Tarot Inspired Short Stories

[Ilovegoatse]

Hey, I have a deck of tarot cards. I bought them for fun, and I decided to dig them up again. Looking around on the internet, I found a layout for short stories. If anyone wants some inspiration for a short story, go ahead and post here, I'll draw out some cards using the layout. You can post them here if you want, or in your own thread. It's just a good writing exercise, perhaps we can critique stories here too. This layout can be used for long term stories too, by the by.

.......1.........
.....2...3......
...4...5...6...
.....7...8......
........9........


1: the narrator
2: the outer persona of the main character
3: the inner persona of the main character
4: beginning of the story
5: middle of the story
6: end of the story
7 and 8: two minor characters (you can always do more or less)
9: the major theme of the story

For the minor character bit, tell me if you want more. I'll draw you two by default though.

I also have a detailed spread for doing characters. Here's the layout:

Characterization Spread

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aspiration~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Major Weakness~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Major Strength
Fear~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hopes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Quirk~~~~~~~~~~~~
Career~~~~~~~~~~~~Family~~~~~~~~~~~Drives
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Adult Defining Moment~~~~~~~~~
Grade School~~~~~~~~High School~~~~~~~~College
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Child Defining Moment~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mother~~~~~~~~~~~~Childhood~~~~~~~~~Father

Positions
Mother - relationship with mother
Father - relationship with father
Childhood - What was the character like as a child?
Defining Moment - What memory still haunts the character? Or thrills?
Grade School - What influences did Grade School leave on them?
High School - What influences did High School leave on them?
College or First Job - What influences did college or their first job leave on them?
Defining Moment - What memory still haunts the character? Or thrills?
Career - What path have they chosen?
Family - what is the prevailing family dynamic for the character?
Drives - What drives the character to do what they do?
Quirk - What is a main quirk everyone notices about the character?
Fears - What is something that they fear
Major Strengths - Where is the character the strongest?
Major Weakeness - Where is the character the weakest?
Hopes/Aspirations/Dreams/Goals - What is the character yearning for?

(As for this one, I will be a lot more wary of doing a lot at once. It's kind of a pain to do one with so many cards)

Here's the links I got them from:
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[Nyoko]

This is neat! I have a few friends into tarot cards, and even one of my college professors did a tarot reading for me.
I want to use this now and write a story.

 

[Ilovegoatse]

This is neat! I have a few friends into tarot cards, and even one of my college professors did a tarot reading for me.
I want to use this now and write a story.

Do you want me to draw the cards, or do you have a deck of your own? :3

 

[Nyoko]

No I have no deck of my own. So when I do, i will probably need you too

 

[Ilovegoatse]

No I have no deck of my own. So when I do, i will probably need you too

I'll do a story drawing for you tomorrow when I am more awake. :3 I can do a character one too if you want.

 

[Nyoko]

Anything you can do would be awesome.