Ogham Readings on Sundays
Apr. 20th, 2024 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kimberlysteele
Hi Everyone, I am back. Thank you all for your kind words and patience during last week's unexpected break.
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, June 23.
My next planned break is the week of Sunday, June 23.
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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Date: 2024-04-21 01:15 pm (UTC)1. What should I know to make the best of the next two weeks?
I’ll have a second question to ask later after giving it some thought!
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Date: 2024-04-21 06:49 pm (UTC)You drew three cards.
For the You position, you drew Luis or Protection ill-dignified. Luis is a danger card in my Ogham, especially when ill-dignified, so take extra safety precautions, including prayer and wearing an amulet if you're into that. Other than that, this talks about your lower self and not-so-high minded instincts/emotions surging and wanting to take you for a nasty ride. Practice moderation in all things and if you feel yourself being swept up in the heat of the moment, take a step back, chill out, and put the Glad Game strategy to work of trying to suss out the subtle and positive when all has apparently gone to crap.
For the Situation, you drew Ioho or Grace ill-dignified. This one talks about either excessive mourning or the opposite where you (or someone close to you) tries to deny proper grief and mourning for times past, things and people lost. It also talks about not allowing oneself proper rest and generally needing to accept an outcome. As you can guess, the Ogham suggest cultivating grace within yourself by being thankful and letting go.
For the Outcome, you drew Quert or Delight well-dignified. As the Ogham suggest above, moderation is the key to happiness and making the best out of your current set of circumstances. This means allowing yourself a little treat and rest here and there because teetotaling, obsessive budgeting and thrift, and THIS IS SPARTA lifestyle mentalities are as unbalanced and damaged as partying like it's 1999 every single night. So enjoy responsibly and learn to love your life again.
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Date: 2024-04-21 01:37 pm (UTC)I have questions on two different things this week.
First: in a past life, I was a complete idiot and did something spectacularly disrespectful to a deity I worshipped. I've had several past lives where the memory of this life surfaced, and in each case ran away from dealing with this, which often included abandoning the entire idea of pursuing any kind of spirituality. You've confirmed for me that these past life memories are mostly accurate, and that this plays a major role in why I've been stuck at the human level much, much, longer than is normal. I'm ready to deal with this massive mistake and start to try to fix it.
Is my current plan to begin to make amends acceptable as a first step to the god I offended?
The other questions are also deity related. I think Venus is prodding me to get back to working with her. I did a working invoking her, asking for assistance in becoming more lovable; and while it worked, amazingly so, I still have a long way to go on that front. I think she is telling me I need to do another round of candle workings with her; starting this Friday. The fact that this Friday is among the least convenient times to start this is part of why I think if I have intuition saying this is a good idea, it's probably coming from her and not me.
I have two questions on this:
a) Is this Friday a good day to start another candle working to ask for her assistance here?
b) Is there anything in particular she wants me to work on improve myself?
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Date: 2024-04-21 06:59 pm (UTC)Oof, that sounds heavy. If it's any reassurance, I did all sorts of really ducking fumb stuff in pasts lives that I am in the LOOOOONG process of working through. One of my big mistakes was to denigrate music teachers and teachers in general. Another giant one was letting my temper get the better of me and generally acting out in Bluebeard style rampages during the brief time I was a demi-royal landlord. And then there were the times I married for money... twice. Le sigh.
My Ogham say this Friday will be good for your candle working. They give Koad or Confluence well-dignified, meaning the planetary timing is decent, your frame of mind will be good, and it will be a good test of your willpower.
For what you ought to work on, they give Fearn or Bridge well-dignified. This seems like a clear call to play the Glad Game, and to use whatever power and influence you have to provide a positive example to others of how to be. Of course you must do this by quietly living the Word, not shouting it at others when you're not practicing what you preach. At some point I will post an essay I'm gestating called The Outraged Are Not Paying Attention which will discuss how becoming inflamed over causes du jour is distracting from the Great Work of mastering oneself. Long story short is to watch carefully for how others would try to recruit you for their toxic astral pyramids and to live out your own life without becoming glamoured by them.
