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H S TOR

BR E

PAC K

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T is a very popular beli ef that cards wer e inve nted

in orde r to amus e King Charl es VI of France at
a time when that monarch was mentally un stabl e Th i s
lege nd however like so many pretty stori es of the past
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 on n eur did paint or origi nat e som e card s whi ch he
i ntroduced to the King but card s were r st us e d in the
East in ve ry anci e nt days and it i s a curiou s fact that
the other great world popular indoor gam e Ch es s al so
originated in the Ea st and i s still played to day by m eans
of a pack of card s
I t al so se ems obvious that cards reach e d the We st in
the same way and by the same rout e as Ch ess probably
thr ough the gipsi es that strange unconque rable Ea st e rn
rac e of wande rers who se actual origin still bafe s our
researche s
Naturally a rac e of people with no s e ttled home or
nationality would nd much di m cul ty in moving th e ir
personal belongings from place to place and would appre
cia t e any amusem e nt that could be reduced to the form
of a pack of cards
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Ch ess was the gre at Ea stern gam e and is in many

ways charact e ristic of a p e ople to whom Tim e was of no
importance
Cards may have b ee n a gam e originally
but as known by the n sies they were only u sed for the
purpo se s of Divination or Fortun e T e lling and right up
to the pr esent day they still form the mo st popular an d
wid espre ad m eans of t e sting the fortun e
Known as Tarocchi or Tarots the Divination cards
numbe re d s e ve nty eight and we re without numb erso r
pips as we call them which we re introduced in Europe
for the sake of simplicity in the fourt ee nth century
Such packs are still in u se in parts of the Contin e nt but
the We st e rn pack has gradually tak e n its plac e bo t h for
t he purpo se of Divination and for playing gam e si n fact

it i s usual to sp e ak of a pack Of Playing cards a dis

tinction that i s hardly n e ce ssary nowadays as it is not
e a sy to obtain a pack of Tarot card s
unle ss one 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
I f w e compare a complet e Tarot pack of cards with
t he mode rn Playing cards we shall fi nd many inter e sting
points of re se mblance and at the sam e tim e di scover
t he r e ason for the C hang e s mad e in the W e st e rn W orld
There are twenty one Tarot cards that are u sed solely
for purpos es of Divi nation and the d esigns of the se cards
vary greatly and have probably neve r had any r eal sign i
canc e In addition to the se th er e i s always a card known
as the Fool and as far as We know the card has always
re mai n e d the sam e For p urpos e s of Divination it has
no s e parate indication but s e rves to intensify the m ean
ing of the card n e xt to it Thus it b e com es a v ery power
ful and dominant card wh en o n e is fore t elling the Future
as the indication supported by the FOO1 is certa in to be
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active and therefore must in uence or ev e n suppre ss

al l othe r indi cations
As sociat e d with a good card the FOO1 is strong e nough
to carry you through much e vil ; time s may prove
troublous but you will pull cl ear b e fore long On the
oth er hand if the FOO1 i s attached to a bad card any
sign s of good fortune shown by the oth e r cards will not
b e strong enough to sav e you from the 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 es w e still
nd this all powe rful J est e r who has the happy powe r
of over trumping the Ac e of Trumps what eve r the suit
may be Apart from thi s our mode rn p ack of Playing
c ards has e ntirely abandon e d the twenty two sp e cial
Divination cards of the Tarocchi though these cards
were and still are use d for gam es as well as for Divination
purpo ses in thos e countri e s wh ere the Tarot pack i s still
in re gular u se
I n addition to the se twe nty two card s the Tarot pack
contains fty six cards divide d into four suit s j ust as
our mode rn packs are di vid e d But the superior W e st e rn
mind has d estroye d all the original cl e ve r sign icanc e
o f the Tarot
and has sub stitut e d the sens eless j angle
of Diamond H eart Club and Spade meaningless s e nse
l ess non se nse
I n the Tarot the four s u its are re presented by other
e mbl e ms we
have t he Vas e which re prese nt s the
Pri estly ca ste of the East ; the Sword which indi cat es
t he Warrior ca st e ; the Pi e ce of Mon e y which cl early
shows the M e rchant cast e ; and nally t he Baton or Club
gives us the Yeoman or Till e r of the soil
H ere th en we have four suit s of c ards each one re
presenting a di stinct class of p e ople and in the quartett e
are cove red all classes of the p e opl e for in t he 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
of removing him pe acefully if he did not follow their
bidding So our four suit s give u s the Rulers the Figh ters
t he M e rchants and the Farmers
W e wil l now compare these fo ur anci e nt Tarot suits
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with o ur modern W estern nonsense He a rts

Clubs
D iamonds and Spad es !
The Vase or Cup of the Tarocchi car ds has b e come
the Heart of the mod e rn pack ; this is a n e a sy change
as the bowl remains
while the st e m has been thickened
to complete the heart shape d e sign Although thi s suit
original ly repres e nted Religion or the Priestly caste it
was never considered what may be called a
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suit in the mode rn se n se of the word Curiously e nough

this has always been the suit we now call Clubs which
originally re pr es e nt e d the Tille r of the Soil
Obvi ously there i s a sound philo sophy in this arrang e
m e nt fo r the mass of the p e ople we re indire ctly taught
that good fortune w ould follow th eir own p erson al e xer
tions and that th e y should not blindly r e ly upon the
favour of the high god s
Thi s s ui t has b een variously re prese nt e d in the past ;
the B aton i s shown som e tim e s as a branch w ith sprout
ing l e ave s ; it see m s probabl e that our mode rn Club i s
d erive d from the lucky Tr e foil a very old and wide spread
sup erstition I t m ay r e pre se nt the busin ess e n d of a
with the short e n e d h an dl e turning downwards
S pa d e
Anyhow the Club or Tr efoil suit i s the lucky o n e for
Divin ation purpo ses
I t i s e asy to se e how the Pi ec e of Mon ey originall y
a crud ely square d pi e c e of m e tal change d into the
Di amond with i ts mode rn associ ation with wealth ; and
it i s also quite cl ear that t he Spad e r e pr ese nt s t he handle
and blade O f a Sword typical of the ghting ca st e
I t i s import ant th at w e should cl early und erst and th ese
Ch ang e s b e for e w e con sult t he card s as t o our futur e
be caus e t he mod ern suit names are m erely non se n sical
whe r ea s the origin al Ta rot suit s assist u s to follow the
re ason e d m eanings give n to the vari ous cards
H er e th e n in t he Ol d Tarot pack o f ftysi x c ard s
as al so in the modern Playing p ack of ft y
two cards
we h ave four typical suits
It i s di fcult to account for
the al teration in numb e r unl e ss it w as don e out of r espe ct

fo r t he
Thirt e e n sup erstition that b e ing the fat e ful
numb e r in all Divination
Y e t the original fourt ee n
car d s to the suit w as not alt ere d fo r Di v ination pur po ses
but pure ly for gam es ! Thi s appears so contradictory
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that one is al most forced to the b e lie f that there must

be som e othe r explanation
It is important that we shO
u l d notice that the Tarot
suits cont ai n e d t en numb e red cards as in the modern
pack and al so four p rin cipal cards now known as Court
cards which originally con si sted of King Que e n Knight
and Jack four natural grade s of rank if we look upon

the 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
of the suit was promoted over
the he ad of the King It seem s to me probable that t hi s
was an attempt to retain the Fool which really forms
part of the more important s e ction of the Tarot pack
whi ch was n ot us e d as a full pack O f s e venty
eight cards
but a sort of twin pack with a Maj or or Gre at Arcana
of twenty
two cards and a Minor or Le sser Arcana of
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ft y-si x

Having re duced the pack to fty

the loss
si x cards
of the Fool was quickly re alised and the lowest card of
e ach suit was th e n made into a sort of limit e d or local
Fool with the power of the original Fool of trumping
the King though only of his own suit
Thi s superstitious
introduction of what amo u nted to a fth Court card
e rs al
caused the throwing out of the Knight
and
the
univ
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adoption of our curious mode rn pack which consists of
four Court c ard s and ten common ers yet only contains
thi rte e n c ards
Thi s C xplanation of the re duction of the pack to ft y
two cards appe ars t o be conr m e d by the lat e r appe ar
ance of the Piquet pack popular in France and on the
Continent
her e the pack is reduced to thirty
two card s
four Court cards and four commoners in each suit As
t he One card had been promoted to the proud po si
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tion of Fool or Ac e it was natural though absurdl y

illogical to continue the re duction from that en d of the
pack Thus we hav e the ve ry ridiculous pack containin g
S eve n Eight Nin e Ten and the four Court cards
I f the Pique t pack had b ee n derive d from the original
Tarot pack of fty six cards it would undoubt e dly have
containe d On e Two Three Four Jack Knight Queen
and King
I t is a ve ry curious fact that th ere should b e four suits
in a pack of card s although as alre ady shown the s e
balance nice ly with the four E stat e s : Prie st s or Rul e rs
Warriors or Fighting Men M erchant s or Arti sans and
the Till e rs of the Soil or common peopl e
An early
East ern form of the gam e of Ch ess was a four playe rs
variation e ach alt ernate playe r partne ring hi s v i s cl v i s
j ust the sam e as in mode rn Bridge or Whist The two
partner s in t hi s form of Chess use d pi e ces of a similar
colourtwo using red pi e c e s the othe r pair using whi te
or black ! The n from the East dating from about the
sam e pe riod we hav e the four suits of the Tarocchi c ard s
again two re d and two black
All thi s point s Clearly t o a common E as t e rn origin for
Chess and Card s and the prob ability se e m s t o be that
card playing or Divination has b een derive d from Chess
I t i s worth noting that the re is an Obscur e form of Chess
in whi ch the pi e ces are al l o ff the board at rst as are
the cards in the han ds of a playe r ; th ey are pl ac e d on
the board or table on e at a tim e as t he playe r s tur n
com es round and the y are not active till th ey ar e thu s
displaye d j ust as in card game s
I n the early ye ars o f the ft ee nth century the art of
e ngraving
wa s pe rfe ct e d
and print e d colour e d cards
came into u se in plac e of the old hand paint e d packs
About the middl e of that century the pres e nt sui t
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symbols we re rst use d on French cards of the reig n

o f Charles VI I
Thirty years lat e r we nd many refer

e n c e s to
Chess and Cards showing the Close popul ar
c onnection between the two games
It is a curious and fascinating point in this study of
the hi story of cards that the G erman invention of e m
graving was directed to the production of packs of cards
not books ! The printing of the Bible in I 45 5 followed
shortly after the production of the rst packs of engrave d
c ards
The earli est suit values apart from the original
Tarot suits we re Hearts Leave s (Tre foil now Clubs )
Acorns ( Diamonds) and Bells ( Swords or Spades )
So popular we re the comparatively cheap engraved
p acks of c ards that ev e ry artist turn e d his attention to
them and for some years the suits were repre sented in
s core s of ways
b efore settling down to the mod e rn uni
versal and somewhat sensele ss serie s of H e arts Diamonds
Clubs and Spade s Thus there w e r e gur e s of m en and
wom e n birds b e a sts shes owers some cards were
square or O blong some c i rcular In all th es e early e n
g raved packs as in the anci e nt Tarot e xamples every
c ard was a full design the simple pips of to day date
from the b e ginning of the sixteenth c e ntury and are

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rat e ind elicate designs b e ing produc e d

It i s important to rem e mb e r that the re was no actual
Queen on the genuine ancient Tarocchi card s nor was
th e re a Quee n in th e ir game of C he ssin both cas e s this
C hange was mad e in the d an di ed atmo sph e r e of W e stern
E uropean Court circl es The original d esign was a Vizier
o r Prime Minist e r nat u rally in the Far East and e sp e c i
ally i n tho se early days wom e n we re con spicuous by
the ir modest absence from public vi e w But quite apart
from that both Che ss and Cards are really ghting game s
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and were use d by warriors when not professionally

engage d
Thus we have the King his Vizi e r or Gen e ral hi s
Knights or Warriors t he Jack or Knave thought by
som e to r e pr e s e nt th e King s sons though more obviou sly
the well to do p e opl e and t he commoners
I t i s wort h
noting that an Ol d East e rn form of Che ss was playe d on
a board of ten squares e ach way thu s absolut e ly agre e
ing with the t en common e r card s of our Tarot and Playing
packs I t se e m s probabl e that a t en pi e ce gam e with
superior pi e ce s or card s
was the original sourc e of our
modern Ch es s with i ts e ight common and eight sup erior
pi e c es as well as of our modern Playing cards with the
original ten common er card s but only three distinct
supe rior cards toge th e r with the double po sition of the
Ac e which r e pre sents On e in som e case s and the Fool
in others
I n t he following chapt ers we shall describe all the b est
r ecognised methods use d for Divination by cards I t
do e s not follo w that w e b e li eve in What is t e chn ically
known as Cartomancy nor in the rigidity and c ertainty
of our so call ed Fat e I n fact a rigid b eli e f in Fatalism
so prevalent in the East at onc e d estroys all our pe rsonal
r espon sibility for our actions and d estroys all inc e ntive
all ambition all strivi ng for bett e r thi ngs I t is sol ely
du e to thi s lack of striving that the Ea st has r e m ain e d
almo st stationary in progress for so many c e nt u ri es while
the l ess sup erstitiou s W e st has gone rapidl y ah ead
The e asy doctrin e o f Fat ali sm has much to an swe r for
Still our lives are full of r em arkabl e coincid enc es many
of the m impo ssibl e of e xplan ation I t would b e absur d
to di spute t he fact that we are al l gre atly and perma
n e n tl
y in ue nced by our surroundings and by e ach othe r
The g e n e ral principl e of Heredity is well unde rstood but
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no one kn ows how far reaching i ts remorseless grip may

go It is impo ssible for any thinking r easonable person
t o de ny that the Pres e nt o r the Past does and must

t
h
in uence
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 of Divin ation the
person whos e future is to be read m u st in som e way
in uence matt e rs Som e Diviners use a Crystal that has
be e n h e ld in the hands of the que stioner who thus per
and so it is claimed cause s
son ally a ffe cts the Crystal
vi sions to appear therein Other Diviners ask for some
p e rsonal article closely as sociat e d with the person whose
future is in question Obviously this method is not quite
so safe as it is practically impossible to use any article
that is sol ely person al to one indi vidual
A glove or
handkerchi e f is often u sed but it seems perfe ctly Clear
that eithe r of the se must carry many othe r in uenc es
besides tho se of the owner A lock of hair seems b est
but eve n the n th e re may be the in uence of one s hair
dre sser o r on e s maide spe cially a lady s maid who
would handle he r mistres s s locks eve ry day in the o r
di n ary cour se of her duti e s
To a gre at e xtent this que stion of mixed in uences
must al so a ffe ct the Crystal apart from the Clos e inti
mat e touch o f the Divin e r if he or S he holds it in the
hands For this re ason a black ve lve t pad is often used
for the support of the Crystal after the questioner has
handled it
But it is obvious that this precaution cannot be fully
effective as e ach qu estioner i n turn must han dl e the
C rystal and thus a ff e ct it though to what e xt e nt is not
known
The most accurat e result I have e ve r com e
across and it was startling in i ts exact truth was made
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It wo ul d the refore be hopelessly ridiculous to expect

the cards to repeat any one set of de tails concerning the
q ue stioner s futur e indeed one cannot re asonably e xp ect
the repetition of eve n one dominant point unless the
questioner has sufci ent will power to kee p his or her
thoughts steadily upon the one point
If you u se the Cards or the Crystal to oblige a fri end
who is idly curious you may de al in twenty different
ways an d never get two that agree Wha t else can you
expect
It is therefore advisable to make sure that your sitter
is re ally in earnest and then persuade him or her to con
centrat e their thought s upon one principal dominant
idea let it be what it will Then you may reasonably
expect to get good re sult s
Let me give o n e earn e st word of warn ing never offer
to pretend t o foretell the Future
that is impossibl e
As far as we know the re is n o de nite xed or rigid

u
Future for any o n e of s all you can do is to point out
how the subj e ct is dri fting how he or she is likely to be
placed or affected wh e the r a ce rtain thing desirable or
unpleasant is likely to come about n e ve r that it wi ll
come about
Free will is the key note of al l Dame Nature s efforts
and every one of u s is master of his own De stiny within
the limitations of his own person al ity B ear that clearly
in mind when you read the cards Never stat e that a
thing wi ll happen but that it app ears probabl e in the
present course of affairs For instance if an illn ess is
in di cated it may in many cases b e avoide d altoge ther
or greatly modie d in its e ffe ct s if r ea sonable care and
precaution are taken It is j ust the sam e with p e opl e and
affairs we n ee d not drift their way if we choose to
S truggle aga in st them

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The Fut u re is in each person s own hands but the f all

of the cards if co rrectly i nt erpret e d may serve as a warn
ing against po ssible dangers that lie ahead of us or
alternatively they may serve as a stimul us and cause us
to put forth still great e r efforts to secure some desirable
result
Before describing the various methods of Card Divin a
tion I S houl d li ke to po int out that it is not n e cessary
to memorise the various me anings of the cards The
simplest plan is to use a special pack and mark the
m e anings and combinations on the face of each card I n
t hi s way you avoid all te di ous re fe re nce s and quick ly
l earn how to read from any particular fal l of the cards
It is not conside red po ssible 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
open your e ye s to the wonderful combinations that are
po ssibl e unde r Cart omancy
B e gin with an ordi nary modern pack of Playing cards
but go on 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 asily cut twe nty six cards of the ordi nary
size upon which you can writ e the n e c essary description s
For the Tarot Divination cards you n ee d only numb e r
yo ur blanks from one to twe nty one ; the n you n ee d a
Fool and n al ly the four Knight s one for each suit I n
thi s way you can obt ai n a cheap and very interesting
pack of Tarot Divination card s with whic h you can
entertain and possibly help your friends
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Sho ul d you have any artistic powers or happe n to

know any gift ed friend these extra cards can be orna
m en ted a n d co l oured to yo u r own fancy
provided you
insert the necessary numbers In fact it woul d not be
a di fcul t task to design and paint a full pack of Tarot
cards for your own use in which cas e a visit to the
B ritish Museu m or the Guil dh all woul d give you some
us eful ideas upon which t o base your de signs
In the modern printed packs there is much needl ess
monotony but in a g e nuine Tarot pack or in a mode rn
h and pain ted pack no two cards would be ali ke
For
t he Hea rt suit you would introduce one Cup in an upper
c orn er for the Ace
and so on ; oth e rwi se you can l et
u
l
our
fancy
rove
how
and
where
it
will
One
suit
co
d
y
represent Flowers another Animal s a t hi rd a series of
'
Women s C ostumes of various ages a fourth Bir ds you
can vary them to any extent though each s ui t shou ld
S how a s i mil arity of thought for al l the cards
,

N OTE A pack of seventy eight Tarot Cards with

guide c an be obtained fro m the publishers of thi s book
for
post fre e
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CHAPTER
ME TH OD S

O F G RE

M AD AME

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IVINE R S

LE N O RMAN D

HE pack consis ts of fty two cards four suits of

thirt ee n each Each suit consi st s of the Ace King
Queen Jack Te n Nine Eight Seve n Six Five Four
Thre e and Two o r alternatively of K ing Que en Jack
Ten Nine Eight Sev e n Six Five Four Thr ee Two
-

On e

It has b ee n ob se rved that thi s fourfold division of the

pack corresponds to similar di v i sion s of Time which are
thus se t out :
,

Diamonds
Youth
Spring
Morning

The fty

Clubs
Manhood
Summ e r
Noon
.

