Decision Layout
Difficulty: Easy
This simple but highly useful layout calls for a question to be asked in this format:
"What happens if I do (X), and what happens if I do not do (X)?"
Please note that it should not be viewed as a decision between two different options, but about whether a single option should be exercised or not. A second option would call for a separate reading.
Ogham #7 is the significator, the overall theme of the query.
Oghams #3, #1, & #5 represent the chronological sequence of events that occurs if the reader chooses to do (X).
Oghams #4, #2, & #6 represent the chronological sequence of events that unfolds if the reader chooses not to do (X).
Your Decision Reading
The Significator![]() Onn |
Outcome if you do it: | ||
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Outcome if you don't do it: | |||
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Onn
- Tree/Plant: Gorse
- Kenning: ‘Flame of Fertility’
- Spiritual Lesson: Sacred fire creates; false fire consumes.
- Reflective Question: Where does my fire want to bloom?
- Affirmation: ‘I blaze the barren into bloom.’
Outcome if you do it:

Beith
- Tree/Plant: Birch
- Kenning: ‘Brightest of Trees’
- Spiritual Lesson: Purification requires surrender; beginnings require mourning.
- Reflective Question: What old story must I finally lay to rest to allow my rebirth?
- Affirmation: ‘I welcome the purity of the unknown.’

Ur
- Tree/Plant: Heather
- Kenning: ‘Flower of Dreams’
- 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.’

Tinne
- Tree/Plant: Holly
- Kenning: ‘Warrior’s Crown’
- Spiritual Lesson: Victory is hollow without a worthy cause.
- Reflective Question: What is truly worth fighting for now?
- Affirmation: ‘I wear the crown of sacred battle.’
Outcome if you do not do it:

Ngetal
- Tree/Plant: Reed
- Kenning: ‘Voice of the Waters’
- Spiritual Lesson: The purest messages are the simplest.
- Reflective Question: What truth needs my voice right now?
- Affirmation: ‘I am the voice of clear waters.’

Gort Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Ivy
- Kenning: ‘Tenacity of the Green Path’
- Spiritual Lesson: Persistence must serve true growth.
- Reflective Question: What am I climbing toward—and is it worth it?
- Affirmation: ‘I cling to the light that feeds me.’

Eabhadh Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Aspen
- Kenning: ‘Stone of Memory’
- 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.’