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[degringolade]

 

 

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Good artists borrow, great artists steal.

(quoted from who the hells knows)

I have time yet to come up with the first iteration of my experimental protocol.   The first thing to do is figure out which “spread” that I will use.  This is probably going to be annoying for some folks out there, but I am considering using mundane astrology concepts to set up the spread.  

Since most tarot spreads seem to be very egocentric and most practitioners of the technique are concerned primarily with the individual rather than the collective, I think that I will go out on a limb and use an mundane astrology chart with its houses as a starting point.  I gotta thank Greer for this idea (it isn’t his idea, but his work over at his patreon site gave me the idea) because then I can compare my output with his.  This won’t be part of my method, I suppose that one could think of this as an “external control”.   

The Sun: The country's ruler.  

The Moon: the house of the folks who are trying to rule

1st House: the house of the ruled

2nd House: the house of the national economy, trade, and banking

3rd House: the house of transport and communication

4th House: the house of agriculture and resource extraction

5th House: the house of speculative ventures, the rich and famous, and the Senate

6th house: the house of public health, the work force, and the military

7th house: the house of foreign affairs and the activities of other countries

8th house: the house of foreign trade and other nations’ money and resources

9th house: the house of the judiciary, the courts, and organized religion

10th house: the house of government, bureaucracy (The Departments)

11th house: the House of Representatives

12th house: the house of spooks, nonprofits, NGO’s, health insurance, etc.

So my spread is going to be 14 cards.  Pretty middle of the road (maybe on the high side) in terms of pure number of cards with folks running on three card spreads to 21 card spreads.  

My thoughts are going to be a bit different here though.  It always kinda bugged me that you laid out all the cards at once.  I am thinking that the little ritual that is pretty bog-standard for folks in tapestry-hung rooms smelling of incense and cats, but it never made sense to me.  Why should a card which carries a symbol of a specific paradigm of thought only be allowed to attach itself to one of the things about which that you are querying.  

So, unless someone can convince me otherwise, I am thinking that I will 

shuffle the deck, while shuffling focus on my idea of what the house that I am drawing for consists of,

pull a card, 

write down the result, 

Put the card back in the deck

Shuffle the deck

Repeat until I have 14 cards written down

Just gonna ponder this method for a bit.  See what holes I can pick in it.

And for folks that have the same low taste and poor social skills as I have:

Blazing Saddles - "Rivulets Of Thought ... "  

Comments

Banzhaf again…

[emily07]

…from memory: I think I saw in Banzhaf some spreads that did just that (or Banzhaf recommending that this can be done regardless the spread, have to check that; and also one „Das Narrenspiel“ where one card is withheld on purpose (maybe added later on, can‘t remember). So, sorry, apparentely you‘re still on known ground…;)

I just managed to find one of his books

[degringolade]

And I didn't even have to take out a loan.

I found the Akron/Banzaf "The Crowley Tarot" and it really seems quite good. I am reading a couple of the "chapters" a day and it really does break stuff down quite well.

A serious thank you for letting me know about this guy!!!