After I bought my first diary effect (Fortune teller's book of days) I searched for the holy grail in diary methods. I found one that came very close, but wasn't much to my liking.

Now after playing with methods, I finally found my very own method. I mix and played with several methods but now I have my very own method (yes, I'm like a dad announcing his son).

When it is played, it should answer to these conditions (which in my eyes, makes the perfect diary effect):

1. only one diary is used
2. the diary is on the table at the start of the effect
3. the date is named
4. a single deck of cards is brought out
5. the spectator deals the cards one by one, stopping whenever he likes
6. the card arrived at is the card at his or her's birthday.
7. the date can't be forced in any way.
8. it uses a normal non-gaffed, non stacked deck (So the spectator can handle the cards).
9. the magician never opens the diary.
10. The diary is fully examinable.

I can easily (almost instantly adapt this to tarot cards (that's why I'm aging a book).

Would you guys be interested if I ever marketed this effect?

One question I have, is why you would deal out tarot cards and reveal that card on their birthday? Sounds like a nice trick, but if you are intending to market as bizarre, do you have a story planned behind this effect?

The story would be about coincidence, synchronicity and things.
My presentation is about a student that goes to a master in witchcraft (or wicca).
So my story would be based on this. The method is actually a jumping board. Why would someone deal a pack of cards and then stop? Coincidence? Synchronicity?

The fun thing about bizarre is: you come up with your own story. Maybe I include a story, just to spark your imagination.

But I love the method already.

Taro chi diary did this already

Don't know the taro chi diary. Does it accomplish the complete method? under the same conditions?

Oops my iPad does funny spelling

Tarrochi diary - I think the creator haunts this forum sometimes

Sounds interesting though.

The aging of the book goes slow, but steady. I was thinking of putting an ace of spades on the front page with some latin text something with "Carta..." Somebody got any tips?

actually it should read: fortune-telling cards in latin.