Guest Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 (edited) The sequential method is a method of fortune-telling with tarot cards that is intended for the fortune-teller who would address certain specific questions concerning the past, the present, or the future by attempting to describe actions, circumstances, and events that may correspond to fact, whether at the time of a reading or subsequent thereto. When using the sequential method, which is intended for use with pattern sheets that are comparable to the Tarot de Marseille patterns, one is able to interpret coat or court cards with relative ease. Vocabulary Builder Adjectival Signification: a signification that is an adjective. Adverbial Signification: a signification that is an adverb. Empirical Signification: [fortune-telling with playing cards] a signification that is derived from the perceived significance of a playing card in a reading. Impersonal Signification: [fortune-telling with playing cards] a signification that links a tarot card to an abstract concept. Impersonal Significator: [fortune-telling with playing cards] a tarot card that is interpreted as denoting one or more abstract concepts. Nounal Signification: a signification that is a noun. Personal Signification: [fortune-telling with playing cards] a signification that links a tarot card to a person. Personal Significator: [fortune-telling with playing cards] a tarot card that is interpreted as signifying one or more persons. Signification: [fortune-telling with tarot cards] a keyword or a phrase that is assigned to a tarot card for the purpose of fortune-telling. Verbal Signification: a signification that is a verb. A note on the general procedure for the use of the sequential method: when using the sequential method, one arranges a variable number of cards in one or more rows and one generally attempts to pair consecutive cards by attempting to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first card in a prospective pair to one or more of the adjectival significations of the second card in the prospective pair. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first card in the prospective pair to one or more of the nounal significations of the second card in the prospective pair. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first card in the prospective pair to one or more of the verbal significations of the second card in the prospective pair. For example, since the ace of coins is associated with the noun activity and since the ten of batons is associated with the adjectives captivating and habitual, one could interpret a pair that comprises the ace of coins preceding the ten of batons as denoting one or more captivating activities, as denoting one or more habitual activities, or as denoting one or more activities that are both captivating and habitual. 1. Additional Coat Cards Though one could apply the sequential method using the standard number of 16 coat cards per pack, one could enhance one’s tarot readings by purchasing two copies of one’s preferred tarot cards and transferring the knights and the jacks from one pack to the other so as to have each additional knight and jack serve as a female equivalent of the corresponding knight or jack. To avoid confusion, one could mark each additional knight and jack using a pen or a felt-tip marker. I hereinafter refer to each additional knight as a dame and to each additional jack as a maiden. 2. On the Position of an Impersonal Significator Relative to a Personal Significator 2.1. Where a personal significator precedes an impersonal significator, one could attempt to relate one or more of the verbal significations of the impersonal significator to one or more of the actions that are carried out by the person who is signified by the personal significator. For example, one could interpret a pair that comprises the king of batons as a personal significator preceding The Pope as denoting a male lover who asks, who devotes, or who trusts. Similarly, one could interpret a pair that comprises the king of batons as a personal significator preceding the queen of batons as an impersonal significator as denoting a male lover who expects, who gratifies, or who loves. 2.2. Where an impersonal significator precedes a personal significator, one could attempt to relate one or more of the verbal significations of the impersonal significator to one or more of the actions that are not carried out by the person who is signified by the personal significator. For example, one could interpret a pair that comprises The Pope preceding the king of batons as a personal significator as denoting a male lover who does not ask, who does not devote, or who does not trust. Similarly, one could interpret a pair that comprises the queen of batons as an impersonal significator preceding the king of batons as a personal significator as denoting a male lover who does not expect, who does not gratify, or who does not love. King of Coins (a Male Enquirer) Concerning personal significations, the king of coins signifies the enquirer, if male. When reading for a female enquirer, the king of coins could signify her husband, her wife, her civil partner, her long-term romantic partner, her live-in romantic partner, a former romantic partner with whom the enquirer romantically engages, a former romantic partner who desires a subsequent romantic relationship, a former romantic partner with whom the enquirer desires a subsequent romantic relationship, or a former romantic partner whose desire for a subsequent romantic relationship is requited by the enquirer. The king of coins could also signify a male pet or the business venture or ventures of a female enquirer who is self-employed. When reading for a male enquirer and where the king of coins is the first card in a prospective pair, one could attempt to relate one or more of the verbal significations of the second card to one or more of the actions that are carried out by the enquirer. Alternatively, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal or verbal significations of the second card to that to