Geomantic offering

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Another month has passed so here is another divination offering, so if you have a question, I'll be happy to ask the coins using geomancy about it. That said, divination is like weather forecasting not a tablet of truth handed down from above, so take the advice I give you through the reading as such. The conditions that divination taps into are also in constant flux, the same as atmospheric pressure and the Moon. Any actions taken from the information of the readings are entirely the responsibility of the querent and do not replace nor pretend to be professional legal, medical or spiritual counseling.

Be sure to ask questions to which you want to know the answer. Also, divination doesn't always tell you about things you already know about, actually, it almost never does! My suggestion is that you question yourself, especially on things that make you flinch if any, and consider the points mentioned from a stance of possibility not of confirmation bias (or it's diametrical opposite, falsification bias).

These offerings that I give are geared towards helping you by finding a way of incorporating the replies of the oracle into your own personal life so I am happy to discuss in the comments to compensate for the lack of visual contact to create rapport with your situation and thus provide more useful readings.

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Comments

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Dear Recluse,

First of all, thank you for sharing all this with me! I am glad you've put thought into this, and for the engagement with the points we've discussed. It seems you've gotten a grasp on some threads to follow and upon inspection even finding some hope even if it seems little. It generally sounds to me, rereading our conversations, that you are still processing the first experience you had and the mourning when you felt it left you. Both of those things are important to do at our own pace, being patient and loving with ourselves, respectively. It sounds as though you also have many blessings in your life too, but you are not giving them the same weight, that seems a little unfair to me.

Searching for an explanation as to why things turned out one way or the other is a natural response, but people have noted that many times the issue really lies in the fear of accepting things as they happened to us and letting them go instead of there being some higher meaning to them. The way forward lies in attending to the results of the experiences more than understanding them.

The Dion Fortune passage was only to show the process of how long it takes for drastic things to happen and that it involves a process of cleansing, development, failure, growing etc.

Having said that, let's back up a little bit and keep both answers at hand. The other figures do matter but the triplicities and the way of points are advanced methods of interpretation that don't need to be explored in detail all the time. A reading can be spun almost as much as you want it to, I've had divinations that I keep coming back to over time for example, so the depth varies per question but it is important to keep the central ideas present. It is also layered, starting from the Judge, so it has the weight of the reading, that's the answer to the question plain; and then "the witnesses, active and inactive points, triplicities and way of points etc." refine or complement the answer, but it doesn't change it. By the way, I have no idea what the odd figure means, the software generates it, but it is not part of the methods of interpretation I know.

What do I need to get my spiritual life unstuck?

Ffordd, movement. Movement about what since I've tried so many different ways, you say. Taking into account witnesses: to get your spiritual life unstuck you need to get yourself unstuck and less passionate about the situation. The next chart doesn't suggest the deity in question is doing anything to block or discourage the connection. In this case, what the reading is telling you, is that movement means trying something different and that means to stop trying so hard, to glance at the self instead and start resolving our fears, regrets, shames etc. while we cultivate and take care of ourselves. If you make the spiritual the core of everything when you are confused about where to take it, you are putting yourself in an unhelpful situation! I suggest you keep and develop your non-spiritual life as a stable foundation you can be on while spirituality being something that enriches it.

What is needed to get your spiritual life unstuck is obtaining clarity, being patient and being careful with putting too many expectations into a very personal and broad aspect. Does that sound like a general answer? Well yes, because it is a general question! Really, I see no problem in divining about the situation but definitely recommend against asking the same question over and over. Instead, you can tackle it from different angles.

Does my connection to this deity remain?

Cyswllt, joining, and with the witnesses the answer is "yes, but..."

Regarding your observation of the reading. Yes, exactly!. Grasp that and you've grasped the gist of the whole reading. They are opposite pairs, and that symmetry is reflected in both your readings in subtler ways. It doesn't mean they are contradictory pairs, it means something needs to change for things to fit and effort for them to get moving. What do the active elements that join them mean to you?

My advice given the past two readings is that you need to relax, do something to attend to your emotions, such as the lectures of the Order of Spiritual Alchemy to get clarity, to pick up a simple thing you enjoy while making it spiritual and also doing activities that keep you motivated on the topic of spirituality and elaborate on that while avoiding nervous stimulants like coffee, alcohol or drugs. Praying to your deity might be a good idea and more generally too. I am a polytheist myself too, more leaning towards the occult path clearly but I've found mystical contemplation practices, like the ones from Evelyn Underhill books on contemplation. Do you like reading? Select a sacred text and meditate from it. Do you prefer active things? Develop your intuition with divination and active contemplation. What about manual things? You could learn to use herbs and stones to create elixirs and sachets and organizing spaces to change the energy and mood of yourself and your surroundings. The possibilities really are many and I am sure there's got to be one that works for you if you give yourself the chance. In the end it is you who needs to do these things and arrive at the truly meaningful answers (or questions!) that we are all looking for.

For what is worth, if you want the relationship with your deity back, go get it. At least the "divinatory odds" aren't bad. Difficult yes, but your chances of succeeding are good, and it suggests that if you make those changes, your spirituality will unfold peacefully. Doing the work really is worth it. Keep in mind that as with all relationships, if it didn't evolve, treasure those moments but pick it up from the beginning.

Questions: Do you know which deity it is? What does changing water, your emotional life from passive to active look like in your life, thus transforming Coch into Cyswllt?