kimberlysteele | Ogham Readings on Sundays

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 (all of them are basically combos of 4 cards):

-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

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.

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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Your prayers of blessing to the deity/deities of your choice are welcome whether or not you can donate.

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From: (Anonymous)

What’s up this week?

From:

waterfal_85

Hi Kimberly. What do I need to know to make the best of the coming week? Thank you 🙏❤️

From:

miow

Hi Kimberly
Could I please have a heads up for the week?
Many thanks!

From:

jpc_w

Back in January I asked you to divine about an old friend that returned to my life.

Well, this person has a lot of problems, and I can't say we have anything in common any more.
He turned to me for help after losing a job, and ran into a SNAFU with unemployment benefits. I have
been providing financial aid, with no real expectation of return.

He finally managed to get a job with my help, but if anything his need for funding is accelerating with medical issues, old debtors crawling out of the woodwork, and a completely unsympathetic government. It is as if latent problems are realizing now that someone else is helping with the bills. His constant psychic distress is getting old, and the things I've taught him appear to have made no difference. While I can afford this for now, I've run out of patience and positivity.

So my questions:
1) Is there an end to this, or is his drowning in chronic debt karmic?
2) Am I in the situation of trying to save a drowning victim, only to get pulled in myself?
3) What's my own karma in this situation?

Thanks again.

From:

nebulous_realms

Greetings Kimberly! Thanks as always for your readings.

Feedback: this past week was Ngetal ill-dig, Nuin well-dig, Oir well-dig. Ngetal ill-dig mostly applied at the end of the week, where I briefly slipped into increasingly outdated overeating habits in order to stay awake. Otherwise I kept a focus on establishing normal sleep and eating routines - and it worked out well. Nuin well-dig is a promising change in career sent to me via e-mail, and Oir well-dig is a needed revelation on where I am in life. The epiphany is one I've avoided saying to myself and I had to just force myself to put it down on paper for the lightbulb to turn on.

The previous two-week period you gave me Luis ill-dig and Ioho ill-dig. The combined meaning of those two readings was my very bad habit of trying to force a sense of forward progress in my life and personal development, which I did by sometimes rather erratic actions that aren't helpful to me or other people. I think that habit is being kicked out of me, finally, and good riddance. You can't rush progress, sometimes you just have to be patient and wait for a better time and opportunity for self-development.

1. What do I need to know to make the best of this coming week?

2. A favorite blog and blogger of mine has deleted their account and all the essays and resources they've shared over the years. It was a treasure trove of information. I have access to some of the archived articles from the blog, but not all. I'm not asking if the blog will be resurrected or not. That's not my choice nor business and I respect the author's choice, which comes from an understandable place. Knowing the blog had a lot of very useful information and insights on it that me and others benefitted from, I'd like to ask your Ogham if there is something in my power to do that would be an appropriate response to losing that blog. Just letting it go? Something else?

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

What will the outcome be of my art proposal?

Thank you for your time.

From: (Anonymous)

Good afternoon Kimberly,

To ask: What is it that I need to know this week, according to the Ogham?

From: (Anonymous)

Greetings Kimberly!

What's up for this week?

With thanks and blessings, Heloise

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

I am going on a short trip in the coming week. Can you give me a reading for the trip?

Thanks,

Jan

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

A couple of questions this week:

1) Could I please have a 3 card reading for my sister M for the month? I have her permission, she has been feeling unusually depressed and stressed, and it would be good to see if we can get some insight on causes and outcomes.
2) Could I have a 1 card reading on the outcome of working with the spirit B?

Thanks as always for your insights,

P

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

What's up for me and my family this week?

Thanks!
-PW

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

What do I need to know in order to make the best out of this week?

Hope this made it by the deadline.

Thanks!
-Eugene

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi PCK,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You card, you drew Ioho or Grace well-dignified. You manage your reactions to this week's events exceedingly well, making the best out of what you have been given. The Ogham advise temperance, deferment, and calm acceptance.