which a male enquirer is committed or to that with which a male enquirer is pre-occupied. For example, and when reading for a male enquirer, one could interpret a pair that comprises the king of coins preceding the four of coins as denoting a male enquirer who accommodates, a male enquirer who is committed to one or more accommodations, a male enquirer who is committed to accommodation, a male enquirer who is pre-occupied with one or more accommodations, or a male enquirer who is pre-occupied with accommodating. When reading for a female enquirer and where the king of coins is the first card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal or verbal significations of the second impersonal significator to that to which the subject is committed or to that with which the subject is pre-occupied, regardless of whether the subject is male or female. For example, and when reading for a female enquirer, one could interpret a pair that comprises the king of coins preceding the four of coins as denoting a subject who accommodates, a subject who is committed to one or more accommodations, a subject who is committed to accommodation, a subject who is pre-occupied with one or more accommodations, or a subject who is pre-occupied with accommodating. When reading for a male enquirer and where the king of coins is the second card in a prospective pair, one could attempt to relate one or more of the verbal significations of the first card to one or more of the actions that are not carried out by the enquirer. Alternatively, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first card to one or more of the adjectival significations of the king of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first card to one or more of the nounal significations of the king of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first card to one or more of the verbal significations of the king of coins. When reading for a female enquirer and where the king of coins is the second card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the adjectival significations of the king of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the nounal significations of the king of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the verbal significations of the king of coins. Verbs Commit (n: commissary, commitment, committal, committee); espouse (n: espousal, espouser); occupy (n: occupancy, occupant, occupation, occupier); pre-occupy (n: pre-occupancy, pre-occupation); undertake (n: undertaker, undertaking); sponsor (adj.: sponsorial; n: sponsor, sponsorship); to be occupied (with); to be pre-occupied (with). Additional Adjective Busy (n: business). Additional Nouns Enterprise (adj.: enterprising); spouse (adj.: spousal). Queen of Coins (a Female Enquirer) Concerning personal significations, the queen of coins signifies the enquirer, if female. When reading for a male enquirer, the queen of coins could signify his husband, his wife, his civil partner, his long-term romantic partner, his live-in romantic partner, a former romantic partner with whom the enquirer romantically engages, a former romantic partner who desires a subsequent romantic relationship, a former romantic partner with whom the enquirer desires a subsequent romantic relationship, or a former romantic partner whose desire for a subsequent romantic relationship is requited by the enquirer. The queen of coins could also signify a female pet or the business venture or ventures of a male enquirer who is self-employed. When reading for a female enquirer and where the queen of coins is the first card in a prospective pair, one could attempt to relate one or more of the verbal significations of the second card to one or more of the actions that are carried out by the enquirer. Alternatively, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal or verbal significations of the second card to that to which a female enquirer is committed or to that with which a female enquirer is pre-occupied. When reading for a male enquirer and where the queen of coins is the first card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal or verbal significations of the second impersonal significator to that to which the subject is committed or to that with which the subject is pre-occupied, regardless of whether the subject is male or female. When reading for a female enquirer and where the queen of coins is the second card in a prospective pair, one could attempt to relate one or more of the verbal significations of the first card to one or more of the actions that are not carried out by the enquirer. Alternatively, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first card to one or more of the adjectival significations of the queen of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first card to one or more of the nounal significations of the queen of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first card to one or more of the verbal significations of the queen of coins. When reading for a male enquirer and where the queen of coins is the second card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the adjectival significations of the queen of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the nounal significations of the queen of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the verbal significations of the queen of coins. Verbs Commit (n: commissary, commitment, committal, committee); espouse (n: espousal, espouser); occupy (n: occupancy, occupant, occupation, occupier); pre-occupy (n: pre-occupancy, pre-occupation); undertake (n: undertaker, undertaking); sponsor (adj.: sponsorial; n: sponsor, sponsorship); to be occupied (with); to be pre-occupied (with). Additional Adjective Busy (n: business). Additional Nouns Enterprise (adj.: enterprising); spouse (adj.: spousal). Knight of Coins (a Male Employee) Concerning personal significations, the knight of coins signifies a male employee. Where the knight of coins is the first card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the second impersonal significator to that which a male enquirer deems as