Geological version of iTunes iChing

Yami has been befuddling me with iTunes iChing for quite some time now. Part of this is because she uses a _diVination method that seems to be rooted (so to speak) in some sort of pre-enlightenment mystical mumbo-jumbo, and does not use proper geologic terms. Therefore, the first step towards making this system comprehensible is to translate the original names of the cards. As far as I can tell, the most direct translation is the one that follows:

• Covering: Regolith
• Crossing: Intrusions
• Crown: Stratigraphy
• Root: Basement
• Past: Geochronology
• Future: Modeling
• Questioner: Investigator
• House: Institution
• Inside: Lab equipment
• Outcome: Journal of publication

Let us test this _diVination method. Obviously I don’t want to talk about my upcoming field season, but kids are always good fortune-telling material. So, Oh great and glorious iPod, what will my child surprise me with next?

• Regolith: Nutcracker Act I,4 (presents of Drosselmeyer) (Tchaikovsky)
• Intrusion: I’m a man (Yardbirds)
• Stratigraphy: East Wes (Eric Johnson)
• Basement: Happiness (Orson)
• Geochronology: Heartful of Soul (Yardbirds)
• Modeling: Marriage of Figaro Act III, Ecco la Marcia (Mozart)
• Investigator: Best of Friends (Joan Baez)
• Institution: I’ll take care of you (Dixie Chicks)
• Lab: Boom Boom (Animals)
• Journal: Ride across the River (Dire Straits)

Hmm. Dunno about this man and marriage thing. Looks like I might have to lock up my daughter early.