CardFortuneTelling Forgotten Book

C ARD
F O RT U N E T E LLIN G
A LUCI D TREATISE DEALING W ITH
ALL THE POPULAR AN D MORE
A B STRUSE METHODS
BY
C H A RLES P LATT
F U LLY I LL U S T RAT ED
LO N D O N : W . F O U LS H A M CO .
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10 8: 11 R e d Lio n C o u rt , F l e e t S tre e t E C 4 .
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C O N TEN T S
C H A P TE R
I . A B R I E F H I ST O R Y OF T H E P A C K OF C A R DS
II . MET HO DS OF G RE A T D I V I N E R S
III . A T EST T ELL I N G OF T H E CAR DS

IV . S O M E E N GL I S H MET HO DS OF T ELL I N G
V . S O M E A R T I STI C S TAR S
VI . S O M E S I M P L E B U T E FFE C T I V E T E L L I N GS
V II N A P O LE O N S CAR D M E TH O DS

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VI I I . S O M E U N U S U A L M ET HO DS OF T E LLI N G
I% . T H E T AR O T O R D I VI N AT I O N C A R DS
LIS T O F ILLU S T RAT IO N S
F O UR T AR TO C A R DS
S U I T D ES I G N S FO R T AR O T CAR D S
MA D AM E LE N O R M A N D S M ET HO D

A F I F T Y TW O CAR D M ET H O D
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T H E G RA N D S T AR
T H E S I M P LE S T AR
T H E T H I R TEE N CAR D S T AR
A T EST R EAD I N G
T H E S T AR OF F I F TEE N
T H E T E M P LE OF F O R T U N E
S E P H A RI AL S M ET HO D

T H E F A T E F U L S QUAR E OF S E V E N S
T AR O T O R D I V I N A T I O N CAR DS
T H E G R E A T F I G UR E OF F A TE
TEN oF A C URNS [
HEARTS]
FO U R O C A RDS
TAR T
C A R D F O R TU N E TELLIN G
CHAPTER I
A B RIE F H I S TO R Y OF THE PAC K OF CARD S
T is a ve ry popular beli e f that cards wer e inve nted

in o r de r to amus e King Charle s V I of France at ,
a time when that monarch was mentally unstabl e Th is .
lege nd however like so many pretty sto ri e s of the past

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h as no foundation in fact as cards w e re known long ,

b e fore the mad monarch s days .
I t is tru e that a cour t miniature paint e r named Grin ,
g o n n e ur
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introduced to the King but ca r ds were r st us e d in th e
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E as t in ve ry anci e nt days and it is a curious fact that

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the other great world popular indoor gam e Ch ess also

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originated in the East and is still played to day by m e ans

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o f a pack of cards .
I t also se e ms obvious that cards re ach e d the West in

the same way and by the same rout e as Ch e ss probably ,
thr ough the gipsi e s that strange unconque rable East e rn

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rac e o f wande re rs whose actual origin still bafes our

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researches .
Naturally a rac e of people with no s e ttled home or

nationality would n d much di c ul ty in moving th e ir
pe rsonal belongings from place to place and would appre ,
cia t e any amus e m e nt that could be reduced to the form

o f a pack o f cards .
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Ch e ss was the gre at Eastern gam e and is in many ,
ways charact e ristic o f a p e ople to whom Tim e was of no

importance . Cards may have b e e n a gam e originally ,
but as known by th e n sie s the y were only used for th e

purpos e s o f Divination or Fortun e T e lling and right up
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to the pr e sent day they still form the most popular an d

wid e spre ad m e ans o f t e sting the fortun e .
Known as Tar occhi or Tarots the Divination cards

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numbe re d s e ve nty e ight and we re without numb e rso r

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pips as we call them which we re introduced in Europe

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for the sake o f simplicity in the fourt ee nth century

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Such packs are still in use in parts o f the Contin e nt but ,
the We st e rn pack has gradually tak e n its plac e bo t h for ,
t h e purpose o f Divination and for playing gam e sin fact ,
it is usual to sp e ak of a pack of Playing cards a dis ,
tinction that is har dly n e cessary nowadays as it is not ,
e asy to obtain a pack o f Tarot ca r ds unless o n e knows,
where to go for the m The fact howe ve r that we still

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u se this distinctive name shows that at one time the

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two kinds we re in u se side by side .
If w e compare a complet e Tarot pack o f cards with

t he mode rn Playing cards we shall nd many inter e sting
points o f res e mblance and at the sam e tim e discove r
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t he r e ason for th e C hang e s mad e in th e W e st e rn World .
There ar e twenty one Tarot cards t hat are used solely

for purpos e s of Divination and th e d e signs o f these car ds
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vary greatly and have probably neve r had any r e al sign i

canc e I n addition to thes e th e r e is always a card known
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as th e Fool and as far as we know the card has always

re main e d the sam e For p urpos e s o f Divination it has
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no s e parate indication but s e rve s to intensify th e m e an

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ing of the card n e xt to it Thus it b e com e s a v e ry power

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ful and dominant card wh e n on e is fore t e lling the Future ,
as the indication supported by the F OO1 is certa in to be

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active and therefo re must in ue nce or ev e n suppress

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al l othe r indi cations .
Associat e d with a good card the F 0 0 1 is strong e nough ,
to carry you through much e vil ; times may prove

troublous but you will pull cl e ar b e fore long On the
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oth e r hand if th e F 0 0 1 is attached to a bad car d any

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signs of good fortune shown by th e oth e r cards will not

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b e st r ong enough to sav e you from th e thr e atened trouble ,
though the y may modify it to som e e xtent .
I t is a curious fact that in certain card gam e s w e still

nd this all powe rful J e st e r who has th e happy powe r
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of over trumping the Ac e o f Tr umps what e ve r th e suit

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may be Apar t from this our mode rn pack of Playing

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cards has e ntirely abandon e d th e twe nty two sp e cial -
Divination car ds of th e Tarocchi though the s e cards ,
we r e and still are us e d for gam e s as we ll as for Divination

purpos e s in thos e countri e s wh e re the Tarot pack is still
in re gular u se .
In addition to thes e twe nty two cards the Tarot pack -

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contains fty six car ds divide d into four suits j ust as

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our mode rn packs are divid e d But the superio r W e st e r n .
mind has d e stroye d all the original cl e ve r sign icanc e

o f the Tarot and has substitut e d the s e ns e le ss j angle
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of Diamond H e art Club and Spade meaningless s e ns e

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l e ss nons e ns e
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In the Tarot the four s u its are re presented by other

e mbl e ms we
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have t he Vas e which re pres e nts the ,
Pri e stly caste of th e East ; the Swor d which indicat e s ,
t he Warrior cast e ; the Pi e ce of Mon e y which cl e a r ly ,
shows the M e rchant cast e ; and nally the Baton or Club

gives us the Yeoman o r Till e r of th e soil .
H e re th e n we have four suits of cards each one re ,
pre s e nting a distinct class of p e ople and in the quartett e ,
are cove r ed all classes of the p e opl e for in t h e early

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Eastern days the Priestly caste were the rulers and ,
chose the King or nominal ruler They we re quite cap able

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of removing him pe acefully if he did not follow their

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bidding So o ur four suits give us th e Rulers the Figh ters

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t he M e rchants and th e Farmers

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We wil l now compare these fo ur anci e nt Tarot suits
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S U I T D ES I G N S F OR TA R T O C A R DS
with o ur modern Western nonsense He a rts Clubs , ,
Diamonds and Spad es %

The Vase or Cup o f the Tarocchi car ds has b e come
the Heart o f the mod e rn pack ; this is a n e asy change ,
as the bowl remains while the st e m has been thickened

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to complete the heart shape d e sign Although this suit .
original ly repres e nted Religion or the Priestly caste it ,

was never considered what may be called a lucky
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suit in the mode r n s e ns e of the word Curiously e nough

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this has always been the suit we now call Clubs which ,
originally re pr e s e nt e d the Tille r of th e Soil .
Obviously the re is a sound philosophy in this arrang e

m e nt fo r the mass of the p e ople we re indire ctly taught
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that good fortune w ould follow th e ir own p e rsonal e xe r

tions and that th e y should not blindly r e ly upon the
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favour of the high gods .
This s ui t has b e en variously re p re s e nt e d in the past ;

the Baton is shown som e tim e s as a b r anch w ith sp rout
ing l e ave s ; it s e e ms pr obabl e that our mode rn Club is
d erive d from the lucky Tre foil a ve ry old and wide sp read
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sup erstition I t may r e p re s e nt the busin e ss e n d of a

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S pad e with the sho rt e n e d han dl e turning downwar ds

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Anyhow the Club or T re foil suit is th e lucky o n e for

Divinati o n purpos e s .
It is e asy to se e how the Pi e c e of Mon e y o r iginall y ,
a c r ud e ly square d pi e c e of m e tal change d into the ,
Diamond with its mode rn association with we alth ; and

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it is also quite cl e ar that t h e Spad e r e pr e s e nts t h e handle

and blade of a Swo r d typical of the ghting cast e
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It is impo r t ant that w e should cl e a r ly und er stand th e s e

Chang e s b e fo r e w e consult t h e ca r ds as t o our futur e ,
be caus e t he mod e rn suit name s are m e re ly nons e nsical ,
whe r ea s the o riginal Tarot suits assist us to follow the

re ason e d m e anings give n to the various cards .
H e re th e n in t he Ol d Tarot pack o f fty six cards

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as also in th e mode r n Playing pack of ft y two cards -

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we have four typical suits I t is di fcult to account for

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the alte ration in numb e r unl e ss it w as don e out of r e spe ct

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fo r t he Thi rt e e n sup e rstition that b e ing the fat e ful

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numb e r in all Divination Y e t th e o r iginal four t e e n

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car ds to the suit was not alt e re d fo r Di vination pur pos e s ,
but pure ly for gam e s % This appe a rs so contradictory

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that o n e is al most forced to the b e lie f that there must
be som e othe r explanation .
I t is important that we shO u l d notice that the Tarot
suits cont ai n e d t e n numb e red cards as in the modern ,
pack and also four p rincipal cards now known as Court

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cards which originally consisted of King Que e n Knight

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and Jack four natural gr ade s o f rank if we look upon

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th e Jack as t he common pe opl e .
For some unknown reason the Knight was omitted , ,
but the ide a of the four Court cards Was actually retained ,
and the simple One o f the suit was promoted over

the he ad o f the King I t seems to me probable that t hi s
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was an attempt to retain the Fool which really forms ,
part of the more important s e ction o f the Tarot pack ,
whi ch was n ot us e d as a full pack o f s e venty eight cards -

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but a sort o f twin pack with a Maj or o r Gre at Arcana

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o f twenty two cards -

and a Minor o r Le sser Arcana o f
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ft y six
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Having re duced the pack to fty six cards the loss -

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o f th e F 0 0 1 was quickly r e alised and the lowest card of

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e ach suit was th e n made into a sort of limit e d or local
Fool with the power o f the original Fool o f trumping

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th e King though only o f his own suit

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introduction of what amo u nted to a fth Court card

caused the throwing ou t o f the Knight and the unive rs al ,
adoption o f o ur curious mode rn pack which consists of ,
four Court c ards and ten common e rs yet only contains ,
thirte e n c ards
This C xplanation o f the re duction o f the pack to ft y
two cards appe ars t o be conr m e d by the lat e r appe ar
a nce o f the Piquet pack popular in France and o n the
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Co n tin e n t he re the pack is reduced t o thirty

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two cards ,
four Court cards and four commoners in each suit As .
t he One card had been promoted to the proud posi

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tion of Fool or Ac e it was natural though absurdl y

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illogical to continue the re duction from that e n d of th e

pack Thus we hav e the ve r y ridiculous pack containin g
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S e ve n Eight Nin e Te n and the four Court cards

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If the Pique t pack had b e e n d e r ive d from the original

Tar ot pack of fty six cards it would undoubt e dly have
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containe d On e Two Three Four Jack Knight Queen

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and King .
It is a ve ry curious fact that th e re should b e four suits

in a pack of ca rds although as alre ady shown the s e
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balance nice ly with the four Estat e s : Priests or Rul e rs ,
Warriors or Fighting Me n M e rchants or Artisans and , ,
the Till e rs of the Soil or common peopl e An early .
East e rn form of the gam e of Ch e ss was a four playe rs -
variation e ach alt e rnate playe r partne ring his vis d vis
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j ust the sam e as in mode rn B ridge or Whist The two .
par tners in t hi s form of Che ss use d pi e ce s of a similar

colourtwo using re d pi e c e s th e othe r pair us ing white ,
or black % The n from the East dating from about the ,
same pe r iod we have the four suits of the Tarocchi c ards

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again two re d and two black .
All this points Clearly t o a common E as t e rn o rigin fo r

Che ss and Ca r ds and the probability se e ms t o be that
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card playing or Divination has b e en de rive d from Che ss .
It is worth noting that the re is an Obscur e form of Che s s

in whi ch the pi e ce s are al l o ff the boar d at rst as are ,
the cards in the han ds of a playe r ; th e y are plac e d on

the board or table o n e at a tim e as t he playe r s tur n

com e s round and the y are not active till th e y ar e thu s

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displaye d j ust as in card game s .
In the early ye ars o f the ft ee nth century the art of ,
e ng raving was pe rfe ct e d and print e d colour e d cards

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came into u se in plac e of th e old hand pain t e d packs -

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About the middl e of that century the pres e nt sui t ,

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symbols we re rst use d o n French cards o f the reig n ,
o f Charles VI I Thirty years lat e r we nd many refer

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e me e s to Chess and Cards showing the Close popul ar ,
c onnection between the two games .
I t is a curious and fascinating point in this study o f

th e history o f cards that the German invention o f e m
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graving was directed to the production o f packs o f cards

n o t books % The printing o f the Bible in 1 45 5 followed
shortly after the production o f the rst packs o f engrave d
c ards. The earli e st suit values apart from the original ,
Tarot suits we re Hearts Leave s (Tre foil now Clubs )

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Acorns ( Diamonds) and Bells ( Swords o r Spades )

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So popular we re the comparatively cheap engraved

p acks o f c ards that ev e ry artist turn e d his attention to
them and for some years the suits were repre sented in
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s core s o f ways b e fore settling down to the mod e rn uni

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versal and somewhat senseless series o f H e arts Diamonds , , .
Clubs and Spade s Thus there w e r e gur e s o f me n and

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wom e n birds b e asts shes owe rs some cards were

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square o r O blong some c ircular I n all th e s e early e n

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g raved packs as in th e anci e nt Tarot e xamples every

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c ard was a full design the simple pips of to day date -
from the b e ginning o f the sixteenth c e ntury and are ,
robably t h r sult o f a numb r of indecent o r at any

p e e e

rat e ind e licate designs b e ing produc e d .
I t is important to rem e mb e r that the re was no actual

Queen o n the genuine ancient Tarocchi car ds nor was ,
th e re a Quee n in th e ir game of C hessin both cas e s this

C hange was mad e in the d an die d atmosph e r e o f Western .
E uropean Court circl e s The original d e sign was a Vizier

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o r Prime Minist e r nat u rally in th e Far East and e sp e c i ,
ally in those early days wom e n we re conspicuous by ,
the ir modest absence from public vi e w But quite apart .
from that both Chess and Cards are really ghting games
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and we re us e d by warriors when not professionally

engage d .
Thus we have the King his Vizi e r or Gen e ral his , ,
Knights or Warrio rs t he Jack o r Knave thought by

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som e to re pre s e nt th e King s sons though more obviously

the well to do p e opl e and t h e commone rs

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noting that an old East e rn form of Chess was playe d on

a board of te n s quare s e ach way thus absolut e ly ag re e ,
ing with the t e n common e r cards of our Tarot and Playing

packs I t se e ms probabl e that a t e n pi e ce gam e with
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superior pie ces or cards was the original sourc e o f our

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mode rn Ch e ss with its e ight common and eight sup erior

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pi e c e s as we ll as of our mode rn Playing car ds with th e

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o riginal ten common e r cards but only thr ee distinct ,
supe rior car ds toge th e r with th e double position of the

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Ac e which r e p re sents On e in som e cas e s and the F OO1

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in othe rs .
In t he following chapt e rs we shall de scribe all the b e st

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r e cognised methods us e d for Divination by cards It .
do e s not follo w that w e b e li e ve in what is t e chn ically

known as Cartomancy nor in the rigidity and c e rtainty
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of our so call e d Fat e In fact a rigid b e li e f in Fatalism

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so pre valent in th e East at onc e d e st r oys all our pe rsonal

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r e sponsibility for our actions and d e st r oys all inc e ntive

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all ambition all striving for bett e r things I t is sol e ly

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du e to thi s lack of st riving that th e East has r e m ai n e d

almost stationary in progre ss for so many c e nt u ri e s while ,
the l e ss sup e r stitious W e st has gone rapidl y ah e ad .
The e asy doct r in e o f Fatalism has much to answe r for

Still our live s are full of r e markabl e coincid e nc e s many ,
of the m impossibl e of e xplanation I t would b e absur d .
to dispute t h e fact that we ar e al l gre atly and perma

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y in ue nced by our surr oundings and by e ach othe r .
The g e n e ral p rincipl e of Heredity is well unde rstood but ,
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no one kn ows how far reaching its remorseless grip may
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go I t is impossible for any thinking r e asonable pe rson

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t o de ny that th e Prese nt o r the Past does and must

in uence th e Future t o what ext e nt this may go is
still a myst e ry .
The e ss e ntial fe ature behind Cartomancy is e xactly

the same as in seve ral othe r forms o f Divination the
person whos e future is to be read mu st in som e way
in uence matt e rs Som e Diviners use a Crystal that has
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be e n h e ld in the hands of the que stioner who thus per ,
son al l y a ffe cts the Crystal and so it is claimed caus e s, , ,
visions to appear therein Other Diviners ask for some .
p e rsonal article clos e ly as sociat e d with the person whose

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future is in question Obviously this method is not quite

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so safe as it is practically impossible to use any article

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that is sol e ly person al to on e individual A glove or .
handkerchi e f is often used but it seems perfe ctly Clear ,
that eithe r o f the se mus t carry many othe r in uenc e s

besides those of the owner A lock o f hair seems b e st .
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but eve n the n th e re may be the in uence o f one s hair
dre sser Or on e s maide spe cially a lady s maid who

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would handle he r mistress s locks eve ry day in the o r
din ary course o f her duti e s .
To a gre at e xtent this question of mixed in uences

must also a ffe ct the Crystal apart from the Clos e inti ,
mat e touch o f the Divin e r if he o r she holds it in the

hands F o r this re ason a black ve lve t pad is often used
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for the support o f the Crystal after the questioner has

handled it .
But it is obvious that this precaution cannot be fully

effective as e ach qu e stioner in turn must han dl e the
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C rystal and thus a ff e ct it though to what e xt e nt is not

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known The most accurat e result I have e ve r com e

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across and it was startling in its exact truth was made

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I t wo ul d the refore be hopelessly ridiculous to expe c t
the cards to repeat any o n e set o f de tails concer ning the
que stioner s futur e indeed one cannot re asonably e xp e ct

the repetition o f eve n o n e dominant point unless the ,
questioner has suf ci ent will power to ke e p his o r her

thoughts steadily upon the o n e point .
I f you u se the Cards or the Crystal to oblige a friend

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who is idly curious yo u may de al in twenty different

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ways an d never get two that agree Wha t else can you .
expect
I t is therefore advisable to make sure that your sitter
is re ally in earnest and then persuade him or h e r to con
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centrat e their thoughts upon on e principal dominant

idea let it be what it will Then you may reasonably .
expect to get good re sults .
Let me give on e earn e st word o f warning never offer

t o pretend t o foretell the Future that is impossibl e .
As far as we know the re is n o de nite xed o r rigid

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Future for any o n e o s all you can do is to point o u t
how the subj e ct is dri fting ho w he or she is like ly to be
placed or affected wh e the r a ce rtain thing de sirable o r ,
unpleasant is likely to come about n e ve r that it will

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come about

Free will is the key note o f al l Dame Nature s efforts
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and every on e o f us is master o f his own Destiny within ,
the limitations O f his own person al ity B e ar that clearly .
in mind when yo u read the cards Never stat e that a .
thing will happen but that it app e ars probabl e in the

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present course o f affairs For instance if an illn e ss is

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in dicated it may in many c ases b e avoide d altoge ther

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o r greatly modi e d in its e f fe cts if r e asonable care and ,
precaution are taken I t i s j ust the sam e with p e opl e and

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affai rs we n e e d not drift their way if we choose to ,
S truggle aga inst the m .

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The Fut ure is in each person s o wn hands but the f all ,
o f the cards if co rrectly int erpr e t e d may serve as a warn

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ing against possible dange rs that lie ahead of us or ,
alternative ly they may serve as a stimul us and cause us

to put forth still great e r efforts to secure some desirable
result .
Before de scribing the various methods o f Card Divina

tion I shoul d li ke to po int o u t that it is not n e cessary
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to memorise the various me anings of the cards The .
simple st plan is to use a special pack and mark the ,
m e anings and combinations o n the face of each card In .
t hi s way you avoid all te di ous re fe rence s and quick ly

l e arn how to read from any particular fal l of the cards .
I t is not conside red possible to work for your own

information with any de gre e of accuracy but that need ,
not pre vent your re gul ar practice with the cards Shufe .
and cut as if you were a stranger to yourself ask any ,
reasonable question that occur s to you and in that way ,
ende avour to gathe r from the fall of the cards what

answe r you wo ul d give a stranger u nder simil ar Circum
stances Practic e will soon make you proci e nt and wil l
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open your e ye s to the wonderful combinations that are

possibl e unde r Cart omancy .
B e gin with an ordinary mode rn pack of Playing cards ,
but go o n to the full Tarocchi Divination You need not .
b e e xtravagant over the pur chas e of a g e nuine Tar o t

pack but c an e as ily cut twe nty six cards of the ordinary
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size upon which you can writ e the n e c e ssary de scriptions

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For the Tarot Divination cards you n e e d only numb e r

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yo ur blanks from one to twe nty one ; the n you n e e d a

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Fool and n al ly the four Knights one for each suit In

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this way you can obt ai n a cheap and very interesting

pack of Tarot Divination cards with whic h you can
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entertain and possibly help your friends

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22 CARD FORTUN E TELL I N G
Sho ul d you have any artistic powers or happen to ,
know any gift e d friend these extra cards can be orna

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men te d an d co l oured to yo u r own fancy provided you ,
insert the necessary numbers I n fact it woul d n o t be

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a difcul t task t o design and paint a full pack o f Tarot

cards for your own use in which cas e a visit to the
B ritish Museu m o r the Guil dh all woul d give you some
us e ful ideas upon which t o base your de signs .
I n the modern printed packs there is much needl es s

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monotony but in a g e nuine Tarot pack o r in a mode rn

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h and painted pack n o two cards would be alike

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For .
t he Heart suit you would introduce o n e Cup in an upper

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c orner for the Ace and so o n ; oth e rwise you can l e t

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y our fancy rove h o w and where it will One suit co ul d .
represent Flowers another Animal s a t hird a series o f

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W omen s Costumes o f various ages a fourth Bir ds yo u

can vary them t o any extent though each s ui t shou ld

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S how a s imil arity o f thought for al l the cards .
N O TE A pack of seventy eight T arot Cards with

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guide c an be obtained from the publishers o f this book

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for post fre e .

CHAPTER I I
M ET HO D S OF G REAT D I V I N ER S
M ADA M E LE N O RMAN D
HE pack consis ts of fty two car ds four suits of -
thir t e e n e ach Each suit consists of the Ace King .

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Que e n Jack Te n Nine Eight Seve n Six Five Four

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Thre e and Two o r alternative ly of K ing Que en Jack

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Te n Nine Eight Sev e n Six Five Four Thr e e Two

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On e .
I t has b e e n obs e rved that this fourfold division of the

pack corresponds to similar di visions of Time which are ,
thus se t o ut
I . Diamonds . 2 . Clubs .
3 . H e a rts .
4 . Spades .
I . Youth 2 . Manhood 3 . Maturity 4 . Age

I . Spring 2 . Summ e r 3 . Autumn 4 . Wint e r
I . Morning 2 . N oon 3 . Eve ning 4 . Night
The fty two cards correspond to th e fty two weeks
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in the ye ar i e the four Suits to the four Seasons of

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thirteen we e ks such as shown above Of th e se Spring

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includes March April and May ; S u mmer includ e s June

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July and August Autumn includes S e ptemb e r Octob e r

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and Nove mbe r ; and Wint e r compl e t e s the circle o f the

ye ar with the months of D e cemb e r January an d , ,
Fe bruary .
This only applies to the mod e rn pack as the re al ,
Tarocchi packs contain fourte e n cards to each suit .
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24 CARD FORTUN E TELLIN G
E ach card take n by itself and in connection with
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that prec e ding and following it i e o ne two and , . .

