EXERCISES:
- Take a look at the two pictures below. What possible general meanings would you ascribe to the sticks and twigs in these two pictures, were you to come across them in a natural setting?
2. Set an intention that you want to receive omens about your own future in the next three weeks, then go on a walk where you know there’s a good chance you’ll come across trees, branches, sticks and twigs (a walk in a big city amidst concrete won’t work here, although a walk through a park would qualify). Note what you come across; take pictures of anything which strikes you as significant, and when you get home, write down your impressions. Revisit your pictures and your notes three weeks later. Was your assessment of the woods’ message accurate? Looking at your pictures of any trees, branches, sticks or twigs you encountered on your walk which struck you as being of significance, is there any other meaning you could ascribe to them?
3. Set an intention that you want to receive omens about somebody else’s future over the next three weeks. It can be someone you know, someone in the news, a friend, a neighbor. Then go on a divinatory walk where fallen branches, sticks and twigs can be found. Take a picture of anything which seems significant. Study the pictures when you get home, make notes of what you think it might represent. Revisit the pictures and your notes three weeks later. Was your assessment of the woods meaning correct?