Ogham Readings on Saturdays
Dec. 13th, 2024 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kimberlysteele
I am happy to read your Ogham free of charge -- that's how I hone my divination skills. 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
-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
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. I cannot answer health questions. If you have a question about health or another sensitive, private matter, provide a bunch of non-identifying information and the Ogham will be able to figure it out even if I don't. I'm serious... the Ogham actually tend to "know" things without me being privy to what is going on.
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 from Saturday, December 21, 2024 - Friday, January 3, 2025.
My next planned break is from Saturday, December 21, 2024 - Friday, January 3, 2025.
I take reading requests from whenever this post goes up on Friday night until 8pm US Central Time Saturday.
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Date: 2024-12-14 07:41 am (UTC)To review: I interpreted Ur as a call to be strictly professional in my dealings with others this past week. That strategy worked, as I had to press several others who were rather reticent to aid in my quest to return to work. Koad helped here, I entered a doctor's office that was rather sparse due to a morning of auto traffic delays wrecking their schedule, while I rolled in on bicycle. The latest in my camera buying spree is a half broken camera that cleaned up to the point that coupled with decent film and a prayer, will be a gift for a relative who will have 72 chances to get good photographs out of a roll of film and a broken meter.
To ask: What is it that I need to know this week, according to the Ogham?
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Date: 2024-12-15 02:29 am (UTC)Thanks for the feedback!
You drew three cards this week, all well-dignified. Though all well-dignified cards may superficially look like a cakewalk, readings like this are usually anything but. Be aware of imbalances despite having a good chance of triumphing over them.
For the You card, you drew Quert or Delight. Even if others are rude and crass, you will not be dragged down by them. They are obtuse; you pay attention to detail. They may be inconsiderate; you take the time to empathize with others and to see the situation with a bird's eye view. Beware of being taken advantage of for your good nature. Also, the Ogham remind that you need to treat yourself once in a while.
For the Situation, you drew Phagos or Teaching. This one shows you rising above the fools, or someone close to you seeing the light and being able to rise above foolishness. Phagos is earned wealth on the mental plane, mastery, owning a skill so much that it is obvious you are very, very good. This can often make others insecure -- realize that your mastery could actually be a bit intimidating and stay humble.
For the Outcome, you drew Fearn or Bridge. Others reach out to us in strange ways -- for instance, a passage from a book shows you the past and the future, the sighting of a common natural phenomenon signals something personal to you that would mean absolutely nothing to anyone else. Obviously the "others" of whom I speak aren't just other humans. Watch for the signs and turn on your listening ears when you pray.
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Date: 2024-12-14 02:53 pm (UTC)I'm thinking about getting a second talisman, but I'm caught between two options: A or B. What do your Ogham think of each?
Thank you, Kimberly.
Ennobled little day
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Date: 2024-12-15 02:33 am (UTC)My Ogham do not like either of these at this time.
For A, they give Ngetal or Hygiene ill-dignified. A talisman is meant to guard your etheric and astral body and this one is not going to do its job. Too much can get in.
For B, they give Quert or Delight ill-dignified. This talisman may be right for someone, but that someone is not you. The Ogham suggest you leave it alone.
Have you tried making and wearing amulets before? They are more basic than talismans and don't need to be as tailored to your natal chart.
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Date: 2024-12-15 02:55 am (UTC)I was initially offered two talismans, a solar and a lunar. You helped me with the solar one not long ago. I figured I should buy the lunar one since the solar one seems to be working well so far. (Among other things, I made a good impression with my boss's boss recently.) If I still decide to get a lunar one, I will ask for another election.
Thank you, Kimberly. Happy Holidays!!
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Date: 2024-12-15 03:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-15 03:45 am (UTC)Holiday wishes and Q
Date: 2024-12-14 04:53 pm (UTC)I offer happy holiday wishes and blessings of the season(s) to all who celebrate something during the next few weeks.
Kimberly, what do your Ogham think the next two weeks will be like for me?
Thank you for sharing your gifts with us. I hope you have a lovely break.
Cheers, Heloise
Re: Holiday wishes and Q
Date: 2024-12-15 02:43 am (UTC)Thank you!
The Ogham give you three cards for the next 2 weeks.
For the You position, they give Duir or Gifts ill-dignified. It's hard to find a bad side to Duir, even in ill-dignity. The absolute worst it can get would be being made aware of your own privilege, and of course that always results in a choice to respond with humility or excessive pride. Often, Duir ill-dignified represents and overflow of gifts, and the natural law that a gift from the heart will always sublimate everything it touches as well as the giver.
