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

[jprussell]

Sure thing!

So, if you're doing material from one of JMG's traditions, some or all of these ideas will likely be familiar, and it's just their application to the Ogham that might be new if you're not doing the Druid Magic Handbook or Druidry Handbook. The Ogham has 25 "Fews" (letters), grouped into five "Aicme" of five Fews each. Each Aicme is associated with an element - Air, Fire, Water, Earth, Spirit, in that order (which may sound familiar if you do the SOP). Within each Aicme, each Few is further assigned one of the elements, but in a different order: Spirit, Fire, Air, Water, Earth. What this means is that each Few can be described as "[Element] of [Element]" - so, for example, Gort is the "Fire of Water," which means that in some sense, it represents whatever is "Fiery" about Water.

From your first reading, Quert is the "Earth of Fire," Nuin is the "Air of Air," and as mentioned, Gort is the "Fire of Water". From your second, Huath is the "Spirit of Fire," Coll is the "Water of Fire," and again, Gort is the "Fire of Water."

Most systems of Western esotericism make use of these traditional elements, but they have slightly different connotations and correspondences in different systems. In JMG's Druid Path that I am currently walking, Air is the intellect, Fire the passion/will, Water the emotions, Earth the body, and Spirit, well, the Spirit, that which integrates the other four. The reason I called out the double meaning of Fire is because it is all about what drives you to act - the default state is to be driven by your passions, which just happen to you. As you develop your will, though, you can define what your will is, and so come more and more to drive yourself.

Given the prominence of Fire in both questions, but especially the second, I suspect the worship of these pantheons will interact with that part of your personality rather strongly.