Kimberly Steele (
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Ogham Readings on Sundays

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.
For a more in depth look into how I read and interpret the Ogham's symbols, please visit my website druidogham.wordpress.com.
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Princess Cutekitten
(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 09:09 am (UTC)(link)No injuries this week! 👏
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No news is good news!
You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Nuin or Communication ill-dignified. Straight up, getting your points across may be difficult this week. Less is more, and try to give everyone you talk to the benefit of the doubt. Computers, commerce, and transportation could also prove problematic, so prepare to invoke a great deal of patience and expect the unexpected.
For the Situation, you drew Oír or Epiphany ill-dignified. The Ogham forecast that a salient truth is on its way to being revealed this week for you or someone close to you. It could be a painful one, but Oír always indicates that it is necessary.
For the Outcome, you drew Ruis or Regret ill-dignified. When regret is used badly, it's often because it is in excess: someone is wallowing in it, trying to make you feel guilty, or perhaps you are the one wallowing and feeling guilty. The opposite kind of imbalance is where you are not regretting enough and taking responsibility for your errors. "I thought I was wrong once; I was mistaken" would be the regret-free attitude.
Week 19
(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 09:30 am (UTC)(link)What do I need to know in order to make the best out of this week?
Thanks!
-Eugene
Re: Week 19
You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Koad or Confluence well-dignified. Balance is a bit easier to achieve this week, and this is due to sheer luck as well as good practices you have put into place. It is a good week to analyze the luck you are having and to examine where it intersects the luck you have made entirely by yourself, for yourself.
For the Situation, you drew Mór or Sea Change well-dignified. This is a good luck card that is not something you could have affected, nevertheless it affects you all the same. You're in a particularly hygienic sector of the collective astral, perhaps the eye of the storm, so it is a good week to look far into the future and hatch big decisions.
For the Outcome, you drew Coll or Wisdom ill-dignified. It will be tempting this week to either feel dramatically overconfident or underconfident about what you know. Only voice what you know in your heart of hearts that is absolutely necessary to say. Anything else, keep to yourself and keep people on a need-to-know basis.
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You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Straif or Resilience ill-dignified. It's easy to become paranoid about the future -- there are many people drawn in by the Apocalypse meme, and that is why the lure is so powerful. On the other side, never presume that you're ready until you are mentally ready. It's Stoicism, not a full larder, that is the real preparation for hard times.
For the Situation, you drew Ruis or Regret ill-dignified. Regret in this dignity in this position could mean that someone is trying to make you or someone close to you feel guilty. Guilt is a powerful tool and narcissists attempt to wield it all the time as a threat. Don't fall for it. That said, if you are on a high horse about something, make sure you look in the mirror long enough to see your own hypocrisy! Being able to admit when you're wrong has saved many a relationship.
For the Outcome, you drew Fearn or Guidance well-dignified. There's a chance you may find some wise words or be able to glean the good from someone you disagree with. Being able to take a small amount of good and use it as a guide is the mark of true maturity. The karma of working with those you don't always see eye to eye with is that you will someday be given a chance by someone who can give you a leg up but doesn't necessarily agree with your point of view.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)To ask: What is it that I need to know this week, according to the Ogham?
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You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Ur or Intimacy well-dignified. Straight up, if you have a significant other, this week sees you working out your problems and drawing closer together. If you do not have someone special in your romantic life, Ur in this dignity speaks of the ability to draw the right kinds of friends and the skill of keeping a secret.
For the Situation, you drew Huath or Obstacles well-dignified. This week could present physical danger: Huath in any dignity is a Martial card and can warn of violence or a violent event. In a good dignity, it means you could have a narrow scrape. Other than that, it talks about balanced Martial force. Taking yourself to task in a reasonable but stern way for past errors, diligence, and rectifying the sins of the past by forging better behaviors. It can also mean a terrific challenge where you driven into a corner and forced to intervene on someone's behalf, and the good dignity foresees you making the right choice.
For the Outcome, you drew Beith or Intention well-dignified. This shows you putting the proper energy into the proper projects and not allowing distractions to sway you from what is truly important on an incarnation level. The Ogham forecast your energy levels are stable this week: not too high, not too low.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)I am curious as to what your Ogham thinks about my relationship with old friends from college.
