kimberlysteele | Ogham Readings on Sundays

Good morning Kimberly,

To review: I took last weeks Ogham reading of three ill dignified cards of Koad, Quert, and Saille as putting into practice Mari Kondo's methods of organization.

To ask: What is that, that I need to know for this upcoming week, according to the Ogham?

Fascinating, thanks for the insight!

You drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Ailm or Transcendence ill-dignified. A bit of depression or irritability could be in store for you this week. Ailm ill-dig can also talk about the examples all around us exerting a force of drag down rather than lift up. Your challenge is to see it coming and not be fooled or taken in by it. Beware also of false transcendence, insisting it is all OK when it is not. Brutal honesty is the best policy when dealing with yourself.

For the Situation, you drew Saille or Sensitivity ill-dignified. Marie Kondo's genius, in my opinion, is her way of getting people to eliminate the physical things they don't feel passionate about, which is a subtle way of getting them to do the same on the mental plane. This week should be one of mental and physical decluttering for you, but it may be tough because others will likely stand in the way.

For the Outcome, you drew Uilleand or Generosity well-dignified. This week offers an opportunity to understand how a balance between parsimony and spendthriftness can enrich your entire world. Those who are generous without allowing themselves to be stomped on and used are like little amplifiers for benevolent energy. The middle ground between being a cheapskate and feeling like money/credit is burning a hole in your pocket is actually fairly large, despite few choosing to occupy it.

Hi Kimberly,

Please ignore/delete my previous comment. I didn't state question 3 precisely enough.

If I may ask a few questions this week:

1. What do I need to know in order to make the best out of this week?

2. Can the Ogham comment about the state of my etheric and astral body?

3. Can the Ogham make a general comment on my relationship with my extended family (for purposes of this question, a focus group consisting of my aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephew, and in-laws from both my mother's and father's side who collectively or individually may or may not see me as a stranger)? Your blog post "The Trouble with TV" was a painful but necessary reminder that I know more about (and therefore possibly care more about) fictional TV characters than I do my own relatives.

Thanks!
-Eugene

Hi Eugene,

You drew three cards this week. For the You position, you drew Huath or Obstacles well-dignified. Owning your own remorse and saying "I don't do that anymore" is where the Ogham think you stand this week, and the more you accept your own faults and earnestly try to remedy them, the better you'll bounce out of the turbulent emotions they create. That said, Huath in any dignity can imply physical risk or danger, so stay aware.

For the Situation you drew Ailm or Transcendence well-dignified. This week presents its challenges, but you have a good chance of taking the high road: commenting only when it is absolutely needed, saving your energy for what is truly important, and acting on your best instincts instead of your worst ones.

For the Outcome, you drew Ruis or Regret ill-dignified. You will feel dragged down and held back by the past this week, and it will take a great deal of inner strength to understand just how much you've changed and to ignore the forces telling you otherwise. Many of the voices in our heads are not friendly, despite their claims they are "looking out for us". Of course our culture has nothing outside the realm of pills to medicate those voices away, because they couldn't possibly be real, oh no, that would open up far too many scary realms of possibility. The constructive approach is to face the voices and inform them their "help" is no longer wanted or needed.

For the state of your astral body, the Ogham provide Oír or Epiphany. You are in the process of making major shifts to the images that populate your brain. You are not wrong in thinking this will create radical changes in your life.

For the state of your etheric body, the Ogham provide Nuin or Communication well-dignified. Overall, your etheric environment is fairly balanced. But if you are worried about EMFs, which this card seems to indicate, my suggestion would be to get a few houseplants and cut down on screen time.

For your general relationships with extended family, the Ogham provide Straif or Strife ill-dignified, which means that the relationships are a bit on the fractured side. If your extended family is anything like mine, it is a minefield of narcissists and walking disasters. If you do reach out to your extended family, I would suggest curating which members you contact and not presuming that they're good people just because they are in the family tree.

Dear Kimberly. Please can you ask your Ogham what I will be wise to keep in mind this week.

Hi NWW,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Beith or Intention well-dignified. You manage to keep eclecticism to a dull roar. You don't get overly distracted or make big mistakes by allowing others to push you around. This is a good week to examine the ways in which you spent your time: which ones were the most worthwhile, even if they weren't 100% pleasant?

For the Situation, you drew Ioho or Grace ill-dignified. There may be something you (or someone close to you due to this card's significator status) that is not being let go. For me, I find aging is both good and bad because it forces us to let go of looking young. Ask yourself what is the hardest thing to let go of right now, because my Ogham indicate you're doing a good job of releasing it.

