Past: ailm, pine, the long view. This is realizing the long term
interests and consequences. It is taking the broader view and
considering all the factors.
Present: duir, oak, leadership. This is all the courtly virtues,
hospitality, courtesy, as well as courage, etc. It is perhaps an
indication that now is the time for us to focus on the immediate task
of getting the dedicants sessions going, etc.
Future: nin, ash, bridge. This is the connection between this mundane
world and the other world. In Norse mythology this is the rainbow
bridge. It is how we awake approach the illuminated regions of the
Otherworld.
In response to our traditional question, "Our gods have spoken to us.
Are we satisfied or would we hear more?" there was a request to hear more.
Explanatory Ogham: coll, hazel, intuition. This is the gleam of the
idea as it leaps into the mind and quoting from my notes, "it is that
aspect of divination which is the dawning of perception about reality
so that we may tread our path creatively, reaching worthily for
attainable reality." In the words of one person at the rit, the gods
answered with, "Figure it out."