There seemed to be enough interest in the DnD Dice Divination system that I decided to go ahead and write it up. I couldn’t fit it all on here though so I might be making more posts in the future about it. I’ve included the most important stuff here to get started.
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I know there are other systems out there and I don’t have a monopoly on dice divination but this guide did take a lot of time to put together and is built on my own collection of frameworks, meanings.
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I use the Element dice to give an indication for the area of life the reading pertains the most too. I look for indications with other dice as to what the element dice might be speaking to more specifically, but it gives me a place to start.
D6 - Problem
1 - Plot - drama, conflict, things outside of your control, change
2 - Character - another person is blocking/causing problems, fixation on a person, possibly even loss of a person
3 - Thought - paradigms getting in the way, not in touch with reality, judgmental, fear/anxiety, getting stuck in your head
4 - Diction - how a person talks is causing problems, speaking too much/too little, passive aggression, divisive or hateful language
5 - Song - Harmony with another, being out of sync with oneself or another, learning to join the choir/group, teamwork
6 - Spectacle - Things seem worse than they actually are, petty fights, aesthetic/surface level changes, playing with how things are perceived to achieve an outcome
The Problem dice is based on Aristotle's Six Elements of Tragedy, a dramatic and literary analytical framework. I use this to see what might be the at the crux of the problem in the area the Element dice indicated. The Action Needed dice can also refine the Problem.
D8 - Action Needed
1 - Right View - seeing the situation for what it truly is, actions have consequences, material reality, paradigm shift
2 - Right Resolve - being intentional, recommitting, choosing what is right, dedication and ambition
3 - Right Speech - be honest/don't lie, don't be passive aggressive/be forthright, speak compassionately and for the benefit of others.
4 - Right Action - don't harm others, act compassionately and for the benefit of others, take positive action
5 - Right Livelihood - don't profit from harming others, long term commitment to benefiting others, take only what you need and give what you do not, ethical employment
6 - Right Effort - Exert influence on your environment to cultivate a better internal world, set strong boundaries, avoid negative influences and seek out positive ones, "just do the thing"
7 - Right Mindfulness - Don't make things out to be more than they are, see them for what they are, know life is in transition, don't define the self by these external transitory states
8 - Right Concentration - unification of the mind/body, unlocking higher levels of thinking and feeling and operating, don't let desire for what might be get in the way of what is, healthy detachment
The Action Needed dice is based on the Eightfold Path of Buddhism. While the particulars of the path vary by the different schools/traditions, these seem to be the most common English translations. This dice is usually pretty straight forward, especially when taken in consideration with the rest of the dice.
2D10 - Difficulty
Pretty self-explanatory. The higher the difficulty, the longer the process will take. Gives an indication about how important or long term the reading will be.
D12 - Time
The number can refer to a month of the year which you may have your own associations you can pull from or classify into a season and pull meanings from that. I use the seasonal method most often.
Winter - focus on the self, rest, restore yourself, weather the storm, be the light the world isn't giving you, inner strength
Spring - new beginnings, plant seeds, the rain and the storms lead to new growth
Summer - wait to harvest, find shade, relax
Fall - harvest, make preparations for winter, celebrate accomplishments.
You can also think of what sabbat is in that month and the lessons inherent in that holiday. It can also be time of day.
9-5 - Work related, stress, out of your control
5-12 - Free time, friends and family, hobbies
12-9 - rest, dream, restore yourself
AM if there are more even than odd numbers and PM if there more odd than even. You can also take the month and the time to be literal if the reading calls for it.