being important or to that which a male enquirer deems as being significant. When reading for a female enquirer, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the second impersonal significator to that which the subject deems as being important or to that which the subject deems as being significant, regardless of whether the subject is male or female. For example, when reading for a male enquirer, one could interpret a pair that comprises the knight of coins as an impersonal significator preceding the three of coins as denoting a male enquirer who deems the future as being important. When reading for a female enquirer, one could interpret a pair that comprises the knight of coins as an impersonal significator preceding the three of coins as denoting a subject who deems the future as being important. Where the knight of coins is the second card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the adjectival significations of the knight of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the nounal significations of the knight of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the verbal significations of the knight of coins. Verbs Accompany (n: accompaniment); attend (adj.: attent, attentive; adv.: attentively; n: attent, attendance, attendant, attention, attentiveness); await; celebrate (n: celebration, celebrity); concern (adj.: concerned; adv.: concernedly; n: concern, concernedness); deserve (adj.: deserving; adv.: deservedly, deservingly; n: desert [i.e. merit]); doubt (adj.: doubtful; adv.: doubtfully; n: doubt, doubtfulness); guess (n: guess); heed (adj.: heedful; adv.: heedfully; n: heed, heedfulness); look (n: look); observe (adj.: observable, observant; adv.: observably, observantly; n: observableness, observance, observation, observator, observatory, observer); prospect (adj.: prospective; adv.: prospectively; n: prospect, prospection); review (n: review, reviewal, reviewer); revise (n: revisal, revise, reviser, revision); see (n: seeing, seer); serve (adj.: serviceable, servile; adv.: servilely; n: servant, server, servility, servitor, servitude); service (n: service); sight (adj.: sighted; n: sight); specify (adj.: specific, specifical; adv.: specifically; n: specification); speculate (adj.: specular, speculative; n: speculation, speculator); spite (adj.: spiteful; adv.: spitefully; n: spite, spitefulness); spy (n: espial, espionage, spy); survey (n: survey, surveyor, surveyorship); suspect (adj.: suspicious; adv.: suspiciously; n: suspect, suspiciousness); view (n: view, viewer); visit (adj.: visitant, visitorial; n: visit, visitant, visitation); wait (n: wait, waiter, waiting); watch (adj.: watchful; adv.: watchfully; n: watch, watcher, watchfulness, watchman); to be concerned (about; at; for); to cause a scene; to make a spectacle of oneself. Additional Adjectives Conspicuous (adv.: conspicuously; n: conspicuousness); perspective (adv.: perspectively; n: perspective); sceptic (n: sceptic, scepticism); sceptical (adv.: sceptically); visible; visual. Additional Nouns Scene (adj.: scenic); scenery; spectacle (adj.: spectacled); spectacles; spectator; vision; visionary (adj.: visionary). Dame of Coins (a Female Employee) Concerning personal significations, the dame of coins signifies a female employee. Where the dame of coins is the first card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the second impersonal significator to that which a female enquirer deems as being important or to that which a female enquirer deems as being significant. When reading for a male enquirer, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the second impersonal significator to that which the subject deems as being important or to that which the subject deems as being significant, regardless of whether the subject is male or female. Where the dame of coins is the second card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the adjectival significations of the dame of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the nounal significations of the dame of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the verbal significations of the dame of coins. [When using the standard number of coat cards: the knight of coins could signify a male employee or a female employee. Where the knight of coins is the first card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the second impersonal significator to that which an enquirer or a subject deems as being important or to that which an enquirer or a subject deems as being significant, regardless of the gender of the enquirer or the subject.] Verbs Accompany (n: accompaniment); attend (adj.: attent, attentive; adv.: attentively; n: attent, attendance, attendant, attention, attentiveness); await; celebrate (n: celebration, celebrity); concern (adj.: concerned; adv.: concernedly; n: concern, concernedness); deserve (adj.: deserving; adv.: deservedly, deservingly; n: desert [i.e. merit]); doubt (adj.: doubtful; adv.: doubtfully; n: doubt, doubtfulness); guess (n: guess); heed (adj.: heedful; adv.: heedfully; n: heed, heedfulness); look (n: look); observe (adj.: observable, observant; adv.: observably, observantly; n: observableness, observance, observation, observator, observatory, observer); prospect (adj.: prospective; adv.: prospectively; n: prospect, prospection); review (n: review, reviewal, reviewer); revise (n: revisal, revise, reviser, revision); see (n: seeing, seer); serve (adj.: serviceable, servile; adv.: servilely; n: servant, server, servility, servitor, servitude); service (n: service); sight (adj.: sighted; n: sight); specify (adj.: specific, specifical; adv.: specifically; n: specification); speculate (adj.: specular, speculative; n: speculation, speculator); spite (adj.: spiteful; adv.: spitefully; n: spite, spitefulness); spy (n: espial, espionage, spy); survey (n: survey, surveyor, surveyorship); suspect (adj.: suspicious; adv.: suspiciously; n: suspect, suspiciousness); view (n: view, viewer); visit (adj.: visitant, visitorial; n: visit, visitant, visitation); wait (n: wait, waiter, waiting); watch (adj.: watchful; adv.: