CANCER 2023 - Jade Montserrat

For Cancer, 2023 sees Uranus in a favourable position bringing a desire for change, towards a new scandalous, chaotic facet of yourself. Jade Montserrat is a black British female artist recognised for her work at the intersection of art and activism through painting, performance, film, sculpture, installation, print and text. This picture of her cat was taken precisely when she left home to embrace her life as an artist. This mythical cat figure reminds us of Kipling's, appearing as her reflection as she is about to walk by herself, looking straight at the camera with a calm omniscient stare. The animal embodiment of the artist’s mother, this cat was symbolically part and witness of domestic beauties and tragedies in the artist’s life. Like a silent totem, a domestic spirit, it seems to accompany the artist in one of the bravest walks of her life, accompanying her to the door, leading her to a new beautiful and chaotic journey. Jade offers the Cancers the same peaceful, silent, underst