Shuffle Face Down?

[andrewglavin]

Is there a way to shuffle face down? I prefer to not have the client see the cards before they're drawn. Other than the pre-shuffled deck upon opening the application, of course.

[WebWeaver]

They should be shuffling face down, I don't think there is any other way to shuffle.

Do you mean when you draw the card?

If so Menu > Options > Cards > Deal Options - Untick Deal Face Up

[andrewglavin]

Nope - I mean shuffle. When I click shuffle, I see each card in the deck briefly displayed for a fraction of a second until I stop the shuffle or it stops itself.

Here's a screen recording:

https://www.loom.com/share/1f27c8d1407d ... ef4c9738e9

[WebWeaver]

I guess I never thought of it that way. What you're seeing isn't giving any indication of what's going to come up in the spread, or what you draw, so I don't think anyone is going to know what cards they are getting from that. I personally like it. If they shuffled without them showing you wouldn't even see anything.

In your video neither the hanged man or hierophant showed in that shuffle. I slowed it down and didn't see either of them.

All that being said, you could post it for a suggestion, but again it would just mean you don't really see anything because the action is seeing the different cards, they are not animated & they don't move, the flashing of the cards is the shuffle.

[andrewglavin]

Got it. Not a huge deal - just wondered if there was an option I was not seeing. My preference would be some kind on an animation that showed cards shuffling, but kept face-down. I think like most Tarot shuffles would be done in real life. And it may partly be due to the way I'm using the software. I'm not a Tarot reader. I'm a Jungian coach and use the cards solely as symbolic imagery - usually just turning cards over one at a time and setting a few aside that stand out to the client and then narrowing it down to the one they they want to "work" with. Sometimes I feel like that quick flip through them biases them a little bit.

Interesting those two cards don't appear during the shuffle. It's definitely using the whole deck - I can draw them all out.

Thanks!

[WebWeaver]

Yes it's using the whole deck. What you're seeing is a random generation of the images as it's randomizing the cards. They aren't connected I don't think.

You can also shuffle and then do free section, where it spreads out all the cards face down.