Relationship Layout #1
Difficulty: Easy
This layout is easy to read, like a convenient chart. In this layout, court oghams generally indicate actual people with the same characteristics. Knights (or corresponding princes, but not kings) and queens are meant to represent actual men and women in this layout. Look for patterns in the oghams as always.
Ogham #1 is the overall significator of the relationship. The two columns on either side of the significator characterise each individual's role in the relationship. The relationship does not have to be romantic. In fact, it could be a relationship between a person and a group, or even how two groups relate.
The top row, oghams #7 & #2, is about the conscious thoughts of each person, or what they think about the relationship and likewise how they view their partner.
The middle row, oghams #6 & #3, reveals the way each individual feels about the other. Emotional awareness corresponds to a person's unconscious thoughts that run deep, affecting a person in ways he or she is not fully aware of.
The bottom row, oghams #5 & #4, represents the way each person behaves, in other words the stance taken regarding the relationship. The way a person acts may be genuine, but sometimes people are phony and manipulative, so it is best to weigh this ogham against the other person's oghams to determine how they match up.
Your Relationship #1 Reading
You | Other Person | ||
Thought | ![]() Gort Blocked |
![]() Ailm Blocked |
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Emotion | ![]() Onn Blocked |
The Significator![]() Quert Blocked |
![]() Ruis Blocked |
External Stance | ![]() Nion Blocked |
![]() Luis Blocked |

The Significator
Quert Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Apple
- Kenning: ‘Fruit of the Otherworld’
- Spiritual Lesson: True abundance is joyful, generous, and reverent.
- Reflective Question: Where am I denying myself the blessings of life?
- Affirmation: ‘I taste joy without fear.’

The Querent's Thoughts
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.’

The Other Person's Thoughts
Ailm Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Silver Fir
- Kenning: ‘Pillar of Resilience’
- Spiritual Lesson: True resilience bends without breaking.
- Reflective Question: What inner root keeps me alive through winter?
- Affirmation: ‘I endure, evergreen and steadfast.’

The Querent's Emotions
Onn Blocked
- 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.’

The Other Person's Emotions
Ruis Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Elder
- Kenning: ‘Death’s Gateway’
- Spiritual Lesson: True rebirth demands true mourning.
- Reflective Question: What am I still carrying that must be laid to rest?
- Affirmation: ‘I bless the ending and welcome the new.’

The Querent's External Stance
Nion Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Ash
- Kenning: ‘World-Tree of the Ancestors’
- 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.’

The Other Person's External Stance
Luis Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Rowan
- Kenning: ‘Delight of the Eye’
- Spiritual Lesson: True insight demands patience, not desperation.
- Reflective Question: Where am I mistaking wishful thinking for true intuition?
- Affirmation: ‘My spirit sharpens to the truth.’