Ogham Readings on Saturdays
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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, March 22, 2025 - Friday, March 28, 2025.
My next planned break is from Saturday, March 22, 2025 - Friday, March 28, 2025.
I take reading requests from whenever this post goes up on Friday night until 8pm US Central Time Saturday.
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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Princess Cutekitten
Date: 2025-03-08 04:34 am (UTC)Re: Princess Cutekitten
Date: 2025-03-08 09:49 pm (UTC)You drew three cards this week. All were ill-dignified. This is anything but a forecast of doom, so please don't take it as such. The Ogham are trying to show you where you will face the hardest challenges.
For the You position, you drew Saille or Sensitivity. It's not easy to contain emotions -- they spill from one area of life into another one. You'll have to give yourself the space you need so that crabbiness over one situation does not become drama somewhere else. Often when we think others are insensitive or oversensitive, we are actually projecting a shadow. It is never too late to say "I'm sorry" or "Thank you".
For the Situation, you drew Gort or Perseverance. The Path is hard and Meatworld sucks. The hardest work of all is to see the silver lining in the cloud and follow it when forces try to overwhelm you and all your work. You don't need to do anything extraordinary, but you do need to focus on seeing the good while staying in place.
For the Outcome, you drew Luis or Protection ill-dignified. This is one of my Ogham's danger cards, so I will utter my usual warning about physical danger and risk aversion. When the going gets tough, it can be easy to think your Holy Guardian Angel has abandoned you. This will not ever happen, because the Holy Guardian Angel is part of you that cannot be detached. The challenge is to listen for its messages and not superimpose them with your own ego.
Re: Princess Cutekitten
Date: 2025-03-10 12:12 am (UTC)—-Princess Cutekitten
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Date: 2025-03-08 05:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-08 10:00 pm (UTC)You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Luis or Protection ill-dignified. Straight up, Luis is one of my Ogham's physical danger cards, so be especially risk-adverse this week. Other than that, it talks about either over-protection or under-protection or an unfortunate combination of both. Material measures can only provide so much protection: practical safety and security measures are always a positive but if you don't expose yourself or your loved ones to a little adversity, there will be a price. For instance, parents who don't allow their kids to play outside and get normal scrapes and bruises end up with molly-coddled, anxiety ridden couch potatoes. True protection comes from the inside.
For the Situation, you drew Nuin or Communication well-dignified. This is a good week for seeking recognition, for reaching out to those you don't know, and for gaining the benefits of technology. There are a lot of complaints about the modern world, many of them coming from me (lots of articles on etheric starvation!) but if we're honest, there are some wonderful conveniences about modern times that we should never take for granted.
For the Outcome, you drew Muin or Harvest well-dignified. This should be a sweet week where you can enjoy the fruits of your efforts. I'm not just talking money here: pleasant relationships, kindnesses, and gratitude come full circle. It's OK to rest on your laurels and take it easy whenever possible this week. You don't have to be productive all the time.
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Date: 2025-03-08 07:01 am (UTC)To review: I started out this past week visiting my mother's side of the family, which I haven't seen in a decade. While the reunion was brief, as the family had gathered for the funeral of my uncle, and my presence was incidental, several bridgeheads were (re)established, to be connected at a later date. I did manage to teach my youngest cousin how to use a film camera, while I myself took and gave away the remaining Polaroids I had brought with me. The remainder of the week was a mixture of traveling back and work.
To ask: What is it that I need to know this week, according to the Ogham?
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Date: 2025-03-08 10:17 pm (UTC)Thanks for the update!
You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Ruis or Regret ill-dignified. This points to an imbalance of either beating yourself up too much or letting yourself slide or some unfortunate mixture of the two. If you are feeling guilt, scrutinize where it comes from. Unless you are really, really spiritually attuned (I'm not saying I am) there is probably guilt coming at you from malevolent entities such as astral pyramids and egregores who want to jerk you around like a puppet. If you are guilty, do a "I don't do that anymore" and stay firm in your resolution. If you're not taking proper responsibility, you should address it in discursive meditation.