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thre e cards at a time will give s e ve n possible com ,
b in atio n s Now 7 x 5 2
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364 which adde d to the
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pack o r unit gives 3 6 5 the number of days in the year

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So the n it will be seen that the pack of fty tw o

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cards corresponds at al l points with the natural divisions

o f time .
The Ace o f each suit rules the rs t week o f the c or

responding Seas on and is followed by the King Queen , , ,
Jack Ten etc declining till the lowest card the Two is
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reached .
The v al u e or signication o f the four suits is bri e y

as f ollows
Diamonds denote Life in general and for this re ason ,
are largely dominated by the accompanying cards .
Clubs denote Powe r whe the r arising from a fuence , ,
fame position o r inh e r e nt capacity

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Hearts denote Love and its in e xio ns such as friend ,
ship sympathy attachment toge ther with peace tran

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quillity and the concomitants of love

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Spades d e note Loss privation o f any sort things in , ,
the ir ultimate issues The suit is capable of many in .
e x ion s how e ver and like th e Diamonds shin e s only

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by the re ect e d light o f accompanying cards H e nce a .
run o f Spades has no light in it at all and is sini ster and ,
ominous in the extre me .
Eve ry consultant has a correspon ding card in the pack

which is allotted to him o r her as a sign ic at or With .
m e n it is a King with wom e n a Queen and the suit is

, ,
controlled by the colouring or comple xion o f the con

su l tan t .
Diamonds signify very light peopl e blue eyes or grey ,

METHODS OF GREAT D I VINERS 25
and axe n or re d hai r They also de not e pe rsons gr e y .
o r whit e h e ad e d with age

H e arts d e note fair p e opl e darke r than the Diamond ,
type with blue or grey e ye s and brown hair

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Clubs denot e brown e ye d people with brown hair ; -

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the ave rag e brun e tt e typ e .
Spades de note very dark pe ople almost black or ,
rave n coloure d
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.N B A Club in the cas e of a widow or widowe r b e

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com e s a Spade A H e art in similar cases b e comes a

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Diamond .
Boys and girls are d e noted by the Jacks of the Suits ,
according to th e ir colouring ; and the sex is shown by

th e King or Qu e e n n e ar e st or touching them .
The Jacks in ge n e ral d e not e attendants s e rvitors , ,
s e rvants attach s followe rs e t c thus

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Jack of Diamonds a carri e r postman m e ss e nge r , , , .
Jack of Clubs an ag e nt business man cl e rk

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Jack of H e arts ( Cupid) a love r followe r fri e nd , , ,

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Jack of Spade s doctor physician or professional man

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down to th e undertake r .
The Court Cards ( Kings Que e ns and Jacks ) and all , , ,
eve n numb e rs ar e qualie d as good or bad accor din g to

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the attendant cards i e thos e falling in j uxtaposition

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All odd numb e rs including the On e are good whe n, ,
the right way up and bad wh e n r e ve rs e d

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With one or t wo e xc e ptions the syst e ms of card ,
telling now in u se are thos e hande d down to us by

t he Bohemians and employ only a part of the o r dinary
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pack .
That in most r e put e us e d only thi r ty two of the cards -

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re j e cting the Two Thr e e Four Five and Six of e ach

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suit.
The following meanings attach to the th irty two cards -
employe d
D IA M ON D S
Right way p u Reversed
Ring letter bankn ote
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Ace Lett e r to pay bill , 850 .
Fair o r gre y hair e d man-

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widow e r Flatt e ring tre acherous

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W idowe d Que e n
H e art fair fri e nd
, J e alous coque tte
Military public s e rvant
, Spit e ful man
Mon e y town succ e ss
, , Jo urn e y anxi e ty
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Shar p instrum e nts n e ws , Accidents dang e r

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Short j ourne y by road

o r rail Spite worry
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Young person child p e t , , Small gain
C L UB S
Right way u p Reversed
Success , good luck ,
pap e rs Ace D e laye d lett e r writs , ,
bad n e ws
Fait hful generous man
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In troubl e worri e d
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D e vot e d fri e nd re spect e d ,

I n pe rplexity
Virtuous love r I n ill luck
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Money rec e ived luck , ,
j our ney Est range ment voyage ,
H appin e ss legacy a will

, , Obstacles
Money love o fa d ark man
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Agre em e nts contracts , ,
etc .
Victory succ e ss
, S e ve n Perilous undertaking ,
nancial trouble
Take however a simple illustration as a guide to the
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g e n er al m e thod The King o f Clubs falling between the

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Nine of Spades and Ace o f Spades ( revers e d) wo ul d in

dic ate that the consultant if a Club man is in imm e diate , ,
danger of d e ath or of ve ry s e ve re illn e ss b ringing him

n e ar to de ath I f howe v e r an Ace of Diamonds and a
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Te n O f H e arts were on either sid e o f the King of Clubs ,
he would b e on the eve of marriage and in a very happy

condition o f mind .
Sever al Co ur t cards coming together S how assemblies ,
gathe rings of peopl e and f e stiviti e s public functions

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e tc . with the Ace of Spad e s in a chu r ch theatre or othe r , , ,
high building ; with the Ace o f Hearts at the hous e of ,
the consultant and s o o n , .
The Kings al l coming together S how business ; the

Qu e e ns thus plac e d S how talk and scandal ; the Jacks ,
workm e n about the hous e agents and servants dange r , , ,
o f tricke r y ; and if e vil cards add their testimony it may ,
b e det e ctiv e s o r bail iffs cr e ditors and othe r unpl e asant

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visitors .
The Aces fal l ing together denote new surroundings ,
with succ e ss o r failure according to the cards that follow

the m ; but the Aces always S how a change of life whe n
falling toge th e r .
N B If the cons ul tant be marri e d th e King or Que e n

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O f the same s ui t must always be taken as the husband
o r wife .
P OS ITI O N
Much importance attaches to the position in which an y
card falls in relation t o the sign ic ator .
Above the sign ic ator denotes success achievement , ,
the wish gained .
Below d e not e s that which is past compl e t e d obtained

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the condition in which the consultant now is .

METHODS OF GREAT DIVINERS 29
Right of th e sign ic ato r shows aspiration desire , ,
ho pe ,
fort
ef ,
that to which the cons ul tant is ap
ro ac hin g
p .
L e ft of the signic ator shows things that obstruct th e

path di fculti e s to b e surmount e d that which d e lays
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succ e ss or opposes the desir e of the consultant .
The se are call e d Dire ct Positions The Oblique Posi .
tions are as follows '
To the Right above shows things that help forwa r d, ,
t he gain of the wish and conduc e to succ e ss ,

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To the Right b e low shows things accompl ished in the

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dir e ction o f t he wish of the consultant .
To th e Le ft above shows what obstacles will aris e

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o u t of the past to p r eve nt t h e wi sh .
To th e L e f t b e low shows things that have alre ady

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ari s e n in the past .
If the Nin e of Spad es the disappointm e nt card , ,
falls touching the sign ic at o r it is a S ign of the wish not ,
b e ing accomplishe d I f the Nin e of H e arts touches it .

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will br ing the wish If both O f thes e cards touch th e .
sig n ic at o r t h e wish will b e d e laye d

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If the y touch one .
anoth e r th e wish will b e change d Among oth e r things

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t he Nin e of Spad e s shows a w e t day

Obs e rve that Clubs and Hear ts ge n e rally denot e suc
c e ss whil e Spade s d e not e failure
, Diamonds are u n .
c e rtain and de pe nd on t he cards att e n di ng the m that is ,
p re c e ding following or touching The Te n of H e ar ts

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is always a corrective to bad cards whe n falling wi th

them .
A point to which att e ntion must be directed he re is

that a r eve rs e d card has its meaning modie d I n som e .
packs it is fai rly e asy by noting the diffe rence in the top ,
margins to d e tect a re v e rs e d ca r d But general ly sp e ak

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ing now that card printing is so r e gul ar it is b e tt e r to

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e nsure the de tection by marking the cards at on e end
by a little dot .
Usually only thirty two cards are us e d for fortune

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telling the Twos Thre es Fours Five s and Sixes b e ing

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thrown o u t I n o n e m e thod that will b e d e tail e d thirty

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six cards are us e d the four Twos are added The Tarot .
pack consists of s e venty e ight cards but in some o f the

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de lineations only a par t o f these are us e d .
Ge nerally the meanings o f the cards remain fair ly con

stant for all the methods Thus a good omened card is .
always such but the particular o r S pecic meaning o f

it is al tered somewhat by the method o f using it For
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example the Ten o fSpad e s by o n e method means losses
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and if re vers e d tears in anothe r

, grief and if , ,
reversed ,
passing trouble The Seven of Spades may
m e an hope and if reve rsed
, friendship o r it may ,
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be resolve and if reversed
, dii c u l ty in love a ffairs , .
These me an in gs or values of the cards sho ul d be well

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studi ed and committ e d t o m e mory so that whe n any ,
particul ar card appears a key t o its interpretation is at

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once presented t o the mind of the reader The word k e y .
is used advise dl y because these terms or val ues are not

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to be take n as the absolute determination of the cards ,
but rather as a gui de t o the spe cic value s in relation .
In this conn e ction it is as w e ll to not e the m e anings

of combinations I t is e asy to imagin e that He arts ge n e r
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ally are as sociat e d with love and marriage This suit is .
also clos e ly related to domestic matt e rs and to the soci al ,
ameniti e s o f life Diamonds are ge ne ral ly associated with

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n ancial considerations and though as has al r e ady be e n

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suggested they are modie d by other cards coming close

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to them they are usually emblems of a favourable char

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act e r
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Clubs are almost always good Successful enterpr ises . ,

METHODS OF GREAT DIVINERS 3T
cont e ntm e nt in hom e lif e and prosp e r ity in worldly u n

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d e rtak in gs ar e in di cated by Clubs Spade s are the u n .
fo r tunat e suit If conne ct e d with love it is us ually of an

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unre ciprocat e d natur e Sickness loss e s and d e aths and

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mon e tary embarrassments are all indicat e d by Spade s .
If the re is a run o f a particular sui t it will b e s e e n that

Clubs will b e an ome n of the bright e st charact e r while ,
a similar run of Spad e s will indicat e the worst possibl e

phas e s of fortune A run of Hearts will foret e ll succ e sses
.
i n love of Diamonds in mon e y Combinations of Court

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cards are important Amongst others the following may

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b e not e d
Whe n the Ace s com e toge the r the y d e note n e w sur
roundings How t hi s will affe ct the fut ure fortune depe nds
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upon the in ue nce of the cards that follow th e m .
S e ph arial sugge sts that t he Ac e s coming together por

t e nd always a change of lif e Foli thinks the y imply .
dang e r and nancial loss But this is l e ss e ned if the y

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are re ve rs e d ; thre e Ac e s t e mporary trouble I t should

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b e rem e mbe r e d that the mod e r n Ac e whe n not us e d as ,
the On e re pre sents the O l d Fool which ha d the powe r

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of ups e tting or changing eve rything B e ar this in mind .
whe n r e a di ng t he cards .
Kings coming together de not e business or as anoth e r ,
authority has it honours pre fe r m e nt good appoin t

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m e nts
. I f r e ve rsed of l e ss val ue but arr iving e ar li e r
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Thr e e Kings are a good omen unl e ss r e ve r sed Four .
Que e ns imply t al k and scandal or a social gathe ring , ,
S poilt if t h e c ards b e r e ve r s e d Thr e e Que e ns de not e .
friendly visits but if reve rsed possible dange r to the

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consultant Whe n the Jacks come toge the r wor km e n

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or ag e nts about the hous e or roist e r ing and noisy con

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vivial ity . Thr e e be toke n annoyanc e s from fri e nds I f .
reversed the evil is not s o conside rable .

Fo ur T e ns and four Nines stand resp e ctive ly for good
fo r tune and sur pris e s Thre e Tens are ve ry bad but
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thre e Nines good Four Eights a mixed omen of succ e ss

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and failure Thre e Eights new family ti e s Four S e vens

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troubl e is immin e nt ; thre e ill he alth loss o f fri e nds ,

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Nin e o f Diamonds and th e Eight of H e arts tog e the r

is r e gard e d as a sure indication of a j ourney Ten of .
Clubs followe d by an Ac e b e tokens a large sum o f mon e y

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A s e quenc e o f Ac e King Queen and Jack of on e colour

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fore t e ll Marriage so also do the Ten o f H e arts and Ac e

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o f Diamonds When the Nin e and K ing o f Hear ts app ear

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toge th e r they form a good combination for love rs

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B e fore proce e ding to lay o u t the car ds in any of the

m e thods d e tail e d in the following page s the card teller ,
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must take th e pack in hand and proc e e d to S hu fe t he m .
This is for the purpose o f getting rid o f th e in uence of

any other person who may have b e e n handling the cards
r e c e ntly The pack is the n hande d to the cons ul tant
.
,
who is require d to shu f e it ve ry thoroughly .
The attitud e o f m i nd in which this shuffling should be

don e d e p e nds upon the purpose for which it is e ff e cted .
I f the gen e ral for tune past pr e s e nt and futur e is r e

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quired th e n l e t th e consultant maintain a passive mind

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neither anxious nor int e nt but wishing only to know the ,
truth and to acc e pt without cavil or protest anything

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the diviner may predict fr om th e cards .
I f howe ve r a d e nite
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wish is require d then l e t %
the mind O f the consultant b e int e nt upon its natur e

and the sourc e of its gratication Le t this m e ntal atti .
tude be st e adily maintained while the shufe is b e ing

made .
In r egard to this process o f shufing the cards it will ,
be Obs e rve d that it is o f the most vital importance sinc e ,
the order in which the cards are subseque ntly laid out
METHODS OF GREAT D I VIN ERS 33
cannot be al tered when once the shufe is completed .
Some of o ur readers may think that nothing re liable can

be drawn from a proceeding which is s o obviously a
matter o f chance But let such for a moment conside r the
.
propriety of using such a word as chance .
The cards having b e e n duly shufed the consultant ,
must cut the pack into thre e parts at hazard turning the ,
cards thus cut face upwards In almost every case it will

.
be s e e n that the three cards thus displayed will corr e spond

to the nature o f the consultant s thoughts the wish or , ,
what is upp ermost in his mind or n e are st him in event , .
If a lady is consulting and S he cuts the Ace of Diamonds ,
Jack of Hearts and Te n of Hearts without doubt her

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pre sent lover will make he r a gift of a ring I f she we re .
to cut h e r own signic ato r ( say the Queen o f Clubs )

toge ther with the King o f Clubs and the Eight of Hearts ,
it shows a lover in the shape of a dark man .
I f instead of the Eight o f Hearts the Eight of Spade s ,
we re cut she would if married be in danger o f a quarrel

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with her husband and her thoughts of him woul d not

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b e kind . I f unmarrie d she would b e about to quarrel

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with a dark man denoted by the King of Clubs I n this

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mann e r the various combinations will denote what is
in the W ind as regards the consultant The cards .
are take n up by the Diviner in the original order the ,
backs be ing uppermost They are then laid out accord

.
ing to any o f the following methods The cards mus t .
b e shufe d and cut be fore e ach and e very lay the cut %
be in g duly noted by the Divin e r .
Two of the b e st known exponents o f Card Di vination

were the famous French consultants Madame Len o rman d ,
and Mon sie ur Ette il a as he was known pr ofessionally

, .
W e S hall begin with the s e prove d m e thods as they are ,
practised and recognised all over the world .

MADA M E LEN ORMA ND

S N I NES
T his method employs thirty six cards viz the Ace -
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Kin g Que e n Jack T en Nine Eight Seven and Two

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o f each s ui t T he cards are laid ou t in rows o f nine each

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from left to ri ght .
The place o n whi ch each card fal ls will d e termine in

what manner it will affe ct the cons ul tant E ach place .
has a de ni te name and rul es over that element in the

,
l ife designated by its name

T he thirty
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six positions are named as foll ows
H u rt E st at e
I8 I9
H app in e ss I n h er it an c e T re ac h e r y
Riv al
30 3I
D isg r ac e Go od f o rt u n e
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Clubs A faithful friend will work to bring about
success for you .
Diamonds Difc ul tie s caused by j ealousy or spite

. .
Note accompanying car ds .
Spade s Tr e achery and serious delay .
2 . S atisfaction .
H e art s Your W ish will be accomplished Many favours .
await you .
Clubs Fidelity will surmount all di fficultie s and give

you jo y .
Diamonds Y o u have difculti e s to overcome by reason

o f much jealousy .
Spade s Treachery will diminish your hopes of hap

p in e ss .
3 . S u ccess .
H e art s Happy and favourable prospects s u rro u nd you .
Clubs By means o f fri e nds you will gain your de sire

.
and have success in your proj ects .
Diamonds Many difculti e s owing to j e al ousy and

distrus t Nevertheless you will succeed according to
.
your m e rits .
Spad e s Dec e it and treachery There is little hope .
o f success herein .
4 . H ope .
Heart s Y o u will gain your wish .
Clubs Y o u have good chances of gaining yo ur wish

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but you will have to work hard towards it .
Diamonds Hopes lightly founde d or entir e ly vain

w ill not meet with fullm e nt .
Spades A foolish hOp e inspires yo u Be pre pared to .
se e it destroyed root and branch .
5 . Risk .
Heart s You wil l enhance yo ur fortunes by means of

METHODS OF GREAT D I VINERS 37
unexpe cted gain Whateve r you have at stake will yi e ld

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you a good r e sult .
Clubs You will be be n e t e d and put in the way of

securing a be tt e r conditio n than you now are in You .
will succ e ed fairly we ll .
Diamonds Expect un looked for things I f you ask -

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about mon e y at stake you will ge t it I n othe r re spects .
your surroundings are uncertain Look at the cards .
touching this number I f H e arts or Clubs good ; if

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Diamonds mone y ; if Spad e s exp e ct loss by r e water

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o r ot her unlooked for e ve nt -

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Spad e s Ve ry bad r isks Unfortunate speculations .

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thefts losses and eve n bankruptcy

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6 . D esire .
Heart s You will gain the obj e ct o f your most ardent

d e sire Your wish e s will b e fulll e d
. .
Clubs With e ffort and by the assistanc e of others

you will accomplish your wish .
Diamonds Othe rs are int e r e st e d as we ll as you The re .
will b e contention and some risk of failure .
Spad e s Alt e r your wish

. All hope abandon ye who
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enter he re Your wish cannot b e grant e d

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7 Inju stice
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Hearts An inj ustice has been done you but you will
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have full reparation and your rights will b e recognised .
Club s Employ an int e rmediate You have e very .
hope that your m e rits will b e re gard e d .
Diamonds Make ove rtur e s in the shape of pre sents

and gifts Nothing stands in your way e xc e pt a feeling
.
o f annoyanc e .
Spade s Forge t your wrongs and do not augm e nt ,
the m by affording fre sh opportunity for inj ustice to be

don e to you .
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8 . Ing ratitude .
He art s Y o u will be pleased to re ceive proof that those

who have been u ngr ateful are a n xious to make amends .
Clubs Your fri ends will make re dress o f all slights

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and ingratitude yo u have suffer ed .
Diamonds D O not be annoyed j e al ousy alone is at

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the root o f the ingratitude you have r e c e ive d .
Spades D o t o oth e rs as you woul d have them do to

you Expect disappo intment and treachery but see
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,
that yo u do not Offend in t hi s respect yours e lf .
9 . A c quaintan c e .
Hearts Your ass ociations will be protable to you .
Cert ain frie ndships will be of great advantage to you .
Clubs You have the be st o f friends See that yo u .
do not negl e ct th e m .
Diamonds Beware o f being a cause Of j eal ousy and

st rife among your associates .
Spades Exercis e the gr e atest caution in selecting your

friends but do n o t be surprised if you are betraye d You may
, .
be of use to othe rs but wil l get little from your associates ,

.
10 . Loss .
Hearts B e prepared for the loss o f be nefactors and

.
-
thos e O f good heart towards you .
Club s Your affairs will receive a rude S hock by the

-
loss o f a friend .
Diamonds Guard your possessions an d interests fo r ,
th e re is danger o f severe losses at hand .
Spades Dec e it and treache ry surround you in business

. .
Grief and trouble through losses await you Beware o f .
false inves tments frauds and thefts , , .
II . H art .
Heart s Your a ffections will rec e ive a hurt which wil l

give yo u much pain .
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Clubs Fri endships will give you sorrow and trouble

.
%
.
Expect the loss of a fri e nd .
Di amonds Your interests and bus in ess aff ai rs will

cause troubl e Spite is direct e d agains t you
. .
Spades Much sorrow is at hand Be prepared for .
grief loss e s and treache ry

, , .
12 . Estate .
H e art s You are going forward towar ds suc c ess from

day to day .
Clubs B y m eans o f work and good fri e nds you will

.
pro gre ss to yo ur satisfaction and acquir e we al th .
Diamonds With som e worry and a good deal of opposi

tion you wil l have success .
Spades Your estat e is fall ing away Re double yo u . .
e fforts and your care and be watchful o f your int e rests

,
for some tim e to come .
I3 j oy
. .
H e arts You will have cause for jo y in the dire ction

whe re yo ur affe ctions are plac e d .
Clubs Happin ess will come to you t hr ough your

frie nds and your e fforts .
Diamonds You will be gladdened by overc oming an

.
obstacle in face of opposition and j e alousy .
Spades You will b e glad to have be e n of use to oth e rs .
Fait hful service to a superior will bring its rewar d .
I4 . Love .
Hearts You will have suc c e ss and happiness in yo ur love

Clubs You have a fai thful lover who wil l advantage
you in many ways .
Diamonds Je al ousy the green e ye d monst er besets

,
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,
the path o f un ce rtain devotion .
Spades Your affections wil l b e blighted ; but do not

despair you will conquer at last by patience and deli ty
, .
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15 . La ck .
Heart s Y o u will have success in life and prosperity ,
is now coming t o you through legitimate means .
Club s By your o wn m e ntal and moral efforts as wel l ,
as the help o f good friends you will have more than enough ,
t o live honestly .
Diamonds There is danger o f your fortunes being

af fected seriously through j e alousy and rivalry .
Spade s Hate and deceitful dealing wil l destroy your

chances o f immediate success .
16 M arriage
. .
Heart s Y o u will marry well One whom you love .
will r e ciprocate your affection .
Clubs Your fri e nds will be the means of bringing

about your marriage I t will be a well as sorted
.
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match .
Diamonds Trouble worry and vexation follow on , ,
marriage I f you are in quest o f a dowry rather than a

.
wife you will ge t it T he consequences you must bear

.
with resignation .
Spades Treachery and malice are the fr uits o fmarriage

in your case B eware ho w you C hoose a partner The
. .
Nine o f Spades here means divorce the Eight means ,
separation .
I7 . P ain .
He ar t s Your troubles will soon pass away Live in .
hope .
Clubs Effect a reconciliation with your friends as

soon as possible .
Diamonds Y ou are troubled because o f sharp words

and angry fe e lings Dismiss them and live in p e ace
. .
Spade s Y o u are the victim of deceit and treachery .
B ide yo ur time and do n o t take active measures yet .

I8 . Happ in ess .
H e art s Your affe ctions are we ll place d and rec ipro

c ate d Nothing hinde rs your happin e ss
. .
Clubs With prud e nc e and att e ntion you will touch

the springs o f happin ess .
Diamonds You seize pleasure with too d e spe rate a

hand Y o u run great risks and are liabl e to e xcit e ange r
.
and j e alousy .
Spade s Your pleasur e s will be of short duration Be .
careful they are not the caus e of your undoing .
Ig . In heritan c e .
H e art s You have every re ason to expect a consider

able inheritance .
Clubs You may expect a legacy from a fri e nd

. .
Diamond s You will engage in strife and legal pro

c e e din gs which will cost you mo r e than you gain by l e gacy .
Spade s If you have any right to an inhe ritanc e t h e re

is gre at dange r of your losing it by m eans O f dec e it on the
part of oth e rs Look we ll ahead and provide for con
.
,
tin ge n c ies .
20 . Treachery .
Heart s Re st assured that the evil di rected against

you by f al s e fri e nds and traitors will fall on them alon e .
Clubs You will have time to thank your fri e nds fo r a

timely d e live rance from plots directed against your we lfare .
Diamonds Time will effac e th e e ffe cts of tre ache rous

plots and spiteful actions But you will b e ve ry much .
ups e t by discove ring th e dange r you are in .
Spade s Scandal loss of friends and d e ceitful d e aling

, ,
are to b e e xp e ct e d .
2I . Rivals .
Heart s You overcome all rival ry . The day is yours .
Make the most o f it .

