1. Turn on your iPod.
2. Randomize your music library.
3. Provide me with the track and band name for the first ten tracks that appear, in sequence.
4. BE SHOCKED AND AMAZED.
I, Milton Danger, will perform a reading on your playlist using the renowned Celtic Cross layout. If we were doing this with tarot cards, it would look a little something like the illustration below.
If you desire the additional insights that visualization will provide, then please do so; take the CD case for each track and lay them out on your living room floor in such a position. However, I recommend that you simply put on your headphones and listen to the playlist in order as we discover its inner meaning.
Now then, once we have everything in place we can begin to divine some answers. We shall keep your question in mind as we examine each track in turn. Consider the artist and genre and their station in the musical cosmology. Look not only to the lyrics or tone of the track but also its place in the album and effect on the artist's career. Finally, we will consider each track in its relation to the other tracks in our layout.
Track One. The present; your current situation. Not really the heart of your question, but more the stage on which it is set.
Track Two. The challenge facing you. Often a difficult track will be placed here. Even a pleasant or upbeat track must be examined because within it hides your conflict.
Track Three. The distant past. Expect an album or artist either well-played in your teens or childhood or evocative of that era.
Track Four. The recent past. Here we will find a current event affecting your life although not necessarily related to the query.
Track Five. The best possible outcome. Not necessarily how you wish the situation would conclude at the moment.
Track Six. The immediate future. Traditionally, this will refer to what will come in days or weeks, but no farther.
Track Seven. Inner feelings or secret factors affecting the situation. The meaning to this track will only come with comparison to the tracks that came before.
Track Eight. External factors. This track will represent the people or outside influences that are beyond your control.
Track Nine. Hopes and fears. This track is often confusing; our hopes and fears are on occasion intertwined, or unrecognized. Look to possible interaction with Tracks Five and Seven.
Track Ten. The final outcome. Although usually self-explanatory, this track may seem unsatisfying unless considered with the rest of the playlist as a whole.
Gentle reader, accompany me on this journey into the inner meaning of your life through music. Do not shy away when the shuffle unveils a song you only appreciated in middle school, or an album you are embarrassed to own. Even the instrumental filler you typically skip through on the way to the singles is a message from the cosmos. I am not here to judge your taste or the coolness of your collection. I only seek to illuminate the secrets it holds.
Milton Danger
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