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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****************COMMENTS ARE CLOSED FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 26, a bit early as I am suffering a bit of exhaustion from some events in my private life. Please feel free to comment on existing threads though!*********************

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From: (Anonymous)

I've been interested to know whether Switzerland contains a positive future for me and for itself. I don't live there, I just had an insight of a possibility.

From:

kimberlysteele

My Ogham give you two "Yes" answers: one of which is "Does Switzerland contain a positive future for me?" and "Does Switzerland have a positive future?"

In your case, they give me Duir, which means Oak or Gifts. Any visits to Switzerland or residence will be smiled upon by the greater unseen forces. For whatever reason, it seems meant to be. Duir is one of the most beneficent cards in the Ogham.

In the case of Switzerland, they give me Straif or Blackthorn or Strife/Hardship. Well-dignified, it means there will be troubles but Switzerland will come out on the upside and stronger for its experience.

From: (Anonymous)

This is pretty incredible. A long while back I'd been considering making a move to another state vs staying put. I'd asked about that at the time. Staying put was Duir.

If I'd moved to another state I for sure wouldn't have thought to investigate this possibility in Switzerland which itself appears to be the same well dignified Duir.

From:

kimberlysteele

Thanks for the feedback! It was the second time this week they gave me a card with the same dignity for someone's reading long ago as well as for the current week. Sometimes they do that.

From:

cs2

Hi Kimberly! I had something in my life take a sharp and unexpected turn over the weekend. I am asking my Ogham more detailed questions on the daily, but I am wondering if you could ask your Ogham whether the gods have anything to say about this, and if so, what is it? Thank you!

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi CS2,

They give me three cards to help clarify the matter you are asking about. For the You position, they give me Quert (Apple) or Delight ill-dignified, which means it is going to be difficult to keep your sense of humor and your sense of proportion in the coming days, but you need to make both a priority. Don't lose track of your own needs and desires.

The Situation card is Ngetal (Broom) well-dignified, which is to say your Hygiene is balanced. The practices you have in place make you fairly robust.

For the final Outcome or Karma, you drew Eadha (Aspen) ill-dignified. Eadha means Limits and ill-dignified it can mean one of two imbalances: either that you are being pushed or are pushing your limits too much or that you've retreated too early and aren't putting up enough of a fight.

From: (Anonymous)

Hello! I would like a general "what's up this week for me?" reading, please.

Kimari

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Kimari,

For this week, in the You or most immediate position, you drew Saille (Willow) or Sensitivity well-dignified. You'll be flexible in all the right ways this week, adapting to circumstances at the speed of thought. Make a note of times this week when you do or say the right thing at the right time.

For the Situation position, you drew Ioho (Yew) or Grace well-dignified. This means you'll experience or observe someone else's ability to let go of something past its time this week. This card is the equivalent to the Death card in the Tarot but since it is the Ogham, it is a bit gentler.

For the final card, you drew Tinne (Holly) or Defense ill-dignified. An imbalance of Defense means one of two extremes: either you will have the false sense of safety from being over-defended/coddled or you will suffer legitimate risk and fear. Either way, do yourself a favor and be especially aware of your safety and care of your own immunity this week.

From: (Anonymous)

Thank you!

Kimari

From: (Anonymous)

Hello! Could you please do a reading for my upcoming week? Thanks!

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi There,

This week, all of your cards were well-dignified, which means that you'll come out on top for the most part this week.

For the You position, you got Onn (Gorse) or Community. This means you'll have beneficent relationships with your extended community and acquaintances. You'll deftly navigate social waters and generally be the giver and receiver of good will among your acquaintances and perhaps extended family.

For the middle Situation position, you drew Quert or Delight (Apple) which indicates you'll strike a balance that enables you to "stop and smell the roses". In general, look for some moments of good humor most likely coming from an outside source.

As for the final or Outcome position, you drew Oír (Spindletree) or Epiphany. This means that you'll have a "Eureka" moment where you figure out a useful strategy, whether it means going around stupid people, unlocking a mystery from the past, or something else. Discursive meditation will help you get to the bottom of what this is about.