Clubs Your o wn merits and the good o fc es o f friends
wil l s e cur e you a victory over your rivals .
Diamonds T hr ough som e S pite and int rigue you may

hope for a decision in your favour The om e ns are ckl e . .
Spades Y o u cannot hope for success in t hi s dire ction .
Your rival s wil l s e c ure all the favours you ex pect .
22 . Gifts .
He ar t s Y o u wil l have gifts far excee ding your ex

pe c t at io ns .
Club s Gifts will b e made to you for your o wn sake .
Favours from friends .
Diamond s B e careful of b e ing drawn away from the

path of honour by gifts o f money and othe r induce ments .
Spades B e ware o f any gifts made to you Treachery .
and d e c e it are hi dden unde r sm il e s and overtur e s o f

f riendship .
23 . Loving .
H e art s Y o u will be satised in the love bestowe d o n

yo u Y o u have the aff e ctions o f a person of good char
.
acter .
Clubs You have one of good birth in whom to repose

your affections You will receive benets from your
.
fri e nds and c ondan ts .
Diamonds B e careful Your love r is susce ptible to .
j eal ous feelin gs Beware o f strife among your fri e nds

. .
Spades Y o u will have cause to re gr e t having plac e d

yo ur affections in a ce r tain quarter The person is vin dic .
tive and deceitful Your frie nds are hypocritic al and

.
fals e to a d e gree .
24 . El evation .
H e art s You will rise far above your expec tations ,
and b e come the obj ect o fregard and honour among worth y
people .
Diamond B e careful lest yo u are thrown
s ou t of the
frying p an into the re Avoid st ri fe
-
. .
Spades Y o u are in great danger O f losing your pres e nt

position Y ou have secret enemies t o contend against
. .
28 . D eath .
Heart Thr ough a death you wil l gain something you

s
do not expect .
Clubs A friend will benet you by a l egacy

. .
Diamonds You will soon hear o f the d e ath of an

en e my .
Spade s Your worst enemy is n e ar t o death . Your

worst days are coming to an end .
2 9. Reward .
Heart Y ou will gain the reward

s ofyour labours ,
and your delity will be requited with ab u ndant

esteem .
Club s Y o u will rec e ive the re ward o f your work By .
means o f your friends you will gain all for which you
have striven .
Diamonds Your recompense will be diminished or

retarded by j e alousy .
Spades You are in danger o f losing by deceit that

which is promised o r expected .
30 . D isgrace .
Hearts Y o u will soon forget whatever little disgrace

.
you may incur I t will turn to your advantage . .
Clubs A friend is in dange r o f disgrace You will

. .
resent it I t will pass away

. .
Diamonds You will suffe r from c al umny and S pit e

- .
Be careful yo u r nam e is not brought into j ust reproach .
Spade s Y o u have misplaced your conde nce and ,
in consequence will suffer loss of honour You will be .
betrayed .
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31 . Good F ortu n e .
Heart s An unexpected stroke o f luck will render your

condition a ve ry ag reeabl e one .
Clubs You will re c e ive a considerable increase in your

fortun e by the aid o f fri e nds and support e rs
Diamonds Jealousy and the ambition of false frie nds
.
will be to your advantage .
Spad e s In case of pressing need yo u will re ceive the

ass istanc e of fri e nds You will be in great dange r e ve n
.
,
to the life but you will be providenti al ly protected

,
.
32 . W ealth .
Heart s You will make a brilliant fortune quite equal ,
to your highe st ambitions .
Clubs Your work and int e llige nce aide d by the ,
servic e s of fri e nds will s e cur e you a fortun e o fsom e e xt e nt

, .
Diamonds Persons of an avaricious and j e al ous nat ure

.
in whom you have place d condence will make th e ir

fortunes at your e xpens e or will prot greatly from your ,
own fortune .
Spade s Your en e rgi e s and t al ents are doomed to

enrich others only B e therefor e discr e et in the u se of
.
yo ur ene rgies and try to preserve your rights

, .
33 . In dieren c e .
Heart s You will b e indiffe rent to the future of others ,
and will th e re by los e some o f the happiness of life .
Clubs Your indiffe rence in the choice of frie nds will

oft e n cause you grave anxieties .
Diamonds Othe rs will gather the fruits you neglect

through your indiffere nc e to your own int e re sts .
Spade s N e gl e ct of duties and ge neral apathy will

cause the loss of money honour f ri e nds and health , , , .
3 4 F avou r
. .
H arts
e .
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You will have the favour Of we althy persons ,
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who will advance your interes ts very much Y o u are .
fortunat e in gainin g affection and esteem .
Club s B y your sagacity and de lit y you will gain

many fri e nds and will receive many favours from them .
Diamonds Y o u will have dif cul ty in obtaining any

very substantial favours Y ou have many ri val s . .
Spades Y o u had better d e pend upo n your o wn labour s

and the fru i ts o f your work for little or n o preferment ,
wil l accrue to yo u .
35 . A mbition .
Hearts Pursue your ambitions with steadfastness and

you wil l rea p your reward .
Clubs You will accomplish your ambitions by m e ans

o f your fri e nds wh o will take an interes t in your schemes
,
and proj ects .
Diamon ds The j e al ousy of relatives and friends will

cause many o f your ambiti ons to fall short o f attainment .
Spades You will suffer a seri ous disappointment in

your chief ambition through th e tr eachery and mal ice
o f fal se f ri e nds and s ecret enemies .
36 . S ic kn ess .
Hear ts Yo ur illness will be o f short duration It .
will be nothing .
Club s Y ou have nothing to fear Your il lness will .
not b e dangerous .
Diamonds Sharp but short illnes s will prostrate you

for a while .
Spades Y o u will n o t suffer alone Your e nemie s are .
also a fict e d With sickn ess But beware o f a long trial .
and have patience .
Not e Hearts show good fortune wherev e r they fall ,
and promise success Clubs show assistan ce from friends

.
and well dir ected personal e ffort

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Diamonds are c k el .
and S how spite envy and j e alousy Spades indicate , , .
failur e treache ry m alice and lack o f initiative

, , , .
Wh e n good cards surround the number unde r con

sideration it gives an augury of the bes t res ul ts but if
,
Spade s or Diamonds fall th e re on and are surrounde d by ,
good c ards it pr omis e s obstacl e s an d d e lay Wh e n Spade s

, .
fal l the re on and are s u rroun de d by e vil cards such as

, ,
Jacks Spades and Diamonds it port e nds failur e in that

, , ,
particul ar indicat e d by the numbe r .
The foll owing n u mbers d e s e rve spe ci al com ment :
NO 5 .qual ly shows all r isk by lott e ry cards or other

e , ,
games racing things burnt or ooded an d specul ations

, , ,
of all sorts .
No 6 denotes all and eve ry obj ect of desir e wh e th e r

.
,
mone y love le gacy or an yt hing not as ye t attain e d and

, , ,

not depending o n one s o wn e fforts as do th e ambitions , ,
No 35
. .
No 7 shows equall y the result of all laws ui ts adj udi ca

.
,
tions the re compe nse of superiors e tc

, , .
No 9 in cludes al l assoc iations such as marriage partn e r

.
, ,
ship fri e n ds and business e ngage m e n ts

, , .
No 1 6 I f the consult ant b e married or unde r age

. .
,
the n the int e rpretation is capable of mo di cation .
No 2 1 This includ e s al l kinds of rival int e rests

. .
,
whether in marriage love business or competition , , , .

CHAPTER III
A TE S T TE LL I NG O F TH E CARD S
N the illustration ( p 48) o f an actual falling of the

.
cards it wi ll be noticed rst of al l that the Two of

Hearts re present ing the consul tant is reversedthi s fac t
,
, ,
must be borne in mind whil e we interpret the c ards .
Of the eight sur rounding c ards three represent pe ople , ,
two o f these being men ; House number T wenty one -

,
where the Two o f H e ar ts rests signies Rival r y o f al l ,
sorts not only in love but in business I t is good that a

, , .
Heart shoul d fal l here but the reversed position at once

,
suggests delay o r int e rfe ren c e which is al so c on rm ed

,
elsewhere .
Let us n ow consider the Suits of the eight c ards ; we

n d that we have three Hear ts including the F 0 0 1 who , ,
has the power of ch anging everything u nexpect e dly As .
this card fal ls in House Thirty one showing Good Fort u ne

-
, ,
we again se e that al l wil l come right but in some un ,
expected fashion The re are al so two Clubs whi ch S how

.
,
the in uence of friends ; two Diamonds an d only one ,
Spade Thi s is a ve ry fortunate s e ries as far as suits go 1

.
The Eight o f Spades is n o t a very bad o n e and signies ,
il l he alth in all probability e s pecially as the person al

-
,
card is the only reversed card in the s e ries .
The combination o f the Ace o f Diamonds in House

Twenty two ( Gifts ) with the Ten o f Clubs o n eith e r side
-
,
of the personal card sugg e sts the unexpected receipt o f

,
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50 CARD FO RTUN E TELL I N G
money We mus t als o note the presence o f the Queen
.
o f Clubs an d th e Seven o f Hearts whi ch strongly sugges t ,
favours thr ough a woman and in all pr obabil ity the ,
Jack o f Hearts in Ho use E leven repr es ents a rival in the

, ,
affections o f the woman in ques tio n

This b ri ef sketch wi ll give an idea o f ho w it is done ,
but the Divin er mus t culti vate the powe r by shuf in g

and arranging the cards time after t ime until he o r she
, ,
can rec ognise the combin ations with s ome eas e .
We mus t n o t however overlook the other in dicatin g

, ,
cardsfor ins tan c e the Two o f Diam onds represe nts the
con dant o f the enquirer and in the present cas e this
, ,
card fal ls on House E ighteen which signi e s Happiness .
I n the diagr am it appears to be a long way from the Two

o f Hearts but in re ali ty it is only two places away from
,
the vit al gr oup o f nine c ar ds with the Qu een o f Hearts

be tweenthis is a good card and si gnies a generous o r
,
affectionate wom an thus inten s ifyin g an d con rming the

,
previous rea din g .
T he Two o f Clubs is t oo far away to affec t your Divina

tion though it fal ls in the M arriage Hous e and is next
, ,
the E ight o f Diamonds a j ourney probably t o the home ,
o f the woman wh o is s o vitally co ncerned in thi s matter .
Madame Le n o rman d s method o f Card Divination is

an excell ent o n e an d is much favoured I t has the great .
merit o f sim plicity and the use o f the four Twos as in

,
dic ators avoids distur ban ce o f the Court card v alues .
I t is nece ssar y t o point o u t that the full nine cards can

only be obt ai ned when the Two O f Hear ts falls in o n e o f
the ce ntre rows Obviously if it falls in the top row you
.
,
c an only use six car ds In this c ase I mys elf as sume that
.
the bo ttom row has b een transplanted above the series ,
an d in this way I secure th e f ull nine cards For instance if .

,
the Two o f Hearts had fal len in House Four in stead o f ,

52 CAR D FORTUN E TE LL I N G
exertions o r e fforts Clubs al s o are favour able but signify
,
friends and their e fforts o n o ur be hal f Diamonds are

neutral in fortune an d signify delay while Spades are
,
bad I n this cas e the proportion is ve favour able cards

.
against two neutral and only o n e bad car d .
Again yo u will notice that there are two Heart Cour t

cards inclu din g the Ace or Fool which dom inates every
, ,
thing else and is very powerful o n e Club two Diamonds

, ,
but n o Spade S O in every way your reply can be satis

.
factory Y o u must remember that in addi tion to the

.
di rect Y es o r N o the f al l o f the cards may in di cate partia l

,
success only ; a fail ure of o ur o wn efforts but success,
through o ur friends partial success and so on dependent

, ,
upon the fall o f the suits an d the proportion o f Court

cards included in the eight surr ounding cards .
SO M E E NGL I SH MET HO D S OF TE LL I N G
LTH OUGH Madame Le n orman d s method is wide

spread and pop ul ar there ar e many other f as cinating

,
way s for de al ing the cards To make a change we n o w .

,
give a m e thod which can be followed with the f ul l pack .
Of the diffe rent s ui ts Clubs stand generally for hap

,
p in ess and rarely are o f bad omen Next come Hearts .

,
which are not s o deep in the ir sign icance and S how j oy ,
l ibe rality good temper Diamonds denote delay quarrels

, .
, ,
annoyances ; whi le Spades ar e the fateful suit and signify ,
grief misfortune illness death

, , I t is important to pick
, .
up the cards qui t e haphazar d as those which are reversed ,
in the pack have quite a different signicance Such .
c ards as the Ace Ten Nine Eight etc o f Diamonds

, , , , .
,
sho ul d have a small p e ncil mark to show the top .
Shuf e the pack w e ll ou t the cards thre e times and

, ,
lay them o u t in rows of n ine cards each Select a King .
o r Qu e e n to represent t h e pe rson who is consulting you
Hearts repres e nt ing blond e types Diamonds the or di nary

fair people ; Clubs the brunettes and Spade s the very ,
dark ones . Some we ll known users o f the cards allow

-
their consul tant to c hoose any King o r Que en t o represent

themselves this o f cour se must be done before the
, ,
cards are touched I f prefe rred the pack can be cut

.
, ,
an d the exposed card woul d in di cate the suit to be used .
Having dealt yo ur cards in the above way l ook for the ,

54 CAR D FORTUN E TELLIN G
type card and count nine every way reckoning the type ,
card as number o n e The car ds thus indicated will be

.
the prophetic ones I n the cas e o f a married woman

.
,
the King o f the same suit o f which she is the Queen

would represent her husband and shoul d b e coun ted from ,
in a simil ar way as the marriage partner s in uence is

natural ly o f great importance I n the case o f a m ar ried .
man the reverse app lies the Queen of his o wn suit re

, ,
presentin g his wife .
The Jack o f the type s ui t shows the thoughts o f the

person and they al so S hould be count e d from
, .
The meaning to be attached t o the various prophetic

cards is as follows
The Clu b S u it .
Ac e Peace of
mind happ iness a succe ss card
, , .
K in g The in uence in your li fe of a dark man upright , ,
faithful and affectionate .
Quee n A b ru nette gentl e and pleas ing , .
Jac k T he thought o f the King for the questioner .
I n the case o f any Court car d yo u should count nine in ,
every direction from it for the prophetic cards for your

guidance .
Te n Une x pec ted good .
N ine Disobe dience to the wishes o f friends .
Eight A warning agai nst s pec ul ation .
Seven Go od fort une an d happiness if you are careful

.
in yo u r dealings with someone o f the opposite sex .
S ix B us iness success .
Five A prud e n t marriage

. .
Four B e careful o fC hanges in yo ur plans or mode o fl ife

. .
Thre e I ndicates a second m ar riage .
Two A disappointment but not a se rious o n e u nless

.
, ,
other prophetic cards are bad .

Tak e notice o f al l the prophetic cards before makin g
any c onclusions from th e m .
The H eart S u it .
Ac e T hi s indicates your hom e and if Spade car ds ,
touch it quarr e lling is foretold I f other Hearts are n e xt .
to it they foretell friends hi ps and true a ffection I f Dia .
monds money and dis tant friends and if Clubs feasting

, ,
an d merry making .
Kin g A fair man good natured but ras h

, .
Queen A fair woman

. .
Jack This covers the though ts of the dearest person

o f the o n e who cons ul ts th e cards .
Ten Refers to chil dren I t also softens the b ad ti dings

. .
o f the cards near it and increases the good .
Nin e Money an d position Also where the cards .

,
are cons ul ted about one single question o r wish the Nine ,
o f Hearts is the k e y card upon which all depends .
Eight Ple as u re companions , .
Seven A f al se fri e nd
.
-
.
Six A genero us person

. .
Five Troubles caused by j ealousy .
Four A person near yo u not easily convinced

.
, .
Thre e Sorrow caused by your own indiscretion .
Tw o Suc cess but it wil l ne e d care

, .
The D iamon d S u it .
Ac e A l e tt e r Y o u must look at the sur ro u nding

.
c ards t o j udge the resul t .
King and Queen A fair man or wom an

. .
Jac k Thoughts as before .
Ten Money
. .
Nin e - Travel .
Eight A l ate marriage .
Seven Unple asant rumo ur s scan dal

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, .
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S ix Early marriage and possible widowhood .
Five Unexpe cted news .
F O UL T rouble through friends a secret betrayed ,

.
Thr e e Quarrels and legal troubles .
T o
w .An engagement but against the wishes o f f ri ends
, .
The S p ade S u it .
Ac e Grea t Misfortune . Death when the card is

reversed .
King Qu een and Jack Dark pe ople and their thoughts .
Te n Grief and trouble

.
,
N in e Sickness and misfort u ne a m os t unl ucky card , .
E igh t A warning to be c ar eful .
Seve n Loss o f a friend much trouble , .
S ix Money through hard work .
Five A bad temper that causes trouble .
Four Sickness
. .
T hre e A j ourney
T wo
.
.A removal .
B e caref ul notice if two or more cards o f the same

to
value come together .

Two Aces Trickery .
Three Aces Good news .
Fo ur Aces Danger and fail ure .
Tw o Kin gs A business partners hi p or the j oining with

a friend in some enterprise .
T hr ee Kings I mportant bus iness general ly successful ,

.
Four Kings R e wards di gnities public honours , ,

.
Two Queen s A meeting with a f ri end .
T hr ee Queen s Visits .
Four Queens An entertainm ent o f some sort .
Two Jacks E vil intentions .
Thr ee Jacks False friends .
Four Jacks A noisy par ty dri nking , .

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Two Ten s C hange o f profession or bus iness .
Three Tens I n di screet conduct

. .
Four Tens Grea t and cert ai n success

T wo Nines A smal l gain
.
. .
Thre e Nines Good health and fortune

. .
Four Nines A great surp rise .
Two Eight s A brief love dr eam .
T hr ee Eights Contemplation O f ma rri age

. .
Four Eights A short j ourney .

Two Sevens I ndiscretion . .
Thr e e Seven s Sickness and failure o f strength .
Four Sevens Trouble fr om servants o r employees

. .
Should any o f th e se cards b e reversed it greatly lessens ,
the str e ngth of the combination thus it wo ul d incre as e ,
an evil in uence but wo ul d l e ssen or destroy a good o n e

, ,
and merely show that such a happy possibil ity had been
lost .
We stated that the cards carr ying most meaning were

the ninth cards in every di rection and we will make t hi s ,
quit e clear by an illustration Let us suppose that the .
fty two cards are arranged in rows of nine as follows

-
10 C 85 QH 7H 48 3C 28
A F I F TY -
TW O C AR D M ET HO D
I f the King of
Hearts represents the person who con
sul ts the cards we S hall nd this key card in the third
,
58 CAR D FORTUN E TELL I N G
ro w ; it is in dicated as K H We can now co unt nine to .
the right reckonin g the key card as one Our third card
, .
,
however nishes the r ow so we have four routes open

, ,
to us ( I ) to t u rn upwards and k e ep t o the outer cards ,
in which case the ninth car d woul d be the Ace o f Hearts

which we kn ow to represent the home an d as no Spade ,
card adj oins it al l should go well ( 2 ) We can turn down

, .
wards and k e ep to the outer cards in which case we ,
reach the Seven o f Hearts indicating a fal se friend and , ,
touchin g this card are a fair woman a warning against ,
s peculation unpleasant rumours a success car d ( Ace o f

, ,
Clubs ) an il lness the pres e nce of the Ace o f Clubs j us t

,
saving us from a ve ry ugly series O f dis asters ( 3) We can .
turn upwar ds and contin ue al ong the second ro w in which

, ,
c as e we reach the S ix o f H ear t s a generous person which , ,
is surro unded by a brunette woman a war ning o f c ar e ,
in changing plans a note o f success if care is taken a , ,
dark man a letter a fair man an d unexpected news

, , ,
othe r people are far t oo muc h mix e d up in the life and

plans o f the enquirer and great care is necessary ( 4) We .
c an turn downwards an d proceed al ong the fourt h row
and thus rea ch the Six o f Clubs business suc cess whi ch , ,
is surrounde d by unpleasant ru mours warning against ,
s pe c ul ation a late m arriage a warn in g ag ai n st c han ge o f

, ,
p lans a bru n e tte wo man u nexpec te d ne w s a fat ali ty

, , , ,
an d a success c ard ( Ace o f Clubs ) a most unpleas an t
mixt u re j ust saved from disaster by the Ace o f Clubs

,
The key c ard itsel f the King o f Hea rts is surroun ded , ,
by a dark man a fai r woma n a j ourney a pr udent mar , , ,
riage a s light disappo intm ent temper trouble with

, , ,
friends the thoughts o f someon e so it seems reas onable

,
t o as sume that a marriage rather late in li fe probably , ,
with a woman as fair as or fairer than himself ( the Queens

o f Hearts Clubs and Diamonds are all am ong the cards
, ,
60 CARD F ORTUN E TELL I N G
Cl u b S u it .
Right Count 2,4 5 6 8 , , , , J Q K A , , , .
Left Coun t 4 7 8 10
, , , .
U p Count 2,4 5 7 J , , , .
Down Co u nt 3 8 9 10
, , , , J A , .
D iamon d S u it .
Right Count : 4 5 7 8
, , , , Q K A , , .
Left Count 2 3 6 8
, , , , 10 .
Up Count 2, 3 4 6
, , , A .
Down Count 4 7 9
, , , 10 , J Q , .
S p ade S u it .
Right Count : 3 4 5
, , , K A , .
Left Count 7 8 9
, , , Q K , .
Up Count 5 6 7
, , , 10 K , .
Down Count 2, 4 5 6 8 9
, , , , , 10 , Q .
T he cards s urrounding the Heart K ing are included in

the right count in the above Table I t will be noticed .
that by following this full method o f using the cards that

fou r key c ards ar e reached twice over they obviously -
are the most important They are the Three o f Diamonds

.
,
showing quarrels and legal troubles the Nine o f Hearts ,
showing mon e y and position ; the Seven o f Hearts re

pres e nting a f al se friend and the T en o f Spades indicating
grief and trouble This con rms our previous readi ng
.
that the enquirer will have much trouble and diicul ty ,
but will eventually win hi s way through .
I n the above Table it will also b e noticed that certain

cards appe ar once only they are o f little import ance t o
the enquirer Those that app e ar twice are seldom worth
.
considering but the re ally important are those that appear

,
three or four times the latter bein g ve ry rare o f course ,

.
T here are seven cards however that appear three times

, ,
in the present expe riment and we quote them in full .

Clu b S u it .
Four B e
. careful of changes in plans .
Eight A warning against spe c ul ation .
D iamon d S u it .
Fo ur Trouble t hr ough friends t hi s c ard also appears

.
next the Heart King .
S p ade S u it .
Five T e mper and quarrel lingthis al so touches the

enquir e r s person al card .
King Obviously the dangerous friend .
I n this way also we get a startling conr mation o f o ur
prediction whi ch is taken from actual experi e nce and

,
has proved correct .
The method of Car d Divination that we have j us t

described is kno wn as the Engl ish n o t becaus e it origi
n at e d over her e but to disting uish it from the m any
,
continental m e thods where only thirty two cards are -
us e d We will now give s ome English methods based o n

.
the Piquet pack o f thir ty two cards as used on the

,
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,
Continent .
The thirty two cards are those used for an ordinary

-
Piquet game yo u throw o u t all the lower val u e cards

from Two to Six both inclusive The cards there fore
, .
, ,
run from the S e ve n to the Ace The m e anings of the .
cards n e cessarily vary from thos e of the Engli sh method ,
and we the r e fo r e give them in full The Kings Queens .

, ,
and Jacks re pre sent p e ople and thoughts as in the English

,
method .
62 CA RD FORTUN E TELLIN G
The Cl u b S u it .
Ac e Money go od news happiness , I f reversed it , .

,
is o f short duration .
Te n Fortune soci al success luxury I f reversed a

, , .
,
sea voyage .
N in e Unexpected g ai n I f reversed a tri i ng present .

, .
E igh t A dark person s affe ctions

I f reversed u n .
,
happiness will resul t from it .

Seven A sm al l sum o f money I f reversed money
. .
,
troubles .
The H ea rt S u it .
Ace A lett e r ple as ant news I f reversed a visit from

.
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, .
,
a friend .
T en Happiness and success

. I f reversed a dis .
,
appointmen t .
Nin e This is the wish card and if it turns up near ,
the enquirer s o wn Co ur t card the wish will be granted

.
,
I f reverse d so me passing anxiety in connection with the

,
wish .
Eigh t A fair pers on s affections I f reversed in dif

.
,
ference in place o f love .
Seve n Pleasan t thoughts tranquill ity I f reversed , .