For the Outcome, you drew Ur or Intimacy well-dignified. If you have a significant other or close relationship, there is harmony and understanding in it this week. Overall, you have an instinctive sense of what to keep to yourself and what to say in your "outside voice". Keeping secrets is actually a huge component of being and staying sane. I may discuss this in an essay someday, I think it is that important.

Good morning Kimberly,

I'm trying to reassess our Plan B. Could you ask:

- What is the situation in East Palestine in 10 years?
- What do the Ogham think of option C?
- What about option D?

Thank you!

Hi LP9,

My Ogham say it does not look good for East Palestine. They provide Quert or Delight ill-dignified, which tells me there will still be trouble in the area in a decade, though the Ogham do not reveal exactly what the problems will be.

For Option C, the Ogham like it. They provide Coll or Wisdom well-dignified, meaning all around it is a wise choice that covers all the bases.

For Option D, they also like it, but for different reasons. They provide Huath or Obstacles, which represents a challenge that is worth fighting for.

Good Morning Kimberly!

The reading you did for me last week for me was spot on.

Here are my questions for your Ogham this week:

W and college. He wants to play his sport in college. In my opinion he does not seem ready. But the real challenge is finding a school without v mandate, smart enough peers and a team that will take him. The question here is what is the best process to find this? Is it out there?

W and job. Can he find a job where he learns something useful while he readies himself for college?

Ogham suggested that I meditate on my job situation. I have concluded that I cannot meet their expectations. What is my best course of action at this point? I feel like they are getting ready to sell the company and that scenario may be a graceful exit point for me.

Thank you Kimberly.

My Ogham seem to think there is a school out there for W. They provide Ailm or Transcendence well-dignified when I ask him if he will find the right school with the right criteria. As for how the search will go, my Ogham say it will be very difficult to find the school. They provide Mór or Sea Change ill-dignified, which implies that the whole collegiate enterprise is still largely quaxx-obsessed. You are going to have to do a great deal of research to find the right school, but my Ogham are fairly adamant that it is out there. As for W's job, they think he should take the initiative and start doing business via the internet. They provide Nuin or Communication well-dignified. There are about a million ways to Sunday to make money on the web, so I won't go into that here. Suffice to say that I make a hefty chunk of my income from digital sheet music sales, book sales (I have a few novels out), and if I had time, I would re-finish thrift store furniture and sell it and/or have an Etsy store for selling seeds and plant starts. Becoming an influencer is not the only way of making money online, though it is one option out there.

For your job situation, they say that you need to stick with your job until you either get fired or laid off. They provide Uilleand or Generosity ill-dignified when I ask if you should leave, so that says No. They suggest that you keep meditating on your job situation, especially on the aspect of Limits. They give you Eadha or Limits well-dignified and say you should think about what that means.

Just sharing these resources in case you haven't seen them:

List of all US colleges and their vax policies: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11BrDadiUGN-vQBe7Jolcb_-aWhLT7S2AkWOkSX49M40/edit#gid=98570024

Colleges that never mandated: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N0EjQ5K29RrkSGv4AzBFBC-oKTYByYUxj8EeQktqDy8/edit#gid=1248884496

Thank you so much for this, LP! I posted it in my Speakeasy group. It is SUPER helpful.

Good morning, Kimberly! Hope the approaching month of March is looking promising for you!

1. What do I need to know to make the best of the coming week?

2. Does your Ogham agree with my belief that I’m not stepping up my efforts enough to find a partner and, importantly, be *open* enough to find a partner?

EDIT: Forgot feedback for last week. Oir may have referred to one or two different events - suppose I can ask next week which one that was. And Beith did apply - I did work to reduce the amount of activities I was committing myself to, but then I couldn't dedicate myself to those activities when newly-arisen issues came up. Well, life happens. Also, Beith ill-dig might have referred to an activity I was committing to that I had gotten some inkling that it might not be a good idea. Outer circumstances led to that activity never happening, so I can thank those circumstances for bringing the matter to a close.

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Hi Neb,

My Ogham give you three cards for this week.

For the You position, they provide Straif or Resilience well-dignified. You may be troubled, but the Ogham think you have the right stuff to come out on top this week. Straif is a solid foundation -- the proverbial pig who builds her house out of brick instead of wood or straw. You are flexible where you need to be.

For the Situation, you drew Beith or Intention well-dignified. It is eerie when the Ogham give repeat readings, but at least this time Beith is well-dignified. I take this to mean you straighten out your reaction to the activities you mentioned, even if you cannot control what happens with the activities themselves.