For the Situation, you drew Saille or Sensitivity well-dignified. This is the perfect time (waning moon, end of the year) to remove and/or release all that does not serve you and help you to better yourself. In my own case, I will be getting rid of as much clutter as possible, setting free those possessions either into someone else's hands so they can be used or the landfill. It is also a good opportunity to let go of old grievances, tension, anger, and anxiety.
For the Outcome, you drew Nuin or Communication ill-dignified. Straight up, there may be a failure to communicate, either because someone is misunderstood or a machine-error situation. Travel could be fraught with difficulty, so if you have to go anywhere, make sure you have a first aid kit, water, snacks, those little heat pads, etc. Tech behaving badly should be expected. Also, too much screen time and not enough sunlight is exceedingly common this time of year... learn to detach from the screens. I say this as I type on a computer screen by electric light...
2024 2025
Date: 2024-12-14 06:49 pm (UTC)A bit of a different ask this time: Could your Ogham give me a word on what to make of my past year, and a heads up for 2025?
Hope you have a good break, and all the best for the new year.
Miow
Re: 2024 2025
Date: 2024-12-15 02:55 am (UTC)Thanks!
My Ogham say it was a fairly rough 2024 for you. They give Oír or Epiphany for the You card ill-dignified, which is to say the year was full of necessary painful realizations where you came up against not getting what you wanted and not having any way around it. Tests like that are diabolically designed to either make you into a more excellent, humble person or break you into a shell of your former self. Ouch.
For the Situation of everything around you, it was Straif or Resilience ill-dignified. This year was expensive as hell (hey, same here) and if you're not Rich E. Rich, chances are you had to pull out all the stops just to scrape by. You're certainly not alone in this, and as much as it sucks to be barely making it, to my mind it is far better than being elite and clueless to what normal people are going through. Besides, those who succeed in amassing great hoards of unearned wealth in this lifetime merely agree they will pay for it in future lifetimes. That's why I run as fast as I can the other way if I am offered unearned wealth.
For the You of 2025, you drew Fearn or Bridge well-dignified. You've learned enough to finally get over some of the humps that were intractable in the past. You've learned to accept things, people, places, and situations for what they are and to spend your energy more wisely. You're not so quick to judge one way or the other, and because of this newfound discernment, you are far less likely to throw out the baby with the bathwater.
For the Situation of 2025, you drew Beith or Beginnings ill-dignified. You desperately want a new beginning but you will have to work with what you have. Your best bet is to pare down and minimize. This can be literal, as in minimizing your possessions, or it could be talking about trying to go in fewer directions and sacrificing an aspiration so that another one can take the lead, at least for now.
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Date: 2024-12-14 07:25 pm (UTC)My question: what physical,emotional,intellectual, and spiritual needs are most important for me to focus on currently? The desired goal being healing and harmony to enable me to live more fully (on a mundane, creative, and spiritual level), better participating in divine work.
Sorry if this is too verbose, just wanted to be specific!
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Date: 2024-12-15 03:06 am (UTC)The Ogham and I like specifics!
For your physical needs focus, the Ogham give Ioho or Grace. This is about accepting the aging process and leaning into it. No, the Ogham are not recommending you cut yourself all the slack. There is a balance between Spartan diligence and letting it all go to pot. This is also a gentle reminder to be grateful for today and not to worry so much about what is coming.
For your emotional needs focus, they give Ailm or Transcendence ill-dignified. This indicates some depression or the poisonous upswing of depression, which is the need to paper over the problems and insist "everything is OK" when it is not. I tend to have this kind of mania/false transcendence most when I suffer insomnia. Always be an honest broker -- sometimes life just beats you down. This is Meatworld... Meatworld sucks.
For your intellectual needs focus, they give Ngetal or Hygiene ill-dignified. Acknowledging darkness is healthy. You don't have to wallow in it to accept that it is present. There is a balance between toxic positivity and toxic negativity that is NOT toxic. The most occulted aspect of any given situation in life is the silver lining to the cloud. When negativity begins to overwhelm, glad game it by thinking of at least three positives to counter every negative.
For your spiritual needs focus, they give Koad or Confluence well-dignified. Your spirit is waking up, or more accurately, you are waking up to what it has been trying to tell you all along. You are finally seeing a bigger picture, putting responsibility (blame) in perspective, and becoming the change you want to see in the world.
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Date: 2024-12-14 10:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-15 03:15 am (UTC)You drew three cards this week.
