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! I read between the time I post on Sunday night with a deadline of 10pm Monday night.

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From:

jruss

What can I do to conquer my laziness and sloth?

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi JRuss,

My Ogham give me two tree-letters for this reading.

For your laziness, they give me Ruis, which means Regrets. They are saying you need to delve into your past, either via journaling and/or some other method, because much of your laziness stems from being afraid to be imperfect and not being willing to make mistakes. Sometimes it's easier not to try than to try and fail, and I think they are trying to point that out. There are also futile paths that aren't worth your effort, and that's why you need to look at your past both for situations that turned out well when you weren't lazy and disasters that were avoided because you were lazy.

As for sloth, they give me Huath or Obstacles. Huath points to hard situations where there is only one way through. Huath suggests that you lack fire energy. Sometimes lacking fire energy is a good thing: I have an excess of fiery energy and it easily gets me in trouble, along with Mars being conflicted in my natal chart. You can actually do a lot to stoke your flames via lifestyle choices -- exercising, especially a martial art, would be a great way of invoking Ares in a structured, disciplined fashion. You might also want to make a hot pepper or borage amulet to draw fire energy to yourself.

From:

jruss

Thank you for this, it goes close to what I got from my Astrology readings. I asked a similar question over on JMG's blog as I think it might help people out.

I have JMG's book on Natural magic, think I'll look into making me an amulet.

Thank you for this, it helped clear up a few things.

From:

kimberlysteele

You're welcome! Glad it could help.

From:

cutekitten

What’s up this week?

From:

kimberlysteele

This week should be fairly decent from what my Ogham have to say.

The first card in the You position is Phagos ill-dignified. Phagos means Teaching and is the phenomenon of knowing a thing very, very well. They are saying "don't assume you know a thing unless you're sure" meaning don't be arrogant because it will lead to unhappiness.

For the middle or Situation position, you got Duir or Gifts well-dignified. Duir is a lovely tree-letter, symbolized by Oak. You'll have the opportunity to "see" your gifts and that which is being paid forward to you this week, however, recognition/perception of gifts isn't guaranteed. Sometimes it is nearly impossible to see past the blinders of Meat Plane inconvenience and poverty to understand true riches.

For the final card or Karma, you drew Ailm or Transcendence. You'll have the opportunity to get the "bird's eye view" this week and to gracefully accept where fate has led you.

From:

cutekitten

Thank you!

From:

kimberlysteele

You're welcome!

From:

mollari

Hi Kimberly,

I figured out what was coming to fruition last week: I'll be moving Thursday, and found myself feeling remarkably good about how I would never have to deal with some of the insanity that my family pulls in the near future. Quite a few times I found myself ecstatic that it was the last time I'd need to deal with bad habits or irritating things my family does.

Now, what's up this week?

From:

lp9

Congratulations on the move!

From:

methylethyl

Ha! You'll definitely have to deal with the annoying habits again-- guarantee your family are far from the only culprits. But it's easier when it's people you're not as emotionally entangled with as your family! :) Congrats!

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Mollari,

How exciting! You're on your way!

This week, you drew three cards. For the first or You position, you drew Saille (Willow) or Sensitivity ill-dignified. You may end up feeling brittle at the end of this week because of the last-minute improvisatory nature of moving and changing your entire living situation. Beware of becoming insensitive or over-defensive and/or the opposite, paranoid.

For the middle position, you drew Duir (Oak) or Gifts well-dignified. This is a great card to draw anywhere in the reading. It means a guardian spirit or perhaps even a god is looking out for you. It's also a card of luck and doors opening to better places and a better you.

For the Karma position, you drew Tinne (Eastern Cedar) ill-dignified. Tinne means Defense. This week, your defenses will be stretched to the limit. Your mother is unfortunately addicted to confronting you, so you not being around will have the same effect on her as a sudden unavailability of heroin would have on a junkie. If you have any protective amulets, don't take them off this week except to bathe! There's also the issue of the griminess of the astral plane right now to contend with.

From: (Anonymous)

For the karma position, I'm not looking forward to telling my mom I'm ditching the cell phone she pays for, and getting a landline. The alternatives are either get a new cell phone, or allow her control over my phone; both of which are untenable for different reasons. So I think you're quite right that there will be quite a few fights in the near future.

I don't want to cut all ties, because I like my siblings; but if my mom pushes hard enough that is an option I'll consider. I'll have to see what happens when I say I'm killing my cell phone. I'm expecting that will be a major fight...

