Grammars for meaning-making

Tarot decks, ancient texts, kids' stories, wellness tools — finite symbol sets that give you something new to think with. Created by people, tended by communities.

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What's a grammar?

A grammar is a finite symbolic system you can sit with — a deck of tarot cards, a book of I Ching hexagrams, a chart of planets, a sequence of bedtime stories.

Each one has its own structure (78 cards, 64 hexagrams, 12 zodiac signs) and people fill that structure with meanings. They work like languages — finite symbols, combinatorial meaning, always requiring a reader.

01 — Contemplate

Sit with the symbols.

The Journal is your daily practice space — cast tarot, draw hexagrams, read your birth chart, read a story aloud, journal with or without an AI companion. Private by default; everything works even if you never call an AI. Sign up as a guest to start.

Tarot

Draw from community decks or your own. 3-card spreads, single draws. Every reading saved to your account.

Free with optional AI interpretation

I Ching

Cast hexagrams digitally or with coins. Community books with interpretations from classic traditions.

3,000 years of wisdom, free to consult

Astrology

Birth charts with planetary transits. Optional AI interpretation of what the current sky means.

Free chart, paid interpretation

Stories

Bedtime sequences, folk tales, kids' chapter books — parent-curated, vetted by people not algorithms. Read aloud with TTS, or read your own.

No ads, no tracking, no autoplay
02 — Learn

Study what others have made.

Read grammars other people have built. Follow the makers whose work you trust. Take a free Course when you want to pick up the skills before making your own. Everything in the Library is free to read; no account required to browse.

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03 — Create

Make your own. For yourself.

Build a grammar of your own — a deck, a book, a sequence, a playlist, a family tree. Private by default. Fully customizable. The editor works whether or not you ever call an AI — generate cards or images with Claude / Gemini when you want them, do everything by hand when you don't. Many people use this just to build for themselves and their families. Sharing is a separate, optional step.

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04 — Share (optional)

Send it back to the commons.

When (or if) you want others to use what you made, the Library has curated channels — Tarot, I Ching, Astrology, Wellness, Kids Stories, Parenting Resources — for placing your work where the right readers will find it.

Curated channels

Submit your grammar to a channel curator. Accepted submissions surface on the channel page and on your personal channel.

Your personal channel

Every signed-in user gets a page at /library/altar/<you> — a shortlist of tools you trust, organized into named collections.

Community editing

Open your grammar to suggestions, wiki-style. Other people can propose changes; you decide what to merge.

Version control

Every shared grammar lives on GitHub under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Full history, forkable, durable beyond this platform.

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And then someone else sits with what you made. Forks it. Changes it. Shares it back.
That's the loop. That's why we call it recursive.

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 Schemas

Grammar 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.

Why the main app code is closed-source

The grammar schemas are open. The platform code is not. That's deliberate: an open AI tool stack is trivially weaponizable into engagement loops, sycophantic chat patterns, and the kind of mental-health-adjacent risks we'd rather not help anyone build by accident. We share what's safe to share (the grammar format) and protect what isn't (the platform itself). The reasoning is in AI Risks & Safer Containers.

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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.

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Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot

Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot

The archetypal deck (1909). Therapeutic interpretations for every card.
Sola Busca (1491)

Sola Busca (1491)

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

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.

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I Ching Summarized by AI

I Ching Summarized by AI

64 hexagrams with modern AI-assisted interpretations.
I Ching Chinese Original

I Ching — Chinese Original

From Project Gutenberg. Classical text with brief translations.
I Ching HD Meta-Categories

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.

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Alan Leo's Astrology

Alan Leo's Astrology

Traditional interpretations from the father of modern astrology.
Jyotish Vedic Astrology

Jyotish: Vedic Astrology

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

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.

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Wisdom Texts

Wisdom Texts: A Grammar of Grammars

Dhammapada, Tao Te Ching, Bhagavad Gita, Aurelius — side by side.
Relationship & Parenting Tools

Relationship & Parenting Tools

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

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

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YouTube Playlists for Parents

YouTube Playlists for Parents

Art, music, science, sleep, spirituality — curated for shared screen time.
Ballet Classes - GVO Kids

Ballet Classes — GVO Kids

Calm, child-friendly ballet with exercises and imaginative movement.
Shows for Little Ones

kids.recursive.eco

A kids-forward viewer. Mister Rogers, Daniel Tiger, MINUSCULE — calm and intentional.
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Fork any grammar to make it yours. Share it back to grow the commons.

Courses on offer right now

Learn by doing

Free courses that teach you real skills — and give you something to share when you're done.

AI Prompting & Web Publishing

Build 3 working AI journaling tools with total privacy. Learn prompt engineering, web publishing, and open-source contribution.

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Audiobook Production

Create illustrated audiobooks with Claude Code, ElevenLabs, and LibriVox. Voice selection, chapter narration, MP3 assembly.

Vibe Coding 102 · 120 min →

Structured Data & JSON Workflows

Transform public domain books into interactive decks. Import from GitHub, YouTube, or folders. AI matches images to cards by text.

Create Grammars with AI · 60 min →

AI Image Generation & Storytelling

Turn parenting wisdom into personalized storybooks with AI illustrations. Prompt writing, OCR workflows, visual narrative structure.

Vibe Writing 101 · 180 min →

Video Editing & AI Narration

Generate text, images, narration, and video clips — combine them into a short film. Multi-tool creative workflows.

Short Movies DIY · 60 min →

Music Production with AI

Write and produce family songs using Suno AI. Turn milestones, inside jokes, and bedtime rituals into music your kids will remember.

Meaningful Songs · 90 min →
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