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Soothsaying Games

  1. A Cross Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  2. Boxing the Compass Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  3. Fifteen Card Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  4. Mother of All Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  5. Pyramid Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  6. Seven Card Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  7. Six Card Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  8. The Box Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  9. Three Card Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  10. Three Row Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  11. Time of Day Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  12. Twenty-four Card Tarot, 1 Tarot deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only
  13. I'Ching, The Book of Changes, 1 Specialty deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Luck only


Object
Ask a question and see what the Tarot cards or the Chinese Book of Changes have to say about it.


Notes
These are not win or lose games. They can't be played to a finish.
The only Pysol Tarock/Tarot card set currently suitable for use with the cartomancy games is the Pamela Smith Tarot. It's the only one with a complete set of upright and inverted images. It's also the only one that has images that relate to the interpretations of the meanings. Pressing the F4 key on the tableaux will put all the cards in the inverted orientation, pressing twice will place them upright.

There are many versions of the meanings of each of the 78 cards in a Tarot deck. Arthur Waite published a version to go along with Ms. Smith's images. It's the reader's responsibility to use a set of meanings that she's comfortable with and apply them to the questions that are being asked and the fall of the cards. The complete text of the Waite booklet describing his interpretation of the Tarot can be found on the internet at Sacred Texts Tarot https://www.sacred-texts.com/tarot/.

The order of placing the cards in the pattern and the pattern used are also up to the reader. Remember that any interpretation you may find was made in a male supremisist society. Which is to say that it's likely to be very hierarchical. Be creative! Be what you are not what you're expected to be.

The card names and the order of the deal can be seen by pressing F2 or by moving the pointer over the cards. To get the meanings of the cards press F1 then in the document viewer press F2. You can also use the Rules/Cards button in the top row of the document viewer buttons. The complete text of the Waite interpretation of each card can be seen by left clicking on the card.

The only set of tiles suitable for "I'Ching, The Book of Changes" is "The Hexagrams" in six sizes. A left click on the tile will open the document viewer with an abbreviated account of the current hexagram. The full text of the I'Ching and supporting files is at Sacred Texts I Ching https://www.sacred-texts.com/ich/.

  1. A Cross Tarot:


    2. Tableaux
    5 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    Five cards in a cross pattern. 
             4
       2 1 3
         5
  2. Boxing the Compass Tarot:


    3. Tableaux
    8 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    The pattern is the four primary and four secondary compass points with the order of play being West, East, South, North, Southwest, Southeast, Northwest and Northeast.
  3. Fifteen Card Tarot:


    4. Tableaux
    15 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    The pattern is fifteen cards in a three by five rectangle dealt in rows from upper left to lower right.
  4. Mother of All Tarot:

    5. Tableaux
    13 rows
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    Twelve cards in a twelve hour clock pattern plus a thirteenth in the center.
    The positions match the hours on a clock face.
  5. Pyramid Tarot:


    6. Tableaux
    6 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    Six cards in a pyramid pattern. 
             6
        4 5
       1 2 3
  6. Seven Card Tarot:


    7. Tableaux
    7 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    Seven cards in three columns with two, three and two cards per column. 
            5
      1   2
        6
      3   4
        7
  7. Six Card Tarot:


    8. Tableaux
    6 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    Six cards in an H pattern 
           3     4
         1 2
       5     6
  8. The Box Tarot:


    9. Tableaux
    4 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    Four cards at the corners of a box. 
           1   2
     
       3   4
  9. Three Card Tarot:


    10. Tableaux
    3 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    Three cards in a horizontal line. 
           1  2  3
  10. Three Row Tarot:


    11. Tableaux
    9 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    Nine cards in three horizontal lines. 
           1  2  3
       4  5  6
       7  8  9
  11. Time of Day Tarot:


    12. Tableaux
    12 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    Twelve cards in a twelve hour clock pattern.
    The positions match the hours on a clock face.
  12. Twenty-four Card Tarot:


    13. Tableaux
    24 Cartomancy rows, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    The pattern is twenty-four cards in a three by eight rectangle dealt in rows from upper left to lower right.
  13. I'Ching, The Book of Changes:


    14. Tableaux
    1 Changes row, base rank any
    Talon, no redeals
    Pattern
    The pattern consists of a single hexagram in the center of the tableaux.

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Pamela Smith's images.
The meanings of the hexagrams.

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