From: (Anonymous)

Thanks! This is very helpful. I appreciate it. Hope you have a good week.

From:

jpc2

Hi Kimberly,

Well last week wasn't horrible. But it was about 10x worse than your problem:->. The reading did help coping with the problems my brother and his friend presented. (Burned out clutch in nowhere NM near Taos.)

So what pointers do the Ogham have for this week.

John

From:

kimberlysteele

This week should be epic, for lack of a better word.

You drew three cards, two of which were Forfedha, which is the Ogham version of Tarot major arcana cards. For the You card, you drew Uilleand, which means Generosity and is symbolized by the Honeysuckle or Trumpet Vine. This is a card of sublimation, which means that any acts of true generosity you make this week will be sublimated by the power of at least seven. Also, because this is a karmic culmination card, look for selflessness in your own past that is returning to you as good fortune this week.

For the middle card or Situation, you drew Mór or Change. This is another Forfedha. Great change is taking shape right now in your life, and the change is too large to resist. Analyze the position you find yourself in and ask if you are positioned well to deal with the inevitable direction the tide is pushing you in.

For the Karma or Outcome, you drew Luis (Maple) or Protection well-dignified. This week you will have a chance to communicate with your higher self. Remember your higher self can often be accessed by studying your natal chart, especially your Sun, Moon, and Rising signs. In my case, my lunar side is very strong, so it is productive to make a study of the Tarot trumps The Priestess and The Moon when I want to understand a deeper aspect of my spiritual development. Do you have a designated Tarot trump or set of Tarot trumps? You might want to look into it.

From: (Anonymous)

What will happen in the exciting life of Lady Cutekitten this week? Also, do your Ogham tell you how to steer skunks away from your house?

—Lady Cutekitten

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Lady CK,

This week, for the You position, they give me Nuin or Communication (Gingko) ill-dignified. This card ill-dignified often means difficulties and snafus with technology. It can also indicate a general disconnect from the larger community or a desire to withdraw and be a bit of a hermit.

For the middle or Situation position, they give me Saille (Willow) or Sensitivity ill-dignified. Watch out for being tempted to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Because this is in Situation, someone might be particularly insensitive to your needs this week or oversensitive and touchy. Remember that an imbalance can indicate a lack of sensitivity or an excess of it: in my system, I leave it up to the querent to figure out which imbalance was forecasted by the Ogham.

For the final position, you drew Ngetal (Hygiene) well-dignified, and that means that the karmic lesson will be one where you come to understand the benefits of being neither too clean nor too dirty. This could indicate actual hygiene or it could be more metaphorical, standing for your mental or spiritual state.

As for the skunks, I wish I knew. We've got a mouse infestation in my house. Mint essential oil seems to quiet them down and repel them a bit.

From: (Anonymous)

Do you still have the cat? Often the smell of cat keeps the mice away. Maybe they bribed the cat.

Don’t use glue traps—the modern ones are worthless. I know 3 people who used them and when checking, found an empty glue trap with a bloody mouse foot stuck to it. Stick with snap traps. Good luck!

—Lady Cutekitten

From:

kimberlysteele

Thanks! We are going to try a rolling log trap. This is a spinning rod above a pail -- they end up drowning. Quicker than glue traps and not as bloody as snap traps.

From:

tamanous2020

Hi Kim,

Hope you're doing well. A big part of my focus for the next couple of years is working some side jobs to get rid of my student loans. However, I'm looking at my income from these sources and it is less than I had planned for.

Is there a way that the ogham could provide any advice/indication of other superior job or income opportunities that I could focus on instead?

Thanks,

Tamanous

From:

onesage

Hi there, hope you received the box of books I sent (and apologies that I didn’t email to get your home address, so now you have to lug them home). I have some additional children’s books and textbooks that I will send your way. I’ll email and get the correct address first. :)

I’ll ask for a general, what’s up this week?

Thanks for doing this!

From: (Anonymous)

Happy full moon Kimberly!

Well I’ve decided to not retire fully, but to move my practice out to my property.

