. How can we make it work?” 

So, I ask you to ponder as a world collective we have all gone through the traumas of Covid, systemic racism, poverty, political divisiveness, gender equity, mental health issues, to name a few.  And they are all hard topics with deep histories however, it is up to us to find strategies, to make it work.  The only way we can start is by communicating.  And half of communication is about listening and being truly present in someone else’s story.

Planets:  Mercury is in Gemini until July 11th.  This is a place where it loves to hang so lots of evolutionary conversations can happen.  Venus is also in Gemini helping with the good vibes.  Jupiter (expansion) is in Pisces until July 28th giving you a heads up what Lastly, eclipse season starts next week so make time to recharge your batteries and let go of old karmic patterns in the coming weeks.

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
Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid

*Chariot – I hope that last week you got to find that quiet place where you could hear yourself think to find perspective and solutions.  For this week, the Muse of Self Momentum is here lighting a fire under your chassis.  Yep, for movement to happen it is all up to you.  On the good side you have totally control, but on the challenging side it is only up to you to make things go.  Your motto:  I guide my destiny and sail into an abundant future.

Taurus
Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid

Seven of Pentacles – For your coming year, the Muses to work with are equity, relationships, dreaming, and creation.   These Muses will challenge you to make sure there is equity in what you do, and in your relationships.  And ask you to dive deep in too your closer relationships with lots of heart to hearts and talks of your aspirations.  They also ask if you could dream a world, what would it be?  And lastly this all will take work, so are you set up environmental and energetically to do it?  In these last couple of days with the Sun in your sign, ponder and set intentions in these areas.

Gemini
Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid

Three of Coins – Last week the Muse of Tests asked you to look at this past birth year and asked: Where were you tested/challenged?  What did you learn from it?  If the situation/problem came up again, how would you handle it now?  With that in mind, the Muse of Collaboration is here to help you call in some help for the coming year.  Not only is this in creative collaborations but can be as simple as find a good plumber.  Look at areas where you need help and put out the word, so your flock can start congregating.  Also a great time to send out invites for safe birthday celebrations.

Cancer
Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid

*Judgment – After your three-week journey into the shadow realm working on old karmic patterns and finding wisdom in awe, silence, and synchronicities.  Now the Muse of Metamorphosis is asking you what/how you want to evolve.  Take this week to rearrange your new “genetic Dharma.”  What will the new you be and what will you do in this new form?

Leo
Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid

Three of Cups – The Muse of Friendship is asking you to get out of your shell and go find some good companionship to re-fill your cups.   Your energy is running low, and some friendly banter and beverages is needed to refresh your outlook.

Virgo

Page of Wands – This Muse of Inspiration is here.  This muse usually shows up when you need to re-fresh the awe in your life.  She tells you to go outdoors and commune with nature or got to a concert/museum to get out of your head and ignite your soul.   Your song for this week:  Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

 

Libra
Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid

*Temperance – The Muse of Moderation and Balance is working with you this week. This energy shows up when something is off kilter.  The gift of this card is that you do not need major rebalancing these are tweaks, but they are vital.  This Muse wants you to ponder why am I not doing that one thing or doing that one thing more?   This can look like adding in one more exercise session into your life, ending your workday at 5:00 instead of 7:00, or having one beer instead of two.

Scorpio
Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid

Three of Swords – The Muse of Grief has come to help you release some past pain that is lingering in your psyche and holding you back from truly healing.  She holds your hand as you confront something that has hurt you.  This is not about letting it go but going in deep. Acknowledging that you were hurt but are ready to heal and move past it.

Sagittarius
Lubaina Himid

*Hangman – The Muse of Reflection has come to get you to stop and review a part of your life and/or work.  It is not that this part of your life is totally wrong, but you are needing to look at it differently by going through the exercise of Socratic thinking.  This deep reflection will either have you re-thinking about what is the priority/purpose, or through this questioning have you more firmly set in the reason you are doing it a certain way.

Capricorn
Lubaina Himid

Seven of Cups – The Muse of Dreams is setting up space for you to dream bigger.  Somewhere you are stopping yourself in your imagining.  This energy reminds you imagination is where creation begins.  Dreaming is just sending out possibilities in the Universe.  The only challenge is not to hang all your hopes on a single outcome. Diversification equals options.

Aquarius
Lubaina Himid

Knight of Coins –Your pace of life is being challenged for some of you slow and steady is the way to work.  For others quick sprints with long intervals of rests in between works better.  Either way designated breaks are needed.  Working without a rest stop makes jill/jack a dull and tired person.

Pisces
Lubaina Himid

Knight of Wands – You are in the right place doing the right thing.  Your timing is perfect this week even if it feels like things are moving to slow or fast.  The challenge with this energy is not doubting it.  If you, do you, it will work out.