For the Situation position, you drew Quert or Delight ill-dignified. Quert in this dignity usually means an etheric starvation flare up. Fatigue, digestive dissonance, and cravings are three typical symptoms. Ameliorate your etheric starvation by exposing your spleen area to sunlight, doing mild exercise, exercising in groups or doing group sports (there is a feedback loop that nourishes all), bathing every day, and eating home cooked food.
For the Outcome, you drew Koad or Confluence well-dignified. Things are coming together nicely, at least in some respects. You can definitely say you took part in that success. This week is an important snapshot in time. Use it to understand where you went right so you can build upon the positive, especially in future times that are more challenging and don't go as well.
New neighbour
Date: 2025-03-08 03:30 pm (UTC)I'm getting a new neighbour and I'd like a three-card draw to know what your Ogham think about what to expect and how to best relate to him for harmony.
Thank you!
V.O.G
Re: New neighbour
Date: 2025-03-08 11:48 pm (UTC)You drew three cards.
For the You position, meaning the most direct way this neighbor impacts you, you drew Duir or Gifts ill-dignified. This neighbor is lucky to have you and you'll have to watch how generous you are with him or her. Keep it in balance. Don't bend over backwards to assist him or her, but also keep the neighbor in the loop and be willing to extend a helping hand when needed. Invoke Midwestern Nice -- stay away from controversial topics (sex, politics, religion) and be sweet and kind while keeping a strict poker face.
For the Neighbor, they say it is a win for him or her. They give Onn or Community well-dignified, which indicates you both will have a good relationship that is mutually beneficial.
For the Outcome, they gave Mor or Sea ill-dignified, which means that the neighbor might not be there very long or could have a misfortune strike or some kind of strife. Play it cool and cordial is the Ogham's main advice.
no subject
Date: 2025-03-08 08:26 pm (UTC)Could you ask Ogham what they think of M? Should I stay away or is it okay?
Thank you,
A.E. Dettmering
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Date: 2025-03-08 11:54 pm (UTC)Hmmm, my Ogham do not like M at all. They give their general opinion as Beith or Intention ill-dignified. M has scattered intentions and/or the intentions of being involved with M are all over the place. Knowing what your true intentions are is the necessary step before figuring out the intentions of what you are interacting with. This is worth a great deal of discursive meditation.
They think you should stay away. They give Ioho or Grace and the dignity is ill, which I asked the cards to give me if you should avoid M. M. is not meant for you, at least not at this time. We are all autonomous and the gods are happy to allow you to find out the hard way if you choose M, however, you've been warned.
no subject
Date: 2025-03-08 09:03 pm (UTC)Thank you for doing these...
What does the Ogham have to say about me randomly waking up at 2:30 - 3:00 am and not being able to sleep?
Thank you,
J
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Date: 2025-03-09 12:19 am (UTC)For the You position, they give Ailm or Transcendence well-dignified, which means that this is a kind of test being put before you that you will likely pass. For whatever reason, this sleeplessness must be borne like a cross and if you continue to bear it gracefully, you will be rewarded.
For the Situation, you drew Quert or Delight well-dignified. Some divine power, maybe a god or goddess (probably a goddess because it's Quert, which is a feminine card) is trying to get your attention and does not seem to care if you lose sleep. I guess it all comes out in the wash. My advice would be lighting a candle when you are up that late and saying some earnest prayers while listening for divine advice. Also, maybe memorize some litany style prayers and repeat these in your mind as you try to fall asleep.
For the Outcome, you drew Huath or Force ill-dignified. Trying to force yourself to sleep is a bad idea except for the occasional sleep aid. You should consider some more vigorous exercise or weight lifting, because this problem may be coming from being too sedentary. Basically whether you go hard and short or long and slow, the idea is to exercise until you are quite tired. Discomfort is OK, pain is not.
