Today, I’m gonna show you guys how I made this little thing called a tarot card combination calculator. I’ve been messing around with tarot cards for a while now, you know, just for fun, and I got this idea to make something that could calculate the meanings of different card combinations. So, I started digging into it.
First off, I needed to figure out how to represent each tarot card. I thought about it for a bit and decided to just give each card a number. Like, the Fool is 0, the Magician is 1, and so on. Pretty straightforward, right? Then, I made a list of all the cards and their corresponding numbers. It was a bit tedious, but hey, gotta do what you gotta do.
Making the Calculator
Next up, I started thinking about how to actually calculate the combinations. I realized I could just add up the numbers of the cards. So, if you have the Fool (0) and the Magician (1), their combination would be 0+1=1. But then, what if the sum is more than the number of cards? I figured I could just loop back to the beginning. Like, if the sum is 22 and there are only 22 cards (0 to 21), it would go back to 0. Simple enough.
Now, I had to find the meanings for each card and their combinations. I spent a good chunk of time browsing through websites, reading books, and jotting down notes. It was actually pretty interesting to see the different interpretations. It was a real mix of things, some were kinda cool, others a bit out there. After gathering all the info, I put it all into a big table, card numbers on one side, meanings on the other, and combinations in the middle.
With all the data ready, I started coding. I picked Python because it’s what I’m most comfortable with, and it’s pretty easy to work with. I wrote some code to take the card numbers as input, add them up, and then find the corresponding meaning from the table. I also added a little loop so it goes back to the first card if the sum is too big. It wasn’t super complicated, just a bunch of if-else statements and some basic math.
Results and Final Touches
After I got the basic code working, I tested it out with different card combinations. It was pretty cool to see it actually working! I mean, I made this thing, and it was spitting out tarot card meanings. Of course, I found a few bugs here and there, like when the sum was exactly the same as the number of cards, it wouldn’t loop back properly. But I managed to fix them up pretty quickly.
- Input: Card numbers (e.g., 0 for Fool, 1 for Magician).
- Calculation: Add up the numbers, loop back if the sum exceeds the number of cards.
- Output: Meaning of the combination based on the sum and a lookup table.
Finally, I added a few extra touches to make it a bit nicer to use. I made it so you could type in the card names instead of just the numbers, which was a bit more user-friendly. I also added some error handling in case someone typed in something that wasn’t a card name. And that was pretty much it! My tarot card combination calculator was ready to go.
It was a fun little project, and I learned a lot along the way. It’s not perfect, but it does what it’s supposed to do. Plus, it’s kinda neat to have something I made myself that I can use for my tarot readings. Maybe I’ll add more features to it later, or even make a web version. Who knows? The possibilities are endless!