D20 - Lesson
1 - The Magician - jack of all trades, master of none, experiment, unfocused, learning, skilled but unrefined, beginning
2 - The High Priestess - balance, intuition, insight, between worlds, lessons learned while solitary
3 - The Empress - growing, flowering, creativity, taking what you have and making it thrive, thriving where you're planted
4 - The Emperor - expand, leader, confidence, step up and create the life you want/need, protect what/who you have
5 - The Hierophant - balance between material and spiritual, lessons learned from teachers, benevolence, structure
6 - The Lovers - connection, union, positive outlook, nostalgia, romanticism, love given freely
7 - The Chariot - power, confidence, leadership through passion/emotional intelligence, decisive action
8 - Strength - rely on internal direction/sense of self, internal strength and peace, resilience
9 - The Hermit - internal knowledge and discovery, minimalism, truth is inside you, you are capable on your own
10 - The Wheel of Fortune - things are outside of your control, this too shall pass, ebb and flow of fortune, reversal of luck
11 - Justice - objective truth, standing by/doing what is right, lawful good, cutting ties with deceivers, protect the community
12 - The Hanged Man - Insight, understanding impermanence, sudden realization, enlightenment, major paradigm shift
13 - Death - the old makes way for the new, the cycle of life, we all die in the end, reinvention
14 - Temperance - spiritual balance, abstaining from negative influences, taking responsibility for one's internal well being
15 - The Devil - materialism as bondage, enjoy pleasure without becoming victim to it, pleasure seeking as escapism
16 - The Tower - being shaken to the core, foundations pulled up, self of self overturned, ego shaken
17 - The Star - uneasy hope, possibilities, leaving and traveling, opportunities somewhere else, dare to dream
18 - The Moon - deception, things aren't always what they appear, intentions and actions do not line up, reflect, see the true nature of things
19 - The Sun - relax and enjoy your accomplishments, celebrate with friends and family, share your abundance, revel in joy
20 - Judgment - shine a light on everything, be honest, be critical and fair, lay firm boundaries, take up the old and make it new
The lesson dice is there to indicate what can be learned from the situation. Every situation is an opportunity to grow and evolve. It's based on the framework of the Major Arcana as teachers and posits that every situation can likewise be a teacher to us all. This dice can help refine the problem dice as well. It can be hard to keep this dice from getting preachy so make sure to be honest about what this dice is saying but temper it so as not to be patronizing.
Putting the Reading Together
Like all divination, the goal is to look for patterns and craft those patterns into coherent themes. Like reading a novel, you’re reading between the lines to make the reading more useable than the raw info the dice turn up. An example of my notes for a reading are:
D4 - Element: 2 - Fire
D6 - Problem: 3 - Thought
D8 - Action Needed: 3 - Right Speech
D10 - Importance: 51 - Middle
D12 - Time: Evening/Summer
D20 - Lesson: 8 – Strength
This is the reading I gave:
“The reading suggests there’s some conflict stemming from letting passion overtake reason in your interactions with others. You believe very passionately in your ideals, but how you talk about them to others looks like it’s causing tension. This seems like it will be of moderate difficulty to grapple with, not easy but by far not the hardest thing you’ve dealt with. The reading suggests being mindful of your words and advises to concentrate on your inner power rather than seeking validation for your ideas from others. “
When pulling together a reading you want to look for conflict, strengths, and resolution.
There was a lot of fire (passion) and air (communication) in this reading, while they work great in harmony, they can really hurt the user when out of balance so that was the conflict. Passion is a beautiful thing even when it’s not in alignment and I didn’t want the reader to think their ideals were the problem since the rest of the reading pointed out their words so their passion was their strength. The resolution lay in relying on their own internal strength for validation rather than others, that that would lead to better communication and less conflict overall.
I’m still learning myself. It takes practice so don’t give up!
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I hope this was helpful! Please let me know how this works for you. I’m totally open to people changing it to fit them better but I wanted to provide a model for how this could be done. I also got some really solid readings out of it. So it definitely has potential.
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hello, for my question i'd like to ask if that's okay, will i get this job i've been wanting recently? tysm
Hello and sorry for the wait!
For this reading I used the Deck of Many things and I pulled the Euryale card.
This card, in a DnD context gives a -2 penalty to saving throws until you remove the curse.
In this case I feel like the answer to your question might be that you'll have to struggle a bit to be able to get the job, as indicated by the malus in the card's meaning, but you might be able to overcome the difficulties and land the job... as you could fail and not get it. I'd say this card is a strong "maybe".
can I have a reading on how each of my deities (Hekate, Dionysus, and Hermes) feel about me/if they still want to work with me?
(my name is Dante and my birthday is August 18 if you need identifying info for it 👍)
Hello Dante! My readings are currently closed, but I was thinking about reopening them soon... so I guess it's time to do that, uh?
For this reading I'm using a pendulum (one not listed in my pinned but i felt pulled to use that) and pulling a card from the Deck of Many Things.