3
3

3
3

H earts
Maturity
Autumn
Eve ning

4
4
4

Spades

Age

Wint e r
Night

two card s corre spond to the fty two weeks

in the ye ar i e the four Suits to the four Season s of
thi rteen wee ks such as shown above Of th ese Spring
include s March April and May ; S u mmer includ es June
July and August Autumn include s S eptemb e r Octob e r
and Nove mbe r ; and Wint e r compl e t es the circle of the
year with the months of D ecemb er January an d
February
Thi s only applie s to the mod e rn pack as the re al
Tarocchi packs contain fourte e n cards to each suit
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Each card take n by it self and in connection with

that prec e ding and following it i e one two and
thre e cards at a time will give s eve n po ssible com
b i n a ti o n s
Now 7 x 5 2
which adde d to the
364
pack or unit gives 3 65 the number of days in the year
So the n it will be seen that the pack of fty two
cards corresponds at al l points with the natural divisions
of time
The Ace of each suit rules the rst week of the cor
responding Season and i s followed by the King Queen
Jack Ten etc declining till the lowest card the Two is
reached
The v al u e or signication of the four suits is bri e y
a s f ollows
,

D iamonds 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 or inh e r e nt capacity
Hearts denote Love and i ts in e xio n s such as friend
ship sympathy attachment toge ther with peace tran
quillity and the concomitants of love
Spades d e note Loss privation of any sort things in
the ir ultimate issues The suit is capable of many ln
e x i o n s how e ver and like the Diamonds shin es only
by the re ect e d light of accompanying cards H e nce a
run of 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 or her as a sign ic at or W ith
and the suit is
m en it is a King with wo m e n a Queen
controlled by the colouring or comple xion of the con
.

su l tan t

Diamonds signify very light peopl e

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and axen or re d hair They also de not e pe rsons gr ey

or whit e h ead e d with age
H e arts d enote fair p e opl e darke r than the Diamond
type with blue or grey e ye s and brown hair
Clubs denot e brown e ye d people with brown hair ;
the ave rag e brun e tt e typ e
Spade s de note very dark pe ople almo st black or
rave n coloure d
N B A Club in the case of a widow or widowe r b e
com e s a Spade
A H e art in similar ca ses b ecomes a
Diamond
Boys and girls are d e noted by the Jacks of the Suits
according to th eir colouring ; and the sex i s shown by
the King or Qu ee n n e ar e st or touching them
The Jacks in ge n e ra l d enot e attendants s e rvitors
s ervants attaches followers et c thus
.

Jack of Diamonds a carri e r po stman m es senge r

Jack of Clubs an ag e nt business man cl erk
Jack of H e art s ( Cupid) a love r followe r fri e nd
Jack of Spades doctor physician or professional man
down to the 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 di n g to
the attendant c ards i e thos e falling in j uxtapo sition
All odd numb e rs including the On e are good whe n
the right way up and bad wh e n r eve r se d
With one or t wo e xc e ptions the syst e m s of card
telling now in u se are tho se hande d down to us by
t he Bohemian s and employ only a part of the ordinary
pack
That in mo st r e put e us e d only thirty two of the cards
re j e cting the Two Thr ee Four Five and Six of e ach
suit
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The following meanings attach to the th irty two cards

employe d :
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D I AM ON D S
Right way

p
Ring letter bankn ote
Fair or gre y hair e d man
widow e r
Widowe d Que e n of
H e art fair fri e nd
Military public s erva nt
Mon e y town succ e ss
Shar p instrum e nts n e ws
Short j ourne y by road
or rail
Young person child p et
,

R ev ersed

Ace

Lett e r to pay bill

King

Flatt e ring tre acherous

&c

Que en J e alous coque tte

Jack
Spit eful man
Jo u rn e y anxi e ty
Ten
Nine
Accidents dang e r
,

Eight Spite worry

S e ven Small gain
,

C LU B S
R ight way

Success
pap ers

good

R ev ersed

luck

D e laye d lett e r writs

bad n ews
Fait hful generous man
King I n troubl e worri e d
D e vot e d fri e nd re spect e d Queen In pe rplexity
I n ill luck
Virtuous love r
Jack
Money rec e ived luck
E strange ment voyage
j ourney
Te n
H appin ess legacy a will
Nin e
Obstacles
Money love of a d ark man Eight Agre em ent s contracts
etc
S e ve n Perilous un dertaking
Victory succ ess
nancial trouble
Ace

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Take however a simple illustration as a guide to the

g e n eral m e thod The King of Clubs falling between the
Nine of Spades and Ace of Spades ( revers e d) wo ul d i n
d i c ate that the consultant if a Club man is in imm e dia te
danger of d eath or of ve ry s e ve re illn es s bringing him
n e ar to de ath
If howeve r an Ace of Diamonds and a
Ten of H e arts were on either sid e of the King of Club s
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 es public functions
e tc
with the Ace of Spad es in a church theatre or othe r
high buildi ng ; with the Ace of Hearts at the hous e of
the con sultant and so on
The Kin gs al l coming together S how business ; the
Qu eens thu s plac e d S how talk and scandal ; the Jacks
workm e n about the hous e agents and servant s dange r
of trickery ; and if e vil cards add their testimony it may
b e det e ctiv e s or bail iffs cre ditors and othe r unpl e asant
vi sitors
The Aces fal l ing together denote new surroundi ngs
with succ ess or failure according to the card s that follow
the m ; but the Aces always S how a change of life whe n
falling toge th e r
N B I f the cons ul tant be marri e d the King or Quee n
of the same sui t must always be taken as the husband
or wife
P OS I TI ON
Much importance attaches to the position in which an y
card falls in relation t o the sign i c ator
Above the sign ic ator denotes succe ss achievement
the wi sh gai n ed
Below d e not es that which is past compl e t e d obtained
the condition in which the consultant now is
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METHODS
Right of
ho pe e ffort
,

ro ac hi n g

sign ic ato r

the

that

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29

hows aspiration
which the consul tant

to

de sire
is

ap

L eft of the sign ic ator shows things that obstruct the

path di fculti es to b e surmount e d that which d elays
succ ess or oppo se s the de sir e of the consultant
These are call e d Dire ct Position s The Oblique Po si
tion s are as follows
To the Right above shows things that help forward
t he gain of the wi sh and conduc e to succ ess
To the Right b elow shows thi ngs accomplished in the
dir ection o f t he wi sh of the con sultant
To th e Left above shows what obstacles will ari se
out of the past to preve nt the wi sh
To the L e f t b e low shows thi ngs that have already
ari se n in the past
I f the Nin e of Spad es the
disappointm e nt
card
fall s touching the sign ic at or it is a S ign of the wi sh not
b eing accomplishe d If the Nin e of H e art s touche s it
will bring the wish I f both O f the se cards touch the
sig n i c at o r t he wi sh will b e d elaye d
I f the y touch one
anoth er the wish will b e change d Among oth er things
t he Nin e of Spad e s shows a w e t day
Obse rve that Club s and Heart s ge n erally denot e suc
c ess whil e Spades d enot 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
pre c eding following or touching The Ten of H eart s
i s always a corrective to bad cards whe n falling wi th
them
A point to which att ention must be directed here i s
that a reverse d card has i ts meaning modie d In som e
packs it i s fairly e a sy by noting the difference in the top
margin s to d e tect a r ev erse d card But general ly sp eak
i n g now that card printing is so r e gul ar it i s b e tt e r to
,

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nsure the de tection by marking the cards at one end

by a little dot
Usually only thirty two cards are us e d for fortune
telling the Two s Thre es Fours Fives and Sixes b e ing
thrown out In o n e m e thod that will b e d e tail e d thirty
six cards are us e d the four Twos are added The Tarot
pack consists of se venty eight card s but in some of the
de lineations only a part of these are us e d
Ge nerally the meanings of the cards remain fairly con
stant for all the methods Thus a good omened card is
always such but the particular or S pecic meaning of
it is al tered somewhat by the method of using it For

example the Ten of Spad e s by one method mean s lo sses

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
or it may

be resolve and if reversed

di I cu l ty in love a ffairs
These me an ings or values of the cards S ho ul d be well
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
once presented t o the mind of the reader The word k ey
is used advi se dl y becau se these terms or val ues are not
to be take n as the ab solute determination of the cards
but rather as a gui de to the spe cic values in relation
In this conn e ction it is as w ell to not e the m e anings
of combinations I t i s e asy to imagin e that He art s ge n er
ally are as sociat e d with love and marriage Thi s suit is
also clos e ly related to domestic matt ers and to the soci al
ameniti es of life Diamonds are ge ne ral ly associated with
n ancial considerations and though as has al r e ady be e n
suggested they are modie d by other cards coming close
to them they are usually emblems of a favourable char
act e r
Clubs are almost always good Succes sful enterpr ises

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cont e ntm e nt in hom e lif e and pro sp erity in worldly u n

Spades are the u n
d e rtak i n gs are in di cated by Clubs
fortunat e suit I f conne ct e d with love it i s us ually of an
unre ciprocat e d natur e Sicknes s los ses and d e aths and
mon e tary embarrassment s are all indi cat e d by Spades
I f the re is a run of a particular sui t it will b e see n that
Clubs will b e an ome n of the bright est charact e r while
a similar run of Spad e s will indicat e the worst po ssibl e
phas es of fortune A run of Heart s will foret ell succ e sses
i n love of Diamonds in mon ey Combination s of Court
cards are important Amongst others the following may
b e not e d :
Whe n the Aces com e toge the r the y d e note n ew sur
roundings How t hi s will affe ct the fut ure fortune depe nds
upon the in ue nce of the cards that follow th e m
S ephari al sugge st s that t he Ac es coming together por
t e nd always a change of lif e Foli thinks they imply
dang er and nancial lo ss But thi s is l esse ned if the y
are re ve rse d ; thre e Ac es t e mporary trouble I t should
b e rem e mbe re d that the mod e rn Ac e whe n not u se d as
the On e re pre sents the old Fool whi ch ha d the powe r
of ups e tting or changi ng eve rythi ng B e ar this in mind
whe n r e a di ng t he cards
Kings coming together de not e busine ss or as anoth e r
authority has it
honour s pre ferm ent good appoin t

m ent s
If re ve rsed of l es s val ue but arriving e arli e r
Thr e e King s are a good omen unl ess r e ve rsed
Four
Quee ns imply t al k and scandal or a social gathe ring
S poilt if t he c ards b e r e ve rse d
Thr e e Quee ns de not e
friendly visit s but if reversed possible danger to the
consultant Whe n the Jacks come toge the r workm e n
or ag e nt s about the hous e or roi st e ring and noisy con
v i v i ali t
Thr ee be toke n annoyanc es from fri e nds
If
y
reversed the evil is not so conside rable
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Fo ur T e n s and four Nines stand resp ective ly for good

fortune and surpris es Thre e Ten s are ve ry bad but
three Nine s good Four Eights a mixed omen of succ ess
and failure Thre e Eights new family ti e s Four S e vens
troubl e i s immin e nt ; thre e ill he alth lo ss of fri e nds
Nin e O f Diamonds and the Eight of H e arts tog ethe r
is r egard e d as a sure indication of a j ourney Ten of
Club s followe d by an Ac e b etokens a large sum of mon ey
A s e quenc e of Ac e King Queen and Jack of o n e colour
fore t ell Marriage so al so do the Te n of H e arts and Ac e
of Diamonds When the Nin e and K ing of Heart s app ear
toge th e r they form a good combination for lovers
B e fore proce e ding to lay out the cards in any of the
m e thods d e tail e d in the following page s the card teller
mu st take the pack in hand and proc ee d to shu fe t he m
This is for the purpose of getting rid of the in uence of
any other person who may have b ee n handling the cards
r e c e ntly The pack is the n hande d to the con sul tant
who is require d to shu f e it ve ry thoroughly
The attitud e of mi nd in which this shuf ing S hould be
don e d e p ends upon the purpose for which it is e ff ected
If the gen e ral fortune past pr es e nt and futur e is r e
quired th e n l et the con sultant maintain a passive mind
neither anxious nor int e nt but wishing only to know the
truth and to acc e pt without cavil or protest anything
the diviner may predict from the cards

If howe ve r a d e nite
wi sh is require d then l et
the mind O f the con sultant b e int e nt upon i ts nature
and the sourc e of i ts gratication Le t this m e ntal atti
tude be st eadily maintained while the shufe i s b eing
made
I n r egard to this proce ss O f shuf ing the cards it will
be Obs e rve d that it is of the most vital importance sinc e
the order in which the cards are subseque ntly laid out
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cannot be al tered when once the shufe is completed

Some of our readers may think that nothing re liable can
be drawn from a proceeding which is so obv iously a
matter of chance But let such for a moment conside r the
propriety of using such a word as chance
The cards having b ee n duly shufed the con sultant
must cut the pack into thre e parts at hazard turning the
cards thu s cut face upward s I n almost every case it will
be s ee n that the three cards thus displayed will corr espond
to the nature of the consultant s thoughts the wi sh or
what i s upp ermost in his mind or n eare st him in event
I f a lady is consulting and she cuts the Ace of Diamonds
Jack of Heart s and Te n of Heart s without doubt her
present lover will make her a gift of a ring If she we re
to cut her own sign icato r ( say the Queen of Clubs )
toge ther with the Kin g of Clubs and the Eight of Hearts
it S hows a lover in the shape of a dark man
If instead of the Eight of Heart s the Eight of Spade s
were cut she would if married be in danger of a quarrel
with her husband and her thoughts of him woul d not
b e kind
If unmarrie d she would b e about to quarrel
with a dark man denoted by the King of Clubs In thi s
mann e r the various combinations will denote what is
in the Wind
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 of 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 est known exponent s of Card Di v ination
were the famous French consultants Madame Len o rm an d
and Mon sie ur E tteila as he was known professionally
We shall begin with thes e prove d me thods as they are
practised and recognised all over the world
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MA D AME

LE N ORMA N D S

NI NE S

This method employs thirty

six cards viz the Ace
Kin g Que e n Jack Ten N ine Eight Seven and Two
of each s ui t
The ca rds are la id out in rows of nine each
from left to ri ght
The place on whi ch each card fal ls will d e termine in
what man n er it will affe ct the cons ul tant Each place
has a deni te name and rul es over that element in the
life designated by its name
The thi rty-six positions are nam ed as foll ows
.

r o ec t

S at i s

f at i
c

R i sk

D e sir e

I n ju st i c e

H u rt

E st at e

B en e t

I n h er i t an c e

L ov in g

26

27
r i se

C h an

30
D is

r ac e

34

20

av o u r

Tre ac h er

24

ev at i o n

28
e

3I
G o od

Marr i a g e

G i ts

E n t er

33
er en c e

23

29

R ew ar d

Lu ck

8
n e ss

22

25

ff

pp i

2I

at i t u d e

L o ss

Ri v

gr

I2

L ov e
Ha

In

I I

ai n

Io

J oy

A c q u ai n ta n c e

Ho

S u c c ess

on

I n di

o rt u n e

D e at h
32

We al t h

35

36

A m bi t io n

S i c k n e ss

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Clubs A faithful friend will work to bri ng about

succe ss for you
Diamonds D i fc ul ties caused by j ealousy or spite
Note accompanying card s
Spade s Tr e achery and serious delay
.

S ati sfacti on

H e art s Y our Wish will be accomplished Many favours

await you
Clubs Fidelity wi ll surmount all di ffi cultie s and give
you j oy
Diamonds You have difculti e s to overcome by reason
of much jealousy
Spades Treachery will diminish your hopes of hap
.

i
n
e
s
s
p
3

S u ccess

H e art s Happy and favourable prospects s u rro u nd you

Clubs By means of fri e nds you will gain your desire
and have succe ss in your proj ects
Diamonds Many difculti es owing to j e al ousy and
distrust
Nevertheless you will succeed according to
your m e rit s
Spad es Dec e it and treachery There is little hope
of succe ss herein
.

H ope

Heart s You will gain your wish

Clubs You have good chances of gaining yo u r wish
but you will have to work hard towards it
Diamonds Hopes lightly founde d or entir ely vain
w ill not meet with fullm e nt
Spades A foolish hOp e in spires you Be pre pared to
see it destroyed root and branch
.

Ri sk

Heart s Y ou wil l enhance yo u r fortunes by means of

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unexpe cted gain Whatever you have at stake will yi e ld

you a good r e sult
Clubs Y ou will be be n e t e d and put in the way of
securing a be tt e r condition than you now are in Y ou
will succ e ed fairly well
Diamonds Expect unlooked for things If you ask
about mon e y at stake you will ge t it In othe r respects
your surroundings are uncertain
Look at the cards
touching thi s number
If H e arts or Clubs good ; if
D iamonds mone y ; if Spad es exp ect loss by r e water
or ot her unlooked for e ve nt
Spad es Ve ry bad risks
Unfortunate speculations
thefts losses and eve n bankruptcy
.

D esi re

Heart s You will gain the obj ect of your most ardent
d esire Your wi sh 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 er est e d as we ll as you The re
will b e contention and some ri sk of failure
Spad es A1t e r your wish
All hope abandon ye who

enter here
Y our wi sh cannot b e grant e d
.

7 I nju sti ce
.

Hearts
An inj u stice h as been done you but you will
have full reparation and your right s will b e recogni sed
Club s Employ an int ermediate
You have e very
hope that your m erit s will b e re gard e d
Diamonds Make ove rtur e s in the shape of pre sents
and gift s Nothing stand s in your way e xc e pt a feeling
o f annoyanc e
Spades Forge t your wrongs and do not augm e nt
the m by affording fre sh opportunity for inj u stice to be
don e to you
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8

I ng rati tude

He art s You will be pleased to re ceive proof that those

who have been u ngr ateful are an xious to make amends
Clubs Y our fri ends wi ll make re dress of all sli ghts
and ingratitude you have suffered
Diamonds D o not be annoyed j e al ousy alone is at
the root of the ingratitude you have r eceive d
Spades Do t o oth e rs as you woul d have them do to
you
Expect disappo intment and treachery but see
that you do not Offend in t hi s respect yours e lf
.

9 A cquai n tan ce
.

Hearts Y our associations will be protable to you

Cert ai n frie ndship s will be of great advantage to you
Clubs You have the be st of friends See that you
do not negl e ct th e m
Diamonds Beware of being a cause Of j eal ousy and
st rife among your associate s
Spades Exercis e the gr e atest caution in selecting your
friends but do not be surprised if you are betraye d You may
be of use to othe rs but wil l get little from your as sociates
.