For the You card, you drew Ngetal or Hygiene ill-dignified. This is one of my Ogham's danger cards, so I will utter my usual warning about not running in flip flops and taking a good multivitamin supplement once a day. The collective astral is a hot red mess, so don't be shocked if you have intrusive thoughts or weird compulsions. Sure, it could be coming from within you, but chances are it could also be coming from outside from forces that have nothing to do with you.
For the Situation, you drew Luis or Protection well-dignified. Luis is yet another danger card in my Ogham, even when well-dignified, so be on high alert this week. Luis is your Holy Guardian Angel working overtime. When Luis is able to get through to you in Meatworld, you begin finding your true north, devoting time and passion to that which you were meant to pursue in this incarnation. It is different for each one of us, so unfortunately I cannot tell you what it is.
For the Outcome, you drew Ur or Intimacy well-dignified. The secret to handling social situations gracefully, whether it is strangers, friends, or loved ones, is to tailor your persona to the individual or individuals with whom you are interacting. Does this involve wearing a mask? Yes. Masks are not all bad. The only one who will ever truly know you is you. All else deserves a mask.
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Date: 2024-12-14 11:06 pm (UTC)Re: Princess Cutekitten
Date: 2024-12-15 03:32 am (UTC)You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Phagos or Teaching well-dignified. You've earned a windfall via past good deeds and hard work. Abundance is not just a material state. Ultimately, it is a state of mind. The only people who appreciate abundance are the grateful.
For the Situation, you drew Ailm or Transcendence ill-dignified. Loved ones may be in a mood, and that may be getting you down. The ongoing situation keeps dragging and will not resolve this week. Try to be patient with those who are more positive than you are, especially if they are just trying to help.
For the Outcome, you drew Duir or Gifts well-dignified. Though life has thrown a bunch of crap at you (especially lately), you stand strong. Nothing is going to take you down. This strength helps the world more than you know. This strength is what has helped you to age like wine instead of milk.
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Date: 2024-12-15 12:49 am (UTC)RE this passing year and your Ogham divination on it: you gave it Ngetal ill-dignified, Duir well-dignified, and Ur well-dignified. The year has not ended but so far I would say the year did not quite end up as your Ogham predicted. Duir well-dignified was true for at least 2/3 of it and came in the form of many gifts bestowed onto me in life, but the gifts I received varied depending on how I was living my life and I believe the last few month indicates I have not made the progress I could have made this year. “Whatever you give, you get back” - that quote was in full display this year. RE Ur well-dignified - you said I would master the art of intimate conversations with others. I’ll be honest, I think the Ogham expected more out of me on that end than what I ultimately put in. I put in work to curate what I spoke earlier in the year. The stress of the latter half of the year widdled down the sanctuary of intentional silence I had built up earlier. In addition, I engaged with a few people I should have left well alone, and - most significantly- I do not have a partner at the end of this year, despite my hopes, which Ur well-dignified would be a strong indication of.
As for Ngetal ill-dignified - health-wise I was mostly fine this year, so Ngetal speaks more about the clutter of mixed intentions that created conflict in my mind. I have learned better where I have bad subconscious habits or self-sabotaging desires - I am continuing to work on being the rider of my emotions and thoughts and not the unfortunate passenger of them. The issue definitely reared its head throughout this year, though. Advice I’d give to anyone: watch your natal chart daily for when the Moon transits your natal planets, that is helping me identify my changes in mood more than anything else.
1-2. What do I need to know to make the best of the time period that starts from now until when you are once more available for readings? That means this coming week until January 3rd. Two cards - “You” and “Outcome” will do, thanks!
3. What do I need to know to make the best of next year? One card will do.
4. I’d like to put aside more of my money towards charity. If the Ogham like the idea of me donating to charity, do they have a suggestion of what type of charity I should donate to?
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Date: 2024-12-15 03:55 am (UTC)Thanks for the feedback!
The Ogham provide four cards. For the first cards, You and Outcome, the You card is Phagos or Teaching well-dignified. It is not the manager who assigns the employee to do the work who gains the benefit of diligence from work. The employee is the one learning the lessons, suffering setbacks, and eventually gaining the spiritual reward of the work. Keep this in mind, especially if you are in a management position or want to be there.
For the Outcome, you drew Tinne or Defense ill-dignified. Tinne is one of my Ogham's danger cards, and this one is ill-dig so it is definitely a warning against physical danger. Other than that, you could be too defensive, and this can be alienating. Keep your Martial force (anger, drive) in check in order to preserve relationships. Alternately, backing down or being too soft can be a real problem. Set your limits and stick to them, be the one with a spine: decisive, forthright, earnest, and strong.
