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jprussellDoing 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.
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.
Thanks everyone, but this offer is now closed! Next time I'm offering readings, I'll post here again.
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Date: 2023-06-05 03:13 am (UTC)Thanks so much for this!
I really liked the reading you gave me. It felt good. And also, I like the "rune feeling" of it. Somehow I feel the Heathen side of it warm and wise. I don't recall exactly how much I told you about my situation last time but either way, I feel that you tapped into the situation really well.
I have a few questions if that is okay, particularly about the first question. I definitely do feel like I am "bottled up" and holding still. I feel stagnant and that I am not moving much. These past weeks I've felt like I've trickled but it is still not a lot of movement. Just like the feeling of depression, like things are stagnant. For me this comes from the fact that my life right now doesn't motivate me a thing and walking it feels "wrong", like I am wasting my time and I don't want to do it. What I am faced with is, what should I do about this feeling. Might it be that I am not in the right place and that is what makes me feel like that or is it that I need to outgrow something are things that I ask myself. I know something is off, and I know that something needs to change but I am stuck with knowing if it is me that needs to change and suck it up with the situation or I need to change the situation into something that is more congenial with me.
when you should be either gathering strength or moving forward, or else "moving" in a way that doesn't actually accomplish what you're after. I'm getting a sense of "hiding" from something rather than either facing it or truly resting/recovering from it.
It is the moving in a way that doesn't actually accomplish what I am after what I find challenging in the extreme. It feels like I am wasting time of doing something with my life that I actually like or enjoy. "or else moving in a way that doesn't actually accomplish what you are after". Is something like that what you mean with the quoted bit?
I want to revisit this more closely later again as I think there is much in here but, even though this was more a brain dump than actual questions I hope it is useful for the conversation.
Moving to Mexico in the way that I am thinking right now, or back when I asked, definitely feels like the easy way forward... What I think I am avoiding is well, just facing life by myself and going back to my parents home, even if it is helpful, shouldn't be from a mindset of getting back in time but with a sense of responsibility. I think that is what the runes are trying to tell me. Here I feel scared, definitely --very-- and the test and lessons that I need to learn I can do them here or there so perhaps that is some of that.
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Date: 2023-06-06 05:14 pm (UTC)1. On what to do about being "bottled up": well, without drawing further runes (which I can look to as a follow up, if you like), what comes to mind is taking some definitive action, preferably with a tangible outcome, that is for you. It sounds like right now you are alternating between being busy with crap you don't care about or "doing nothing" and feeling depressed. For example, maybe carve out half an hour, or even just 10 minutes, daily to enjoy some art, or work on a personal project. If you're not already, maybe you could pursue your daily magical work as part of a larger program - for example, instead of "just" doing the LBRP+MP, Meditation, and Divination daily, maybe follow the course of instruction in CGD. I have found that even when I'm struggling with motivation or feeling like I'm accomplishing anything, it helps that my daily habit I've stuck pretty doggedly to is toward a worthwhile goal (finishing DMH and the Dolmen Arch).
Oh, and the other super common piece of advice here, one that I've found pretty helpful as well, is don't focus on making yourself happy/feeling meaning - focus on helping someone else/others in a way consistent with your values. Not "be a doormat" or "only care about others," but rather, maybe look for some ways you can use your skills, expertise, or even just resources to help others get more of what you think they ought to have. Teach, volunteer, donate, invite friends to do something you'd both enjoy, surprise someone with a gift, whatever it might be.
2. On "moving in a way that doesn't actually accomplish what you're after": Yes, exactly. Have you ever put off tackling a real problem at work by answering emails, or organizing your files, or updating some software? That's the kind of "movement, but not toward your ends" that I mean. Of course, in a wider sense, if you are in a job that you feel is meaningless, or that doesn't align with your higher goals, you might feel that way even about the "real" work of the job.
3. On going back to Mexico: Fair enough! There's a lot of scary stuff in life in general, and especially right now. I think here, Gebo coming up twice might also be speaking to the mystery and fear of sacrifice - you give up or share something now, with no guarantee you'll get something back for it, but with the faith that it's worth the effort. Whatever is scary in your situation, I think you have something valuable to share.