From:

kimberlysteele

She certainly thrives on the fights, no matter what she claims to the contrary. That's the impression I get, for what it's worth.

From:

mollari

You'll get no argument from me!

From: (Anonymous)

Hello, Kim! Could I get a forecast reading for this week? Thanks!

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Anon,

This week, my Ogham warn you of three imbalances. All cards were ill-dignified. This isn't necessarily as dire as it sounds: I've had great days where my Ogham gave me ill-dignified cards; they helpfully warned me of all my worst tendencies and I was able to turn it around before it went south in the first place!

For the You position, they give me Luis or Protection. You'll either go too far in protective measures or not far enough. It's actually easy to have both imbalances where protection is concerned: think of the young family that moves into the suburbs to protect their kids from the criminal element and then the kids end up turning to drugs because of the dullness of the suburbs. Or consider the person who over-exercises in order to be "healthy" and winds up having a heart attack while running.

For the Situation position, they gave you Ur or Intimacy. You'll have trouble relating to someone very close to you this week and vice a versa and/or you'll overshare and regret it. Ur could also be talking about someone who likes you that you're not all that crazy about or the simple urge to be alone when time and obligations won't allow for it.

For the Karma position, you drew Oír or Epiphany. There's a good chance you'll figure out a stupid person or a stupid situation and not be able to do much to help them/it this week.

From:

jpc2

Hey Kimberly,

What does Ogham have to say about this week?

John - Coop Janitor

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi John,

This week, you drew three cards.

For the You position, you drew Oír or Epiphany ill-dignified, which means that you stand the good chance of having a sudden realization of how to solve a problem but you won't be able to put that solution into action.

For the middle or Situation position, you drew Ngetal or Hygiene. Ngetal is well-dignified. You'll have a good vital energy balance this week if you play your cards right, it will have a healing and beneficial effect on those around you. Hygiene is not entirely physical -- think of it in terms of all the planes: physical health, constructive imagination, and diligent mental plane work.

For the Outcome or Karma, you drew Mór or Sea Change ill-dignified. Be ready for a potential setback or disappointment of some kind this week, but don't blame yourself for it. It's not anything you did or anything you could have helped.

From:

jeremymcjohnson

Could you read my week? I finally finished quarantine, and the woman I went on a date with finally finished quarantine as well. She invited me to go to some barbeque thing on Sunday. Work has been tumultuous. One of my co-workers quit because he had to quarantine and apparently he was angry at me. I tried lying as much as I could to the Public Health contact tracers, but I figured there must be such a thing as too much lying when answering them! So now they've hired a few new employees. I guess they anticipate it will be picking up. It seems busier. Plus we are in the middle of a heat-wave and we have LA-style ozone hanging in the atmosphere. Interesting times.

From:

kimberlysteele

This week is a mixed bag for you.

For the You position, you drew Huath or Obstacles ill-dignified, which means one of two imbalances or perhaps a bit of both. There will be the temptation to force an outcome or to try to get around an obstacle that cannot be cleverly dodged. There also might be the urge to run away from that obstacle instead of dealing with it.

For the Situation position, which may be talking about you or someone close to you (or both) they give me Phagos. Phagos is great knowledge. This could be the discovery that someone is very wise, or it could mean some area of mental plane mastery that you or someone else is inclined to share.

For the Karma or Outcome, you got Beith ill-dignified. Beith is a card of energy and Intention. If it is ill-dignified, it can mean there are too many intentions/too many directions at once, the wrong intention, or the lack of intention. I often draw Beith ill-dignified on days where I need rest but cannot get it, and generally feel like my get up and go got up and went.

From: (Anonymous)

Hey Kim - Thanks for doing these. Just want a general what’s up for this week. Thanks!

From:

kimberlysteele

This week looks rather extraordinary. My Ogham give you three Forfedha, which are the Ogham equivalent of Tarot trump cards. They are all well-dignified.

This is a week of karmic culmination for you, for better or for worse.

For the You position, you drew Koad or Grove (many trees) which means Confluence. This week there is much you could not help but also plenty of things you set in place long ago, perhaps long before you were born into your current incarnation. Look for synchronicities and messages. What outcomes did you have a hand in and what was pure fate? What was in-between?

For the middle Situation position, you drew Mór or Sea Change. There are big shifts in your greater Universe and this is where you decide if you want to go with the trend or against it. It could be a huge risk, but with those come huge rewards.

For the Karma position, you drew Oír or Epiphany. You will have a realization and will be enlightened to the nature of a thing or a situation this week. This doesn't necessarily indicate a solution, but at least you will have the benefit of understanding exactly what is going on.