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Date: 2025-03-08 09:32 pm (UTC)Hi Kimberly,
What will be the outcome of hobby A?
Thank you for your time.
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Date: 2025-03-09 12:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-08 10:29 pm (UTC)I met a woman recently. She's kinda "above my league." She had a somewhat conspicuous line of lipstick arched across the middle of her two front teeth as we spoke, which makes me think that maybe she doesn't normally wear lipstick. (???) Kinda reminds me of the wife/mother from The Shining, but with less bulgy eyes and maybe a bit of Botox in her lips. She's dead-set against premarital sex and spoke favorably of her family's Eastern European (Balkan) traditional values...
It seems like I will be meeting her again at a seafood place. (She loves seafood, she tells me.) What do your Ogham think of her?
Thanks,
Ennobled little day
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Date: 2025-03-09 12:30 am (UTC)My Ogham have mixed feelings about her.
They give three cards. For the You position, I took the card to actually be referring to her. They give Straif or Resilience ill-dignified and that tells me she puts security first and passion a distant second. It's totally understandable these days, but it is a rather cold approach to relationships. If I had been the same way, I never would have married my husband 25 years ago because he was a poor man literally living in his aunt's garage. Nevertheless, if you prioritize stability and can quietly demonstrate you are financially responsible, she will like that very much.
For the Situation, you drew Saille or Sensitivity well-dignified. This has potential to turn into a long term commitment for you as you both have encountered each other at the right place and the right time.
For the Outcome, you drew Ur or Intimacy ill-dignified. She has very complex emotions around intimacy and physicality that have potential to wreak havoc upon her relationships if she does not address them in discursive meditation or some other way. Obviously this is not something to say to her, it just seems to be what the Ogham are warning about. The trouble with saving yourself for marriage is that you have no idea what it's going to be like in the sack with someone. This can end up being a real disaster.
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Date: 2025-03-09 01:04 am (UTC)I will go out with her (if she gets back to me) and just be honest with her:
I will have as much fun as I can, but also communicate with her, as artfully as I can, my values, expectations, etc. I will listen to her side and have (if possible) constructive conversations and arguments with her about her values, etc.
I want her to have ample opportunity to know me and reject me, if she doesn't like what's in front of her. I will also carefully gage how open (and honest?) she's willing to be, and decide if I like her enough to see her a second time.
(I feel like I didn't do any of the above with my ex-wife. I was surprised that she gave me the time of day, and focused more on securing her than being aligned with who I was. I suspect she was doing something similar.)
Does it sound like I have a good plan?
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Date: 2025-03-09 01:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-09 01:16 am (UTC)Thank you!!!
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Date: 2025-03-08 11:20 pm (UTC)For most of my life, I've felt stuck and gridlocked by indecision, never really being able to figure out what to do or just unsure of what to commit to. How do I gain some measure of clarity to enable myself to make commitments and or decisions?
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Date: 2025-03-09 12:43 am (UTC)My Ogham agree -- you are facing major challenges and it is not going to be easy, however, they see you completely mastering this issue if you put your mind to it.
For the You card, they give Ailm or Transcendence ill-dignified. One of your biggest problems is that you allow your failures to become your focus points when you need to be building on success. For every memory of failure, you need to ratio it with two to three successes. For instance, you may have failed to play piano, but you did manage to clean your cat's litter box for the duration of his life and you made it through school. You also have to be very careful about what you commit to: take your commitments seriously and pare them down as much as possible. In my own case, I am far too creative and I come up with an idea for a new invention, business, or direction at least 1x a day. Limits are power and nowadays when I think "hmmm I should write that short story" or "deep clean the oven" whatever, I have to say "No, I simply do not have time."
