kimberlysteele | Ogham Readings on Mondays

Submit your question or request for a general "what's up this week" reading and I will be happy to oblige!

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From: (Anonymous)

What do you see for me in the week ahead?

—Lady Cutekitten

From:

mollari

Hi Kimberly,

Since I'm asking every week what's up and usually have at least one other question, I figure I might as well create an account to keep track of it all for future reference.

1) Last week, you nailed it once more, so first, what's up this week?

2) I currently live at home. I suspect my parents will try to force me to get a Covid vaccine, but I do not want to take experimental medication. I suspect this means I will need to move out soon: I don't want to deal with the emotional blackmail and pressures they will attempt on this; and I figure that there's a good chance they will say I either get it or leave anyway. Since based on the government guidelines it looks like I won't be eligible to get it until July, my plan is to move out July 1. Is this the right time to aim for, or should my target be earlier?

3) I live in Ottawa, which is a twin city with Gatineau. Gatineau is on the other side of the river, in Quebec instead of Ontario, and when I looked for places to live noticed rents in Gatineau are around a third less than Ottawa. What will happen if I move to Gatineau? This is a short term question, say for a year or two. Past that I don't expect to remain in the area anyway.

From: (Anonymous)

They’d kick you out for not getting a vaccine? Wow. My sympathies, and I hope it doesn’t come to that.

—Lady Cutekitten

From:

cs2

Thank you for the couple of readings you did for my long-term project I was struggling with back in February. It is finally complete, phew! I think the readings were accurate, especially with Straif & Reverse Straif; it wasn't easy, I struggled, but perseverance eventually got it done.

If this is not too open-ended, could you ask your Ogham about my current spiritual practices? Should I continue coasting in my holding-pattern; should I prioritize doing more; am I missing something? Thanks!

From: (Anonymous)

I am contemplating undergoing a prophylactic medical procedure--I'll be having necessary surgery, and it's something they could take care of at the same time. Can the Oghams tell me what the consequences of the elective procedure might be, or what I need to be aware of? Might Brigid have anything She wants to tell me that fear is keeping me from hearing?

None of this, BTW, is a request for medical advice, only spiritual counseling!

Thank you, Sister Crow

From:

mollari

They genuinely believe that without the vaccine they and everyone around them is in terrible danger. Anyone who doesn't get it is, in their minds, putting not just their own life in danger but that of everyone they come into contact with. I doubt it has even occurred to them that any of their children might not want it yet: in their minds only obvious defectives who care nothing for anyone else and are too incompetent to make their own decisions anyway would even hesitate to get one of the vaccines, let alone actually decide not to get one.

So my plan is to move out before that even becomes an issue.

Edited (fixed a typo) Date: 2021-03-22 07:56 pm (UTC)

From:

andrewskeen

Hi Kimberly,

I'd very much appreciate a general week ahead reading.

Best,
Andrew

From: (Anonymous)

Thanks as always for doing this.

In this week's boring and repetitive question (sorry), I ask: What if I pursue surgery with the Icelandic doctor (who now practices reasonably near where I live)? (OTOH, what about the more local doctor spouse's PCP suggested?)

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

Should I attend a shaking tent ceremony and get my spirit name?

Thank you.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Lady CK,

My Ogham are warning you that it is not a good week. All three Ogham cards came up ill-dignified, so what that means is you will do best to watch out for imbalances.

The number one position or You is Huath or Difficulty, which in the old system is Hawthorn an in my system is Sycamore. Huath points to one of two imbalances: the urge to force an outcome or to try and go around something that cannot be gone around, or a total feeling of weakness that a problem is a predicament and cannot be helped, so it becomes not worth trying and zaps your energy and will.

The second card is Luis (Rowan) or Protection. This means that you are someone you love will be under threat this week and that there is risk of overreaction or underreaction to that threat. For example, in my opinion, masks/distancing is an overreaction that worsens our problems in the guise of solving them. The opposite of masks/distancing is the old days where lots of people never washed their hands after pooping or peeing and sick people went to work while hacking and sneezing, including myself. Both extremes, one of over-safety and one of under-safety, are equally bad.

The final card is Gort or Perseverance (Ivy). For me, this card tends to come up a lot when my finances are in the dumpster and I have to cut out any perks or luxuries, which is to say I am quite familiar with Gort as of late. It can also indicate a tendency to smother and dominate -- as always, the Ogham is trying to warn you of an imbalance in either direction.

From:

kimberlysteele

Thanks for the feedback! This week, it's tough going. For the You position, you got Quert or Delight ill-dignified, which is to say you'll have rain on your parade and forces will conspire to take away your joy, some of which could include your former self and defeatist attitudes. I know I battle with this. The Ogham remind you to cultivate gratitude like Johnny Appleseed cultivated apple trees. Gratitude is a sublimating force that helps everything in your circle.

