#divination methods

[myrtles-and-blood]

How do I communicate with my deities?

🔮 Not a professional guide 🔮

Feel free to correct any mistakes if you know more

❗Last edit: 7 Dec 2024 ❗

ʚ Why use more than one method? ɞ ꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷

I think it's important to have more than just one method of divination to communicate with a spirit/deity and/or to seek an answer for a situation in spirituality. This can add information to the previous divination method, or confirm/deny the previous answer, and from there work for the clearest answer you can get.

ʚ Answers that don't make sense ɞ ꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷

The fact that the second answer denies the first one doesn't mean the first one is wrong, nor the second one is correct, or vice versa. If there are contradictory, things that don't make much sense in the answers or something feels off, I recommend looking for things that might be interfering with the process.

Any external factors: an air current in case of scrying or pendulum/irregular surface in case of dice or coin, etc.

Any internal factors: Being tired, in a bad mood, anxious, or just not being grounded. This can interfere in the interpretation, the way you ask questions, the way you execute the divination method, etc.

Not communicating with who you actually want to communicate with: Maybe a trickster (some people believe in them, some don't), maybe you accidentally contacted the wrong spirit, depends.

The spirit is not there: this is personal experience, don't take this as absolute truth. Sometimes I feel like their energy around me is not really strong and the answers are not clear, so I feel like they're not there and therefore they're not answering me.

The divination tools haven't been cleansed: I don't cleanse them all the time, but often enough to be sure.

I might edit these with more

I want to take a moment to remember that we first must think about the physical and why something might be happening. If after reflecting on why this could be happening in our environment there's not really a reason for it or it's happening in an unusual way, we could start thinking about a spiritual reason. (Regarding signs from any spirit, divination or the spiritual in general)

ʚImportant thing before divination ɞ꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷

Check for external factors that might interfere.

Cleanse your tools.

Check on yourself and your mental state, be grounded and calm, there's no rush. Take a moment to breathe and feel your body and environment.

Use some kind of protection, to be sure something that's not invited is getting in your space.

ʚ Methods that I use ɞ ꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷

Pendulum: I use a necklace with a quartz pendant using this.

[↕️]: Yes.

[↔️]: No.

[Still or really soft movement]: Not sure/still thinking/the answer is not set in stone.

Dice: Any dice works for this

[Odd]: No.

[Even]: Yes.

Poker cards: This can work if you don't have a tarot deck yet, or just want to try something else. There are some cards missing but what can you do, it works pretty nice.

[♥️]: Cups.

[♦️]: Pentacles.

[♣️]: Wands.

[♠️]: Swords.

[J]: Knight.

[Q]: Queen.

I'm still learning more on each divination method every day, and I really recommend researching constantly to learn more about your tools and different ways of interpretation! This is not much, but it's a good way to start.

[K]: King.

Tarot cards: The usual. I personally take reversed cards and sometimes when they land horizontally I take it as a middle ground between the two meanings. Take whatever meanings you feel like taking: your deck, your divination, your rules!

[undeadmagick]

how do you communicate and talk with your deities?

There are a variety of methods to get answers/responses from deities. Since I’m someone who doesn’t take hints, I prefer methods that give me direct messages, which include:

Note: These are methods that work for ME. They may not work for everyone and this isn’t a definitive list of divination methods nor is it an exhaustive guide to using them.

Runes: I’ve used this specifically (and only) with the Norse deities I work with since they’re connected to them. But, they are a bit difficult for me to use/decipher sometimes.

Method of Use: Ask a question to deity and dig into bag of runes without looking. Determine answer from drawn rune(s). May also use a rune spread for a more detailed answer.

Pyromancy: Each of my altars (except one atm) have candles to light. Based on how the candle moves, it gives me a short yes/no answer.

Method of Use: Light candle and call upon deity. Ask a question and analyze the response of the candle flame, whether it moves or doesn’t, what direction, how rapid is the movement, etc.

Tarot: My main method. Takes a while to get all the details of an answer since it gives a lot more information but it’s my most informative way of getting clear and thorough answers.

Method of Use: Ask a question or use a tarot spread. Shuffle tarot cards in any manner then continue shuffling cards until certain cards spill from the deck. Analyze answer based on upright/reversed meanings.

