The Art of Astragalomancy
Derived from the Ancient Greek words for knucklebones and talus bones, “astragalus” and “astragali,” and the suffix for divination or magic, “mancy.”
This form of Cleromancy— divination through casting quadruped bones or dice, has been recorded throughout history in several areas of the world. It is even suggested by researchers that the practice stretches farther back before record as well.
It’s been estimated that the rediscovered astragali near altars or funeral locations in Greece, Mediterranean, and Near East countries, dated back to pre-500 BCE.
Although the earliest documentation of dice was from the Egyptian game of Senet, played before 3000 BCE and up to 2nd century CE. Games involving dice has also been recorded in ancient Indian texts such as the Mahābhārata from 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE.
Moreover, the Shona people of Southern Africa performed divination with Hakata, also known as carved wood or bone dice.
Traditionally, sheep and goat knucklebones would be marked with letters or numbers. These markings would then become associated with specific meanings that would hold the answers to the querent or diviner’s questions. Through a random sequence, a prediction can be made through interpretation— stringing them together as a sentence.
Astragalomancy is certainly not a thing of the past. In our modern day, the 14th Dalai Lama has been known to consult the Mo, a dice divination method based on Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan shaman traditions!
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How to read the Common Dice
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As we all know, modern game or divination knucklebones and dice are made out of plastic, metal, and even crystals. The common die is quadruped and known as the d6, as it has 6 sides.
You will need 3 of these die in order to perform the most commonly used method of dice divination— originating from a traditionally Ancient Tibetan technique. A circle is first needed to be drawn on a paper or ground unless a divination mat with a pre-drawn circle has already been purchased. Ask the (open-ended) question, cast the dice, and you will be answered.
Pay attention to the position of the dice. You will have to examine if any fell outside of the circle. Interpret as written below:
1 Die outside - Obstacles or difficulties may lie ahead in the near future… things will not go as planned (Maybe)
2 Dice outside - Quarrels or disagreements are likely in regards to this situation… (No)
3 Dice outside - Luck, fortune and success! You’ll be fine, so no further reading is needed… (Yes)
The dice that falls within the circle will reveal a message based on the sum:
0, 1, 2) Sorry, no answer for the querent. They will have to try again some other day.
3) The querent will experience change in certain circumstances within their life soon.
4) There will likely be arguments or unpleasantries in a future exchange or regarding situation due to a misunderstanding.
5) An unforeseen revelation or obtainment in knowledge will come, helping the querent fulfill their desired manifestations.
6) Be wary of loss of any kind; financial, relationship, material items, etc.
7) Someone is possibly being cunning and causing setbacks. Otherwise, the querent will have general hardships or obstacles in the near future, but they should not fret, as it will be remedied in due time.
8) Stop! The querent shouldn’t act impulsively, as it may lead to trouble or undesirable results. Be patient and practical about this situation. Possible injustice or external factors are in the way as well.
9) May be a sign of rekindling or forgiveness in the matters of the heart. The querent may find themselves in a potential romantic or business union in the near future. Success in these areas are likely.
10) New beginnings in family life, career path or community are soon to come! This can refer to a birth of project, promotion or literal baby.
11) There may be a potential loss of a person in the querent’s life, short term illness… Or the return of a person who was estranged from them.
12) A very important message is to come, and the querent may need to seek guidance if it refers to legal matters. Alternatively, this may rather refer to a large sum of money coming into the querent’s life soon.
13) The querent may need to redirect their path, as continuing may lead them to more obstacles or disappointments.
14) There will be a friend or family member who will offer assistance. Alternatively, this result may suggest a new romance arriving soon.
15) The querent will need to proceed with caution and avoid starting new ventures for the next week. Try not to be drawn into gossip or temptations.
16) There will be time to relax through a short trip, entertainment, and/or emotions of relief through money coming in for the querent.
17) A change of perspective and/or adjustment in one’s plans may be needed. The querent should be receptive to the advice and council of others, whether they know them or not.
18) There is luck, success and blessings on the way! The querent will feel completion or fulfilment after a long journey.
*Note: The Tibetans believe that 2 dice falling on top of the other while throwing, suggests that the querent will receive a gift in the near future. They will also need to re-throw the dice for their reading.
**It is also believed that a die falling on the floor after performing the reading on a tabletop, signifies losing a close friendship.
***If you own DnD dice, you may find divination resources online that interpret the meanings of higher numbers.
****Some people may additionally associate the numbers to numerology interpretations to provide more insight!
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Do you think I should believe in my intuition about that subject or I need to stop day dreaming .
34 was here
intuition. intuition. intuition. intuition.intuition. intuition. intuition.intuition. innnntuuuuiiiiitttioooonnnn.
~ I feel like if there’s one thing I’m always telling people it’s “follow your intuition” or “ask your spirit guides” or “stick with your gut instinct. your first thought.” I seriously say at least one of those things in every reading I post so IDK why this is even a question at this point?
why the fuck would you doubt your intuition? why the fuck would you trust anything other than your gut instinct? why?
are you not a living breathing organism on this planet? were you not created from the cosmos? are you not made of stardust? are you not divinely guided and protected at all times doing all things in all places???
