# Divination

## Purpose

Divination in this Oracle is structured reflection under uncertainty. It composes symbols, questions, and graph relationships to reveal assumptions and choices; it does not predict the future or verify a metaphysical claim. Every draw is reproducible from its seed, and every synthesis must expose the Tiles, positions, and typed edges it used.

## Reading Protocol

1. Form a question about a decision, relationship, constraint, or possibility you can influence.
2. Select a spread whose positions fit that question. Use One-Card Reality Check when urgency or certainty is already high.
3. Record the seed, draw, and orientation. The Oracle uses Gift, Shadow, and Threshold rather than reversed cards.
4. Read the Signal first: why might this Tile be relevant now? Then read Gift and Shadow as simultaneous potentials.
5. Read the position prompt. A World at “Cost” functions differently from the same World at “Promise.”
6. Inspect evidence and safety before literalizing any health, political, conspiratorial, spiritual, or anomalous claim.
7. Trace only relationships present in the canonical graph. State whether each edge is sourced or original synthesis.
8. End with Guidance, Integration, and one concrete next action.

## Example

Question: “What should our group examine before publishing this extraordinary claim?” A three-position draw might place **Witness** at Origin, **Evidence Assembly** at Threshold, and **Trust** at Integration. The synthesis can explore testimony, source discipline, and relationship repair. It may not declare the witness correct, diagnose them, or invent an edge. The practical move could be to separate observations from interpretations, document provenance, and agree in advance on what would weaken the claim.

## Safety and Epistemic Boundary

Evidence state is always visible for contested Tiles, and the reading must offer an alternate lens. Divination must never direct medication changes, delay care, accuse a hidden actor, encourage dangerous investigation, rank ancestry or human worth, or convert coincidence into proof. If a reading heightens fear, compulsion, or loss of agency, stop the symbolic work and return to present facts, trusted relationships, and qualified support.

Use [Spreads](SPREADS.md) for layouts, [Graph](GRAPH.md) for legal synthesis edges, and [How to Use](HOW-TO-USE.md) for the full workflow.