10

Loss

Heart s Be prepared for the loss of be nefactors and

thos e of good heart towards you
Club s Your affairs will receive a rude shock by the
loss of a friend
Diamonds Guard your possessions an d interests for
th e re is danger of severe losses at hand
Spades
Dec e it and treache ry surround you in business
Grief and trouble through losses await you Beware of
false in ves tments frauds and thefts
.

II

H a rt

Heart s Y our a ffections will rec e ive a hurt which wil l

give you m uch pain
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Clubs Fri endships will give you so rrow 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 di rect e d agai nst you
Spades Much sorrow is at ha nd Be prepared for
grief lo sse s and treache ry
.

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E state

H eart s You are going forward towar ds succ ess from

day to day
Clubs By m eans of 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 oppo si
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 of your int ere sts
for some tim e to come
.

j oy
H earts You wi ll have cause for j oy in the direction
whe re yo ur affections 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 o mi ng an
obstacle in face of opposition and j e alousy
Spades Y ou will b e glad to have be e n of use to oth ers
Fait hful service to a superior will bring its rewar d
I3

I4

Lov e

Hearts You will have suc c ess and happiness in your 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 mon st er besets
the path of un ce rtain devotion
Spades Your affections wil l be blighted ; but do not
despair you wi ll conquer at last by patience and deli ty
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La ck

Heart s Y ou will have success in life and prosperity

is now comin g to you through legitimate means
Club s By your own m e ntal and moral efforts as wel l
as the help of good friends you will have m ore than enough
to live honestly
Diamonds There is danger of your fortunes being
affected seriously through j e alousy and rivalry
Spade s Hate and deceitful dealing wil l destroy your
chances of immediate success
,

M arri age
Heart s You will marry well One whom you love
will r e ciprocate your affection
Clubs Your fri ends will be the m eans of bringing
about your m arriage
It will be a well as sorted
match
Diamonds Trouble worry and vexation follow on
m arriage If you are in quest of a dowry rather than a
wife you will ge t it The conse quences you must bear
with resignation
Spades Treachery and malice are the fr uits of m arriage
B eware how you C hoose a partner The
in your case
N ine of Spades here means divorce the Eight means
separation
16

I7

P ai n

He ar t s Your troubles will soon pas s away Live in

hope
Clubs E ffect a reconciliation with your friends as
soon as possible
D iamonds Y ou are troubled because of sharp words
and angry fe e lings D ismiss them and live in p e ace
Spades Y ou are the victim of deceit and treachery
B ide yo ur time and do not take active measures yet
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41

Happ i n ess

H e art s Your affe ctions are well place d and rec i pro
N othing hinde rs your happin e ss
c ate d
Clubs With prud enc e and att e ntion you will touch
the springs of happin es s
Diamonds Y ou seize pleasure with too d esperate a
hand You run great ri sks and are liabl e to e xcit e ange r
and j e alousy
Spades Your pleasur es will be of short duration Be
careful they are not the caus e of your undoing
.

h
eri tan ce
n
I
g
.

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

s
Diamond
You will engage in strife and legal pro
c e e di n gs which will co st you mor e than you gain by l e gacy
Spades I f you have any right to an inheritanc e t h e re
is gre at dange r of your losing it by m ea ns of dec eit on the
part of oth e rs Look well ahead and provide for con
.

ti n gen c i es
20

Treachery

Heart s Rest 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 for a
timely d eliverance from plots directed against your we lfare
Diamonds Time will effac e the e ffe ct s of tre ache rous
plot s and spiteful actions But you will b e ve ry much
upse t by di scovering the danger you are in
Spades Scandal lo ss of friends and d e ceitful d ealing
are to b e e xp ect e d
.

2I

Ri v als

Heart s Y ou overcome all rival ry

Make the most of it
.

The day is yours

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42

Clubs Your own merits and the good o ffi c es of friends

wil l s e cur e you a victory over your rivals
Diamonds T hr ough som e S pite and i nt rigue you may
hope for a deci sion in your favour The om e ns are ckl e
Spades You cannot hope for success in t hi s di re ction
Your rival s wil l s ec ure all the favou rs you ex pect
.

22

Gifts

He ar t s You

wil l

have gifts far excee ding your ex

t
t
i
c
a
ons
e
p

Club s Gifts will b e made to you for your own sake

Favours from friends
Diamond s Be careful of b e ing drawn away from the
path of honour by gifts of money and othe r induce ments
Spades B eware of any gifts made to you Treachery
and d ec e it are hi dden unde r sm i l e s and overtur e s of
f riendship
.

23

Lov i ng

H e art s Y ou will be satised in the love bestowe d on

you Yo u have the affe ctions of a person of good char
acter
Clubs You have one of good birth in whom to repose
your affections
Y ou will receive benets from your
fri e nds and c ondan ts
Diamonds Be careful Your love r is susce ptible to
j eal ous feelin gs Beware of strife among your fri e nds
Spades Y ou will have cause to re gr e t havi ng plac e d
yo u r affections in a ce r tain quarter The person is v i n dic
tive and deceitful
Your fri e nds are hypocritic al and
fals e to a d e gree
.

24

E lev ati on

H e art s You will rise far above your expec tations

and b e come the obj ect of regard and honour among worthy
people
,

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44

Be careful lest you are thrown out of the

Diamond
s

frying p an into the re Avoid st ri fe

Spades Y ou are in great danger O f losing your pres ent
position Y ou have secret enemies to 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 of the d e ath of an
en e my
Spades Y our worst enemy is n ear to death Y our
Worst days are coming to an end
.

R eward

Y ou will gain the reward of your labours

Heart
s

and your delity will be requited with ab u ndant

esteem
Club s Y ou will rec e ive the re ward of your work By
means of your friends you will gain all for which you
have striven
Diamonds Y our recompense will be diminished or
retarded by j e alousy
Spades Y ou are in danger of losing by deceit that
which is promised or expected
.

30

Di sgrace

Hearts Y ou will soon forget whatever little disgrace

you may incur It will turn to your advantage
Clubs A friend is in dange r of disgrace Y ou will
resent it I t will pa ss away
Diamonds Y ou 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 ou have misplaced your conde nce and
in consequence will suffer loss of honour Y ou will be
betrayed
.

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31

Good Fortun e

OF

GREAT D I VINERS

45

Heart s An unexpected stroke of luck will render your

condition a ve ry agreeabl e one
Clubs You will re c eive a considerable increase in your
fortun e by the aid of fri end s and support e rs
Diamonds Jealousy and the ambition of false frie nd s
will be to your advantage
Spad es I n case of pressing need you will re ceive the
a ss 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

Wealth

Heart s Y ou will make a brilliant fortune quite equal

to your hi ghest ambition s
Clubs Your work and int ellige nce aide d by the
servic e s of fri e nds will se cur e you a fortun e of som e e xt e nt
Diamonds Person s of an avaricious and j eal ous nat ure
in whom you have place d condence will make th e ir
fortunes at your e xpense or will prot greatly from your
own fortune
Spade s Your en ergi es and t al ents are doomed to
enrich others only Be therefore di scre et in the u se of
yo u r ene rgies and try to pre serve your rights
,

33

I n di eren ce

Heart s You will b e indiffe rent to the future of others

and wi ll th ereby los e some of the happine ss of life
Clubs Your indifference 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
Spades N e gl e ct of duties and ge neral apathy will
cause the loss of money honour f ri ends and health
,

3 4 Fav ou r
.

H art
Y ou will have the favour of we althy persons
e

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CA R D F ORTUN E TELLIN G

who will advan ce your interests very much Y ou are

fortunat e in gainin g affection and esteem
Club s By your sagacity and de lity you will gain
man y fri e nds and will receive many favours from them
Diamonds Y ou will have dif cul ty in obtaining any
very substantial favours Y ou have many ri val s
Spades Y ou had better d e pend upon your o wn labour s
and the fru i ts of your work for little or no preferment
will accrue to you
.

35

A m bi ti on

Hearts Pursue your ambitions with steadfastness and

you wil l rea p your reward
Clubs Y ou wi ll accomplish your ambitions by m e ans
of your fri e nds who will take an interest in your schemes
and proj ects
Diamon ds The j e al ousy of relatives and friends will
ca use many of your ambiti ons to fall short of attain ment
Spades Y ou will suffer a seri ous disappointment in
your chief ambition through the tr eachery and mal ice
of fal se fri e nds and s ecret enemies
.

36

S i ckn ess

Hear ts Y o ur illness will be of short duration

It
will be nothin g
Club s Y ou have nothing to fea r Y our il lness will
not b e dangerous
Diamonds Sharp but short illnes s will prostrate you
for a while
Spades Y ou wi ll not suffer alone Y our e nemies are
also a fict e d with sickness But beware of a long trial
and have patience
.

Not e Hearts S how good fortune wherev e r they fall

and promise success Clubs S how assistan ce from friends
and well dir ected personal e ffort
Diamonds are ck el
,

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47

how spite envy and j e alousy

Spades indicate
failur e treache ry m alice and l ack of initiative
Wh e n good cards surround the number unde r con
sideration it gives an augury of the best res ul ts but if
Spade s or Diamonds fall th ere on and are surrounde d by
good c ards it pro mi ses obstacl es an d d elay Wh e n Spades
fal l there 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 number
The foll owing n u mbers d ese rve spe ci al comment :

an d

No 5 e qual ly shows all ri sk by lott e ry cards or other

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 an d
not depending on one s own e fforts as do the ambitions
N o 35
No 7 shows equall y the result of all laws ui ts adj udi ca
tions the re compe nse of superi ors e tc
No 9 in cludes al l as soc iations such as marria ge partn e r
shi p fri e n ds and bus ines s e ngag e m e n ts
No I 6 If the consult ant b e married or unde r age
then the int e rpretation i s capable of mo di cation
No 2 r This includ es al l ki nds of rival int erest s
whether in marriage love busines s or competition
.

CHAPTER III
A TE S T TE

LL I NG

O F TH E

A RD S

N the illustration ( p 48) of 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 mi nd whil e we interpret the c ards
Of the eight sur roundi ng c ards three represent pe ople
two of these being men ; House number Twenty one
where the Two of H ear ts rests signies Rival r y of al l
sorts not only in love but in business It is good that a
Heart shoul d fal l here but the reversed position at once
sugge sts delay or int erferen c e whi ch is al so c onrm ed
elsewhere
Let u s n ow consider the Suits of the eight c ards ; we
nd that we have three Hear ts including the Fool 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 see that al l will come right but in some un
expected fashi on 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 of Spades is not a very bad one and signies
il l he alth in all probability especially as the person al
card is the only reversed card in the s e ries
The combination of the Ace of Diamonds in House
Twenty two ( Gifts ) with the Ten of Clubs on eith e r side
of the personal card sugg e sts the unexpected receipt of
!

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50

m oney W e m us t als o note the presence of the Queen

of Clu l E an d the Seven of Hearts whi ch strongly sugges t
favours thr ough a woman and in all pr obabili ty the
Jack of Hearts in Ho use Eleven repr es ents a rival in the
affections of the woman in ques tion

This b ri ef sketch wi ll give an idea of how it is done

but the D ivin er mus t culti v ate the power by shuf in g
and arrangi ng the cards time after t ime until he or she
can rec ognise the combin ations with some eas e
W e m us t not however overlook the other in dicatin g
car dsfor ins tan c e the Two of Diam onds represe nts the
condant Of the en quirer and in the present c as e this
card fal ls on House Eighteen which signi es Happiness
In the dia gr a m it appears t o be a long way from the Two
of Hearts but in re ali ty it is only two places away from
the vi t al gr oup of nine c ards with the Qu een of Hearts
be tweenthis is a good card and si gni es a generous or
affectionate wom an thus inten sifyin g and conrmi ng the
previous rea din g
The Two of C lubs is too far a wa y to affec t your Divin a
tion though it fal ls in the M arri a ge House and is next
the Eight of D iamonds a j ourney probably to the home
of the wo m an who is so vitally co ncerned in thi s matter
Madame Le n o rm an d s m ethod of Card D ivination is
an excell ent one an d is much favoured It has the great
m erit of sim plicity and the use of the four Twos as in
di c ators avoids distur ban ce of the C ourt card val ues
It is nece ssar y t o point out that the full nine cards ca n
only be obt ai ned when the Two of Hearts falls in one of
the ce ntre rows Obviously if it falls in the top row you
can onl y use si x car ds
In this c ase I mys elf as sume that
the bo tto m row has b een transpl anted above the series
F or instance if
an d in this way I secure th e ful l ni ne cards
the Two of Hearts had fall en in House F our in stead of
.

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52

exertions or e fforts C lubs al so are favour able but signify

friends and their e fforts on our be hal f Diamonds are
neutral in fortune an d signify delay while Spades are
bad In this cas e the proportion is ve favour able cards
against two neutral and only one bad car d
Again you wi ll notice that there are two Heart C our t
cards inclu di n g the Ace or F ool which dom i nates every
thing else and is very powerful one Club two Diamonds
but no Spade So in every way your reply can be satis
factory Y ou m ust remember that in addi tion to the
di rect Y es or N o the f al l of the cards may i n di cate partia l
success only ; a fail u re of our own efforts but success
through o ur friends partial success and so on dependent
upon the fall of the suits an d the proportion of C ourt
cards included in the eight surr ounding cards
,

S OME

E N G LIS H ME TH OD S

O F TE LL I N G

LTH OUG H

Madame Len orm an d s method is wide

spread and pop ul ar there ar e many other f as cinatin g
way s for de al ing the cards To make a change we now
give a m e thod whi ch can be followed with the f ul l pack
Of the different s ui ts Clubs stand generally for hap
N ext come Hearts
p in ess and rarely are of bad omen
whi ch are not so deep in the ir sign i cance and show j oy
libe rality good temper Diamonds denote delay quarrels
ann oyances ; whi le Spades ar e the fateful suit and signify
I t is important to pick
grief misfortune illness death
up the cards qui t e haphazar d as those whi ch are reversed
in the pack have quite a di fferent signicance
Such
Ten Nine Eight etc of Diamonds
c ard s as the Ace
sho uld have a small p e ncil mark to show the top
Shuf e the pack w ell ou t the cards thre e times and
lay them out in rows of n i ne cards each Select a King
or Qu ee n to represent the pe rson who is consulting you
Hearts repres e nt ing blond e types Diamonds the or di nary
fair people ; Club s the brunettes and Spades the very
da rk ones
Some well known users of the cards allow
their consul tant to c hoo se any King or Que en t o represent
themselves thi s of cour se must be done before the
cards are touched If prefe rred the pack can be cut
and 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
,

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54

type card and count nine every way reckoning the type
card as number one The car ds thus indi ca ted wi ll be
the prophetic ones
In the case of a married woman
the Kin g of the same suit of 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 of great importance I n the case of a m ar ried
man the reverse app lies the Queen of his own suit r e
presentin g his wife
The Jack of the type s ui t shows the thoughts of the
person and they al so should be count e d from
The m eaning to be attached t o the various prophetic
cards is as follows
,

The Clu b S u it

Ac e Peace

of mind happ i ness a succe ss card

K in g The in uence in your li fe of a dark m an upright
faithful and affectionate
Queen A b ru nette gentl e and pleas ing
Jac k The thought of the Kin g for the questioner
In the case of any Court car d you should count nine in
every direction fro m it for the prophetic cards for your
guidance
Ten Une x pec ted good
N i ne D isobe dience to the wishes of friends
Eight A warni ng agai nst spec ul a tion
Seven Go od fort un e an d happiness if you are careful
in yo u r deali n gs with someone of the opposite sex
S i x B us i ness success
Five A prud en t marriage
F our
Be careful of C hanges in yo u r pla ns or mode of life
Thre e Indi cates a second m ar riage
Two A disappointment but not a se rious one u nless
other prophetic cards are bad
,

Tak e notice of all the prophetic cards before m akin g

an y c onclusions fro m th e m
.

The H eart S u i t

Ac e T hi s

indicates you r hom e and if Spade car ds

touch it quarr elling is foretold
If other Hearts are n e x t
to it they foretell friends hi ps and true affection If Dia
monds money and dis tant frien ds 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 dea rest person
of the one who cons ul ts the card s
Ten Refers to chil dren It al so softens the b a d ti di ngs
of 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 or wish the N ine
of Hearts is the k ey card upon which all depends
Eight Pleas 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 you not easily convinced
Thre e Sorrow ca used by your own indiscretion

o
Tw
Suc cess but it wil l ne e d care
,

The D i am

on d

S uit

Ace A l e tt e r
Y ou must look at the sur ro unding
c ards t o j udge the resul t
King and Queen A fair man or wom an

k
Jac
Thoughts as before
Ten Money
N ine Travel
Eight A late marri age
Seven Unple asant rumo ur s scan dal
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S ix

Early m arriage and possible widowhood

F ive Unexpe cted news

FOUL Trouble through friends a secret betrayed
Thr ee
Quarrels and legal troubles
Two An engagement but against the wishes of fri ends
.

The S p ade S u i t

Ac e

G rea t Misfortune

D eath when the card is

reversed
King Qu een and Jack
D ark pe ople and their thoughts
Ten G rief and trouble
N i n e Sickness and misfort u ne a m os t unlucky card
Eigh t A warning to be c ar eful
Seve n Loss of a friend much trouble
S ix Money through hard work
Five A bad temper that causes trouble
F our Sickness
Thre e A j ourney
Two
A re m oval
.

B e caref ul to notice if two or more cards of the same

value come together

Two Aces Trickery

Three Aces G ood news
F o ur Aces D anger and fail ure
Two Kin gs A business partners hi p or the j oining with
a friend in so m e enterprise
Thr ee Kings Important bus iness general ly successful
F our Kin gs R ewards di gnities public honours
Two Queen s A meeting with a f ri end

s
T hr ee Queen
Visits
F our Queens An entertainm ent of some sort
Two Jacks Evil in tentions
Thr ee Jacks F alse friends
F our Jacks A noisy par ty dri nki n g
.