With that in mind, I’m wondering about taking a series of courses that will inform my ability to specialize more deeply in a technique I love doing.

What say the Oracle?

Thank you,

Annette

From:

kimberlysteele

They say to be skeptical about the courses. They give me Uilleand (Generosity) ill-dignified in reference to them, which is to say the people who created the courses should be scrutinized by you before you commit. They might be un-generous, and though not every course that is baldly for-profit is "bad" by default, when the bottom line is more important to the creator than you getting the information, it can be problematic despite the course containing good information.

From: (Anonymous)

Thanks Kimberly. I’ll look more thoroughly into educating myself more deeply without spending money and travel.

Annette

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

A couple months ago I asked about the prospects for my husband's new job. Your ogham said it would let him use his geekiness well.

He recently got his 90-day evaluation. It was great! More enthusiastic than any he ever got at his previous job!

We're concerned though. He has Asperger's. He did not disclose this to his previous job. He was fired from there, and for their reasons they listed a bunch of the symptoms of Asperger's. So he was fired for having Asperger's, and this was legal, because he hadn't disclosed. I hope that's clear (many people have extreme difficulty understanding this, and I'm not sure where the miscommunication is happening, so I'm not sure I've solved it here...maybe what I need to make clear is that he was fired for having the disability, not for having the label?).

For this reason, at the time I asked the question, we had planned that he would disclose this time. But he hasn't been sure how, so he hasn't done it.

My question is: If he ends up never disclosing, will this change his prospects at his new job?

Then I'd also like to ask my usual question: What's up for me this week?

Thanks!

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi, they say No, if he doesn't disclose his condition, it won't make a difference. They give me Nuin (Ash or Gingko) which I believe they have given me before in reference to him.

As for your week, it will be tough but you will be all right.

For the You position, they give me Ruis (Elder or Black Walnut) or Regret ill-dignified. They are warning you to watch for an action you might regret, or inaction. The Ogham are notoriously gentle, so this could be a "don't put your foot in your mouth" admonishment or a "make sure you take five minutes to grab a bite to eat and a hot tea" admonishment. On rare occasions, it warns me of something more grave or serious, for instance when it warns me of some of my extra stupid tendencies.

For the middle position, they give me Ngetal or Hygiene ill-dignified, which means you'll have one of two hygiene imbalances physically, mentally, or spiritually most likely coming from an outside source. In these days of Corona paranoia, I notice Ngetal coming up frequently because it tends to symbolize the fearmongering around COVID. That said, it could be indicating an entirely different matter.

The Outcome/Karma card is Straif (Blackthorn or Honey Locust) well-dignified. Straif means Resilience. Your openness and flexibility is making you strong and what hasn't killed you at this point serves to make you stronger. Look for the positive strategies you've had in the past. This is a good week to recognize, celebrate, and double down on those strategies.

From:

lp9

Hi Kimberley,

My question for this week is: will I be able to avoid people at work noticing my vaccination status?

Also, did my email about the books come through? Should I just send them to your work address?

Thanks!

From:

kimberlysteele

My Ogham say you'll be able to fly under the radar with your status. They give me Coll (Hazelnut or Burr Oak) and it is well-dignified. Coll means Wisdom and indicates that you'll know both what to say and what to keep close to the vest.

From:

lp9

Whew! Thank you.

I hope everything is ok and that you soon feel newly energized.

From: (Anonymous)

Hello Kimberly,

I was just laid off from my job today. Something I've been anticipating for over a year now. I am not unhappy (actually, in some ways, I am overjoyed to be free) but this also snarls most of the future plans I and the family had. We do not have any immediate financial concerns, and our living situation is secure, if not ideal.

My question is: how should I approach this new phase of life?

Any advice from any direction would be most welcome.

Thanks,
VW

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi VW,

My Ogham give me three cards as advice for your new phase.

