:divination_crystal_ball: WITCH CHALLENGE - A Witch's Divination

[Phoenix_Fire]

challenge entry
Cant believe i was so excited then life turbed things upside down snd almost missed this challenge. I had stuff was going to do for this challenge but when i finally decided it was time to leave a job been in nearly 13 years to better xare for my health… i decided to do the challenge on looking at my path forward.
Nothing fancy… using my apps, and spreads with in them . But to start with i thought a lenormand spread. Id have to give 4 weeeks notice but as i still need to find work i decided to do each line as a week for the time line and the man as the new job… so lets see whst we got

Eesh… ok so i ended up almost exiting the spread…which may mean it will be at the end of 8 weeks ill come into my own …and the msn ( or new job) was in the libe of fate which i usually read as whats to come after the period the spread covers ive got some things under conyrol with only one line above weighing me down or on my mind…but the rest is behind me sgowing challenging time ahead…anf geez im on the dark side of the clouds…confusion maybe …

Ok now got some overview can review more of…lets look at exploring this further . I used druid craft tarot deck for a month spread first the next four weeks then a secound for the secoubd four weeks
Next 4 weeks per week and top is overview

Second set of four weeks per week with top as overview

Then i did a spread oracle of visions choosing between two choices…top is to stay and bottom to leave .

Oh wow… irony or irony the thing i need is better work life balance and that was the first xard in the 2nd line which was to leave ( and find work closer and not as physically demanding to better manage health ) and then no limits …then common goals then anticipstion . Waiting for that message to arrive . Or job offer? …hmm
Definatly som food for thought and things to reglevt on. I might even do sone vased on reflective questions regarding coping with the changes etc but a good start to get me thinking about it all. It may be a difficult journet but its obe its tsjen 13 years to take and its time to taje better care of myself and not ve working 10 hour days , travelling 3 hours on public transport and having to take work home with me . Its scary especially with my nuerospicy brain not coping with change too good…as my friend pointed out …but it is time. May my guardians and clan watch over me …

[Franki-Moon]

My main and favorite divination method is and will always be Tarot. I seem to get the clearest and deepest messages from my Tarot cards. I feel like they have the most range when it comes to communication. Each card can say so much and it can be different every single time. I love the entire process of shuffling the cards, laying them out and of course reading them. Right now my favorite deck is the Bonefire Tarot deck by Gabi Angus-West. It’s really funny because I had looked at this deck for years and for some reason I didn’t buy it. Then they came out with the second edition (and it was really cheap!) and I bought it. I was blown away!! Mind you, I own 77 decks, and I’m still amazed at how awesome the deck it is. So now I have the first and second editions and I love them both!

My second favorite way to do divination is definitely with Pendulums. I love everything about Pendulums. I even started making and selling my own. I feel like they are perfect for quick answers and I love that they are small so you can carry them with you at all times. The ones I make, the crystal is actually removable so you can clip it on anything. I have used pendulums to talk to Spirit, find things and for energy work. I feel like making your own of anything puts so much amazing energy into something and makes it so much more powerful.

Here recently, I actually made my first scrying mirror. I used to be a little nervous to try scrying because I was scared of seeing something that I didn’t
want to see. Since I’ve made the mirror, I’ve been dabbling around with it and it’s pretty awesome. I definitely want to learn more about it and get better with it. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

I also have been collecting and purchasing many charms and I really want to learn about Charm throwing. I think it will be fun and I love all the charms. I definitely want to learn more.

Of course I have tried many methods, and I use Oracle cards, Lenormande cards, Dice and Runes often, but I would definitely say that it’s my Tarot cards and Pendulums that I feel the closest to, and seem to be the most connected with. Hopefully I get better at using the scrying mirror and learn more about Charm throwing.

[SerenFox]

I love your pendulum. It’s beautiful.

[Artemisia]

@Phoenix_Fire

i was so excited then life turbed things upside down

You and me both!!! Glad you were able to get yours done!

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Challenge Entry - A Witch’s Divination

TW Bones, animal parts and their use in divination
If the topic is sensitive, offensive or disturbing to you, please pass on reading this post or flag it for moderation as you see fit.

