AUTHOR'S NOTE: Several years ago I adapted the 21-card Romany spread for use with the seven planets of classical astrology and came up with a dual-axis developmental profile for both character analysis and associated timing. All seven columns can be used for a complete personality study, or only those that apply to specific circumstances can … Continue reading Playing Cards and the Astro-Romany Personality Profile
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Deploying the Cartomantic Significator
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is a unique way to deploy the Significator in playing-card reading that draws its inspiration from later cartomantic techniques. It places the querent squarely in the middle of the action by having to "live in the present" while dealing with previous inputs and subsequent outputs. It relies on the shuffle (and cut … Continue reading Deploying the Cartomantic Significator
An Alternative to “Facing” in Non-Scenic Minor Cards
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The concept of "facing, gaze, regard, gesture or posture" is sometimes used to determine what a card is "looking at" or contemplating when there is a human figure or other off-card "pointer" present to suggest shifting one's attention to external conditions. But with decks like the Tarot de Marseille and the standard playing … Continue reading An Alternative to “Facing” in Non-Scenic Minor Cards
Super Bowl LX: Patriots vs. Seahawks
UPDATE: The take-away from this exercise is that tarot is much more accurate for doing sports predictions. I've had some remarkable successes with it going back to Super Bowl 51 in 2016 and the World Series in 2018. From a learning perspective, the advantage of doing them is that you get immediate feedback on the … Continue reading Super Bowl LX: Patriots vs. Seahawks
An “Italian Romany Spin-Off” Playing-Card Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is a playing-card reading using a truncated version of a fifteen-card Italian Romany design I encountered several years ago. I created the spread (linked below) for use with the Tarot de Marseille but it should be equally effective for playing-card divination. It can be read in two ways: 1) as rows that … Continue reading An “Italian Romany Spin-Off” Playing-Card Reading
A Ten-Card Tableau for Cartomantic Divination
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Over eight years ago I created a tableau-style "3x3+1" tarot spread that I decided to adapt for use in playing-card and Lenormand divination. I kept the structure intact but altered the annotation for the positions to suit my purpose. I've also included an example reading to demonstrate its application, in which the brief … Continue reading A Ten-Card Tableau for Cartomantic Divination
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 