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Ogham Tuesday: Feàrna/Alder
Alder: Advising, Guiding, Trusting Feàrna/ Alder is the third letter in the ogham alphabet. Feàrna is the Scots Gaelic word for the...
Beth Buchanan
Feb 18, 20252 min read


Ogham Tuesday: Luis/Rowan
Rowan: Protecting, Shielding, Warding Luis/Rowan is the second letter of the ogham alphabet. Luis, according to my research, is the Old...
Beth Buchanan
Feb 11, 20252 min read


New Moon Divination, January 2025
Note: New Moon Divination is migrating to the blog this year. Subscribers will still get first view via email for each new moon; everyone...
Nicole Beaton
Feb 7, 20253 min read


New Moon Divination in December
Before I dig into the final New Moon Divination of 2024, I want to thank you for being part of this year’s work. Sharing readings outside...
Nicole Beaton
Feb 6, 20253 min read


Ogham Tuesday: Beith/Birch
Birch: Beginning, Resetting, Manifesting Beith /Birch is the first letter of the ogham alphabet. Beith is the first word in the ogham...
Beth Buchanan
Feb 4, 20252 min read


New Moon Divination in November (the first one, anyway)
Hello – I am so happy to have worked this ritual today instead of last night. Thanks for rolling with the flow, with me. I hope this...
Nicole Beaton
Nov 21, 20243 min read


New Moon Divination: October 2, 2024
We live in precedented times. In a cosmological sense, planets move in an infinite dance that repeats its steps even as we travel through...
Nicole Beaton
Nov 7, 20242 min read


Ogham Tuesday: Witch Hazel
In this final Ogham Tuesday post for this year, the symbol for Witch Hazel reminds me of basket weaving, which is a good way to remember...
Nicole Beaton
Nov 5, 20241 min read


New Moon Divination: September 2, 2024
Even I know this is a WILD time for astrology. Megacycles are ending all over the place, new conjunctions are forming, and the equinox...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 31, 20242 min read


Ogham Tuesday: Honeysuckle
I find so much wisdom and hope in this ogham, it’s tattooed on the inside of my wrist, so it’s always there even if I didn’t pull it for...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 29, 20241 min read


New Moon Divination: August 5, 2025
I read something interesting about retrograde cycles the other day and, though I’m not fluent in astrology, it made a lot of sense: when...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 24, 20243 min read


Ogham Tuesday: Gooseberry
Quick vocab note: When we say a particular ogham few is “unattested” or “less attested,” that means we’ve not found a lot of evidence in...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 22, 20241 min read


New Moon Divination: July 5, 2024
I remember hearing some wisdom about flipping a coin to make a decision: the moment the coin is in the air, you know what result you...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 17, 20242 min read


Ogham Tuesday: Spindle
Spindle carries meaning for practitioners who see the work as part of prayer, who see the value of orthopraxy (how we take ACTION with...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 15, 20241 min read


New Moon Divination: June 6, 2024
Hello, and welcome to the halfway point in our year of New Moon Divination. I’m so grateful for the insights these readings are giving...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 10, 20242 min read


Ogham Tuesday: White Poplar
White Poplar is an ogham that, while not used as frequently as the first twenty, is still attested as part of the traditional letters. If...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 8, 20241 min read


New Moon Divination: May 7, 2024
Hello, and welcome to a divination with an Odd Occurrence: two of the same ogham in one reading! I’ve used this set for YEARS and never...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 3, 20242 min read


Ogham Tuesday: Yew
As the last of the most common family of ogham, Yew symbolizes not only endings, but also the liminal space between an ending and a new...
Nicole Beaton
Oct 1, 20241 min read


New Moon Divination: April 8, 2024
Hello, and welcome to your new moon divination for April! Let’s start with the obvious: on top of the new moon, we’ve got a solar...
Nicole Beaton
Sep 26, 20243 min read


Ogham Tuesday: Aspen
Well-meaning guidance to “do it afraid” (whatever IT is) can sometimes feel like an admonition to deny our fears, to push forward as if...
Nicole Beaton
Sep 24, 20241 min read
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