,
weariness .
The D iamo n d S u it .
Ace A letter If reversed bad news

. .
, .
Ten Journey o r Change o f abode I f reversed it will

. .
,
n o t be fortunate .
Nin e An n oyance delay

. If reversed a quarrel , .
,
.
E igh t Lo ve makin g If reve rsed un successful .

,
.
Seven Mocke ry un pleas ant news If reversed scandal

.
, .
, .
The S p ade S u it .
Ac e Pleas ure an emotion al nature of . I f reversed ,
grief news o f a death

, .
SOME ENGLISH METHODS OF TELLIN G 63
Ten Tears s ometimes a pri son

.
, . I f reversed a brief ,
aiic tion .
Nin e T idings o f a d eath or failure I f reversed loss .

,
o f a near relation .
Eight War ning o f illness I f reversed a marriage .

,
broken off .
Seven Slight annoyances I f reve rsed folly on the

. .
,

enquirer s part .
If two more cards o f a value come together they

or ,
sh o ul d be j udged by the Table given for that p urpose

under the Engl ish method as it is universally employe d ,
.
A number o f s mal l Spade cards together S how a certain

nancial loss The Queen o f Spades indicat e s the death
.
o f husband o r wife unless it is the t ype card of the e u

,
q uire r who would have to be a very dark woman

, .
Sp eakin g gene ral ly the Hea rt cards govern the a ffairs

,
o f the home an d therefore the love a f

, fairs o f the enquirer .
Diamonds govern nancial and business matters Clubs are

the lucky cards ; while Spades ar e the evil ones govern ,
ing ill he al th d e ath n ancial loss and ruin

-
, , T hey also .
represent illicit love affairs .
Thes e g e neral mean ings S hould be borne in min d when

looking at the type card that represents the enquirer
o n e suit o r the oth e r is sur e to be in as c e ndancy near the
t ype card .
If a numbe r o f Court car ds run together it is a S ign of ,
much social hospit ality or visiting gaiety o f al l kinds , .
Two red Tens coming toge th e r foret e ll a we dding ; two

red Eights new cloth es A Court card coming between .
two c ar ds o f similar denomination ( such as two Te ns ,
two S e ve ns etc ) shows that the person r e presented by

, .
the Court card wi ll be involved in legal trouble .
The cards should be cut with the left hand for Divina
tion p urposes and a round table is always prefe rred ; it
,
is general ly believed that the c ar ds do n ot tell so %
truly when the enquirer spreads them o n his o wn account

in such a case it is usual to ask some friend to act as
,
intermedia ry and make the enquiries o n the performer s

behalf
D EA L I N G THE C ARD S BY T H REE S

The pack o f thirty tw o cards is shuf e d by the enqui rer
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and cut with the left h and int o thr e e heaps The Diviner .
takes the centre heap rst places the last heap upon it , ,
and the rst cut heap on top o f all ; then turn in g the pack
face upwards he de al s off three c ar ds onl y I f these
, .
contain two o r more o f a suit the highes t in val ue is ,
withdrawn and placed face upwards o n the table , , .
The others ar e thrown face downwar ds to form a fresh

heap .
If the three cards are all o f the same val ue such as ,
thr e e Kings three Eights etc they are al l to be added

, , .
,
to those face upwards o n the table When you have gone .
through the pack in this way yo u begin all over again , ,
till either thirteen fteen o r seve nteen car ds are face

, ,
upwards before yo u The card representing the enquirer

.
must al ways be among these so if you reach twelve , ,
fourteen or sixteen without the type card you must at

, ,
once pick it from the pack and add it t o the end O f the
row thus completing the necessary u neven n u mb e r The
,
.
row must al ways be buil t from left t o right I f the Wish .
c ar d the Nine o f He arts is among these it is considered

, , ,
a very fortunate signthe n e arer it fall s to the type

card the greater the chances o f prosperity and good
fortun e .
One card from each end Of the row is now t o be t aken

and placed together o n the table and their meaning read
SOME EN GLISH METHODS OF TELLIN G 65
togeth e r b e aring in m ind that the card from the right is

,
al ways the more powerful Suppose we take th e Eight

.
of Spades from the right and the Seve n of Clubs from the
l e ft we n d that a slight illness or accident will result
,
in the receiving o f a sm al l sum of money On the other .
hand if the Seven of Clubs comes from the right and the
,
Eight of Spades from the left th e meaning will b e quite ,
different that the rece ipt of a small sum o f mon e y will

result in a slight illness o r accid e nt .
I n this way all the cards but one are pai red o ff leaving ,
t he Surpris e card alon e and the re ading of this c ard

,
will affe ct eve ryt hing else .
There is another way of working this arrangement ,
whi ch is only slightly differ e nt The pack having been .
shuf e d and cut into thr e e heaps the p e rformer takes up ,
the centre heap and remove s the bottom card i e the , . .
card that is face uppermost This is placed on the table .
as the rst card of the required ro w for d e termining the

decre e s of Fate The last cut heap is then simil arly dealt
.
with the bottom card being plac e d second in the row

,
and the remainder placed o n top o f the centre heap as ,
in the r st method So ag ai n with the r st cut heap

.
,
originally o n top o f the pack .
The cards are now d e alt in threes as before but the ,
highe st o f each three is chosen quite irrespective o f suit .
For instanc e should yo u turn up the Seve n o f Hearts

, ,
the Ac e o f Clubs and the Jack of Hearts the Ace would

, ,
b e chosen in this system whereas the Jack would have

,
b e en selected unde r the original m e thod I f three cards .
of equal val ue o r thre e cards al l o f the same suit should

appear all three are adde d to the row the card face
, ,
upp e rmost b e ing adde d r st and so on , .
Go on in this way till the r e are only two cards left in

your hand ignoring o f course all those thro wn away as
,
useless I n the rst method the rej ected cards are used
.
in order to complete the necessary odd number for the

Divination but that is never done under the present
,
system Under the origin al plan it wi l l often happe n

.
,
that the t hree car ds are al l of diffe r e nt suits and mus t ,
the r efore all be dis carded That is not the case by the .
pre s e nt simpler method as the highest card is chosen ,
each t ime irres pectiv e of suit Also you be gin wi th three .
car ds which makes a further difference

,
.
Thus it happens that out of thirty two cards you are -

,
bound to have at l east twe lve car ds in your row and if ,
you have t urn e d up three of a sui t o r thr e e o f a val ue

at any time the numb e r wi ll be in c reas e d
, .
Retain th e las t two cards in your hand and coun t the

cards face upwards in your mystic row t o see if you
, ,
have an O dd number I f s o discar d the two cards left .

,
ov e r and proceed as be fore t o give your Divination by

,
picking up the outside card from e ach end .
If howe ver the num ber of your row is even see if

, , ,
th e type card ( r e pres e nting the enquirer ) is among them

if not pick it from the di scards an d add it to the extreme
,
right o f yo ur row If the type card is al ready there

.
,
se e if the Wish card ( Nin e o f Hearts ) is al so pr esent ; if

not yo u add it to the end at th e ri ght I f both o f these
, .
are in the row before you look for the enquirer s Thought ,

card i e the Jack o f the same sui t as th e type card that

,
. .
repr e sents the enquirer .
I f all three o f these cards are in the ro w the n add the ,
higher of the two cards remain ing in your hand but

if by any perve rse C hanc e they are both o f the same
, ,
value th e n the Fates are not propitious and the enquirer

, ,
must come again on some other day as the ro w mu st ,
consist o f an O dd number o f cards .

day of the month and upon an o dd day o f the week
S u nday being the rst day in this reckoning This can
.
generally be decided by counting the letters in the full

Chri stian and s urnames Thus the name T HO M A S A T K I NS
.
contains twe lve letters and therefore an even n umbered

day would b e more propitious for consulting the cards .
Assuming the row o f twe lve cards has be en completed ,
they are pai r e d off as in a pre vious experiment by taking

o n e card from either end o f the r o w t he right hand card
,
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being the active or controlling card o f the pair I n the .
former experiment we worked with an o dd number o f

,
cards and that method sho ul d be used o n o dd numbered

,
d ays for the bene t o f people with odd numb e re d names .
When working with twelve cards under the present

m ethod ther e is n o centre card left o f course ; but the
, ,
face down heap o f three cards takes its place and Is call ed
-
the Surprise . Its reading always refers to something

u nexp e cted by the enquirer .
I t will be se e n that these three methods are all b uil t

o n the same general principle a row o f o dd o r even
number and the comparison o f the end cards o f the row ,
right wi th left together with a strong Surprise at the

,
nish All three methods have the advantage o fsimp l icity

. .
SO ME ARTI S TIC S TAR S
MON G French card tellers it is usual to abandon

-
,
the simple methods used by English t e lle r s when

arranging the cards ; instead they use fanciful gures
known as Stars We will give thr ee o f th e s e with ful l
.
,
details o f their building and reading .
One of the most general methods of laying out the -
cardsis c al l e d the Grand Star o f which we give a diagram

,
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.
For this p urpose all the thirty two cards o f the fortune
t e lling pack are used the D e uces Thre e s Fours Fives
, , , ,
and Sixes are discarded .
A c ard to represent the enquirer o r consultant is selected .
If he is a fair man the King o f H e arts is chos e n as the

,
card to represent the enquirer T his card is call e d the

.
sign ic at o r
. I f a very fair man or a white haired man -
,
t h e card for sign ic ato r is the King o f Diamonds These .
two suits are us e d also for very fair and fair women the ,
Que e n b e ing the sign ic ato r .
Clubs and Spades r e pre sent resp e ctively cons ul tants

who are betwe e n dark and fair and very dark persons
, .
Kings and Queens ar e us e d for the two s e xe s I f the .
e nquirer b e a widow e r or widow Spades is the suit for

,
the sign ic at or
.
The diagra m S hould now be consulted in order t hat ,
the correct mode of laying out the cards can be seen

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.
First of all the sign ic ator is place d o n the S pace numbered

69
I, and the other cards in the mann er now to be described
, ,
placed in proper order upon the ir correct positions .
Aft e r shu iin g r st by the oper ator and then by the

, ,
consultant the cards sho ul d be cut with the left hand by

,
the cons ul tant .
When the r st ou t has be e n made te n cards are de al t ,
T H E G RA N D S TA R
and the eleve nth is t aken as the rst o f the lay out and -
placed o n the spa c e numbe red 2 in the di agram Al l the .
remaining c ar ds t hi rty in al l ar e now treated as a pack

, , ,
cut again by the consul t an t and the top card is placed

,
o n space N o 3
. .
Agai n the cards are tr ea ted as a pack again cut and the
, ,
SOME ARTIST I C STARS 7:
bottom card of the cut placed on No 4 This is rep e at e d . .
constantly taking a c ar d al t e rnat e ly from th e top of the

,
bottom hal f o f the cut pack and from the bottom of the ,
top half of the pack u ntil su i c ie n t cards have b e en with

,
dr awn to make up the completed Grand Star .
When after c utt ing the pack is re made th e top part

, ,
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, ,
whi ch has been cut S houl d b e placed at th e bottom of the

,
pack to mak e it re ady for the next cut .
For r e ading th e fortune the cards are take n in pairs ,
be ginn ing wi th th e outsid e row of p airs moving from left ,
t o rig ht contr ary Cl o ckwis e thus 1 4 and I 6 ; 2 1 and

, , ,
1 5 an d 2 0 and 1 8 The inn e r c ircle is n e xt tak e n

.
in p ai rs moving in the opposite dir e ction from right to

, ,
left as a clock s hands go Thus 1 0 and 6 1 2 and 9

,

.
, ,
I I and 7 ; I 3 and 8 Th e four c e ntre cards ar e r e ad in

.
pairs thus 4 an d 2 5 and 3 and the last car d 2 2 is

, , , ,
take n indi vi duall y All the cards are r e ad o f cours e in

.
, ,
special re lation to the position e ach bears to th e sig

n ic at o r .
Ge n e ral l y the modications arising from position are

,
as follows : car ds that are dir e ctly above th e sign ic at or

show the possibili ties Of success and achi e ve ment Those .
directly below denote that which has transpired To the .
right of the S ignicato r the cards d e note that to whi ch

the e nquir e r is approachi ng his wishes co ming to fu l l ,
m e nt Those to the left mark obstacles and opposition

.
to be feared .
In ad di tion to these direct positions there are those ,
that are right an d l e ft above and right and l e ft below , ,
whe n r e gard e d obliquely Thos e to the right above .
S houl d S how h e lpf ul S ig n s to the right b e low t hings ac

,
complish e d towards the desires of the enquir e r To the .
left above th e re will appear the obstacles that may arise

o u t of pas t con di tions to thwart the desires and t o the l e ft ,
72 CARD FO RTUN E TELLIN G
below those that have already made themselves apparent
in the past .
When reading for the Grand Star some general indica ,
tions may be gained from groups T hus if three or four .

,
Kings Queens Jacks or Aces are shown thes e will give

, , , ,
a general idea that must be taken into consideration in

rea di ng the pairs .
As an example o f a Grand Star reading Foli gives the ,

following : The consultant is repres ented by the King
o f Hearts a fair ope n handed good natured m an and
,
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,
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,
the pairs come o u t as follows : Queen o f Diamonds and

King o f Spades ( I 4 and I 6 ) Jack of Hearts and Ace o f
Diamonds ( 2 1 and
Nine of Clubs (r eve rsed ) and Qu een o f Clubs ( 1 5 and
1 7) Jack o f Spades and Eight of Diamonds (reversed )
( and I 8) Ace of Spades and Queen o f Spades ( 6 and
2 0
10 ) Jack o f Diamonds and King of Clubs ( 9 and 1 2 )

Queen o f Hearts and Eight o f Clubs ( 8 and I 3) .
Nine o f Diamonds ( reversed) and Jack o f Clubs ( 7

an d 1 1 ) Ace o f Hearts and Ten o f Spades ( 4 and 2 )
Nine o f Spades and Te n o f Hearts ( 5 and the Ace
o f Clubs is 2 2 .
Here the consultant is connected with ( 1 4) the Queen

o f Diamonds a fair woman with a tendency to irtation
,
she is amusing herself with ( 1 6 ) a very dark man probably ,
a lawyer o f ambitious and not t o o scru p ul ous character

, ,
who does not wish well to the enquir er .
The n e xt p air shows the Jack o f Hearts repres e nting ,
Cupid or the thoughts o f the o n e concerned linked with

, ,
( 9)
1 Ace o f Diamonds a weddi n g ring While ,
th i s im .
portant item is occupying his thoughts he gives a small

pre sent the Nin e o f Clubs reve rsed to ( 1 7) Queen o f
, , ,
Clubs a charming dark lady who is the real obj ect o f

, ,
his affections .
SOME ARTISTIC STARS 73
The Jack o f Spades ( 20 ) guring a legal agent or the ,
wil y lawyer s thoughts mak e s mischief and ( 1 8) Eight

, ,
o f Diamonds ( r e versed ) causes the enquirer s love makin g

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to be u nsuccessfu l ( 6 ) Ac e o f Spades warns hi m agai nst

.
fals e friends who will frustrat e his matrimoni al proj ects ,
and in 1 0 we nd o n e o f th e m the Queen o f Spades a , ,
widow with possible d e signs upon him herself

, .
The Jack of Diamonds (reversed) ( 9) shows the mis

chief maker trying to bre e d strife with the enquirer s
trusty fri e nd ( 1 2 ) K ing of Clubs and ( 8) Queen of Hearts
, ,
a fair lovabl e woman poss e ssing ( 1 3) Eight o f Clubs a

, ,

dark person s affe ctions ( 7) Nin e o f Diamonds (reve rsed)
.
tells of a love quarr e l owing to ( 1 1 ) Jack o f Clubs (re

vers e d) a harmless irt .
The enquirer will get ( 4) the Ace o f Hearts a love ,
l e tter but his happiness will be succeeded by ( 2 ) Ten

,
o f Spades a card of bad import

, (5 ) The Nine of Spades
.
,
t e lls of grief or sickness possibly news o f a d e ath But

, .
( 3 ) Ten of Hearts count e racts the e vil and promises

,
happin e ss to the e nquire r who shall triumph ove r the

,
obstacles in his path and nd ( 2 2) j oy in love in life .
I t will be s e e n here that cards of evil import are mad e

o f li ttle avail by their association with those Of better
omen and the general indication from the groups is here

,
quite f ai r .
Another method known as the Simple Starsee dia

,

gram is with fteen cards in all To tell the fortune .
in this method place the signic at or r st o f all o n the

,
c e ntr e po sition marked C ( consultant )

Shufe th e cards as previously d irected and l e t the ,
consultant cut the pack into thre e The cards thus cut .
ar e to b e turned up and used as th e basis for the drawing
fo r the Star From the c e ntre portion o f the pack take

.
the rst card thus expos e d and place it upon 1 From .

the left hand portion o f the pack take the top card for 2
-
.
From the right hand portion of the pack the card for 3
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.
The four th card is taken from the centre portion and so

,
o n until twelv e have b e e n drawn .
TH E S I M P L E S T A R
To determine the thi rt e en th and fourteenth cards re ,
make the pack and l e t the cons ul tant shuf e and cut
,
Then t ak e the top card o f the bo ttom hal f for the t h ir

t e e n th and th e bottom c ar d o f the t o p half for the
,
fourt e enth These sho ul d be place d directly upon the

sign ic ator as shown in th e diagram
, .
These two c ar ds ar e very impo rtant indicat ions and,

I n an ordinary lay
o u t if the King Clubs represent
, of ,
ing the consultant were t o appear between the Ace o f

,
Diamonds and a Ten o f Hea rts the omen is partic u larly

,
fortunate I t would indicate that the enquirer is o n the

.
eve of a very happy marriage On the contrary should.

,
the cards o n eith e r side be the Nine o f Spades and the
( On S ig n icator )
.
TH E T H I RTEE N CA R D S T AR
Ace Spades reversed very evil res ults may be looked
of ,
fo r . The enquirer is in danger o f death or at least of ,
serious sickn e ss .
Here is another interesting S tar using thirteen cards ,
for those who believe in the fat al istic powers o f the numb e r
Thirteen this method should be adopted
,
.
Place sign icato r face upwards on the tabl e Shufe

, , .
the remaining thirty o n e cards ; cut in three ; always

-
take particular notice o f the cards exposed at each cut ,

and watch if in the deal th e y come o n or n e ar the

, ,
signic at o r or th e Hous e c ard ie the Ace o f Hearts

, . .
,
.
If the cards ou t are good c ar ds it is a lucky om e n ; if ,
bad cards the re is no doubt that the misfort u ne cannot

,
be avoided .
Having noted the cards expos e d by the cuts replace ,
the heaps in the ori ginal order before yo u cont inue Place .
A T EST R E A D I N G
t wo at the h e ad o f the sign ic at o r two at the feet two , ,
on the right two on the l e ft o n e in each corner and o n e

, , ,
o n the sign ic at or maki ng in all thirteen cards

, in order ,
as S hown in di agr am .
If the Nine o f Hearts comes ou t in the thirteen it augurs ,
good luck for the consulter and success to hi s wishes .
Those cards which crown the sign ic ator predict th e

ne ar futur e ; those at the fe e t the pas t ; those to the
,
l e ft obstacles ; those to the right the distant future ;

, ,
t he top corners present details ; those at the feet the

, ,
past det ai ls ; the card on the top o f the S ign ic ator the ,
consolation . I n the example o n page 77 the Queen o f ,
Diamonds ( marri ed) is supposed t o b e the inqu ire r .
Crown ing the Queen o f Diamonds is E ight of Spades ,
and on that the King o f Diamonds thi s predi cts a quarr e l

with her husband On her left the Seven of Diamonds
.
and the Ten o f Spades ; she has be e n troubled with the

illness o f her child At her feet the Nin e o f Diamonds
.
and the Knave of Spades the physician has been c al led

in. On the right the Te n o f H e arts and Te n o f Clubs ;
a cha nge into the count ry and recovery o f her child, .
On the Queen the N in e O f H e arts ; her troubles are o f

short dur ation .
The above method is most us e ful to as certain p articulars

o f any bus ine s s o r even of persons not present
, Al ways .
put the c ar d repr esenting th e subj e ct o n whi ch you want

info rma tion in the centre and place the cards roun d
,
it as al r ea dy illustrated I f information is required

.
conce rn ing the hous e the Ace o f Hearts mus t be taken

,
fro m the pack and used as a sign icator Business is

, .
r e presented by the Ace of Spades ; a j ourn e y by the

Ten of Clubs ; a chi ld or animal by the Seven o f Dia
, ,
monds l e t te rs o r business papers by the Ace of Clubs .
THE S TAR OF F I F TEE N

Take the pack o f thirty two c ar ds and select the type
-
card placing it face upwards in the centre o f the table

, .
The enquirer mus t now well shu i e the pack and cut it
once only wi th the left hand Take the pack and S pread .
it o u t fan wise and let the enquirer choose ft e en cards

-
,
o n e by o n e placing them o n e by o n e and face downwar ds

, , ,
in a heap by themselves Disc ard the remaining c ards

.
and pick up the chosen fteen holding them face upwards , .

Place the r st car d to the left of the type c ar d ire pre sen t
ing the enquirer the second c ar d to the right the
third card goes above and the fo u rth bel ow thus forming
, ,
5 10
. a n cl 15 a re
p l a c ed
u p on the ce n tre car d o/ z fz e S tan

T H E S T AR OF F I F TEE N
a s impl e cross The fth car d is now placed upon the
.
type card itself .
Re peat thi s process with ve more cards thus in ,
cr e asing the size O i yo u r cross and again with the nal

ve cards . The type card will now have thre e c ar ds o n
each o f the four sides while the fth tenth and fteenth , ,
cards will have been placed upon the type card itself ,
c overing it .
No w take each set O f three cards by itself and read

their meaning according to the table being specially ,
car e ful t o watch for r e versed cards as well as for pairs

an d tripl e ts Also carefully note if two or more of the
.
t hree cards are O f any on e suit as that greatly affects ,
the result .
The set of three cards on the left should be read rst

o f all
, as they repres e nt th e immediate p as t o f the e u
q uir e r ; th e n the set of three o n the right which govern

the immediate future .
After these if it is wished you can read the three

, ,
c ards o f the upper set which show the more r e mote pas t
,
an d which c onsequently are somewhat aff e cted by your

, ,
reading o f the left hand set B al ancing on e set c ar efully

-
.
against the othe r you should easily be able to decide if

,
things are impro vi ng for your enquirero r if th e y are

dri fting for the reverse .
Now consider the bottom set o f three cards whi ch ,
refer t o the more r e mote future and after reading their , ,
meaning noting reve rses pairs triplets and suits as before

, , , , ,
y o u must bal ance these against th e right hand set and thus -
determine which way the futur e will tend Suppose for .

