Advanced Memory Palace Tips Discussion

[bjoern.gumboldt]

Memory Palaces For Reverse Lookup

In calendar date calculation you have the option of storing your Major System images 00-99 in seven different memory palaces to avoid calculating the step for the year code.

Each of these palaces then represents a number between 0 - 6 (Sun, Mon, etc.) and for each palace you’d use a location that reminds you of that particular day. For example, Sunday reminds you of relaxing in your garden and Monday reminds you of the office.

Unlike a regular palace you are not really interested in traversing the information in each of the palaces. All you wan’t to know is the location that you’ve placed a particular number, to then determine which of the seven palaces you’re in:

EDIT: I’ve written a separate post about the concept of Memory Palace Reverse Lookup here:

Do you use "reverse lookup"? #MPRL

For the younger generation So I was wondering… normally, we’d use memory palaces to store information in order (e.g., digits of pi, etc.) but do any of you ever do the opposite of that? A memory palace reverse lookup so to speak. poll Let me give you two examples where I do it: Example 1: Calendar calculation (expand the below for details) Days to weekdays Months codes Leap year adjustment Year codes \color{blue}~ Memory Palace Reverse Lookup (\#MPRL) ~ Instead of using a journey with 10…