I had stayed in touch with some college friends over the years, but starting in 2016 I started to feel increasingly alienated from them. You can probably guess why. First the TDS made me uncomfortable - even though I never even liked Trump, there was something just off about their seething vitriol. Then they went in whole hog for Cootie Mania (they never asked my jab status and I never volunteered, so they don't even know that I'm one of the Unclean). And along the way they all seemed to become increasingly woke and to support things that I find frankly appalling (trans ideology that sexualizes and pushes gender confusion on minors and allows biological men to steal women's sports titles and scholarships, medical mandates that violate bodily autonomy, etc.). Years ago, we were all on what used to be the political left, and as far as I can tell, my positions have changed very little - but they sort of sprinted off the woke deep end without me. That's what it feels like anyway. A lot of us have been there, I imagine.
My question is, how should I handle this? Should I accept their efforts to re-connect or avoid them? If the former what do I do if their deranged nonsense comes up - do I bite my tongue and smile, or push back? I don't want to get into pointless fights with people, but I also don't know how much tongue-biting I can do.
The whole thing is just....wearisome. On one hand, I feel like just washing my hands of these people, but on the other hand, it really does feel sometimes like they've been ensorcelled in some way and maybe I shouldn't write them off but should stick around as a voice of sanity should the enchantment ever wear off, or maybe for some other reason I can't see right now.
Does your Ogham have any advice for me?
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For completely cutting them out of your life, my Ogham provide Coll or Wisdom well-dignified. This is to say that the Wise Ones (holy powers, deities, beings who are smarter than humans who actually like us and want to help us) see the future with these people bringing nothing but futility and pain. You can learn this the hard way or the easy way, and Coll in this dignity represents the latter.
For giving them some limited information and interaction with you, my Ogham provide Gort or Perseverance ill-dignified. If you give these people an inch, they will make sure to take a mile. They will try your patience and try to pull "GOTCHAS" at every meeting because they have internalized guilt and worry about what they did. Perhaps they are still under whatever spell drove them to madness these past three years.
For allowing them back into your life with open arms, my Ogham provide Muin or Harvest ill-dignified. Muin and Gort are right next to each other in the Ogham deck: Muin is the first Water card and Gort is the second one. Basically, nothing good will come of forgiving them and it seems likely they will go to their deaths believing in The Science and whatever helps them sleep at night. I'm sure you're familiar with my hypothesis that a good number of the quaxxed will spend some quality time in hell/hells, right? If not, here it is. It's pretty dark. https://kimberlysteele.dreamwidth.org/76360.html
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-08 03:25 am (UTC)(link)It is indeed very painful.
The worst part of it is, I really don't think that these are malicious people. That's what's so hard about what's been going on for the better part of 7-8 years now. It's like watching loved ones lost to a cult. They now really believe whatever indoctrination they're spouting, and think they're doing the "right" thing and that they are good, smart, and perfectly reasonable people. I know there is nothing I can do, but it's still sad.
That said, my instinct is to pull away and avoid. They're all being perfectly nice and normal, all happy that "the pandemic is over" and they can get back to "normal" life and want me to come socialize, but I still shrink from them. I can't un-see what I've seen in recent years - the gullibility, the group-think, the worship of dogma ("science"), the unthinking obedience to authority ("experts"), the support of human rights violations, the willingness to condemn others (Trump voters, the unjabbed) as a sub-category of humans who don't deserve respect, etc. There's something very wrong with their moral compasses, even if they can't see it.
The fact is, your Ogham basically told me what my intuition was already telling me...but I wanted a "second opinion" on the matter. Your Ogham's confirmation of my instincts makes me feel less like I'm the crazy one.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-09 04:55 am (UTC)(link)Like with most tests, I tend to think that there were degrees of success and failure. Some people failed spectacularly, using covid as an excuse to exercise their worst impulses and act horribly. Other people - and these are the kind I was talking about here - also failed, but less dramatically. Growing up isn't always easy; to achieve true maturity, you have to be willing to question what you've been told and to interrogate the legitimacy of the authorities you were always told to trust. A lot of people fell down on this test not because they wanted any excuse to act like jerks, but because they were just far too comfortable and lazy to do the hard work of asking questions and finding answers they might not like. It's just easier to keep believing what you were told to believe, trusting who you were told to trust, and not leaving your comfortable little nest of childish illusion about how the world works. The blue pill is the easier choice, and a lot of people picked it.