For the Outcome, you drew Huath or Obstacles ill-dignified. Huath in any dignity can mean physical danger, so be aware and take as many precautions as possible. The main concern for me when I draw Huath is that I try to force something that cannot be forced: I try to corner someone in a conversation, I show my anger or frustration, or I generally make an ass of myself. There is equal danger, however, when Huath is imbalanced in the other direction. In this case it can mean lack of force or running away. One of the scariest initiations I went through was when I was called upon to rescue my aunt's cats (perhaps you heard that story) and I was very close to just leaving them there in her house to freeze and die. I'm glad I didn't listen to my "just leave it alone" instinct. I hope your encounter with Huath is less dramatic than that!

As for your question about stepping up your efforts to find The One, I trust you've read this essay of mine, right? https://kimberlysteele.dreamwidth.org/83892.html

My Ogham say Yes, you need to step on the gas. They provide Uilleand or Generosity well-dignified, meaning that you do have to be more generous with giving potential mates the benefit of the doubt. That said, you may have to go well out of your comfort zone and only you can decide if you are ready for that.

I did read your essay and it's excellent advice, thank you! I've incorporated most of what you recommend into my daily life and am working on adding what I don't have into my routines right now.

Hi Kim,

Hope you're well!

Background- A friend recently approached me to apply at his job for a role that's opened up. It came out of the blue, given I'm happily content at my current position, but given a previous ogham that indicated I may be a part of layoffs this year,I just wanted to get a quick read from you.

Q1- If I applied for the position my friend discussed, would I get it?
Q2- If yes to that and I took the job, how is my life affected over the next 3 years?

Thanks!
Tamanous

Hmmm, my Ogham say it is unlikely that you'll get that position. They provide Saille or Sensitivity ill-dignified, meaning that your friend may be barking up the wrong tree or something may stand in the way. If perchance my Ogham are wrong, they say if you take the job, it will be very good. They provide Quert which means Delight, indicating abundance (most likely material abundance) and a good measure of happiness. Definitely apply for the position, but keep your expectations low.

Thanks Kim!

Happy End of February Kim,

Hope you are well! So many open ended/unknown things in my world…. any insights and a general what’s up?

How are things with the dogs?

Hi Anon,

You drew three cards for your general month.

For the You position, the Ogham provide Saille or Sensitivity well-dignified. Saille is one of my favorite cards of the Ogham because it means you've gotten rid of a great deal of baggage which now gives you much more energy to concentrate on matters of true importance. Now that you are able to put focus on what deserves it, it is much easier to build and expand on the positives.

For the Situation, you drew Fearn or Bridge well-dignified. Fearn is about finding the right allies, helpers, and friends as well as being able to compromise with people and things you disagree with. Think of it as picking the gold bars from the dumpster of life. They are in there and they are not easy to get, but if you are willing to put up with some nastiness and digging, you'll get them.

For the Outcome or Karma, you drew Oír or Epiphany ill-dignified. You will most likely have a realization of what is out of reach. Though this will not be pleasant, it is highly necessary to have this realization in order to move on with your life.

Overall, the dogs are doing well. The Ogham provide Phagos or Teaching well-dignified, which I take to indicate general happiness and contentment. You are taking good care of them!

Good morning Kimberly,

Last weeks Ogham reading suggested that I should consider taking a business trip. I would like to ask for the Ogham impressions on my current plan for said trip, specifically time-frame, travel method, and accommodations.

Thank you,

-MF

My Ogham think you know how to plan a trip.

All three cards were well-dignified.

As far as time frame, they give you Quert or Delight which means you were very sensitive to detail and the timing is as good as it possibly can be for every factor imaginable.

As for the travel method, they provide Phagos or Teaching, which means you know a great deal about this travel method and you've covered all the bases.

As for the accommodations, it's another home run. They give Fearn or Bridge which means the place will be helpful and well-suited to your needs. Bravo!

Hi Kimberly,

My question is this: Why do I do Habit A, and how do I stop?

Thank you for your time.

Hi Anon,

My Ogham give you Beith or Intention well-dignified for Habit A, which I take to mean that you have fallen into Habit A innocently. I am planning a future essay on my perceptions of addiction, but the gist of it will be that I believe addictions are an attempt to take a shortcut to a transcendent, holy state that backfires. For instance, alcoholics are not addicted to alcohol itself but the wonderful, warm, relaxed feeling alcohol provides. This sort of heavenly comfort is what the spiritually-aware person experiences in sleep, death, and sometimes in meditation, but it is rare and fleeting even for them. Gamers are not addicted to sitting in front of a screen twiddling a controller as much as they are addicted to the feeling of belonging to a special world that they can share with (online) friends. This is the same sense of belonging the mystic or yogi feels among his or her divine helpers; a similar sense of belonging happens to the master musician who performs their masterpiece for an appreciative audience. But in the case of the yogi or the music master, that feeling only happens after years of relentless practice. No short cuts available.