The middle card, the Situation, is Koad or Grove. This is neutral but it is a card of karmic culmination. It is likely that someone outside you will "get what they deserve", which isn't necessarily as negative as it sounds.

The third card I think we've seen before, and in the same position the same way. It's Ioho or Grace ill-dignified. It is in the lesson position and speaks of not being able to gracefully let go of a thing, an era, or a person well past its due date.

From:

kimberlysteele

July 1 is the right date. They give me Koad well-dignified.

From:

kimberlysteele

They say yes, you should move to Gatineau. I said "Should he move to Gatineau, will it work out for him?" They give me Coll, Wisdom, well-dignified.

From:

kimberlysteele

My Ogham have suggested to me that I should not answer any more surgery questions from various commenters on my blog, so I am not going to be answering the above question. I did ask them "What should Sister Crow meditate on concerning her health?" They said you should think deeply upon the concepts of the tree card Straif, or Strife. They give me Straif well-dignified, which tells me they are listening to your concerns. https://druidogham.wordpress.com/the-fews-water/straif/

Straif is the card of "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." It is a card of learning to live with less, of being tested and proofed, and of going one's own path despite that path being harder.

Brigid has two things for you to think about.

She gives me two cards, one thing you are doing right and one thing you are doing wrong. She gives me Quert or Delight for what you are doing right: you are grateful and she appreciates your daily gratitude. For what you're not doing right, she gives me Ngetal ill-dignified. Ngetal is a card of hygiene and health. I think she is saying that you may need to clean up your everyday approach to your health via more mild exercise, more sunshine and hugs, and improving your diet.

From:

mollari

Thank you for your readings! I suspect quite strongly I will need to spend a long time becoming the person I apparently can be. Past me left a lot to be desired; present me is better, but still a long ways away from being anything special. So I have an awful lot to work work on, but I know I will figure it out. I'm already a better person than I was just a few months ago; I can't wait to find out who I can be a year from now!

I do seem to keep getting Ioho in the lesson position! It's odd though, because it's been both well and ill dignified, seemingly about equally. I think there's something they are trying to say, but I'm not sure what it is just yet.

From:

kimberlysteele

It's a week of karmic culmination for you... You ended up with three Forfedha, which are the Ogham equivalent of the tarot trump cards. These are too complex to be interpreted as "good" or "bad", this is because they indicate karma will be resolving itself this week for you and perhaps also for those in your inner circle. Drawing three Forfedha is exceptional and the odds of drawing them are quite low.

Your state this week will be one of Confluence, of the "perfect storm" designed to show you life's realities from a higher point of view, i.e. assistance from higher powers and possibly gods. They give me Koad or Grove. You'll be shown a lesson via the intersection of various factors unique to your life.

The second card this week is Change, or Mór, which means The Sea. You are growing and evolving. This is in the Situation position, so look for someone else to be growing and evolving in some key way as a result of your work.

The third card this week is Uilleand, which means Generosity. You will learn the lesson of generosity this week and that is the lesson that generosity sublimates where its imbalances, spendthriftness and parsimony degrade.

From: (Anonymous)

Maybe I’ll just go back to bed till next Monday.

—Lady Cutekitten of Lolcat

From:

kimberlysteele

Some salary classer came up to my parents door (their neighbor) saying that she wanted to come in and convince them to take the vaccine.

I was and am really, really angry at her. Luckily I kept my cool and tersely replied "We're not interested," and dismissed her instead of engaging her.

I took her action as a direct threat against their safety and well-being.

From:

kimberlysteele

As I mentioned to Sister Crow in her reading above, I will not be answering any medically-related questions. You are welcome to ask for a What's Up This Week reading or questions that don't have to do with health outcomes.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi,

My Ogham give a definitive Yes. They give me Onn, which means Community, well-dignified.

From:

kimberlysteele

I can sympathize! I have had that week... recently. I feel like it always happens in March.

From:

mollari

The entire thing is surreal. I will avoid telling anyone I chose not to get the vaccine, since it doesn't seem safe to do so. I've already heard people saying they think violence against "antivaxers" is justified, which tells me all I need to know. The next few years will probably be disastrous in many different ways.

From: (Anonymous)

Can I ask the same thing you suggested to Sister Crow? What should I think on concerning my health?

I also have an unrelated question I was saving for another time: There's a small business I care about and an employee absconded with $40K of its money. What's the outlook for this business?

Thanks!

From:

andrewskeen

I am beginning Abramelin (with fear and trembling) in six days, so this reading makes a great deal of sense. You have my deep gratitude for this and other clear and cogent readings.

Best,
Andrew