Ogham Readings on Sundays
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kimberlysteele
I am happy to read your Ogham free of charge -- that's how I hone my divination skills. I take reading requests until 8pm Central Time (Chicago Illinois USA) on Sunday night. Please limit your reading request to four or fewer Ogham cards: though this can take many forms, here are some common ones:
-a single three card reading for the week or month and a one-off, one card reading
-four questions about four separate items that require one answer (card) per item
-a one card reading to answer a specific question and a three card for a more nuanced question
-Two separate readings, two cards a piece exploring the positives and negatives of two different choices
-a one card reading to answer a specific question and a three card for a more nuanced question
-Two separate readings, two cards a piece exploring the positives and negatives of two different choices
Though I am flattered that people want readings after the deadline, I decline reading requests made after 8pm Central Time on Sunday night without exception.
I am happy to do Ogham readings confidentially via email -- just email me at k steele studio at gmail during the allotted time/before deadline.
Please note I take time off during Solstices and Equinoxes for Druid stuff and because sometimes I simply need a break. My next planned break is the week of Sunday, March 24.
For a more in depth look into how I read and interpret the Ogham's symbols, please visit my website druidogham.wordpress.com.
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Recovery from surgery
Date: 2024-01-21 08:41 am (UTC)I hope you are well and managing to stay warm. My question is as follows:
K had surgery to remove some potentially cancerous cells. Will K recover from this surgery and regain her health or will there be any future complications.
By the way, your previous reading regarding my holiday was pretty spot on.
Thanks as always,
P
Re: Recovery from surgery
Date: 2024-01-21 11:32 pm (UTC)As this comes very close to asking the Ogham for a medical diagnosis, I am going to take a pass.
Thanks for the feedback about your holiday reading.
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Date: 2024-01-21 02:52 pm (UTC)To review: I took Oir as the necessity of pulling off the scab on certain topics that were being lightly treaded about, things better off knowing instead of leaving it to assumptions. In my case, it was related to the auto insurance policy and my brother's presence or lack thereof on it. While correcting that was a bit unpleasant, he did get much needed guidance for the future on that topic.
Tinne this week was more than anything about my health, it took about three hours of stumbling about work on Monday to conclude that I was not merely tired but ill, and an active defense throughout the week was key to recovering from this. Duir came into play with my trainee and I carrying each other while both of us were suffering from illness and insomnia, and managed to make it through the end of the week in one piece.
To ask: What is it that I need to know this week, according to the Ogham?
What one card of advice would the Ogham give to the Ukranian general staff? (I have no idea why this question bubbled up, but it's been begging to be asked)
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Date: 2024-01-21 11:41 pm (UTC)You drew three cards for this week.
For the You position, you drew Mor or Sea well-dignified. Overall, you've got an environment of benevolence and relative astral cleanliness working in your favor. During this kind of "good weather", it is an excellent time to think about the long term future, rectify past errors, investigate and join groups, and build upon good works from the past, both your own and the good work of others.
For the Situation, you drew Saille or Sensitivity ill-dignified. This may be a week of overwhelm and if that is the case, make sure you carve out some time to be alone and in wild or semi-wild environments. It can also be a matter of being insensitive, of relegating etheric labor (housework and repair work) to others or being the one who gets all the etheric labor dumped on you. It can also mean plain old hurt feelings and aggravation and the call to deal with those emotions in a constructive/productive way.
For the Outcome, you drew Ur or Intimacy well-dignified. You do a good job of playing it close to the vest and only saying what is necessary or fruitful, though this card warns it will be tempting to stick your foot in your mouth. Less is more; everybody does NOT need to know everything.
For the Ukrainians, they get Ioho or Grace ill-dignified, meaning they should surrender. They are clinging to what cannot be and will never be. No matter what they do at this point, it all leads to lots of unnecessary damage and death. It's bad now, but the longer they hold on, the more hideous the outcome will be.
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Date: 2024-01-21 04:16 pm (UTC)What do I need to know to make the best of the next two weeks?
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Date: 2024-01-21 11:49 pm (UTC)This looks like a nice upcoming time for you: all three cards were well-dignified. That said, each well-dignified card warns of its own imbalances; in today's collective astral morass, it does not take a lot to tip a balanced force into imbalance.
For the You card, you drew Saille or Sensitivity. This card paints you as considerate and genuine this week, connecting with others in an authentic, compassionate way. This is a good week to explore psychic talents, to talk to the ecosystem of spirits, and to analyze your own emotional past. Imbalances of Saille are being too easily butthurt (oversensitivity) or being egotistical and crude (undersensitivity) due to overconfidence or haste.
For the Situation, you drew Coll or Wisdom. You have earned some stripes and those come in handy this week to ward off trouble and to help your life flow smoothly so you can both survive and thrive. What you keep to yourself is just as important as what you share with the world outside yourself. Imbalances include having to suffer fools or believing you've earned more wisdom than you actually have.