,
instance that apart from the ir individual meanings there

, ,
are two Spades in the right hand set and either one o r
no Spad e in the bottom se t then the enquir e r may certainly,
look forward cheerful ly to a less e ning o f any di fculties

that may be facing him at th e moment .
The c e ntral set o f thr e e cove ring the type c ar d give , ,
your answer t o any special wish or question o f the e n

uir

r S th y do not apply to the past or future and
q e e
therefore need not b e read as regards their individual

SOME ART I ST I C STARS 81
meanings Go by the suit colours making any necessary

. ,
allowance fo r the presence o f two o r three cards o f the

same valu e .
We will conclude these continental methods by giving

Monsieur Ette il a s fascinating Temple o f Fortun e a very

TE M P L E F O R T U N E%
wonderful system For t hi s m e thod the values and

.
,
m e anings o f the c ar ds are the sam e as for Madam e Lenor

mand s syst e m as give n in Chapt e r I I
, .
ifThe Te mple o f Fortune is fairly e asy to lay o u t All .
th e t hirty two cards are us e d for Ette il a s method They

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.
are shufe d nally and cut by the consultant and laid ,
o u t in th e o r d e r S h own in diagram .
I t will be seen that some of the e ar li e st cards to be

82 CAR D FORTUN E TELLIN G
dealt the r st six with numbe rs thirteen t o sixteen are
, , ,
those which in dicate the past the next six with numbers
twenty two t o twenty ve in dicate the future ; and the
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last cards t o be de al t with those adj oin ing them ir e

, ,
present the present .
A further division is sugges ted The thr ee inner rows

.
,
numbers thirteen to twenty ve indicate and refer more

,
particularly t o the inner life o f the consultant whil st

,
the outer cards represent more spe ci cally his material ,
worldly o r external affairs

, .
84 CA RD FO RTUN E TELLIN G
After this the cards should be read singly by the ir ,
several meanings from ri ght to left o f the row

, .
When all these have be en thrown aside the centre ,
heap represent ing the Present is similarly exa mined

, ,
and then the Fut u re .
F inally the S urprise is consulted to see what un

,
expe cted event is go ing to in uence the life and fortunes

o f the enquirer .
THE F O U R A CE S
This is a very simple method fo r determ ining a single
qu estion o r wish The t hirt y two c ar ds are well shuf ed
.
-
by the enquirerthe Diviner then deal s o ff thirt een cards ,
face upwards on to the table an d makes a c areful search

, ,
for the four Aces If any are found pla c e them face up
.
, , ,
by themselves The remainder o f the pack including

.
,
what are left of the thi rteen are then re sh u f

e d as before
, ,
and the Divin e r again de al s o u t thirteen cards and searches

for further Aces .
This can be done for a t hi rd time but that is al l T he , .
e ar lier the fo ur Aces appear the better it will be for the ,
enquirer ii in the rst deal it is exception all y fo rtunate

,

if in the second it is cert ai nly very good luck as a rul e
, ,
they ar e not compl eted til l the third attempt has been
made .
Those that appe ar in each de al sho ul d be kept separate ,
as it is very import ant t o notice the order in which the

suits appe ar This w il l clearly S how the amount o f effort
.
needed be fore the wish o r question is satisfactorily ah

swe re d fo r instance if the Spade Ace appears rst o f
,
al l ,
the enquirer m us t b e prepared t o face trouble and
di fcul ty even shoul d all four Aces appear in the co urse
,
o f the rst de al .
T his is a very useful method t o know as several ques ,

S I MPLE B UT EFFECTIVE TELLIN G S 85
tions can be de al t with in a ve ry short time and there is ,
no need t o remember any list o f meanings I t is as well .
t o l imit the questions t o three however as the cards are

, ,
never so rel iable when overworked or tired , .
Another S imple method for answering a single question

is worked with the full pack o f fty two cards First -
.
remove the type card representin g the enquirer King or ,
Qu een as it happens to be T hen have the fty one cards

.
-
well shuf ed and cut into three heaps of any size They .
shoul d be ou t towards the right by the left hand the

enquirer makes the r st cut placing the uppe r portion
,
o f the pack o n the right an d then cuts this latter heap
int o two .
T he Diviner takes the centre heap ( origin al ly the middl e

o f the pack ) face down in his h and adds t o it the right ,
hand heap ( originally the top o f the pack) and n al ly ,
the left hand heap goes on top o f al l Now make a circle

-
.
o f forty two cards face down o n the table inside this

, ,
make a triangle o f the remai ning nine cards .
The enquirer mus t n ow turn over any fteen cards ,
replacin g them face upwards in the original positions

, ,
.
When thi s is done read them accordin g to the number

,
o f each suit expo sed .
THE S E VE N A NS W ER S
The thirty two cards are to be shu f ed and cut once
-
,
as usual with the left hand and the enquire r sho ul d wish
,
once d uring t hi s process .
Then the cards are de al t o u t o n e by o n e so as to form

, ,
seven heaps six of these to form a semicircle the cards

for these being pla ced face downwards while the seventh ,
heap is built in the centre and the cards are dealt face
upwar ds .
The seven packs represent yourself i

( e the . .
86 CA RD FORTUN E TELL I N G
enquirer) ; your home what you expect what

you don t expect the S ur p rise what is s ure t o
come true and your wish .
%
I t will at once be noticed that some heaps will contain

ve cards e ach others onl y four each
, The heaps sho ul d .
be arran ged fro m left to right the rst c ard dealt start
in g the heap o n the extreme l e ft and the se venth card
go ing fac e upwards in the c e ntre
, , .
Some Divin ers employ this m e thod but only use seven
teen cards the pack is shuf ed and cut as before but ,
only the r st seventeen ca rds ar e dealt This method is .
certainly simpler as the heaps only cont ai n two or t hr ee

,
cards each ; it is also thought to be a great advantage ,
as the exposed cards nat ur ally v ar y greatl y as regards

the proportion fr om each suit I f you use the f ull pack
.
,
there must o f necessity be eight o f each s u it ; where as

if only seventeen are deal t six or S e ven o r even eight o f
,
o n e suit might appear o n the table and it is obvious ,
that the preponderance o f any suit would greatly a ffect

the read ing .
Some Diviners O bj ect t o the se ven packs m ai ntaining ,

tha t it is fal se art to have on e heap for what you don t
%
expect , and another for th e Surpris e The sixth .
heap is also rather feeble an d c ert ainl y looks as if it had

o rigi nally been in c luded to make the number un even .
T his School o f Diviners therefore deal o ff thirteen cards

o nly from the full pack o f thirty two and buil d up only
-
,
ve heaps fo r yourself your home what you

expect the Surprise an d your wish .
A W EE K S H A PPE N I N GS

The enquirer shoul d well shui e the pack and cut them
with the left han d into three heaps as before e xplained ,
.
SIMPLE B UT EFFECT I VE TELLIN GS 87
The Diviner now takes the top card o f e ach heap face
downwards and places them so as to start a row of fte e n
,
c ards the top card o f the left

,
hand heap being r st re
moved The cards are th en re shuf e d and cut as before
.
-
,
the Diviner agai n removing the top car d fro m each heap
and adding them to the row This is r e peat e d ve times
.
,
so that fteen car ds face downwards are ranged o n the

, ,
tabl e from l eft to right .
The Divin er now turns over face upwards the e xtreme , ,
card at either end and reads the mean ing which applies
to the following day S pecial importanc e attaches t o the
s uit colours which will certainly show whether that day
will be a fo r t u nate on e o r not .
In many c ases the inner meaning o f the cards is never

considered at all this method b e ing used on the Continent
,
to determ in e simply an d solely which w ill b e the for

, ,
t un ate and unfo rt u nate days in the we ekSunday count

in g as the rst day of cour se ,
R ememb e r that the right
.
hand c ard is the more impo r tant for inst an c e a Spade ,
o n the right an d a Club on the left woul d indi cate that
thi ngs woul d c e rtai nl y go wrong in the e ar ly part of the

day but would rapi dl y improve after noon Whereas
,
.
a Club o n the right and a Spade o n the left would indicate

a prosperous morning followed by a calamitous afternoon
,
and evening
m
.
When using this s im e form of Divination no l ist o f ,
meanings has to be cons u lted which in many cases is a

,
great advantage ; it is therefore an excellent companio n

method to the o n e al ready descri bed fo r answering ques
tions by the s ui t colours o f the car ds turned up .
Fo urteen cards are turned up in this way two and ,
two l e aving the centre card face downwards on the table

, .
The Diviner should now note o n a S lip of pap e r the , ,
point values o f each pair O f cards in case the enqui rer ,

88 CAR D FORTUN E TELL I N G
should be confronted o n that day by any business or other
matter in which gures are concerned F o r inst an ce if .
,
a Nine o f Spades and a Seven o f Hearts are the cards

for the fo l lowing Tues day ( the th ird day) then anythi ng ,
involvin g nine or any multiple o f nine sho u ld be avoided ,
and those t hings involving seven S hould be followed up .
Suppose anyone c al ls and wishes to make an appoint

ment x the seventh fourteenth twenty rst o r twenty
, , ,
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,
eighth day o f the month Sho ul d the seventh day ( i e

. . .
the next Tuesday) fal l on the n inth e ighteenth or twenty , ,
seventh o f the month it would obviously be a bad day t o

,
select I n the same way if the fourteenth twenty r st

.
, ,
-
,
o r twenty eighth o f the month was the ninth day follow

-
in g that al so would prove a bad day

, .
With all these particulars to help him or her along , , ,
your client should be able to avoid al l mishaps and make

the bes t use o f the opportunities for good fortune that
might come his o r her way , , .
T he fteenth card is used to answer o n e question ,
whi ch in t hi s case must be a s poken o n e T he s uit

, ,
.
o f the card determines whether the answer is t o b e

yes probably doubtful or no and
the pip val ue should be noted if it can be made to t in
any way as that par ticular number will have a fatefu l
,
in uence o n e way o r an other over the matter in ques

, ,
tion I ts in ue nce however only lasts for the week in

.
, ,
question so if it is a Spade it is wise to war n your client

, ,
t o delay and wait for a more propitious time be fore pro

c e e din g with the matter in his mind .
T H REE QU E S TI O N S A N S W E RE D
This is a simple method o f Divination that does n o t
require any cons ul tation of T ables of Meanings T he .
SIMPLE B UT EFFECTIVE TELL I N GS 89
pack o f thirty two cards must be well shuf ed by the

-
enquirer an d cut into three unequal heaps using the ,
left han d That portion of the pack that was previously

.
in the centre is now placed at th e bottom the top section

is placed above this ; and the origin al bottom section
is placed on to p .
The cards are n ow spread o u t fanwise o n the table ,
face downwards taking care that every c ar d is visibl e

,
and that none overlap and hide a neighbouri ng card .
The enquir er must n ow think of a question an d while ,
doing s o shoul d choose three cards and place them face ,
do wnwards on the table

, .
He o r she sho ul d now think o f the second question

, , ,
and whil e doing so pick o u t seven cards placing them ,
separately o n the table al so face downwards While

, .
the t hird qu e stion is being thought o f thirteen cards ,
must be chosen and the remainder o f the pack dis

carded .
The Divi ner now turns up the r st heap o f thr ee cards

and d e termi nes from these the answer to the question
in t hi s method the lower the val ue o f the cards the less
the opposition to the success o f the enquirer the more ,
fortunate the result of his enquiry The suit colours .
must also be considered as affecting the result but the ,
greater importance rests upon the value o f the cards

in t hi s case the Ace o f co ur se is counted as the lowest
, ,
and most fortunate card in the pack .
Similarly the second heap of s e ve n cards and the third ,
h e ap o f t hirt e en will b e turne d up each in its turn and

, , ,
the answer considered .
This is not only a simple but a quick method o f Divina

tion but Obviously it only applies t o answers to denite
,
questions .
90 CARD F ORTUN E TELL I N G
D I VIN ATI ON B Y OB S TAC L E S

Ha ve the pack o f t hi rty two cards well shufed and -
cut once only Pick ou t the type card representing the

.
enquirer and hold the r e st o f the pack face do wnwards

in yo ur hand The typ e card is placed in the centre o f
.
the table the top card from t he pack is turned over and
,
plac e d above the type card the se cond card being similarly ,
placed bel ow The third is now placed o n the l e ft and the

.
four th car d o n the ri ght The fth card is placed upon .
the type card covering it The Divin er now discards

, .
eight cards al together an d that be ing done adds another

, , ,
card to eac h o f the ve in the same order as before

above be low left right an d upo n the type card
, , , , .
Disc ard eight more cards and place the n al ve cards

as before on e by o n e upo n the hea ps
, Read e ach heap
, .
in turn be ginn in g with the one from above the type card
, ,
an d only lookin g o u t for pai rs and triplets suit colour , ,
an d whether the four high cards ( the Ace here be ing

counted with the Cour t cards as t hi s method is older ,
than the o n e las t d e scribe d) or the four low cards pre

dominatethe latter being the personal e fforts o f the e u
q uir e,
r and the Court cards be ing the help o r interference
o f othe r peo ple .
D I VI N ATI O N B Y P AI R S A ND T RI P L ET S
T his method is not so O ld as som e o f the others but is
very pretty an d effective be sides bein g rel iable , .
The pack o f thirty two car ds mus t be well shuf ed -
and cut into thr ee with the left h and these being arranged ,
as before explain ed taking the original centre section

,
for the b ottom o f the newly arr anged pack The prepared .
car ds ar e n o w held in th e left ha

n d an d the three t o p c ards
are t urned up If they cont ai n two or three cards o f th e

.
92 CAR D F ORTUN E TELL I N G
of Cour t o r plain cards thus selected Should there b e .
an e qual numbe r o f cards belonging t o two o r more suits

( obviously with thirt een c ards there cannot be an equal
number o f Court o r plain cards ) you give preference to ,
that suit that has most cards o n the right o f the ro w

these being more active and aggressive .
D I VI N AT I ON B Y THE S P AD E S UIT
The pack must be shu f ed and cut into three heaps
and rebuilt as before explained
, .
The Diviner now holds the pack face upwards in his

hand thi s is different fro m most methods o f Divination ,
where the cards are generally d e alt from the top o f the
pack E ach card is looked at but un l ess it is a Spade
.
, ,
it is placed o n the table face upwards to form a fresh

, ,
pack As soon as a Spade is reached that card is al so

.
,
discarded but the next followin g card is placed face

, ,
upwards o n the table to start the necess ary fateful r ow

,
o f cards Shoul d two or more Spades come together

.
,
only the r st o n e is discarded the other o r others being

,
added t o the fateful row in front o f you together with ,
the next card following the last o f that batch o f Spades .
This is continued till the p ack is exhausted when the ,
discarded heap is taken up and treated in the sam e fashion

led

withou t b eing re shu
-
.
This process is repea ted for a third time and then the ,
type car d mus t be looked for ii it is n o t already in the

r o w it must be found and added at the end
, The Diviner .
now co un ts the third seventh and thirteenth card from

, ,
the type card in each case counting the type card as on e

, .
These three cards are n o t removed from the ro w but can ,
be pulled down a little below the leve l o f the others as ,
they form the dominant trio in this method .

SIMPLE BUT EFFECT I VE TELL I NGS 93
This co u nting is done to the l eft an d when you reach ,
the extreme card the o n e r st put o n the table you go

, ,
back to the end card at the right and so continue yo ur
count if necess ary B ut it often happe n s that al l t hr ee

.
dominant cards ar e reached before you come to the card

o n the extreme left Of thes e three cards the o n e n al ly
.
,
neares t the right is the most powerful I t cle ar ly d e pends .
upo n the position in the row o f the typ e card itself whether
the third seventh or thirteenth is the import ant card
, , .
I t is generall y agreed that by this method only ne ar

events can be pre dicted certain ly it does not cover more ,
than a month .
A somewhat simil ar method is used in E ngland with

the full pack but instead o f using the Spade suit as the
,
guide for the cards to be picked ou t you go by the points ,
o f the car ds the Ace in this method counts as o n e The .
pack having been shufed and cut into three heaps and
rebuilt as before yo u deal the c ar ds from the to p placing
, ,
each o n e face upwards o n the table as you do s o While .
y u do this yo u count al oud : o n e two thr ee four ve

o , , , , , ,
six seven eight ni ne ten Jack Queen King o n e etc

, , , , , , , , , .
I f any card irrespective o f suit turn s up at the proper

, ,

count for inst an ce if the fth card re al ly is a Five it
, ,
is placed as on e o f the fateful row and the co un ting ,
continues as before .
When the pack is exhaust e d the discarded car ds are ,
turn e d over and deal t o u t again as before t urni ng each ,
o n e up in the Spade suit method but yo u must be care

ful after the second time to note at which c ard you ce as e
calling as when you start the third de al you do n o t re
,
start the counting at one but continue from where you ,
left off .
I n addition to the cards that turn up at their o wn

proper c al ls yo u also add to the fat e ful row any cards
,
94 CARD F ORTUN E TELLIN G
that turn up three o r more at a time whether at their ,
proper call or n o t T hus t hr ee Tens three Fives woul d

.
, ,
be adde d merely because they follow each other in value

, ,
but three Hear ts o r three Spad e s would be ignored as in ,
this method the deal ing takes n o account of suits .
T he Diviner n ow forms a rough cross from the c ards

in the ro w placing the r st card from the extreme left
,
t o form the t op o f the cross the next card to form the

bottom o f the cross the third to form the right and the ,
four th the l e ft win gs The next four cards are b ui lt above

.
these in the s am e way top bottom right left and so , , , ,
you build the c ro ss till al l the chos en cards are

used up .
The to p hea p is read r st as the pre di ctions from those

,
cards ar e supposed to come r st then the bottom heap

then the right and then the left the l atter o f course , ,
being very far into the future Y o u can allow roughl y .
a for tnight for each heap .
TH E D ECI S I O N B Y A CE S
The pack o f thirt y two cards must be well shuf ed
-
and cut into t hr ee and r e built The Diviner now turns

.
up three cards at a time if an Ace appears among th e m ,
o r the type card representing the enquirer o r the Wish ,
card ( Nine o f Hearts ) those three cards must be taken

,
o u t and placed face upwards o n the table This con .
t in u e s t ill the six cards ar e al l exposed i e the fo u r Ac es , . .

,
type card and the Wish card Those sets o f three car ds
, .
not containing on e o r more o f the s ix fateful car ds are to

be discarded al together .
When the necessary cards are obtained t hey must be ,
gathered together re S hu f e d and cut and de al t out once

,
-
more in sets o f three retaining those sets onl y that c o n

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SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE TELL IN GS 95
tain on e or more o f the six cards o f Fate Thi s is repeated .
fo r a third time ifth e six cards are now gathe red together
within a total o f nine cards ( o r fewer) the Wish wil l prove
successful I f in twelve the re sult is doub tful ; but if
.
,
over twe lve the reply is in the negative I f u nder nine

, . ,
then the f e wer the car ds the quicke r and more decisive,
the resul t .
The fo ll owing is the rec ord o f an actual test an d wil l

S how how it works The type card was the King of Clubs ,
as a dark man was t he enquirer The r st t hree cards .
turned up w e re the King o f Diamonds Ac e of Spades , ,
and King of Clubs th e s e were r e t ai ned on the table as ,
they include both an Ace an d the t yp e card Th e second .
set w e re the King o f Spad e s Queen o f Spade s an d Ten , ,
o f Diamonds thes e were discard e d as useless The third .
se t were t h e Ten o f H e arts the Six of Diamonds and the , ,
King o f H e arts and we re al so discarded The fourth set

, .
were the S e ven of Spades the Eight Of Spades an d the , ,
Ac e of Diamonds and w e re kept , Th e fth se t c ontained .
the Nine o f Diamonds Eight o f Clubs and Ace of Clubs

, , ,
and o f course were retained The sixth set were the Jack .
o f Clubs , Te n o f Spad e s and Ace of He art s an d were

, ,
l e ft on the tabl e ; while the seventh se t complet e d the

r st d e al as it contain e d the Jack O f Spad e s Nine o f
, ,
Hearts and Five o f Clubs

, .
The re mainder o f the pack therefore was added t o , ,
the discar de d heap and the fteen ca r ds face upwards

, , ,

on the table we re gathered toge ther well shu l e d and
, , ,
again de al t in sets o f thr e e with the following result : ,
First came the Ace o f Spades N ine o f H eart s and Jack , ,
o f Spades ; the n the Ten of Spades Ace of Hearts and , ,
Nine o f Diamonds These were followed by th e King of

.
Diamonds Five of Clubs and Jack o f Clubs and of course

, , , ,
these thr e e cards were at once discarded to the satisfaction

96 CARD FORTUN E TELLI N G
of the enquirer T hen ca me a set consist ing of the Seven
.
o f Spades Ace o f Diamonds and E ight o f Clubs which

, , ,
were retained ; and n al ly the Eight o f Spades Ace o f, ,
Clubs and the King o f Clubs which were al so kept

, , .
These twelve cards were now gathered and sh uf ed for

the third and fateful deal the result o f w hi ch was as ,
fol l ows : The rst set contained the Ace o f Hearts Nine ,
o f Hearts and the King o f Clubs a very good start gi ving

, ,
us t hr ee o f the necessary cards at once T he second set .
contained the Nine o f Diamonds Jack o f Spades and , ,
E ight o f Clubs indicating some obstacle or di f cul ty to

,
be faced as none of these cards were o f any use and clearly

,
de l ayed the grati cation o f the enquirer s wish Then

.
came the Ace o f Clubs Ace o f Spades and Ten o f Spades

, , ,
thus destroying all hope O f immediate success but the

nal set commenced with the Ace o f Di amonds thus ,
enabl ing us t o get o u t at the tenth card This is quite .
good and shows success after some sm al l d e lay o r diffi

,
culty indeed it is al ways reckoned satisfactory if the

,
six fateful car ds can be secured at the eleventh Six or .
seven wo ul d S how s t artling and unexpected good fortune

eight or nine is extremely fortunate ten or eleven quite
satisfactory ; twelve o r thirteen are very doubtful whi le
fourteen or fteen may be looked upon as a distinct
negative .
There is another way o f decidi ng a question by the

Aces whi ch is a general favourite and is considered very
reliable .
The pack be ing well shuf ed is ou t once only with the

, ,
left hand Thirteen cards are then de al t from the top

.
,
face upwards and if any Aces ar e among them they ( the

, ,
Aces only) ar e r e tained The pack is now re sh u f

. e d
and cut and again thirteen cards are d e al t and any Ac e s
,
are removed Thi s is repeated a third tim e an d if in

.
, ,
S I MPLE B UT EFFECTIVE TELLIN GS 97
these three deals the four Aces have al l b e en secured

,
the enquirer may fe e l satise d that his wish will be granted .
Should the Aces be secured in the second deal o r in ,
the rst ( a very rare occurr e nce ) the resul t natural ly

,
will be very much more favourable But if in th e thre e .
deals only thr e e Aces are s e cu red the res ul t is doubtful

,
wher e as if fewer than three turn up the wish will not ,
b e gratied .
There is still another method o f working by the Aces

it is rathe r more elaborate and a favourabl e res ul t is not
s o e asily obtain e d First o f all pick o u t the fo ur Aces
.
,
the type card to represent the enquirer the Nine O f ,
Spades to represent disappointment and a seventh card ,
to repre s e nt th e question its e lf if about mon e y this ,
would be t he Te n of Diamonds ; if about busin e ss then ,
the Ten o f Clubs ; if about a woman then the Queen ,
nearest to her in suit colour ; if about a man then the ,
corr e sponding King For any g e neral wish choose the

.
,
Jack o f the e nquirer s own suit to repre s e nt hi s thoughts

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Thes e s e ve n cards are shu fe d but not cut and are then ,
S pr e ad face downwards in a row o n the tabl e The

, , .
r e mainde r o f the c ards are then well shuf ed and ou t once

and are turned up in a row on the tabl e seven at a time , .
The Obj ect is to nd the Wish card represent e d by the ,
Nin e o f Hearts Should this card appear in the row o f

.
s e ve n count its position from the left and turn over the
,
corre sponding c ard in the row o f fat e ful cards lying fac e ,
downwar ds on the table Sho ul d the Nine o f Hearts

, .
not appear in the rst s e ven cards repeat the process ,
as b e fore till you come to it .
If the card thus reve rs e d is the Nin e o f Spade s that ,
s e ttles t he enquiry at once by an e mphatic n e gative if

not the whol e performance is repeated and a s e cond
,
card reversed in the fateful row of seven I f the fata l .

Nine of Spad e s is once more avoided the process is re
,
p e at e d for a t hi rd time th e appearance of the Disappoint

ment card after the s e cond d e al is not of course so , ,
e mphatic as if it is reversed at once but it is still a negative

, ,
though with no att e ndant disaster or unple asantness .
I f it is discove red after the third de al there is still a chance

,
o f succ e ss if the enquirer is keen enough t o take the
necessary trouble over the matter .
The methods given s o far are all w e ll known and in

un iversal use but in the present chapter we have given
,
some very effective methods o f Telling which at the ,
same time are perfectly simple We wish to draw s pe cial

.
attention to the fact that four o f these methods can be

used at once by the student as no List of Me an ings has
,
t o be learnt o r stu di ed these four methods are The

A Week s Happe n ings

Four Aces Three Ques
tions Answered and Decision by Aces .
I oo CARD FORTUN E TELL I N G
m ostly portend happin e ss and no matter how numerous
o r how accompani e d are rar e ly o r never o f bad augury .
N ext
%
come H e arts which usually si gnify j oy liberality
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o r good temp e r ; Diamonds on th e contrary denote , ,
d elay quarrels and annoyance ; and

, ,
Spades the
w orst suit o f all grief sickness and loss o f money .
, ,
We are of course S peaking generally as in many cases

, , ,
t he position o f cards e ntir e ly chang e s their sign ic ation

t heir individual and r e lative meaning being oft e n wid e ly
d iffe rent Thus for example the King o f Hearts the
.
, , ,
N ine o f Hearts and the Nine o f Clubs respectively signify

, ,
a liberal man j oy and success in love ; but change

, ,
t h e ir position by placing the Kin g between the two Nines
a n d you wo ul d r e ad that a man then rich and happy , ,
w ould be ere long consign e d to a prison

The individual meaning attached t o the thirty two -
c ards employ e d is as follows
Ace o f Clubs S ign ie s j oy great wealth or good news

.
, ,
.
R e ve rs e d the j oy will b e O f bri e f duration

,
.
King o f Club s A frank lib e ral affectionate upright , , , ,
a n d faithful man fond o f serving his friends , Reversed .