I imagine there will be degrees of consequences as well. I do hope that the people who failed out of childishness will be given another shot in their next incarnation at making the choice to grow up.
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What do I need to know to make the best of this next week?
Thanks as always.
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You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Eadha or Limits well-dignified. Though this week may feature some push and shove or be a bit of a bummer, you will work within your limits and triumph via conservation and discipline.
For the Situation, you drew Gort or Perseverance ill-dignified. You or someone close to you may be suffering from the psychology of previous investment, feeling undecided whether or not to quit a thing that is not panning out or that you don't have time for. My Ogham are trying to say the thing is not worth chasing at this time. For me, this sort of gentle warning about Perseverance is usually about pet projects or hobbies that I take up that divert my limited attention and resources... that's why I no longer do macrame despite the fact I like doing it!
For the Outcome, you drew Onn or Community ill-dignified. The world of semi-strangers is not at its best in your corner of Earth this week. If you're working, it means your co-workers or boss may be creating unnecessary drama. Family members who don't live in your house are also "semi-strangers" to the Ogham as well as people in stores or generally within your community. It can also include local politics and neighbors behaving badly.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)no subject
You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Beith or Intention well-dignified. You focus on what is truly important this week and the distractions (that may be put here on purpose?) don't demand enough of your attention to sway you from more noble goals.
For the Situation, you drew Huath or Obstacles well-dignified. In any dignity, Huath can warn of physical danger, so be on your guard this week. Huath is a card of Martial force and in this dignity, it is balanced. What this means is you could be confronted with a hard decision, but you will apply the right amount of force and make the right decision. Other than that, it could mean dealing with your own past errors in a logical, forthright way and fixing them in a way that improves your character.
For the Outcome, you drew Ngetal or Hygiene/Health well-dignified. Usually this card is an indicator of decent health, but as with any of the Ogham cards, well-dignified implies its own dark side, so take extra special care of your health this week and don't push it. Ngetal in this dignity indicates moderation in all things, meaning you're not terrified of getting your hands dirty or hanging out with someone who is coming down with a cold, but you're also not going to do cartwheels on the edge of a cliff while high on cocaine.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)Hi Kimberly,
What would the outcome be if I started doing planetary charity for Mercury?
Thank you for your time.
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My Ogham say you need to not do it just yet. They provide Eadha or Limits ill-dignified, meaning that right now it's not auspicious or you don't have the proper time and resources to devote to the promise you'll make to the god. Nevertheless, just because it's not auspicious right now does not mean that it won't change. For the time being, I suggest setting a track in space by doing some gentle and informal honoring of Mercury by wearing multicolored patterns on his day, tinkering with technology, learning a new language, practicing music, and perhaps eating some beans on Wednesday: https://kimberlysteele.dreamwidth.org/13793.html
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I've been more and more concerned about vaccine-shedding. In particular, because of my self-defence class, in which I'm exposed to a fair amount of sweat. Possibly trace amounts of saliva (it's a pretty intense class). One of the guys the other day had had a shaving cut. It wasn't exactly fresh, but still... little bit sketchy.
I've also swigged drinks bottles that have been passed around groups of vaxxed and unvaxxed. Didn't even occur to me at the time.
I take vit supplements daily, along with quercetin and L-lysine. I've ordered some natto extract tablets as well.
I'm wondering if your ogham have any advice on this?
Many thanks again,
Luke
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Q- More and more, the US banking sector seems to be tottering at the edge of a cliff. Which business quarter of the following 3 options do the ogham give for when the next financial collapse, a la 2008, occurs?
1. Q4 2023
2. Q1 2024
3. Q2 2024
Thanks!
