PROPHETIC COIN OF THE DEAD
So that you’re not flying blind and can follow along as I explain my reasoning, below is the PDF of this divination tool:
As to the design, you’ll notice that the border around each number is a circle of trees. I settled on that design because it looked like a dead’s-eye view looking up from the grave. Morbid but hey, this is the Prophetic Coin of the Dead. The optional card back design on page 2 of the PDF is a mirror, because mirror-divination is another traditionally practice at Halloween (a lesson I’ll get to someday), and it’s designed in such a way as to make it plain which way is up on the card. The Prophetic Coin doesn’t have any reversed meanings (at least not yet), so the cards might as well be placed right-side-up.
You’ll notice this Prophetic Coin of the Dead has four answer-tables. I wanted to make it more of a conversation between you and the Dead, not a one-and-done thing. The four are Advice, Messages, What You Like About Me, and Predictions. I was aiming for guidance, helpful information, support, and maybe a little dose of comfort. This is a divination tool designed for use with deceased persons who genuinely love and care about you, not some dark, twisted, scary entity who’s looking to scare you out of your socks, wreck your life, and have some vicious fun at your expense. The fact you’re communicating with the dead is spooky enough.
Of course you don’t have to use all of the answer tables. You may decide to use just one and call it good. Keep in mind, if there are no known deceased persons with whom you want to communicate, there may be some deceased persons whom you never met in life, but who love and care about you and who would welcome a chance to communicate.
I initially tried designing the storage envelope for the Prophetic Coin of the Dead in such a way as to hold the answer tables as well, but after trying a couple different ways to fold them in an effort to fit them in with the envelope with the cards and the coin, I gave up. Unless you’re printing them out on tissue-thin onion-skin paper, the answer tables will have to be stored separately along with the answer sheets.
Just in case you want to know who is communicating, I’ve included a Dodecahedron of the Dead in the in the PDF below. Print it out, fold it, assemble it, and toss at will. Or you can leave it flat and identify the individual by dropping or tossing the coin on the chart for the answer. So if an answer hits a sour note with you, you can give it a roll, find out who said it, and say of course that person would say that.
The answer table of predictions, I include with a caveat or two. The dead are not necessarily all-seeing of the future like Cassandra of Troy, so this is offered in a ‘character is destiny’ sense; they see what sort of person you are, so they can pretty-much predict where you’re heading, at least in their opinion.
I’ve included an answer sheet in the first PDF, so you can record the answers you receive from any or all of the answer tables, and who said it. It can be helpful for future reference, and as you review your notes from the session, you might even be able to see the personality of the deceased person shining through their answers.
