orlin/tarot

Tarot as given by Ra in The Law of One

Tarot

An implementation of the tarot as given by Ra in The Law of One. It's a very basic tool for learning the 22 archetypes of the Major Arcana.

It can draw a card at random, and show all cards related to it. Since it does give additional detail - one could ask for a card by name or number.

A Tabular Aid

There is also an option to show a table of all cards organized into Mind/Body/Spirit complex columns and the 8 classification categories for rows. This format makes the triples and pairs easy to spot as one learns the material.

What follows is a representation of such an aid, possibly just a placeholder of a future app screenshot.

/	M i n d	B o d y	S p i r i t
...	complex	complex	complex
M a t r i x
	:	:	:
P o t e n t i a t o r
	—	—	—
C a t a l y s t
	:	:	:
E x p e r i e n c e
	—	—	—
S i g n i f i c a t o r
	:	:	:
=	Choice	Choice	Choice
	—	—	—
T r a n s f o r m a t i o n
	:	:	:
G r e a t W a y

How

Urbit would be needed to run this.

It started as a Hoon School final exercise.

So far it's just a generator, which I plan to turn into a Landscape app, after learning all of this too.

Use

The command below, entered in a dojo, generates an overview cheat-sheet. This is the big picture, usually enough to jog one's memory with.

> +tarot, =o %all
~[
  [%all "|                  Mind           | Body             | Spirit    |"]
  [%all "|                                                                |"]
  [%all "| Matrix         | Magician       | Strength         | Devil     |"]
  [%all "| Potentiator    | High Priestess | Hermit           | Tower     |"]
  [%all "| Catalyst       | Empress        | Wheel of Fortune | Star      |"]
  [%all "| Experience     | Emperor        | Justice          | Moon      |"]
  [%all "| Significator   | Hierophant     | Hanged Man       | Sun       |"]
  [%all "| Choice Pairs                                                   |"]
  [%all "| Transformation | Lovers         | Death            | Judgement |"]
  [%all "| Great Way      | Chariot        | Temperance       | World     |"]
  [%all "| The Choice     | Choice                                        |"]
]

Here is a default example - I just called +tarot to get a random card:

~[
  [%upon "| = Archetype  | @ Mind    | Body    | Spirit |"]
  [%upon "|                                             |"]
  [%upon "| Catalyst     | : Empress                    |"]
  [%upon "| Experience > | = Emperor | Justice | Moon   |"]
  [%upon "|                # 4                          |"]
]

Above I got the Emperor archetype. It is card #4, of the Mind complex, which together with Justice for Body and Moon for Spirit represents Experience. It also pairs with the Empress Catalyst.

To get a specific card, for example the Sun, one could ask for it by name +tarot, =name "sun" or number +tarot, =a 19:

~[
  [%upon "| = Archetype    | Mind       | Body       | @ Spirit |"]
  [%upon "|                                                     |"]
  [%upon "|                                            # 19     |"]
  [%upon "| Significator > | Hierophant | Hanged Man | = Sun    |"]
  [%upon "| The Choice                                 : Choice |"]
]