As we make history heading back to the moon with the Artemis II launch two days ago, everyone has 'moon' on the mind! Trying out something brand new in celebration with a tribute to the late pinup artist K.O. Munson with this 'Fly me to the Moon' brand new Dietz Dolls pinup artwork!
New for 2026: As I rebuild the online store, I've opened a temporary one on Fine Art America with some pinups already on there. I'll be adding more in the coming months: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/vintagepinups
🔮✨ Pick Your Card: What Does September 2025 Have in Store for You?
The new month is a portal for transformation, mystery, and growth. Choose the card that calls to you, and discover the energies guiding your path.
1️⃣ Death — Transformation & Renewal
September invites you to shed old layers—beliefs, habits, or relationships that no longer serve your highest good. Though this card often feels intense, it’s really about sacred endings making way for new beginnings.
You might experience a profound shift in your personal or spiritual life—a rebirth that feels unsettling but deeply necessary. Embrace the process with grace. Remember, death is never final; it’s a doorway.
Key themes: letting go, transformation, deep healing, rebirth, releasing the past.
✨ Ritual suggestion: Write down what you’re ready to release, then safely burn or bury the paper as a symbolic goodbye.
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2️⃣ The Moon — Intuition, Shadows & Mystery
September will ask you to trust your intuition, especially when things feel unclear or confusing. The Moon reveals hidden emotions, subconscious patterns, and spiritual mysteries that may arise.
You might face uncertainty or deception—but also deep psychic insights and dream work. This is a month for exploring your inner world and shadow self.
✨ Tip: Keep a dream journal and meditate by candlelight to tap into lunar wisdom.
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3️⃣ The Hierophant — Tradition, Wisdom & Spiritual Guidance
September highlights the power of ritual, community, and spiritual structures. You may find yourself drawn to teachings, mentors, or deeper study. Tradition doesn’t have to mean rigidity—it can be a source of grounding and clarity.
This card also invites reflection on your personal beliefs and values—what do you truly stand for? It’s a time for commitment, discipline, and connecting with your spiritual lineage.
i wonder if a candle and the moon feel a strange fondness for one another, if a piece of them was carved out just right in the shape of the other.
I wonder if this fondness translated to a familiarity; a routine. in the same way a baker could roll dough with his eyes closed. the same way i know how your breaths feel against mine. the way the grass bends with the weight of dew each morning, or how a mother's womb loves its child so dearly that it molds to her babe. because these things know no different.
they must recognise it in some layer of consciousness. the way they both wax with the swells of indulgence, or wane in the pulls of the tide. surely they wink at one another when night rises up to meet them, or blush when the sun opens a bleary eye. they both drip and splatter; one with oil, the other with stars.
do you think they admire each other's fires? the one that sits atop the candle, flaming brightly and dancing to its own heat? the one that spills its light across the moon, casting deep groves across her features, and reflecting for the universe to behold?
do you think they know we watch them with inane fascination? do they spin for us? in the depths of their incomprehensible embrace, do they glance at yearning souls who wish for a moment -just once- to bathe in that gravity? the sheer fantasy in the way the moon laughs, the way the flame licks at its wounds?
“Published in the book Bedlamite Verses of the XVI and XVII Centuries for Tom O’Bedlam.
“Tom o’ Bedlam” is the title of an anonymous poem in the “mad song” genre, written in the voice of a homeless “Bedlamite”. The poem was probably composed at the beginning of the 17th century. In How to Read and Why Harold Bloom called it “the greatest anonymous lyric in the [English] language.”
The terms “Tom o’ Bedlam” and “Bedlam beggar” were used to describe beggars and vagrants who had or feigned mental illness (see also Abraham-men). Aubrey writes that such a beggar could be identified by “an armilla of tin printed, of about three inches breadth” attached to his left arm. They claimed, or were assumed, to be former inmates of the Bethlem Royal Hospital (Bedlam). It was commonly thought that inmates were released with authority to make their way by begging, though this is probably untrue. If it happened at all, the numbers were small, though there were probably large numbers of mentally ill travellers who turned to begging, but had never been near Bedlam. It was adopted as a technique of begging, or a character. For example, Edgar in King Lear disguises himself as mad “Tom o’ Bedlam”.”