For the Situation, you drew Eadha or Limits ill-dignified. You feel stretched to the max in every way and those around you aren't exactly helpful. You cannot change what has been granted but you can change how your mind perceives what has been granted.

For the Outcome, you drew Ur or Intimacy well-dignified. Your biggest strength will be trusting the right people and oppositely keeping everyone who does not understand in a curated state of ignorance. You don't owe anyone an explanation, of course, but you will benefit if you say the right things to the right people.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Waterfal,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You card, you drew Uilleand or Generosity well-dignified. This week you will see a return on your generosity karma from the past. You will also be given opportunities to see how generosity works to sublimate all it touches. This is why it pays to be generous.

For the Situation card, you drew Phagos or Teaching ill-dignified. You may have to deal with an ignorant person and if you are especially unfortunate, the ignorant person may be close to you. You might also have to deal with your own ignorance and general state of "I don't know". The best way of approaching ignorance is with humility, and if it is extremely bad, by avoiding the source altogether, at least until they come to their senses.

For the Outcome, you drew Huath or Obstacles well-dignified. Huath is a danger card in my Ogham no matter what the dignity, so please be advised and take precautions this week. Other than that, it has to do with imbalances of Martial force. Check yourself if you feel the urge to be obnoxious, obstreperous, or dominating when there isn't a call for it. On the opposite side of imbalance, you might have an issue with lacking mojo when you are called upon to step up.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Miow,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You card, you drew Mór or Sea well-dignified. Overall, through no actions or control by you, your luck is good this week and your general corner of the astral is as benevolent as it is going to get. This means it is a good week for making long term plans and generally taking wide-angle mental snapshots of the future and the past.

For the Situation, you drew Huath or Obstacles well-dignified. Huath is a danger card in my Ogham no matter what the dignity, so I utter my usual warning about being extra careful in order to avoid close calls. Other than that, you have a good balance of Martial force: the proper amount of energy for "just in case" situations where you act quickly and decisively, but enough sense not to unleash your kung fu on the common riff raff.

For the Outcome, you drew Coll or Wisdom well-dignified. You have good reason to trust yourself this week as you see the result of wise decisions in the past. You have an inner well of strength that is a bit easier to recognize and develop this week.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi JPC_W,

My Ogham are excruciatingly clear on this one: they think you need to cut this guy off. Cruel to be kind.

1. They say No, there is no end to it, and yes, it is karmic. They give Fearn or Bridge ill-dignified, which is to say he is not building anything positive in himself and as long as he cannot/does not do this, he will stay in the exact same place for a very, very long time. The gods are patient but that does not mean you should be.

2. Yes, that is exactly what is happening here. They give Saille or Sensitivity well-dignified, which means your senses are accurate. He is a land mine that cannot help but explode everything around him.

3. Your karma is Ngetal or Health well-dignified. You are going to have to cut him off and deal with his anger at you for rejecting him in his time of need. You need to strictly define where you (and your help) ends and he begins. Let me just say that I had a friend like this. I was there for her, lended her money, gave her meals and groceries, and she pissed it away. She became homeless despite being set up in several different living situations by her family. I had to cut and clear her from my life. She died a few years ago, suspiciously close to the rollout of the vaccines.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Neb,

Thanks for the feedback!

You drew three cards this week.

For the You card, you drew Ngetal or Hygiene ill-dignified. Etheric starvation is an endemic condition we all suffer -- I am suffering from it right now. Yours will be bad this week, and as you've mentioned, it can result in overeating and disturbed sleep. Be on your guard, take multivitamins, and get plenty of sun, especially in the ribcage area under the heart.

For the Situation, you drew Ur or Intimacy well-dignified. You keep the right secrets and tailor the right information, only revealing what is needed and tactful. It takes a lot of grace to do that, and it shows you are becoming more socially intelligent which indicates soul development and realization.