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I won’t lie, both this project and life in general got overwhelming these past two weeks. It’s become more of a massive undertaking than I expected and don’t want to bore anyone else with the minutia of meanings and details. So I’ll keep it brief as I work on this on my own.

Last year I became interested in making my own Bone Casting / Throwing set and learning to read them. I blame @tracyS and @MeganB for putting the idea in my head in a wonderful divination exploration post.

Adding in some information on osteomancy

Divination Tip

So many divination paths! Throwing bones is one of the older forms of divination and it’s deeply rooted in animism. I’ve never done it myself but I believe there are some videos about it from trusted people on YouTube – I went on a hunt and found some! → Bone Throwing 101 | The Witch of Wonderlust → Throwing Bones - Bone Reading - Bone Casting - Divination | Bewitching.Bemused → Bone Casting 101 | Pagan Crafting

I currently have 25 pieces in the set and have the ability to break them down into easy/beginner, intermediate, and advanced sets based on my comfort level reading as well as the complexity of the question and answer. Before this challenge, I worked with each piece to find and assign its meaning as well as thought about conditional meanings for certain pieces - for example:

• The Nail

  • Meanings: Pain, hardship, binding, endurance, or fixing something in place. The head of the nail relates to external influences, while the tip signifies deeper wounds or necessary actions.
  • Interaction: Represents difficulty or resilience depending on placement and proximity.

• Heart-Shaped Hag Stone

  • Meanings: Emotional insight, spiritual vision, protection, love, connection to the unseen. Placement-dependent, it can indicate emotional matters or clarity needed in relationships.
  • Interaction: Meaning shifts based on placement with other pieces.

PLEASE NOTE - this set contains animal bones/teeth. All animal items were sourced ethically and naturally.

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For this challenge I used about 15 pieces, as well as created a template for a mat to try out.

Then I set to noting positions and interactions of the pieces. This is where it will bore everyone so I won’t go into details.

To be able to get a full reading, I had to unpile items to see detailed interactions.

Already this post is getting long and boring, so I’ll just add my take away from this reading.

• My intuition is strong, but there may be lingering emotional ties or subconscious influences that need to be fully acknowledged.
• Transformation is happening—but the process is not linear. Some parts of the path may feel unclear (labyrinth tile), but there is an underlying wisdom and stability (acorn, white stone, antler tip) guiding me.
• Material and creative energies are building momentum—something wants to take shape in the tangible world.

Because this wasn’t enough of a challenge already , I created a throw specific tarot spread to shine more light on this reading.

Layout: (Cards placed in positions matching the throw’s sections)

        (5)
   (4)      (6)  
    (3)  (7)  (8)  
  (2)      (9)  
       (1)

Card Meanings Based on Bone Throw:

• The Nail (Past & Love) – What pain, endurance, or lesson from the past still affects relationships or emotions?
• The Chicken Bone & White Stone (Past Influences) – What foundation or previous decisions are relevant now?
• The Emu Claw Sheath (Health & Love) – How do health and relationships influence each other?
• The Acorn (Material Matters & Wisdom) – What potential or wisdom is ready to be used?
• The Shark Osteoderm (Thoughts, Intuition & Future) – How do communication and intuition shape upcoming possibilities?
• The Deer Tooth & Antler Tip (Intuition & Thought) – What inner wisdom or experience is guiding me?
• The Labyrinth Tile (Communication) – What journey or choice must be navigated?
• The Hagstone (Central Message) – What is at the heart of this reading?
• The Goat Tooth (Hidden & Dreams) – What subconscious forces or overlooked factors are at play?

(Deck - Oak, Ash & Thorn)

I told y’all this was too long! so I’ll spare everyone the interpretation.

I would have to say that despite or maybe because of the amount of effort and detail that went into this reading, it was tiring, complicated, and incredibly resonant. I would combine divination readings in the future and found that tarot was the perfect companion to bone casting.

[SerenFox]

Wow that was a fascinating read. That was a form of divination I’ve never heard of before and also combining bone casting with tarot is really intriguing to me. Thank you for sharing. I was trying to figure out a way to combine tarot with runes but I don’t feel confident enough in interpreting runes yet. Definitely something I want to try in the future though. Also, what is the tarot deck you are using? I absolutely love the aesthetic!

