Any advice on learning divinations systems

@Solasta_Amore thank you & @BryWisteria for the lovely words. i’ll try to explain how I use the different methods, the best I can :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

@Phoenix_Fire currently I work with a few types of divination & actually just did my weekly draws for Lithomancy (I use crystals), Elder Futhark Runes, and Witches Runes, & I do 2 crystal oracle card draws. I do different spreads for different things, I have a New Moon, Full Moon, Mercury Retrograde, & a year review spread. I will answer the questions first in my journal then draw a card based on the question afterward & write that in my journal by the question and see how they correlate with each other.

Daily I read tarot, I am taking classes to get better & to also read them intuitively as I am reconnecting with my intuition. Amazingly, it’s not as hard as I thought it would be. :laughing: I always put on calming music & light my healing/purification candle & protection candle. The tarot draws I take 3 take deep cleansing breaths & focus on the question… then continue focusing on the question as I shuffle the cards. Once I feel that I am ready, I take the top 3 cards off & draw my 2 cards I started with 1 card draws.

(this is how I do it & shuffle the cards, it’s what works for me… do whatever feels right to you :smiling_face:)

Much like @Cosmic_Curiosity I have a notebook type of journal for my daily tarot draws. I am drawing 2 cards. So I will write the date, the name of the deck & the question I asked. Then I write what Card 1 is & my initial impressions before looking at anything by looking at the card, the number, the suit what they connect to what symbols, colors, and images are saying or really catching my eye. Then I write some keywords or phrases about the card that I have learned. I tend to use numerology when I’m reading the tarot cards & kind of the suits & their correspondences.

So the basic numerology of the numbers 1 - 10 is what I use along with:

  • Cups :cup_tarot: - water :water_element: , emotions, going with the flow :ocean:
  • Swords :sword_tarot: - air :air_element: , thoughts, the mind, intellectual :wind_face:
  • Pentacles :pentacle_tarot: - earth :earth_element: , tangible things, finances, material things :earth_americas:
  • Wands :wand_tarot: - fire :fire_element: , passion, motivation :fire:

I have quite a few oracle decks :star_struck: & I love :heart: them all… it’s hard to decide sometimes which ones I want to draw from, but without fail every day I at least draw from my Oracle of Brighid cards. Not just for the Flame, I will do a meditation meeting with Her and then afterward shuffle the cards focused on the question of asking what message she has for me today. :grin:

Keeping the calming music & candles after my tarot draws, when I do my weekly stone & rune draws, I actually have a pouch for each set. I also have a mat that I use & I focus on the question, usually what will help me this week & take 3 deep breaths into each bag and focus on the question. I mix them up & then just empty them on the mat. Whichever stone or rune is closest to the center is the one that I read for the week. (For 2 weeks in a row I have gotten Berkana :berkanan:) This week I got the Eye for the Witches Rune this week, which is the first time that I have drawn that one, so that was exciting.

I write in my journal what my weekly draws are every Wednesday, then about a month or so later I will look back in my journals on what the draws were for the day or the week & where I have come since then.

Then I will shuffle whichever oracle deck I’m using the same way & focus on the question. Then when I feel ready, take off the top 3 cards & then draw the card. For oracle, I usually have to use the guidebook for the corresponding deck & go from there on what it’s telling me… a bit backward to tarot. I have different types of decks too that are specific to different things; crystals, Elder Futhark runes, the Morrigan, Celtic Spirits, Celtic Goddess, Celtic Tree Oracle, Wild Unknown or Way of the Wild :thinking:, Inner Child, Spirits & Shadows, Oracle of Brighid… a varied amount… a bit of a collector really :rofl:

I am slowly learning Ogham. I really want my own Ogham set to practice with & haven’t figured out how I can make them on my own. I have issues with my hands. So being as picky as I am… it will be a little bit before I have my own. I do have an Ogham journal & a book that I am reading & writing notes to learn each one. @MeganB’s posts on Ogham have really helped too.

The way I learned though, was one at a time. I had to focus on one topic at a time before really practicing it. So I had done the deep dive on Elder Futhark Runes last year :thinking: & have a Rune journal, I became an advanced crystal practitioner which included lithomancy & led to my deep dive on Chakras too, and now I’m taking classes on reading tarot & reconnecting with my intuition.

So I’m kind of on the fence about whether I will take courses for herbs or learn Ogham… but I kind of want to have my own set of Ogham to work with while learning about them. I have come across the Lenormand but have decided to work on the Ogham & herbs before diving into that subject :joy:

I haven’t read for others really, but I have helped them with draws that they have done for themselves to understand them & their situation or question. A lot of it is learning to trust yourself & the messages you receive from the cards when you’re looking at them, what stands out, what you notice, and the general energy you feel when you draw them.

Sorry, that got a little bit long-winded, but I wanted to share what has worked for me in the past to get me where I am today with them. That’s what works for me when reading the different types of divination & what I do daily & weekly. :hugs:

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