Greek

Letter
Dice
Oracle
Alpha 1 The God [Apollo] says you will do everything {Hapanta}
successfully.
Do: achieve, bring about, effect, accomplish, make, manage,
negotiate, transact, practice, fare; successfully: prosperously,
luckily, with good fortune.
Your entire project will turn out well and you will meet all your
goals. You will have good luck in all your activities, or
prosperous business transactions and negotiations.
Beta 2 With the help of Tych [Fortune], you will have an assistant
{Bothos}, the Pythian [Apollo].
Assistant: helper, auxiliary, one who hastens (theo) to the battle
cry or other call for help (bo).
You are at a critical point, but if you are fortunate, Apollo the
Far-shooter will help you if you call on Him. Even with luck, the
God will only assist; ultimate responsibility is yours. Pythian
refers to Apollo as the God at Delphi (which was in Pytho), one
of the most important oracular sites. Therefore the help to be
expected might be of a prophetic nature.
Gamma 3 Gaia [the Earth] {G} will give you the ripe fruit of your
labors.
Ripe: complete, final; fruits: produce, returns, profits, results.
You will have a successful harvest, or you will reap all your
profits from the Earth. The Mother of All will bring your labors
to a fruitful conclusion. Gaia will give you your just deserts.
Delta 4 In customs inopportune strength {Dunamis} is weak.
Customs: rules, laws, allotments; inopportune: ill-timed,
unreasonable, importunate, undue, not kairos (fit, in due
measure, exact, at the appropriate or critical time, etc.);strength:
power, ability, authority.
Ill-timed force will be ineffective; act with precision; timing is
everything. Knowing where and when to strike is more
important than strength; misapplied ability is disability. Blind
conformity to customs is spineless; overly strict adherence to
rules is self-defeating. Unreasonable or undue force will defeat
itself; a tyrant must fall.
Epsilon 5 You desire {Era} to see the offspring of righteous
marriages.
Desire: love, are in love with; offspring: seed, sowing; righteous:
fitting, well-balanced.
This is a statement of fact, not a command or prediction. The
obvious meaning is that the querant wants children or
grandchildren from suitable marriages. However, it can also
mean he or she is in love with seeing this, that is, obsessed by
the idea. The rightness of the marriage admits many
interpretations; it could be a terrible marriage if that was fitting
and righteous (i.e. deserved). The oracle may also refer to seeds,
other than children, sown by the marriage (e.g. family alliances,
marrying into wealth or influence). Finally, marriage may be
taken metaphorically to refer to any alliance or union.
Zeta 6 Flee the very great storm {Zal}, lest you be disabled in
some way.
Storm: surge, distress; disabled: hindered.
Dont make a sea-voyage in bad weather. It is futile to fight the
force of the ocean; likewise, bucking the inevitable will weaken
you and hinder your progress. Avoid raging storms of any kind;
save your energy for when it can be effective. Sometimes flight
is wiser than fight.
Eta 7 Bright Helios [Sun] {Hlios}, who watches everything,
watches you.
The life-giving Sun will care for you. Helios is an enforcer of
oaths and promises, and He knows the deceit in your heart.
Theta 8 You have the helping Gods {Theoi} of this path.
Helping: propitious, defending; path: road, course, way.
The way may be a concrete road, a plan of action, a spiritual
path, a way of life, etc. In any case, the Gods who oversee this
way will help and defend you, so you may go forward with
confidence; you are under divine care because you are following
your destiny.
Iota 9 There is sweat {Hidrs}; it excels more than everything.
Sweat: gum, exudation of trees; excels: is superior to, outlives,
remains in hand, is a result, is around.
There will always be hard work; work is never done. Hard work
is the surest means of success. When you have lost all other
possessions, you still have your labor as an asset. The oracle
recommends elbow-grease.
Kappa 10 To fight with the waves {Kuma} is difficult; endure, friend.
Waves: swells, floods; difficult: hard to bear, do, or deal with,
painful, grievous, dangerous; endure: delay.
In time, the force of ocean waves can grind down anything; they
can be a metaphor for repetitive, unstoppable processes. It is
difficult, dangerous, and painful to try to resist them; the sensible
thing to do is to wait until they abate, or if that is impossible,
then to endure the inevitable with courage.
Lambda 11 The one passing on the left {Laios} bodes well for
everything.
Passing: going through; bodes: shows, indicates, gives a sign,
signifies, declares; well: rightly, happily, fortunately.
Since the left is traditionally the sinister side, the oracle may
mean that an apparently sinister thing or event may be a blessing
in disguise. The left is also associated with the unconscious,
lunar mind, and so unconscious processes or intuition may signal
a favorable outcome. A promising sign comes from an
unpromising quarter.
Mu 12 It is necessary to labor {Mokhthe}, but the change will be
admirable.
Labor: be weary, distressed; change: exchange; admirable: fair,
beautiful, good, noble.
Through toil and distress a change will be made for the better.
Hard work will result in a good return.
