My one huge complaint about this oracle system... it sounds like fortune cookies.

“You will have a parting from the {Tôn} companions now around you.”
Parting: release, deliverance; companions: those accompanying.
This may be an unwelcome parting from friends or a welcome release from enemies; in either case they are now around you. This may also mean a growing apart or forced separation of a person from his or her family, peers or fellow travelers on the path. 

Actually this seems to fit with a certain situation in my life.  There is a person in my life that I am thinking this will happen with.  Enemies seems such a harsh word.  I don't know if I have ever applied the term to anyone, in my entire life. As Watson asks in the new BBC Sherlock series, "Who has enemies, let alone arch-enemies?  People have friends, girlfriends, boyfriends,  people they don't like."

 I still am preferring those oracles that have deep imagery associated with them.  They seem to allow for a more nuanced reading.  It is still early on, and I'm just getting to know this system, so I'll keep at it.

“The God [Apollo] says you will do everything {Hapanta} successfully.”
Do: achieve, bring about, effect, accomplish, make, manage, negotiate, transact, practice, fare; successfully: prosperously, luckily, with good fortune.
Your entire project will turn out well and you will meet all your goals. You will have good luck in all your activities, or prosperous business transactions and negotiations."


Why does this feel more like a prayer of what I want to happen, instead of what I think will actually happen?  By the will of the Theoi, may it be so!

Last night as I was meditating, the story, that is in the post below this one, hit me full on.  I knew I needed to get up and write it out immediately.  I decided to ask Demeter's permission before writing a rather personal account of her story.  She gave me Pi.

“Completing many {Polus} contests, you will seize the crown.”
"Contests: struggles, trials, dangers; crown: wreath, garland.
If you persist in your struggles, after many trials you will succeed. Perseverance through adversity."



At about 3am this morning I finished with the version the appears below. I felt tired, but happy.  That version is still just a first draft, but I think Demeter will be pleased once I get it perfected.

I recently bought a copy of Herdotus' 'Histories' in the original Greek.  I did this as a way to gain practice in reading letters that are very foreign to me. Plus, I think this is a good way for me to learn grammar (yes, I know... I should learn English grammar first), and vocabulary.  So far, it is slow going, but I am proud to say that it is going.  I can sometimes be a very slow learner. I find that the capitol letter are so much easier for me to read than the lowercase ones.  Sigma is one that drives me a little bit bonkers, but I'm getting used to it.  I find it somewhat amusing that todays tile is Sigma.

“Phoibos [Apollo] speaks plainly {Saphôs}, ‘Stay, friend.’”

Plainly: distinctly, certainly; stay: wait, stand fast, remain.
Neither advance nor retreat; wait or hold your ground, as appropriate; the best action is inaction. “Phoibos” refers to Apollo as Bright and Pure, which also characterizes His advice in this oracle.

 I guess that urge to throw the book across the room is to be ignored.  Maybe a re-examining of what I have worked on so far isn't such bad advice?  It isn't retreating or advancing, but maybe strengthening what I have learned.  For today, I will stay.

Today was the first day I pulled wisdom from the alphabet oracle tiles I made.  I must say this one made me happy.  At the bottom of this post will be a picture of the tiles I made.  If you click on it, you will be taken to an explanation as to how it works and the historical evidence for this method.

The wisdom for today is Eta.  Eta is the letter for the Apollo, God of oracles, prophecy, healing, and the Sun.
“Bright Helios [Sun] {Hêlios}, who watches everything, watches you.”
The life-giving Sun will care for you. Helios is an enforcer of oaths and promises, and He knows the deceit in your heart."
I would like to add a prayer written by Diane Bronowicz and slightly modified by me.

Shining Apollon, leader of the Muses; far-shooting; far seeing God of oracles; brilliant healer and protector of youths, I wish to honor you this day.  I thank you for your many gifts and for the light you have placed in my life.  May I always bring honor to you by my actions, and may my lips speak the truths you have revealed to me.  I seek to know you better.  Please, accept my worship and look upon me with your favor as our bonds of Ghosti grow ever stronger.  Theoi, I thank you.