watchfully; n: watch, watcher, watchfulness, watchman); to be concerned (about; at; for); to cause a scene; to make a spectacle of oneself. Additional Adjectives Conspicuous (adv.: conspicuously; n: conspicuousness); perspective (adv.: perspectively; n: perspective); sceptic (n: sceptic, scepticism); sceptical (adv.: sceptically); visible; visual. Additional Nouns Scene (adj.: scenic); scenery; spectacle (adj.: spectacled); spectacles; spectator; vision; visionary (adj.: visionary). Jack of Coins (a Male Acquaintance, a Male Colleague, or a Male Neighbour) Concerning personal significations, the jack of coins could signify a male acquaintance, a male colleague, or a male neighbour. Where the jack of coins is the first card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal or verbal significations of the second impersonal significator to that with which a male enquirer is acquainted. When reading for a female enquirer, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal or verbal significations of the second impersonal significator to that with which the subject is acquainted, regardless of whether the subject is male or female. For example, when reading for a male enquirer, one could interpret a pair that comprises the jack of coins as an impersonal significator preceding the four of coins as denoting a male enquirer who is acquainted with accommodation, a male enquirer who is acquainted with one or more accommodations, or a male enquirer who is acquainted with accommodating. When reading for a female enquirer, one could interpret a pair that comprises the jack of coins as an impersonal significator preceding the four of coins as denoting a subject who is acquainted with accommodation, a subject who is acquainted with one or more accommodations, or a subject who is acquainted with accommodating. Where the jack of coins is the second card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the adjectival significations of the jack of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the nounal significations of the jack of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the verbal significations of the jack of coins. Verbs Acknowledge (n: acknowledgement); acquaint (n: acquaintanceship); admit (adj.: admissible, admittable; n: admissibility, admission, admittance); confess (adj.: confessional; adv.: confessedly; n: confession, confessional, confessor); diagnose; introduce (adj.: introductory, introductive; adv.: introductorily; n: introduction); know (adj.: knowing; adv.: knowingly; n: knowledge); name (n: name, namer); philosophise (adj.: philosophical; adv.: philosophically; n: philosopher, philosophy); to be able (to). Additional Adjectives Aware; conscious; conscionable (adv.: conscionably); interior (adv.: interiorly; n: interior); internal (adv.: internally); introspective; keen (adv.: keenly; n: keenness); neighbouring; neighbourly; noble (adv.: nobly; n: nobility, nobleness); wise (adv.: wisely; n: wisdom, wiseness). Additional Nouns Awareness; consciousness; conscience (adj.: conscientious; adv.: conscientiously); conscientiousness; diagnosis; introspection; knowledge; neighbourhood; neighbourliness. Maiden of Coins (a Female Acquaintance, a Female Colleague, or a Female Neighbour) Concerning personal significations, the maiden of coins could signify a female acquaintance, a female colleague, or a female neighbour. Where the maiden of coins is the first card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal or verbal significations of the second impersonal significator to that with which a female enquirer is acquainted. When reading for a male enquirer, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal or verbal significations of the second impersonal significator to that with which the subject is acquainted, regardless of whether the subject is male or female. Where the maiden of coins is the second card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the adjectival significations of the maiden of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the nounal significations of the maiden of coins. Where one is unable to form a contextually relevant or logical phrase by doing so, one would attempt to relate one or more of the nounal significations of the first impersonal significator to one or more of the verbal significations of the maiden of coins. [When using the standard number of coat cards: the jack of coins could signify a male or a female acquaintance, a male or a female colleague, or a male or a female neighbour. Where the jack of coins is the first card in a prospective pair of impersonal significators, one could attempt to relate one or more of the nounal or verbal significations of the second impersonal significator to that with which an enquirer or a subject is acquainted, regardless of the gender of the enquirer or the subject.] Verbs Acknowledge (n: acknowledgement); acquaint (n: acquaintanceship); admit (adj.: admissible, admittable; n: admissibility, admission, admittance); confess (adj.: confessional; adv.: confessedly; n: confession, confessional, confessor); diagnose; introduce (adj.: introductory, introductive; adv.: introductorily; n: introduction); know (adj.: knowing; adv.: knowingly; n: knowledge); name (n: name, namer); philosophise (adj.: philosophical; adv.: philosophically; n: philosopher, philosophy); to be able (to). Additional Adjectives Aware; conscious; conscionable (adv.: conscionably); interior (adv.: interiorly; n: interior); internal (adv.: internally); introspective; keen (adv.: keenly; n: keenness); neighbouring; neighbourly; noble (adv.: nobly; n: nobility, nobleness); wise (adv.: wisely; n: wisdom, wiseness). Additional Nouns Awareness; consciousness; conscience (adj.: conscientious; adv.: conscientiously); conscientiousness; diagnosis; introspection; knowledge; neighbourhood; neighbourliness. Copyright © Kevin J W Mellors. All Rights Reserved. Edited September 29, 2019 by Guest I revise and expand the contents of my initial post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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