Tamanous
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I don't like it either way because when chunks of the PMC get taken out to the woodshed (like what happened in 2008), it means severe turbulence for me and my family. If it stays the same, it's more rackets and more kicking of the can, which compounds future scenarios.
In General
(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)Hi Kimberly.
I’d like a general reading for this week from the Ogham with maybe some attention to my health.
Thank you so much.
Annette
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You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Ailm or Transcendence well-dignified. Ailm is mind over matter, not falling prey to fads, astral trash, and the current low-grade vibe that is the plague of our era. This week is not without its challenges, but the Ogham predict that you'll overcome them with style and grace.
For the Situation, you drew Fearn or Guidance ill-dignified. This hints at people with bad advice potentially trying to sell you something, or to sell something to someone you are close to. Other than that, it could be talking about second guessing your own expertise, which is healthy.
For the Outcome, you drew Quert or Delight well-dignified. In this dignity, Quert is the card of etheric replenishment, which tells me you will have some success healing yourself via slow food, intentional bathing, spending time outdoors, doing gentle exercise, and gratitude this week. The etheric plane is sorely neglected and overlooked, but when you pay attention to it and build it from its surrounding planes (the astral and the physical) you can do a great deal for your own health and well-being as well as those around you.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)Can I get a heads-up for this week
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You drew three cards this week. All were well-dignified.
For the You position, you drew Uilleand or Generosity. This week represents an even flow of giving and receiving gifts in your life. It is a good week to look at times when you've felt either molly-coddled and smothered or the opposite, neglected and left behind and to examine why this was the case.
For the Situation, you drew Ioho or Grace. You gracefully let go of what is not meant to be and what is not meant for you in this incarnation this week. The resulting karma is to be able to grow into new forms and to take on the loveliness of the spirit you invoke when you don't cling and gracefully defer.
For the Outcome, you drew Luis or Protection. Even when well-dignified, this card can predict danger or physical risk, so be wary and on your guard all week. This week offers an opportunity to connect with your higher self, who may be willing to discuss what you are meant to do in this incarnation and your process of becoming a better, higher being.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)What's up for me this week?
Thanks,
Nona
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You drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Quert or Delight well-dignified. Quert in this dignity means that you'll be able to enjoy the little pleasures of life a bit more this week. It is gratitude for little, taken-for-granted things that makes life worthwhile for all. This is the card for "God is in the details". By paying attention to detail and small courtesies, you will enrich the immediate etheric plane around you and sublimate astral plane energy, which is a Midas touch of the spirit.
For the Situation, you drew Ngetal or Health ill-dignified. Straight up, this is a health warning and you should guard your own health and that of your loved ones like a hawk this week. Regular supplementation, especially of Zinc and Vitamin B, C, and D plus mild, gentle exercise is a must this week, plus as much slow, well-crafted food as you can manage. That said, over-healthing oneself is just as imbalanced, and beware of dietary fads and quasi-medical and medical quackery this week.
For the Outcome, you drew Muin or Harvest ill-dignified. There may be some impatience over a project or goal you've been watching to come to fruition. You have a while longer to wait. This could also be about a literal harvest if you're a gardener: it may be too early or too late to buy certain plants or sow certain seeds. The opposite imbalance is "too much of a good thing", and in this case, the Ogham gently remind you to practice moderation.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)I would like to ask the Ogham what I should be aware of this week?
Thank you,
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The Ogham warn of potential imbalances this week; all three cards were ill-dignified. That said, I've had some of my best days (I read my own Ogham every day) ever on all ill-dig cards. All ill-dig tends to be my Ogham's way of giving you a preventative set of strategies so you can head things off at the pass.
For the You position, you drew Coll or Wisdom. You may feel inclined to speak things that should not be spoken this week. Keep the secret, bite your tongue, and tailor what you say to the specific individual or group you say it to. You many also end up having to suffer a fool, and once again, the best response is silence.
For the Situation, you drew Huath or Obstacles. This one could be directly warning of physical danger, so be on the lookout for danger this week. You run the risk of being too forceful and trying to get your way at a high cost. Know when to defer. That said, there is also a possibility you may need to stand up for yourself or someone else and you may feel too weak or distracted to do it.
