Wealth Divination
I have come to recognize one of my gifts as an Opemancer. I know the term sounds silly - like a midwesterner bumping into a sorcerer - but it’s the best word I have for what I practice. Think of it more like bumping into money!
Opes: wealth, abundance, resources, power, beginnings of poetry, exposes, reveals - first.
-Mancy: divination practice
Latin has as many words for wealth as the Greeks have for love (which really says something about them doesn’t it?) Opes resonates with me most because it’s an all-encompassing wealth and the act of revealing it. Opes is not just money, it’s money and everything it buys. Opes recognizes different kinds of wealth, including life itself.
Opes, like open, means first. Our first experience in life is abundance and wealth in life. The first Nordic Rune is Fehu, the symbol abundance and wealth. Gate 1 in Human Design is the abundance of creativity. the 1st gate of the Taoist I Ching is about force and creativity. Opis/Rhea is the wife of Saturn/Cronus, and is a fertility & earth goddess representing earthly abundance. Do you see the human truth here?
Abundance is our birthright.
It is natural for us to want abundance for ourselves because it’s the only reason we really exist in the first place - and we get to experience it literally by just being alive. There was an abundance of energy and nourishment in the womb you got to take in. There was an abundance of cells working together in harmony. You were born. Wow. And look at you - you’re still here!
And it’s ok if that’s not enough for you right now. Wherever you’re at is where we’re starting today.
Abundance is Uncomfortable
I know. It sounds counterintuitive. But think about it. Actual abundance is ever-expanding and growth is a little uncomfortable, in part because any change requires grieving. If we’re comfortable and safe, it gives us the protected foundation from which to grow - we need some comfort and safety in order to expand. Seeds can’t grow in ice, they need nutritional soil, gravity, water, and warmth to get started. I wonder how uncomfortable and exciting it must be to feel direct sunlight for the first time as a plant peeks through the topsoil. Breathtaking.
Birth is uncomfortable for everyone involved too! Thank goodness we don’t really remember our own births, given how traumatic the whole process is.
My job as a Wealth and Integrity Coach/Speaker/Facilitator is to help you become more comfortable with the wealth you have so you can get more of the kinds of wealth you don’t yet have. We make space for more wealth in your life together. Whether you want intimacy, resources, time, money - whatever wealth means to you - you have someone with you, like a doula, to help you birth your wealthier self. We find the sweet spot where safety and discomfort meet.
And my favorite way to do it is by energetic practices like Opemancy.
A 5-min Opemancy Practice
Having: What do you have now that came easily to you?
List or notice any skills, items, spaces you have access to, powerful/impactful relationships, resources or finances you have available to you RIGHT NOW.
Recognize how your body feels as you remember what you have
Ask for more of what you already have. You’ll notice how much easier it is to ask for than what you don’t have. You might also find that tangential benefits will start appearing, especially if you look for them
ENJOY. Celebrate. Rinse and repeat.
Example: I’m rich in good people. I ask for more aligned connection and it brings me people who refer my services to others. Networking is my gold. (I’m also a 4/6 in human design soooo that tracks.) I didn’t ask for money directly. While I definitely do ask for money sometimes, most of my wealth has come from relationships and referrals.
For more Opemancy Practices, Pre-order my workbook from my website at candisfox.com. Fair warning, it’s like over 60 pages. I could charge a fuckload for it, considering how many lives it has already changed - but I like keeping good shit accessible. May it serve our favorite selves and lives together!