For the Outcome, you drew Phagos or Teaching. This is again a card of earned wealth and knowledge, so effectively it is mental plane wealth. We all have peculiar talents and this is a call to develop what makes you special. Mental plane mastery is more than math and physics: one can be a master of empathy, fishing, or macaroni and cheese. All of it is valid; it's a matter of what you choose to do with it.
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Date: 2024-01-22 12:00 am (UTC)Week
Date: 2024-01-21 05:55 pm (UTC)Very sage advice from your Guides last week which stood me in good stead, thanks be.
Could I please have a heads up for the coming week?
Many thanks
Miow
Re: Week
Date: 2024-01-22 03:35 am (UTC)Thank you for the follow-up! Glad the reading was helpful.
You drew three cards this week. All are ill-dignified -- nevertheless, it is anything but a bad omen. I have had some of the best and sweetest days of my life on all ill-dig readings. Take it as a gentle reminder from the Ogham to target certain areas of your life for adjustment.
For the You position, you drew Mor or Sea. Through zero fault or doing of your own, the astral sea or milieu in which you must swim is poisonous or turbulent. This is a good week to lay low, to minimize travel, and to take a slow and compassionate route when it comes to dealing with both your own and other peoples' shortcomings.
For the Situation, you drew Quert or Delight. Quert in this dignity often warns of etheric starvation which can and may manifest as fatigue, cravings, frustration, and exhaustion. It is easy to try to remedy etheric starvation in harmful ways such as gorging or becoming entranced by screens. The best remedies for etheric starvation involve earthing it out with activities that require getting your hands dirty and your body sweaty, preferably in full sunlight. Quert can also talk about being irritable, feeling inadequate or deprived, or feeling forced to be miserly. According to Dion Fortune's wisdom, focus on the good and that which you are grateful for and shelve the bad for a little while. You can always get back to thinking about how "bad" you have it sometime in the future. We are not denying the bad exists, only putting it aside to work on the good to gain the energy needed to persevere.
For the Outcome, you drew Ioho or Grace. This is a card of letting go, moving on, and walking away, whether or not there is a choice. Meatworld sucks hard because everything is always dying, including you and me. The difficult thing to remember is that for anything new to be born, the old must give way and die. To see the beauty of the process may just be some form of the Holy Grail... it's not easy to find.
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Date: 2024-01-21 06:05 pm (UTC)1. I am practicing negative visualization to overcome fears of mine in social interaction. Basically I imagine a first impression of the uncomfortable event happening (e.g., someone angry with me), try to not extrapolate into whatever follows next from the interaction, and then focus on how I am OK in this situation and it need not bother me, I can stand my ground and respond back. I just started practicing these in addition to my usual meditation practices. I’d like to ask your Ogham for any advice on improving this practice.
2. After a year-and-a-half practicing divination, I can be honest and say I’ve failed at learning it well. I meditated on many of the symbols and have kept track of my readings, but I still misinterpret more often than not. Can your Ogham suggest what I need to do to really become good at divination? I was meditating on them for a while but put them aside for a bit as I focused on other spiritual matters to meditate on.
Thank you.
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Date: 2024-01-22 03:51 am (UTC)For the You card, they give Perseverance or Gort well-dignified. Symbolized by the ivy, this card is a reminder of the slow, regular, daily, grueling work of transforming habit into destiny. They are trying to encourage you here and they give you a pat on the back for doing a great deal of heavy lifting. This is not easy work you are doing.
For the Situation, you drew Tinne or Defense ill-dignified. When you think people are angry at you, you have to understand that most anger is rooted in fear and that they are ultimately more concerned with themselves and are only angry at you for getting in their way. Most people live in terrible prisons of their own fears: I have yet to meet an upper middle class woman who isn't abjectly terrified at her core to be homeless, as if being homeless was the worst thing that can happen to a person. I was afraid of it myself for a time until I really thought about it -- if I was homeless, I could go wherever I wanted. Free as a bird. I could go find a mountain and walk up it (if it wasn't super-tall). Maybe I would get eaten by a bear, oh noes. At least the bear would have a nice meal. Free yourself from the prison of fear. Nobody gets out of this world alive and death is no picnic, so might as well accept it and enjoy what little there is to be enjoyed.
For the Outcome, you drew Ngetal or Health well-dignified. This new way of challenging yourself is very healthy. Just as muscles must suffer small rips and tears in order to grow larger, your heart must endure pain in order to grow more loving. Other people are not out to get you -- they are too full of their own drama to do that.
