Re: solitaire with 78-card tarot?

Thanks for replying Tom, your way of attempting a success is very close to
the ones I tried to put together while searching for known ways.

I had also added a 'rule' that results in a reading of the "blocking" cards
when the trial is not a success, 6 cards or less to make up a minimal celtic
cross...

Here are some points I am still trying to include in:
 - Playing more on the upright/reversed cards while attempting the success
 - or picking a few cards in a well decided manner to make up a small stack
to be read afterwards if the trial is a success.

Cheers :) -Joe

"Walid J Gedeon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >    I have been looking for the rules for 'playing' Solitaire (a.k.a
> >R?ssite or Patience) with a tarot deck (full 78 cards). Do these exist?
> >Online? In a book?

"Tom Sloper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have seen a book that described solitaire games one could play with a
> Tarot deck, but it doesn't have what you're looking for.  Your question
> ("THE rules" for Tarot Solitaire) assumes that there is a standard way to
> use the Tarot cards to play Klondike/Patience/etc.  That's an erroneous
> assumption.  You can just make up your own rules, or you can do what I
do...
> call the major arcana a special suit, create a 5th foundation, and make up
> your own rules about the use of major arcana, on both the foundation and
the
> tableaux.
>
> Under normal Klondike rules, when building sequences in the tableaux, one
> must alternate the cards red/black/red, etc. Red equates to cups and
> pentacles. Black equates to swords and wands.  You can try different rules
> for the use of major arcana in the tableaux, but you'll probably find that
> it's best to permit the lower major arcana on any other one-higher card of
> any suit.  The higher major arcana (above XIV, the value of the Kings) can
> of course only be tableau'd upon other major arcana.
>
> Under normal Klondike rules, when building suits on the foundations, one
> must begin with the lowest card - Ace.  For the major arcana foundation,
you
> can try various rules, but I've found that it's okay if I permit this
> foundation to start with any card - then when I hit XXII the next card is
0,
> then I, and so on.
>
> The goal is to find rules that are fun to play yet not too easy. If you
win
> it a lot, your rules are too loose.
>
> Have fun! - Tom
>
>