A Message from Spirit
Mother of Pearl Birds There is a Mother of Pearl bird in my set to represent messages from spirit or from the ancestors. It may be near a particular ancestor piece, in which case it could be a message [...]
Dice
Recently I had to swap out the die in my main bone set. It was the original die that came with the first set of bones I bought. It was one of those small, antique bone dice that most of [...]
How do you read so many pieces?
Short answer is, that I don't - at least not all at once. Today I counted my travel set. There are 84 pieces in it. This is the smaller of my two sets and it is the set that I used [...]
Reading For Yourself
Over the years I have heard many readers of various systems say that they cannot do divination for themselves. While I am no position to dispute those who make this self diagnosis, I personally have no problem reading for myself. [...]
Bells in Bone Reading Sets
When I got my first starter set of bone, it came with a small bell. I subsequently learned that this type of bell is called a tiger bell, or tiger head bell. They come in various sizes and while most [...]
The Sweet Spot
I gave a presentation on bone reading last weekend at the San Francisco Bay Area Tarot Symposium in San Jose California. It was my first time giving a presentation about bone reading via PowerPoint. I had a great group of [...]
10 Minute Bone Readings
I was recently asked to do a blog post on 10 minute readings. I do cover short, daily readings in my book starting on page 74, including a sample reading. The process for a 10 minute, or otherwise time constrained [...]
Transformation
I have a piece in my bone sets to represent transformation. It is a frog. My first thought when I decided that I needed a piece for this was to use a common and easily recognizable symbol for transformation - [...]
Pointers and Separators in Bone Reading Sets
My first pointer I have found that pointers and/or separators can be useful in bone reading. An arrow or something similar pointing at a bone or group of bones sends a strong visual message - all but screaming [...]
Bone Readings for Dream Interpretation
A forum participant posted a dream and requested ideas about interpreting it.* If I remember correctly, the dream had the requester in a beautiful field of flowers on a gorgeous sunny day. It was raining cards. Reaching up and taking one of the falling [...]