Everyday Druidry and divination

(Nimue)

Divination can be a really good choice if you’re looking for a way to bring small amounts of Druidry into your everyday life. Divination doesn’t have to be about trying to predict the future. You can use it as an opportunity to contemplate what’s going on in your life, to seek inspiration or to just open a little door that might allow some magic into the day.

I favour oracle cards, although any sort of divination tool can work this way. For Druids, I think Philip and Stephanie Carr-Gomm’s plant and animal oracles are a particularly good choice. I don’t have their Druidcraft Tarot but I’ve heard good things about it. I’m also very fond of the cards from the Matlock the Hare folk, and the Hedge Guild Otherworld Oracle.

Drawing one oracle card, contemplating the image and then looking up the meaning doesn’t take very long. A few minutes to read and reflect, and then you’ve got a dash of inspiration to carry with you for the rest of the day. It’s a good way of making a little patch of calm and reflectiveness. Contemplating a card can be a meditative thing.

Oracle cards can be quite small and easy to carry, so they can be there to dip into when you feel a need for inspiration or to reconnect with the spiritual side of your life.