From: (Anonymous)

There's a reality TV show, the Circle, that I think I've come up with a winning strategy. What do your Ogham have to say about applying, and using this strategy?

From:

kimberlysteele

My Ogham give me Tinne or Defense well-dignified -- they think the strategy is solid! Good luck!

From: (Anonymous)

Kinda general what’s up, and…. How am I doing disconnecting with the one occupying my thoughts? What’s your take on the latest one?

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Anon,

For this week, you drew three cards.

For the You position, my Ogham give me Ruis or Regret ill-dignified, which means that they think you are treading water by swinging to two possible extremes (you can end up doing both). The first extreme is to dwell too much on the past, beating yourself up. The other extreme is to avoid thinking about mistakes you've made that deep down you know you need to work on.

For the Middle or Situation position, which pertains to "the one occupying" your thoughts, they give me Tinne or Defense ill-dignified. This one pushes your buttons and my Ogham are saying you're not processing all that well. This one isn't good for you.

For the latest one, they give me Huath or Obstacles ill-dignified. This one is bad and cannot be forced into any desirable outcome. Huath imbalanced talks about trying to force fate into a mold, which is a guaranteed way to get slapped upside the head by karma.

From: (Anonymous)

Thank you. Sounds like I’m not getting better, but getting worse!

From:

kimberlysteele

I agree -- the Ogham are trying to tell you something.

From: (Anonymous)

Yeah, they’re trying to tell me I’m a trainwreck and I should just give up. Just crawl back under the rock I was under because it was stupid to think I could ever have a relationship when I’ve basically gone my whole adult life without one!

From:

kimberlysteele

One of the things I think you should think about: you are playing rescue games. You say self-defeating and awful things about yourself hoping someone (preferably a good-looking potential mate) will come to the rescue with "No, but you're wrong!" But the thing is you would not believe the uplifting talk anyway. Instead of playing rescue games, you might try an affirmation every time you are tempted to self-bash in private or otherwise. One really good one would be: "I treat others the way I would like to be treated." Another would be "I am a better person today than I was yesterday, if only by the slightest bit. Notice the affirmation is not: "I would like to treat others..." or "I would like to be a better person" but I AM. A good affirmation doesn't mess around; it ain't got time for that noise. Say the I AM affirmations above a couple of hundred times a day and you'll be surprised how much you start living your life according to your stated intention! Plus, people who commit hard to the Golden Rule tend to attract other good people to themselves, and some of those people might want to get romantically involved -- ya never know!

From: (Anonymous)

I’m actually a very kind person, but with a smart mouth. When the rubber hits the road, I do the right, and kind, thing just because. Rescue game???? Never around men!!! I’m not the prettiest or very tolerant, so I choose to only show my strengths. Never let them see me sweat.

From:

kimberlysteele

Well, I'm calling it as I see it and it was the rescue game.

From:

lp9

What can the Ogham tell me about CM? What will be the result of working with him?

Thanks!

From:

kimberlysteele

They give me Onn or Community ill-dignified. This is saying that you and CM may have trouble finding your groove because he or you will have trust issues and/or he doesn't play nice with others right out of the gate.

From:

jpc_w

I've had a number of minor accidents where I've been rear-ended at low speed.

What does the Ogham have to say about what's going on, and is there anything I can do about it?

From:

kimberlysteele

Ugh, that's terrible! The condition of the astral plane is extremely filthy right now and the way people are driving reflects it. When I notice someone is following me really close, I actually have a steak knife that I pull out of my door pocket and aim at them (out of their sight range, under the steering column). It has yet not to work -- within five minutes, they go away. My theory is it works because the iron of the knife punctures the astral parasites that cause them to be fascinated with the rear end of my car.

My Ogham give me Koad for your question "What's going on?" Koad means Grove or Confluence. They are saying that it's an inevitable condition of driving to be rear ended.

As for "What can I do about it?" They are in a bad mood, because they gave me Huath or Obstacles ill-dignified. They are saying it's a condition of driving; tough luck. I disagree with them: I think you can do something about it. Print a geometric pattern or mandala and put it in your car as a decal or just in the glove box. The pattern will trap any entities trying to stick around your car. Give your car a name -- my car's name is Carla. Thank your car every night when you get out of it, and do special things for your car that you would do for a trustworthy friend, like a nice carwash or a new steering wheel cover. Your car will be more inclined to protect you if you actually have a relationship.

From:

jpc_w

This reading is better than it looks. While the incidents were widely spread in time, they
had a pattern to them that I thought was karmic beyond the karma of driving.

