The Astrological Layout

Three Pyramids Layout

 

 

Difficulty: Complicated

The Astrological layout is based upon houses of astrology. This complicated layout takes several steps to understand.

The first step is to interpret the oghams for each individual position in the layout.

The second step involves further examination of the main axes. Positions 1 & 7 show the relationship theme, #1 representing the reader, #7 their partner. Positions 4 & 10 indicate motion. #4 indicates where the reader is now, and #10 suggests what they are moving towards.

The third step involves breaking down the chart into triads according to their house elements.

Positions 1, 5, & 9 represent the Fire triad, symbolising temperament and personal development.

Positions 2, 6, & 10 represent the Earth triad, concerned with materialism, money, and work.

Positions 3, 7, & 11 represent the Air triad, which has to do with thoughts, ideas, and connections with other people.

Positions 4, 8, & 12 represent the Water triad, the realm of emotions, moods, intuition, and yearnings.

Further, other patterns and correlations between certain numbers can be noted. Certain numbers such as the set of 5, 7, & 8 often speak about a particular theme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Astrological Reading

 


      10      
    11 9    
  12   8  
1       7
2   Eye   6
  3   5  
    4    
           

 

 

 

 

1: Basic Mood

Iodhadh Blocked

  • Tree/Plant: Yew
  • Kenning: ‘Tree of Death and Continuity’
Blocked Yew is fear of endings so deep, it calcifies life itself. You cling to what's gone rotten rather than face the sacred unknown. Let death do its work. Let silence speak. New roots must drink from ancient soil.

  • Spiritual Lesson: Death is not the end—it is the sacred beginning beneath all beginnings.
  • Reflective Question: What am I clinging to that refuses to die cleanly?
  • Affirmation: ‘I descend to rise.’

 

 

 

2: Finance

Ailm

  • Tree/Plant: Silver Fir
  • Kenning: ‘Pillar of Resilience’
Silver Fir stands tall in winter’s darkest days. Ailm offers endurance, spiritual health, and steady strength. In times of bleakness, remember your evergreen soul. Stand tall, rooted deep, reaching for starlight even when the sun hides. Your stillness is your revolution.

  • Spiritual Lesson: True resilience bends without breaking.
  • Reflective Question: What inner root keeps me alive through winter?
  • Affirmation: ‘I endure, evergreen and steadfast.’

 

 

 

3: Mundane Life

Ór Blocked

  • Tree/Plant: Spindle Tree
  • Kenning: ‘Weaver’s Gold’
When Ór is blocked, you weave chaos or refuse the loom entirely. Inaction and distraction are just as dangerous as the wrong actions. Choose the thread. Begin the weave. The future waits to be dressed.

  • Spiritual Lesson: Destiny is not found—it is crafted.
  • Reflective Question: What thread must I pick up now, even if it scares me?
  • Affirmation: ‘I spin my future with sacred hands.’

 

 

 

4: Home

Nion Blocked

  • Tree/Plant: Ash
  • Kenning: ‘World-Tree of the Ancestors’
When Ash is blocked, there is disconnection from purpose—an aimless, rootless drift. You may have forgotten who you are, or worse, whose shoulders you stand upon. Traditions misused become chains; traditions honoured become wings. Find your bloodline, your soul-line, your myth. Rebuild your bridge to the past to walk boldly into the future.

  • Spiritual Lesson: True growth demands humility before the unseen web of life.
  • Reflective Question: What legacy am I weaving with my daily choices?
  • Affirmation: ‘I walk the worlds rooted and crowned.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5: Fun Things

Eabhadh Blocked

  • Tree/Plant: Aspen
  • Kenning: ‘Stone of Memory’
When Eabhadh is blocked, you're drowning in ambiguity or paralysed by what can't be understood. But not all truths are meant to be solved—some are meant to be witnessed.

  • Spiritual Lesson: Some mysteries are meant to be honoured, not solved.
  • Reflective Question: What silence am I afraid to name?
  • Affirmation: ‘I honour the nameless and remember the unsaid.’