For the You position, they give me Mór or Change. There are huge changes happening for all of us right now -- it's sink or swim, and we are all swept up in a wave of karmic culmination. You are no different. This change was inevitable and the Ogham is saying that you'll have to kiss many of those old dreams goodbye. Good that you saw the writing on the wall though. The Ogham are suggesting you meditate on exactly where you are and what factors got you here, because the study of the present is key to the future. Which factors were you in control of and which ones were you not in control of? Where did you try to control an outcome and fail? Where did you succeed?

For the Situation, they give me Fearn (Alder) ill-dignified. Fearn is Guidance. Someone close to you may end up attracted to a guru figure or it is possible they are a guru figure and won't be treated with the respect they deserve. I often draw this card when I'm sitting there, ready to teach, and the students don't show up or don't practice.

For the final card, the Outcome or Karma, you drew Muin (Nightshade) or Celebration ill-dignified. This seems to indicate that overall belt-tightening may be necessary or that there is an addictive issue with someone in the family that needs to be dealt with.

From: (Anonymous)

Thank you Kimberly, this is wise advice. I have meditated on it below - please forgive the long comment!

I completely agree that this is a karmic outcome. That was a conclusion I had already come to, and was just waiting for the hammer to drop. Anticipating that it would change our lives for the harder, I have so far taken up ritual and divination and am going to include regular discursive meditation soon, in order to keep myself as strong as possible in the face of whatever may come.

Knowing that the old dreams are probably done for isn't disappointing me as much as I'd feared. (There's an emigration attempt in process that will probably go nowhere, and as for buying a house... LOL!) I am fortunate to have many different dreams in life, and I have a beautiful one all ready to go for a less financially flush future, too. We have paid off all our debts, have $25,000 in savings, I have been beefing up my home cooking skills for the past few months, and have laid the groundwork for living with helpful family members and having a much-longed-for second child early next year :)

The specific questions, though, I will keep constantly in mind as I look for my next position. I definitely overextended myself in this one, and ended up in a position that was all but spiritual torture, which I endured purely for financial reasons. I am definitely willing (and ready, now) to take a pretty significant pay cut in order to not be so consistently miserable. Also - I definitely had what is scientifically known as a "bullshit job". This wasn't good for my mental, emotional, or physical health, and whatever I do next, I want to know (and have it be known) that I am a true contributor. I'm a pretty friendly, gregarious person who has her shit together, loves to learn, prefers to work in a group and doesn't mind "interesting" other personalities, and is willing to roll up her sleeves and do the needful (also speak three languages and have a lot of Excel and SQL knowledge, as far as that goes). I should be able to roll that into something that pays enough to cover our costs. And if not? Boy, I'd sure as hell love to be a stay-at-home parent, living with family and budgeting and cooking all of our meals, for a year or three! I love networking with other people and long to be part of a community (something my job actively prevented), so even with just doing what comes naturally, eventually, something will come down the pipe. It's especially likely to happen if I'm not also trying to "keep up appearances"... ;)

The Situation card is interesting and I have thought on it a lot. I wonder if it is either a close friend of mine, or my father (who I currently live with) who have advice to give that I have not taken to heart? I should, finally, have time to try and listen better. At the least, I can offer to read a book my friend loves and discuss it with him, the same way he has been kind enough to read books I love and discuss them with me.

The Outcome is, I'm about 99.9% sure, that belt-tightening will be needed. I am ready to go with that. I packed in my lunch today, though I'm sitting at my favorite coffee shop today in order to apply for unemployment, and plan to keep on packing one every day from here on out. I will be cancelling all my paid memberships to things within the week. And of course, keeping close tabs on our finances.

My husband does have some tendencies, that if not watched over, can lead to addictive behavior (sugar, alcohol, video games) but I have kept a loving spousal eye on him and successfully redirected the behaviors so far into more positive expressions. Being able to cook all the meals and to provide even more emotional support, in line with more time and more personal happiness, should keep that going in a good direction :)

Thank you again for your wisdom, and for providing this service.