Meditation: This method is most energy-consuming but most rewarding. With this, I can see and hear my deities. Their faces tend to be blurred and my own thoughts can jumble through the process but it’s phenomenal for me. I get emotional and physical sensations with visual associations. I use this method most when I want to confirm what deity reaches out to me.

Method of Use: Lay down in a comfortable position with a quiet environment. Using headphones, play meditative music or a guided meditation audio to fully relax. Visualize or describe a meeting place different than your current environment and invite deity to join your space. Analyze feelings, emotions, sensations, visual experiences, etc.

I’m also looking to eventually get into osteomancy/bone-throwing, bibliomancy, and automatic writing. :)

[theantarwitch]

Cheap Divination Method: Witchy Alphabet Soup

An idea came to my mind today: How can I guess specific words, names, without use a pendulum? I don’t want use the Ouija and I can’t tune with pendulums, so I was short of methods, and for a while wondered what to do. And today I got the idea. CHEAP idea (Trash Witch at the rescue).

The idea is: Make an alphabet soup in a paper and drop anything ring-ish, so the letters that are inside the ring, are the used letters of the word.

How tow make it? Two “ingredients”: Paper and rings.

First you need to get a paper (A4 kind of paper is the perfect size), it can be blank but if is squared sheet, damn it will be way easier. Then you fill it with letters. You can be savage and do it randomly, or follow a typical alphabet soup squared form (which is not needed, I just use squared sheet because I can measure better how big the letters are and how far they are from each other).

The tricky part is which letter and how many from each other are needed. In English speaker people is easier. Here https://wordsearches.brightsprout.com/word-search-maker?gad_source=1 is an alphabet soup maker, quite cool, just follow it and you will be fine. Have in mind that the frequency of letters in English (from most to less common) are etaoinshrdlcumwfgypbvkjxqz. So make sure to have enough of the first half at least. A good rule to make it is writing that first etaoinshr word 4 times, then dlcumwfg 2 times and ypbvkjxqz one time. Repeat it until fill the page (I think repeat it 5 times give you a good chunk of letters with which you can work, but it depends of how big is your page). Make sure to make it a little messy, but just flow with it, who I’m to tell you what to do.

DISCLAMER: Different languages have a different letter frequency, so you will have to check that if you want to do it on your native language. In my case (Spanish), the frequency is e, a, o, s, r, n, i, d, l, c, t, u, m, p, b, g, v, y, q, h, f, z, j, ñ, x, k, w. But in any language, do the same, part the set of letters in 3 (very frequent, common and less frequent) and do the same than in English.

So after that you will have a nice page of letters. So now with the ring part.

Here the trick is found something ring shaped where the center is empty, so it let you see the letter inside, and heavy enough to toss it in the paper. If you do it with rings made of paper, will be maybe too light. A firm cardboard can maybe work. My favorite are these ring links used in jewelry to put different pieces together. They are heavy enough for the work.

If you drink a lot, you can maybe use the ring pull, but you will need letters big enough because the joke is that you need one letter fitting perfectly inside (If inside the ring is two half letters, is not an answer. It must be at least 90% the letter to consider it a firm YES).

You can also play with what you have. If you have one ring, good, throw it one time, take note the letter, throw it again and again, until you have a word that have some sense (Yes, it can have mistakes but if the final word is something like HELTP you can know that say HELP. But if it says INWLSW is like nonsense).

If you have several rings, you can throw them all together. I personally use 5 because witchy pentacle, right?

In my case will look like this:

So yes, that’s my initial idea. Be free to use and experiment with it, see if works for you. Plus, it looks innocent enough to witches in the closet!

[thehazeldruid]

I should really start making these again. Only sold a few in my brief stint on etsy, but just making them was so much fun.

[andromedasdomain]

Sources:

https://www.twowander.com/blog/rune-meanings-how-to-use-runestones-for-divination

https://labyrinthos.co/blogs/tarot-card-meanings-list

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/pendulum-board

https://awesomeon20.com/herbs-for-divination/

[blackcrowing]

My Personal Methodology for Divination Reading

I will start by saying that every individual is different, and so the methods for one person almost certainly won't ring true for all people, but I'm going to do my best to cover what I believe are the most important aspects of my own divination methods.

