Choosing A Direction- Bard, Ovate Or Druid?

1. Do you tend to find comfort and pleasure in music?

I love music and play it regularly, or write or perform it

Not necessarily, but I like to have it in the background for meditation

I like it but it's not a driving force in my life.

2. Do you use visualizations during your meditation, or imagine far away places when daydreaming?

Yes, I'm far away in my daydreams as often as I'm right here in daily life.

Sometimes, but I tend to be more involved with people, conversations and situations in my environment.

Now and then, but it's usually when I am writing a story, a poem or a song.

3. Do you like to take people "under your wing" and help them learn something new, or share something new you have learned yourself?

Yes, I really enjoy sharing information with others.

No, I tend to be more inward-looking and don't always enjoy being social.

Sometimes, but I prefer to do it by telling a story, or writing something people can learn from.

4. Do you have a strong sense of justice and feel like your role is to advocate for others that need your help?

Yes, I can't stand seeing someone being exploited or seeing situations that are unfair.

Yes, and I will sometimes avoid situations where bad things are happening, or negative media.

Yes, and I like stories and songs where the good guy wins.

5. Do you ever feel the presence of a spirit guide, a relative who passed over, angels, spirits or other spiritual beings?

Yes, frequently, and I am comfortable with it.

If I try, I can experience otherworldly contact, but it isn't my most prominent skill.

Yes, sometimes, but it is easier for me to imagine otherworld beings in a story, or a setting or historical context.

6. Does it help you to remember something if you make up a rhyme for it, or put it to music?

Yes, I have used that method since I was young.

It may help but I don't need to do it to learn. I study and learn easily.

It might help because I may tend to daydream more than I intend to when reading or learning.

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?

Music, dancing, and lots of people.

Relaxing in a hot bathtub, reading, meditating, napping and being alone.

Attending a workshop, trying something new, visiting a museum or reading on a favorite topic.

8. If people seek you out, what do they most often do it for?

Advice

To get something personal off their chest.

To be distracted with a fun activity, a joke or a story.

9. Which of these jobs would come closest to suiting you?

Judge

Performer

Psychologist

10. What do you fear most?

Injustice

Silence

Stress

11. Which of these are you best at?

Being still and contemplating

Writing down my thoughts

Teaching others

12. If you can choose any one of these objects and take it home with you, which would you choose?

A blank book complete with pen

A heavy book full of secrets and wisdom

A recording of someone speaking poems or singing

13. Which of the following things intrigues you most?

Hidden knowledge

A mysterious story

An adventurous journey

14. If you are at a busy party, what are you most often found doing?

Observing quietly in the corner, and getting an impression of people

Telling a group about a funny story from the host's childhood

Talking to someone who looks down or stressed and offering some comfort.

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!

Bard

Druid

Ovate