The goal must become to zero in on what you truly love and then go about earning the skills (and eliminating the distractions) that help you to achieve mastery.

The Ogham think you have a good chance of finding your way out of addiction and replacing it with what you love and do the hard work that will help you truly transcend. They give you Gort or Perseverance well-dignified, which means you are very stubborn. You are going to use that stubborness to help yourself rather than hurt yourself soon, and it (and you) will become a force to be reckoned with.

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Hi Kimberly -

May I have a "what's up for March 2023" reading?

Thank you so much!

Jan

Hi Jan,

Your March looks like a typical mix. You drew three cards.

For the You position, you drew Fearn or Bridge ill-dignified. Bad advice abounds, so you are advised to take any advice with several grains of salt. Also, be careful of advising and helping others just in case you get yourself in too deep -- recognize your own limits and be honest about them.

For the Situation, you drew Mór or Sea Change well-dignified. You have a bit of good luck this month in that your astral milieu is above average. This makes this a good month for planning and looking to the future.

For the Outcome, you drew Eadha or Limits well-dignified. Though your limits may be tested, you are aware of them and graceful about accepting them. This makes all the difference between stumbling through life and walking with a good sense of direction. That said, be aware that various forces will test your limits and that none of us can ever truly relax for that reason. Being human sucks like that. It is a good month to meditate on your limits where finance, health, and upbringing are concerned to crucially look at the times you've worked within them with success so you can build on that success.

Hi Kimberly -

What will be the outcome if I refuse to take action X at my work? Please let me know if you need some context for this question.

Thank you, as always, for providing this service.

Dave

My Ogham think it is a good outcome. They provide Ailm or Transcendence well-dignified, meaning you will get past this and you will be very glad you refused.

Dear Kimberly,

I'd like to ask for guidance for the coming month of March. How can I best direct my efforts & energies this month?

Thanks,

Jonathan.

Hi Jonathan,

My Ogham seem to think you should spend March avoiding imbalance. They provide three cards, all ill-dignified. What this means is that you should watch out for imbalances in the forms of excess and dearth of each of these factors. I recommend looking beyond this reading to my descriptions of tree cards at http://druidogham.wordpress.com.

For the You or most immediate position, you drew Gort or Perseverance. The Ogham suggest you look at two things in March: that which you are doing that is futile and/or counterproductive and that which you are not doing that would be helpful to your situation. If you have any sense of hoping to be rescued, abandon it and take matters decisively into your own hands.

For the Situation, you drew Quert or Delight. Root out ingratitude in your life, as Quert ill-dignified can signify taking little things for granted. Even something as simple as a cup of tea in a clean mug is something to give much thanks for. That said, an excess of Quert can also be talking about overdoing it with food, drink, or other fun stuff, so remember Apollo's advice about everything in moderation. Since this is in Situation, it may be talking about the ingratitude/bad influence of people close to you or who have some say in what you do with your time.

For the Karma or Cause/Effect of this reading, you drew Muin or Harvest. They are saying that you have a not-small role in most of your own troubles, and the key to turning it around is in your hands and your hands alone. The Ogham think you need to do serious thought about what you truly are passionate about in this life, because you may have strayed a bit from it or gotten distracted.

What’s up this week?

Hi PCK,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Oír or Epiphany well-dignified. The realization that some people and things never change is hugely important when it comes to getting on with your life, because it makes you realize you have power to change yourself and almost nothing/nobody else. This is a good week to ask yourself "What unchanging things/people have I been able to accept that would have gone a great deal worse had I refused to be accepting of the hand I was dealt?" "What sorts of good and bad outcomes have happened to people I know who have refused to accept the hands they were dealt?"

For the Situation, you drew Straif or Resilience ill-dignified. This points to you or someone close to you who is fragile, brittle, or who struggles with bad habits. This often talks about having a hard time getting by, so I would not expect a good financial week. Straif is also Strife and talks about being tested by annoying "life happens" crap.

For the Outcome, you drew Duir or Gifts ill-dignified. Duir can often indicate generosity flowing towards or away from you in excess, and in that sense it is good even in a bad dignity as the generosity is sure to circle around. In its bad aspect, it can be speaking about feeling that your privilege is owed to you and feeling more deprived/downtrodden than you actually are.

Good evening Kimberly,
I am considering DI. Please ask Ogham if I will be pleased with the result or if I will have any regrets. Thank you for these readings.
Punky

My Ogham think DI will work out well for you. They give you Tinne or Defense well-dignified.

