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Having trouble making a decision? Worried about the future? Concerned that secret forces are controlling your destiny? Then it's time to consult the Tarot..
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Ask your question out loud (be as specific as you can) and chose one or three cards:
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draw one random card
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a word of advice in answer to your question;
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draw three random cards
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advice with more context - your perception (self conscious awareness), what you don't know (subsconcious knowledge) and the truth of the matter (superconsciousness).
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tarot study
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the origins of the tarot are disputed: some say the cards are Italian extensions of an Islamic card game, others tell us the tarot is symbolic wisdom from ancient Egypt, the original Book of Thoth no less...
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WTF?
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This little website is a simple application written in Python to draw one or three randomly selected tarot cards from a dictionary of 78 descriptions and image references. The source code is here - there are no license restrictions on the code, please feel free to fork or re-use.
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The card images are the late Jean-Claude Flornoy's lovely restoration of the tarot of Jean Dodal - you can buy the deck from his website Tarot History. They are used here with the kind permission of Roxanne Flornoy.
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The card interpretations are the work of the late Dr Yoav Ben Dov, which he made available under the Creative Commons by-nc-sa licence - please be sure to link back to his website if you use them.
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As for me, my name is Jeremy Tarling and I work as a metadata specialist at the BBC. I've been fascinated by the tarot since childhood when my aunty first introduced me to the cards.
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