For your divinations, my Ogham give you Ur or Intimacy ill-dignified. You have yet to speak the language of the spiritual ecosystem that is around you all the time. That is where your trouble with divination is rooted. Meditation is great but I suggest you start with the spirit of place. Talk to your surroundings, thank your door for keeping people, wind, bugs, and animals outside, do the clean toilet challenge, and address the sky, the sun, trees, and stars as if they were your friends because they are your friends. Remember that people who have died can visit you, but to get the most out of it, focus on what made them great and good so you can talk to their higher selves, which are the only part that remembers everything and exist in a place beyond space and time.
Greek pantheon guidance
Date: 2024-01-21 09:22 pm (UTC)Originally, 3 years ago I had decided on the greek pantheon and had managed to do the Sphere of Protection with this pantheon consistently for a few months. I was also starting to learn divination. Then mayhem and disaster struck and I couldn't do anything... stress, anxiety and despair was all consuming. I barely managed to start doing planetary charity for certain planets and slowly things changed for the better. I started doing orphic hymns for the planets every day last year as a general thank you for all the help, after things had been so bad. Sometimes with donations for some of the planets that I felt had helped a lot the previous year.
I want to do more, I feel I want to take my spiritual practice more seriously, so now I'm wondering:
1. Should I go back to the greek pantheon for SoP and everything else, and do the orphic hymns every day but with greek deities names? and then sometimes do planetary charity for the planets that helped the most?
2. can I keep asking Hermes for help or should I ask Mercury instead (because I have a Mercury talisman)? or is there another god/goddess I should ask for help?
3. Any other guidance that your Ogham can give about this please? what should I focus on?
Thanks again...
Re: Greek pantheon guidance
Date: 2024-01-22 04:03 am (UTC)My Ogham say Yes, you should go back to doing the Greek pantheon SoP, and the Greek deities with the Orphic hymns are a fine way to go. They give Ur or Intimacy well-dignified, which is to say you are embarking on a long and unique relationship with these deities. I myself have felt the Greek deities' resurgence -- I think my own affair with the Orphic hymns is a mere blip in a comeback that has been millennia in the making.
My Ogham say you should go beyond Hermes. (He won't mind). They provide Eadha or Limits ill-dignified, which is to say you shouldn't limit yourself. A couple of other things about Eadha -- you may want to work with Saturn. Saturn gets a reputation as a taskmaster but if you have ever seen the Karate Kid movies, he's Mr. Miyagi. He is the Kung Fu master who twirls his mustache/beard and waits for you to carry the umpteenth bucket of water up the hill. Then he pours it unceremoniously in his koi pond and laughs as a single tear falls from each of your tired eyes. He is hard on you but if you work hard, he will give you his fatherly love and he will be the best teacher you could ever have. Also, don't be freaked out if some other god from some other pantheon reaches out to you. As humans, we don't even know if Hermes is Thoth or Odin or Wotan or whatever, it's just too much for our teeny brains. Just let it happen if it happens.
For other advice, my Ogham give you Gort or Perseverance well-dignified. You must learn through diligent repetition and unflagging devotion. In the same way a constant drip of water can carve out the Grand Canyon, your soul is on its way towards its magnificent and unique destiny.
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Date: 2024-01-21 10:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-22 04:11 am (UTC)You drew three cards for this week.
For the You position, you drew Ruis or Regret well-dignified. Various asshats or groups of asshats may attempt to make you feel guilty or manipulate you via guilt, but it is likely you'll have none of what they are serving. The true benefit of regret is when you can honesty assess what you did wrong, get over the cringe, and say "I'm not proud of that and that is why I don't do that anymore." By this kind of firm resolution, we set a new track in space and forge a path that is superior to the one we took before.
For the Situation, you drew Uilleand or Generosity well-dignified. This one points to being both the giver and receiver of privileges and gifts and being grateful for both. True generosity always sublimates to the power of seven, and that's why truly generous people are never poor even when they don't have a pot to piss in and why the greedy and parsimonious can never truly be rich even when their toilets are made of solid gold.
For the Outcome, you drew Onn or Community ill-dignified. Maybe it's the local astral situation or maybe there's some bad blood, but your circles of loose friends and acquaintances are going to be in a negative way. You'll have to invoke extra patience and compassion and keep your expectations low.
Aquarius
Date: 2024-01-21 10:17 pm (UTC)I'd like to ask you and your Ogham for guidance for Aquarius season. How can I best direct my efforts and energies this month?
Thank you!
Jonathan.
Re: Aquarius
Date: 2024-01-22 04:19 am (UTC)My Ogham give you three cards in regards to the season.
For the You card, you drew Huath or Obstacles ill-dignified. Huath is one of the potential physical danger cards in my Ogham, so I will issue my usual warning about taking extra safety precautions and being especially risk-adverse. Other than that, it tends to talk about an imbalance of Martial force: either a lack of diligence, meaning they warn against being lazy, or the opposite where you become an overwhelming and overpowering presence like a bull in a china shop. Of course the middle ground is the best, balancing the vigor of the bull with the tact and wariness of the lamb.