Nu 13 The strife-bearing {Neikphoros} gift fulfils the oracle.
Strife-: quarrel-, abuse-; gift: anything given; fulfils: confirms,
perfects, brings to an end.
Something will be given (to you, by you, or from one to another)
that brings strife with it; this will discharge the force of the
oracle. The import seems to be that this gift will be the answer to
the question asked of the oracle. So, for example, if the querant
asked when something will happen, the gift is the sign that its
immanent.
Xi 14 There is no fruit to take from a withered {Xros} shoot.
Fruit: produce, return, profit, result; withered: lean, harsh.
There is no good to be gained from an angry young man or
woman. The frayed end of a good line. Harshness and stinginess
will achieve nothing. You cant get blood from a turnip; you
cant get water from a stone. Dont polish a turd.
Omicron 15 There are no {Ou} crops to be reaped that were not sown.
Crops: fruit-trees, corn-fields, crop-lands; reap: mow, cut
off; sown: engendered, begotten, scattered.
What we spread about, comes back to us. What goes around
comes around. You must plan ahead in order to achieve
anything.
Pi 16 Completing many {Polus} contests, you will seize the
crown.
Contests: struggles, trials, dangers; crown: wreath, garland.
If you persist in your struggles, after many trials you will
succeed. Perseverance through adversity.
Rho 17 You will go on more easily {Rhaion} if you wait a short
time.
Go on: live, continue; easily: willingly, recklessly,
thoughtlessly; wait: stand fast, remain, stay.
If you will hold your ground for only a short time, you will be
able to proceed (more easily or with greater cooperation). You
will go faster by waiting than by going now; on the other hand,
delaying too long may provoke reckless action. By standing fast
you live recklessly. By remaining where you are, you live life
thoughtlessly.
Sigma 18 Phoibos [Apollo] speaks plainly {Saphs}, Stay, friend.
Plainly: distinctly, certainly; stay: wait, stand fast, remain.
Neither advance nor retreat; wait or hold your ground, as
appropriate; the best action is inaction. Phoibos refers to
Apollo as Bright and Pure, which also characterizes His advice
in this oracle.
Tau 19 You will have a parting from the {Tn} companions now
around you.
Parting: release, deliverance; companions: those accompanying.
This may be an unwelcome parting from friends or a welcome
release from enemies; in either case they are now around you.
This may also mean a growing apart or forced separation of a
person from his or her family, peers or fellow travelers on the
path.
Upsilon 20 The affair holds a noble undertaking {Huposkhesis}.
Affair: deed, act, issue; holds: involves, implies, gives cause for,
holds fast, hinders, guides, steers; noble: high-born, high-
minded, excellent, notable; undertaking: engagement, promise,
profession.
There is some issue to be resolved, or some deed is under
consideration; it involves high-mindedness, either in
commitment, deed, or professional pursuit. The oracle may tell
us that the affair is admirable due to this noble element, or that
the situation may guide us to seek the appropriate noble
undertaking or profession. The heros quest. On the other hand,
the oracle may mean that the situation hinders this fine
undertaking. Thus you should try to understand the situation:
does it demand an excellent undertaking or impede it?
Continued for 24 Sided Dice
Phi 21 Having done something carelessly {Phaulos}, you will
thereafter blame the Gods.
Done: caused, accomplished, made, managed, negotiated,
transacted, practiced, fared; carelessly: thoughtlessly,
indifferently.
Take responsibility for your actions (or inactions); don't blame
the Gods (or the universe, or fate, or society, or nature) for your
own failings. The ancient Greeks said, Hermes will help you
get your wagon unstuck, but only if you push on it.
Khi 22 Succeeding, friend, you will fulfill a golden {Khruseos}
oracle.
Succeeding: gaining your end, hitting the mark, meeting
someone; fulfill: bring to pass, cause, accomplish.
Golden may be a metaphor for rich, noble, excellent, etc. This
admirable oracle will be fulfilled by you attaining your ends, or a
mere chance meeting could constitute the golden event.
Psi 23 You have this righteous judgment {Psphos} from the
Gods.
Righteous: just, fitting, meet, fair; judgment: resolve, decree.
Literally, a psphos (Lat. calculus) is a stone used for divination,
voting, counting, and similar purposes, so this oracle refers to
collective judgment rather than individual judgment. This
implies that the majority of the Gods concur in this judgment,
and that this judgment is appropriate, fair, and righteous, though
there is no implication that the result is that desired by the
querant.
Omega 24 You will have a difficult {mos} harvest season, not a useful
one.
Difficult: cruel, rough, untimely, unripe; harvest season: fruit-
time, autumn, summer bloom, bloom of youth; useful: suitable,
apt.
Concretely, there will be a poor harvest, or autumn will be
difficult; the harvest will be too early, before the fruit is ripe.
More abstractly, too early grasping of the fruits of your labor
(whether voluntary or necessary) will yield a poor return; the
rewards will not be suitable for their purpose. Your youth will be
rough; you will have to grow up before your time.