I’m a 23 year old girl and trying to make it in Oakland California. I live at a place that’s cheap and I like who I rent from and it’s a house with a lot of character. I love Oakland, but someone keeps messing with my car, ie breaking in, breaking my door handle, stealing my license plate. This all has happened in the last two weeks since I returned after four months away and I’m not sure why. My landlord suggests I’m being targeted and it’s just made me uneasy. I also have weird roommates and the house itself is a bit chaotic and unclean.

I asked what to do and got 54 unchanging. I seem to get unchanging hexagrams when I’m particulartly distressed or otherwise have “pointed/strong emotions about something. I’ve used the I Ching since I was a kid and this is a hexagram I rarely get and find hard to interpret. Thoughts on this one?

hello! i'm a baby witch and i want to practice divination via osteomancy. i have a collection of bones and trinkets i could possibly use for this but i dont want to practice is unless it is an open practice. many sources say it's practiced in celtic, norse, african, chinese and native american cultures but others say it's open for anyone to practice.

i don't know which is true and i want to know from someone who actively practices and is educated weather or not it's an open practice. thank you!!!

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I'm trying to identify a rather unusual divination system I used as a child in Italy, around 1999–2000.

My best friend had photocopies of an old book that we simply called "La Sibilla" (The Sibyl), although I'm not sure that was its actual title.

It wasn't a tarot deck, a traditional Sibilla oracle deck, or a standard cartomancy system. It was a book containing tables filled with fragments of sentences, and we used ordinary French-suited playing cards alongside it.

Here's what I remember about the procedure:

We would ask the oracle a question.

We shuffled a regular deck of playing cards and drew a few cards, possibly three.

We only used their numerical values, not their suits or traditional divinatory meanings.

We performed some kind of mathematical calculation, possibly adding the values together.

The resulting numbers directed us to specific pages, tables, or numbered fragments within the book.

We retrieved several fragments of text and combined them to produce a complete sentence answering our original question.

The fascinating part was that these answers often seemed remarkably coherent and relevant to our questions.

I remember being absolutely mesmerized by the process of watching a meaningful sentence emerge from seemingly disconnected pieces of text.

I've recently started researching it again, more than 25 years later.

My strongest lead so far is the Cumaean Sibyl oracle (Sibilla Cumana), particularly an Italian book called Il segreto della Sibilla Cumana (1989). I've also found a later publication titled L'oracolo della Sibilla (Giunti, 2010), which describes a remarkably similar system involving numerical combinations and fragmented sentences.

However, there's one crucial detail I still cannot verify:

Why were we using ordinary playing cards?

Was there an older version of this oracle that specifically required playing cards to generate the numbers? Was it an alternative method included in certain editions, or perhaps a regional variation?

Has anyone encountered this particular system, studied historical Italian Sibyl oracles, or owned an older edition with the original instructions?

I'd absolutely love to reconstruct the exact method I used as a child.

Any leads, book references, or firsthand experiences would be greatly appreciated!

The question was "should I go back to my old occupation because new job is very stressful?" and it's been really hard, I feel like I can't get anything done properly because the place is very chaotic. Absolutely feeling like a fraud. It's only been few months and I'm counting days, I can't imagine spending years here.

My older occupation ended with a lot of tears and burning out, but at least I knew more about what I did...when I left I was dead sure I'd never do it again. I can't believe the new one makes me question whether I should return to the old one.

I'm so sad I can't find a job that makes me happy, or at least not whine about it all the time.

How would you comment on Hexagram 47.5 -> Hexagram 40 in this context.

Thank you

There is a hidden stretch goal for a Tarot Deck at a certain amount funded..

Can you give me advice? How do I tell if I’m actually talking to a deity during tarot divination vs a trickster spirit. I’ve see. A lot of people say beginners don’t attract gods or goddesses in the beginning and that it takes months or years. I’ve only been doing it for like two weeks.

Is there something I can do to clarify? My cards are agreeing with me but if it is a trickster spirit I don’t know how reliable they are.

Any advice is helpful! I am a college student in a dorm so please nothing with candles, incense, flames. I’m also broke so please nothing crystals!

So I used the three coins method for a reading with the Alfred Huang version of the I Ching. The way I did it, following a YouTube tutorial, was:

3 heads = -o- (changing yang)

3 tails = -x- (changing yin)

2 heads, 1 tail = - - (unchanging yin)

2 tails, I head = --- (unchanging yang)

HOWEVER, Alfred Huang in his book says:

3 heads = -x- (changing yin)

3 tails = -o- (changing yang)

2 heads, 1 tail = --- (unchanging yang)

2 tails, 1 head = - - (unchanging yin)

I used the first method I learned from YouTube and got a reading that felt very synchronous with my current situation. But, now I worry I may have used the "wrong" method and my reading is invalid. Though, I am skeptical of that. So, what now? Should I just accept my reading? Should I use the same method for every reading or should I follow Huang's method? Would there be consequences for switching?

Also, I personally feel that it should be:

3 heads = -o- (changing yang)

2 heads, 1 tail = --- (unchanging yang)

2 tails, 1 head = - - (unchanging yin)

3 tails = -x- (changing yin)

What do you all think?

Hello, I was wondering how do those of you, who practice multiple different kinds of divination, decide what to use. Is is based on vibes or do you use a specific system for specific things/situations?

I want to buy a particular pack of oracle cards, but I can only find them in used condition online.

Is it okay to buy a used deck of oracle cards and do I need to cleanse them?

If so, how do you recommend I cleanse them?

Thanks

My pendulum was totally fine 5 mins ago, i do a reading and boom it breaks
Does that mean anything?