For the Situation, you drew Mór or Sea ill-dignified. The collective astral is seeping through to you. This has something to do with your geographical location and your personal temperament. The collective astral is a hot steaming mess, so I would suggest doing a banishing ritual such as the Sphere of Protection every day plus discursive meditation. Both of those can help you build the willpower you need to follow through with commitments and make good decisions.
For the Outcome, you drew Ioho or Grace well-dignified. You will have to let go of things on every single plane. On the physical plane, it's time for a clean out and a resolution not to collect any of it again. You can't take the stuff with you anyway, but you can and will take the gratitude for what few things you owned and appreciated (without hoarding or taking it for granted) beyond the grave. On the astral plane, it's time to narrow your focus and get rid of some activities, and sadly this may include hobbies and relationships you probably should walk away from. On the mental plane, devote some time to understanding how limits equal power.
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Date: 2025-03-09 01:49 am (UTC)What's up for me and my family this week?
Thanks!
-PW
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Date: 2025-03-09 04:34 am (UTC)You and the family drew three cards.
For the You position, you drew Straif or Resilience ill-dignified. I often have financial or health setbacks when I pull this card in this dignity, so unfortunately you should gird your loins for either of those. That said, true resilience is not something that can be bought. Worrying is not a constructive activity and a wise man said that it often arises out of a need to exert power over the situation. Practice gratitude, not worry.
For the Situation, you drew Coll or Wisdom ill-dignified. This is your week (and your family's week) to keep your mouths shut at the right time. It's OK to say you don't know. Everybody does not need to know everything. This also could be a frustrating time where the knowledge you don't possess bothers you.
For the Outcome, you drew Phagos or Teaching well-dignified. Despite this week's aggravations, it is a week of solid self-development and realization. Mental plane skills are on the up and up this week, including the soul-builders such as discernment, helpfulness, understanding, and gratitude.
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Date: 2025-03-09 01:49 am (UTC)1. This last year has seen a near complete loss in my confidence in myself and me being worthy of myself and others. How can I first go about healing myself so that I feel worthy of myself and thus feel worthy for others?
2. Last year also gave me a very disproportionate sense of time. I view last year as almost its own life, and everything before as another life. Is there anyway I can regain a better sense of my place in time and be more present?
3. Should I keep seeking divination readings from you? I probably have too much paranoia about consequences from asking you for readings. My situation just feels unique.
4. What can I look forward to most in my near future at this time?
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Date: 2025-03-09 04:27 am (UTC)Sorry to hear that.
My Ogham have four cards for you.
For 1), they give Oir or Epiphany well-dignified. My Ogham agree that you need to heal yourself and that it is good you realize it. One thing they would have you do is to ask yourself if it is at all satisfying to beat yourself up, because as horrifying as it sounds, beating yourself up can be a weird sort of fun. In order to defeat the negative, you have to focus on the positive until it overwhelms the negative. Any focus on the negative polarizes and activates it. Everyday, you have to ratio any mea culpa or deficiency you are fixating upon with at least two or three positives. For instance, yes, maybe you hate the way your head is shaped or your extra weight but you have to focus on your nicely shaped hands, your unique eye color, your healthy, straight nose, and your robust strength.
For 2), yes, and they give Koad or Confluence well-dignified. Every day is a snapshot in time and that snapshot is always being destroyed forever because it is in the past. Yet time is an illusion. It's a radio frequency that you are conscious of because you vibrate in sympathy to it. The best thing you can do is to imagine stepping out of time, being past this incarnation, and look at it through forgiving and compassionate eyes. For instance, I had an ex-landlord who literally went insane on me and threatened to sue me for no good reason at all (he was being sued by several other tenants for being insane, but not me) and I took a long walk in the forest preserve and imagined his higher self apologizing to me for his bad behavior. Whether I'll ever get that apology or not in the here or hereafter is irrelevant.
3) My Ogham don't think so, at least not for the rest of the year. They give Mór or Sea ill-dignified, and this tells me they want you to use the advice that has been given before coming back.
