I decided to keep experimenting with my "Enemy at the Gates" conflict-resolution spread to predict the outcome of sporting events, specifically the American football match-ups for Sunday, November 6. In looking at the standings, I wanted to pick two adversaries with winning records that at least have a chance against one another. Although most of … Continue reading An American Football Prediction
Tarot Readings
The Star Tarot Deck Interview
Let's get the unpleasant stuff out of the way first. While Cathy McClelland's artwork is a wonder to behold, the manufacturing quality of the deck is rather poor. I had to order the Star Tarot from Amazon twice and both times some cards had damaged backs. Many had rolled sections or shallow nicks on the … Continue reading The Star Tarot Deck Interview
A 2017 World Series Postscript
I thought I would try an experiment to see if I could come up with a layout that would emulate a baseball box-score for the final game of the World Series. I used a Tarot de Marseille deck (the Hadar) because the non-scenic pips are easier to read as pure numbers. Since not many Major … Continue reading A 2017 World Series Postscript
A 2017 World Series Prediction
UPDATE: I neglected to report back on the outcome. I got the score right (5-1) but the winning team wrong; the Houston Astros won Game Seven and the World Series, four games to three. Using the coin flip may not be a reliable way to assign the teams to the rows since there is a … Continue reading A 2017 World Series Prediction
The Tarot of Dreams Deck Interview
I just received Ciro Marchetti's Tarot of Dreams (the 2015 reissue) today and decided to run it thorough my "personality profile" deck interview spread. This is Ciro's second tarot project, following on the heels of his Gilded Tarot. I consider it a step up in excellence. All images copyright U.S. Games Systems, Inc, Stamford, CT … Continue reading The Tarot of Dreams Deck Interview
A Finger-of-Fate Test Reading
As usual, I ran a test reading with the new spread I just posted to see how well it works. I have a moderately challenging home repair task underway. The first half went well, and I'm finishing the rest of it today. I chose that project as my target, pre-selecting the Thoth "Work" card (3 … Continue reading A Finger-of-Fate Test Reading
A Revealing Bit of “Magic”
I just tested my "Opening of the Key" alternative method for finding the focal point of a 21-card elemental panorama (see previous post). The technique produced a 13-card subset that proved to be too unwieldy to read as a line, so I rolled it up into a Celtic Cross spread with a three-card outcome series. … Continue reading A Revealing Bit of “Magic”
The “Gambler’s Option” Test Case
This spread cracks me up! Using the Gilded Tarot, I asked about the advisability of buying a new tarot deck tomorrow. The "odd" line included the 7 of Pentacles, the 7 of Swords, the 9 of Cups, and the Ace of Swords, with the Lovers as the quintessence. Sevens interest me because they represent taking … Continue reading The “Gambler’s Option” Test Case
A “Personal Encounter” Test Reading
I'm always looking for opportunities to test and validate my self-created spreads, and today I had an opportunity to do so with my "Inconvenient Truths" Personal Encounter Spread. We have friends who are going through an acrimonious divorce, and were looking for some hint of how things might go. I used Robert Place's Tarot of the … Continue reading A “Personal Encounter” Test Reading
“We Have Seen the Enemy, and He Is . . .”
I deliberately left Walt Kelly's "Pogo" observation open-ended here. I performed a test reading with my new "Mystic Traveler" spread, asking "What's up with my tarot-reading gig?" I've been an intermittent ("on-call") reader at a local New Age shop for the last year, and was led to believe that I would be at the top … Continue reading “We Have Seen the Enemy, and He Is . . .”
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 