,
h e will meet with a disappointment .
Queen o f Clubs An affectionate woman but quick ,
tempered rather amorous on e that will yield her maid e n

, ,
person t o a g e nerous lover happy and loving will b e , ,
m arri e d R eve r sed j e alous and malicious

.
, .
Jack o f Club s A clever young man g e nerous and ,
s incere . R e ve rsed a har ml e ss i r t and at te re r

,
Ten o f Club s Gre at wealth succ e ss o r grandeur , ,

.
R eversed want o f succ e ss in some small matt e r

,
.
N ine o f Club s Unexp e ct e d gain o r a l e gacy Re ,

.
vers e d s ome tri i ng pre sent you will displease yo ur

, ,
i rie n ds .
Clubs S igni es a dark person s affections

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NAPOLEON S CARD METHODS 10 1
whi ch if return e d will be the caus e o f great prosperity

, , .
R eversed those o f a fool and attendant unhappiness if

, ,
reciprocated .
S e ven of Clubs Promis e s a most brilliant fortune

.
,
o r un e xpectedl y recovered d e bt Re ve rsed a far smalle r .

,
amount .
f
Ac e o Heart s A love l e tt e r o r some pleasant news -
, .
R e versed a fri e nd s visit

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,
King o f Heart s A fair compl e xion liberal man R e , .
ve rs e d will m e e t with disap pointment

, .
Que e n of H e art s A mild amiable woman a grea t , ,
b e auty R e ve rs e d has be e n cross e d in love

.
, .
Jack o f Heart s A gay young bache lor who dream s ,
only of pl e asur e fond o f racing Re ve rsed a discont e nt e d

,
.
,
military man .
Te n o f Heart s Indicat e s happi ne ss triumph Re , .
ve rsed som e slight anxiety

, .
Nine o f Hearts Joy satisfaction success are your

.
, , ,
d e light Re ve rs e d a passing chagrin

.
, .
Eight of Heart s A fair person s a ffe ctions Reversed

.
,
indifference on their part .
Seve n of H e art s Will b e happily married pleasan t ,
thoughts tranquillity , Revers e d e nnui we arin e ss .

, , .
Ace of Diamond s Shows a pe rson fond of rural sports ,
also fond O f garde ning I t also signies a l e tter s oon t o .
b e r eceived ; an d if the card be r e versed containin g ,
bad news .
K ing o f Diamond s A fair man o f a ery t e mp e r

g e n e rally in the army but both cunning and dange rous .
Reve rsed a thre at e ned dang e r caused by machination s

, ,
on his part .
Queen of Diamonds An ill bred scandal loving woman -

,
-
,
unst e ady R evers e d she is to b e gr e atly f e are d

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, .
Jack of Diamonds A t ale bearing s e rvant o r u n -

,
10 2 CA RD F ORTUN E TELLIN G
faithful friend Reve rs e d will be th e cause of mischi e f
.
,
an d unhappin e ss .
Te n of Diamond s Indicates a husband and wife with ,
great w e alth many Chil dr e n ; a j ourn e y o r change of

, ,
residenc e Rev e rs e d it will not prove fortunat e

.
, .
Nine o f Diamonds Annoyance delay Re vers e d , .

,
e ither a family or a love quarrel .
Eight o f Diamonds Love making Reve rs e d u n .

,
s uccessful .
Seve n o f Diamond s Declares that you will sp e nd

your happi e st days in t he country and have u n in te r ,
r u p te d happiness Reve r sed implicat e d in a foolish

.
,
s candal .
N B In order to know whether the Ace Te n Nine

. .
, , ,
Eight and Seven o f Diamonds ar e r e versed it is b e tter

, ,
t o make a small pencil mark on e ach to S how which is ,
the to p of the ca r d .
Ace o f Spade s Pleasure Reversed grief bad news .

, ,
.
King o f Spade s An e nvious man an enemy or a , ,
d ishonest lawye r who is to be fear e d Rev e rs e d impot e nt

,
.
,
malice .
Que e n of Spad e s A loving wi dow Reversed a dan .

,
g e rons and malicious woman .
Jack of Spade s A dark ill br e d youn g man Re ,

-
.
ve rsed he is plotting som e mischief

, .
Te n o f Spade s A card o f bad import Tears a prison .

,
.
Reversed bri e f a fiction

, .
Nine o f Spade s Tidings O f a d e ath Revers e d it wi ll

. .
,
b e some n e ar relativ e .
Eight o f Spad e s The most unlucky car d in the pack. .
Approaching illn e ss Re versed a marriage broken o ff .

, ,
o r offer refused .
S e ven o f Spades Slight annoyances loss of a friend ,

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R e versed a foolish intrigue

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104 CAR D F ORTUN E TE LL I N G
T wo Tens Change trade o r profession ; reversed of ,
denotes that the prospect is only a distant o n e .
Four Nin e s A great s urprise reversed a public dinner , .
Three Nine s J o y fortune he alth ; reversed wealth, , ,
l ost by imprudence in marriage .
Two Nines A little gain ; reversed tri ing losses at

.
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,
c ards.
Four E ight s A short j ourney reversed the return o f ,
a friend or relative .
Three Eight s Thoughts o f m ar riage ; reversed folly , ,
irtation .
Two E ight s A brief love dr eam reversed small -

,
pl e as ures and tri ing pains .
Four Sevens I ntrigues among servants o r low people

.
,
threats snares and disputes reversed that the ir malice

, , ,
will be impotent to harm and that the punishment will ,
f al l o n themselves .
Three Seven s Sickness premature o l d age ; reve rsed

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, ,
slight and brief indisposition .
Two Sevens Levity ; reversed regret

.
, .
Any picture card between two others o f equa l value

-
as two Tens two Aces e ta denotes that the person

, ,
represented by that card runs the risk o f a pris on .
It requir es n o gr eat effort to commit the se sign ic ations

t o memory but it mus t b e rememb e red that th e y are but
,
w hat the al phabe t is to the print e d book a little attention

and practice however will soon enable the learner to form
, ,
thes e mystic letters into words and words into phr ases in , ,
other language to assemble these cards together and read

,
the events past and t o come the ir pictured faces pretend

, ,
to reveal .
There are several ways o f doing thi s but we will give

them al l so as to a fford o ur readers an ample C hoice o f
,
m ethods o f prying in to fut urity .

NAPOLEON S CARD METHODS 10 5
No . I .
D EA L I N G TH E C ARD S BY T H REE S
First take the pack o f thirty two sel e cted cards ( viz : -
the Ace King Queen Jack Ten Nine Eight and Seven
, , , , , , ,
o f each suit
) ha vi ng b e fore xed upon the o n e you intend
,
t o represent yourself supposing always you are makin g ,
the e ssay o n your own b e half If not it must r e pre sent .

,
the person for whom you are acting In doing this it is .

,
n e c e ssary to rememb e r that the card chos e n should b e

c c or din g to the compl e xion of the choos e r King or Que e n
o f Diamonds fo r a very fair person the same of Hearts fo r ,
o n e rath e r darker Clubs for on e dark e r still and Spad e s

, ,
only for one very dark indeed The card chosen also los e s .
its signication and simply b e com e s the re pre s e ntative o f

,
a dark o r fair man or wom an as the case may b e , .
Having settl e d this point shufe the ca r ds and eithe r , ,
cut th e m or have the m cut for you ( accordi ng to wh e ther

you are acting for yours e lf or another person ) taking care ,
to use the left hand That don e turn them up by thr e e s .

, ,
and eve ry tim e you nd in these tripl e ts two of the same

suit such as two H e arts two Clubs e tc withdraw the , ,
highest card and place it on the table b e fore you I f the .
triplet should chance to b e all of the same suit the highest ,
car d is still to be the only on e withdrawn ; but sho ul d it

consist of thr ee o f the same value but different suits such ,
as three Kings e tc the y are all to be appropriated We

, .
, .
will suppose that after ha ving turned up the cards three

, ,
by three you have b e en able to withdr aw Six leavin g

, ,
twenty six which you shufe and cut and again turn up
-
, ,
by t hr ees acting pre cis e ly as you di d before until you

, ,
have Obtained either t hir teen ft e en o r seve nt ee n cards , , .
Recollect that the numb e r mus t always b e un e ve n and ,
that the card r e presenting the person for whom the essay
is made must make one o fit Even if the requisite thirteen .
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10 6 CAR D F ORTUN E TELLIN G
fteen o r seve nte e n have been obtained and this o n e has
, ,
n o t made its appearance the O p e ration must be r ec o m ,
m e n c e d Let us suppos e the person whose fortune is being

.
r e ad to be a lady repres e nted by the Que en of H e a r ts, ,
and that fteen cards have be e n obtained and laid out

in t he form o f a half circl e in the order they we re drawn ,
viz the S e v e n of Clubs t he Ten of Diamonds the Seven

.
, ,
o f H e arts the Jack o f Clubs the King of Diamonds the

, , ,
Nine of Diamonds the Ten O f Hearts the Que e n of Spade s

, , ,
t h e Eight of H e arts t h e Jack of Diamonds the Qu e en o f , ,
Hearts the Nin e of Clubs the S e v e n of Spad e s the Ace

, , ,
o fClubs and the Eight of Spades

, Having considered your .
cards you will nd among th e m two Queens two Jacks

, , ,
two Tens thre e Sev e ns two E ig hts and two Nines you
, , ,
are therefore able t o announce

, ,
Th e two Que e ns signify t he r e union O f friends the

two Jacks that the r e is mischi e f being made be twe en
,
th e m Th e se two T e ns denote a C hange o f profession

.
,
which fro m one of them b e ing between two Sev e ns I see

, ,
w ill not be eff e cted without some di fculty t h e cause of ,
w hich according t o th e s e three Seve ns will be ill ness

, ,
.
H owe ver the s e two Nines promise s ome small gain

, ,
resulting so say these two Eights from a love affair .
You now b e gin t o count seve n cards from right to l e ft ,
beginning with the Queen o f Hearts who repre s e nts the ,
lady you are acting for The seventh being the King o f .
Diamonds you may say ,
You often think o f a fair man in uniform .
The next seve nth card ( counting the King of Diamonds

as o n e ) prove s t o b e th e Ac e o f Clubs you add
Y o u will rec e ive from hi m some very j oyful tidi ngs
%
he b e sides intends making you a pres e nt
, ,
.
Count the Ace o f Clubs as o n e and proce e d ing to ,

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the n e xt s eventh card the Queen o f Spades you re sum e , ,

10 8 CARD FORTUN E TELL I N G
Jack o f Diamonds and Nine o f Diamonds al though this
happy result will be delayed for a time thr ough some fair ,
young man not fam e d for his delicacy Eight of Hearts

, .
and Ten o f Hearts love j oy and triumph The Queen of

, , .
Spades who remains alon e is the widow who is endeavour

, ,
ing t o inj ur e you an d who nds herself abandoned by all

,
her friends

N ow gather up the cards you have been using sh u l e ,
and cut them with the l e ft hand and proceed t o make ,
th e m into three packs by dealing o n e t o the left o n e in the ,
middle and one t o the right a fourth is laid aside t o form

,
a Surprise . Then continue t o deal the cards t o each of

the three packs in turn until the ir number is exhausted
, ,
when it will b e found that the l e ft hand and middl e packs -
contain each ve cards whilst the o n e on the right hand

,
consists o f only four .
N ow ask the person consulting you to select one of the

three packs W e will suppose this t o be the middle one
.
,
and that the cards comprising it are the Jack of Diamonds ,
the King o f Diamonds the Seven o f Spades the Queen of

, ,
Spades and the Sev e n o f Clubs These by recollectin g

, .
,
o u r previous instructions regarding the individu al an d

relative signication of the cards are e as ily interpreted as
,
follows
The Jack o f Clubs a fair young man possessed of ,
n o delicacy o f feeling who seeks t o inj ur e the King of

,
Diamonds a fa ir man in uniform S e ven of Spad e s an d

wil l succeed in causing him some annoyance the Que e n
o f Spad e s at the instigation o f a spiteful woman Sev e n
o f Clubs but by means o f a s mall sum o f money matters
will be nally easily arranged .
Next take up the left hand pack which is for the ,
house the former one having b e e n for the lady herself .
Supposin g it to consist o f the Que en o f H e arts the Jack ,

N AP OLEON S CARD METHODS

10 9
of Clubs th e Eight of Hearts the Nine o f Diamonds and

, , ,
the Ac e of Clubs they would r e ad thus

,

Q ue e n o f Hearts the lady whos e fortune is b e ing
told is o r soon will be in a house - Jack o f Clubs wh e re
, ,
she wil l m e e t with a d ark young man who Eight o f ,
Hearts will entreat her assistanc e to forward his interests

with a fair girl Nine of Diamondshe having met with
d e lays and disappointment Ace o f Clubs but a lett e r
will arrive announcing the possession of money which will ,
r e move all di fcultie s .

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The third pack is for thos e who did not expe ct it and ,
w ill be composed o f four cards ; le t us say the Ten of

H e arts Nin e o f Clubs Eight of Spades and Ten of
, , ,
Diamonds signifying ,
The Ten o f Hearts an un expected piece o f good

fortun e and gr e at happiness Nin e of Clubsc aused by an
unlook e d for l e gacy Eight of Spades which j oy may
-
perhaps b e followe d by a slight sickn essTen o f Spade s

the res ul t of a fatiguing j ourney .
There now remains on the table only the card intended

for the Surpris e This howe ve r must b e left u m
.
, ,
touch e d th e other cards gathe re d up shufed cut and

, , , ,
again laid out in thre e packs not forgetting at th e rst ,
d e al to add a card to th e Surp rise After the di fferent .
packs have been duly examin ed and explain e d as befor e ,
d e scrib e d th e y must again b e gathe red up shuf ed et c

, , ,
.
,
ind e ed t he whol e operation repeated after whi ch the thr e e

, ,

cards fo r ming th e Surprise are examined ; and sup
posing them to be the S e ven o f H e arts the Jack of Clubs , ,
and th e Que e n of Spades are to be thus int e rpret e d

,
S e ve n of H e arts pl e asan t thoughts and fri e ndly in

tentions Jack of Clubs o f a dark young man Qu ee n of
Spade srelative to a malicious dark woman or widow , ,
who will cause him much unhappiness .

1 10 CA RD FORTUN E TELLIN G
NO . 2 .
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D EAL I N G TH E C ARD S BY S E VE N S
You now shu f e the pack of thirty two selected cards -
,
which as we b e fore stated consist of t he Ac e King Queen

, , , , ,
Jack Te n Nine Eight and Seven of e ach suit e ither

, , , , ,
cut them yo urself o r if acting for anoth e r p e rson let that

, , ,
pe rson cut them taking car e t o u se the left hand Then

,
.
count seven cards beginning with the o n e lying on th e top

,
o f the pack The rst six are usel e ss s o put them aside
.
, ,
and retain only the seventh which is to be placed face ,
uppermost on the table befor e you Repe at this thre e .
tim e s more th e n shuf e and cut th e cards you have thrown

,
o n one side togeth e r with those remaining in your hand

, ,
and tell them out in sev e ns as b e fore until you have thus ,
obtained twe lve cards I t is however indispensable that.

, ,
t he o n e representing the person whose fortune is b e ing told

should be among the numb e r therefore the whol e opera ,
tion must be re commenc e d in case of it not having mad e

its appearance Your twelve cards b e ing now spread o u t
.
before you in the orde r in which they have come to hand ,
you may begin t o explain the m as d e sc r ib e d in the mann e r

o f de al ing t h e cards in threes always bearing in m ind both ,
the ir in dividual and relative signication Thus yo u rst .

,
count the cards by seve ns b e ginning with the one r e pre ,
s e nting the person for whom you are acting going from ,
right to left Th e n take the two cards at either e xtr e mity

.
o f t h e line o r half circle and unit e them and aft e rwards

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, ,
form the thre e h e aps or packs and the Surpris e pre

c ise l y as we hav e b e fore d e scribed I nde e d the only .
,
d iff e rence between t he two methods is the manner in whi c h

the cards are obtained .
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I n order t o rend e r our meaning perfectly clear we will ,
g ive another example Let us suppose the pack for the

.
person consulting is compos e d o f the Jack of Hearts the ,
Ace of Diamonds the Queen o f Clubs and the Eight o f

, ,
S pades reversed B y the aid o f the list o f m e anings we

.
have given it will be e asy to interpret them as follows

The Jack o f H earts is a gay young bachelor the Ace
o f Diamonds who has writt e n or will very s oon write a , ,
lett e r the Queen of Clubs to a dark woman Eight o f

S pades revers e d to make proposals to her which will not ,
be acc e pted .
On looking back t o the list o f signications it w il l be ,
found to run thus

Jack o f Hearts A gay young bachelor who thinks only ,
o f pleasure.
Ace o f Diamond s A letter soon to be received ,

.
Que e n o f Club s An affectionate wom an but quick ,
t emp e r e d and touchy .
Eight o f Spade s If revers e d a marriage broken o ff o r , , ,
O ff e r refused .
I t will thus be se e n that each card forms as it were a , ,
hrase from an ass e mblage o f which nothing but a littl e

p ,
practic e is required to form complet e sent e nces Of this .
we will give a furt her example by interpr e ting the signi ,
%
c ation of th e thre e other packs for the house for ,
t hos e who do not e xp e ct it and the Surprise The

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,

rst o f these for the house we will suppose to consist
, ,
o f the Qu e en O f Hearts the Jack o f Spade s reve rsed the

, ,
A c e o f Clubs and the Nine o f Diamonds which reads

, ,
t hus :
The Queen o f H e arts is a fair woman mild and amiable ,
in disposition who Jack o f Spades reversed will be de

,
c e ive d by a dark ill bred young man the Ace o f Clubs

,
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b u t she will rece ive some good n e ws which will console ,

NAPOLEON S CARD METHODS

1 13
her Nine of Diamondsalthough it is probable that the

n e ws may be d e laye d .
The pack for those who do not expect it consisting ,
o f the Queen o f Diamonds the King o f Spad e s the Ace o f, ,
Hearts revers e d and the Seve n o f Spades would signify

, ,
The Qu e en of Diamonds is a mischi e f making woman -
the King o f Spade s who is in leagu e with a dishon e st

lawyer Ac e o f H e arts r e vers e d the y will hold a consulta -
tion togeth e r Seve n of Spades but the harm they will

do will soon be r epair e d .
Last com e s the Surprise formed by we will suppose , , ,
th e Jack of Clubs the Ten o f Diamonds the Queen o f

, ,
Spades and the Nine o f Spades o f which the in te rpre

, ,
t atio n is
The Jack of Clubs is a clever enterprising young man ,
Ten of Diamonds about to undertake a j ourney Queen

o f Spades for the purpos e o f vi siting a widow Nine of
Spades but o n e or both of the ir live s will be endangered .
No 4 T H E . . T W E N T Y ON E C ARD S -
After having shuf ed the thirty two cards and cut or -

, ,
had th e m cut with the left hand withdr aw from the pack
, ,
t he rst e l e v e n and lay the m on o n e S ide

, The remaind e r .
twenty one in all are to be shuf e d again and cut That

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done lay the topmost card on o n e side to form the S ur

,
pris e and range the r e ma ining twenty before you in the

, ,
order in which th e y com e to hand Then see whether the .
card re pre s e nting the pe rson consulting you is among them ;

if not one must be withdrawn from the eleven useless ones
, ,
and plac e d at the right e xtre mity o f the rowwhere it

repr e s e nts the missing card no matter what it may really ,
be . W e will howeve r suppose that the p e rson wishing to

, ,
make the essay is an o f cer in the army and consequently ,
H
1 14 CARD FORTUNE TELLIN G
r e presented by the King of Diamonds and that the twenty ,
cards range d before you are the Queen of Diamonds the ,
King o f Clubs the Te n of H e arts th e Ac e o f Spades the

, , ,
Qu e e n o f H e arts revers e d the S e ven o f Spades the Jack

, ,
o f Diamonds the Te n o f Clubs the King of Spad e s the

, , ,
Eight o f Diam onds the King of H e arts the Nine o f Clubs

, , ,
the Jack o f Spades rev e rsed th e S e ven of Hearts the Ten

, ,
o f Spades the King o f Diamonds the Ace of Diamonds

, , ,
the S e ve n of Clubs the Nine of Hearts the Ac e o f Clubs

, , .
Y o u n o w proceed t o examin e the cards as they lie and ,
p e rceiving that al l th e four Kin gs are there you can ,
predict that gr eat r e wards await the person consulting you ,
and that he will gain great dignity and honour The two .
Queens one o f them reve rsed announce the r e u nion of

, ,
two s orrowful fr i e nds the three Ac e s for e t e ll good n e ws

the thre e Jacks one o f them r e versed quarrels with some
, ,
low person the thr e e T e ns improper conduct , .
You now explain the cards comm e ncin g with the r st

,
on the l e ft hand viz the Que e n o f Diamonds :

, . The
Queen O f Diamonds is a mischief making underbre d -
,
woman the Ki n g o f Clubs e ndeavourin g to win the

affections o f a worthy and estimable man Ten o f He arts
over whose scruples she will triumph Ace of Spade s .
The affair wil l make some noise Que e n of H e arts reve rsed
and greatly distre ss a charm ing fair woman who loves
him S e ven o f Spad e s but her grief wil l not be o f long
duration Jack of DiamondsAn unfaithful servant
.
Ten o f Clubs will make away with a consid e rable sum o f

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m oney King o f Spades and will be brought to trial

E ight o f Diamonds but saved from punishm e nt through
a woman s agency

King o f Hearts
.
A fair man o f liberal
di sposition Nin e o f Clubs will receive a large sum of
m oney Jack o f Spade s reversed which will expose him
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t o the mali ce o f a d ark youth o f coarse manners Seven .

C HAPTER VI I I
SO M E U N U S U A L M ET H O D S OF TE LL I N G
UITE rec e ntly we came across a little known method -
of card telling and as it is both simpl e and fas

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c in atin g we obtained p e rmission t o publish it and explain

,
t he working .
The full pack o f cards is us e d and must be thoroughly ,
s hu fed by the e nquir e r w e were interest e d in h e arin g

that this m e thod can be us e d for indicating our own im
m e diate futur e though this is fo r bidden o r a t least dis
, ,
c o ur age d in m ost other syst e ms o f working the cards

, .
TH E L U N A R S YS TE M OF T E LL I N G
Aft e r the pack has b e en thoroughly mix e d the name ,
o f the bottom card should be noted on paper for r efe r ence ,
as this card acts the part of S ign ic ato r in othe r w ords ,
it represents the enquire r Th e n the pack must b e ou t

.
o nce wi th the l e ft hand and t h e expos e d card should also

, ,
be not e d this ca r d represents the thoughts wish o r most , ,
important matt e r in which the enquir e r is int e r e sted .
This can of course b e anyth ing from a business d e al a , ,
l ove affair t o t h e serious illn e ss Of a fri e nd or o f oneself

, ,
.
Th e cut po r tion o f the pack must now be r e placed so ,
that the original botto m card retains this position Then .
s e ven cards are de al t one by o n e fac e upwards s o as t o

, ,
form a row o n the table these cards ru n from l e ft t o

right N ow lay o u t three other S imilar rows each one
.
,
I I6
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Now com e s the part that ne e ds a l ittl e c are and thought ,
but when understood it is really quite simple The rough

,
.
s quar e represents a lunar month beyond which th e card s ,
will not guide you and nothing can be done in the way of
,
divination un less you can x the position of the two ca rds

exposed when the pack w as cut as a lready e xplain e d th e ,
rst of the s e r e prese nts the Enquirer and the s e cond his ,
or h e r Thoughts .
Glanc e car e fully over the exposed cards and see if e ithe r
or both of th e s e p e rsonal cards have b e e n exposed in
the lunar squar e If you are fortunate and both personal
.
,
cards are shown on th e tabl e you can at once mak e your ,
d e cision in the way t o be e xplain e d later .
But if you nd only o n e pe rsonal card exposed you are ,
allowed to continue the pre paration in the hop e that the ,
second card will tur n up b e for e you read what th e card s

fo r e t e ll
.
You must note the row in which yo u n d the one p e r

sonal car d b e caus e that particular row must not b e touched
, ,
n o r any row above it So if t hi s p e rsonal card falls in the

.
bottom row you can do no more and must r e ad the

, ,
car ds as th e y lie on the table If however it is in the .

