AUTHOR’S NOTE: I seldom perform single-card daily draws but they do have a place in the seven-card weekly reading to show how the period might trend. Here I’ve added the idea of “active” and “passive” days that adjust the energy level delivered by the cards.

This is another mixed-media spread that employs tarot cards and standard dice. The dice are used to indicate whether each day of the week is going to be active (an odd-numbered roll) or passive (an even-numbered roll) in its degree of stimulation. The nature of the card in each position will either reinforce the polarity rolled or counteract it. Reversals may be used to modify either effect. This layout can be applied to both “quality-of-life” predictions and actual weather forecasts.

Begin by shuffling the deck (cut if you like) and deal two rows of seven cards face-down from left-to-right, one above the other. The top row will show the “active” days and the bottom row the “passive” days.

Roll a single die for each column and turn up the card of the appropriate polarity.

Here is an example reading for next week. (You don’t need seven dice for this, one rolled seven times will suffice. I just did it for the illustration.)

It looks like a low-energy week is in store for me according to both the five passive die rolls and the cards in those positions that are almost entirely bland (Hanged Man and 4 of Disks) or bleak (5 of Swords and 9 of Swords). The Princess of Swords redeems that slightly on Sunday but she isn’t a “go-getter” by any stretch of the imagination. On Wednesdays I shoot pool with friends, and the 5 of Swords (Defeat) portends another grim performance after last week’s debacle. I’ve been thinking of hanging up my cue again. At least with the 4 of Disks synthesizing the three “four-spot” rolls at the mid-point of the week, I may get something done on Thursday.

Monday should be the most energetic day of the week with the active and agile Knight of Swords, and on the weather front it could be cool and breezy. Saturday looks to renege on the creative promise of Art due to the reversal. Overall, as Monty Python might have said, “These are days for lying down and avoiding.”