[georgia]

@Franki-Moon

learn more about Charm throwing.

If you would be so kind as to share what you are learning, I’d enjoy learning right alongside you. I have always enjoyed charms, since Mom collected them for a memory bracelet. Whenever I tried using them in different ways, I have often been set back, so I seek other ways to work with them.

[celineelise]

Challenge Entry
Ooh what good timing… i just reacquainted myself with the I ching.

I made a spell for the last challenge to Kwan Yin, to help me with my finda new home. I used to do I Ching divination in my early twenties and ws very into it and is a beautiful and complex way of divination.
I stopped doing it because it felt culturally appropriating. And sometimes I found the text a bit harsh and male centered.

However, I was going through my book shelf and found this book I purchased at a thrift store about 7 years.

It is the feminist version of the iching and it is renamed the Kwan Yin book of changes. So i took at as sign to start working with this divination since Kwan Yin is chinese it feel appropriate to contact her this way.

This is the hexagram the that i got,. I opted to do throw th coins virtually. I asked if I should take the apartment and will I get approved for it?
This is what i got:

The apartmentI applied for is very small. And I will need to downsize. The reading is actually talking about that and going on a quest and teaching others. I love that I found this book it is helping me to feel resourced and supported.

How to do it*
With three coins that you throw three times. Then depending on if it 6, 7,8, 9. 6 and 9 lines are changing lines which gives you two different hexagrams.
7 is a solid line and 8 is a dashed line.
Then you look at the two hexgrams you use the hexgram grid and then you look up your fortune.

You can try it virtually here:
I-ching

Thanks @ BryWisteria for keeping me up with my divination practice.
I have been trying to use different methods of divination to get clarity.

[BryWisteria]

This challenge is now CLOSED

A big bravo to the diviners - thank you for sharing your divination work, methods, tools, and experiences!

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Thanks again for joining in the challenge

Blessed be

[BryWisteria]

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While no additional badges will be given out now that the challenge has officially closed, this thread has been reopened for discussion- feel free to comment on the theme, ask questions or reply to entries.

[brandy20]

Yes I am, I figured out with them that I don’t channel ancestors which I thought was very interesting. It also gives me good results as to which deity I’m working with or which one is reaching out. I’m starting to love them!

[georgia]

@celineelise

just reacquainted myself with the I ching.

I have been hearing “whispers” about the i-ching, lately. I’m so glad you posted it, here! Thank you!

[dan3]

@Artemisia

I told y’all this was too long!

I’m glad you followed through with a lot of detail. Your experience and dedication are obvious and I learned a lot about something I knew almost nothing about. Thank you.

[Franki-Moon]

@georgia I will definitely let you know!! I just purchased a new book on Amazon about Charm throwing so I’ll let you know all about it

[Artemisia]

@SerenFox

what is the tarot deck you are using

The deck is Oak, Ash & Thorn. It felt like a perfect fit for this challenge!

[SerenFox]

Thank you!

[Jeannie1]

@veronica1
Hello its been awhile but I wouldn’t mind doing this spread.
Thank you for the opportunity for the academy

@veronica1

The question was whether a multi-decade friendship would survive our working together at the same company (she’s my boss)

I love the question!

@SerenFox

During the meditation part of the spell I had an experience where the flame got really tall,

@celineelise
Good job getting aquated with the ching!!
I think it means your spell is working!
Jeannie

[dan3]

@brandy20

Yes I am, I figured out

I would love to hear your approach (how you use them). Maybe my dowsing fu is interfering some how.

Dan ← Nothing there… I just decided to see if I could use the blurring thingy.

