Well, here's what's up so far...
Hello Hedgewytchery friends!
Absolutely the study group’s a go, I’ve just been in the process of trying to contact a moderator to help me set up our Hedgewytchery group as it’s different from so many of the other oracles, primarily because the cards don’t have prescribed, set meanings. It doesn’t sound like much, but under the rules for setting up a study group one is required to do two primary things: first, set up threads for each card and its set meaning and second, to create an index thread under which all the card threads, readings and discussions may be gathered. I’ve written Aulruna as to how to sort this out and am awaiting her word.
Meanwhile, while so many of us are excited to start studying, I’ll start a thread and we’ll begin a little freeform thing there, if that’s alright? I’ll start it today, most likely in a little bit, if that’ll do—with so many enthusiastic people ready to start, we might as well get started, right? Lol Then we can always move this nascent thread over to the Oracle Study Group.
Here’s what’s been going on…
In a goof I contacted Solandia, forgetting that she’s off for July, so then I quickly PM-ed Zorya (on the 16th)
who wrote the Oracle Groups Study Groups and Info thread which specifies the rules for setting up study groups (seen here:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=41218 which includes:
“Starting a new Study Group
If you are interested in starting a new study group, start a thread with the name of the oracle in the title. This thread may be used for members to join and discuss the group.
Once the group begins, start each new thread with the name of the group/oracle. Usually each card gets its own thread.
Create an index thread, which links to all the group's threads. Inform the moderator, that an index has been created, so the moderator may add it to the master index.
Update your group's index thread, as threads are created.
Enjoy”
Zorya, though, said she hasn’t been active at Aeclectic for several years and to contact a current moderator. Last night I wrote this to Aulruna (on the 19th)
She’d written this thread re: changes to oracle study groups:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=110670 .)
So, my note to Aulruna reads…
“Hi Aulruna,
My name is goosegirl. A few of us would like to start a sub-forum Oracle Study Group to study Hedgewytchery. While Yurikome started the most recent thread about Hedgewytchery, we PM-ed and she asked me to take the lead as I have the time to check in daily or nearly every day (I'm disabled, being photosensitive w/ Lupus means I spend hours in a blacked-out room daily, hours out of which I can give time to the study group. And I called in a favor from my sister the teacher, she's hooked me up in terms of lesson-planning aids.)
I want to do this up right for the good souls who want to study Hedgewytchery. Threads have popped up here in the past about it, but it's been a challenge to study it before the threads have collapsed. The system doesn't have prescribed meanings for the cards, to me, it's a lot more like the basics of a natal chart, blending the sun sign, ascendant and moon signs to get the over-all coloring of a situation or a person. For that reason I'd be greatly indebted to you if you could walk me through the process of setting up an index thread, whatever it takes to get our group up there with the other study groups Thankfully there are quite a few people already interested in joining the group and are are PM-ing me daily asking, "Where's the link (to the group?)" How great is that? I'd just love to be able to say, "O.k., group, here we go..." The idea so far is we'll meet online weekly for the lesson, then we'd read for either each other or ourselves weekly, then post our readings and review them with each other. Maybe as a treat we could monthly read for an anonymous, consenting Aeclectic member, too. There's just so much potential for good, esp. as so many who are interested already have cartomancy exp. in some area, so the idea is if something doesn't seem to jibe for the majority of us in the Hedgewytchery system, we could always add an alternative interpretation for clarity, ease and over-all better readings.
Aulruna, I hope you may be the soul/moderator for whom this Oracle Study group request is best intended. If not, could you please forward it on to whomever it should be with? It would mean so much
Thank you so much,
Always in kindness and wishing you well,
goosegirl”
(Of course, the proposed ideas are flexible. We could always go with bi-weekly meetings/chats/topics, etc. to keep the momentum up. We’re a forum so we’ll take a vote among ourselves and decide what we like best!)
Please forgive or ignore me...your choosing, lol...as I'm also going to send this by PM to everyone who's been interested so if someone has missed seeing this page they're still caught up and in the loop.
Ever grateful
goosegirl