From:

kimberlysteele

Thank you for the beefy comment! It's nice to know a bit of your current circumstances because I can gauge what the Ogham are trying to say to you through me a bit. As someone who was once upper middle class and is now lower middle class, I believe it is better "down here". The upper middle class has gone completely bats**t insane, especially with COVID. They were well on their way before COVID, of course, but COVID sealed their doom. I miss living with my parents (as an adult) and even though I own my own modest home and wouldn't go back, I am grateful for the years my husband and I lived in their house. I have had a great deal of precious time with them I would not have gotten otherwise.

Fearn ill-dignified can occasionally point to someone who is acting in a narcissistic or solipsistic way or the opposite, someone who is putting too much faith in snake oil salesmen, the television, media figures, etc. As you mentioned, it could be talking about good advice you've previously not had time to properly digest.

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

Not a divination question, so I hope it's okay to ask you here.

You mentioned on JMG's Dreamwidth that you're basing your Speakeasy group on The Cosmic Doctrine. I was not involved in that book, unfortunately, but I wonder what you mean by that. If it's too complicated to explain to one who hasn't read the book, I understand.

Jon
tangerine tangential cactus

From:

kimberlysteele

Thanks for asking, Jon!

In CosDoc, Dion Fortune talks about how you never resist the evil you mean to defeat, but instead overcome it by "hating the hatred". Meaning, you don't try to love your enemy and paper over your disdain with New Age I'm Okay You're Okay garbage, nor do you try to fight your enemy by going to his house and toilet-papering his car/arguing with him online. Instead, you ignore your enemy, go around him quietly, and focus all your strength on being as utterly unlike him as possible.

I have lots of enemies: number one is psycho virtue-signaling maskturbator leftists, including Mark Zuckerberg, who censors anything remotely conservative on his platform Facebook. By enforcing strict limits of No Politics and No Vaxx Talk at my group, I go around Zuck and fly under his radar. I also avoid most of the bad intentions of leftists on Facebook who would otherwise notice and target me. Meanwhile, I make my own small business stronger by doing for other small businesses what I wish to have happen to mine: promotion among like-minded, freedom-loving, patriotic people. The maskturbator Left loves its foul language and bickering about politicians; I don't allow anything in that ballpark because I don't want to be like leftists at all.

The focus of the group is narrow. Just today one of my fellow admins was trying to push me to include political-ish conversations and I said absolutely not. This is because of the power of limits. The group is great because of what it is EXCLUDES more than what it INCLUDES. Speakeasy Illinois is not an all-you-can-eat buffet of politics, negativity, and some business promotions. Instead, it is my state's most extensive, comprehensive list of mask-free establishments and reviews of said establishments with a few warnings thrown in about maskturbators and where they lurk.

From: (Anonymous)

Those are some very sound principles. I need to incorporate those into my own life. Saturn is in charge of my life this time around, so limits is something I'm getting good at facing!

I bought the Cosmic Doctrine years ago. With JMG's help, I'm going to look at it again.

Thanks again, Kimberly.

Jon

From:

kimberlysteele

You're welcome! He does a great job of explaining the book and the commenters on those posts drive it home. I plan on revisiting it many times in the future.

From:

brendhelm

Hello.

Just a general what's-up-this-week for me, thank you.

- Brendhelm

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Brendhelm,

They give me three cards for you this week. The first is Huath or Obstacles (Sycamore) ill-dignified. This week, you will have one of two imbalances -- either the urge to force something you want or not enough force applied to get what you want/reneging too early. Effectively, Huath is a card of Will and if it is ill-dignified, it means they are trying to warn you about a misdirection of willpower.

For the Situation card, they gave me Ur or Intimacy (Goldenrod) ill-dignified, which means someone close to you will be out of sorts. Ur ill-dignified can also indicate a sense of isolation or aloneness that isn't healthy.

For the Karma or Outcome, you drew Ruis or Regret (Black Walnut) well-dignified. Part of your karma this week will be experiencing the benefits of regret. Regret often gets a bad reputation -- we aren't supposed to have any regrets. Yet regret can be extremely useful. I regret dumb things I have said at dumb times, and it makes me more inclined to avoid saying dumb things at dumb times. Regretting negative behaviors makes them easier to avoid in the future.