SOME EN GLI SH METHODS O F TELLIN G

Two Ten s C hange of profession or bus iness
Three Tens In di screet conduct
Four Tens Grea t and cert ai n success
Two Nin es A smal l gain
Thre e N ines Good health and fortune
F our N ines
A great surp rise
Two Eight s A brief love dr eam
Thr ee Eights Contemplation of ma rri age
Four Eights A short j ourn ey

Two Sevens Indiscretion

Thr ee Seven s Sickness and failure of strength
F our Sevens Trouble from servants or employees

57

Should any of th ese 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 one
and merely S how that such a happy pos sibil ity had been
lost
We stated that the cards carr ying m ost 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 ca rds are arranged in rows of nine as follows
,

7C

78

KS

AD

AH

JC

4H

8H

JS

2D

3D

2H

OH

KD

5C

2C

58

3H

5H

6D

40

QC

5D

38

KH

4D

98

Q8

8D

6C

AS

QD

KC

JH

68

I OD

8C

7D

AC

90

9D

JD

I OH

QH

7H

48

3C

28

9H
10

85

A F F TY

WO

RD

10

M E TH O D

If the Kin g of Hearts represents the person who con

sul ts the cards
we shall nd this key card in the thi rd
,

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row ; it is in dicated as KH We ca n now co unt nine to

the right reckonin g the key card as one Our thi rd card
however nishe s the row 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 of 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 of Hearts indi catin g a fal se fri end and
touchin g this card are a fair woman a warning against
speculation unpleasant rumours a success car d ( Ace of
C lubs ) an il lness the pres e nce of the Ace of Clubs j us t
savin g us from a ve ry ugly series of dis asters ( 3) W e ca n
turn upwar ds and contin ue al ong the second row in which
c as e we reach the S ix of H ear t s a generous pe rson whi ch
is surro unded by a brun ette woman a war ni ng of c ar e
in chan gin g plans a note of 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 li fe and
plans of the en quirer an d great care is necessary ( 4) We
can
turn downwards an d proceed al ong the fourt h row
and thus rea ch the Six of Clubs business suc cess whi ch
is surrounde d by unpleasant ru mours warni ng against
spe c ul ation a late m arri age a warn in g ag ai n st c han ge of
p lan s a bru n e tte wo m an 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
mix t u re j ust sa ved from di saster by the Ace of Clubs
The key c ard itsel f the Ki ng of Hea rts is surroun ded
by a dark man a fai r wo ma n a j ourney a pr udent m ar
ri age
a slight disappo i ntm en t temper trouble with
friends the thoughts of someon e so it seems reas onable
to as sume that a marriage rather late in li fe probably
with a woman as fair as or fairer than himself ( the Queens
of Hearts Clubs and Diamonds are all am ong the c ar ds
.

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Clu b S u i t

Right Count
Left Coun t
Up Count :
D own Co u nt
D i am

on d

4 5 6 8
4 7 8 10
2,

4 5 7 J
3 8 9 ro
2,

K
A
J Q

J A
,

S u it

Right Count
Left Count
Up Count
D own Coun t

4 5 7 8
2 3 6 8
,

2,

4 7 9
,

10

10

3 4 6

Q K A

J Q
,

S p ade S u i t

Right Count
Left Count
Up Count
Down C ount

3 4 5
7 8 9
,

5 6 7
,

2,

K A
Q K
I0
K

4 5 6 8 9
,

10

The cards surrounding the Heart K i ng are included in

the right count in the above Table I t will be noticed
that by following thi s full method of using the cards that

u
a
r
o
r
key
c
ds
a
r
reached
twice
over
they obvi ously
e
f
are the most important They are the Three of Diamonds
showing q uarrels and legal troubles the N ine of Hearts
S howing mon e y and position ;
the Seven of Hearts re
pres e nting a f al se friend and the Ten of Spades indicatin g
grief and trouble This conrms our previous readi ng
that the enquirer will have much trouble and di fcul ty
but will eventually win hi s way through
In the above Table it will al so b e noticed that certain
cards appe ar once only they are of little import an ce t o
the enquirer Those that app ear twice are seldom worth
considerin g but the re ally important are those that appear
three or four ti m es the latter bein g ve ry rare of course
There are seven cards however that appear three times
in the present expe riment and we q uote them in full
.

Clu b S u i t
Four Be
.

Eight A
D i am

on d

careful of changes in plans

warning against spe c ul ation
.

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 i t

Five T e mper and q uarrel lingthi s al so touches the

enquir e r s person al ca rd
Ki ng Obviously the dangerous friend

In thi s way also we get a startling conr mation of our

prediction whi ch is taken from actual experi e nce and
has proved correct
The method of Car d Divi nation that we have j ust
described is kno wn as the English not becaus e it origi
nated over here but to di sting uish it from the m any
contin ental m e thods where only thirty two card s are
us e d We will now give some English methods based on
the Piquet pack of thir ty two cards as used on the
Continent
The thirty two cards are those used for an ordi nary
Piquet game you throw out all the lower val u e cards
from Two to Six both inclusive The cards therefore
The m e anings of the
r un from the S e v e n to the Ace
cards n e cessarily vary from thos e of the Engli sh method
and we the r e fore give them in full The Kings Queens
and Jacks re pre sent p e ople and thoughts as in the English
method
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The Clu b S u i t

Ace Money go od news happi ness

If reversed it
is of short duration
Ten F ortune soci al success luxury
I f reversed a
sea voyage
N i n e Unexpected g ai n If reversed a tri i ng present
Eigh t A dark person s affe ctions
If reversed u n
happiness will resul t from it
Seven A sm al l sum of money If reversed money
troubles
.

The H ea rt S u it

Ace A lett er ple as ant news If reversed a visit fro m

a friend
Ten
Happiness and success
If reversed a di s
appointmen t
Nin e This is the wish ca rd and if it turns up near
the en qui rer s own Co ur t ca rd the wish will be granted
If reverse d so me passing an xiety in connection with the
wish
Eigh t A fair person s affections If reversed in di f
ference in place of love
Seve n Pleasan t thoughts tranquill ity
If reversed
weariness
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The D i am o n d S u i t

Ace A letter I f reversed bad news

Ten Journey or Change of abode If reversed it will
n o t be fortunate
Nin e
An n oyance delay
I f reversed a quarrel
Eigh t Lo ve makin g
I f reve rsed un successful
Seven Mocke ry un pleas ant news I f reversed scandal
.

The S p ade S u i t

Ac e Pleas ure

of an emotion al nature
grief news of a death
,

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Ten Tears sometimes a pri son If reversed a brief

l iction
aff
Nin e Tidi ngs of a d ea th or failure If reversed loss
of a near relation
Eight War ni ng of illness
If reversed a marriage
broken off
Seven Slight annoyances If reve rsed folly on the
enqui rer s part
.

If two or more ca rds of a value come together they

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 of smal l Spade cards together S how a certain
nancial loss The Queen of Spades indi cat es the death
of husban d or wi fe unless it is the t ype ca rd of the eu
q ui rer who would have to be a very dark woman
Sp eakin g gene ral ly the Hea rt cards gove rn the a ffairs
of the home an d therefore the love a ffairs of the enqui rer
D iamonds govern nancial and business matters Clubs are
the lucky cards ; whi le Spades ar e the evi l ones govern
i n g ill he al th d e ath n ancial loss and ruin
They also
represent illicit love affairs
Thes e g eneral mean i ngs S hould be borne in min d when
looki n g at the type card that represents the en q uirer
one suit or the othe r is sur e to be in as c e ndancy nea r the
t ype ca rd
I f a numbe r of Court cards run together it is a S ign of
much social hospit ality or visiting gaiety of al l kinds
Two red Tens coming toge th e r foret e ll a we ddi ng ; two
red Eights new cloth es A Court card comin g between
two c ar ds of 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
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C ARD F ORTUN E TELL I N G

tion p u rposes and a round table is always prefe rred ; it

is general ly believed that the c ar ds do not
tell
so
truly when the enqui rer spreads them on his o wn account
i n such a case it is usual to ask some friend to act as
i ntermedi a ry and make the en q uiri es on the performer s
behalf
,

D E A LI N G

CARD S

THE

BY

T H RE E S

The pack of thirty two cards is shuf e d by the en qui rer

and cut with the left h and int o thr e e heaps The D iviner
takes the centre heap rst places the last heap upon it
and the rst cut heap on top of all ; then turn in g the pack
face upwards he de al s off three c ar ds onl y If these
contain two or more of a suit the hi ghes t in val ue is
withdrawn and placed face upwards on the table
The others ar e thrown face downwar ds to form a fresh
heap
I f the three cards are all of the same val ue such as
thr e e Kings three Eights etc they are all to be added
to those face upwards on the table When you have gone
through the pack in this way you begi n all over again
till either thirteen fteen or seve nteen car ds are face
upwards before you 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 to the end O f the
row thus completin g the necessary u neven n u mb e r The
row must al ways be buil t from left t o right If the W ish
c ar d the Nine of He arts is am ong these it is considered
a very fortunate signthe n e arer it fall s to the type
card the greater the chances of prosperity and good
fortun e
One card from each end of the row is now to be t aken
and placed together on the table and their meaning read
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SOME ENGL I SH METHODS OF TELL I N G

togeth e r b earing in m ind that the card from the right is

Suppose we take the Eight
al ways the more powerful
of Spades from the right and the Seve n of Clubs from the
l e ft we nd that a slight illness or accident will result
in the receiving of a sm al l su m of money On the other
hand if the Seven of Clubs comes from the right and the
Eight of Spades from the left the meaning will b e quite
different that the rece ipt of a small su m of mon e y will
result in a slight illness or accid ent
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 hi ng else
There i s another way of working this arrangement
whi ch is only slightly di ffer 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 Thi s i s placed on the table
as the rst card of the required row 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 on top of the centre heap as
in the r st method So ag ai n wi th the r st cut heap
originally on top of the pack
The cards are now d e alt in threes as before but the
highest of each three is cho sen quite irrespective of suit
For instanc e should you turn up the Seve n of Hearts
the Ac e of 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 If three cards
of equal val ue or three cards al l of the same suit should
appear all three are adde d to the row the card face
upp ermo st b e ing adde d r st and so on
Go on in this way till the re are only two cards left in
your hand ignoring of course all those thro wn away as
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CARD F ORTUN E TELL I N G

useless In the rst method the rej ected cards are used
in order to complete the necessary odd number for the
D ivination but that is never done under the present
system U nder the origin al plan it wi l l often happe n
that the t hree car ds are al l of differ e nt suits and must
therefore all be di scarded That is not the case by the
pre s e nt simpler method as the highest card i s chosen
ea ch t ime irrespectiv e of suit Also you be gi n 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 cards in your row and if
you have t urn e d up three of a suit or thr e e of a val ue
at any time the numb e r wi ll be in c reas e d
Retai n the 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 If so disca rd the two cards left
ov e r and proceed as be fore t o give your Divination by
picki ng up the outside card from e ach end
I f howe ver the num ber of your row i s even see if
the type card ( r e pres e nting the enqui rer ) is among them ;
if not pick it from the di scards an d add it to the extreme
right of yo ur row I f the type card is al ready there
se e if the Wish card ( Nin e of Hearts ) is al so present ; if
not you add it to the end at the ri ght If both of these
are in the row before you look for the en quirer s Thought
card i e the Jack of the same sui t as th e type card that
repr e sent s the enquirer
I f all three of the se cards are in the row the n add the
higher of the two cards remai n ing in your hand but
if by any perve rse C hanc e they are both of the same
value th e n the Fates are not propitious and the enquirer
must come again on some other day as the row m u st
consist of an odd number of cards
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68

day of the month and upon an odd day of 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 surna m es Thus the name T HOMA S A TKI N S
contains twe lve letters and therefore an even n um bered
day would b e more propitious for consulting the cards
Assuming the row of twe lve cards has be en completed
they are pair e d off as in a pre vious experiment by taking
o ne card from either end of the row the right hand card
bein g the active or controlling card of the pair In the
former experiment we worked with an O dd number of
cards and that method sho ul d be used on odd numbered
d ays for the benet of people with odd numb e red names
When working with twelve cards under the present
m ethod ther e is no centre card left
of course ; but the
face down heap of three cards takes its place an d is call ed
I ts reading always refers to so m ethi ng
the Surprise
u nexp e cted by the en q uirer
I t wi ll be se e n that these three methods are all b ui l t

n
the
same
general
pri
n
ciple
a row of odd or even
o
number and the co m parison of the end cards of the row
right with left together with a strong Surprise at the
nish All three m ethods have the advantage of si m p licity
.

S OME

A RTI S T I C

ARS

ST

MON G French card tellers it is usual to abandon

the simple m ethods u sed by English t elle rs when
arranging the cards ; in stead they use fanciful gures
known as Stars W e will give thr ee of th es e with ful l
detail s of their building and reading
One of the most general methods of laying out the
cards i s c al l e d the Grand Star of which we give a diagra m
For thi s p urpose all the thirty
two cards of the fortune
t elli ng pack are used the D e uces Threes Fours Fives
and Sixes are discarded
A c ard to represent the enquirer or consultant is selected
I f he is a fair man the King of H e arts is cho se n as the
card to represent the enquirer This card is call e d the
If a very fair man or a white haired man
si gn i c a t o r
t he card for sign i c ato r is the King of Diamonds
These
two suits are us e d also for very fair and fair women the
Que e n b e ing the sign icato r
Clubs and Spades r e present resp ectively con sul tants
who are betwe e n dark and fair and very dark persons
Kings and Queens ar e us e d for the two se xes If the
e nquirer b e a widow e r or widow
Spades is the suit for
the sign ic at or
The diagram should now be consulted in order that
the correct mode of laying out the cards can be seen
First of all the sign icator i s place d on the S pace numbered
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69

CARD FORTUN E TELLIN G

7o

and the other cards in the mann er now to be described

placed in proper order upon the ir correct positions
Aft e r shuf in 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
W hen the r st ou t has be e n made ten cards are de al t
I

THE G R

AN

ST

and the eleve nth is t aken as the rst of the lay out and
placed on 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 trea ted as a pack
cut again by the consul t an t and the top card is placed
on S pace No 3
Agai n the cards are tr ea ted as a pack again cut and the
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SOME ARTISTIC STARS

71

botto m card of the cut placed on NO 4 This is rep e at e d

constantly taking a c ar d al t e rn at e ly from the top of the
bottom hal f of the cut pack and from the bottom of the
top half of the pack u ntil su i c ien t card s have b e en with
dr awn to make up the completed Grand Star
When after c utt i ng the pack is remade the top part
whi ch has been cut shoul 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 the fortune the cards are take n in pairs
be ginn ing wi th th e outsid e row of p airs moving from left
to rig ht contrary Cl o ckwi se thus 1 4 and I 6 2 1 and 1 9
I 5 and I 7 ;
The inn e r c i rcle is n e xt tak e n
20 and 1 8
in p ai rs moving in the oppo site di r 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 ;
1 3 and 8
The four c e ntre card s ar e r e ad in
pairs thus 4 an d 2 5 and 3 and the last car d 22 i s
take n indi v i duall y All the card s are r e ad of cour se in
special re lation to the position e ach bears to the sig
.

n i c at o r

Ge n erall y the modi cations ari sing from position are

as follows : cards that are dir e ctly above the sign i c at or
S how the pos sibili ties O f succes s and ac hi e v e ment
Tho se
di rectly below denote that which has transpi red To the
right of the sign i ca to r the card s d e note that to whi ch
the e nquir e r is approachi ng his wishe s co m ing to fu ll
m e nt Those to the left mark obstacles and oppo sition
to be feared
I n ad di tion to these direct po sitions there are those
that are right an d l eft above and right and l eft below
whe n r e gard e d obliquely
Tho se to the right above
S houl d S how h e lpf ul S ig n s
to the right b e low t hi n gs ac
complish e d towards the desi res of the enquir e r To the
left above th e re wi ll appear the obstacles that may ari se
out of past con di tions to thwart the desires and t o the l e ft
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C ARD FO RTUN E TELLIN G

72

below those that have already made themselves apparent

in the past
When readi ng for the Grand Star some general indica
tions may be gained from groups Thus 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 of a Grand Star reading Foli gives the
following :
The consultant is represented by the King
of Hearts a fair ope n handed good natured m an and
the pairs come out as follows : Queen of D iamonds and
King of Spades ( I 4 and 1 6 ) Jack of Hearts and Ace of
D iamonds ( 2 1 and
Nine of Clubs ( reve rsed ) and Qu een of C lubs ( 1 5 and
I 7)
Jack of Spades and Eight of D iamonds ( reversed )
2
0
( and I 8) Ace of Spades and Queen of Spades ( 6 and
10 )
Jack of D iamonds and King of Clubs ( 9 and 1 2)
Queen of Hearts and Eight of Clubs ( 8 and I 3)
N ine of D iamonds ( reversed) and Jack of Clubs ( 7
an d I I )
Ace of Hearts and Ten of Spades ( 4 and 2)
the Ace
N ine of Spades and Ten of Hearts ( 5 and
of Clubs is 22
Here the consultant is connected with ( 1 4) the Queen
of D iamonds a fair woman with a tendency to irtation
she is amusing herself with ( I 6 ) a very dark man probably
a lawyer of ambitious and not too scru p ul ous character
who doe s not wish well to the enquir er
The n e xt p air shows the Jack of Hearts repres e ntin g
Cupid or the thoughts of the one concerned linked with
m
i
1
i
Ace
of
Diamonds
a
weddi
g
ri
n
g
W
hile
th
s
n
( 9)
portant item is occupying his thoughts he gives a small
present the Nin e of Club s reve rsed to ( 1 7) Queen of
Clubs a charming dark lady who is the real obj ect of
his affections
.

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A RT I S T I C S T A R S

73

The Jack of Spade s ( 20 ) gu rin g a legal agent or the

wily lawyer s thoughts mak e s mischief and ( 1 8) Eight
of Diamonds ( re versed ) causes the enquirer s love makin g
to be u nsuccessfu l ( 6 ) Ace of Spades warns hi m agai nst
fal se friends who will frustrat e his matrimoni al proj ects
and in 1 0 we nd o n e of th e m the Queen of Spades a
widow with possible d esigns upon hi m herself
The Jack of Diamonds ( reversed) ( 9) shows the mis
chief maker trying to bre e d strife with the en qui rer 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 of Clubs a
dark person s affe ctions ( 7 ) Nin e of Diamonds ( reve rsed)
tells of a love quar r e l owing to ( 1 1 ) Jack of Clubs (re
vers e d) a harmless i rt
The enquirer will get ( 4) the Ace of Hearts a love
l e tter but his happiness will be succeeded by ( 2) Ten
of Spades a card of bad import (5 ) The Nine of Spades
t ell s of grief or sicknes s possibly news of a d e ath But
( 3 ) Ten of Hearts count e racts the e vil and promises
happin e ss to the e nqui re r who shall triumph ove r the

ob stacles in hi s path and nd ( 22) j oy in love in life

I t will be s e e n here that cards of evil import are mad e
of 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 card s in all To tell the fortune

in thi s method place the sign i c at or r st of all on the
c e ntr e position marked C ( consultant )
Shufe the cards as previously d irected and l e t the
con sultant cut the pack into thre e The cards thus cut
are to b e turned up and used as the basis for the drawing
for the Star From the c e ntre portion of the pack take
the rst card thus expos e d and place it upon I From
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74

the left hand portion of the pack take the top card for 2
From the right hand portion of the pack the card for 3
The four th card is taken from the centre portion and so
on until twelve have b ee n drawn
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T H E S M PL E S T

AR

To determine the thi rt een th and fourteenth cards r e

make the pa ck and l e t the cons ul tant shuf e and cut
Then t ak e the top card of the bo ttom hal f for the t hir
t ee n th and the bottom car d of the top half for the
fourt e enth These sho ul d be place d directly upon the
si gn i c ator as shown i n th e diagram
These two c ar ds ar e very impo rtant indications and
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CARD FORT UN E TELLIN G

In an ordinary lay out if the King of Clubs represent

ing the consultan t were t o appear between the Ace of
D iamonds and a Ten of Hea rts the omen is partic u larly
fortunate I t would indica te that the enquirer is on the
eve of a very happy marriage On the contrary should
the cards on eith e r side be the Nine of Spades and the
-

( On S ig m ca tor )
.

