You’ve probably heard of divination. It might not be known by that name to you, but if you’ve heard of Tarot cards, Runes, reading tea leaves, dowsing, horary astrology or a Ouija board, you know divination.
Maybe in elementary school, you had one of those paper fortune tellers that told you who you were going to marry and how many kids you were going to have. Remember being horrified that Bobby Henderson was going to be your husband and you were going to have three kids with him? (I particularly hated that prediction).
Divination is the act of using some particular method to determine either answers, the future, the past or some information you want to know by making a physical action at the time you request the information, and then interpreting the answers.
I’ll also wager that some or most of you have heard of memes. And here I mean the questionnaire type (aka “blog meme”)and not the real Internet Meme definition or examples. Recently I’ve been seeing ipod-based memes where they have a series of questions and you use your mp3 player or itunes list or whatever, put it on random, and then whatever the song title is, you use it as the answer to that question.
Now I’ve decided to invent my own meme. This meme combines the two concepts described above, taking seemingly random at-the-moment information and data and facilitating a meaningful analysis. The idea is that the subconscious works with universal energies to actually create the answer so that it suits you individually, for that specific moment. It’s pretty freaky how accurate the other forms of divination can be, so maybe this will be equally freaky.
I’ll take the easy way out and map the song titles into the 12 houses in traditional astrology, since I know them pretty well. So question one is based on the 1st house, question two is the 2nd house, etc.
Instructions:
- Fire up your MP3 player or iPod or computer-based music browser.
- Turn on the Shuffle or Random feature.
- Press play. The title of the song that plays is your first answer.
- You can listen to the song or press “next” to go on
- The title of the next song is your second answer, and so on
- Important: you need to READ and UNDERSTAND the question BEFORE you click “next”. It’s even better if you read the question aloud. Ask any astrologer or tarot card reader.
- Post your results here or on your own blog. Link to this post if you please.
Divination Meme
- How do I present myself to the world?
- What do I value the most?
- How do I communicate with others?
- Where do I come from?
- How do I creatively express myself (or how do I have fun)?
- How does my work environment contribute to my overall well-being?
- What kind of person am I attracted to?
- How do I view death/transformation?
- What are my beliefs?
- What do I want to be known for / what is my calling?
- What kinds of friends do I have?
- What are my dreams *really* about?
My answers, if you’re interested, are in the extended entry. Feel free to post your answers in the comment, or if you do the meme on your blog, let us know here.
I hope this doesn’t suck. I also just realized that neither of my mp3 players has my entire playlist.
- How do I present myself to the world? Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top
- What do I value the most? Dreamtime, YES
- How do I communicate with others? Trip Through Your Wires, U2
- Where do I come from? Wherever You Are, The Moody Blues
- How do I creatively express myself (or how do I have fun)? I’ve Been This Way Before, Neil Diamond
- How does my work environment contribute to my overall wellbeing? Sunset, Jan Hammer
- What kind of person am I attracted to? In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel
- How do I view death/transformation? Some Day The Sun Won’t Shine, Jethro Tull
- What are my beliefs? Kiss The Bride, Elton John
- What do I want to be known for / what is my calling? Montana Cowgirl, Emmylou Harris
- What kinds of friends do I have? Wicked Garden, Stone Temple Pilots
- What are my dreams *really* about? On Your Shore, Enya
Wow, some of these ARE freaky.
#1 is very correct, as I definitely try to dress well. #2 sounds like I made up the answer, but I swear I didn’t. #8 is particularly eerie, don’t you think?
And please, #10. I can’t believe my long-lost childhood dream of being a cowgirl from Montana was outed publically in a meme! How ashamed am I now?
So, how do I give this meme some life? Do I tag people? Do I beg? Should I give out cash rewards for taking it? Do I threaten people with bad futures (a la chain letters) if they don’t? I think I’m supposed to tag people, so I’ll tag some people who I think might not shun me for life if I tag them. Don’t be offended if you’re not tagged. Just do the meme and link to this post.
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