Petite Étude
Pick a question
You don't need all of them. You need one.
A tiny research project is four things: a question you care about, a way of noticing, a record, and an end date. It runs for a while, and then it stops. It does not have to be useful — it is better if it is not.
Filter by the kind of attention a question asks for, or by how long you want to give it. Open one to read it properly, then start it. If none of them is your question, write your own at the bottom.
Divinatory Instruments
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Dreams, Tagged
What keeps coming back?
Log your dreams for a month. Tag each one with three words. Read the tags at the end, not before.
30 days · voice notes and writing
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One Card, Gut First
What do I already think it means?
Pull one card each day. Write your gut reaction before you look anything up. Then look it up.
30 days · writing
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Used and Avoided
Which of my gifts do I keep stepping around?
Each day, log which of the gifts your chart names you actually used, and which you avoided.
6 weeks · writing
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Synchronicity Log
Is it a pattern or am I a pattern-finder?
Log every coincidence, however small. Six weeks minimum — it doesn't get interesting before that.
6 weeks · writing
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Guess the Weather First
How well do I read the sky I live under?
Every evening, guess tomorrow's weather before you check anything. Log the guess and, the next day, what happened.
30 days · writing
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Run a Spell Like a Study
What would it look like to take my own intention seriously?
Write one spell. State what you expect. Run it. Record what happened, including nothing.
8 weeks · writing