TH E T H

RT E E N

RD

S T

Ace of Spades reversed very evil results may be looked

for The enqui rer is in da nger of death or at least of
serious sickn ess
Here is another interesting S tar usin g thirteen cards
for those who believe in the fat al istic powers of the numb e r
Thirteen this method should be adopted
Place sign ica to r face upwards on the tabl e Shuf e
the remaining thi rty one cards ; cut in three ; always
take particular notice of the cards expo sed at each cut
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SOME ARTIST I C STARS

77

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

i e
the Ace of Hearts
si gn i c at o r or the Hous e c ard
I f 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 gi nal order before you cont i nue Place
,

TE S T R E

A ING
D

two at the h e ad of the sign ic at o r two at the feet two

on the right two on the l e ft one in each corner and on e
on the sign ic at or maki ng in all thirteen cards in order
as shown in di agr am
I f the N ine of Hearts comes out in the thi rteen it augurs
good luck for the consulter and success to hi s wishes
Those cards which crown the sign ic ator predict the
those at the fee t the past ; those to the
n e ar futur e ;
l e ft obstacles ; tho se to the right the distant future ;
t he top corners present detail s ; those at the feet the
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CARD FORTUNE TELLIN G

past det ai ls ; the card on the top of the sign ic ator the
consolation
In the example on page 7 7 the Queen of
D iamonds ( marri ed) is suppo sed t o b e the i nqu ire r
Crown i ng the Queen of Diamonds is Eight of Spades
and on that the King of Diamonds thi s predi cts a quarr e l
with her husband
On her left the Seven of Diamonds
and the Ten of Spades ; she has be e n troubled with the
illness of her child At her feet the N in e of Diamonds
and the Knave of Spades the physician has been c al led
in
On the right the Te n of H e art s and Ten of Clubs ;
a cha nge into the count ry and recovery of her child
On the Queen the Nin e of H e arts ; her troubles are of
short dur atio n
The above method is most u seful to as certain p articulars
of any bus ines s or even of persons not present Always
put the c ar d repr esenting the subj e ct on whi ch you want
info rma tion in the centre and place the cards roun d
it as al r ea dy illustrated
If information is requi red
conce rn i ng the hous e the Ace of Hearts mus t be taken
fro m the pack and used as a sign i ca tor Business is
r e presented by the Ace of Spades ; a j ourn e y by the
Ten of Club s ; a chi ld or animal by the Seven of Dia
monds l e t te rs or business papers by the Ace of C lubs
,

THE

S TA R

OF

F IF TE E N

Take the pa ck of thirty two c ar ds and select the type

card placi ng it face upwards in the centre of the table
The enqui rer m us t now well shu i e the pack and cut it
once only wi th the left hand Take the pack and spread
it out fan wise and let the en quirer choose ft e en cards
on e by one placing them one by one and face downwar d s
in a heap by themselves Disc ard the remainin g c ar ds
and pick up the chosen fteen holding them face upwards
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79

Place the r st car d to the left of the type c ar d :represen t

ing the enquirer
the second c ar d to the right
the
thi rd card goes above and the fo u rth bel ow thus form ing
,

an

the

on

ce n

TH E S T

d [5

tre

an

R OF

FI

a re

l
ac ed
p

d of t/w S tan
FT E E N

a s impl e cross The fth car d i s now placed upon the

type card it self
Re peat thi s proces s with v e more cards thus in
cr e a sing the size O f yo u r cro ss and again with the nal
v e cards
The type card will now have thre e c ar ds on
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each of the four sides while the fth tenth and fteenth
ca rds will have been placed upon the type card itself
c overing it
N ow take each set of three cards by itself and read
their meaning according to the table being S pecially
car e ful t o watch for r e versed cards as well as for pairs
a n d tripl e ts
Also carefully note if two or more of the
t hree cards are of any o n e suit as that greatly affects
the result
The set of three cards on the left S hould be read rst
of all as they repres e nt the immediate pas t of the en
q uir er ; th e n the set of three on the right whi ch govern
the immediate future
After these if it is wished you can read the three
c ards of 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 of the left hand set B al ancing one set c ar efully
against the othe r you should easily be able to decide if
thi ngs are impro v i ng for your enquirero r if th ey are
dri fting for the reverse
N ow consider the bottom set of three cards whi ch
refer t o the more r e mote future and after readi ng their
meaning noting reve rse s pairs triplets and suit s as before
s
u
must
bal
a
nce
these
against
right
hand
set
and
thu
o
t
h
e
y
determine which way the futur e will tend Suppo se for
in stance that apart from the ir individual meanings there
are two Spades in the right hand set and either one or
no Spad e in the bottom se t then the enquir e r may certainly
look forward cheerful ly to a less e ning of any di fculties
that may be facing him at the moment
The c e ntral set of thr e e cove ring the type c ar d give
your answer to any special wish or question of the en

r
s
e
u
i
th
y do not apply to the past or future and
e
r
q
therefore need not b e read as regards their i ndividual
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SOME ARTISTIC STARS

meanings Go by the suit colours making any necessary

allowance for the presence of two or three cards of the
S ame valu e
We will conclude these continental methods by giving
Monsieur E tte i l a s fascinating Temple of Fortun e a very
,

TE M

PL E

O RT

UN

wonderful system
For t hi s m e thod the values and
m e anings of 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
The T e mple of Fortune is fairly e a sy to lay out
All
the t hi rty two cards are us e d for E tte il a s method
They
are shufe d nally and cut by the consultant and laid
out in the orde r S h own in diagram
It will be seen that some of the e ar li est cards to be
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dealt the r st six with numbers thirteen t o sixteen are

those whi ch in dicate the past the next six with numbers
twenty two to twenty v e in dicate the future ; and the
last cards t o be de al t with those adj oin ing them Q r e
present the present
A further divi sion is sugges ted The three inner rows
v e indicate and refer more
numbers thirteen to twenty
particularly t o the inner life of the con sultant whil st
the outer cards represent more specically hi s material
worldly or external affairs
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After this the cards should be read singly by the i r

several m eanings from ri ght to left of the row
When all these have be en thrown aside the centre
heap represent ing the Present is similarly exa m ined
and then the F ut u re
Finally the S urprise is consulted to see what un
e x pe cted event is go ing to in uence the life and fortunes
of the en q uirer
,

TH E

F O U R A CE S

This is a very simple method for determ ining a single

qu estion or wish The t hirt y two c ar ds are well shu i ed
by the en q uirerthe Diviner then deal s o ff thirt een cards
face upwards on to the table an d makes a c areful sea rch
for the four Aces I f any are foun d pla c e them face up
by themselves
The remainder of the pack includi ng
what are left of the thi rteen are then re shuf ed as before
and the D ivin e r again de al s out thirteen cards and searches
for further Aces
This can be done for a t hi rd time but that is al l The
e ar lier the fo u r Aces appear the better it will be for the
enquirer i i 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 ti l l the third attempt has been
m ade
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 whi ch the
suits appe ar Thi s w il l clearly S how the amount of effort
needed be fore the wish or q uestion is satisfactorily ah
if the Spade Ace appears rst of
swere d for instance
the en q uirer m us t b e prepared t o face trouble and
al l
di fcul ty even shoul d all four Aces appear in the co u rse
of the rst de al
Thi s is a very useful m ethod t o kn ow as several q ues
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tions can be de al t with in a ve ry short time and there is

no need t o remember any list of meanings I t is as well
to limit the questions to three however as the cards are
never so reliable when overworked or tired
Another S imple method for answering a single question
is worked with the full pack of fty two cards First
remove the type card representin g the enquirer Kin g or
Qu een as it happens to be Then have the fty one cards
well shuf ed and cut into three heaps of any size They
shoul d be ou t towards the ri ght by the left hand the
enqui rer makes the r st cut placing the uppe r portion
of the pack on the right an d then cuts this latter heap
int o two
The Diviner ta kes the centre hea p ( origin al ly the middl e
of the pa ck) face down in his h and adds to it the right
hand heap ( originally the top of the pack) and n al ly
the left hand heap goes on top of al l Now make a circle
of forty
two cards face down on the table inside thi s
m ake a triangle of the re mai nin g nine cards
The en qui rer mus t now turn over any fteen cards
replacin g them face upwards in the original positions
W hen thi s is done read them accordi n g to the number
of each sui t expo sed
,

TH E

S E VE N A N S WE R S

The thirty two cards are to be shu f ed and cut once

as usual with the left ha nd and the enqui re r sho ul d wish
once d uring t hi s process
Then the cards ar e de al t out one by one so as to for m
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

i
The seven packs represent
yourself
( e the
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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
It will at once be noticed that some heaps will contai n
ve ca rds 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 on 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 Thi s method is
certainly simpler as the heap s 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 u r ally v ar y greatl y as regards
the proportion from each suit If you use the f ull pack
there m ust of necessity be eight of each s u it ; where as
if only seventeen are deal t six or se ven or even eight of
one sui t might appear on the ta ble and it is obvious
that the preponderance of any suit would greatly a ffect
the read ing
Some D iviners obj ect to the se ven packs m ai ntaining
tha t it is fal se art to have one hea p for what you don t

expect
and another for
The six th
the Surp rise
heap is also rather feeble an d c er tai nl y looks as if it had
o rigi nally been in cluded to m ake the num ber un even
T his School of D ivi ners therefore deal o ff thirteen cards
o nly from the full pack of thi rty two and buil d up only
ve heaps for yourself
your home
what you

expect
the Surpri se
your wish
an d

WE E K S

H A PPE N I NG S

The enquirer shoul d well shui e the pack and cut the m
with the left han d in to three heaps as before e xplai ned
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The Diviner now takes the top card of e ach heap face
downwards and places them so as to start a row of fte e n
c ards the top card of the left hand heap being r st re
moved The cards are th en re S huf ed and cut as before
the Divin er 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 on the
tabl e from l eft to right
The Divin er now turns over face upwards the extreme
card at either end and reads the mean i ng which applies
to the following day S pecial importanc e attaches t o the
s ui t colours whi ch will certainly S how whether that day
will be a fo r t u nate one or not
I n many c ases the i nn er meaning of the cards is never
con sidered at all thi s 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
Rememb e r that the right
hand c ard is the more impo r tant for inst an c e a Spade
on 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 on the right and a Spade on the left would indicate
a prosperous morning followed by a calamitous afternoon
and evening
When using thi s s i m ple form of Divination no l ist of
meanin gs has to be cons u lted which in many cases is a
great advantage ; it is therefore an excellent companio n
method to the one al ready descri bed for answering ques
tions by the s ui t colours of 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 on a slip of pap e r the
point values of each pair of cards in case the en qui rer
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should be confronted on that day by an y business or other

matter in which gures are concerned F or inst an ce if
a Nine of Spades and a Seven of Hearts are the cards
for the fo l lowing Tuesday ( the th ird day) then anythi ng
in volvin g nine or any multiple of nine sho u ld be avoided
and those t hi n gs involving seven should be followed up
Suppose anyone c al ls and wishes to make an appoint
rst or twenty
m ent x the seventh fourteenth twenty
eighth day of the month
Sho ul d the sev en th day ( i e
the next Tuesday) fal l on the n inth e i ghteenth or twenty
seventh of the month it would obviously be a bad day t o
select In the same way if the fourteenth twen ty r st
or twenty eighth of 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 m ishaps and make
the bes t use of the opportunities for good fortune that
might come hi s or her way
The fteenth card is used to answer one q uestion
whi ch in t hi s case must be a spoken one The suit
of 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 m ade to t in
any way as that par ticular number will have a fatefu l
in uence one way or an other over the matter in q ues
tion Its 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 edin g with the matter in his mind
.

T H RE E Q U E S TI ONS A NS WE RE D
This is a simple method of D ivin ation that does not
require any cons ul tation of Tables of Meanings
The
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pack of 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 previ ously
in the centre is now placed at the bottom
the top section
is placed above thi s ; and the origin al bottom section
is placed on top
The cards are now spread out fanwi se on 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 en quir er must now think of a question an d while
doing so shoul d choose three cards and place them face
do wnwards on the table
He or she sho ul d now thi nk of the second question
and whil e doin g so pick out seven cards placing them
separately on the table al so face downwards While
the t hi rd qu estion is being thought of thirteen cards
must be chosen and the remainder of the pack dis
carded
The Divi ner now turns up the r st heap of thr ee cards
and d e term i nes from these the answer to the question
in t hi s method the lower the val ue of the cards the less
the opposition to the success of the enquirer the more
fortunate the result of hi s enquiry The suit colours
must also be con sidered as affecting the result but the
greater importance rests upon the value of the card s
i n t hi s case the Ace of co ur se is counted as the lowest
and most fortunate card in the pack
Simi larly the second heap of s e ve n cards and the third
h e ap of t hi rt e en wi ll b e turne d up each in its turn and
the answer con sidered
This is not only a simple but a quick method of Divina
tion but obviously it only applie s to answers to denite
q uestions
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D I VI NAT I ON

O BS TA C LE S

BY

Ha ve the pack of t hi rty two cards well shufed and

cut once only Pick out the type card representing the
en q uirer an d hold the r est of the pack face do wnwards
in yo ur hand The typ e card is placed in the centre of
the table the top card from t he pack is turned over and
plac e d above the type ca rd the se cond card being similarly
placed bel ow The thi rd is now placed on the l eft and the
four th car d on the ri ght The fth card is placed upon
the type ca rd covering it The Divin er now discards
eight cards al together an d that be ing done adds another
card to each of the ve in the same order as before
above be low left right an d upo n the type card
D isc ard eight more ca rds and pla ce the n al ve cards
as before one 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
sui t colour
an d only lookin g out for pai rs and triplets
an d whether the four high cards ( the Ace here be ing
counted with the C our t cards as t hi s method is older
than the one last d escribe d) or the four low cards pre
domi natethe latter being the personal e fforts of the eu
r and the C ourt cards be i ng the help or interference
u
i
r
e
q
of othe r peo ple
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D I VI NAT I ON

P AI R S

BY

A ND

T R IPLE TS

T hi s m ethod is not so Ol d as so m e of the others but is

ve ry pretty an d effective be sides bein g rel iable
The pack of thi rty 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 taki n g the origin al centre section
for the b ottom of the newly arr anged pack The prepared
car ds ar e now held i n th e left ha
n d an d the three top c ards
are t u rned up I f they cont ai n two or three cards of th e
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of Cour t or plain cards thus selected Should there b e

an e qual num be r of cards belonging t o two or more suits
( obviously with thi rt een c ards there can not be an e qual
number of Court or plain cards ) you give preference to
that suit that has m ost cards on the right of the row
these being more active and aggressive
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D I V I NA TION

BY

T HE

S PA D E S U IT

The pack must be shu f ed and cut into three heaps

and rebuilt as before e x plained
The D iviner now holds the pack face upwards in his
hand thi s is different fro m most methods of D ivi nation
where the cards are generally d ealt from the top of the
pack Each card is looked at but un l ess it is a Spade
it is placed on the table face upwards t o 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 on the table to start the necessary fateful row
of cards
Shoul d two or m ore Spades come together
only the r st one is discarded the other or others being
added to the fateful row in front of you together with
the next card followin g the last of that batch of Spades
This is continued till the p ack is e xhausted when the
di scarded heap is taken up and treated in the sam e fashi on
.

led
This process is repea ted for a third time and then the
type car d must be looked for i i it is not already in the
row it must be found and added at the end The Diviner
now co un ts the thi rd seventh and thi rteenth card fro m
the type card in each case counting the type card as one
These three cards are not re m oved fro m the row but can
be pulled down a little below the leve l of the others as
they form the domin ant trio in this m ethod
wi thou t b ei ng

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This co u nting is done to the l eft an d when you reach

the extre m e card the one r st put on the table you go
back to the end card at the right and 5 0 continue yo u r
coun t if necess ary B ut it often happen s that al l t hr ee
do minant cards ar e reached before you come to the card
on the extre m e left Of these three cards the one n al ly
neares t the right is the m ost powerful It cle ar ly d e pends
upo n the position in the row of the typ e card itself whether
the third seventh or thi rteenth is the import ant card
It is generally agreed that by this m ethod only ne ar
events can be pre dicted certain ly it does not cover m ore
than a m onth
A somewhat si m il ar m ethod is used in England with
the full pack but instead of using the Spade suit as the
guide for the cards to be picked out you go by the points
of the car dsthe Ace i n this method counts as one The
pack having been shufed and cut into three heaps and
rebuilt as before you deal the c ar ds fro m the top placing
each one face upwards on the table as you do so While
you do this you count al oud : one two thr ee four ve
six seven eight ni ne ten Jack Queen King one etc
If any card irrespective of 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 one of the fateful row and the co un tin g
continues as before
When the pack is e xha ust e d the discarded car ds are
turn e d over and deal t out again as before t urni ng each
one up in the Spade suit method but you 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 not re
start the counting at one but continue from where you
left off
In addition to the cards that turn up at their own
proper c al ls you also add to the fat e ful row any cards
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that turn up three or more at a time whether at their

proper call or not Thus t hr ee Tens three Fives woul d
be adde d m erely because they follow each other in value
but three Hear ts or three Spad e s would be ignored as in
thi s method the deal ing takes no account of suits
The Diviner now forms a rough cro ss from the c ards
in the row placing the r st card from the extreme left
t o form the top of the cross the next card to form the
bottom of 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 top hea p is read r st as the pre di ctions from those
cards ar e supposed to come r st then the botto m heap
then the right and then the left the l atter of course
being very far into the future Y ou can allow roughl y
a for tnight for each heap
,