Question: does Hekate still want to work with Dante? Strong Yes
Question: does Dionysus still want to work with Dante? Strong Yes
Question: does Hermes still want to work with Dante? Maybe
As for how they feel about you, I pulled the Sun for Hekate, the Star for Dionysus and the Idiot for Hermes.
The first two cards are positive, usually in DnD these give bonuses to the player's character. Both Hekate and Dionysus see you in a positive light and will gladly keep working with you.
Hermes' card in a DnD game would cause the player's character to lose INT points. But in this case I feel like it's more that he doesn't really feel convinced. This card feels like a two of clubs, there's a bit of indecision and hesitation.
Maybe you could take it slow, maybe keeping working with Hekate and Dionysus while pausing the work with Hermes? You could always dedicate something to him or leave an offering, and return to fully work with him after a bit... The decision is up to you.
Hey! I'm here for the Deck Of Many Things, haven't heard this one before and very curious, so if you don't mind I kinda want to ask which aspect of my personality/characteristics I should work on, as in it no longer serves me and I should kiss it goodbye...
Well yeah, anyway time for a quick chit-chat. How's your work in hospitality? The last time we talked you were so busy and I guess you're still at the old place?
Hey there! The Deck of Many Things is a sort of magical item for DnD campaigns, and if a character draws one of those cards, they'll get a different "effect" depending on what they pulled. So, it's not properly a divination deck... but since I'm currently not playing any DnD, I wanted to find a new use for this deck :)
I mainly interpret it by intuition as I can't properly translate the cards' effect without a context, and since I'm still testing them out, I'm not entirely sure about which are its limits... so let's see if I can answer that question with them!
I got: Void, Skull and Fool
In DnD terms, the Void card causes the character's soul to be trapped in an object elsewhere guarded by enemies. Skull causes the apparition of a Dread Wraith/avatar of death that the character has to fight alone, and Fool causes to lose experience points but let you draw another card.
Hmm... I think that maybe you are a bit pessimistic, have often negative thoughts and/or get "trapped" in them, and you need to work on that. It'll be difficult as the Skull card represents a combat in a literal way, but even if you'll struggle and feel you hit the bottom (losing exp of the Fool card) you'll have the chance to climb back up because you'll still have another opportunity to try again.
Moving to the chit-chat, I'm still busy, but way less than during the summer... luckily, the camping closes during the winter, and I'll have time to rest and recharge after the 5th!
I'm thinking of searching for another job after this, as I'm not really fit to work in hospitality... but where I live, the jobs are all seasonal and either in restauration or hospitality. It only changes the number of months you'll be working. Most of the office-related jobs (or even a job in a factory) posted either require a specific degree or experience for that kind of job that I don't have :/
Probs next year, I'll be again at this place (if they want to hire me again ofc) at least the pay is fair, the shifts aren't wacky, and they pay overtime... that's kinda rare in the tourism-related sector in my experience lmao
Hii! Can I request a reading on what is my energy like or what vibes do I give off ?
Thank youu 🎃✨
Hello! I can certainly try! Let's see if it's something I could answer with these cards! 😊
So- uhhhh- for a hot second, I thought the deck was pranking me 😅 but then I ended up pulling a second card, so I think it's wasn't a dud.
I pulled Idiot and Vizier.
In DnD, pulling the Idiot card makes the character lose points from the Intelligence stat, while the Vizier card will give an answer to a question/dilemma to who pulled the card.
I'd "translate" this that maybe you might have a vibe that makes you appear a bit of an airhead when you actually are more grounded than that, you might be a bit lost in thought but you know when you need to be focused and apply your skills.
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Hello i would like a free reading my question is if i will have sucess in artistic career? I have not started
-SB 🌺
Thank you
Hello SB! I felt inspired to try out using my "Deck of Many Things" for this question, so I hope you won't mind if I used this new method 😅
I pulled Star, Vizier and Gem.
In DnD terms, the Star makes you gain a +2 to an ability score while the Vizier card will give you an answer to a dilemma/question during meditation, and Gem is a card that will make jewels/gems appear when drawn.
So, I'd read them as you might have the ability to do so. Just look inside yourself for the answer to know if you feel ready and built your skills enough for starting your career, but it seems that there are good chances of success :)