~ Whenever you’re daydreaming, your literally just astral traveling to an alternate reality, and anything you do in that reality will ripple out into this current one (especially now that you’re aware of it) so if I were you I’d play around with it. Try to make a game of seeing what you can do in other realities to bring cool shit into your present one.
Pay attention to what you’re doing in these worlds and how it makes you feel. Remember that you are in complete control and take accountability for your actions. Things manifest faster if your energy is light and you’re laughing a lot on a daily basis in this reality.
You can literally use your daydreams to bring anything you desire into your current reality by keeping your energy light and matching the vibration of the thing you’re trying to bring to you. For example: When I was raped by my friend it wasn’t a particularly easy thing for me to get over at first for a number of reasons, no matter how much therapy I went to or progress I made, it always felt like there was something holding me back. Until like last month, when I had this idea to visit the alternate realities where we stayed friends or started dating and change my present reality by ending things with this person in those ones.
It may sound kind of far-fetched at first, and there are other ways a psychologist would explain this to you, but I immediately felt a weight lift off my shoulders because when my subconscious released the expectation that “things are working out with them in that other world and that’s why you’re happy there so you can’t be happy here because things got kind of iffy and now you don’t talk anymore.” and I chose to address, acknowledge, and then change the narrative to “things were good with them for a while but then I moved onto better things in that other world and it is safe for me to do that in this one as well” it was like a switch flipped in my brain. Years of trauma fell away and I haven’t had a flashback, nightmare, or intrusive thought about it since.
omg this answer is getting too long lmao. I should probably just make a whole post on how to heal trauma and manifest different things in your life through daydreams lol. let me know if you have any specific questions you’d like me to answer in that...
I’m feeling called to pull a card for advice from your guides so...
The Tower, 7 of Cups - I literally cannot make this shit up. You’re on the right track with the daydreaming thing, but something about your current daydreams needs to change. It feels like your focus is more superficially based than spiritually based?
Lots of times when I’m helping my clients/students manifest romantic relationships, I like to spend an extra amount of time with them reviewing the foundations of their desires and releasing any/all expectations.
When you’re focused on the physical traits and qualities of a person (or anything) you’re trying to bring into your life, you’re trying to manifest them/it with your ego. But when you focus on the vibration of love they/it brings into your already full life, and you find ways to make your current life a hospitable environment for this new thing, that’s when the real magic happens.
So it’s a good idea for you to sit in lotus pose or criss-cross-apple-sauce, and really meditate on why you want what you want. Is this desire stemming from a place of lack or a place of love?
n e ways... idek if that answered your question but someone clearly needed to hear all of this because I couldn’t stop typing lmao
after posting my states post, i've been getting a lot of asks asking me how to get into the state, despite already having explained how to get into a state in the post.
i think the issue is that for so long the loass community has become overrun by a sort of grind culture with affirmations, where people have become convinced that you need to put in an immense amount of effort before you can get your manifestation in your 3d. i.e. affirm 10k times, flip every thought, etc. but manifestation has always been EFFORTLESS. so you need to get used to the idea that you don't have to work 24 hours a day 7 days a week in order to get your desire. manifestation is not a TRYING process!
intend.
that's it! its as easy and simple as that.
but what does it mean to intend?
intend: have (a course of action) as one's purpose or objective; plan.
for example, say that you want to read a book tomorrow. that is you intending to read a book tomorrow. you may not actually do it, but you still intended to do it.
but with states, you don't actually have to do anything to get into a state. JUST intend.
to make it easier on you guys, bc i get that it's hard to tell if you intended to do it or not, whenever you realized you slipped out of your desired state, you can say something like:
"i am in my desired state now"
"i am in the state of ____"
"i am in the state of the wish fulfilled"
"i have entered the state"
"it is done"
etc!
-you're thinking negative thoughts about your desire
-you're doubting
-you're checking the 3d
view these things as tools. they are there as indicators that you slipped out of the state and you need to shift yourself back to your desired state. these are all just thoughts, and they have no power unless you give it to them. you don't need to flip those thoughts, or freak out bc "they ruined everything" (they didn't), or "start over"
just go back to your desired state!
you can use methods to MAINTAIN the state of the wish fulfilled. you do not do methods to get into the state. as we have previously covered, all you need to get into the state is intention.
you do not need to do methods every time you get into the state. intending is enough. however, if you are having a hard time staying the state (you get into it and then immediately fall back out bc doubts come back), you can do methods to help maintain it.
methods include affirmations, scripting, visualizing, vaunting, inner conversations, etc.
pay attention while you do these methods. focus on conjuring the feeling of the state of the wish fulfilled, aka the feeling of knowing.
feeling ≠ emotions
the feeling of knowing can be a feeling of calm, peace, contentedness, relief, etc.
it is NOT happiness, sadness, anger, etc. those are EMOTIONS.
once again: methods are useful to help you maintain the state of the wish fulfilled, they are not what gets you into the state.
hopefully this clears some things up for you guys! <3
A message from Arcturus
You are not broken. You have never been and can never be broken.
