It's funny this has come up. I've been thinking about timing a lot lately and last week have come across a method in one of the books I'm reading that I REALLY like.
The book is
Tarot Card Combinations, by Dorothy Kelly. Here's how she explains it and I'm quoting from the book....
"There are 14 cards in each suit. Less the Ace = thirteen cards. These are the weeks within each season. (The Aces represent the seasons)
The day cards are represented by the Major Arcana and predictions are restricted to within 3 weeks, 21 days of the week within the season card. The Fool 0, depicts the immediate events-those that take place within the week of the prediction.
Take up the cards, shuffle, and deal face up until a season card is dealt, for example, the Ace of Wands. Reshape the deck, shuffle again, then deal until a card of the same suit is dealt, for example, the III of Wands. Again, suffle and deal until the first Major Arcana is dealt, for example, the Chariot VII.
When doing a timing reading, use the event card that the inquirer has based the question on as the significator card. Ask the inquirer to shuffle the cards and deal them face upward, one on top of each other until the first Ace card appears. This will represent the season. Place it alongside the significator, from left to right. The cards are reshuffled and dealt one on top of the other until a card of the same suit as the season (Ace) card is dealt. This is placed next to the season card and represents the week. Reshuffle the deck and deal the cards until a Major Arcana is dealt. This represents the days before or after the week. For example:
Ace of Wands = Spring
VII of Wands = the 7th week
The Hermit IX = within 9 days of the 7th week of spring.
You can now tell your client when you think the event will take place."
I don't know about you, but I found this explanation fairly confusing at first. But once you pull out the cards and try it, it's really very simple
oh! - You'll also need a calendar handy
LP~