For the upcoming year, they give Uilleand or Generosity well-dignified. 2025 is a year to explore generosity, appreciating what you have been given, magnifying the good by being grateful for it, and giving of yourself and watching the energy complete its arc back to you. It's a good year to observe how miserable it is to be a "miser" and how that generosity is nearly completely independent of individual wealth levels.
For charity, they don't like it at the moment. They give Straif or Resilience ill-dignified, meaning you need to save your pennies for a rainy day. Don't feel bad about it. Here are some of my humble suggestions for honoring the planets without money: https://kimberlysteele.dreamwidth.org/13793.html
Questions for End-Of-Year 2024
Date: 2024-12-15 01:14 am (UTC)1. What do I need to know in order to make the best out of the period between Dec. 14, 2024 and Jan. 4, 2025?
2. This may be too open-ended a question for the Ogham, but I am not sure how to be more specific:
-What are my actual talents in my current incarnation?
(or perhaps, in other words, What was I meant to do with my life in this current incarnation?)
Thanks,
-Eugene
Re: Questions for End-Of-Year 2024
Date: 2024-12-15 04:08 am (UTC)The Ogham give you three cards.
For the You position, they give Luis or Protection ill-dignified. Luis, especially in this dignity, is one of my Ogham's danger cards, so be watchful and careful for the coming Solstice weeks. Other than that, this card can mean backsliding into back habits, being tempted into lazy or low-vibration behavior, watching too many screens, and suffering from etheric starvation. Staying active, getting out in the sun, and making sure to get a decent, well-crafted meal or two are advised.
For the Situation, you drew Fearn or Bridge well-dignified. This one talks about using connections well, being able to take a hint, and avoiding trouble as it rears its ugly head. Staying focused on being a better person than you were yesterday, if only by the slightest bit means highlighting the good and acknowledging the bad and putting it in the past.
For the Outcome, you drew Beith or Beginnings ill-dignified. With your mind going in so many directions at once, it is important to record your thoughts in a journal and to organize the journals into some kind of system that you can reference later. This is also a reminder that grace comes in small doses -- it is one tiny act at a time.
The Ogham say one of the major roadblocks you were meant to overcome in this incarnation is your self-consciousness with other people. They give Onn or Community ill-dignified, meaning your imbalanced presumptions of negativity with other people are the No. 1 thing you were meant to work on and understand. Other people are too wrapped up in their own business to care about you, and that hurts your ego. You allow it to hurt your ego. Once you let go of the fear and pain, you will be able to see yourself and them more clearly and the destructive self-obsession will drop away.
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Date: 2024-12-15 01:14 am (UTC)I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. I would like to ask the Ogham if I should hold investment X for the long term or if I should sell soon? I would also like to ask what the outcome would be for my family if I were to buy a small travel trailer?
Thank you,
-MF
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Date: 2024-12-15 04:11 am (UTC)Thank you! I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season too.
My Ogham think you should hold investment X. They give Muin or Harvest well-dignified, and that harvest is not quite here yet.
For the small travel trailer, they say not at this time. They give Koad or Confluence ill-dignified, which is to say the combination of factors -- available vehicles, the economy, your situation in general -- is not great for buying the trailer. Certainly ask again some other time as their views may change.
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Date: 2024-12-15 01:58 am (UTC)Hope you have a great break!
What's up for me and my family the next 3 weeks?
Thanks!
-PW
PS Last week's reading was very accurate. Had to deal with...lots of stupid problems, basically. Thanks again!
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Date: 2024-12-15 04:19 am (UTC)I'm glad it was accurate and could give you a heads up! Thanks for the feedback.
For the You card, you drew Ruis or Regret ill-dignified. Buying something too expensive, saying something that should have been edited out, or generally getting grumpy because of being pressured are real risks. We are in the same boat as I must watch out for all the same traps. There is also no need to feel guilty -- when you are feeling mired in guilt, ask what there is to be grateful about instead of either blaming yourself or someone else.
For the Situation, you drew Nuin or Communication well-dignified. By staying organized, phoning (or searching it online) before you go, and being flexible and prepared, you are going to avoid a whole bunch of trouble this holiday. It's also important to speak your mind and not worry about the fallout. You can tell the truth with your loved ones.
For the Outcome, you drew Quert or Delight ill-dignified. It's easy to get lost in the hustle of this season. All the sensible animals are hibernating yet we humans rush around like fools just as the sun disappears and the weather turns awful. Be ready to say a hard NO if you must, stealing the time back for yourself and enforcing some sanity. Watch out for overindulgence, but don't go full health nut. Moderation, moderation, moderation... enjoy responsibly. And if in doubt... Humor always saves the day!