For the Outcome, you drew Beith or Intention ill-dignified. You mean to get far more done this week than will be possible, so you will have to accept the limits of productivity, both in yourself and among outside forces. This card can also indicate feeling poorly, melancholy, or just plain in need of some rest!

My Ogham don't think you should just let that blog go. They give Ruis or Regret ill-dignified. Archive the crap out of that thing, maybe network with its other fans to see what can be done, and save what little is possible. Perhaps the author will be glad you did that someday.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Anon,

My Ogham say it may need to go back to the drawing board or that it may be a struggle. They give Ailm or Transcendence ill-dignified, meaning that perhaps the timing isn't right or the project needs spiffing-up.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Anon,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You card, you drew Eadha or Limits ill-dignified. You may be tempted to push yourself too hard and in too many directions this week, leaving no time for needed rest. Know when to throw in the towel. You also might be suffering from fear or giving up too easily -- in this case, draw back and get a better perspective.

For the Situation, you drew Uilleand or Generosity well-dignified. You will reap the rewards of your own past generosity this week -- see if you can trace the thread back to the source. Overall, by acting generously, you bring generosity into your life, and sadly, those who are parsimonious and stingy bring only more parsimony and stinginess into their lives, no matter how wealthy they become.

For the Outcome, you drew Tinne or Defense well-dignified. Tinne is always a danger card in my Ogham no matter what the dignity, so I will utter my usual warning about taking extra care this week and not doing anything risky. Other than that, this says that your idea of what constitutes security and defense is grounded and sane, though some may question it. True security is a strength that comes from within and is resilient enough to deal with whatever comes your way.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Heloise,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Duir or Gifts well-dignified. Your gratitude saves the day and the week. There are always several ways of framing any given life vignette, and gratitude is the best one with the most profound return on investment. It may be educational to contemplate some "what ifs" if you were not as grateful and what kind of ripples that would make in the pond. By doing this, you can empathize with people who don't have the mastery you do over gratitude and show them compassion when the need arrives.

For the Situation, you drew Huath or Obstacles well-dignified. Huath is a danger card in my Ogham, so I offer my usual warnings. Other than that, this shows that your strength and judgement is good enough to overcome any dramas that get thrown at you this week.

For the Outcome, you drew Oir or Epiphany well-dignified. A needed realization arrives. This could be painful -- most epiphanies are at least a little bit painful. Nevertheless, it needs to happen in order for your soul to develop properly, so try to take it for what it is.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Jan,

My Ogham give you three cards for the trip.

For the You card, they give Coll or Wisdom well-dignified. You will have to draw upon your School of Hard Knocks knowledge in order to make the most of this trip. Be prepared, pack lightly, and think through the "What if" situations just in case Murphy's Law decides to strike.

For the Situation, they provide Muin or Harvest ill-dignified. This points to expectations for the trip being unmet, either for you or for someone you will have a lot of interaction with during the trip.

For the Outcome, you drew Saille or Sensitivity ill-dignified. The spirit of the land where you are going may be pissy. This definitely happens. There are also situations where you and the spirit of the land won't get along. I don't travel because I don't have that kind of money, but I also don't travel because some land spirits are decidedly unfriendly where I am concerned. I will never return to Germany or Austria because I don't like the land spirits there. There are places in the Bahamas, however, who actively want me to come back so we can hang out. Other than the spirit of the land being pissy, you yourself might feel oversensitive, desensitized, or exhausted by too much interaction.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi P,

My Ogham have three cards for M and surprisingly, they are all well-dignified. The Ogham say this is a prime opportunity for her to do important work on herself. If she is willing, the Great Spirit is willing to help her.

