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Old 01-13-2011, 04:27 PM   #220 (permalink)
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Completing their divination list, as established by the students, Renée turned back to the students who'd spoke about tarot cards with another smile. "It seems you might be a bit hopeful about that subject," she said to the two who had mentioned them by name, before turning back to the class as a whole. "Cartomancy, or its similar cousin Taromancy, is quite the delicate study. As was mentioned, it can most commonly be considered reading cards, Taromancy being more specific to the Tarot while basic cartomancy can use any form of cards. Actually, most common is a basic deck of Muggle playing cards. And there's another offshoot that simply uses what are known as oracle decks, which is a bit more, well specific than either divination with playing cards or Tarot cards," she said, moving slightly toward the bookshelf as she spoke. If anyone was curious, she could explain their uses as well, but at a later time.

"For now, let's stick with the basics, though," she continued. "Maybe with the Tarot." And her discussion was turning a bit more casual, it seemed. "Does anyone want to offer a fact or two about the Tarot? Anything about the specific cards in the deck, or whatever else you can think of." Then maybe they could look into the correlation between that deck and the others. It would depend on what she got right now.[/COLOR]

ooc: As usual, try to stick with only one fact, etc. per post. Let others get a word in. Try not to get too into chats as well and things will continue later. With more fun.
Bennet tried to recall anything he'd learned about Tarot cards from his readings. Raising his hand, he contributed, "The layout or spread of Tarot cards can be just as significant as the cards themselves. There are a wide variety of layouts, which give different information and insight to the person performing the reading. Some popular layouts include the Five Card Spread, The Ellipse Spread, The Celtic Cross, The Mirror Spread, The Mandala Spread, and the The Relationship Spread, to name a few."
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