D E C I S I ON

TH E

BY

A CE S

The pack of 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 ii an Ace appears among th e m
or the type card representing the en quirer or the Wish
card ( N ine of Hearts ) those three cards must be taken
out and placed face upwards on the table This con
t i n u es t i ll the six cards ar e al l exposed i e the fo u r Ac es
type card and the W ish card Those sets of three car ds
not containi ng one or more of the six 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 ed and cut and de al t out once
more in sets of three retaining those sets only that con
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tain one or more of the six cards of Fate Thi s is repeated

for a third time i f the six cards are now gathe red together
within a total of nine cards ( or fewer) the W ish wil l prove
successful If in twelve the re sult is doub tful ; but if
over twelve the reply i s in the negative If u nder nine
then the f e wer the car ds the quicke r and more decisive
the resul t
The fo ll owi ng is the rec ord of 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 en qui rer
The r st t hree cards
turned up w e re the King of D ia monds Ace of Spades
and King of Clubs th es 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 of Spad es Queen of Spades an d Ten
of Diamonds thes e were di scard e d as useless The third
se t were t he Ten of H e ar ts the Six of Diamonds and the
King of H e arts and we re al so di scarded 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
The fth se t c ontained
the Nine of Diamonds Eight of Club s and Ace of Clubs
and of course were retai ned The sixth set were the Jack
of Clubs Ten of Spad es and Ace of He art s an d were
l eft on the tabl e ; while the seventh set complet e d the
r st d eal as it contain e d the Jack of Spad es Nine of
Hearts and Five of Clubs
The re mainder O f the pack therefore was added t o
the discarde d heap and the fteen cards face upwards
on the table we re gathered toge ther well shufe d and
again de al t in sets of thre e with the following result :
First came the Ace of Spades Nine of H eart s and Jack
of Spade s ; the n the Ten of Spa des Ace of Hearts and
N ine of Diamonds These were followed by the King of
Diamonds Five of Clubs and Jack of Clubs and of course
these thr e e cards were at once discarded to the satisfaction
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of the enquirer Then ca me a set consist ing of the Seven

of Spades Ace of Diamonds and Eight of C lubs whi ch
were retained ; and n al ly the Eight of Spades Ace of
C lubs and the King of Clubs which were al so kept
These twelve cards were now gathered and sh uf ed for
the third and fateful deal the result of w hi ch was as
fol lows : The rst set contained the Ace of Hearts Nine
of Hearts and the King of C lubsa very good start gi v ing
u s t hr ee of the necessary cards at once
The second set
contained the N ine of Diamonds Jack of Spades and
Eight of C lubs indi catin g some Obstacle or di i cul ty to
be faced as none of these cards were of an y use and clearly
de layed the gratication of the enquirer s wish Then
came the Ace of Club s Ace of Spades and Ten of Spades
thus destroying all hope O f i m mediate success but the
nal set commenced with the Ace of D i amonds thus
enabl ing us t o get out at the tenth card Thi s is q uite
good and shows success after some sm al l d elay or dl ii i
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 show st artling and unexpected good fortune
eight or nine is extremely fortunate ten or eleven q uite
satisfactory ; twelve or thi rteen are very doubtful whi le
fourteen or fteen may be looked upon as a di stinct
negative
There is another way of 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 i s 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 shu f ed
and cut and again thirteen cards are d eal t and any Aces
are removed Thi s is repeated a third tim e an d if in
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these three deals the four Aces have al l b een secured

the enquirer may fe e l satise d that hi s wi sh 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 naturally
will be very much more favourable But if in the thre e
deal s 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 i s still another method of working by the Aces
it is rathe r more elaborate and a favourabl e res ul t is not
so e asily obtain e d F irst of all pick out the fo ur Aces
the type card to repre sent the enquirer the N ine of
Spades to represent di sappointment and a seventh card
to repre s e nt the question its elf i f about mon e y this
would be t he Ten of Diamonds ; if about busin ess 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 esponding King For any g e neral wish choose the
Jack of the e nquirer s own suit to repre s e nt hi s thoughts
These s e ve n cards are shu f e d but not cut and are then
S pr e ad
face downward s in a row on the tabl e The
r e mainde r of 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 of Heart s Should thi s card appear in the row of
s e ve n count its po sition from the left and turn over the
co rresponding c ard in the row of fat e ful cards lying fac e
downwards on the table Sho ul d the Nine of Hearts
not appear in the rst s e ven cards repeat the proce ss
a s b e fore till you come to it
I f the card thus reve rs e d is the Nin e of Spade s that
s e ttle s t he enquiry at once by an e mphatic n e gative i f
not the whol e performance is repeated and a s e cond
ca rd reversed in the fateful row of seven If the fata l
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N ine of Spad e s is once more avoided the process is re

the appearance of the Di sappoint

t
for
a
t
hi
rd
time
e
a
e
d
p
ment card after the s e cond d eal is not of course so
e mphatic as if it is rever sed 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
of succ e ss if the enquirer is keen enough t o take the
necessary trouble over the matter
The methods given so far are all w ell known an d in
un iversal use but in the present chapter we have given
some very effective methods of Telling which at the
same time are perfectly simple We wish to draw spe cial
attention to the fact that four of these methods can be
used at once by the student as no List of Me an ings has
t o be learnt or stu di ed these four methods are
The
F our Aces
A W eek s Happe n i ngs
Three Ques

and Decision by Aces

tions Answered
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I OO

ostly portend happin e ss and no matter how numerous

o r how accompani e d are rar e ly or never of bad augury

N ext come
H e arts which u sually si gnify j oy li berality

Diamonds on the contrary denote

o r good temp e r ;

Spade s
the
d elay quarrels and annoyance ; and

orst
suit
of
all
grief sickness and loss of money
w
W e are of course speaki ng generally as in many cases
t he position of cards e ntir e ly chang e s their si gn i c ati o n
t heir individual and r e lative meaning being oft e n wid e ly
Thus for example the King of Hearts the
d i ffe rent
N ine of Hearts and the Nine of 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 Nine s
then rich and happy
a n d you wo ul d r e ad that a man
w ould be ere long consign e d to a prison
The individual meaning attached t o the thi rty two
C ards employ e d i s as follows
Ace of Clubs S ign i es j oy great wealth or good news
R e ve rs e d the j oy will b e of bri e f duration
King of Club s A frank lib e ral affectionate upright
fond of serving his friends Reversed
a n d faithful man
h e will meet with a disappointment
Queen of Clubs An affectionate woman but quick
tempered rather amorous one that will yield her maid e n
per son t o a g e nerous lover happy and loving will b e
Reve rsed j ealous and malicious
m arri e d
Jack of Clubs
A clever young man g e nerous and
R e ve rsed a harml e ss irt and at terer
s incere
Ten of Club s Gre at wealth succ ess or grandeur
R eversed want of succ e ss in some small matt e r
Nine of Club s Unexp e ct e d gain or a l e gacy R e
vers e d some tri i ng pre sent you will displease yo ur
m

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i ri en ds

Eight of Clubs S ign i es a dark person s affection s

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whi ch if return e d will be the caus e of great prosperity

Reversed those of a fool and attendant unhappiness if
reciprocated
S e ven of Clubs Promis e s a mo st brilliant fortune
or un expectedl y recovered d e bt Reversed a far smalle r
amount

s
Ace of Heart
A love l e tt e r or some pleasant news
R e versed a fri e nd s vi sit
King of Heart s A fair compl e xion liberal man Re
ve rs e d will m ee t with di sap 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 cro ss e d in love
Jack of Heart s A gay young bache lor who dream s
only of pl e asur e fond of racing Re ve rsed a discont e nt e d
military man
Re
Ten of Heart s I ndicat e s happin e ss triumph
ve rsed som e slight anxiety
Nine of Hearts Joy satisfaction succes s 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 plea san t
thought s tranquillity
Reverse d e nnui we arin ess
Ace of Diamond s Shows a pe rson fond of rural sports
also fond O f garde ning I t al so signies a l e tter soon t o
b e received ; a n d if the card be r e versed containin g
bad news
K ing of Diamond s A fair man of a ery t e mp e r
g e n erally 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 eady Revers e d she i s to b e gr e atly f e are d
Jack of Diamonds A t ale bearing s e rvant or u n
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faithful friend Reve rs e d will be the cause of mischi e f

and unhappin e ss
Ten of Diamond s I ndicates a husband and wife with
great w e alth many Chil dr e n ; a j ourn e y or change of
residenc e Rev e rse d it will not prove fortunat e
Nine of Diamonds Annoyance delay
Re vers e d
e ither a family or a love quarrel
Eight of Diamonds Love making
Revers e d u n
succe ssful
Seve n o f Diamond s Declares that you will sp e nd
your happi est days in t he country and have u n i n ter
r u p te d
happiness
Reve rsed implicat e d in a fooli sh
scandal
N B I n order to know whether the Ace Ten Nine
Eight and Seven of Diamond s 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 top of the card
Ace of Spade s Pleasure Reversed grief bad news
King of Spade s An e nvious man an enemy or a
d ishonest lawye r who is to be feare d
Rev ers e d impot e nt
malice
Que e n of Spad es A loving wi dow Reversed a dan
g e rons and malicious woman
Re
Jack of Spade s A dark ill br e d youn g man
ve rsed he is plotting som e mischief
Ten of Spade s A card of bad import
Tears a prison
Reversed bri e f a fiction
Nine of Spades Tidings of a d e ath Revers e d it wi ll
b e some n e ar relativ e
Eight of Spad es The mo st unlucky card in the pack
Approaching illn e ss
Re versed a marriage broken o ff
or offer refu sed
S e ven of Spades S light annoyances loss of a friend
R e versed a fooli sh in trigue
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Two Tens Change of trade or profession ; reversed

denotes that the prospect is only a di stant one
Four N in e s A great surprise reversed a public dinner
Three Nine s Joy fortune he alth ; reversed wealth
l ost by imprudence in marriage
Two N ine s A little gain ; reversed tri i ng losses at
c ar ds
F our Eight s A short j ourney reversed the return of
a friend or relative
Three Eight s Thoughts of m ar riage ; reversed folly
irtation
Two Eight s A brief love dr eam
reversed small
pl e as ures and tri ing pains
F our Sevens Intrigues among servants or low people
threats snares and disputes reversed that the ir malice
wi ll be impotent t o harm and that the punishment will
f all on themselves

s
Three Seven
Sickn ess pre m ature old age ; reversed
slight and brief indi sposition
Two Sevens Levity ; reversed regret
Any picture card between two others of e qua l value
as two Tens two Aces e ta denotes that the person
represented by that card runs the risk of a prison
I t requir es no gr eat effort to commit the se sign ic ati on s
t o memory but it mus t b e rememb e red that th ey 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 word s and words into phr ases in
other language to assemble these cards together and read
the events past and t o come the i r pictured faces pretend
to reveal
There are several ways of doin g thi s but we will give
them al l so as to a fford our readers an ample C hoice of
m ethods of pryin g in to fut urity
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C A RD S

TH E

BY

10

T H RE E S

First take the pack of thi rty two sel e cted cards ( v iz
the Ace King Queen Jack Ten Nine Eight and Seven
of each suit ) ha v i ng b e fore xed upon the one you intend
t o represent yourself suppo sing always you are makin g
the e ssay on your own b ehalf I f not it must r e pre sent
the person for whom you are acting I n doing thi s it is
n e c essary to rememb e r that the card chos e n should b e
ccor di n g to the compl e xion of the choos e r King or Que e n
of Diamonds for a very fair person the same of Hearts fo r
o n e rath e r darker Clubs for o n e dark e r still and Spad e s
only for one very dark indeed The card chosen also lo ses
its signi cation and simply b e com es the re pre s e ntative of
a dark or fair man or wom an as the case may b e
Having settl e d this point shufe the cards 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 ee s
and eve ry tim e you nd in the se 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 If the
triplet should chance to b e all of the same suit the highest
card is still to be the only o n e withdrawn ; but sho ul d i t
consist of thr ee of the same value but di fferent suits such
the y are all to be appropriated We
as three Kings e t c
wi ll suppose that after ha v ing turned up the cards three
by three you have b e en able to withdr aw si x 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 hi rteen ft e en or 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 of it Even if the requisite thirteen
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fteen or seve nte e n have been obtained and this one has
n o t made its appearance
the O p eration mu st be r ec o m
m en 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 arts
and that fteen cards have be e n obtained and laid out
in t he form of a half circl e i n the order they we re drawn
viz the S ev e n of Clubs t he Ten of Diamonds the Seven
of H e arts the Jack of Clubs the King of Diamond s the
Nine of Diamond s the Ten of Hearts the Que e n of Spade s
t he Eight of H e art s t h e Jack of Diamonds the Qu e en of
Heart s the Nin e of Club s the S e v e n of Spad e s the Ace
of Clubs and the Eight of Spade s Having considered your
card s you will nd among th e m two Queens two Jack s
two Tens thre e Sev ens two E ig hts and two Nines you
are therefore able t o announce
The two Quee ns signify t he r e union O f friends
the
two Jacks that there is mi schi e f being made be twe en
th e m Th ese two T e ns denote a C hange of profession
which fro m one of them b eing between two Sev e ns I see
w ill not be eff e cted without some di fculty t he 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 some 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 of Hearts who repre s e nts the
lady you are acting for The seventh being the King of
Diamonds you may say

You Often thi nk of 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 the Ac e of Clubs you add
You will rec e ive from hi m some very j oyful tidi ngs

he b esides intends making you a pres e nt

Count the Ace of Clubs as o n e and proce e d ing to

the n e xt seventh card the Queen of Spades you re sum e
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Jack of D iamonds and N ine of D iamonds al though this

happy result wi ll be delayed for a time thr ough some fair
young man not fam e d for hi s delicacy Eight of Hearts
and Ten of Hearts love j oy and triumph The Queen of
Spades who remains alon e is the widow who is endeavour
ing t o inj ure you an d who nds herself abandoned by all
her friends
N ow gather up the cards you have been using shu fe
and cut them with the l e ft hand and proceed t o make
th e m into three packs by dealing one t o the left one 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 eft hand and middl e packs
contain each ve cards whilst the one on the right hand
consists of only four
N ow ask the person consulting you to select one of the
three packs \Ve will suppo se this t o be the middle one
and that the cards comprising it are the Jack of Diamonds
the King of Diamonds the Seven of Spades the Queen of
Spades and the Sev e n of C lubs These by recollectin g
our previous instructions regarding the individu al an d
relative signi cation of the cards are e as ily interpreted as
follows
The Jack of Clubs a fai r young man posse ssed of
no delicacy of feeling who seeks t o inj ur ethe King of
Diamonds a fa ir m an in uniform S e ven of Spad es an d
wil l succeed in causing hi m some annoyance the Que e n
of Spade s at the instigation of a spiteful woman Seve n
of Club s but by mean s of a small sum of money matters

will be nally easily arranged

N ext take up the left
hand pack whi ch is
for the
house the former one having b e e n for the lady herself
Supposin g it to consist of the Queen of H e arts the Jack
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of C lubs the Eight of Hearts the Nine of Diamonds and

the Ac e of Clubs they would r e ad thus

ue
e
n
of
Hearts
the lady who se fortune is b e ing
Q
told is or soon will be in a house
Jack of Clubs wh e re
she wil l m ee t with a d ark young man who Eight of
Hearts will entreat her as si stanc e to forward his interests
with a fair girl Nine of Diamondshe having met with
d e lays and disappointment Ace of Club s but a lett e r
will arrive announcing the po sse ssion of money which will

r e move all di fcultie s

The third pack i s for thos e who did not expe ct it and
w ill be composed of four cards ; le t us say the Ten of
H e art s Nin e of Clubs Eight of Spades and Ten of
Diamonds sign ifying
The Ten of Hearts a n un expected piece of good
fortun e and gr e at happiness Nin e of Club sc aused by an
unlook e d for l egacy Eight of Spades which j oy may
perhaps b e followe d by a slight sickn e ssTen of Spade s

the res ul t of a fatigui ng j ourn ey

There now remains on the table only the card intended

for
the Surpris e
Thi s howe ve r must b e left u m
touch e d the other cards gathere d up shufed cut and
again laid out in thre e pack s not forgetting at the rst

d e al to add a card to the Surprise

After the di fferent
packs have been duly examin ed and explain e d as befor e
d escrib 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 ee
cards forming the Surprise are examined ; and su p
po sing them to be the S e ven of H e arts the Jack of Clubs
and the Quee n of Spades are to be thu s int e rpret e d
S eve n of H e arts pl e asan t thought s and fri e ndly i n
tentions Jack of Clubs o f a dark young man Qu ee n of
Spadesrelative to a malicious dark woman or widow

who will cause him much un happiness

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No

D E AL I N G

TH E

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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 or 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 the top
of the pack The rst six are usel ess 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 thi s thre e
tim e s more th e n shuf e and cut the card s you have thrown
on one side togeth e r with tho se remaining in your hand
and tell them out in sev e ns as b e fore until you have thus
obtai ned twe lve cards I t is however indispensable that
t he o n e representing the per son 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 out
before you in the orde r in which they have come to hand
you may begin t o explain the m as d escrib e d in the mann e r
of de al ing t he cards in threes always bearing in m i nd both
the ir in di vidual and relative signication Thus you rst
count the card s by seve ns b e ginning with the one r epre
s e nting the person for whom you are acting going from
right to left Th e n take the two card s at either e xtr e mity
of the line or half circle and unit e them and aft e rward s

form the thre e h e aps or packs and the Surpris e pre

c i se l y as we hav e b e fore d e scribed
Inde e d the only
d iff e rence between t he two methods i s 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

Let us suppose the pack for the
g ive another example
person consulting is compos e d of the Jack of Hearts the
Ace of Diamonds the Queen of Clubs and the Eight of
S pades reversed B y the aid of the list of m e anin gs we
have given it will be e asy to interpret them as follows
The Jack of H earts is a gay young bachelor the Ace
of Diamonds who has writt e n or will very soon write a
lett e r the Queen of Clubs to a dark woman Eight of

pades
revers
d
to make proposals to her which will not
e
S

be acc e pted
On looking back t o the list of sign i catio n s it w il l be
found to run thus
Jack of Hearts A gay young bachelor who thi nks only
o f plea sure
Ace of Diamond s A letter soon to be received
Que e n of Club s An affectionate wom an but quick
t emp e r e d and touchy
Eight of Spade s I f revers e d a marriage broken off or
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 of which nothing but a littl e
p
practic e i s required to form complet e sent e nces Of this
we will give a furt her example by in terpr e ting the sign i

for the house

for
c ation o f the thre e other packs

The
t hos e who do not e xp e ct it
and the Surprise

r st of these
for the house we wi ll suppose to consist
o f the Qu e en of Heart s the Jack of Spad e s reve rsed the
A c e of Clubs and the N ine of Diamond s which reads
t hus :
The Queen of H e arts is a fair woman mild and amiable
i n dispo sition who Jack of Spades reversed will be de
c ei v e d by a dark ill bred young man the Ace of Clubs
b u t she will rece ive so m e good n e ws which will console
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her Nine of Diamondsalthough it is probable that the

n ews may be d elaye d

The pack for those who do not expect it consisting

of the Queen of Diamonds the King of Spade s the Ace of
Hearts revers e d and the Seve n of Spades would signify
The Qu een of Diamonds is a mischi e f making woman

the King of Spade s who is in leagu e with a dishon e st

lawyer Ac e of H e arts r e vers e d the y will hold a consulta
tion togeth er Seve n of Spade s but the harm they will

do will soon be r epair e d

Last com e s the Surprise formed by we will suppose

the Jack of Clubs the Ten of Diamonds the Queen of
Spade s and the N ine of Spades of which the i n terpre
t ati o n is
The Jack of Clubs is a clever enterprising young man
Ten of Diamonds about to undertake a j ourney Queen
of Spade s for the purpos e of v i siting a widow Nine of

Spades but one or both of the ir live s will be endangered

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No 4 TH E
.

