Tarot software

[moonman]

Hi guy's & girls,

Just wondering if anyone has found any decent tarot software?? which works on apple mac's.

Would like to hear more!

Seb

[Keslynn]

I searched all over the web for a free program that was Mac compatible. Finally I found one. In fact, it's only made for Macs. It's called Tarot Works and it's a really good program. It is free but you do have to register your copy with the program writer. He doesn't sell it to anyone or other such nonsense. I just think he likes to know who has it.

Here is the link:
http://homepage.mac.com/tarotworks/

Personally, I think it's no substitute for a physical deck and personal intuition. Then again, I'm a tarotholic and enjoy exploring all my decks. I must say that this program has given me some very good readings before, and you certainly don't have to take the interpretations provided by the program.

:) Kes

[moonman]

Hi Keslynn,


Thanks for the website. I forget that I found the same site some time ago. As it's the ONLY ONE so I might as well give it a go.

+ your totally right by saying "it's no substitute for a physical deck and personal intuition" I think tarot is pointless without personal intuition.

Thanks again you star!

Seb

[truthsayer]

does there happen to be a program compatible w/ MS ME? i couldn't tell by looking at the mack site whether it was safe for me to download.

[moonman]

Hi Truthsayer,

If your talking about the site whhich Keslynn mention yes it's fine to download but it doe's take some time.
I'm still waiting for the password to be sent to me so I will let you know how I get on.


Seb

[moonman]

Hi

It's me again. I just had a error message back when I tried to register Tarot Works.


I've send another e-mail jsut to see if the same thing happens.

Seb

[moonman]

Hi

It's me again. I just had a error message back when I tried to register Tarot Works.


I've send another e-mail jsut to see if the same thing happens.

This is my 2nd try and there's something up for sure this is what I got sent back.

Host unknown (Name server: digitalnetworkmanagement.com: host not found)

I've got it up and running and it's OK but I still can't get it registered.

Seb

[truthsayer]

thank-you so much moonman! i'll give it a shot soon and let you know my results.

[Keslynn]

moonman, I have no idea what the problem could be with registering your copy. Did you try registering it from the program or from his webpage? I wish I could suggest something more constructive, but I would just try to e-mail him more?

:) Kes

PS - I don't know if the software is MS compatible but it can't hurt to try.

[Starfish]

I second Truthsayer's question... Is there a comparable program for Windows?

:TFOOL Starfish

[Luned]

Originally posted by Starfish
I second Truthsayer's question... Is there a comparable program for Windows?

:TFOOL Starfish

Haven't gone to look at the Mac program, but for Windows you could try:

http://www.orphalese.net/tarot/tarot.htm

This has come up on the Comparative Tarot list lately and people seem to be very impressed with it (I haven't had a chance to download it yet so can't comment personally). It doesn't give you interpretations though, you have to do that yourself. I think it would be handy for anyone here doing the reading exchange or other email readings.

[Starfish]

Thanks for posting the link, Luned. I'm off to check it out.

:TFOOL Starfish

[moonman]

Hi

I've given up e-mailing, the main thing is that the demo is working fine and I just want to test it out.

Thanks

Seb

[Lee]

I've downloaded the Orphalese program that Luned mentions above. I think it's great. It's a simple program, easy to operate. As Luned says, there's no interpretations, so if you need that, you'd need a different program. I recommend registering it, it's only $12.95, 'cause if you don't, a very annoying reminder pops up every ten minutes.

You need to be aware that before you can download the program, you have to first download a program called ".NET". This is a Microsoft program which allows the Orphalese program to work. It's not a dangerous or tricky thing to install, it's perfectly safe, but just be aware that it's a *large* file and on a dial-up modem it takes about an hour and a half to download, then the Orphalese program takes another half hour. Also, you must have Windows 98 or higher, and Internet Explorer 5.1 or higher.

The great thing is you can scan in any deck you want. I scanned in my Prediction Tarot, and it took about 45 minutes of scanning. Another neat thing is that you can specify the percentage of occurences, if ever, you want reversals to show up in a reading. In other words, you can have reversals 10% of the time, 50% of the time, or any number between 0 and 100.

-- Lee