So, having the car inspected and cleaned was a good decision.

Thanks for the reading.

From:

kimberlysteele

No, the Ogham are fairly clear it's not anything excessive to the normal predicament of "choosing" to drive a car. My relationship with driving is love-hate and I feel forced to drive in many Sartrean acts of bad faith.

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,
Could I get a what's up this week, please?

Thanks much,
BoysMom

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi BoysMom,

This week, you drew three cards.

For the most immediate You position, you drew Koad or Grove which means Confluence in my system. Koad is well-dignified. This means that you'll see some good karma returning to you this week and it tells you to look out for synchronicities that could be messages from helper spirits and gods.

For the Situation, you drew Nuin or Communication ill-dignified. This card could be applying to someone close to you or you because it is in the Situation position. You or someone close may have trouble connecting to the outer world. The cacomagic of television, gaming, and social media may be especially insidious or one might feel a need to withdraw and recoup.

For the Outcome, they give you Luis or Protection ill-dignified. Be aware of being over-protective or under-protective of someone or them doing the same to you. The trouble with the henpeck is all the signals of distress that are missed and not considered while henpecking. Also, in the current astral mess, it's always a good idea to take extra precautions such as natural magic, driving carefully, maintaining one's health, and invoking helper spirits.

From: (Anonymous)

This is a reading that's hard to figure out--but there are people 'close' to me who are secret-keepers, which may be relevent.

You position was Quert ill-dignified. It was just a week. Kinda busy, but I have kids, so not anything unusual. Perhaps one or both of my elderly parents was disapointed by expecting me to do something for them that I did not, but that's not out of the ordinary, either. (We have all the usual parent-child dynamics, with a couple added stressors, it is what it is, and at their ages and health histories, they get far more bothered by it than I do: every day with them is years past what I would have had without modern medicine.)

Middle position was Gort ill-dignified. As far as I know, no one hit problems with perseverence or finances. I have teens job hunting, who may be getting discouraged. (Everyone's hiring for entry level positions, but it seems like they need to delete their application screening software.) My husband has ongoing issues related to his past in any job, which is very much a thing I'm used to, my folks didn't tell me anything. If the Ogham is referring to my husband, here, I need to tell the Ogham that it's a cycle,and I'll see it again in about three-four weeks, no worries. It just is.

Onn well dignified in the Outcome, hmm. I haven't reached any conclusion about community involvement in either area. In one I've offered to do a job, but don't expect that to be accepted or declined until tomorrow at the earliest, for the other I'm waiting to hear back from the first. So . . . not really sure, but perhaps this Outcome plays out over a longer period of time.

I had to learn how much I can do back a couple years ago, and while many things were closed last year, and accordingly I rested, I don't intend to push so near to my limits. What is it about being self employed and home schooling that makes people think I have nothing but free time, anyway?

Thanks very much,
BoysMom

From: (Anonymous)

...I fell asleep (pregnancy) so I missed 10pm central. Will you indulge me with a what's-up-this-week reading this one time? It's at least before 11...I understand if you won't, though. My own fault for falling asleep!

Either way, here is feedback on last week's. I was the person who wondered if the "someone close to me" might've been the baby I'm gestating. Well...we had me on thyroid for gestational hypothyroidism...my TSH went into the toilet, looks like we had me on too much. This is like...both overprotection and underprotection at the same time! In an attempt to protect the baby by giving it enough thyroid, we gave it too much.

So I'd say that reading was spot on--thanks!

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback!

For this week, you drew three tree-letters.

For your You or most immediate position, you drew Duir (Oak) ill-dignified. Duir doesn't have a bad side. It means Gifts. When it is ill-dignified, it means that you are or will be the recipient of gifts and privileges. It's a great week to think deeply about how lucky you are and to try to brainstorm the best ways of paying forward, because if you do so, your gifts and privileges will multiply by at least seven times.

For the middle or Situation position, you drew Uilleand or Generosity well-dignified. This means that you or someone close to you (maybe the baby?) is benefiting from the spirit of generosity that hovers near. True generosity, of course, isn't just material. Once again, this is a card of sublimation -- that which is given will return seven times in seven (or more) forms.

For the Karma or end position, you drew Luis or Protection well-dignified. Luis is the card of the Holy Guardian Angel, which has many names depending on your tradition. I believe in Haiti they call it the Loa and in some Native American cultures they call it the Manatu. This is a good week to reach out to the baby's Holy Guardian Angel in reverence and recognition through prayer.