T WE NT Y

C A RD S

O NE

After having shuf ed the thi rty 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 one S ide
The remaind e r
twenty one in all are to be S hu i e d again and ou t That
done lay the topmo st card on one 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 of the rowwhere it
repr es e nt s the missing card no matter what it may really
be
We will howeve r suppo se that the p erson wishing to
make the essay is an o ffi cer in the ar m y and conse q uently
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r e presented by the King of Diamonds and that the twenty

cards range d before you are the Queen of Diamond s the
King of Clubs the Ten of H e arts the Ac e of Spades the
Qu ee n of H e arts revers e d the S e ven of Spades the Jack
of Diamonds the Te n of Clubs the King of Spad e s the
Eight of D iam onds the King of H e arts the Nine of Club s
the Jack of Spades rev ersed the S e ven of Hearts the Ten
of Spades the King of Diamonds the Ace of Diamonds
the S e ve n of Club s the N ine of Heart s the Ac e of Clubs
Y ou now proceed t o examin e the cards as they lie and
p e rceiving that al l the 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 of them reve rsed announce the r e u nion of
two sorrowful fri e nd s the three Ac e s for e t ell good n ews
the thre e Jacks one of them r e versed quarrels with some
low person the thr e e T e ns improper conduct
Y ou now explain the cards comm e ncin g with the r st
on the l e ft hand viz the Que e n of D iamonds :
The
Queen of D iamonds is a mischief making underbre d
woman the King of Clubs e ndeavourin g to win the
affections of a worthy and estimable m an Ten of He arts
over who se scruples she will triumph Ace of Spades
The affair wil l make some noise Que e n of H e arts reve rsed
and greatly di stress a charm ing fair woman who loves
him S e ven of Spad es but her grief wil l not be of long
duration
Jack of D iamondsAn unfaithful servant
Ten of Clubs will make away with a consid e rable sum of
m oney King of Spades and will be brought to trial
Eight of D iamonds but saved from punishm e nt through

woman
agency
King
of
Hearts
s
A fair man of li beral
a
di sposition Nin e of Clubs will receive a large sum of
m oney Jack of Spad e s reversed which will expose him
to the mali ce of a d ar k youth of coarse manners Seven
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C HAPTER VIII
U NU S UAL

S OME

ME TH OD S OF TE LL I N G

U I TE rec e ntly we came across a littl e known method

of card telling and as it is both simple and fas
c i n a t i n g we obtain e d p e rmis sion t o publish it and explain
t he working
The full pack of card s is us e d and must b e thoroughly
s hu i e d by the e nquir e r w e w e re intere sted in hearin g
that this method can be us e d for indicating our own i m
m ediate futur e though this is forbidden
o r a t least dis
c o ur age d in m ost oth e r systems of worki ng the cards
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Aft e r the pack has b e en thoroughly mix e d the name

o f the bottom card should b e noted on paper for r e fer e nce
as this card act s the part of S ign i c ato r in other word s
it represents the e nquir e r Th e n the pack must be ou t
o nce with the l e ft hand and the expo sed card should al so
be not e d this card represents the thoughts wish or most
important matt e r in which the e nquirer i s int e re sted
This can of cour se b e anythin g from a busin e ss d e al a
l ove affair t o t he serious illness of a fri e nd or of ones elf
The cut portion of the pack must now b e replac e d so
that the original botto m card r e tai ns this position Then
seven card s are de al t one by one fac e upwards so as to
form a row on the table thes e cards run fro m left t o
right N ow lay out three other similar rows each one
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Now com es the part that ne e ds a l ittle c are and thought

but when understood it i s really quite simple The rough
s quare represents a lunar month beyond which the card s
will not guide you and nothing can be do ne in the way of
divination unle ss you can x the position of the two cards
expo sed when the pack w as cut as a lready e xplain e d the
r st of these r e prese nts the Enquirer and the s e cond his
or her Thoughts
Glanc e car e fully over the expo sed cards and see if e ithe r
or both of th es e p e rsonal cards have b ee n expo sed in
the lunar squar e I f you are fortunate and both personal
cards are shown on the tabl e you can at once mak e your
d e ci sion in the way t o be e xplain e d later
But if you nd only o n e pe rsonal card expo sed 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 the card s
for e t ell
You must note the row in which yo u nd the one p er
sonal card b e caus e that particular row must not b e touched
nor any row above it So if t hi s p er sonal card fall s in the
bottom row you can do no more and mu st r e ad the
cards as th e y lie on the table I f however it is in the
third row from the top thi s would leave the bottom r ow
fre e to b e alt er e d if in the s e cond row you would have the
two bottom rows at your dispo sal whil e if it fall s in the
top row the n you can change the following twe ntyone cards
What e ve r it may b e o n e two or three rows you take
up the u n u sed portion of the pack and plac e extra cards
upon the already expo sed cards on the table and go o n
to the tw e nty e ight h card To make this cl e ar suppo se o n e
p er sonal card i s shown in the t Op row of the original de al
You now commence on the r st card of the s e cond row
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and

di stribut e twe nty one cards thus cov e ring all the thr e e
lower rows Thi s l e av e s only thr e 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 card s as th e y lie with only o n e personal card
t o guid e you unl ess the s e cond has now been expo sed
B ut in mo st case s when one pe rsonal card is e xpos e d in
t he top row its companion will app e ar d uring thi s s e cond
d elive ry of the cards
Now suppo se t he one per 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 esh card from the unus e d portion of the pack
o n to the r st card of t he third row and continue to t he
end of the squar e Thi s m eans t he addition of fourt ee n
c ard s
but still l e ave s only twe nty eight cards e xpos e d
I t i s quite probable that the se cond pe rsonal card w ill
now b e vi sibl e in which ca se your pr e paration i s complete
a n d you read t he cards as w e shall e xpl a in
But if by C hanc e the se cond per sonal card i s not then
shown you are al lowed a third att e mpt But you must
b e careful to rememb e r that you onl y hav e ten card s in
hand now and you m u st cove r whole rows at a time or
non e at all So in this case instead of starting with the
r st card of th e third row you l e ave that row intact an d
p lace a fre sh card on the rst place in the bottom row
This again l e aves you wi th three cards in hand and you
proceed to your divination as b e for e explain e d whether
the s e cond person al card is expo se d or not
I f the o n e e xpo se d p ersonal card is in the third row of
t he original s quare you can of cour se 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 se v e n cards se e if t h e second p e r sonal card i s now
expos e d if it i s you stop and give your r e ading I f not
o u d e al out s e v e n more c ards and again e xamin e th e m
y
O bviously you can do this three times when you have only
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I n that case you can only ad v i se 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 her but not under fourteen days
If only one person al card is exposed in the lunar square
you study the cards from that to the nal card explaining
that the decision will be delayed over the four we eks and
that a fre sh cons u ltation of the cards in a fortnight s time
wil l help to clear matt e rs up Meanwhi l e t he suits of the
cards following the personal card will enable you t o
encourage or discourage your enquirer
I f n either of the pe rson al card s is shown you can give
no decision either way the cards must be consult e d again
or the decision accepted as a negative or unfavourable one
Apart from the qu e stion of suits you must also study
the values of the card s The Court card s repre sent pe opl e
the King and Qu een being mal e and fem al e friends the
Jacks business acquain tan ces or strangers if the matt e r
is purely personal
Y o u must al so remember that the higher common e r
cards Six Seven Eight Nine and Ten are mor e powerful
for good or for evil than the lowe r card s Two Three Fo ur
and Five The Ace is always very powe rful
There is one other point for consid e ration and thi s
applie s to cases wher e the re are a large numb e r of cards
between the two pe rsonal cards or alt e rnatively when only
one pe rson al card is expos e d Y ou are al lowed to cancel
cards in couples under certa i n condi tions For instance
a He ar t can cancel a corr esponding Spad e or a Diamond
c an cel a Club but the Court cards and Aces are not to be
touched You can pai r eith e r a Two Thr e e Four or Five
with an y oth e r of the same seri e s
or a Six S e ven Eight
N e or Ten with any other of that particular s e ri e s subj e ct
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Thus a Two of Heart s and a Five of Spades can be paire d

and both cards are the n removed from the lunar square
toge the r with any cards unde rn e ath th e m in case yo u
have form e d the row more than once I n the same way
from the high e r seri es you can pair a Ten of Diamonds
with an Eight of Club s and so ou any of the high e r
Diamonds can b e pair e d with any of the higher Club s the
H e arts with the Spad es any of t he lowe r Diamonds wit h
any of the lower Club s the H e arts with the Spades
The importanc e of thi s pairing tog e th e r with the removal
of all cards a ffe ct e d will b e found far gre at e r in actual
practic e than it may app e ar on pap e r Suppo se for i n
stanc e that you have both personal cards expos e d wit h
nin e other card s b e twe e n th e m s e ve n of th ese b e ing Red
cards and two Bl a ck I f by good fortun e you can pair the
two Black cards with two Red card s you will have an
unbrok e n s eri es of v e R ed cards Thi s i s not quit e so
fortunat e as an ori gi n al s e que nc e of re Red card s but it
shows that al l obstacles can b e ov e rcom e and that is t he
important point
I n the sam e way if the colours had b ee n reverse d you
would be fac e d with a se ri e s of ve Black cards far mor e
di fcult to ove rcome than the original series of s e ve n
Black and two R e d cards
Thi s Lunar Squar e system i s so fascinating and cl ever
as well as b eing ve ry reliabl e that we strongly recomm e nd
a car eful study o f its rul e s it has the additional merit of
b e ing known only to a few
.

S E P H A R I AL

M E TH O D

Thi s m e thod i s bas e d upon the Chald e an scienc e o f

Horoscopy and e mploys the Twelve C el estial Hou ses or
Signs as a means of int erpr e tation toge th e r with four
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c e ntral po sitions which indicate the imm e diate surround

ings and o n e card on the top of the S ign ic ato r
The orde r in which the th irty two cards are d e alt out
aft e r b e ing shu fe d and cut to thr e e packs is represented
in the following diagram
,

S E P H A R I AL

M E T H OD

I magine the S ign i c ato r to be in the centre Deal out

t he card s in t he order i n di cat e d by the numbers 1 to 2 9
You will have thr e e cards left over
.

I N TE R P RE TA T I O N
No s

ignify the p e rson al condition of the con

s ui fant his h e alth m e nt al state what affe cts him for
good or e vil as r e gard s hi s pers on
2 and 1 9 wi ll show by what m e ans he will gain or lose
h is money matt e rs
3 and 20 show hi s letters and short j ourneys hi s neigh
bours and r elative s
.

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N ow observe that the Ace of Diamonds is well placed in

the 1 st position the Ten of Diamonds in the ro th place
t he Ace of Clubs in the 1 0 th place the Ten of C lubs in the
7 t h place the Ace of Hearts in the 7 th place the Ten of
Hearts in the 4th place the Ace of Spades in the 4th place
the Te n of Spades in the I st place All th e se are good
po sitions and augur good fortune and an honourable career
When Kings occupy the angles the destiny is set in high
places Wh en Queens are there it shows the enquirer to be
too much under the sway of women and liabl e t o scandal
When Jacks it portend s a dishonourable fame The Ten s
or Aces are good in the angl e s I f the wish card holds the
I st or ro t h plac e the consultant will gain his great e st wish
I f in the 7 th place it will come through marriage I f in
the 4th by inheritanc e and n e arer the end of life
The N ine of Spade s i s uniformly e vil unles s falling with
the Ten of 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 7 th House from the wife in the r 1 th
friends
in the 3rd r elatives
in the ro th bu sin e ss
and so forth
The Ace of Spad es and the Nin e of Diamonds S how acci
d e nts when falling in the I st or ro th place The Ace of
Spad e s and Nine of Spades S how heavy losses The Ace of
Spades and Te n of Spades show gr e at grief and bereave
m e nt and if it falls in the 4th or ro th place it shows the
death of pare nts in the 7 th of the wife and so on
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D E AL I N G

TH E

C A RD S

BY

S I!

TE E N S

After the thirty two cards have b e en well shuf e d and

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
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the se The top card is now r e moved face do wnwards and

plac e d by its elf on t he table
The other ft e en are turned up and ranged in order fro m
left to right in front of the divin e r The type card re p re
s e nting the e nquire r m ust be among th e m i f it is not th e re
all the cards must b e gath ered up r e shu f e d and cut and
the preliminary proc ess mu st be rep e ated Thi s goe s on
till the type card appears among the ft e en in the row
The r e ading i s giv e n in two ways rst by noting any
pairs tri pl e t s or quartette s among th e m giving the
m eaning 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 card from e ach e n d of the row l e avi ng a fateful
mast e r card for the ni sh Thi s card as in a form e r exp eri
m e nt has more force than any of the seven pairs
When thi s has b ee n done t he fteen card s are gathe red
tog e the r and w ell shu fed and then d e alt so as t o form
thr ee 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 form the Surpri se Thus we ge t four packs of four cards
each
The e nquire r now choos e s o n e of the three h e aps he
must not touch t he Surpri se h e apand thi s i s r e ad as
applying to him or her se lf Of the two re m ai ning heap s
t he l e ft han d one affects t he home and the right hand one
covers
som e one e ls e
clos e ly connect e d with the
e nquirer
Finally th ere is the Surpris e which repres ents somethin g
unexp e ct e d at the mom e nt by the enquirer
.

S OME I TA LI A N M E TH OD 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
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colo u rs and the di v in e r goes thr ough the pack turning up

thr e e card s at a time Should all thr e e b e of one suit they
ar e plac e d face upward s on the tabl e
forming the usual
row from left t o right I f only two of a suit come togeth e r
the higher card in face value i s add e d to the row and the
other is r e j ected I f al l three cards are of di ff erent suits
al l ar e r e j e cted
\Vhen the pack has b ee n d e alt with in this manner the
r e j e cted cards are re shu fed cut and dealt for a second
time in thre e s This is rep e at e d till ft ee n cards are in the
row I t is howeve r absolut ely n e ces sary that the type
card repr e s e nting the e nquirer should be in the row and
if it appears among the ft e en all is w ell so far I f howeve r
it is not in the row the proc e ss of d e aling in threes and
adding t o the row mu st be re pe ated till the t ype card i s
s e cure d this shows difculti e s and troubl e s and wo rries
for the enquire r according to t he numb e r of cards adde d in
thi s way Should th e re b e mor e than fteen card s in the
compl e t e d row retain only the n e ce ssary numb e r counting
from the extreme right which in most cases would of course
be the t ype card itself unless it made its appearance as
one of a se t of thr e e cards of a suit in which case ( all three
having t o be add e d t o the row) o n e or two other cards
might be on the right of the 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 card s shu f e d and cut and de al th e m
one by one into ve heaps of thr e e c ar ds The se S houl d b e
r e ad s e parately the heap on the l e ft b e ing for the enqui r e r
hims e lf the s e cond for the home the t hi rd for the expected
the fourth for the unexpe ct e d and the fth for a con solation
Anoth e r I talian method is to sort the cards into suits
face upwards on the table e ach sui t forming a s e parate
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He now deals th e s e into three heaps face downwards

a n d a sks the enquirer to choose one of those packs
The se
must b e expo sed on the table face upwards and one by
o n e beginning by placing the top card on the extreme left
T he 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
The 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 the enquirer s
type card i s among the twe nty retained for dealing into the
three 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 so as to
c over the immediate past the pre sent and the imme diate
future You will aft e r e ach deal have made a note of the
cards contained in each of the three chosen heaps and these
however many their number S hould now be picked out and
a rranged in three groups one of th 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 or quadruplets an d their meaning read from the
Table given And n al ly the diviner should study the suit
c olours in each of th e se groups which r e pr e sent r e spectively
the small affairs the more important happenings and the
But it does
r eally serious events that fa c e the enquirer
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 i n this cas e al so pairs and
triplets should be noted and al so the important suit
c olours
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This is a very thorough m e thod of di vination by cards

but it occasionally takes tim e as it i s quite u se l ess unle ss
the enquir e r s t yp e card i s among the twenty cards left
ove r for dealing into the thre e h e ap s I t n ee d not of cour se
be in the cho se n h e ap and though it must of nec essity b e
among the important twe nty aft e r each d e al it fre que ntly
happ e n s that it makes no ap pearanc e at all in any of the
thr e e cho sen h eaps
I t is con side red very import ant that the divin e r should
not see t he S u rprise cards b e fore they are nally expos e d
on the tabl e but of course the type card might e asily nd
its way to this h eap When th e r e fore the divin e r sati ses
hi ms e lf that t he typ e card is not among the twe nty l e ft
in his hand he should e xamine the el e ven card s ( or ten or
nin e aft e r the se cond and third shu fes r e sp e ctive ly) that
have b e en di scard 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 el e ss and as b e for e stat e d nin e
days must e lap se before the cards are consult e d again for
the sam e enquir e r
I n a trial divination j ust complet e d the following cards
appeare 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
Club s Eight and Nine onc e only S eve n and Ac e twic e
Spade s : Ten and Ac e once only ; Quee n in all thr ee
h e aps
H e art s Nine and King once only
,

I t will at once be se e n that the Nin e of H e arts the Wi sh

card is among the numb e r but only app e are d onc e while
t he H e art suit i s very poorly r e pr e s e nt e d by two cards only
out of fourteen The re is ve ry littl e chance of succe ss
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there fore and the Spad e Queen s ee ms to dominate the

po sition I f 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
again st the Spades
There are thr ee Ac e s but o n e of 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
strengthens the ir in uence B ut the Ace of Spad es symbol
of D e ath or Di saster is always an extrem ely sinister and
powerful 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
fortune ( the 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 one of
tho se 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 clearly showing som e sm all 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 Eight s strongly conr m the rea di ng
and show that good fortune was allowed to slip pass
unh e eded
,

TH E

F A TE 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 reprinted s e ve ral times of rece nt
ye ars and much prai sed for i ts accuracy apart from its
v e ry original character in t he buil di ng of the de sign
I t i s an exc e ll e nt o n e and ve ry r e li able but car e mu st b e
taken in building up the nec essary cards for the e xperime nt

in this case al so our di agram should be copied and

used
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from the extre m e right remaining on t o pal l cards thus

covered are to be ign ored but they need not be removed
It m akes no difference if you prefer to get rid of them at
Should there
o nce i t is merely a matter of convenience
be no other cards of its suit in the row the extreme ri ght
card is left in its place
Y ou now consider the second card from the right of the
top row in the same way and thus reduce the row of seven
c ards to one representative of each suit bearing in mind
that the card on the extreme left ( the Master C ard as it
is called ) m ust never be covered It follows therefore
that when this process is completed you c an not have more
than ve cards left in each row one of each suit and the
Master Card and m ay indeed only have two cards
should all be of one suit a very rare occurrence This
process is as indi cated applied to each of the seven rows
when you now reduce your gure to its n al fateful shape
by throwi ng away all cards be yond three coun ting from the
M as ter C ard and retainin g the next two cards on the right
In the very rare event of all cards ( excluding the Master
Card ) bein g of one suit in a row you would obviously only
have two in that particular row this makes no di fference
and must not be i nterfered with
Y ou now have a mystic gure consist i ng of seven rows
of three cards and from these you give your readi ng
N ote rst of all whether there are more red cards than
black as the red aspect is considered favourable You
must however bea r in mi nd that Clubs are the most
fortun ate suit of all and should these form the bulk of
the black cards they would be amply su i ci en t to susta in
the red favourable aspect even if there should be a slight
black maj ority They are held to represent the I ntel l e ct
and Judgment as the Hear ts govern the Affections and
Passionswhil e the D iam onds represent Money and out
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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 of the fir st row remembering that in this
m ethod the left is the mor e powerful card of the two
Next
read together the Master ca rd and centre card of the top
row B e ar in mind that each row is quite di stinct and
that no card is in uenced by one above or below it but only
by the card on the left You should particularly look out
for all speci al cards such as the type card indicating the
enqu ir e r ; the Jack of his or 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 enqui rer s thoughts and
i n whom he or she may b e interested
Then there is the
Wish card ( Nine of Heart s) the D isappointm e nt card
( Nine of Spades ) the Tragic card ( Ace of Spade s) Money
card ( Ten of D iamonds )
and Business card ( Ten of
Clubs )
N ot e the position of each of these cards and pay special
attention to the signicance of the cards that in uence
them They al l be come of much gre ater importance and
power if they are in the Master column i t is always
howe ver favourable the general run of the
u nfortunate
ca rds may be if the Ace of Spades or Nine of Spades are
Master ca rds
It is indeed wi se after noting the suit
importance of the whole mystic al gure to V iew i n addi ti on
the suits of the Master cards by themselve s Shoul d they
b e free from Spade s it would very greatly strengthen
al l the favourable i n uences i n the general run of the
car ds
This m ethod of di vination is a very fascin ating one
and is without an y doubt the most reliable for use for
the di vi ner s o wn guidance
It can be simplied for personal us e by studyi ng only
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IVI NAT I ON CA RD S

FTE R testing the various fascinating methods of

tell ing
the cards with an ordi nary pack most
pe ople will be anxious t o test the powers of 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
of the pack which contains seventy eight cards and we
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
sectionsthere were four suits containing fourt e en cards
each and thi s portion of the pack was known as the Minor
or L e sser Arcana
I n addition th e re were twenty two
other cards all single and without suits or sequence
these were kn own as the Maj or or Great e r Arcana and have
never been u sed for any other purpo se than divination
The Maj or Arcana consists of twenty one numb e r e d cards
and one unnumbered and for practical pur poses this
s e ries of simple n u mbers would be su i c i en t I f a pa ck
can be pu rchas e d the cards wil l probably be found
numbered in addition to havin g speci al designs upon
them
I t is a curious fact that the Hebrew alphabet contains
twenty two letters and it i s claimed that th e r e is a con
n e c ti o n between the two
This may be the cas e but the
presence of an unnumb e red card rai ses a di f cu lty should
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y ea r

WAIVDS [cu/ 5 5!