4) They give Ailm or Transcendence ill-dignified, which means they think you have too much work to do to think that way. Depression is nasty in the way that it baits us with false hope. We think that someone special will come along, or that money or good fortune will solve our sorrows, but the truth is they would only make things worse. The number one thing you can do is to be grateful for the tiniest things most people take for granted. This is why I tell people to clean and thank their toilets every night. I am not in a better financial position and nothing has significantly changed for me in the last 7 years (except my father and my beloved cat Kiki died, ugh), but I am happier than I have ever been in my life. This is a direct result of daily spiritual work in the form of the Sphere of Protection, discursive meditation, and divination.
Reading regarding whether I should open a company in the education sector
Date: 2025-03-09 09:42 am (UTC)Thank you very much for offering this service.
I'd like to have a reading regarding the following two questions:
1. Should become my own boss by opening a company in the education sector?
2. If the answer to 1 is in the affirmative, what would be the best way to gain my first, say, 100 paying customers?
Thanks for your help!
Re: Reading regarding whether I should open a company in the education sector
Date: 2025-03-09 05:32 pm (UTC)You're a bit late -- the deadline was last night at 8pm Central Standard Time. Please ask again next week when I put the post up on Friday night.
Apology for comments made on the most recent essay
Date: 2025-03-14 12:39 am (UTC)I created this account to say that I would like to apologise for my anonymous comments yesterday (and this morning I guess for you in America) on your most recent essay on this Dreamwidth, and for any harm they might have caused you. They were needlessly hostile, confrontational. and impolite.
Re: Apology for comments made on the most recent essay
Date: 2025-03-14 01:41 am (UTC)Re: Apology for comments made on the most recent essay
Date: 2025-03-15 01:09 am (UTC)We've talked about it in the comment sections of your essays before, the "one astral pyramid rules all" phenomenon in our society today, and sad to say that I very much still have those tendencies. Regardless of the topic, I have my opinions and others have different opinions, and sometimes instead of agreeing to disagree and leaving it at that, I feel that I have to convert everybody else to my opinion. And this is bad for everybody involved because we end up wasting our emotional and mental energy arguing with each other and not changing anybody's minds, and end up hating each other over these vicious fights. Since social media is a cacophony of different opinions, if I don't get better at tolerating / respecting other people's opinions, I will end up wasting my life in endless arguments with other people on social media.
Re: Apology for comments made on the most recent essay
Date: 2025-03-15 03:56 am (UTC)Re: Apology for comments made on the most recent essay
Date: 2025-03-15 03:59 am (UTC)Re: Apology for comments made on the most recent essay
Date: 2025-03-15 04:03 am (UTC)As far as the security measure of forcing people to log in, I should have done that long ago. People who think I'm worth it will create the anonymous profile and people who don't will surf elsewhere.
Re: Apology for comments made on the most recent essay
Date: 2025-03-15 04:09 am (UTC)My Ogham predicted all of this, BTW. They suggest moderation in all things (what else is new?) and cultivating generosity. The Piscean consciousness's bad side is its One Pyramid to Rule Them All schtick but the good side is that God is in everything if you are willing to look for it.
Re: Apology for comments made on the most recent essay
Date: 2025-03-15 04:18 am (UTC)One related issue that I would like to mention: you made a comment in the now deleted essay, which somebody has copied over to the Ecosophia Covid open post thread:
https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/319519.html?thread=54490655#cmt54490655
"I think many are in danger of turning my speculations into gospel"
This hit home really hard for me. In the past few weeks I've begun noticing that I've turned a lot of people's speculations into gospel. It isn't just your speculations, but also others, such as John Michael Greer's. And when those speculations end up false, I tend to lash out at other people for being a false prophet or whatever because I've been treating the speculations as gospel. And so that is something else I need to improve on.
Re: Apology for comments made on the most recent essay
Date: 2025-03-15 04:31 am (UTC)