(My) New Online Tarot Program

Some time ago, I may have (unwisely? ) referred to my interest in developing "Tarot Programs". I have now put an example up as an online program/website. I use such things for getting an overall flavour of patterns in Elemental Dignities. You are also welcome to try this out on:

http://website.lineone.net/~jhcr/WebTarot/index.htm

I take NO responsibility for this working (nor for fixing it!) but I do suspect it will... given a reasonably up to date browser. I have tested it e.g. in Internet Explorer 5.5+ and (linux) Konqueror 3.0+. I welcome encouragement and/or interest and will endeavour to keep interested parties informed of developments (IF ANY!) Just let me know...

One posibility would be to distribute this, so that you could run it on your OWN machine (e.g. as an HTML application - HTA, under windows) Then you could use your own card images and input your own "meanings" or notes, save stuff etc.

Macavity

P.S. Some of the text/graphics have been significantly "denatured" (as is seemingly the way of things in Tarot Programs!) hopefully to avoid copyright problems. If there IS interest, I may pursue acquisition of rights to display such material??? But again, who knows?!

i like it!
and if you decide to make it available as a download i would be interested. nice format!
i think it would be most useful to practice with.

Hey Macavity, I think this is way, way cool. I clicked "deal" and happened to get a wonderful accurate reading! (no way! ... yes, way!)

I like how you can click on the card, and see the meaning right there.

I like that it works so fast. I'm looking forward to seeing more development, keep going!

Tarot program as a tool

It looks nice. If it were available to download and use as a learning tool two functions come to mind: 1) the card listing would have to have some form of drag & drop or "click" to place a selected card in the next unfilled position in the spread chosen, and 2) there would have to be an edit function to permit the user to write in keywords and/or text for each card's meaning. This could be an electronic journal and might be of interest to many tarot students and teachers. Dave. PS, I hope you do find the time and inclination to do more with this.

Macavity:

I must have done something wrong....Said I couldn't - heheh
the "deal" went fine but this is what came up in the "reading" section
Reversed: Hxpxfxl xxtlxxk. fxvxxrxblx xxpxctxtxxns. Nxw xllxxncxs. Affxnxty. Rxtxrn xf xn xld frxxnd. Rxxnxxn.

Ruby Red Slippers

I too obtained basically the same Gxxhr Hxxsi type Meanings - though I suspect this is because Macavity has not written the actual proposed words in yet..

I use Netscape 6.2 (though updating to 7 very soon).

Very nice indeed...

A three-card spread would also be nice.

Looking forward to further developments

Ruby Red Slippers said:

Macavity:

I must have done something wrong....Said I couldn't - heheh
the "deal" went fine but this is what came up in the "reading" section
Reversed: Hxpxfxl xxtlxxk. fxvxxrxblx xxpxctxtxxns. Nxw xllxxncxs. Affxnxty. Rxtxrn xf xn xld frxxnd. Rxxnxxn.

Ruby Red Slippers

Click to expand...

Hopeful outlook. Favourable expectations. New alliances. Affinity. Return of an old friend. Reunion.

I am somewhat disturbed at having read this so easily with all the x's in place...

Axxrxn

Jema (and ALL!) - Thanks for testing it. It's one thing to know it works locally but, there is plenty of scope for gremlins when confronted with another setup. I will indeed "carry on" and keep folks posted. J-M: I am indeed happy to include more spreads - Coming Soon! Glad to know which browser you use on your Mac(?): I can test Netscape on linux. I remain always concious of the relative LACK of software for non-Windoze users! Aside: If anyone uses a system other than Microsoft, I always like to know WHICH browser things work on (or not).

The idea was that it be a "dignities machine". I suspect THREE cards is the key - perhaps set against an Elemental base? And maybe bigger cards! Hope you sussed that the colours followed Paul Hughes Barlow's notion (qv) for Elements: Red: Fire; Blue:Water; Yellow:Air; Green:Earth. But you can also turn them off too...

Firemaiden - Ah, Computers and Tarot. The readings CAN INDEED appear better! I reckon it's due to the numbers being "MORE" random - which must be the desired prerequisite? <ducking> Yet (most of) my decks never really achieve this, owing to my "ordering" them to look-at/learn the cards

DadsN - Point taken. I will think about it. There are many techniques tarot-ists use that appeal. We'll see about this automatic/manual dealing, drag 'n' drop stuff. And, despite the potential annoying some purists, I too speculate there are some roles for computers in the LEARNING process - And indeed E-D "math" might be one?

RR and Aerin: The problem of the X-es is as J-M supposes. It's one of copyright - Many images and meanings are published on the web... and I do sometimes wonder. Ah, which is worse: (Crowley's ) "Beelzebub and 43 subordinate deamons" or a (US Games etc.) law suite? Alternatively, the program could (maybe) "look for" images and meanings on your local hard-disk. That way you get to make the former and write(!) the latter - as nominally envisaged.

Macavity

P.S. Amusing, those X's... AND weird - The idea came from Edgar Ellan Poe in: "X-ing a Paragrab" http://eserver.org/books/poe/x-ing_a_paragrab.html - Poe only Ex-ed O's? It's surprisingly readable even with ALL the vowels (hopefully) changed. Proof that there's yet hope for human-kind, over machines?

I will keep an updated list of available SPREADS here:

Golden Dawn (Peach's 15-card spread)
Celtic Cross
Three Cards (But no elemental base!)
HorseShoe
Zodiac
Tree of Life

I also do requests... for other spreads

Macavity

P.S. It WILL work with upto 78 cards, needing upto 10 sec to create the random cards on an XP 1800+. But LARGE (i.e. "Opening of the Key") spreads are indeed a possibility

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Would Joan Bunning mind if you used her meanings, I wonder

Requests a Horseshoe or double horseshoe spread :O)

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