, ,
thi r d row from the top this would leave the bottom r o w
,
fre e to b e alt e r e d if in the s e cond row you would have th e ,
two bottom rows at your disposal whil e if it falls in the

top row the n you can change the following twe ntyone cards
, .
\Vh at e ve r it may b e o n e two or thr e e rows you take

, , , ,
up th e u n u sed po r tion of the pack and plac e extra cards

upon the alr eady exposed car ds on the table and go o n ,
to the tw e nty e ight h car d To make this cl e ar suppose o n e

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,
p e rsonal card is shown in th e t Op row of the o riginal de al .
You now commence on the r st card of the s e cond row ,

an d distribut e twe ntyone car ds thus cov e ring all the thr e e
,
lower rows This l e av e s only th re e cards in hand so

.
,
w hat e v e r happe ns you cannot go furth e r and would have ,
t o r e ad the ca r ds as th e y lie with only o n e personal card

,
t o guid e you unl e ss the s e cond has now been exposed

, .
B ut in most cas e s when one pe rsonal card is e xpos e d in

,
t he top r o w its companion will app e a r d ur ing this s e cond

,
d elive r y o f the cards .
Now suppos e t he o n e pe r son al card is shown in the

s e cond row of the original layout You now start cove ring .
,
by placi n g a fr e sh ca r d f r om the unus e d portion of the pack

o n to t h e rst card of t h e third row and continue to t h e ,
end o f th e squar e This m e ans t h e addition o f fou rt e e n

.
c a r ds
, but still l e ave s only twe nty e ight cards e xpos e d-
.
I t is quite p r obable that the s e cond pe r sonal card w ill

now b e visibl e in which case your pr e pa r ation is complete
, ,
a n d you r ead t he ca r ds as w e shall e xplain .
But if by C hanc e th e s e cond pe r sonal card is not then

s hown you are al lowed a third att e mpt But you must
, .
b e ca reful to rememb e r that you onl y hav e ten cards in

hand now and you mu st cove r whole rows at a time or
,
non e at all So in this case instead of starting with the

.
,
r st ca r d of th e third row you l e ave that row intact an d

, ,
p lace a f r esh card on the rst place in the bottom ro w .
This again l e aves you wi th three cards in hand and you ,
p r oceed to your divination as b e for e explain e d whether

, ,
the s e cond pers on al card is expos e d o r not .
If the o n e e xpos e d p e rsonal car d is in the third row of

t he original s quare you can of course only r e cove r the
bottom row which you proce e d t o do Wh e n you have
,
.
a dd e d s e v e n ca r ds se e if t h e second p e rsonal card is now

,
expos e d if it is you stop and give your r e ading If not

,
. ,
o u d e al out s e v e n more c ar ds and again e xamin e th e m

y .
O bviously you can do this three times when you have only ,
1 20 CARD FORTUN E TELLIN G
I n that case you can only ad vise your client to go on
hopin g and working to his e n d as nothing will come his ,
way for the next four weeks You can offer t o consult the
.
cards again for him or he r but not under fourteen days

, .
I f only o n e person al card is exposed in th e lunar square ,
you study the cards from that to the nal ca r d explaining ,
that the decision will be delayed over the four we eks and ,
that a fresh cons u ltation of the cards in a fortnight s time
wil l help to clear matt e rs up Meanwhil e t he suits o f the

.
cards following the personal card will enable you t o

encourage or discourage your enquirer .
I f n e ither o f the pe rson al cards is shown you can give ,
no decision either way the cards must be consult e d again

o r the decision accepted as a negative or unfavourable one .
Apart from the qu e stion o f suits you must also study ,
the values o f the cards The Court cards repre sent pe opl e
.
,
the King and Qu een being mal e and fem al e friends the ,
Jacks business acquain tances o r strangers if the matt e r ,
is purely personal .
Y o u mus t al so remember that the higher common e r

cards Six Seven Eight Nine and Ten are mor e powe rful
, , , , ,
for good or for evil than the lowe r cards Two Three Fo ur , , ,
and Five The Ace is always very powe rful

. .
There is on e other point for consid e ration and this ,
applie s to cases wher e the re are a large numb e r of cards

between th e two pe rsonal cards o r alt e rnatively when only
,
o n e pe rson al card is expos e d Y o u are al lowed to cancel

.
cards in couples under certa in conditions For instance

,
.
,
a He ar t can cancel a corr e sponding Spad e or a Diamond ,
c an cel a Club but th e Court cards and Aces are not to be

,
touched You can pair eith e r a Two Thr e e Four or Five

.
, ,
with an y oth e r o f the same seri e s or a Six S e ven Eight , , ,
N e or Ten with any other o fthat particular s e ri e s subj e ct ,
t o the rule as to Suit val ues .

UNUSUAL METHODS OF TELLIN G 1 21
Thus a Two of Hearts and a Five o f Spades can be paire d

and both cards are the n removed from the lunar S quare .
toge the r with any cards unde rn e ath th e m in case yo u ,
have form e d th e row more than once I n th e same way .

,
fr om the high e r seri e s you can pair a Ten o f Diamonds

,
with an Eight of Clubs and so ou any of the high e r

,
Diamonds can b e pair e d with any of the higher Clubs th e ,
H e arts with the Spad e s any of t he lowe r Diamonds wit h

any of the lower Clubs the H e arts with the Spades
,
.
The importanc e of this pairing tog e th e r with the removal

,
of all cards affe ct e d will b e found far gre at e r in actual

,
pr actic e than it may app e ar on pap e r Suppose for in .

,
stanc e that you have both per sonal cards expos e d wit h
, ,
nin e other cards b e twe e n th e m s e ve n o f th e se b e ing Re d

,
cards and two Black If by good fortun e you can pair the
.
two Black ca r ds with two Re d cards you will have an

unbrok e n s e ri e s of ve Red c ards This is not quit e so
.
fortunat e as an o rigin al s e que nc e of ve Re d cards but it ,
shows that al l obstacles can b e ove rcom e and that is the ,
important point .
In th e sam e way if the colours had b e e n revers e d you

would be fac e d with a s e ri e s o f ve Black cards far mor e
di fcult to ove rcome than the original se ries o f s e ve n
Black and two Re d cards
This Lunar Squar e system is so fascinating and cl e ver ,
as we ll as b e ing ve r y reliabl e that we st r ongly re comm e nd

,
a car e ful study o f its rul e s it has the additional merit of

b e ing known only to a few .
S EP H A RIAL S

M ET HO D
This m e thod is bas e d upon the Chald e an scienc e o f
Horoscopy and e mploys the Twelve C e l e stial Houses or
,
Signs as a means o f int e rpr e tation toge th e r with four

,
1 22 CARD F ORTUN E TELLIN G
c e ntral positions which indicate the imm e diate surround
ings and o n e card on th e top o f the S ign ic ato r
, .
The orde r in which the th irty two car ds are d e alt out
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,
aft e r b e ing shu fe d and cut to thr e e packs is represented ,
in the following diag ram .
M ET H O D

S EP H A R IA L S
Imagine the S ign ic ato r to be in the centre Deal out .
t h e cards in t h e order in di cat e d by the numbers I to 2 9 .
You will have thr e e cards left over .
I N TER P RE TATI O N
Nos .and I 8 signify th e p e rson al condition of the con
1
sul t an t his h e alth m e nt al state what affe cts him for

, ,
good or e vil as r e gar ds his p e rsOn .
2 and 1 9 wi ll S how by what m e ans h e will gain or lose
h is money matt e rs .
3 and 2 0 show his letters and short j ourneys his neigh ,
bours and r e lative s .

1 24 CARD FO RTUN E TELLIN G
N ow observe that the Ace of Diamonds is well placed in
the I st position the Ten of Diamonds in the ro th place
, ,
t h e Ace o f Clubs in th e 1 0 th place the Ten of Clubs in the ,
7t h place the Ace of Hearts in the 7th place the Ten o f

, ,
Hearts in the 4th place the Ace of Spades in the 4th place , ,
the Te n o f Spades in the I st place All th e se are g ood .
positions and augur good fortune and an honourable career

, .
When Kings occupy the angles the destiny is set in high

places W h en Queens are there it shows the enquirer to be
.
too much under the sway o f women and liabl e t o scandal .
W hen Jacks it portends a dishonourable fame The Tens

.
,
o r Aces are good in th e angl e s I f the wish card holds the .
I st or ro t h plac e th e consultant will gain his great e st wish

,
.
If in the 7th place it will come through marriage I f in

, .
the 4th by inheritanc e and n e arer the end of life

,
.
The Nine of Spades is uniformly e vil unless falling with

the Ten o f H e arts when it is in a measur e corrected
,
.
Gre at good may be expected from that quarter wher e in

the Ten of H e arts and the Ace of Clubs or D iamonds shall
fall ; as if in the 7th House from the wife in the r 1 th , ,
friends in the 3rd r e latives in the 1 0 th busin e ss

, ,
and s o forth .
The Ace o f Spad e s and the N in e of Diamonds S how acci

d e nts when falling in th e I s t or 1 0 th place The Ace o f .
Spad e s and Nine o f Spades S how heavy losses The Ace of .
Spades and Te n of Spades S how gr e at g r ief and bereave

m e nt and if it falls in the 4th or 1 0 th place it shows the
,
death o f pare nts in the 7th of the wife and s o o n ,

.
D EA L I N G TH E C ARD S BY S I % TEE N S

After the thirty two cards have b e en we ll shu l e d and
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cut by the enquire r they are de al t out into two packs of

,
sixteen cards each and the enquirer must choos e one of

,
these The top card is now r e moved face do wnwards and

.
, ,
plac e d by its e lf on t h e table .
Th e other ft e en are turned up and ranged in order fro m

left to right in front o f the divin e r The type card re p re .
,
s e nting th e e nquire r mu st be among th e m ifit is not th e re

, ,
all th e cards must b e gath e r ed up re sh u f e d and cut and ,

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,
the preliminary proc e ss must be rep e ated This goes o n .
till the type car d appears among the ft e en in the row .
Th e r e ading is giv e n in two ways rst by noting any

pai r s tripl e ts or quartettes among th e m giving the
, , ,
m e aning from the Table given for the English syst e m .
Th e y should then b e consult e d in pairs as b e fore by ,
taking one car d f r om e ach e n d of th e row l e aving a fateful ,
mast e r card for th e nish This card as in a form e r e xp e ri

-
.
,
m e nt has more force than any of the seven pairs

, .
When this has b e e n done t he fte en cards are gathe red

,
tog e the r and w e ll shu fed and then d e alt s o as t o form

,
thr e e packs of ve cards e ach The top card from each .
heap is th e n taken and adde d to the single face down card -
t o fo r m t h e Su r pris e Thus we ge t four packs o f four cards

.
each .
Th e e nquir e r now choos e s on e of the three h e aps h e

must not touch t he Surprise h e apand this is r e ad as
applying to him o r her s e lf Of the two re m ai ning heaps
.
,
t h e l e ft hand one affects t he home and the right hand one

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covers som e on e e ls e clos e ly connect e d with the

e nquirer .
Finally th e r e is the Surpris e which repres ents something

,
unexp e ct e d at the mom e nt by the enquirer .
S O M E I TA L IA N M ET HO D S
The pack of thirty two cards are we ll shu fed an d cut
-
o nce The pre sent method is dependent upon the suit

.
colo u rs and the di vin e r goes thr ough the pack turning up
, ,
thr e e cards at a time Should all thre e b e of one suit they

.
,
ar e plac e d face upwards on the tabl e forming th e usual ,
row from left t o right If only two o f a suit come togeth e r .

,
the highe r card in face value is add e d to the row and the
other is r e j ected I f al l three cards are of diff e rent suits
.
,
al l ar e r e j e cted .
When the pack has b e e n d e alt with in this manner the ,
r e j e cted cards are re shu fe d cut and dealt for a second

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, ,
time in th r e e s This is rep e at e d till ft e e n cards are in th e

.
ro w . I t is howeve r absolut e ly n e cessary that the type

, ,
card repr e s e nting the e nquire r should be in the row and

, , ,
if it appears among the ft e en all is w e ll so far If howeve r .

, ,
it is not in the row the proc e ss of d e aling in threes and

,
adding t o the row must be re pe ated till th e t ype card is

s e cure d this shows d ii c u l tie s and troubl e s and wo rries
for the enqui re r according to t he numb e r of ca r ds adde d in
,
this way Should th e re b e mor e than fteen cards in the

.
compl e t e d row retain only the n e cessary numb e r counting

, ,
from the extreme right which in most cases would o fcourse ,
be the t ype card itself unless it made its appearance as

o n e of a se t of thr e e cards of a suit in which cas e ( all three ,
having t o be add e d t o the row) o n e o r two other cards

might be o n the right o f th e typ e card .
The row having thus been reduc e d to fteen cards pair ,
them off o n e from each end as in pre vious m e thods taking

, , ,
the last ( or c e ntre ) card as the dominant or Surpris e Now .
have the fte e n cards shu f e d and cut and de al th e m , ,
o n e by o n e into ve heaps o f thr e e c ar ds

,
These shoul d b e .
r e ad s e parately the heap on the l e ft b e ing for the enquir e r

,
hims e lf the s e cond for the home the t hi rd for th e expected

, , ,
the fourth for the unexpe ct e d and the fth for a consolation ,
.
Anoth e r I talian method is to sort the cards into suits ,
face upwards o n the table e ach suit forming a s e parate

He now deals th e s e into three heaps face downwards , ,
a n d asks the enquirer to choose one of those packs The se .
must b e expo sed o n the table face upwards and o n e by ,
o n e beginning by placing the top card o n the extreme left

, .
The y should now b e r e ad by their inner meanings ,
a ccor di ng to the Table given and the nam e s of the cards , ,
six to seven as it may be should be noted down on paper

,
.
Th e whole pack is now gathered up again with the exception

o f the c ard placed aside for the Surprise and the whole ,
process is repeat e d taking care as before that th e enquirer s

,
type card is among the twe nty retained for dealing into the
thr ee necessary heaps the top card of the twe nty one being -
a dded to the Surprise as with the rst deal .
The whole thing is repeated for a third time s o as to ,
c over the immediate past the present and the imme diate
, ,
future You will aft e r e ach deal have made a note o f the
.
, ,
cards contained in each o fthe three chosen heaps and these , ,
however many their number should now be picked out and ,
a rranged in three groups o n e o fth e se containing the cards

t hat only appeared once another those that appear e d ,
twice an d nally those important and fatef ul cards ( if any)

,
that appeared in all three of the chosen heaps .
Thes e should be looked through again for any pairs ,
triplets o r quadruplets an d their meaning read from the

,
Table given And n al ly the diviner should study the suit

.
c olours in each o f th e se groups which r e pr e sent r e spectively

,
the small affairs the more important happenings and the

,
r eally serious events that fa c e the enquirer But it does .
not often happen that the same card reappears in all three
o f the C hosen packs .
Th e re is still the Surprise to read and that naturally , ,
governs something unexpected in this cas e also pairs and

triplets should be noted and also the important suit ,
c olours .
This is a very thorough m e thod o f di vination by cards ,
but it occasionally takes tim e as it is quite us e l e ss unless

,
the enquir e r s t yp e card is among th e twenty cards left

ove r for dealing into the thre e h e aps I t n e e d not of cours e

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, ,
be in the chos e n h e ap and though it must of nec e ssity b e

,
among the important twe nty aft e r each d e al it fre que ntly ,
happ e ns that it makes no ap pearanc e at all in any of the

thr e e chosen h e aps .
I t is conside red very import ant that th e divin e r should

not see t he S u rp ris e cards b e fore they are nally expos e d
o n t h e tabl e but of course t h e type ca r d might e asily nd
,
its way to this h e ap When th e r e fore th e divin e r satises

.
hi ms e lf that t h e typ e card is not among the twe nty l e ft

in his hand he should e xamine the el e ven car ds ( or ten or
nin e aft e r th e s e cond and third shu fe s r e sp e ctive ly) that
have b e en discard e d and make certain that it r e ally is still
in play .
Should the Typ e card go to the Surp rise the attempt ,
must b e give n up as hop e l e ss and as b e fo r e stat e d nin e

, ,
days must e lapse before the cards are consult e d again for
the sam e enquir e r .
In a trial divination j ust complet e d the following cards ,
appea re d in the thr e e select e d heaps

Diamonds Nine and Jack once only S e ven Eight and , ,
A c e twic e .
Clubs Eight and Nine onc e only S e ve n and Ac e twic e .
Spade s : Te n and Ac e once only ; Que e n in all thr ee

h e aps .
H e ar ts Nine and King once only .
I t will at once be se e n that th e Nin e of H e arts th e Wish ,
card is among th e numb e r but only app e are d onc e while

, , ,
t h e H e a r t suit is very poorly r e pr e s e nt e d by two cards only

o u t o f fourteen The re is ve ry littl e chance o f success
.
,
there fore and the Spad e Queen s e e ms to dominate the
,
position If ther e had be e n more Clubs than Diamonds it

.
would have greatly helped matters for the enquire r but

Diamonds are only the third suit as regards good fortune
and are Obviously not strong enough t o ght successful ly
against the Spades .
There are thr e e Ac e s but on e o f them is of the fateful

,
Spade suit though against this is the fact that the Club
,
and Diamond Ac e s each appear e d t wic e over which gre atly ,
st rengthens the ir in uence B ut the Ace of Spad e s symbol .

,
o f D e ath or Disaster is always an extrem e ly sinister and

,
powe r ful card and its powe r h e r e is enhanced by the trebly

,
occurring Queen of the same suit I t looks as if gr e at good .
fo r tune ( th e Ac e s ) would j ust b e lost through the in uence ,
of a dark woman This malevolent in uence may not be

.
in the enquire r s own life the woman may control o n e o f

those with whom the e nquirer is working .
Again the thre e Nines are a good sign but th e y only ,
app e ar once each thus clear ly showing som e small gain in

,
place of the much more powe rful good fort une that sho ul d
have come from the Ac e s The two Seve ns e ach appearing .
,
twice and the two Eights strongly con r m the rea ding
,
and S how that good fortune was allowed to slip pass

unh e eded .
TH E F ATE F U L S QU A RE OF S E VE N S
This m e thod of di vination dat e s from the sevent e enth
century and has be e n rep rinted s e ve ral times of rece nt
,
ye ars and much praised for its accuracy apart from its
, ,
v e ry original character in t he buil ding of the design .
I t is an exc e ll e nt o n e and ve ry r e li able but car e must b e

, ,
taken in building up the nec e ssar y cards for the e xperime nt

in this case al so o u r diagram should be copied and
used .
from the extreme right remaining o n t o pal l cards thus
covered are to be ignored but they need n o t be removed
, .
I t makes n o difference if yo u prefer to get rid o f them at

o nce it is merely a matter o f convenience Should there .
be no other cards o f its suit in the row the extreme right ,
card is left in its place .
Y ou n ow consider the second card from the right o f the

t op ro w in the same way and thus reduce the row of seven
,
c ards to o n e representative O f each suit bearing in mind

that the card o n the extreme left ( the Master Card as it ,
is called ) must never be covered I t follows therefore .
that when this process is completed you c an not have more

than ve cards left in each ro w on e o f each suit and the,
Master Card and may indeed only have two cards

, , , ,
should all be O f o n e suit a very rare occurrence This

, .
process is as indicated applied t o each o f the seven rows

, , ,
when you now reduce your gure t o its n al fateful shape

by throwing away all cards be yond three coun ting from the ,
M as ter Card and retainin g the next two cards o n the right .
I n the very rare event o f all cards ( excluding the Master

Card ) being o f o n e suit in a ro w yo u would obviously only
,
have two in that particular row this makes no di fference

and must n o t be interfered with .
Y o u n o w have a mystic gure consist ing o f seven rows ,
o f three cards and from these you give your reading

,
.
N ote rst o f all whether there are more red cards than
black as the red aspect is considered favourable You
, .
must however bear in mind that Clubs are the most

, ,
fortunate suit O f all and should thes e form the bulk o f

,
the black cards they would be amply su i c ie n t to susta in

,
the red favourable aspect even if there should be a slight

,
black maj ority They are held to represent the Intel l e ct

.
and Judgment as the Hear ts govern the Affections and

,
Passionswhil e the Diamonds represent Money and ou t

UN USUAL METHOD S OF TELL I N G
T H E F A TE F U L S QUA R E OF S EVE N S
ward Success and the Spades the Di fculties and Troubles
,
that face t he e nquire r .
Now read the cards in pairs taking the right hand and ,
-
centre cards o f the r st row remembering that in this

m ethod the left is the mor e powerful card of the two Next .
read together the Mas ter ca rd and centre card of the top
ro w . B e ar in mind that each row is quite distinct and
that no card is in uenced by o n e above or below it but only ,
by the card o n the left Y o u should particularly look o u t

.
for al l speci al cards such as the type card indicating the

,
enqu ir e r ; the Jack o f his o r her s u it repres e nting the ,
Thoughts any special King Queen or Jack ( representing , ,
young pe ople ) who may b e in the enquirer s thoughts and
in whom he o r she may b e interested Then there is the .
Wish card ( Nine o f Hearts ) the Disappointm e nt car d ,
( Nine o f Spades ) the Tragic card ( Ace o f Spades ) Money

card ( Ten o f Diamonds ) and Business card ( Ten o f
Clubs ) .
N ot e the position o f each o f these cards and pay special

attention to the signicance o f the cards that in uence
them They al l be come o f much gre ater importance and
.
power if they are in the Master column it is always

u nfortunate howe ver favourable the general run o f the
,
cards may be if the Ace o f Spades o r Nine o f Spades are

,
Master cards I t is indeed wise after noting the suit

.
importance o fthe whole mystic al gure to V iew in addition , , ,
the s uits o f the Master cards by themselve s Shoul d they .
b e free from Spades it would very greatly strengthen

,
al l the favourable in uences in the general run o f the
car ds .
This method o f di vination is a very fascin ating o n e ,
and is without an y doubt the most reliable for use for

, ,
the di vi ner s o wn guidance

.
I t can be S impli ed for personal us e by studying only

CHAPTER I%
TH E TAR O T OR D I V I N ATI O N CARD S
FTE R testing the various fascinating methods o f

telling the cards with an ordi nary pack most ,
pe ople will be anxious t o test the powers o f the ancient

Tarocchi cards as these were originally used sole ly for this
,
purpose and not for gambling gam e s .
We have already e xplained the pecul iar arrangement

o f the pack which contains seventy eight cards and we
,
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have suggested that a pack co ul d easily be prep ared at

home The pack is technical ly compos e d of two uneven
section there were four suits containing fourt e en cards
.
s
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each and this portion o f the pack was known as the Minor
,
o r L e sser Arcana In addition th e re were twenty two

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other cards all single and without suits or sequence

, ,
these were known as the Maj or or Great e r Arcana and have ,
never been used for any other purpose than divination .
The Maj or Arcana consists o ftwenty one numb e r e d cards -
and on e unnumbered and for practical pur poses this

,
s e ries Of simple n u mbers would be su i c ie n t I f a pack .
can be purchas e d the cards wil l probably be found

,
numbered in addition to havin g s peci al designs upon

,
them .
2
;
I t is a curious fact that the Hebrew alphabet contains
twenty two letters and it is claimed that th e r e is a con
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n e c tio n between the two This may be the cas e but the
.
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presence o f an unnumb e red card raises a dif cu l ty should

THE TAROT OR D I V I NAT I ON CA RD S 1 37
E/ GH T of WANDS [c a/ 5 5]
T A ROT on D I VI N AT I O N CA R D S
this come before number On e , or aft e r number Twenty
o ne .
It should also b e noted that the twe nty one numb e red -
cards fall naturally into thre e groups of s e ve n cards e ach ,
and th e se hav e b e e n claim e d as r e pr e s e nting th e moral ,
m e ntal and mat e rial groups with t h e unnumb e r e d card as

,
the Deity But th e Ta r occhi car ds are e xt re m e ly old and

.
,
had probably chang e d and e volve d many many tim e s ,
b e fore we have any histo ric al r e f e r ence to th e m I t s e e ms .
almost a c e rtainty that the r e was no denite limit to th e

numb e r of the ea r li e st g r oups of articl e s used for divination ,
which would be actual articl e s coll e ct e d by the s e er and ,
not emblems as now used Ston e s s e e ds bones anything

.
, ,
that co ul d b e pre s e rve d would s e rve the purpose o f the

e arli e st s e ers With this w e have littl e or nothing t o do
.
o u r purpos e is t o d e al with the recognised se t o f card
embl e ms forming the Ta r ot .
The rst numbered ca r d is known as the Magician or

Juggler and obviously the e arliest m e aning would be
,
c onc e rn e d with Magic and not Jugglery which is r e ally

, ,
a human amus e m e nt whereas the Magician stood for all

,
h e aling and cr e ative pow e rs such as illn e ss pain s e lf

, , ,
c o n de n c e will powe r d e xt e rity and so o n I t must b e

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, , .
rememb e r e d with all the s e cards that a r e versal o f the card ,
top t o bott om also aff e cts th e meaning

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The s e cond Tarot card is known as the High Priestess ,
and we k now that in many early forms of worship women

did act as p r i e sts no doubt the m e n we r e oth e rwis e e m
ploye d sear ching for food and raim e nt for t he family .
Mal e pri e sts we re a much later d e ve lopm e nt This car d .
r e presents s e cre ts myst e ry science knowl e dg e the u m

, , , ,
reveal e d future .
For many p u rposes card number One is used t o represent

the enquirer if a man while number Two is used if it is
,
The Seventh is al s o sympathetic with the First and
Fourth .
We will now deal with the second group o f seven cards .
Unfortunately numbers Eight and Eleven are often

reversed ; one early accoun t gives Justic e for numbe r
Eight and Courage for El e ven another s hifting the m ,
about I t is impossible nowadays t o decide which is

.
correct though pe rsonally we prefer number E leven for

,
Justice .
Card number Eight then we will call Courage it signies

energy or action and generally is a successful and fortunat e
,
card Reversed it does not necessarily mean ill success

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but abuse of power .
The Ninth card is known as the Hermit and shows ,
prudence and wisdom but if the other c ards are not good ,
it may merely mean trickery and lying Reversed it shows .
secrecy fear or needless caution

, .
Card number Ten represents the Wheel o f Fort une and ,
it signies D e st iny I f this card tur ns up the decision

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,
will concern some near event and whichever way matters

,
go the res u lt will be n al and fat e ful I f reve rsed t his

, .
,
card shows an excessive result abundance su pe ruity , ,
far more than is needful .
Wh e n consid e ring the Eleventh card we mus t recall ,
w hat was said above taking Courage for number E ight ,
we giv e J u stice for number Eleven .
This does not mean Law in o ur mod e rn use o f the word

,
Justice but the triumph o f right The diviner can only

, .
predict that right will succeed an d must leave it t o the

,
consci e nce o f the enquirer t o decide wh e ther his o wn cause

is indicate d .
The Twelfth card is a most curious one and is kn o wn as

the Hanged Man but for some unknown re as on he is
,
r epresented as han gi ng by o ne foot though n o t apparently ,

THE TA R OT O R D I V I NAT I ON CARD S 1 41
i n any way uncomfortable I t does not app e ar to b e a form

.
o f punishm e nt for th e card r e pres e nts Wisdom I ntuition

, , ,
S ac ric e when r e versed it stands for S e l shn e ss and Greed .
So we must assume that the so call e d Hangin g -

is
int e nded to r e pre s e nt s e lf sac ric e-
.
The Thirt eenth card is r e pres e ntative of Death though ,
its normal m e aning mer e ly indicat e s loss Re ve rsed how .