For the Situation, you drew Ioho or Grace ill-dignified, which can be talking about death within your community or circles of people, but usually is far less dramatic and is conferring the advice to let go of what is no longer meant to be or what was never meant to be in the first place. If you find yourself caught up in a loop of fretting and fussing, take a breather, relax, and change your perspective until you can think with a more open and big mind. Ioho in this dignity also could mean you are working way too hard and need to take a break.
For the Outcome, you drew Koad or Confluence well-dignified. A mixture of what you have put in place and sheer luck comes together as good fortune and good times. The challenge is to appreciate them as they happen and live in the moment.
A sea change, and how
Date: 2024-01-21 10:32 pm (UTC)2 questions:
1) Did someone throw a curse or jinx on him, or is he a victim of really bad self-messaging?
2) Either way, do I have the skillful means to help him?
Thanks again.
Re: A sea change, and how
Date: 2024-01-22 04:28 am (UTC)My Ogham say no to both.
They do not think he is the victim of a curse. He gets Ngetal or Hygiene ill-dignified, which is both a negative answer and an assessment of his spiritual condition. He is down in the astral muck -- lots of nightmares regardless of whether or not he remembers them, too easily influenced by the constant astral assault that is par for the course nowadays, and not doing anything that is helping. If he's amenable to doing a basic banishing ritual, you might suggest he takes up the practices of discursive meditation, banishing, and divination, or just discursive meditation if that's all he is open to. The hardest thing to do is to get people to help themselves, and that is usually the only thing that can help them.
For No. 2., they say No. They give you Nuin or Communication ill-dignified, which means that you aren't quite familiar at this time with the kind of magic he would need you to do on his behalf. If you get his permission, you could pray for him to gain the protection of the gods as well as for a clear connection with his higher self and spirit guides.
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Date: 2024-01-22 01:25 am (UTC)I'm having a medically necessary circumcision on Wednesday, which I am very anxious about. (I don't at all like the practice and wouldn't be having it except that I've ran out of other options)
My question for the Ogham is- will this change anything about my relation to the spiritual world? If so how?
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Date: 2024-01-22 04:35 am (UTC)They say No, getting some skin taken off your man parts will not matter. They give Tinne or Defense ill-dignified, which is to say you need to be diligent about keeping the wounds clean and to be very, very gentle and careful as you heal.
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Date: 2024-01-22 01:49 am (UTC)What's up for me and my family this week?
Thanks!
-PW
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Date: 2024-01-22 04:44 am (UTC)You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Straif or Resilience ill-dignified. This may be a difficult week for finances and friends -- tests of resilience are to be expected. That said, to be too resilient is to isolate yourself or to think there is benefit in decamping to a borderland doomstead: borderland doomsteads look pretty in pictures but they are far less fun or safe in person. The grass probably isn't greener on the other side.
For the Situation, you drew Phagos or Teaching well-dignified. You have the benefit of receiving and giving knowledge this week and it improves life for everyone. Earned knowledge always makes you more valuable and it is healthy and life-affirming to see it in action.
For the Outcome, you drew Ur or Intimacy ill-dignified. Loose lips sink ships. Secrets are vastly underrated and may the Divine bless those who can keep them. If you are tempted to say something you aren't all that sure about, keep it to yourself. If it's important, it can be said later after you've thought about it. Overall, this card can point to irritability or frustration within the inner circle.
Under The Wire!
Date: 2024-01-22 02:01 am (UTC)—Princess Cutekitten
Re: Under The Wire!
Date: 2024-01-22 04:54 am (UTC)You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Tinne or Defense ill-dignified. Tinne is one of the danger cards in my Ogham especially in this dignity, so be aware of danger and act in a risk-adverse manner. Other than that, it can talk about feeling defensive, potentially for good reason. Don't return threats because you feel threatened; it's never a good strategy and it often comes back to haunt us when we do it. Take the high ground. Nevertheless, this is not a time to let your guard down.
For the Situation, you drew Mor or Sea well-dignified. Luck is on your side. You haven't made this luck: it's more of the specific conditions of the collective astral in your neck of the woods. You can still take advantage of it, using the fair weather to make long term plans, to look into the past with an eye toward the meaningful, and to reach out to potential helpers, including Divine helpers.
For the Outcome, you drew Luis or Protection ill-dignified. This is yet another danger card in my Ogham, so you are doubly warned. Other than that, it talks about not listening to your highest instincts or trouble communicating with your higher self. Remember that molly-coddling, whether it is aimed at yourself or others, is often worse at protecting the object of the coddling than what seems cruel or harsh. All molly-coddling seems to achieve is the delay of the cruelties and hardships of the world plus the removal of the equipment it takes to overcome inevitable obstacles.