Ennea is an oracle. It is a geometry of consciousness.
This is a work in progress. At this moment, there are only nine cards, all from the Enneagram Three, the (over)acheiver.
How to Use the Cards
If you’re not familiar with card decks, read on. Here are some tips for how I believe cards work and what they are and aren’t good for.
It’s best to draw a card with some specific question or context in mind, as that makes it much easier to see how the card connects to your life. If you just have it be general you’ll wonder… hmm, is this about my work, romance, friendship, or what? If you didn’t already ask a question, no worries. My default question is “what’s most alive for me in this moment?” Other good questions for future draws are “What’s being born in me?” “What’s dying in me?” “What’s blocking or enabling my transformation in X situation?” “What am I ready to heal right now?” “What energy am I bringing into the dynamic with Y person?”
Stick with the card you drew. Resist the urge to go back and draw another card for the same question. More cards lead to fuzzier guidance and more hooks for your mind to get distracted from doing the work.
If you hate the card you drew, celebrate! Where you find the greatest resistance lies the greatest potential. I find I get the most out of the cards I hate. Break out your notebook and write down just how much you hate it. Why do you hate it? Write the chapter of guidance you wish I’d written for you. I guarantee you know more about your path than I do.
What isn’t this deck good at? I don’t use oracles for fortune-telling. In my experience, it’s not great at predicting the future. I’m not even sure that’s a thing that’s possible, although some people are attuned to patterns in the greater world and can spot the trends of where we’re headed with reasonable accuracy. That’s great. I don’t use the deck to try to figure out when events will happen.
Also, the deck isn’t good at answering yes/no questions. These cards aren’t designed to directly answer any questions for you. If anything, one of the most important lessons I’m hoping to get across is to nudge you to reclaim your own authority and sovereignty. I do NOT want you to outsource your decisions to this or any other deck.
These cards work by bringing your attention to information that’s already present in you. You already have the answers, these are simply the pickaxes and chisels to excavate those out from under the noise of all your other distracting thoughts.