Recursive.eco - Cast Oracles. Create Living Books. Tell Stories.

02 — Create

Play or Build

Tarot has no author, no scripture, no church. Anyone can make a deck. So can you. Play by voice or build in the editor — full control over every card, image, and word.

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Voice-first, accessible, AI companion

Speak to create — describe cards, scenes, characters by voice
AI companion chat for reading, creating, and reflecting
Text-to-speech reads your stories back
AI image creation from descriptions
Clear action buttons — no hidden menus
Drag and drop to reorder and merge items
Anonymous guest sign-up — start instantly

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Build

Text editor, structured, markdown

Tarot decks, I Ching books, astrology sets, kids stories
Import from GitHub, YouTube playlists, Google Drive folders, or URLs
AI writes interpretations and matches images to cards by text
Upload images or generate with AI
Markdown editing with drag-and-drop reordering
Family trees — each person a card with photos and stories
Export as JSON, PDF, booklets, memory games, storyboards
Share to the library or keep private. Enable community edits.

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03 — Library

What People Have Made

Grammars are symbolic systems — tarot decks, ancient texts, astrology sets, kids' stories, wellness tools. Created by people, not algorithms.

Every grammar can be forked. Make your own copy, change it, share it back. That's what makes grammars truly recursive — they grow through the people who use them.

Tarot

Decks spanning 500 years — from the Sola Busca (1491) to original community creations. Draw cards, reflect, interpret with AI.

All tarot →

Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot

The archetypal deck (1909). Therapeutic interpretations for every card.

Sola Busca (1491)

One of the earliest complete 78-card tarot decks, from Ferrara, Italy.

Tarot de Marseille

Public-domain Marseille-style deck for reflective, non-predictive readings.

I Ching

3,000 years of hexagrams. Multiple translations and interpretations — from classical Chinese to Human Design lenses.

All I Ching →

I Ching Summarized by AI

64 hexagrams with modern AI-assisted interpretations.

I Ching — Chinese Original

From Project Gutenberg. Classical text with brief translations.

I Ching HD Meta-Categories

64 hexagrams mapped to Human Design gates. Three lenses for viewing.

Astrology

From Victorian astrology to Vedic Jyotish to archetypal cosmology. Birth charts with AI interpretation.

All astrology →

Alan Leo's Astrology

Traditional interpretations from the father of modern astrology.

Jyotish: Vedic Astrology

Traditional Hindu astrology using the sidereal zodiac. Science of light.

Archetypal Astrology — Tarnas

Planetary archetypes from Cosmos and Psyche. Deep psychological lens.

Wellness

Sacred texts, relationship tools, and daily practices for wellbeing. Each one a grammar of meaning.

All wellness →

Wisdom Texts: A Grammar of Grammars

Dhammapada, Tao Te Ching, Bhagavad Gita, Aurelius — side by side.

Relationship & Parenting Tools

Evidence-based tools for conflict, connection, and the give-and-take of love.

Wellness Practices

Simple, research-backed practices for daily wellbeing. 15 minutes or less.

Kids & Families

Curated playlists, chapter books, folk tales, bedtime mythology from every continent. Vetted by parents, not algorithms. No ads, no tracking, no auto-play. See also: Parenting Resources

All kids →

YouTube Playlists for Parents

Art, music, science, sleep, spirituality — curated for shared screen time.

Ballet Classes — GVO Kids

Calm, child-friendly ballet with exercises and imaginative movement.

kids.recursive.eco

A kids-forward viewer. Mister Rogers, Daniel Tiger, MINUSCULE — calm and intentional.

Explore the Full Library →

Fork any grammar to make it yours. Share it back to grow the commons.

Free to Use. Pay Only for AI.

Everything without AI is free — cast oracles, create decks and books, save readings, print and export. AI features are pay-as-you-go. No memberships. You only pay for what you actually use.

Free

Oracle, editor, readings, export, print

Pay as You Go

AI interpretation, image generation, voice

Your Data

Export or delete at any time

If usage grows, we may introduce pay-as-you-go storage. But the tools themselves stay free.

Private by Default. Open by Choice.

Everything you create is private until you decide to share it. Export or delete your data at any time.

Private Mode

Journal entries stay on your device. Creations are private by default. Only you decide what becomes public.

Community Editing

Make your creations community-editable and allow others to suggest improvements — like a wiki for your deck or book.

Open Source

Public schemas live on GitHub at PlayfulProcess/recursive.eco-schemas. Fork, contribute, or use as starting points.

Export Everything

JSON data, print-ready PDFs, markdown. If this platform disappears tomorrow, your work survives.

Delete Anytime

Your account, your creations, your data. Delete everything whenever you want. No dark patterns.

No Tracking

No ads. No algorithm. No notifications. No data collection beyond what you choose to save.

Grammars for meaning-making