playing with calendars . . . formula to calculate
Marina said:
Thanks for the explanation, I'll research more about these cards using the books I have
I know only that Robert Lee Camp assigns two "important" cards for each person, the Birth Card and the Planetary Ruling Card. Do they have the same role as the
Planetary and Decanate Rulers?
It is the same card essentially- but there can be differences based on how/if an author assigns the Outer Planets. Saturn was the last for the ancient/medieval astrologers. Camp's book
Love Cards gives a listing of
Life Path cards out to the 10th card following your Birth Card. It also notes the card "preceding" the Birth Card as part of the set. Other authors treat that direction differently. Remember that each one coined their own terminology for newer additions past the Neptune or Pluto card since Richmond & Lein did not go further.
Marina said:
Cardlady, do you have a book called "It's in the Cards" by Marthy Jones? The author uses a very different calendar! I have it and I keep wondering where did they get it from... do you know if any other PC calendar systems exist?
Yes, I do have it! And it's a big part of what pushed me into doing all sorts of mocked-up Calendar Experiments. I don't know anything about Jones, but the calendar presented on page 6 (which can be viewed in Amazon's Look Inside feature
here) is notable for 3 things:
1.) Ascending order (Ace to King)
2.) Suit changes where the signs of the zodiac do; this leads me to believe that the Starting Point is happening on one or all of the Seasonal dates (equinox & solstice)
*equating
with Fire,
with Water,
with Air,
with Earth (astrological quarters ordering)
3.) April 1 and Feb 29 are assigned to the Joker
As far as I know, these are the only two published calendar versions. There might be other variations in European countries and/or languages I cannot read.
Olney H. Richmond's published version of the calendar Descends (King to Ace) and begins with each Gregorian month. There are
two formulae given for quick calculations based on months.
https://knowyourdestinycards.com/birth-cards/
55 - (2m + d)
You multiply the 1-12 of the
month by 2. Next add to the
day value 1-31. Then subtract from 55.
~ or ~
53 - (m + d)
Month values:
JAN
0, FEB
2, MAR
4, APR
6, MAY
8, JUN
10
JUL
12, AUG
14, SEP
16, OCT
18, NOV
20, DEC
22
**It is the
Solar Values assigned to the cards that give you the Sun/Birth Card for that specific day.
A
= 1 ...................... K
= 13
A
= 14 ...................... K
= 26
A
= 27 ...................... K
= 39
A
= 40 ....................... K
= 52
*Joker = 53 or 0
Richmond's assignments for the Seasons are
is Spring,
is Summer,
is Fall,
is Winter
*authors use their own elemental correspondences- I agree with the suggestion to go in linear order(F, E, A, W) or quarterly order(F, W, A, E) as one sees fit.
You can also do a 13 month x 28 day calendar. Personally, I like a Descending Daily combined with an Ascending Weekly.