For the You part (Her), they give Beith or Beginnings well-dignified, which is to say this represents the beginning of a particular journey for her. It is off to a rocky start, but in her case, this is the only way her higher self knows how to tell her "It's working". This should be a period where she does some heavy lifting looking into her own past, both triumphs and mistakes, to learn from it. As usual, I am going to suggest she starts doing discursive meditation to parse her own psychology: https://kimberlysteele.dreamwidth.org/4166.html

For the Situation, she gets Nuin or Communication well-dignified. This indicates that Mercury or Hermes may be willing to work with her. He rules working with strangers and being crafty and clever. She needs to look at her own connections with other people and how this has informed her life decisions at this point. What can she take away from her current hardships and how much of her current situation is an act of Sartrean bad faith?

For the Outcome, she drew Muin or Harvest well-dignified. Your sister's best bet is to play the Glad Game about her current set of circumstances, to ignore the worst parts and to play up and recognize the best parts through positivity, encouragement, and gratitude. The only thing we can do about a bad situation is to be the change we want to see in the world. I myself am pretty much in the same financial predicament I was in years ago. I had a good year and then I got hit by the tax man and living expenses overwhelmed me all over again. It is a common predicament and I am not bothered by my general lack of money and resources. There are worse things to suffer. The difference now is that I love all of the good things about my chosen life whereas back then, my hatred of the bad eclipsed the love of the good.

My Ogham think it will be hard to keep the relationship going with B. They give Gort or Perseverance ill-dignified, meaning it will be tough on your end to make a lasting commitment, so think carefully before you make any promises.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi PW,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You card, you drew Huath or Obstacles ill-dignified. Huath, especially in this dignity, can indicate danger. Please be vigilant and on your guard this week. Other than that, it talks about a "bull in a china shop" instinct that may be inappropriate depending on the situation -- know when to keep it on chill. It can also talk about a lack of mojo when Martial force is needed.

For the Situation, you drew Luis or Protection ill-dignified. This is yet another danger card in my Ogham. Other than danger, it heralds a need to get in touch with your higher self. In your prayer relationship, be ready to open your mind and listen for what the Divine is trying to tell you. It may not be what you want to hear.

For the Outcome, you drew Fearn or Bridge well-dignified. You do a good job of making the best out of mediocre or even bad situations this week. You reach out to others in a way you would envision you would like for yourself: with respect and kindness.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Eugene,

Just in under the deadline.

You drew three cards this week. All were well-dignified. Although this does not guarantee a rosy week, it does mean you are well set to triumph over any drama the week throws at you.

For the You position, you drew Coll or Wisdom. Your past knowledge comes in handy. You are able to see why you've landed where you are and how to make the best out of it. There is a developing clarity you can use to your advantage.

For the Situation, you drew Muin or Harvest. You are beginning to understand how to reap better outcomes according to what you sow. Social intelligence is a delicate art that some people are born knowing. Others (like you and I) have to work at it. You are getting better and showing improvement.

For the Outcome, you drew Quert or Delight. You are learning the joys of moderation. When you recognize the beauty of enough, it shows genuine gratitude because there is no fear of the beauty and joy being ephemeral by nature. Once you have taken the fear of missing out and/or fear of scarcity away, you begin to truly savor the gifts in your life.

From:

jpc_w

I'm going to assume that what's generally left of this website is isolated pages, and nobody ever scraped the site.

The first place to look would be the archive.org Wayback machine, to see if the web site has ever been scraped over time. The engine there will take "pictures" of large chunks of web sites at random intervals, so there may be parts of it still in existance. An Example.

The next thing to check is archive.today, a site for snapshotting individual pages and generating hash links to them. To show what it's capable of, I took 50 or so of my favorite articles from the old Archdruid Report and archived them there back in the day. They have a client, so you could use that to snapshot whatever fragments you find.

Neither of those tools will be able to collect fragments found in other locations and assign them to "original" locations, nor can they dig up pages nobody thought to save. If you do find articles in other places, you will need your own web page to link your own captures to these older captures.

Lastly, for more individualized storage you could use programs like evernote or Zotero to collect whatever pages you find and collate them into a database. It may be possible to then export the data again in convenient formats, or share portions of the databases out.