Divination Offering: Ask the Ogham or the Runes

[jprussell]

Doing divination with the Runes was actually the first occult thing I learned to do, and since then I've also picked up the Ogham. I do a daily reading for myself with one or the other, and as needed for specific questions where I'm looking for guidance. But I've never done a reading for someone else, and I think it's time I give that a shot.

So! Do you have a question that some additional information might help? A decision you're contemplating? If so, let me know in the comments and I'll do my best to answer. Fair warning, as I said, this is my first shot at other folks' questions, so I can't guarantee how helpful or accurate I'll be! That being said, I wouldn't be offering this if I didn't think I could help.

In your comment, let me know your question, any details or context you think might be relevant that you're willing to share, and whether you'd like me to consult the Ogham or the Runes. For what it's worth, I tend to go to the Ogham for spiritual or magical questions and the Runes for life-direction or practical questions, but I've used both for all sorts of questions. If you have a simple "yes/no" question, I find that easier with the Runes.

With all that out of the way, fire away!
Thanks everyone, but this offer is now closed! Next time I'm offering readings, I'll post here again.

Comments

Which job to take?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Jeff,

So I don't know how to put this type of question to the oracles. I have 2 job offers: F or B? So I want to know which will be better. F is boring infrastructure and B is consultant, which I've always done, but in this case pays less and I have to come back to the place I just left, only in this new company. So I guess the question is which job will treat me better?

Thank you!

Re: Which job to take?

[jprussell]

Hi Anonymous,

I will try to do your reading this afternoon or evening and get it posted by tonight, but the way my last week or so has been going, it might be tomorrow before I'm able to write it up and post it.

Here's what I propose:

I'll ask the Ogham, as your phrasing "treat me better" seems to imply an emotional/spiritual angle that I think the Ogham might give better guidance on. I'll ask two questions:

"What does anonymous most need to understand about how job offer F will treat him/her?"

and

"What does anonymous most need to understand about how job offer B will treat him/her?"

For these, I'll modify the spread I've been using for most of these slightly and use "Company, Work, and Outcome(s)" - where "Company" will focus more on the organization and the people and the like, and "Work" will focus more on the actual tasks and projects you'll be doing.

Let me know if you think I ought to modify any of that (like using the Runes instead of the Ogham), but otherwise, I'll get the reading done and posted soon.

Re: Which job to take?

[jprussell]

Okay, in case you didn't see my description for other folks who asked, here's my method: I opened a sacred space and called upon the Wyrds (Norns) and the Gods that help me with divination to help me. I shuffled the cards until it "felt right," and then drew them in the order "Company" (what will the company overall be like), "Outcome(s)" (if you take this course of action, what is most likely to come about as things stand now), and "Work" (what would your actual experience of the work and how it treats you be like). I then re-shuffled and repeated with the whole deck for the second question.

Asking 1 - "What does anonymous most need to understand about how job F will treat him/her?"
Draw
Company: Phagos (Reversed) - "Beech"
Work: Muin - "Back"
Outcome(s): Tinne - "Iron"

My Take on It
Okay, for Company, we got Phagos (Reversed). Phagos is the Few of wisdom and knowledge, especially that gained by long experience and handed down from the past, so getting it reversed implies that this company is somehow failing to learn from experience, or is acting in some kind of ignorance, maybe especially trying to do the "new thing" when it would be better off doing what's tried and true. I have some guesses about what direction that might take in today's world, but I'll set that aside for now. The Work itself, for you, though, is Muin, which is a somewhat complex Few, but has something to do with being enabled by "wider" or "higher" factors, whether spiritual or communal, such that you can you do and get what you want. It implies that you would have the support or freedom or insight to do some work that you really find interesting or worthwhile. For outcomes, Tinne is the few of conflict, struggle, and decisive action, though since it came out upright, there's an implication that you can win said struggles, if you respond to them with appropriate decisiveness and aggressiveness - think the positive side of "martial" values. Given the other two Fews in this draw, it's not crazy to me to guess that the conflict might come out of the company's misguided overall direction and the insight you have into your own work.

Asking 2 - "What does anonymous most need to understand about how job B will treat him/her?"
Draw
Company: Nuin (Reversed) - "Letter"
Work: Tinne (Reversed) - "Iron"
Outcome(s): Ur - "Earth"

My Take on It
Hmmm, one thing that jumps out at me about this one that didn't for the first asking is that all of these Fews are some flavor of Air, which may or may not mean much to you, depending on how familiar you are with the traditional Western esoteric four elements. Nuin is the "Air of Air", Tinne is the "Air of Fire," and Ur is the "Air of Earth." What this means is that Nuin is whatever is "Airy" about Air, and Tinne is whatever is "Airy" about Fire, and so forth. Air is the element of intellect, abstraction, communication, and beginnings.

Now, onto the spread. For Company, I drew Nuin (Reversed). Nuin is the Few of communication and interchange, and so drawing it reversed implies isolation of some kind. So, this company is somehow "cut off" from the outside - maybe it is not following the trends of its industry, maybe it is privately held and so insulated from market dynamics, or maybe it is "out of touch" with what's going on in the world, for better or worse. For work, I drew Tinne again, but this time reversed. Tinne (Reversed) implies all of the conflict, but without the implication that decisive action by you is favored. Instead, it says that there is something about the work that you do not understand or are not ready for, that you need to better understand or prepare for. Again, this is in a context of some kind of "conflict," so it might not be a matter of lacking the raw skills for the work, but instead it might be challenges around applying it - maybe your boss, maybe clients, or maybe the overall "mission" might in some way be "against" you. All of that being said, the Outcome(s) of this job would be Ur, which is the Few of things coming together to make something new, passion, power, and creation. The ability to take ideas and concepts and to make them real somehow. Possibly relevant considering what community we're both a part of, but it's also a Few magic. I can't quite say why, but I'm getting a bit of a feeling that the creativity spoken of here might be, hmmm, outside of or in reaction to the work, rather than the direct result of it - something like "doing this work will give you the insight and motivation needed to do something else creative." But that last bit is a vague hunch, take it or leave it.

Please let me know any follow-up questions you have, and I'd especially find it helpful if you share what out of this (if anything) strikes a chord or makes sense of something in your situation, so I can further calibrate.

Re: Which job to take?

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't read it yet, but I want to thank you for taking all this effort. Many thanks!!!