Tarot

Tarot with FoAM - LibFoam:tarot

Tarot Exchange http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tarot-Exchange

rws matrix

78 cards / 22 major / 16 court / 56 minor / 4 court per suit

cups -> hearts -> water -> east -> summer -> solstice -> feminine -> emotion, subconscious, relationships
wands -> clubs -> fire -> south -> spring -> vernal equinox -> masculine -> inspiration, creativity, communication, action energy
swords -> spades -> air -> west -> autumn -> equinox -> masculine -> logic, flow, rational, conflict, struggle, intellectual
pentacles -> diamonds -> earth -> south -> winter -> solstice -> feminine -> work, money, comfort, security, body, business, practicality

Aces - a beginning (timing)
2 ~ further development
3 ~ planning
4 ~ practical attainment
5 ~ unbalance, conflicts
6 ~ harmony
7 ~ choices
8 ~ changes
9 ~ conclusions
10~ fulfillment of the suit (transition back)

0. The Fool - the querant ;)
1. The Magician
2. The High Priestess
3. The Empress
4. The Emperor
5. The Hierophant
6. The Lovers
7. The Chariot
8. Strength
9. The Hermit
10. Wheel of Fortune
11. Justice
12. The Hanged Man
13. Death
14. Temperance
15. The Devil
16. The Tower
17. The Star
18. The Moon
19. The Sun
20. Judgement
21. The World

reading

• http://supertarot.co.uk/index.htm
  compendium of tarot meanings
• Intuitive vs. Traditional
  • http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=125650
  • http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=136753 (when is it not tarot but an oracle?)

games

• Gog:Tarocchi
• Gog:Minchiate <- this looks important !!
  • Minchiate is a late-medieval card game, probably originating in 15th century Florence, Italy; it is no longer widely played. Minchiate can also refer to the special deck of playing cards used in the game. The deck is closely related to the tarot cards, but contains an expanded suit of trumps. The game was similar to tarocchi and the game of tarot. In the view of some people, the larger number of trump cards may shed light on what the original intentions of the creators of the Tarot deck meant by the images they included.
  • images: http://www.tarothermit.com/florence.htm http://l-pollett.tripod.com/cards17.htm
• GAME RULES http://www.tarocchino.com/

collecting

have

toth
rider-waite-smith
deviant moon
vertigo
maat
voyager
godess
legacy
osho zen

want

amano tarot http://yoshitaka-amano.kouryu.info/gal-eng-divers-tarot-p-1.html
the deck of shadows http://thinkingmagically.com/deck_of_shadows.htmlhttp://tarotdame.blogspot.com/2010/02/deck-review-deck-of-shadows.html
ukiyo-e http://www.learntarot.com/ukdesc.htm
transparent
dali
hermetic
shining tribe/woman
golden
mythic
(traditional) rider-white-smith
afro brazillian
Grail tarot (continuous frieze)
Derakkusu Ban Hihou tarot
manara

research

• seems to be the best forum:
  http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/
• http://www.learntarot.com/less1.htm
  WikiPedia:Tarot_card_games
  WikiPedia:Taboo:_The_Sixth_Sense
  searchable database: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/
  I am of the opinion that a Tarot "game" for the NintendoDS would sell quite well. I would love to make one. It might be cool to expand it out to other types of superstitions like astrology and blood typing... but no, keep it simple and go for interactive "FortuneTelling"
• Interesting as a manner of decision making. i've sen on a forum where a writer invents a spread in order to determine the direction of a story plot.
  • Img:Tarot+Spreads

see also: FuckYeahTarot on tumblr, which I admin. it's research.