Hello Kimberly,

I asked you a couple of weeks ago about how I would fare in (at the time) an up-coming dating event. I though I'd give you an update since you probably want to feedback. (Overall, I think you did pretty good.)

I did indeed meet someone. I met her for a second time last weekend. We had a good time talking for a couple of hours (or maybe three) but we decided to go our own separate ways. The fact that she was still partial to the v*ccine narrative and had taken her shots spiked (pun intended) any possibility of a relationship with her. (My health suffered when I dated someone previously who had taken at least a couple of the shots. One of the nurses that saw me at the time thought I had taken the shots myself since my symptoms seemed to match up with some of the common side-effects.) The fact the she is also obese did not help either, though, if I am being honest.

As for community, I had indicated on my speed dating sheet that I wanted to meet again ALL THE WOMEN I met that day. When I received the email from the organizers the next day, I was told that NO ONE I liked (so, everyone I met that day) wanted to meet with me again.... but that I should consider one of the women I had met that day because she liked me?! (The implication being that I had indicated on my speed dating sheet that I did not like her... which is not true.) It seemed like it was not very well organized, or that the organizers don't like me, or... something... I don't know, but I do not think that I got my moneys worth.

Anyway...

As a high school teacher, I am a bit concerned about this week. (It's that time of the year when teenagers can be at their crankiest.) Anything I should keep an eye out for? Anything I should do or not do?

Thanks Kimberly!

Thanks for this! I will give you your weekly reading tomorrow -- I'm too exhausted tonight to do any more readings; it is about 11pm here. My Speakeasy group is all abuzz about The Right Stuff app -- it's a dating app for the unvaxxed. Just going to put it out there if you had not heard of it yet.

I have not heard of it. Thanks for the info!

You drew three cards for this week.

For the You position, you drew Coll or Wisdom well-dignified. You have enough accumulated knowledge and gnosis to ensure this week will be absolutely fine. There is something to be said for experience! You can pretty much rest on your laurels. There's not much they can throw at you that you haven't seen before.

For the Situation, you drew Muin or Harvest well-dignified. Once again, you can rest on your previous work and achievements. This card speaks of you being very loved and appreciated by your students and hopefully some of your bosses. You are reaping what you've sown, and you sowed well.

For the Karma, you drew Gort or Perseverance ill-dignified. This week is going to feel like a slog and I would expect someone to barf some drama in your general direction. The other two cards indicate you'll handle it like a champ, but it's just a natural aspect of your job to have this happen.

Thanks again, Kimberly!

Hi Kimberly,

A) Could I ask your Ogham if I'm right that a certain thought that's crossed my mind has an external source? If so, am I right about the source?

B) I've taken the same bus several times a week for years now. Today I suddenly noticed something on the route, that I've passed many, many times before and never given a second thought to (or, really, even a first thought). Am I correct that this is a sign from my higher self?

Hi Anon,

My Ogham say that you're right that the certain thought that crossed your mind has an external source. They provide Quert or Delight well-dignified. For the record, I believe Quert is one of Aphrodite's calling cards in my system of Ogham, for what it is worth.

For B), they do not think the thing you've noticed on your bus route is a sign from your higher self. They provide Ur or Intimacy ill-dignified, which indicates that sign may be a false one or from a source outside of you. I would ask yourself who could possibly benefit if the sign was false or the source was from outside. Perhaps nobody, it could just be a random blip in life. Still, it is worthwhile to ask "Cui bono?"

Hi Kimberly,

What's up for me and my family this week?

Thanks!
-PW

Hi PW,

You and your family drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Ngetal or Hygiene well-dignified. When I draw this card, it usually means my health is in pretty good shape, so interpret that how you will. Mostly I think this card talks about a good set of limits as far as what you allow into your household (influences) and the rigor with which you enforce rules being balanced and healthy.

For the Situation, you drew Fearn or Bridge well-dignified. Good advice is only possible when we can be calm and level-headed enough to take it from bad people. Fearn talks about having a sensible approach to giving and receiving help in life. When you are able to work with forces you disagree with (without capitulating to them or sucking up) it means that you have learned the lesson of having a strong spine, but not so strong that it becomes hard and brittle.

For the Outcome, you drew Ruis or Regret ill-dignified. Someone in the fam may be behaving badly or not owning their past bad behavior. The best way to deal with errors, no matter how severe, is to genuinely repent them and resolve them with acknowledgement and "I don't do that anymore". We are on this planet to be taught and none of us starts out overly bright. A passing spirit who I think may have been a god said to me that being a god is like teaching an amoeba to play the piano. As a piano teacher, that would take patience and time that I will never have. It does say something about the patience of God/gods though, doesn't it?

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