I am so pleased that this thread comes back up every so often, and that people really learned something from it!
I learned a lot from all of you as well!
As far as combinations, and what I can tell about someone...well, the personality meanings of the stones I use are in this thread somewhere!
I would have to go back through and see...but usually, combos that are picked by an individual tell me so much about that person before I do a tarot reading, that it make each successive reading so much more intimate and easier to connect.
I do read for a lot of "sensitives"...those who choose water and Moon together...are almost always psychic or sensitive in some way.
And Type A personalities almost always choose a combination that includes the Sun, fire, Male and/or the Center stone.
Creative artists (visual arts and musicians) almost always pick water and fire together, and usually Autumn and/or Spring.
The least chosen stone seems to be Air...but those who do choose it seem to be the skeptics...every single time...who believe in intellectual pursuits over emotional ones.
I remember three individuals who choose the Moon and Air...and each one was involved in Detective work (well, one was a mystery writer!)
It is very interesting how universal these stones seem to be! I am always intrigued if it works for other people too...and I wonder if shape or color matters more to tap into the unconscious universal symbolism, or if it's more of a matter of an unspoken energy exchange?
In other words, do people pick up what the stones mean, subconsciously through me?
I still wonder....