Step one · Hear
Five sounds, not ten.
This date only needs five of the Major System's ten digit-sounds. Learn these five now - the rest can wait until you want them.
7
K · G
two 7s back to back make a K
1
T · D
one downstroke, like a t
4
R
"four" ends in r
8
F · V
a cursive f loops twice, like 8
9
P · B
9 is a P held up to a mirror
7
Which sound does 7 keep?
Tap the pair that belongs to it.
Step two · Build
July 14, 1789 becomes one scene.
Before the mechanics, the meaning: July 14, 1789 is Bastille Day - the day an angry Paris crowd stormed a hated royal prison and lit the fuse on the French Revolution. Now watch it become a picture.
7
1
4
→
K
T
R
→
CUTTER
July 14th written as 7-1-4. A doubled letter (the two T's in CUTTER) still counts as one sound.
T
K
→
TAKE
down the
F
B
→
FABULOUS
1789 splits into 17 and 89 - TAKE and FABULOUS.
A CUTTER takes down the FABULOUS - at the Bastille.
Step three · Recall
Before you look - reconstruct it.
The scene's back below, without the digits this time. This is the actual proof the method works.
A CUTTER takes down the FABULOUS - at the Bastille.
What date did you just build?
No peeking - three quick questions, then the reveal.
You held it
You just held a date - the picture way.
After one date, forge the pairs that let you remember anything. That's the next level.