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LisaT4P
September 12th, 2005, 09:12 PM
Hello all! My name is Lisa and I'm usually only to be found in the Tarot forum. ;)

I'd like to get some help with an assignment. I am supposed to come up with a divination system. I'm not allowed to use tarot imagery here (God/dess help me!), and I'm trying to get some ideas on other, simpler archetypal images.

I have a list of keywords (which I will probably add to) and I'd like to know the first thing you think of (a picture in your head, another word, whatever) when you see / hear that word. I need these to be pretty basic like a heart or stop sign things that are easily accesible to everyone's imagination.

This is so that the divination system can be used by others and not just me. :) I'd like for it to be as universal as possible at the end, with my own twist of course. I will not be making any of these for anyone, but if you'd like to see the end result, I can certainly take some images.

So, here are some words:

Temptation
Caution
Conflict
Love
Friendship
Happy
Sad
Angry / Anger
Afraid / Fear
Work
Play
Relax
Reward
Nature
Growth
Change
Rebirth
Balance
Teaching / Teacher
Learning / Student

Those are just a few to start with. If you have any more that you can think of, please let me know. Basically these will be the "options" that you will have for a specific question. Just like tarot cards or runes, in a way. You will ask a question, or lay a spread and each of these will be assigned a position. What other "options" would you like to see?

You could also tell me what you would mostly use a divination system for, and what type of questions you'd usually be asking. Any of that is helpful.

Thanks in advance for all your help!

WOGIT
September 12th, 2005, 10:00 PM
Hmm maybe in todays day and age how about "get out of town" :P

TarotCanada
September 12th, 2005, 10:16 PM
Temptation $
Caution - a pause sign like on the VCR
Conflict - hands over ears
Love - heart
Friendship - a hug
Happy - smile
Sad - a tear
Angry / Anger - a fist
Afraid / Fear - hands covering head
Work - a shovel
Play - swing
Relax - reclined armchair
Reward - a medal or trophy
Nature - a pond
Growth - tree
Change - tornado
Rebirth - diaper
Balance - teeter totter
Teaching / Teacher - chalk and ruler, apple
Learning / Student - pencil / desk

LisaT4P
September 13th, 2005, 05:44 AM
Hmm maybe in todays day and age how about "get out of town" :PThat's a good idea, but what image would you associate with it?

I did think of "Someone is sucking you dry" and found a nice vampire picture. LOL

TarotCanada, that was great! Exactly what I'm looking for. In fact, a few of the things you said are exactly the image I had chosen for that word too. That is my goal here, to see which images most people think of and try and incorporate that into the system.

Keep 'em coming, all!

Sylvan
September 13th, 2005, 06:21 AM
Temptation- apple (For Eve. Not very Pagan, but it's what comes to mind first)
Caution- The color orange. Blaze orange. Like a construction worker sign.
Conflict- bomb
Love- heart
Friendship- handshake, or like a claddagh
Happy- smile
Sad- pout
Angry / Anger- Eyebrows drawn down
Afraid / Fear- a "Mr Bill" face
Work- construction worker symbol
Play- seesaw/playground symbol
Relax- hammock
Reward- blue ribbon
Nature- leaf
Growth- tree
Change- coins
Rebirth- oroborus, phoenix
Balance- yin yang
Teaching / Teacher- ruler, chalk
Learning / Student- pencil, pencil sharpener

LisaT4P
September 13th, 2005, 08:10 AM
Afraid / Fear- a "Mr Bill" faceOh No! :veryweird

LisaT4P
September 19th, 2005, 11:22 AM
:fpoke: Still working on it, anyone else have some suggestions? :abadpoker

SoulHealer
September 19th, 2005, 11:39 AM
Temptation -sex (of the very very erotic kind)
Caution -stop and think
Conflict -endless churning
Love -nameless
Friendship -togetherness
Happy -smile
Sad -burning tears
Angry / Anger -fire
Afraid / Fear -a broken walking stick when you are stuggling to walk
Work -cogs in the wheel
Play -the mind of a child
Relax -a blink away
Reward -am inner feeling of satisfaction
Nature -Unstoppable, unequalled
Growth -change
Change -a set of doors you cannot see the other side of
Rebirth -protected by the waters of life
Balance -a tightrope
Teaching / Teacher - whispers of truth
Learning / Student - all of us

LisaT4P
October 24th, 2005, 07:24 AM
Thought you all might like to see the semi-finished project. These are about 1" in diameter. I may add a few more images eventually.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b321/lkrough2/Divination1.jpg

Thanks again for all your help!