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I’m not going to get into the weeds of this as a reading just yet.
Let’s talk about circles and foundations first.
I think the things we’ve learned by studying the Oracle Dice points to something both bigger and deeper. This whole exercise has shown us a little bit about first principles and foundations.
Next week, I’ll just do a full on reading with our seven learning dice and that will wrap this particular post series. It has come full circle and not only have we learned about the oracle dice, but we’ve had a behind the scenes peek at one way to learn any oracle.
Learn almost any skill, really.
I used to teach martial arts, mostly Tai Chi (taijiquan)
Stance work – how you place your feet and distribute your weight – is important. If you don’t have a good physical foundation all that punching and kicking isn’t going to help a whole lot. Another layer beneath that foundation is basic conditioning. You can’t have a strong stance foundation if you don’t have at least some degree of physical fitness. That’s where repetition, and some sort of methodical practice comes in. Basic weight training, stretching, muscle building exercises all make for a better stance foundation. Better stance foundation makes better practice. Better practice makes higher level martial arts skill which opens insight into the mental and spiritual aspects of the discipline which leads us back to understanding how important basics and foundations are. You start at the surface and get deeper to find the foundation bedrock upon which you build your way right back up to the surface.
And so the circle goes.
My Sifu always said the best way to train for a thing is to do a thing. That applies to intuition development as well as physical training.
We started with basics – the meaning of individual symbols. Then we expanded that to the whole-dice meaning supplemented by the Lord Cards. Now we’ve expanded into the realm of doing a reading – on the background foundation of the reading cloth.
All along we’ve drawn parallels between the oracle dice and Tarot. To my way of thinking that shows that the REAL oracle here is our innate, natural human intuition and psychic perception. All the oracles in the world are just amplifiers that help us to access, expand, understand, and communicate that psychic perception – but that’s a discussion for another day.
In Tarot, the layout is the foundation of the reading. But at the same time it adds complexity and difficulty to the reading.
For the Oracle Dice, the reading cloth or the plain table, or whatever background you choose is as essential to the dice reading as the layout is to a Tarot reading. In my experience, it is crucial to know your layout and what each layout position symbolizes before you start a reading, before you even pick up your card deck.
Same here. You literally can’t throw the dice without a chosen background. It is the foundation and the context. You layer the reading down from the individual symbol to the die to the die’s position on the reading background both individually and relative to the other dice. The reading cloth background is both the beginning foundation and the deepest layer of understanding.
It’s all very up and down all at the same time, as above so below, dynamic but unified sort of stuff.
Multi-dice readings, like multi-card Tarot layouts, is a black belt move. Reading for yourself is hard enough. Reading for others in that format is master teacher level stuff.
Anyone can reach that level with time and effort, but it isn’t necessarily easy. At the same time, reading a single side or card for yourself is easy as breathing. I teach one card daily meditation Tarot in my ebook PeaceTarot and would recommend the same technique for the oracle dice if you are new to intuitive readings. Start with a single dice roll for daily meditation and then gradually add the layers of meaning as we have in this series.
Of course if you feel it’s right for you – let’s roll! You are the only one who knows when you are reading to progress through the steps. Only you know your relationship with your own intuition.
Next time – let’s read these things.
See you at the next sip!
* Publishing Goblin Oracle Dice used with permission from Seven Dane Asmund and Publishing Goblin LLC
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