I went to a pop-up event yesterday after work, I was incredibly tired and rushed on time as the event was ending soon. I feel ridiculous that I didn't ask the man who did this divination what it was. I drew each of these symbols out of a bag and he interpreted them.

The center block is the anchor, he said it represented a moral or ethical dilemma I needed to answer before the rest of my symbols came to fruitation. The row at the bottom represents my physical self, the left row is my intellectual, the top is spiritual and the right is my emotional. As each symbol progresses it's meant to represent further in the future. The reading is meant to be how my year is supposed to go.

Again, I feel silly I didn't ask at the time. But I'd really like to know what this is so I can look more into it, thank you!

I’ve been thinking about this lately. I’ve been practicing tarot/oracles/pendulums for a couple of years now. And I have an ouija board at home. Growing up as a Christian now pagan/witch I was terrified of those but I was just thinking. “I talk to spirits all the time why is that any different!” Hehe
Is there anybody here that uses an ouija board for divination and has any advice on how to get started with one?

i'm very interested in Jung and been getting into dream interpretation more lately so i'm stoked to have found this in a little corner shop

I've been havibg trouble choosing a divination type. I can't find anything that truly calls to me. I've tried Tarot and I understand and can execute it but I don't feel connected to it. I've tried rune throwing and that feels more like me, but the set of runes I have dont feel like me I guess? I've tried tea leaves and coffee grounds and again I can execute it but I just don't feel connected to it. I've tried automatic writing and drawing and those aren't as easy for me to execute. I've tried the pendulum and I can execute it, I just end up feeling like I'm talking to a super 8 ball after a point. I've tried bone throwing as well and sometimes it works really well and I feel connected to it and other times its just nada, is it maybe the animal the bones come from? (Gotten off etsy or chicken wings when I get wings or food thats a "leave the bone" kinda thing) But if so then why? I've also tried the smoke divination and like shadows and stuff and thats pretty cool I really like that but I would like another version as well if that makes sense? Like maybe I'm more elementals and I just have an easier time with divination that uses natural or elemental materials? Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? I'm sorry that turned into a rant 😅

I had a friend who has a very cool divination “board game”. It is packaged in a box like a board game, it comes with an instruction manual, a glass scrying lens, and the board itself was very colorful, detailed, and beautiful. On the board there are the cardinal directions, seasons, months, days of the week (maybe), numbers, animals, other symbols, letters, yes, no, and maybe.

I want to say it is called something like “The Path of Destiny”

I also remember in the instructions there was a specific prayer that needed to be said to invite the spirits in and each line of the prayer spoke specifically to spirits / ancestors associated with I think either each of the seasons or each of the 4 cardinal directions. I can’t remember exactly.

The whole thing was very “nature” / “Mother Earth” focused.

I have been trying to figure out what it’s called and where I can get one for over a year now. Chat GPT and Google have been no help. I am praying to the spirits that ya’ll won’t let me down!!

hi I’m super new to bone throwing. And I was wondering about the process of figuring out what your bones mean. I bought two sets of bones one were like your standard bone throwing kit with bones and a couple of trinkets. I know the self bone but I’m having trouble coming up with meanings for the other bones/trinkets. The other set is a ten pack coyote foot bones and I have obstacle, male, female, strength, negative, and positive, and because there pretty identical bones I’m going to wrap them in a bit of colored waxed thread. I’d like to use these all as one kit. Help is appreciated

We have found a kitten under car hood , we tried to take him out , no success yet , now its night time

I asked how to act about the kitten under the car hood ? got hex 63 unchanging (inner hex 64)

I also was thinking when asking how to act : if we should put effort to take him out now , or to wait and maybe he gets out alone , or maybe his mother takes him out , or wait untill morning and if his still there than put effort taking him out

and also thinking while asking that the answer can be not just how to act , but maybe info that can help determine how to act (like if his mother would return to take him , or if he will leave by himself and can handle himself etc)

Future edit : morning still not sure if kitten is out or not , trying to figure out if hex 63 is saying to act or not to act....

update : again went to look now cant see or hear it (put tuna , and played mom calling kitten noises as well) , hopefully his mother came to take him or he left by himself , or he died , i lean towards he left

still would love to understand what 63 tried to tell me cause i have no clue

everything is in place could say that the kitten was left there by mom on purpose and she went back to take it with time .... BUT it does talk about small action to maintain what is in place .... and also talks about things getting worse so not sure

I have the feeling of a deity I haven’t dealt with before or in a while so I asked my tarot deck about it all and it said it was a pagan deity and or a Hellenic deity due to my questions but I did a deity identification spread and I got these, 1. what element represents this deity? I got the four of swords upside down. 2. what is this deity responsible for? I got the four seven of swords upside down, six of pentacles, and the knight of pentacles upside down. 3.what symbol is this deity associated with? i got the empress and the lovers. 4. what is another symbol this deity is associated with? I got justice. 5. what is your current relationship with them? I got the eight of pentacles. 6. what influence does this deity have in my life? I got the six of cups. 7. how do you benefit from working with this deity? and I got strength upside down, the sun, and the high priestess. 8. what does this deity want you to know? and I got the ten of cups. what deity do y’all think is reaching out to me I have also seen tons of birds like crows and ravens and I saw 2 hawks and a turkey vulture. I think it could be Athena or Apollo and maybe hades but i want to know if there are other pagan god that could be it I used to work with Apollo and hades and the crows and ravens do show Apollo but I am getting lots of dark vibes like underworld, it doesn’t feel negative and dangerous just dark could be forest or anything dark not just the underworld but also I am getting energy of Athena if anyone has an ideas of other gods or deity’s I would love the other things to look up to see if they fit when I am seeing better!