Comments on: Differential Calculus – A Formula For Tarot Divination?

By: Douglas Gibb

Douglas Gibb — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:50:57 +0000

Hi Andy,

Awesome! I’d love to hear more, if you would like to share?

By: Andy Lea

Andy Lea — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:23:30 +0000

I have devised a way of incorperating the tarot with mathematics in a way that can tell your future, seems pretty spot on too!

By: Douglas

Douglas — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:26:01 +0000

Hi BQ,

Thanks for the link, and for expanding further on this post

By: BQ

BQ — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:33:57 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

Nuff said!

By: Douglas

Douglas — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:08:23 +0000

I just Googled it and it sounds like the kind of book I’ve gotta read. I’ve not heard of it before, thanks for the heads up! I’ll let you know what I think about it once I’ve read it

By: Douglas

Douglas — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:53:47 +0000

LOL, glad you enjoyed the post

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:01:32 +0000

If you want to mix mathematics, philosophy and computers, locate a copy of Douglas R. Hofstadter’s “Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.” I haven’t read it in ages, but it’s not as dry as it sounds.

Amazon says: “Hofstadter’s great achievement in Gödel, Escher, Bach was making abstruse mathematical topics (like undecidability, recursion, and ‘strange loops’) accessible and remarkably entertaining. Borrowing a page from Lewis Carroll (who might well have been a fan of this book), each chapter presents dialogue between the Tortoise and Achilles, as well as other characters who dramatize concepts discussed later in more detail.”

By: Theresa

Theresa — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:39:32 +0000

Doug, you’re making me think too hard. LOL

By: Douglas

Douglas — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:48:22 +0000

Hi Jason, you’ve certainly given me something to think about

I’m going to look into this further. Certainly sounds applicable to the Tarot (Opening of the Key). Recursion sounds very interesting. Going slightly off topic, this reminds me of a branch of philosophy called hermeneutics; certain philosophers (I can think of one specifically) have used stuff like recursion as a model for interpretation.

Once again this has certainly given me plenty to think about, now where’s my coffee

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:29:17 +0000

Differential calculus… you’re taking me back to my university days! *shudder*

I’ve always thought lambda calculus offers an interesting way to think about reading tarot cards. More specifically, lambda calculus as implemented by the Lisp language and its family. Functional, linear and everything is ultimately described as lists: linear strings of cards (sound familiar?) which can be manipulated in various ways. One of the hallmarks of Lisp is recursion. Fascinating stuff, if one has the right mindset.