You are of direct lineage from source itself. You are a direct manifestation of the universe/creators thoughts and feelings wanting to learn more about themselves.
What about that sounds unholy or less than complete to you?
You are here to learn lessons regarding kindness and self mastery. You are here to relearn the secrets of the universe and discover hidden facets to its vastness.
You are here to be wholly yourself. You are here to grow closer to the entirety of source that rests within you.
You are not broken. You have never been and can never be broken.
Unless you choose to be.
Let go of the idea that “broken is beautiful”. This was an idea created by the matrix in order to keep you passive. It gives the illusion of being empowered and proud of yourself while silently reenforcing the idea that you are not enough on your own, and encouraging you to be okay with that.
I manifest instantly and limitlessly.
The 3D instantly conforms to my desired reality.
I manifest at the blink of an eye.
I always receive my manifestations quicker than expected.
My manifestations come so quickly, I never have to wait.
My mind is so powerful. I get whatever I want when I want it.
I literally manifest so easily and quickly.
Every desire manifests instantly for me.
I shift realities whenever I want.
Everything I want comes to me instantly.
*This is a quote from a reading I’d previously done on Taehyung from BTS. I don’t remember which one because it’s no longer on my blog, but I did feel prompted to share some messages I’ve channeled regarding this phrase.
You know how in the hunger games, there’s those people in the game makers room controlling everything and the people in the games are like, what the fuck is happening?
The moon is like a galactic UN and when the Earth Experiments were going on, they were like the dudes in the game makers room.
When the Earth Experiments ended and the cosmic beings that had been worshiped as gods went back to their home planets or underground, those on the moon released their control over earth’s atmosphere.
Those who “come from the moon” either had past lives as extraterrestrials or their current DNA has extraterrestrial properties. A few of us were actually born on the moon, had our DNA adjusted, and were sent back down to earth to help with the great awakening.
Some people were born on the sun… possibly in the sun, but I’m pretty sure they said “on the sun”… something about DNA activations and cosmic things like that… Some people have DNA that came from the sun and was altered or added to their current system on the surface of the sun…
The universe is communicating with you. You've been receiving so many signs telling you that everything you've been visualizing really is becoming your reality. Trust it.
Moodboard
into another world
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Thank you for your replies! I'll keep the precautions in mind. Although I must say it's very intriguing how he doesn't know about his origins. And what does he think of the Christians and humans in general? What does an eternal being do for eternity? What does he look forward to? Thank you for answering again :)
He said after realizing he existed, he just sort of... existed for a long while. There was nothing except him and other higher beings but he was separate from them so he was lonely. He was lonely to the point that he made things and people.
"Life for me had no meaning until then. I did not bring meaning into their lives, it was the other way around. They brought meaning to mine", was what he said when I asked him
For the most part, he likes humans. Since for a long time he was alone, he's comforted by their existence. It doesn't mean he likes or supports their every action or everything that happens to them but for the most part, he tries to never intervene or interfere as much as possible. He can get disappointed but not to the point that he tries forcing a different outcome, he's done that twice and it has never ended well so he just doesn't anymore. Interference can only be done on a minor scale now, he says
He both likes and dislikes Christians but he doesn't want you to misunderstand what he means here. He likes that there are people who believe in him but he doesn't like when they twist or overuse his words. He likes that some Christians are very good people living by his words but he is also worried that if his word wasn't out there that they wouldn't be those types of people. On a core level, he likes Christians but he doesn't like it when people twist his words or follow his words like they're law. Basically tl;dr he's not a dictator (someone who dictates your entire life) and doesn't like it when Christians treat him as such & he doesn't like it when people use or twist some of his words, laws, or values to their own benefit. I paraphrased heavily but he thought Jesus was a cultural reset but we're going back in circles apparently 😀
He said that for him, for a very very long time, life had no meaning. He realized that if he was going to live forever then what was the point in wallowing in meaning nothing. He decided one day that if he was not born with meaning, if he was not made with a core meaning, he would make one himself. He looks forward to simply existing. Everything he does or sees is equally meaningful to him and he doesn't need one big major meaning to his very long life. He said he can't speak for other eternal beings but watching his children makes him happy. He sometimes interacts with them and his other creations.
"One would think I would've lost hope in my children or in my creations after the many many years I've seen them repeat and repeat again and again the things I have told them not to do and yet I never stop trying, neither do they. I find that in every year that a major event has taken a chunk of hope from me, there had been an equal amount of 'smaller' events that had restored it. I live and I choose to live with hope"
I hope you have a better understanding of the funky but equally wise man up in the heavens who has a really loud voice (He is surprisingly both nihilist and optimistic). And yeah, its definitely super interesting that he doesn't know about his origins. He was so confused to be asked a question that he just doesn't know the answer to
this is so interesting! thank you for answering!!