Tarot for Thinking
Same 78 cards. Different use. A random-symbol system for creative thinking and structured problem solving.
The idea
A random draw is a constraint. When you are forced to reconcile a rich, unfamiliar symbol with your actual situation, you have to build a new mental space to hold both. Cognitive scientists call that conceptual blending. Designers call it a creative prompt. Either way, it works because you cannot default to your usual answer.
This is not divination. No claims about the future, no mysticism required. The deck is just an unusually good vocabulary of 78 archetypes, and the randomness is the point.
The modes
One live, five in developmentThe Stuck Button
Blocked on something? Draw one card and get three reframings, three questions, and one small action.
The Four Pressures
Draw one card from each suit to stress-test an idea against momentum, feeling, clarity, and resource.
Blend Lab
A guided two-card conceptual blending workbench. Input spaces, cross-mapping, a blend, and what emerges.
Writer's Engine
Three-card spread mapped to inciting incident, complication, and resolution. For fiction, games, and brand stories.
Blend Journal
A longitudinal log of your draws tagged by problem domain, so patterns can surface over weeks.
Team Blend
A remote workshop mode. Each participant draws privately, then the room composes a shared blend.
Start with the Stuck Button. It takes a minute and it is the fastest way to feel how a random card changes the shape of a problem.
Try the Stuck Button