Ogham Readings on Sundays

[kimberlysteele]

Hi Everyone,

 

I am happy to read your Ogham free of charge -- that's how I hone my divination skills. I take reading requests until 8pm Central Time (Chicago Illinois USA) on Sunday night. Though I am flattered that people want readings after the deadline, I decline reading requests made after 8pm Central Time on Sunday night without exception.

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Comments

[lukedodson]

Hey Kimberley,

Kind of a big topic with a lot of potential questions this week.

As you know I live in Great Britain, and I'm pretty worried about the future of Europe. I love this country and it wrenches my heart to think about leaving it, but I can't really see how we're going to avoid a very messy future of warfare, mass migration, and ethnic conflict. We might be spared the worst if we manage to keep out of the next European war, but the other factors will not be going away.

I have a (lapsed) American passport due to my father's nationality, and I have seriously contemplated JMG's suggestion to migrate to the Northeast of the US - having visited Upstate New York, it was already at the top of my list of potential non-European migration spots.

My parents, although in blessedly good health and youthful spirits, are both in their 70s, and as their only surviving son, I'm not going to abandon them. However, dragging them across the Atlantic would be too much of an upheaval at their age - my father is American but older, and my mother is younger but very, very English, and probably would not adapt so well. Things would have to get genuinely dangerous in Britain for their moving to be worth considering.

So I feel somewhat caught between a rock and a hard place. I can think of a lot of different questions I'd like to ask, but I'll try and keep it as simple as I can - what do your Ogham think of my longer-term (10+ year) future in Britain? And what advice do they have for taking care of my parents in that context?

Immense gratitude from across the pond,
Luke

[kimberlysteele]

Hi Luke,

I feel your pain on this one, as I am in a similar situation. My parents are elderly and very, very attached to their little corner of the Chicago suburbs. I cannot tell you how many times I have almost said "Screw it" and moved to a remote part of the world where everyone does not have to own a car if they want to survive. My parents have kept me tethered here: there is often no other reason to stay. Chicago gets worse and worse, from frying pan (Beetlejuice runner-up Lori Lightfoot, I wish I could find the meme where she is depicted as a Godzilla with a giant strap-on) to fire (Brandon Davis, who wants to defund the police and give looting teenagers "job opportunities" so they are not "bored"). And don't get me started about our morbidly obese Emperor Butterball, ahem I mean governor J.B. Pritzker.

My Ogham give you two cards. For your 10 plus year future in Britain, they provide Ruis or Regret well-dignified. Very simply, you will not regret staying in Britain for your parents' sake. Perhaps you will come to the realization that the grass is not greener anywhere else. I used to dream about living in Canada because I love cold weather and mountains. I'm incredibly glad I never followed up on that impulse.

As far as your parents and your approach to caring for them, the Ogham provide Eadha or Limits well-dignified. Your genius in caring for your parents has to do with recognizing their limits. The Ogham advise also knowing your own limits and exactly how bad it has to be before you leave your beloved country. In my case, I am tied to the prairie of this particular era. I was born in Chicago and there's something about the land itself that has integrated itself into my blood. I may be half-Japanese and half Italian-Irish or whatever I am, but I am 100% of this particular land and being here brings its own kind of peace for me. I guess I'm an honorary Native American!


If you ever do make the jump, Nick Johnson has a great channel that encapsulates the feel, the economy, and the perks and problems of any particular part of America. Here he is dissecting Rhode Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgFaQD0sS4o