For 2026, I’ll be alternating between “Ogham as Memes” (which you saw last week) and actual readings. You’ll see real omens I’ve pulled, though they might not always be live readings from that particular day. Today, I’ve got a blended reading for you.* I really enjoy using blended readings in my personal practice. Somehow, mixing the “vibes” of two different divination languages gives me insight greater than the sum of their parts.  Yesterday, I got Vine first – for celebrati

“Magic is afoot!” says Witch Hazel, which is fun to say when I see it in a reading. Witch Hazel is a generous, multi-trunk shrub, unusual for its colorful, citrus-scented flowers in late fall and even into winter. The leaves are reddish when they emerge in spring, then golden in the autumn. It’s a very low-maintenance plant that’s resistant to most pests and diseases. Witch Hazel extract, an astringent, is a time-tested remedy with medicinal and cosmetic properties. That qual

How much do I love this ogham? It’s tattooed on my skin. Sure, as a gardener who focuses on native plantings, honeysuckle is a bane. I’ve hired people to help me pull it out, but I can still appreciate how pretty the flowers are, how nice it smells when it’s in bloom, and how GOOD it is at thriving. It isn’t the plant’s fault. All the qualities that make it invasive are advantages: leafing out earlier than anything else in the understory, climbing for sunshine and nutrients,