Quadrations Based on Time
- Perform this no more than Once a Day
According to Richmond, in order to do a reading
for a client he would arrange the cards according to the Natural
Order book (see The Solar Book).
Then, the client would shuffle the deck any number of times
for exactly 1 minute.
After that, the client would cut the cards 3 times within
another 1-minute period. Then Richmond would quadrate
the cards and lay them out in the prescribed manner.
I have performed these card layouts and have found them to
be very useful. Over time I developed software to simulate
the process described here and have tested those results.
There is no way to measure the accuracy of such a tool except
through personal experimentation, and for myself those results
have proven to be useful.
Please Note! Richmond was clear in stating that a person
should perform only one such reading per day. Mental
force is diminished in the process of performing this shuffle
such that performing it again would inevitably limit the results.
In line with this, the reader should take care and apply the
necessary mental force in using this tool in order to obtain
a useful reading.
This Tool simulates the shuffling and cutting of the deck based on a
statistical model developed through manually performing these tasks and analyzing the results. There are a number of factors
that have been embedded in the logic of the code that make this simulation useful for doing a personal reading.
Before you start, time yourself to see how many seconds it takes to shuffe the deck of
cards one time. Do this a few times to get an average value. This number can then be entered into the 'Shuffle Interval' field in the navigation frame on the left. The 'Cut Interval' value is set at '20 seconds', as per Richmonds' instructions.
When ready, click the 'Start Reading' button and visualize yourself shuffling the
deck. Click the 'Shuffle the Deck' button at the appropriate visualized
time. If you don't click 'Shuffle' before the interval time is up, the auto-shuffle feature will kick in and do it for you.
To remove the 'Shuffle Interval' feature, just erase the value before starting the reading. At least one shuffle of the deck is required, and the auto-shuffle feature will kick in if needed.
After 60 seconds the shuffle segment of the reading will be complete, and the reading will autometically enter the 'cutting of the deck' phase. You will need to cut the deck one time per 20 second interval, for a total of 3 cuts. If you don't click the 'Cut the Deck' button within the interval limit, the auto-cut feature will do it for you.
After the last cut, the 'Quadrate the Deck'' button will be available and all timers will stop. Since the quadration itself is not affected by any random effects, it doesn't really matter at which second you choose to click the 'Quadrate the Deck' button. But the reading will not be complete until you do so.
