Choosing A Direction- Bard, Ovate Or Druid?
This quiz helps you consider your interests. Do you like to write, tell stories, sing or keep history like a bard? Are you a ritualist, into divination, enjoy meditative journeys and the mysteries of the Otherworld, like the ovate? Or are you a leader, teacher, negotiator and advisor like the druid?
- 1.
Do you tend to find comfort and pleasure in music?
- A.
I love music and play it regularly, or write or perform it
- B.
Not necessarily, but I like to have it in the background for meditation
- C.
I like it but it's not a driving force in my life.
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- 2.
Do you use visualizations during your meditation, or imagine far away places when daydreaming?
- A.
Yes, I'm far away in my daydreams as often as I'm right here in daily life.
- B.
Sometimes, but I tend to be more involved with people, conversations and situations in my environment.
- C.
Now and then, but it's usually when I am writing a story, a poem or a song.
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- 3.
Do you like to take people "under your wing" and help them learn something new, or share something new you have learned yourself?
- A.
Yes, I really enjoy sharing information with others.
- B.
No, I tend to be more inward-looking and don't always enjoy being social.
- C.
Sometimes, but I prefer to do it by telling a story, or writing something people can learn from.
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Do you have a strong sense of justice and feel like your role is to advocate for others that need your help?
- A.
Yes, I can't stand seeing someone being exploited or seeing situations that are unfair.
- B.
Yes, and I will sometimes avoid situations where bad things are happening, or negative media.
- C.
Yes, and I like stories and songs where the good guy wins.
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Do you ever feel the presence of a spirit guide, a relative who passed over, angels, spirits or other spiritual beings?
- A.
Yes, frequently, and I am comfortable with it.
- B.
If I try, I can experience otherworldly contact, but it isn't my most prominent skill.
- C.
Yes, sometimes, but it is easier for me to imagine otherworld beings in a story, or a setting or historical context.
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- 6.
Does it help you to remember something if you make up a rhyme for it, or put it to music?
- A.
Yes, I have used that method since I was young.
- B.
It may help but I don't need to do it to learn. I study and learn easily.
- C.
It might help because I may tend to daydream more than I intend to when reading or learning.
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- 7.
Which is your idea for a wonderful evening off with no commitments, money is no object and you have as much time as you want?
- A.
Music, dancing, and lots of people.
- B.
Relaxing in a hot bathtub, reading, meditating, napping and being alone.
- C.
Attending a workshop, trying something new, visiting a museum or reading on a favorite topic.
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- 8.
If people seek you out, what do they most often do it for?
- A.
Advice
- B.
To get something personal off their chest.
- C.
To be distracted with a fun activity, a joke or a story.
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- 9.
Which of these jobs would come closest to suiting you?
- A.
Judge
- B.
Performer
- C.
Psychologist
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- 10.
What do you fear most?
- A.
Injustice
- B.
Silence
- C.
Stress
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- 11.
Which of these are you best at?
- A.
Being still and contemplating
- B.
Writing down my thoughts
- C.
Teaching others
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- 12.
If you can choose any one of these objects and take it home with you, which would you choose?
- A.
A blank book complete with pen
- B.
A heavy book full of secrets and wisdom
- C.
A recording of someone speaking poems or singing
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- 13.
Which of the following things intrigues you most?
- A.
Hidden knowledge
- B.
A mysterious story
- C.
An adventurous journey
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- 14.
If you are at a busy party, what are you most often found doing?
- A.
Observing quietly in the corner, and getting an impression of people
- B.
Telling a group about a funny story from the host's childhood
- C.
Talking to someone who looks down or stressed and offering some comfort.
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- 15.
The most important question! In your "gut", do you feel you are a bard, a druid, or an ovate? If this was hard to answer, you may be a combination of these!
- A.
Bard
- B.
Druid
- C.
Ovate
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