1. My Tools are Only Tools

While I care deeply about the quality and care of my divination tools (my rune and ogam sets) at the end of the day they are mearly the tools I use to see the 'tapestry' of the future, or present in some cases. My tools may work a little differently (my ogam tends to lean more towards the emotional aspects of situations and speak in a more poetic fashion, while my runes tend to be pretty blunt and more straight forward) I don't personify them. THEY are not telling me what I'm reading, they are just the means by which I'm able to read.

2. Context is Key

Context when reading is absolutely EVERYTHING. The same stave could have dozens of different interpretations depending on the context of whats around it and the same 6 staves could have a dozen interpretations in the context of an individuals life. A reading discussing the persons ability to nurture and need to learn quickly could apply equally well to someone about to become a parent or someone entering a helping profession. Context is EVERYTHING.

3. Intuition is just as Important as Memorization

People tend to spend a lot of time and energy on memorizing the 'textbook' meanings of each tool that they're using. This is important because obviously you need to be able to speak the language of your tools in order to translate their meanings but I have been preforming divination for 10+ years and I ALWAYS have a quick reference on hand because KNOWING what is being said is more important practically than having the book meanings memorized. This idea feeds back into context, because a staves true meaning in a reading is based on the context of the staves around it and no book can account for all possible contexts.

[wyrdweavings]

Reading the news divinatorily

To hear me read this post aloud (length: 3:46), click here. I originally put this on Threads, but decided to copy and paste it here. I have gone back to the Washington Post and the New York Times. Even reading the Wall Street Journal when I have time. 1) They’re covering stuff I want to know about, 2) I finally figured out that my university covers the cost of these three while I’m still a…

[bitchy-craft]

The Shower Method: Manifestation Methods

Hello and welcome to this new post of mine! I decided to make a new series, this time about manifestation methods. I hope you find this useful and enjoy.

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What is it used for:

The shower method can be used for many things as long as they can be confirmed through a test (or a call). This can go from someone reaching out to you, to getting money on your bank account, to getting an email to confirm something you have been waiting for. In my own personal experience is the shower method a very good and easy method, and has worked every single time I have tried so far.

Instructions:

1. Think of your goal

Think of what it is you want to achieve with this manifestation method, what it is you want and in what way you will receive the confirmation.

2. Look at your phone

Get ready for your shower, and before you actually step into the shower look at your phone and imagine getting that email, text, missed call etc. whatever it is you wish. Imagine receiving it, seeing it, and then close of your phone and get into the shower.

3. Take your shower

As you take your shower think about what you are going to do now that you’ve received your goal. Act as if you’ve already gotten it, and are just waiting a little before replying, if you want to reply in the first place. Think about what it is you want to reply, or how you feel now that you’ve gotten this information.

4. Get out and check your phone

Once you are done taking your shower take your time to get out of it, possibly put on some clothes and do whatever routine you usually do, and open up your phone once you’re done; your manifestation will be right there like you already believed it was.

[umbrvx]

[ @orvwomenweek ] uriel + faith || day 3

[defnotciara]

How i manifested my parents a Tesla and a bunch of money!

Ofc, i still am not able to drive i dont have my license but i’ve been wanted a tesla for a long time and around September last year my mom brought one! Im still super surprised it worked because i was a relatively new manifester 😭 (Also we are not well off money wise so thats why i believe i manifested it)

Here is what i did:

First of all, about a year prior (It obviously doesn’t have to take a year to manifest it but for me it did because I wasn’t yet aware of it in a sense) I used to tell myself that when i got to a certain age i would tell myself that i would have a tesla by then (Wether my parents or I owned it) And about a few months after i started thinking this I discovered manifesting through tiktok and i was like omg, this whole time i’ve kinda been manifesting so after figuring that out i actually started a journal (Both online and paper) and just wrote “My parents will own/buy a tesla” and “My parents will get a ton of money” (WHICH IT DID WORK MY DAD GOT A SHIT TON OF MONEY LAST YEAR IM NOT EVEN JOKING 😭) and i just did basic affirmations like that! And shortly after discovering manifesting i went down the Shifting/Subliminal/Manifesting rabbit hole and i started using subliminals for pretty much everything and tbh they worked my whole life i never really had any friends and so many people hated me for absolute no reason but, i started using subliminal for friends (Pathetic ik but dont make fun of me please lmao 😭) AND I KID YOU NOT I HAD THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR OF MY ENTIRE LIFE EVEN IF IT WAS JUST FOR 2 MONTHS IT WAS THE HAPPIEST I EVER HAS I HAD MY OWN FRIEND GROUP AND EVERYTHING OFC ALOT OF PEOPLE STILL HATED ME BUT I WAS NEVER HAPPIER. And that’s basically what i did to manifest some of the stuff i got! And tbh those were the only things i’ve really manifested for now because i kinda forgot abt it shortly after and i just now came back to it lmaooo 😭🙏🏼 But yeah!

