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 | ![]() Ngetal |
![]() Fearn Blocked |
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Emotion | ![]() Beith |
The Significator![]() Ór Blocked |
![]() Duir Blocked |
External Stance | ![]() Straif |
![]() Saille |

The Significator
Ór Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Spindle Tree
- Kenning: ‘Weaver’s Gold’
- 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.’

The Querent's Thoughts
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.’

The Other Person's Thoughts
Fearn Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Alder
- Kenning: ‘Shield of the Warriors’
- 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.’

The Querent's Emotions
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.’

The Other Person's Emotions
Duir Blocked
- Tree/Plant: Oak
- Kenning: ‘Door to Strength’
- Spiritual Lesson: Power without purpose is decay.
- Reflective Question: Where must I claim authority—or surrender pride?
- Affirmation: ‘I am the door that withstands all storms.’

The Querent's External Stance
Straif
- Tree/Plant: Blackthorn
- Kenning: ‘Blade of Trials’
- Spiritual Lesson: Pain refines, not defines.
- Reflective Question: What suffering is trying to carve me into something better?
- Affirmation: ‘I transform pain into power.’

The Other Person's External Stance
Saille
- Tree/Plant: Willow
- Kenning: ‘Sweeping Elegance’
- Spiritual Lesson: Mastery of emotion is achieved through movement, not denial.
- Reflective Question: Where am I refusing to let grief or inspiration flow?
- Affirmation: ‘I bend; I do not break.’