 

 

 

6: Work

Ur Blocked

  • Tree/Plant: Heather
  • Kenning: ‘Flower of Dreams’
Blocked Heather is escapism, false hope, or emotional dissociation. Dreams without grounding become fantasy. Tend your dreams like gardens, not castles in the air. Hope is sacred—not to be wasted on illusions.

  • Spiritual Lesson: Dreams demand roots as much as wings.
  • Reflective Question: What fragile dream do I need to protect and nourish?
  • Affirmation: ‘I dream with rooted hope.’

 

 

 

7: Partners

Iphin

  • Tree/Plant: Gooseberry
  • Kenning: ‘The Tang of Life’
Iphin is the tart, the zing, the sudden clarity in the back of the throat. It is freshness through contrast. Change arrives like a sour wind—but it clears the air. You are invited into the bracing joy of truth, the bitter clarity that awakens. Let yourself be refreshed. Let the sting revive you.

  • Spiritual Lesson: Life stings—but it stings to wake you.
  • Reflective Question: What bitterness must I bless so it can become my medicine?
  • Affirmation: ‘I rise refreshed from the bite of truth.’

 

 

 

8: Hidden Aspects

Uilleann

  • Tree/Plant: Honeysuckle
  • Kenning: ‘Hidden Sweetness’
Uilleann wraps and winds—sweetness found not in plain sight, but in spirals. This is the glyph of unseen blessings and secret pathways. Trust the detour. Trust the fragrance that pulls at your soul. Follow what draws you, not what shouts at you. Life’s richest nectar is rarely on the main road.

  • Spiritual Lesson: Not all that tempts is treasure—but real treasure rarely announces itself.
  • Reflective Question: What unseen blessing have I ignored?
  • Affirmation: ‘I follow sweetness hidden in shadow.’

 

 

 

9: Higher Views

Émancholl Blocked

  • Tree/Plant: Double Hazel / ‘Lover’s Vine’
  • Kenning: ‘The Sacred Pair’
Blocked Émancholl is entanglement without purpose. You may be caught in patterns that mirror old pain, not new growth. Not all bonds are sacred. Some vines must be cut to allow new growth.

  • Spiritual Lesson: True connection is mutual transformation.
  • Reflective Question: What relationship calls me to become more than myself?
  • Affirmation: ‘I grow through sacred union.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10: Reputation

Huathe

  • Tree/Plant: Hawthorn
  • Kenning: ‘Thorn of Protection’
Hawthorn is the guardian hedge—neither hostile nor tame, but fiercely loyal to its sacred task. Huathe asks you to protect what is holy: your heart, your dreams, your boundaries. Sacred spaces need walls. Not everything and everyone deserves access to your inner garden. Wield your thorn wisely—defend, but do not imprison yourself.

  • Spiritual Lesson: True protection is conscious, not reactionary.
  • Reflective Question: What am I defending, and is it truly sacred?
  • Affirmation: ‘I protect without imprisoning.’

 

 

 

11: Friends

Coll Blocked

  • Tree/Plant: Hazel
  • Kenning: ‘Wellspring of Wisdom’
Blocked Hazel creates confusion, ignorance, or misuse of knowledge. Perhaps you seek easy answers where there are none, or hoard knowledge without application. Wisdom is not merely knowing; it is knowing when, and how, and why. Choose discernment over cleverness.

  • Spiritual Lesson: Wisdom must be lived, not stored.
  • Reflective Question: What hidden knowledge am I being invited to embrace?
  • Affirmation: ‘I drink from the sacred well.’

 

 

12: Hopes and Fears

Fearn Blocked

  • Tree/Plant: Alder
  • Kenning: ‘Shield of the Warriors’
When Alder is blocked, the call to act becomes a coward’s retreat or a reckless charge. You may be standing in the wrong battle, wasting blood for pride. Or worse, refusing a battle that desperately needs your presence. Beware false peace. Some bridges must be burned before the right ones can be built. Know what you are fighting for—and what you are willing to surrender.

  • Spiritual Lesson: Strength is found not in stubbornness, but in sacred resilience.
  • Reflective Question: What cause truly deserves my courage right now?
  • Affirmation: ‘I am the bridge and the battleground.’

 

 

 


 

 

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