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Date: 2024-04-21 02:36 pm (UTC)I would like to ask the Ogham what the outcome would be if it took DL's 7 week course?
Thank you,
-MF
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Date: 2024-04-21 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-04-21 03:43 pm (UTC)Hi Kimberly,
What would the outcome be if I pursue Waldorf teacher training?
Thank you for your time.
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Date: 2024-04-21 07:03 pm (UTC)Princess Cutekitten
Date: 2024-04-21 09:54 pm (UTC)Re: Princess Cutekitten
Date: 2024-04-22 02:42 am (UTC)You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Tinne or Defense well-dignified. Life is throwing a lot of crap at you right now. You've got what it takes to handle it with style and grace. The threats you perceive are real, so though you are resilient, you still have to arm yourself and be ready to fight.
For the Situation, you drew Uilleand or Generosity ill-dignified. The hardest thing to do right now is to maintain a generous spirit and to maintain healthy boundaries. Care can overflow in a bad way and become worry and molly-coddling -- this Ogham card can be talking about needing to allow others the freedom to live their lives. It can also be talking about deep understanding about how generosity begets itself and parsimony begets itself regardless of financial circumstances.
For the Outcome, you drew Huath or Obstacles well-dignified. This card, along with Tinne, is a danger card in my Ogham so be especially on your guard even though they are both well-dignified. You have a balanced fighting force this week, so it is a good week to take defensive measures and to add resources to your own arsenal. By building upon your own positives and doing your best to deflect or subvert negative forces coming your way, you can prepare for the fight ahead.
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Date: 2024-04-21 10:16 pm (UTC)To Review: The eclipse trip went well, I took the reading in general to my sweet time traveling to and back, opting for plentiful breaks instead of energy drinks. DL had limited learning opportunities, just the local museum, and took the advice to seek a nearby town that happened to have a municipal park with a wide open parking space. I opted to be the learning opportunity by sharing views through my instrument to the few others at the park.
To ask: What is it that I need to know this week, according to the Ogham?
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Date: 2024-04-22 02:49 am (UTC)Good to hear, thanks for the feedback.
You drew three cards this week.
For the You card, you drew Onn or Community well-dignified. You cultivate and maintain great relationships within your niche. These relationships will benefit you well into the future. By treating people according to the Golden Rule, you bring back the reverberations of good energy back your way.
For the Situation, you drew Beith or Beginnings well-dignified. This is an auspicious week for working on projects that are near and dear to your heart. Be warned that a thousand things will spring up to distract you from doing what leads you to your own truth: you will be able to tell you are on the right path by how many dumb, ridiculous distractions pop up. Take them as a sign, delay or ignore them, and plunge forward toward your truth and your Will.
For the Outcome, you drew Ailm or Transcendence well-dignified. True transcendence is being able to stand on your own two feet even when you are alone on a windy mountain, or against a crowd that is booing and throwing rocks. You don't have to tear anyone down to be large and in charge despite what we are often told.
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Date: 2024-04-21 10:18 pm (UTC)I'm the guy who received the optimistic relationship readings a while ago.
I sense the seas will become more challenging to navigate in the coming weeks. Or at the very least, they will behave in ways that I am not accustomed. What say your Ogham? Any advice?
(It's possible that I might be reading too much into events around me, by the way.)
Thanks Kimberly!
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Date: 2024-04-22 03:00 am (UTC)My Ogham say that your perception of the seas becoming rough may not be the most useful way to see it. They give you Ailm or Transcendence ill-dignified, meaning that it isn't the "seas" that are rough, it is you who needs to work on running and sailing your ship. Always start at home and begin with Number One -- that's you. Look into what you've predicted for yourself in discursive meditation. In my own case, I have found that too much caffeine gives me a lot of optimistic false positive premonitions about the future. Know thyself.