[Phoenix_Fire]

I discovered after the challenge my new tablet i got do i could do my study snd work on ( old one 2017?? No more updates etc…) has ability to get deckible app… omg not just tarot Oracle lenormamd etc but also prompts daily challenges self afformations and therapy type decls…omg… my pagan and therapy sides in a frenzy…cause omg theres so many i want toget…i had to decide ok… which ones would be most useful to get now…( as i cant afford too much). The dbt, cbt and act bundle looked cool for therapy side winged messenger oracle or was it tarot looked cool. It says is a deck ggod for those adhd/ nurodivergent / asd… check… good for those lgbt+ im i think you call it ace…so i fit in there and its got nice artwotk…hmmthere was a few other oracle or tarot decks, some therapy or wellbeing decks all good for wellbeing and shadow work ( self refldction) even saw shafow work as caragory …astroligy baseddecks i think a 72 statue diety deck…yoga and chakra snd oh my yeah it going to be hard. Especially as this sort of thing fits my pagsn and therapy practices… ill share any decks i get…but its cool the decks sll in one app and so many choices catagory themes etc… if anyone likes using tarot oracle apps or interested in shadow work prompts in deck style app. So far im like loving deckable app and recommend… but i will update on that review when had chance yo review more… but so far its a recommended app for a range of decks in app form. And we know uding apps for oracle, lenormand snd tarot is something i do alot especoally with chronic illness ( lol i also found a deck for self care for when you ill or somethung like ghat…) daily challenges, reflections, prompts, tasks …oh and found one spp for adhd women…and oh for the guys some decks aimed at men too…so many themes crystals angels, magic, animals oh oh and someone mentionef iching…im new to that but ive recently discovered it after sister in law gave me a divination book she no longer looks at cause she knew i love this stuff i saw iching deck on there too… theres trafitional raider white tarot vlack and white can get free…and can use credits ( free trail ) i had 3 creditsi usedfor an emotion flashcards for work for the kids, a gratitude prompt deck for my art therapy course to use to help when do gratitufe journsl and a tarot i think tarotor maybe a large oracle based on elements … now im looking at other decks… as you can tell its going to be a careful ptocess …as helpful might be to pahan practice current or future work or my own wellbeing or reflections self care etc…i jave to be careful not to try buy too many …theres so many i like the look of and would find grrat to use… but i wanted to share he re as an add on to the challenge … for those busy or travelling or on the go trying yo be subtle in shared living or like me a bit of the above plus chronic illness so apps are easier plus can save previous readings n notes in one place. I try notebooks then notebooks and then oh this notebook or that notebook …whats with never having enough notebooks no another notebook wont solve your problens …it gets put somewhere and who knows where …usually when rent inspection and trying to get doom piles of work or projects out of way till rent inspection over then i forget abouf it…out of sight out of …wjat was saying …ohh squirrel anyways i will let you know how find deckible …it looks great so far…if you cant tellso excited and tyoung so fast…i stopped using it only cause tablet had to do an update amd restart so got on my phone​:laughing: but yeah lets see how happy am after tried out morebut definatly looking like great app for keeping all decks together plus it looks like has an option for freeplacememt as well as spreads in built so thats good for times want to do spresds find on pinteresr or something thats not already on there. One thing like about fools dog apps they allow this and loots of spreads built in…but most of their apps are tarot …not so much oracle. Maybe a jandful…ocean house apps have vast arrays of oracle but the spreads minimal to only specific spreads for deck and no option to free place cards and doesnt shuffle …and cards hard to see or zoom together only zooms into individyal cards and sodeways scroll of cards…3 card spread can see at a distance the 3 cards. So screenshot it and zoom in works but not something in app…but theyhave more oravle decks but they are all individual apps per devk . Fools dog too…except druid animal/plant deck comrs togeyher and can choose both decks or one or other beford dtaw…but when buy physicsl oravle decks they are seperate… rockpool has a cool collection of oracle decks inclufing ( yay) witch bt season decks i got the mabon one for when that comes. Not all sabbats but i think they add. Theres now i think 6 of Sabbats… but the spreads limited and again scroll sideways selevting cards not shuffle…and also viewing like ocean hoise…indi goes is good for collection based app of devks got affirmayions, manifesting and oraclez …but the spreads agsin linited…you can trial decks 7 days and keep cards but just not he able to readings or see guidebook of cardsunless buy after that but the try before by is good. Only place found lionheart oracle which was a cute animal oracle deck i liked from start…i think thats the main apps ive used or app ‘brands’ for those that each deck is seperate app…but ive wanted deckible for ages but none of devises were xapable till now and omg my brain exploded with excitement can you tell?