Hope this can help you all on your Shifting/Manifesting journey until next time i love you all, Bye! ♡

[myrtles-and-blood]

Today I tried a bit of free writing for deity communication!!! I tried it before, just wanted to talk about my experience.

It's always a bit confusing because discerning what is you and what is your deity is a big struggle.

My process was this:

I stop thinking for a second, concentrating on my surroundings.

I (if I get it) get a concept in my head randomly. Like, the general idea of what the deity is trying to communicate with me.

While concentrating on that idea, I try to translate that vague concept into words.

This is what I follow and what usually works for me. While writing the idea I do so, sometimes, in a way that's not the way I talk. For example, I noticed Lucifer is much more baroque when talking, and has a very poetic way of expressing his thoughts. On the other hand, Beelzebub tends to be more direct and talks in short sentences, he wants to get his point across quickly.

I encourage you to try it as another way of divination!! I used it before but I didn't know the name was "free writing", I first thought it was called "automatic writing", I just corrected it from a comment I got on the post. This, along with tarot and pendulum are my current favourites.

Edit: Someone pointed out to me that this is not automatic writing! It's called free writing. Automatic Writing is letting an entity control your hand to write something. This was not that, definitely. Sorry for my mistake 🫶🏻

[unhelpfultarot]

[gingermintpepper]

I was reading the Orphic Argonautica last night and the author has mentioned the various methods of divination Apollo knows and guess what? One of them is prophesying by studying the entrails of organisms. As soon as I read that I was reminded of your headcanon of Apollo being into hepatoscopy for divination and I giggled.

Awww 😳😳It's so nice of you to think of me!

Hehe, so fun fact, the overall practice of divination by studying the entrails of animals (including blood, lungs, intestines and so forth) is extispicy while hepatoscopy is specifically using the liver in prophecy and divination readings.

If, like magic in old text exactly like the sort Medea is described as using, the types of divination spoken about in the texts are reflections of the popular divination cultures of the time, I much rather prefer ascribing those to Apollo than I do some vague, somewhat mysterious power which he uses to see the will of the fates, especially since it's mentioned a few times that he'll teach his sons the language of the birds and how to read their signs and so on and so forth.

In short: HEPATOSCOPY APOLLO IS COOL!! HE'S SO NEAT!! Apollo at the altar who predicts the coming droughts and famines from the entrails of his flock!! It's just such a neat little image (to me)!

Also the Orphic Argonautica bangs, genuinely I hope you enjoy it! Orpheus is an insane man and I do not think him along with the collective subspecies of mythical man known as 'sons of Apollo' get enough credit for how truly unhinged they are at any given point in time.

[andromedasdomain]

Divination Methods:

Pendulum Board + Pendulum

A small, often circular board that can be used in divination along with a pendulum itself. A  person will hold the board and ask a question, and whichever word the pendulum swings over is the answer. 1. Done some centering and cleansing. You can start by meditating 2. Get clear on your question. Opt for close-ended very specific yes-or-no questions. Avoid “Should I….?” or complex questions.

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/pendulum-board

[blushyybunny]

☆ manifestation methods ☆

✩‧₊˚ shower method ✧.*

repeat a different affirmation for each body part you wash three times, and believe it. then when you wash the soap off, imagine all limiting beliefs, doubts, and negative energy washing off of you. repeat the affirmation, “this shower helps me manifest effortlessly and quickly”.

[coriander-candlesticks]

Me: I'm not sure if my health can withstand a commute. Should I try to go in tomorrow?

Apollo: no

Me: should I plan to work from home?

Apollo: no

Me: ...

Apollo:

Me: migraine?

Apollo: migraine.