For the Situation card, the Ogham provide Ruis or Regret well-dignified. The Ogham think you've been doing a great job of owning and working on your mea culpas lately. Your efforts to balance your own mind where regret and shame are concerned have not gone unnoticed by the Divine. They are reaching out to help you as long as you continue to do the mental work. This is what real magic is: work on the self that happens at the speed of thought. Sow a thought, reap a deed. Sow a deed, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.
For the Outcome, you drew Luis or Protection well-dignified. This can be a danger card in my Ogham, so take precautions as the world is a dangerous place. With my usual warning out of the way, this card talks about listening to your higher self and the small, seemingly insignificant actions that make you a better person than you were yesterday (and yesteryear, and possibly even yesterlife) if only by the slightest bit.
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Date: 2024-04-22 04:24 pm (UTC)Points of Interest This Week
Date: 2024-04-21 10:42 pm (UTC)Thank you for all you do and your wisdom. I am just wondering if there is anything to look out for within the next two weeks? That's the lead up to the beginning of my next turn around the sun.
Re: Points of Interest This Week
Date: 2024-04-22 03:11 am (UTC)My Ogham give you three cards for the upcoming 2 weeks.
For the You position, they provide Fearn or Bridge ill-dignified. You are going to be tempted to be surly and unhelpful in the next two weeks. The Ogham suggest making an effort not to jump to any snap judgments or conclusions. Remember that life, especially in this demonic age, is essentially a dumpster fire. People and situations in it are flaming wrecks from which you must salvage whatever you can.
For the Situation, you drew Gort or Perseverance ill-dignified. This may be a thin week. I tend to draw this card when I take a financial hit. It can also be talking about bad habits being indulged, whether these are emotional or physical or both I don't know. The Ogham suggest unpacking negative habits in discursive meditation in order to strike at the root. Because this is in Situation, anything I mentioned above could be happening to someone close to you and affecting you vicariously.
For the Outcome, you drew Ur or Intimacy ill-dignified. This one spells turbulence in close relationships. If you are more of a loner, it is the downside of being a loner. Curate what you do say to other humans. When counselors and would be relationship advisors say that everything should be laid out naked on the table in a relationship, they should be ignored if not openly laughed out of the room. Human relationships especially depend upon filtering. The sane human in a sane relationship wears a filter where you become the version of yourself best suited to the person you are with during the moment you are with them. This is a filter, not a mask. You're not hiding anything crucial, only serving up what is tactful, appropriate, needed so all may benefit.
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Date: 2024-04-21 11:01 pm (UTC)Reading some of your posts, you say anger is a big issue of yours you are working on. Anger is also one of my big issues to work on, but it’s the opposite problem: I struggle with showing *any* anger, because I’m so afraid of making anyone the slightest displeased or hurt. I have a pretty decent life, for which I try to remain grateful for, but it’s also a stiflingly decent life because I know I could achieve better. The holdup is it becoming better depends on me starting more chats with others that could lead to their temporary (or permanent) dislike of me - and that’s where my fear kick in.
Do you have advice to help me overcome my fears? I’m trying to meditate on imagining people being upset with me and it not being such a bad experience after all, for a start.
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Date: 2024-04-22 03:26 am (UTC)Bluntly, getting older has helped me handle my anger. First of all, getting "to a certain age" has given me a much wider, bird's eye view of the goings-on of the world. I'm not so easily emotionally drawn into a state of froth over anyone's pet cause. I also have arrived at a point where I don't care what anyone thinks of me just as long as I have good reasons to respect myself. I am not a coward, so when people (including people I like and respect) acted like sniveling cowards during the Plandemic, I found the courage to stand against them and later to forgive them, because there are plenty of times when I too have been a sniveling coward. I have a third advantage of being born and raised in the Midwest by masters of Midwestern Nice. Midwestern Nice is a subtle and dangerous art; it can cut like a samurai sword.
My Ogham have three cards of advice for you when it comes to managing your fears.