For the Outcome, you drew Gort or Perseverance. I often draw this card when my money situation sucks and my bank account is on fumes -- watch your bank account daily and scrutinize every transaction... I've had my card hijacked more than once and so has every member of my family. This could also be talking about exhaustion or being forced to carry too much. The opposite kind of imbalance is the psychology of previous investment: be willing to look at the shadow you may be projecting and what you're clinging on to that may need to be abandoned.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)no subject
I feel your pain on this one because every church or temple I've ever walked into has left me feeling worse than when I walked in, and this includes all stripes of Christian buildings, Hindu temples, and a Buddhist center or two. There is something very off about organized religion these days that resembles mass formation psychosis more than it does any kind of enlightenment. It is my opinion that a church/temple that can actually manage to exclusively channel higher beings is a unicorn. In my experience, it simply does not exist, or at least I have yet to find it.
Coll, symbolized by the Hazel tree in the old Ogham and the Burr Oak in my Prairie Ogham, is the slow and steady accumulation of knowledge through diligence and daily work, like a tree putting on rings in fair and foul years. For you, the work of self-development is clearly better done alone. Perhaps eventually there will be some who join you or at least are on a similar path who "get it", but for now, expect Manly P. Hall's classic The Path of the Lonely Ones to be your reality.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-08 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)Disregard my previous request
(Anonymous) 2023-05-07 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)I prayed to Jupiter as you recommended last week. Did he approve of my prayer to him?
Thank you for your readings.
Todd
Re: Disregard my previous request
Jupiter likes your prayer. He and the Ogham provide Straif or Resilience well-dignified, meaning you are showing that you are willing to put up with some hardship in order to grow. Straif is a card of preparedness, but it is also a card that puts trust in the Divine to "take the wheel" for events for which no human could possibly prepare.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-08 12:47 am (UTC)(link)What's up for me and my family this week?
Thanks!
-PW
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You and the fam drew three cards this week.
For the You position, you drew Saille or Sensitivity well-dignified. It is my opinion that Saille is one of the best cards of the Ogham deck. Well-dignified, it talks about moving with the times just enough to be sensible, but holding on to traditions that matter and make life worth living. This is a good week to edit what material things you have to the most cherished and wanted items and to let the other stuff go with grace. In my upcoming book Sacred Homemaking, I am recommending a ritual for letting go of excess stuff. It's very simple: you gather the excess stuff, light a candle (preferably black or gray as it is the color of endings and Saturn), and say this prayer:
O Holy Ones ever watching from above
Please send this item (these items) away with your blessings and love
For the Situation, you drew Eadha or Limits ill-dignified. There will be a tendency for you or various family members to desire things outside of the budget or otherwise beyond your reach -- I tend to do this because I can be very bougie, to put it succinctly. There could also be an unwise pushing of physical limits, which is often dangerous, if not foolish. So err on the side of conservatism and conservation. Lastly, this card can point to jerks outside the family upsetting the balance within, so maintain a vigilant watch for that.
For the Outcome, you drew Beith or Intention ill-dignified. The Ogham often use this card to warn of going in too many directions at once. Like it or not, nobody can have it all or do it all, so be ready to pare it down. It can also talk about someone in the family feeling lousy and low-energy, so that means time must be made to rest and replenish.
My 4th question
(Anonymous) 2023-05-08 12:49 am (UTC)(link)For my 4th question this week, I'd like the Ogham to comment on my last incarnation.
Thanks!
-Eugene
Re: My 4th question
They provide Saille or Sensitivity well-dignified. This is a girl card ruled by Aphrodite. If you were a woman who was happy in your last life, it would make a great deal of sense if you have a longing to recapture that feeling and spend a great deal of time chasing it. Instead of trying to re-create the circumstances and capture someone to complete you on the physical plane, I suggest delving deep into discursive meditation to gain insight not only about your past love lives, but those of others, the theme of love and its many iterations in literature, and to profoundly understand human love as this may be one of the keys you were meant to explore in the illusion that is incarnation.
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