,
e ver it is a most fat e ful sign

, The card itself is generally
.
o rnam e nt e d with a f u ll l e ngth sk e leton

-
much aft e r the ,
s tyle of the w e ll known r e pr e s e ntation of Fath e r Time

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.
The last car d of this second s e ri e s of s e ven is r e pre

s e n t ative o f Tempe ranc e which of course is m e ntal or
,
physical and has no conn e ction with teetotalism

, It .
m e ans Care fuln e ss Economy Good Manage m e nt and s o

, , ,
o n r e versed it is an important card and shows divided ,
int e r e sts
.
I t will again b e se e n that there is much sympathy in

e ach couple o f third cards thus Eight and El e ven ar e
o ften reversed ; whi le Nine and Twe lve both indicate

Prud e nce in affairs Te n and Thirt e e n ar e obviously
.
clos e ly conn e ct e d in the form of D e stiny and Death both ,
r e pr e s e nting Finality Th e Fourt e e nth card Temperance

.
,
o r Mod e r ation ,
also follows the idea of the Eighth and
E l e venth .
The third and nal se t of s e ve n cards are r e ally mystical ,
a n d to a gr e at ext e nt r e pres e nt t h e force or in uence o f
things b e yo nd our own p e r sonal control This group opens .
w ith numb e r Fifte e n as the D e vil Th e Malignant Power

.
its e lf is g e nerally r e pr e sent e d in conn e ction with a naked

m an and a naked woman typical of Humanity and in
, ,
t e nd e d to indi cat e our inability to ge t away from the

u nse e n i n u e nc es surrounding us This card shows som e
.
p owe rful in u e nce working in our live s in spit e of ours e lve s ,
or in so me c ase s o u r o wn physical inabi l ity to he lp ourselves

owing to serious
illn e ss in
oth e r wo r ds as shown o n the ,
card ou r nake d or natural impot e nc e I t ne e d not n e c es

,
.
saril y b e an evil in u e nce but it is one that we cannot

,
resist The old supers tition o f cour se was that every on e

.
, ,
o f us had a good spirit behind our right shoulder and an ,
evil on e b e hind our left This superstition remains strong

.
to day I n its normal position this fateful ca r d can be

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.
either good or evil but reversed it is invariably a bad sign

, ,
.
The Sixteenth card also shows the strong fo r ce of the

occul t powers controlling our d e stinies and it is invariably ,
represented by a building struck and shattered by light

ning I ts signicance is Misery Adve rsity Disgrace o r
.
, , ,
even Ruin I t cov e r s some unfor e seen or un e xpected

.
calamity as indicated by the lightning When r e versed

, .
,
this card loses much o f its malignity though with bad ,
cards near it might show imprisonment .
Following this shock we have the Star for our next ,
card and as in s o many other cases a nake d woman is

, ,
shown This card number Sevent e en repres e nts Hope

.
, , ,
and when reversed the reading is unfort un ate Loss ,
Theft o r Privation of some sort

, .
The E ighteenth card shows us the Full Moon looking ,
down on an uncared for path that appare ntly leads nowhere

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I t r e pre s e nts H idden Dangers D e c e ption Error o f Judg , ,
ment and s o on Reversed it make s the deception o ur

, .

own the enquirer will come to troubl e or di fcul ty through
his or her o wn deceit or falsehood It is not a nic e card .
for the unfortunat e diviner and care should b e taken in ,
the manner of o ur interpretation in such cases it is better

t o suggest and not t o make any de nite ass e rtion
, .
The Nin e t e enth card is the Sun with which is associated ,
a naked child g e n e rally a boy as gir ls were not o f much ,
account in the Eas t The car d is typical o f Married

.
Happiness o r at any rate o f Domestic or Material content

,
s uggest that these could be written on the cards for guid
a nce when telling the cards The meanings are given .
i n the following table :
C up s or H earts .
Kin g This can represent a fair man as with the ordinary

p ack of cards but as a rule it shows kindness o r warmth
,
o f heart R ev e rsed suspicion distrust

.
, , .
Quee n A fair woman also success or happiness Re , .
v ersed it indicat e s interference by some woman .
Knigh t This Court card does not o f course app e ar in , ,
t he mod e rn pack I t represents trust o r condence

. .
R e ve rs e d cunning or t r ickery
, .
Jac k The Jack would repre sent a young person e ither ,
y outh o r maid e n if us e d for an individual Otherwise it

, .
s hows honesty of purpose straightforwardness R e vers e d , .

,
d eception I n fact the meaning is ve ry similar t o that of

.
t h e Knight .
Ten The Town where the enquirer lives in some cases

.
t he actual house itself Ap ar t f r om this it shows th e .

,
e nquir e r s position or local r e putation R eversed it would

.
,
i ndicate opposition and disputes but o f a local charact e r , ,
p ossibly in one s o w n household

.
N in e Success o r advantage This is al ways a fortunate .
c ard and the reve r sed position shows mistakes mad e by

,
the enquirer thus j eopardising succ e ss but it does not

, ,
i ndicate failure .
E igh t This c ard r e presents friendship and affection .
R e v e rs e d the meaning is still good but it shows gaiety or

, ,
p leasure instead o f affection The good meaning b e com e s .
p hysical o r material instead o f mental o r what w e call , ,
o f the heart .
Seven Some proj ect the enquir e r has in view This

. .
m eaning remains the same when the card is revers e d .

THE TAROT OR D I VINAT I ON CA R DS 1 45
Six In the normal position this card indicates that

the telling r e f e rs to th e past If reversed it indicates .
the futur e but it is th e imme di ate futur e

, .
Five Marriage or some important c e r e mony Reve rsed .
it indicat e s an arrival some news or a surp rise , , .
Four Discontentment or displeas ure Reversed a new

. .
,
acquai ntanc e .
Thre e Success a favourable ending to the enquirer s

plan or wish Re versed th e card indicat e s a quick

.
,
r e sult not n e cessarily successful but soon in point o f

, ,
time only .
Two Love affe ction Reve rsed the card shows O ppo
.
, .
,
sitio n to on e s affection or by the person loved

.
On e Company a pl e asant gath e ring the sort of ,
thi ng we know as a party Reve rsed we have a .

,
change of some sort not necessarily good o r bad but , ,
a chan ge .
I t will be seen that the Heart suit is al most entirely

fo r tunat e in its normal position whil e the re ve rsed posi ,
tions o n the whol e indicat e d e lay rather than lack of

, ,
succe ss An e ar ly de sign for this suit was the Acorn which

.
,
obviously r e pre sented succ e ssful agricultur e an essential ,
feature of pr imitive lif e Th e n came the Cup also in its .

,
more mod e rn fashion a sign o f material succ e sso r at any

rate the n e c e ssary social position to e nable you to enter
tain The Weste r n H e art is m e r e ly a carel e ss adaptation o f
.
t he old d e sign of a Cup j ust as the Cup its e lf was a car e l e ss ,
o r mistak e n copy of the Acorn possibly done in some ,
country wh e re the Oak tree was n o t promin e nt .
W an ds or Cl a b s .

Kin g A dark man where an individual is indi
,
c ate d Othe rwise

. success Reversed danger that is
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t hreatening .
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1 46 CA RD FORTUN E TELL I N G
Q ue e n A dark w oman o r alt e rnative ly gen e rosity
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R e vers e d th e ca r d shows a suspicious woman mistrust o r

, , ,
evil thr e atening .
K n igh t A kind f ri e nd Also carefulness e conomy .

, .
R e ve r sed it sugg e sts troubl e through the care l e ssn e ss of

,
some such fri e nd not intentional harm but risk all the ,
sam e .
Jac k Order manag e ment Reve r sed waste o r e ve n

, .
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reckl e ssn e ss .
Te n The hous e or dwelling ; O ft e n the famil y o f the

n u ire r if he or she is marri e d Revers e d loss o r specula
q .
,
tion involvi n g risk .
N in e Hon e sty or discr e tion Rev e rsed deceit or .

,
treach e ry .
Eigh t A dark girl B e auty or innocence Reve rsed . .

,
tricke r y by a woman .
Seve n Mon e y matters in gen e r al busin e ss or inherit ,
anc e R e ve rsed the ca r d indicat e s anxiety or worry over

.
,
mon e y matt e rs .
S ix Pr e sents R eversed the ca r d represents a longi ng

.
,
for what we cannot ge t .
Five Love or affe ction R e versed the card c al ls for .

,
gr e at di scr etion on the part of the diviner as it may ,
m e an unfortun ate but honest love though it Oft e n ,
m e ans illi cit or immoral passion as in the cas e o f a ,
married woman .
Four Pleasure o r enj oyment of a somewhat materi al

.
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nat ure R e ve rs e d obstacl e s

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,
.
Thr e e Dignity or position Reve rsed it O ften r e p re .

,
sents the chil dren of the enquirer or the b e ginning of ,
some enterprise intended t o improve t he position O f the

enquirer .
Two \Vorr y or di ffi cul ties

. R e versed it sign ies a .
,
letter or message good bad or indi ff e re nt ,

.
Knigh t Departure removal o r sep aration from s ome ,
o ne . If reversed this will fo l low a quar rel The separa

, .
tion o r departure may o f co urse prove to the enquirer s , ,

advantage even if the card is reversed , .
Jac k A frien dl y stranger or good news Reversed , .

,
bad news or worr y .
T en Conde n c e or honesty o f purpose

. Reversed .
,
treachery o r deceit .
N in e I ntelligence observation good management , , .
Reversed the card indicates O bstacles o r di fculties

, ,
c e rtainl y delay but not necessari ly with any bad

,
res ult .
Eight Peace o r order Reversed quarrels

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, .
Se ve n Success or some measure o f advantage and ,
prot I f reversed the card shows hesitation and anxiety

.
, ,
but n ot necessarily any loss .
Six The hope desire o r wish of the enquirer whatever

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, ,
it may be whether materi al o r o f the a ffections Reversed

, .
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it shows treache ry o r un fait hfulness if it concerns the , ,
affections .
Five Money gain or inheritance Reversed it

, .
,
shows troubles or difculties conn e cted with money ,
such as legal cases but n o t necess ar ily a loss o f money , ,
though al most certainly it shows that there wil l be

n o gain .
Four C ompany societ y pleasure Reversed this card

.
, , .
,
is supposed to ret ai n its normal meaning which seems ,
ill ogical an d unl ikely We suggest that the reversal wo ul d .
indi cate that the love o f company was causing the enquirer
t o neglect more import ant matters .
Three Some b u sin ess enterprise or u ndertaking Re

. .
versed the c ard represents the wish or attempt for s ome

,
su ch enterp rise or outlet W here the full ment seems

u nlikel y .
THE T AROT OR D I VI NAT I ON CARDS 1 49
Tw o Money Reversed it signies a surprise or some

.
,
unexpec t e d or unusual occurrence .
On e The commencement o f something Reversed it .

,
shows crue lty or misfort une .
On the whole Diamonds is a fairly fortunate suit but

, ,
is far more mix e d and vague in its in uence than is the

case with Hearts Personal ly we pre fer the Club suit
.
,
which suggests a rising above di fculties that lie in the

e nquir e r s path wh e r e as Diamonds can better be described

as a failure to use o ur powers o r advantages to the utmost .
The ul timate result may be and Often is much the same , , ,
y e t the e fort
f in di cated by Clubs speaks more fo r the
character of the subj ect such a person is more likely t o

succ e e d in the end The fourth suit Spade s is the
.
, ,
unfortunate o n e .
S words or S p ades .
Kin g Someon e in authority or with powe r to a ffe ct

the e nquirer Reversed this wil l bring trouble and
. ,
worry .
ue Loss abs e nce or s e paration Reve rsed the

Q e n , .
,
card shows e ithe r a bad woman or one wit h a bad in uence

on the e nqui re r s lif e o r alternative ly an unpl e asant,
combination o f partial success though accompanie d by ,
worry
Knight Capability Reversed foolishn e ss or conceit
.
, .
Jack Treachery If reve rsed the trouble will come

.
,
from an unexpected source .
Te n Sorrow and tears I f revers e d it shows a pas sing .

,
succ e ss lost almost as soon as r e al ised

,
.
Nin e Good faith I f r eversed sus picion and

.
,
doubt .
Eight I ll ne ss o r blame When re versed the card .

,
shows a n accident or some startling event .

CARD FO RTUN E TELL I N G
Seve n This card is not a ffe ct e d by being reversed ,
and shows hope and conde nc e good advice , .
Six Travel a voyage o r a mess e nger someone who

.
, ,
has travelled Re v e rs e d it shows a surprise

.
, .

Five This card also is not affected by reversal and
.
,
means trouble losses sadn e ss mourning

, , , .
Four Solitude Reve rs e d it indicates that the s oli

. .
,
tude is enforced in some cases necessary economy aft e r

,
a loss .
Thre e Separation o r a quarrel If r e versed the e m .

,
q u ire r w ill be responsible for the t r oubl e .
Tw o Friendship If r e versed it shows l yin g and .

,
deceit .
One Prosp e rity Wh en r e vers e d this card generally .

,
shows an unfortunate love affair .
We will now give a fe w methods of reading from the f u ll

Tarot pack but as it is an o l d system of divination th e r e
, ,
are only a limit e d number o f the se u nlike those us e d with ,
the m odern pack where we nd at l e ast a score of well ,
kn own syst e ms o f telling I n the rst place the e nquirer .

,
must be quit e certain as to time t hi s must be made cle ar

be fore the cards are touched He o r she must al so decide .
whether a simple answer to a qu est ion is what he wants ,
o r whether h e prefers a g e neral divination O f th e course
o f events Th e s e points will control the s e e r s int e r pr e ta
tion I t must also b e rem e mbered that with the Tarot

.
c ar ds the Ace is mer e ly the On e and that the four Court ,
cards are far more powerful than the common e r cards ,
and that the ve higher commoner cards are correspond ingly

more powerful than the ve lower ones although t h e latter ,
include the Ace .
A simpl e question can be answ e red by the general charac

ter of the cards after they have been exposed by one or
,
or physic al affairs o f the enquir e r the middl e row governs
his mental life his friendships and a ffections his hope s and
, ,
s o o n ; while the to p row represents the unseen in uences

at work on his o r he r life .
Another method o n somewhat similar lines is as follows

The enquirer draws out on e card t o represent himself and ,
this is placed face upwards o n the table Then he must .
thoroughly shu f e the pack Now the seer goes through .
the pack and builds up the rows O f seven cards working ,
from right to l e ft ; the r st row being on top as in the

previous method B ut the cards must n ot be de alt in
.
sequ e nce the rst car d placed on the table mus t be the

top card of the pack after it has be e n sh u l e d the second
card will be the seven th card from it in the pack in other ,
words the original eighth card This is plac e d to the left

, .
o f the top card and forms the second card in the top row
o f seven . Th e n count out the next s e venth card and place

this as the third of the row to the left of the second card
,
.
Obviously this will be the fteenth original card in the

shu fed pack .
GO on in this way taking out every sev e nth card you

,
come to and adding it t o the gure the second row com

,
m e n c in g as soon as you hav e displayed seven cards To .
avoid confusion it is wise to plac e e ach card not r e quired

,
at the bottom O f the pack thus you place the top card on
the table the second at the bottom of the pack and count
, ,
One the third b e low and count Two and s o on You ,

.
wi ll n d that the original bottom card wil l form the fth

card of the centre r ow o n the table The reading is given .
as in the rst method

A third method of tellin g the Tarot cards is known as the

Great Figure of Fat e As it is rather complicated till you
.
have actually tested it we give a diagram t o show how the

,
cards should be used in order t o build up the gure prope rly .

TH E TAROT OR D I VI NATION CA RDS 1 53
Th e enquirer must choose a card t o represent himself and

.
,
this is placed in the centr e of the table The p ac k is now .

'
sh u i e d and h an ded to the s e e r who deals the cards in ,
prope r sequence accor di ng to the numb e rs in t he followin g

diagram t he top car d going at 1 the next card at 2 and
, , ,
so on Y o u will e as ily se e that the gure forms a triangl e

.
33 32
3l
30 -
26 -
25 -
24 23
66 - 6l
44
TH E G R E AT F I GURE OF F A TE
within a thr e e sid e d square I t is som e tim e s arranged in
.
cir cles and in various fantastic forms but the method we ,
give is the simpl e st I n eve ry cas e what e ve r th e de sign

.
,
us e d the re ading is the sam e so the r e is no advantage in

, ,
using a complicat e d gur e unless you are anxious t o ,
mystify th e enquir er .
The m e thod of di vination is based upon the ide a that the

right hand el e ven cards o fthe square and also of the triangle
-
r e pres e nt the Past ; the upp e rmost row Of square and

1 54 CA R D F O RT UN E T E LLIN G
triangle show the Pre s e nt while the left hand e leven cards -
o f e ach gure will indicate the Future .
The divination is mad e by combinations of three cards ,
o f which the chosen card repr e s e nting the enquir e r and ,
shown in th e c e ntre of the Tr iangle in the diagram is

always o n e This car d is combined with numb e rs 1 and
.
3 4 the two bottom cards of the s e ries showing the Pas t

,
then with 2 and 3 5 and so o n with each couple for Past , , ,
Present and Futu r e ,

.
Anoth e r simpl e method is for th e e nquirer t o shu fe the

pack and then the s e er arra n ges a row of sevent e e n cards
,
in sequ e nce beginning with the t op ca r d o f the pack

,
.
This makes th e ninth ca r d t he e xact c e ntr e either fro m ,
the right or from the left The cards are r ead in thre e s .
,
as in the Gr e at Figure but in this cas e the centr e card ,
rep resents the e nqui r er and you pair from the ends Thus ,
.
you read cards 1 9 1 7 tog e ther for the immediate Pre s e nt

, , ,
o r for some incid e nt in the Past which the e nqui r er can
name as a starting point such as a rec e nt business arrang e

m e nt a proposal of marriag e and s o on Then you read
, , .
car ds 2 9 1 6 together for a few days further ah e ad num

, ,
b e rs 3 9 1 5 for lat e r s till and s o o n for the whol e row

, , ,
.
This method does not take long and is conside r ed v e ry ,
e ffe ctive for dealing when a simple straightforward divina

tion is required such as in the cas e s indicated
, .
In conclusion we would d raw sp e cial attention to the

,
q uestion of r evers e d cards which is of great importance in ,
Tarocchi divination Aft e r you hav e r e ad the cards onc e .
it is obvious that the revers e d car ds would r e main r e ve rsed ,
though they might n o t be dealt upon the tabl e To prev e nt .
this some t e llers car e ful ly arrange t h e pack with ev e ry

card corre ctly upright b e fo r e handing it t o t he e nquir e r .
Aft e r the pack has b e e n shufe d the enquirer must be aske d

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C ARD

III . A T EST T ELL I N G OF T H E CAR DS

A B RIE F H I S TO R Y OF THE PAC K OF CARD S

T is a ve ry popular beli e f that cards wer e inve nted

a time when that monarch was mentally unstabl e Th is .

lege nd however like so many pretty sto ri e s of the past

h as no foundation in fact as cards w e re known long ,

I t is tru e that a cour t miniature paint e r named Grin ,

E as t in ve ry anci e nt days and it is a curious fact that

the other great world popular indoor gam e Ch ess also

originated in the East and is still played to day by m e ans

I t also se e ms obvious that cards re ach e d the West in

thr ough the gipsi e s that strange unconque rable East e rn

rac e o f wande re rs whose actual origin still bafes our

Naturally a rac e of people with no s e ttled home or

cia t e any amus e m e nt that could be reduced to the form

ways charact e ristic o f a p e ople to whom Tim e was of no

but as known by th e n sie s the y were only used for th e

to the pr e sent day they still form the most popular an d

Known as Tar occhi or Tarots the Divination cards

numbe re d s e ve nty e ight and we re without numb e rso r

pips as we call them which we re introduced in Europe

for the sake o f simplicity in the fourt ee nth century

Such packs are still in use in parts o f the Contin e nt but ,

the We st e rn pack has gradually tak e n its plac e bo t h for ,

t h e purpose o f Divination and for playing gam e sin fact ,

it is usual to sp e ak of a pack of Playing cards a dis ,

tinction that is har dly n e cessary nowadays as it is not ,

e asy to obtain a pack o f Tarot ca r ds unless o n e knows,

where to go for the m The fact howe ve r that we still

u se this distinctive name shows that at one time the

two kinds we re in u se side by side .

If w e compare a complet e Tarot pack o f cards with

t he r e ason for th e C hang e s mad e in th e W e st e rn World .

There ar e twenty one Tarot cards t hat are used solely

vary greatly and have probably neve r had any r e al sign i

as th e Fool and as far as we know the card has always

no s e parate indication but s e rve s to intensify th e m e an

ing of the card n e xt to it Thus it b e com e s a v e ry power

ful and dominant card wh e n on e is fore t e lling the Future ,

as the indication supported by the F OO1 is certa in to be

active and therefo re must in ue nce or ev e n suppress

al l othe r indi cations .

Associat e d with a good card the F 0 0 1 is strong e nough ,

to carry you through much e vil ; times may prove

oth e r hand if th e F 0 0 1 is attached to a bad car d any

signs of good fortune shown by th e oth e r cards will not

b e st r ong enough to sav e you from th e thr e atened trouble ,

though the y may modify it to som e e xtent .

I t is a curious fact that in certain card gam e s w e still

of over trumping the Ac e o f Tr umps what e ve r th e suit

may be Apar t from this our mode rn pack of Playing

cards has e ntirely abandon e d th e twe nty two sp e cial -

Divination car ds of th e Tarocchi though the s e cards ,

we r e and still are us e d for gam e s as we ll as for Divination

In addition to thes e twe nty two cards the Tarot pack -

contains fty six car ds divide d into four suits j ust as

our mode rn packs are divid e d But the superio r W e st e r n .

mind has d e stroye d all the original cl e ve r sign icanc e

of Diamond H e art Club and Spade meaningless s e ns e

In the Tarot the four s u its are re presented by other

have t he Vas e which re pres e nts the ,

Pri e stly caste of th e East ; the Swor d which indicat e s ,

t he Warrior cast e ; the Pi e ce of Mon e y which cl e a r ly ,