For the You position, you drew Ngetal or Hygiene well-dignified. Happiness will be yours when you realize what you are beginning to sense now: where you end and where others begin. It is absolutely fine to take a "not my circus, not my monkeys" approach to 98% of the problems you are presented with. You didn't start the fire; it was always burning, so don't worry about it. You have to work on yourself first. You don't need to be rude about it. Just say "No" and get used to saying it all the time. If you want to be Midwestern Nice about it -- and I always do -- make it into "No thank you".
For the Situation, you drew Ruis or Regret ill-dignified. The most constructive way of dealing with your shame and guilt is to look at what you did, say "I'm not proud of that", and firmly resolve not to do that anymore. By doing this, you turn it around by owning it and refusing to partake in it in the future. You set a new track in space that eventually becomes a well-built path and eventually a highway.
For the Outcome, you drew Phagos or Teaching. The Divine wants to help you with this, so reach out to a deity of wisdom and grace and they will likely give you guidance far above and beyond anything I am saying here. This game of anger-being nice-feeling taken advantage of is a cycle that can be broken.
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Date: 2024-04-21 11:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-04-22 03:54 am (UTC)My Ogham say Yes, they do think there is a way out. It's not an easy way. They provide Gort or Perseverance well-dignified, which means that your friend must stick resolutely to what he or she knows to be the upstanding and correct path through thick and thin. She or he may suck at it for long stretches or be hit with a lot of opposing force. All of it depends on willpower. If he or she is willing to put in what it takes in a steady, non-relenting, daily obsession with practice sort of way, he or she will prevail.
Week 17
Date: 2024-04-22 12:09 am (UTC)1. What do I need to know in order to make the best out of this week?
2. I was informed that a deadline to apply for "A" was extended, but I am wary of submitting an application for various reasons. May the Ogham comment on whether I should apply?
Thanks!
-Eugene
Re: Week 17
Date: 2024-04-22 04:21 am (UTC)My Ogham give you three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Koad or Confluence well-dignified. This is a good week to plan lots of activity, including mundane, run-of-the-mill tasks. Good luck and positive effects are highly likely. If you keep your psychic eyes and ears open, there will be some interesting synchronicities that can inform you about ways to improve yourself and your trajectory.
For the Situation, you drew Quert or Delight well-dignified. Earned rewards and healing are the sweetest. You are learning to enjoy responsibly and moderately. This is no small task in an age where etheric starvation is possibly the worst it has ever been on this planet. Take gratitude in small pleasures. Those who appreciate detail are especially blessed.
For the Outcome, you drew Mor or Sea ill-dignified. Even if you're doing great, the collective astral in your area of the world isn't great right now. You can rest easy knowing that you did nothing to cause or influence this set of conditions, which is like the weather. Even though you did not cause the rain, this warning lets you know to bring an umbrella.
As to applying for A, they think you should. They give Oir or Epiphany well-dignified, meaning that you may be overthinking the negatives.
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Date: 2024-04-22 12:51 am (UTC)What's up for me and my family this week?
Thanks!
-PW
PS Found the source of the infestation 2 weeks ago. Seems like the reading was pretty accurate. Thsnks again!
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Date: 2024-04-22 04:29 am (UTC)Thanks for the feedback!
You and the fam drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Quert or Delight well-dignified. This is a great week to rest, refresh, and restore body, mind, and spirit. Enjoy a walk in a beautiful garden, grab a coffee or tea on the town, and savor the sweetness of the now. Though such small pleasures and details may seem frivolous and insignificant, civilization would not be a worthwhile project without them.
For the Situation, you drew Duir or Gifts ill-dignified. Some generosity or kindness may fall upon the unappreciative. It is OK to walk it back. If you are on the receiving end, it may feel a bit like flattery, neediness, or molly coddling. That said, there isn't truly a bad side to Duir, and that which is given from the heart will return to its sender by the power of seven.
For the Outcome, you drew Uilleand or Generosity well-dignified. Through good works, you and the family send out good energy that returns to you and sublimates all it touches, including you. This is a good week to think about how the truly generous are never truly miserable. Misery is for misers and misers can be extremely rich. Generosity isn't just about wealth, of course. It's a way of life lived through tiny and large acts.