tarot spreads for writers
i got these from Aeclectic Tarot and thought i'd post them here for the next time i'm having issues with writing and stuff.
Spread One: Characters
This is tarot spread that I've designed for randomly creating characters for use in roleplaying games and possibly other forms of storytelling as well.
2................3
.........1.........
...4..5..6..7...
1: Concept. The character's basic position in the story and in her own fictitious existence.
2: Impulse. The character's wants, needs, instincts, dementias, etc..
3: Ideal. The character's beliefs, goals, hopes, fears, morals, etc..
4: The Past. How the character's saga began.
5: The Interim. What went on between the Past and the Present. How the character got where he is now.
6: The Present. The character's current lot in life.
7: The Future. What is likely to happen to the character in the future.
Spread Two: Plot
(This part is done first, then the cards are shuffled back into the deck, It focuses on the auhtor rather than the plot.)
..........AS
.....1..........2
AS= Author's significator
1.= what's causing the stagnation
2.= what is needed to work through the stagnation
The Plot-
.......1.................2
......PS...............AS
.................3
.................4
.................5
1. The protagonist
PS. Protagonist significator (a situation or another character influencing the protagonist.) More than one protagonist significator can be added.
2. The antagonist
AS-A. Antagonist significator (same thing as PS)
3. Their conflict
4. The situation in which you last left them
5. A possible resolution to the current situation.
Spread Three: The Artist's Path
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1. THE SELF-PORTRAIT
What is your self-image of an Artist? What is your relationship with this identity?
2. THE NOW
Where are you now, while looking at your path with an Artist's eye?
3. THE DRIVING FORCE
What is the driving force; what feeds the internal springs of your creativity?
4. THE MUSE
What external factors or forces inspire you? What gets you going?
5. THE BLOCK
What blocks your creativity?
6. THE BLOCK AT WORK
When you?re blocked, what do you do instead of creating? How do you spend (or squander) your time?
7. THE MONEY
What are your views on the relationship between Creativity and Money?
8. THE PRICE
What you need to give up in order to pursue your Artist's path?
9. NEXT STEP
What you need to do next, to make sure you walk forth down the creative path you?ve chosen?
10. THE ARTIST CARD
After dealing the nine cards of the Artist?s Path spread but before reading it, place The Artist card as a Significator at the end of the spread (S). This card is You. Accept your creative powers and responsibilities, and your Artist?s Path ahead will be clear.
Now turn the cards face up one by one and
begin to read the spread in the arrow form.
- - 1 - 2 - -
- 3 - - 4 -
5 - - 7 - - 6
- - - 8 - - -
- - - 9 - - -
- - - S - - -
Spread One: Characters
This is tarot spread that I've designed for randomly creating characters for use in roleplaying games and possibly other forms of storytelling as well.
2................3
.........1.........
...4..5..6..7...
1: Concept. The character's basic position in the story and in her own fictitious existence.
2: Impulse. The character's wants, needs, instincts, dementias, etc..
3: Ideal. The character's beliefs, goals, hopes, fears, morals, etc..
4: The Past. How the character's saga began.
5: The Interim. What went on between the Past and the Present. How the character got where he is now.
6: The Present. The character's current lot in life.
7: The Future. What is likely to happen to the character in the future.
Spread Two: Plot
(This part is done first, then the cards are shuffled back into the deck, It focuses on the auhtor rather than the plot.)
..........AS
.....1..........2
AS= Author's significator
1.= what's causing the stagnation
2.= what is needed to work through the stagnation
The Plot-
.......1.................2
......PS...............AS
.................3
.................4
.................5
1. The protagonist
PS. Protagonist significator (a situation or another character influencing the protagonist.) More than one protagonist significator can be added.
2. The antagonist
AS-A. Antagonist significator (same thing as PS)
3. Their conflict
4. The situation in which you last left them
5. A possible resolution to the current situation.
Spread Three: The Artist's Path
------------------------------------------
1. THE SELF-PORTRAIT
What is your self-image of an Artist? What is your relationship with this identity?
2. THE NOW
Where are you now, while looking at your path with an Artist's eye?
3. THE DRIVING FORCE
What is the driving force; what feeds the internal springs of your creativity?
4. THE MUSE
What external factors or forces inspire you? What gets you going?
5. THE BLOCK
What blocks your creativity?
6. THE BLOCK AT WORK
When you?re blocked, what do you do instead of creating? How do you spend (or squander) your time?
7. THE MONEY
What are your views on the relationship between Creativity and Money?
8. THE PRICE
What you need to give up in order to pursue your Artist's path?
9. NEXT STEP
What you need to do next, to make sure you walk forth down the creative path you?ve chosen?
10. THE ARTIST CARD
After dealing the nine cards of the Artist?s Path spread but before reading it, place The Artist card as a Significator at the end of the spread (S). This card is You. Accept your creative powers and responsibilities, and your Artist?s Path ahead will be clear.
Now turn the cards face up one by one and
begin to read the spread in the arrow form.
- - 1 - 2 - -
- 3 - - 4 -
5 - - 7 - - 6
- - - 8 - - -
- - - 9 - - -
- - - S - - -