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this come before number On e or aft e r number Twenty

one
I t should also b e noted that t he tw e nty one numb e red
cards fall naturally into thre e groups of se ve n card s e ach
and th e se hav e b ee n claim e d as r e pr e s e nting the moral
m e ntal and mat e rial groups with t he unnumb e r e d card as
the Deity But the Tarocchi card s are e xtr e 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 historic al r e f e rence to th e m I t s ee ms
almost a c e rtainty that the re was no denite limit to th e
numb e r of the earli est group s of articl es used for divination
which would be actual articl e s coll e ct e d by the s e er and
not emblem s as now u sed Ston es see ds bone s anything
that co ul d b e pre s e rve d would s e rve the purpose of the
e arli est s e ers
With this w e have littl e or nothing t o do
our purpos e is t o d eal with the recogni sed se t of card
embl e ms forming the Tarot
The rst numbered card is known as the Magician or
Juggler and obvi ously the e arlie st m e aning would be
c onc e rn e d with Magic and not Jugglery which is r e ally
a human amuse m e nt whereas the Magician stood for all
h e aling and cr e ative pow e r s such as illn e ss pain s e lf
I t must b e
c o n den c e will pow e r d e xt e rity and so on
rememb e r e d with all the s e cards that a r e versal of the card
top t o bott om al so aff e cts the meaning
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 pri est s no doubt the m en wer e oth e rwis e e m
ploye d searching for food and raim ent for t he family
Mal e pri e st s we re a much later d e velopm e nt This card
r e present s s e cre t s 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 repre sent
the enquirer if a man while number Two is used if it is
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The Seventh is al s o sympathetic with the F irst and

F ourth
W e will now deal with the second group of seven cards
U nfortunately 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 shifting the m
about I t is impossible nowadays t o decide which is
correct though pe rsonally we prefer number Eleven for
Justice
Card number Eight then we will call Courage i t signies
energy or action and generally is a succe ssful and fo rtunat e
card Reversed it does not necessarily mean ill success
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 of Fort une and
it signies D e st i ny I f this card tur ns up the decision
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 rui ty
far m ore than is needful
Wh e n consid e ring the Eleventh card we must recall
w hat was said above taking Courage for number Eight
we giv e J u stice for number Eleven
This does not mean Law in o ur mod e rn use of the word
Justice but the triumph of right The diviner can only
predict that right will succeed an d must leave it t o the
consci e nce of 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 one foot though not apparently
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i n an y way uncomfortable I t does not app e ar to b e a form

of puni shm e nt for the card r e prese nts Wisdom Intuition
S ac ri c ewhen r e versed it stands for S el shn ess 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 ri ce
The Thirt eenth card is r e pre se ntative of Death though
its normal m eaning mer ely indi cat e s loss Re ve rsed how
e ver i t is a most fat e ful sign
The card it self is generally
l e ngth ske leton much aft e r the
o rnam e nt e d with a f u ll
s tyle of the well known r e pr es entation of Fath e r Time
The la st ca rd of thi s second s e ri e s of s e ven is r e pre
s e n t ati v e of Tempe ranc e which of cour se 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 ent and so
o n r e ver sed it is an important card
and shows divided
int e r ests
I t will again b e se e n that there is much sympathy in
e ach couple of third cards thus Eight and El e ven ar e
o ften rever sed ;
whi le Nine and Twe lve both indi cate
Prud e nce in affairs Ten and Thirt ee n ar e obviou sly
C lo se ly conn e ct e d i n the form of D e stiny and Death both
r e pr ese nting Finality The Fourt ee nth card Temperance
o r Mod e ration
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 re ally mystical
a n d to a gr e at ext e nt r e pres e nt t he force or in uence of
thing s b eyo nd our own p ersonal control Thi s group open s
w ith numb e r Fifte e n as the D e vil
The Malignant Power
i ts e lf i s g e nerally r e pre sent e d in conn e ction with a naked
m an and a naked woman typical of Humanity and i n
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
Thi s card shows som e
p owe rful in u e nce working in our live s in spit e of ourse lves
or in so me c ase s our own physical inabi l ity to he lp ourselves
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illn e ss i n

owing to serious
oth e r word s as shown on the
card our nake d or natural impot e nc e I t ne e d not n eces
sari l y b e an evil in u e nce
but it is one that we cannot
resist The old supers tition of course was that every one
of us had a good spirit behind our right shoulder and an
evil one b ehind our left This superstition remains strong
to day In its normal po sition thi s fateful card can be
either good or evil but reversed it i s invariably a bad sign
The Sixteenth card also shows the strong force of the
occul t powers controlling our d e stinie s and it is invariably
represented by a building struck and shattered by light
ning Its signicance is Misery Adve rsity Disgrace or
even Ruin
It cove rs some unforeseen or un e xpected
calamity as indicated by the lightning When r e versed
this card loses much of its malignity though with bad
cards near it might S how imprisonment
Following this shock we have the Star for our next
card and as in so 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 or Privation of some sort
The Eighteenth card shows us the Full Moon looking
down on an uncared for path that appare ntly leads nowhere
It r e pre s e nts H i dden Dangers D e c e ption Error of Judg
ment and so on Rever sed it make s the deception our

own the enquirer will come to troubl e or di fcul ty through

his or her own deceit or falsehood I t is not a nic e card
for the unfortunat e diviner and care should b e taken in
the manner of our interpretation in such cases it is better
t o suggest and not to make any de nite ass e rtion
The Nin e t e enth card is the Sun with which i s associated
a naked C hild g e n e rally a boy as girl s were not of much
accoun t in the East
The card is typical of Married
Happiness o r at any rate of D omestic or Material content
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44

uggest that these could be written on the cards for guid

telling the cards The meanings are given
a nce when
i n the following table :

C up s

H ea rts

or

Kin g This can repre sent a fair man as with the ordinary
p ack of card s but as a rule it shows kindness or warmth
o f heart
Reve rsed suspicion di strust
Queen A fair woman al so success or happiness R e
v ersed i t indicat e s interference by some woman

t
Knigh
This Court card does not of course app e ar in
t he mod e rn pack
I t represents tru st or condence
R e ve rs e d cunning or trickery
Jac k The Jack would repre sent a young person e ither
Otherwise it
y outh or maid e n if us e d for an individual
shows hone sty of purpo se straightforwardness R e vers e d
d eception
I n fact the meaning is ve ry similar t o that of
t he Knight
Ten The Town where the en quirer live s in some cases
t he actual house itself
Ap ar t from this it shows the
e nquir e r s position or local r e putation
Reversed it would
i ndicate opposition and di sputes but of a local C haract e r
p ossibly in one s own household
Nin e Success or advantage This is al ways a fortunate
c ard and the reversed position show s mistakes mad e by
the enquirer thus j eopardising succ ess but it doe s not
i ndicate failure
Eigh 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
The good meaning b e com es
p leasure instead of affection
p hysical or material instead of mental or what w e call
o f the hea rt
Seven Some proj ect the enquir e r has in view This
m eaning re m ains the same when the card is revers e d
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In

S ix

the normal position this card indicates that

the telling r ef ers to the past I f reversed it indicates
the futur e but it is the imme di ate futur e
Five Marriage or some important c er e mony Reve rsed
it indicat e s an arrival some news or a surprise
Four Discontentment or displeas ure Reversed a new
acquai ntanc e
Thre e Success a favourable ending to the en quirer s
plan or wi sh Re versed the card indicat e s a quick
r esult not n ecessarily succe ssful but soon in point of
time only
Two Love affe ction
Reversed the card shows Oppo
sitiou 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 or bad but
a chan ge
It will be seen that the Heart suit i s almost entirely
fortunat e in its normal position whil e the re ve rsed po si
tions on the whol e indicat e d e lay rather than lack of
succe ss An e arly design for thi s suit was the Acorn which
obviously r e pre sented succ essful agricultur e an e ssential
feature of primitive lif e Th e n came the Cup also in its
more mod ern fashion a S ign of material succ esso r at any
rate the n e c essary social po sition to e nable you to enter
tain The Western H eart is m e r ely a carel ess adaptation of
t he old d esign of a Cup j ust as the Cup its elf w as a car e l ess
or mistake n copy of the Acorn po ssibly done in some
country wh e re the Oak tree was not promin e nt
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s or

Clu b s

Kin g A dark
c ate d
Otherwise
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t hreatening
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success
Reversed danger that i s
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dark w oman or alt e rnative ly gen e rosity

R e vers e d the card shows a suspicious woman mistrust or
evil thr e atening
K n igh t A kind fri e nd
Al so carefulnes s e conomy
R e ver sed it sugg ests troubl e through the care l e ssn ess of
some such fri e nd
not intentional harm but ri sk all the
sam e
Jac k Order manag e ment Reversed waste or e ve n
reckl e ssn es s
Te n The hou se or dwelling ; oft e n the famil y of the
n u ir e r if he or she is marri e d
Revers e d loss or specula
q
tion involvi n g risk
N in e Hon e sty or di scr etion
Rev ersed deceit or
treach e ry
Eight A dark girl
B e auty or innocence Reve rsed
tricke ry by a woman
Seve n Mon e y matters in gen e r al busin e ss or inherit
anc e R e ve r sed the card indicat e s anxi ety or worry over
mon e y matt e rs
Reversed the card represents a longi ng
S ix Pre sents
for what we cannot ge t
F ive Love or affe ction R e versed the card c al ls for
gr e at di scretion on the part of the di viner as it may
m e an unfortun ate but hone st love though it oft e n
m e ans illi cit or immoral passion as in the case of a
married woman
Four Pleasure or enj oyment of a somewhat materi al
nat ure R e ve rs e d obstacl e s
Thr e e Dignity or po sition Reve rsed it often r ep re
sents the chil dren of the enqui rer or the b e gin ning of
some enterpri se intended t o improve t he position of the
enquirer
R e versed it sign ies a
T wo V
Vorr y or di f cul ties
letter or message good bad or indi ff e rent
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1 48

C ARD F O RT UN E TELLIN G

Kni gh t D eparture removal or sep aration fro m some

one I f reversed this will fo l low a q uar rel The separa
tion or departure may of co urse prove to the en quirer s
advantage even if the card is reversed
Jac k A frien dl y stran ger or good news Reversed
bad news or worr y
Ten Con den c e or honesty of purpose
Reversed
treachery or deceit
N in e Intelligence observation good manage m ent
Reversed the card indica tes obstacles or di fculties
c e rtainl y delay but not necessari ly with any bad
result
Eigh t Peace or order Reversed q uarrels
Se ve n Success or some m easure of advan tage and
prot If reversed the card shows hesitation and anxiety
but not necessarily any loss
S ix The hope desire or wish of the enqui rer whatever
it may be whether materi al or of the a ffections Reversed
it shows treache ry or un fait hfulness if it concerns the
affections
Five Money gain or inheritance
Reversed it
shows troubles or d ii cul ties conn e cted with money
such as legal cases but not necess ar ily a loss of m oney
though al m ost certain ly it shows that there wil l be
n o gain
F our C ompany society pleasure Reversed this card
is supposed to ret ai n its normal meanin g which seems
ill ogical an d unl ikely W e suggest that the reversal wo ul d
i ndi ca te that the love of company was causing the en qui rer
to neglect more import an t matters
Thre e Some b u sin ess enterprise or u ndertaking R e
versed the c ard represents the wish or attempt for some
the ful l m ent seems
su ch enterp rise or outlet where
unlikel y
,

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Tw o Money

1 49

Reversed it signies a surprise or some

un expec t e d or unusual occurrence
Reversed it
On e The commencement of somethi ng
shows cruelty or m i sfort une
On the whole Diamonds is a fairly fortun ate 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 de scribed
as a fai lure to use our powers or advantages to the utmost
The ul timate result may be and often i s much the same
i
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by
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succ e e d in the end
The fourth suit Spade s is the
unfortun ate one
.

S words

or

S p ades

Kin g Someon e in authority or with powe r to a ffe ct

the e nqui rer
Reversed thi s wil l bring trouble and
worry
Loss abs e nce or s e paration
ue
Reve rsed the
n
e
Q
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 or alternatively an unpl e asant
combination of partial success though accompanie d by
worry
Knight Capability Reversed foolishn es s or conceit
Jack Treachery I f reversed the trouble will come
from an unexpected source
If revers e d it shows a pas sing
Ten Sorrow and tears
succ ess lo st almo st as soon as r eal ised
Nin e Good faith
If reversed
sus picion and
doubt
Eight Ill ne ss or blame
When re versed the card
shows an accident or some startling event
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Seve n This card i s not a ffe ct e d by being reversed

and shows hope and conde nc e good advice
S ix Travel a voyage or a mess e nger someone who
has travelled
Re v ers e d it shows a surprise

Five This card also is not affected by reversal and

m eans trouble lo sses sadn e ss mourning
Four Solitude Revers e d it indica tes that the soli
tude is enforced in some cases necessary economy aft e r
a loss
Thre e Separation or a quarrel I f r e versed the e m
q u irer w ill be re sponsible for the troubl e
I f r e versed it shows l yin g and
Tw o Friendship
deceit
One Prosp erity Wh en r e vers e d this card generally
S how s an unfortunate love affair
,

W e will now give a few methods of reading from the f u ll

Tarot pack but as it is an old system of divination th er e
are only a limit e d number of the se u nlike those us e d with
the m odern pack where we nd at l east a score of well
kn own syst e ms of tellin g In the rst place the e nquirer
must be quit e certain as to time t hi s must be made C le ar
be fore the cards are touched He or she must al so decide
whether a simple answer to a qu est ion is what he wants
or whether he prefers a ge neral divination of the cour se
of events Th e s e point s will control the see r s int e rpr e ta
tion It 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 corre spond ingly
more powerful than the ve lower ones although t he latter
include the Ace
A simpl e question can be answ ered by the general C harac
ter of the cards after they have been expo sed by one or
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or physic al affairs of the enquir e r the m iddl e row governs

his mental life his friendships and a ffections his hope s and
s o o n ; while the top row represents the unseen in uences
at work on his or he r life
Another method on somewhat similar lines is as follows
The enquirer draws out one card t o represent hi mself and
this is placed face upwards on the table Then he must
thoroughly shuf e the pack Now the seer goes through
the pack and builds up the rows of seven cards worki ng
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 card placed on the table must be the
top card of the pack after it has be e n shu f ed the second
card will be the sev en th card from it in the pack in other
words the original eighth card This is plac e d to the left
of the top card and forms the second card in the top row
of 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 f ed pack
Go on in this way taking out every seve nth card you
come to and adding it t o the gure the second row com
m en c i n g as soon as you hav e displayed seven cards
To
avoid confusion it is wi se to plac e e ach card not r e quired
at the bottom of 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 elow and count Two and so on You
wi ll n d that the ori ginal bottom card wil l form the fth
card of the centre row on 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 compli cated till you
have actually tested it we give a diagram t o S how how the
cards should be used in order t o build up the gure prope rly
,

TH E TAROT O R D I VI NAT I ON CARDS

53

nquirer must Choose a card t o represent him self and

this i s placed in the centr e of the table The pack is now
shu f
ed 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 You will e as ily se e that the gure forms a triangl e

The

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within a thr e e
sid e d square I t is som etim e s arranged in
C ircles and i n various fantastic forms but the method we
give is the simpl est I n eve ry cas e what e ve r the design
u se d the re ading i s the sam e so the r e is no advantage in
using a complicat e d gur e unle ss you are anxious t o
mystify the enquirer
The m e thod of di v ination i s based upon the ide a that the
right hand el e ven cards of the square and also of the triangle
r e pres e nt the Past ; the upp e rmost row of square and
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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 se nting the enquir e r and
shown in t he c e ntre of t he Triangle in the diagram is
This card is combined with numb ers I and
always one
3 4 the two bottom card s of the s e rie s showing the Past
then with 2 and 3 5 and so o n with each couple for Past
Present and Future
Anoth e r simpl e method is for the e nquirer t o shu fe the
pack and then the se er arra n ges a row of sevent e e n cards
in sequ e nce beginning with the t op card of the pack
This makes the ninth card t he e xact c e ntr e either fro m
the right or from the left The cards are read in thre e s
as in the Gr eat Figure but in thi s ca se the centr e card
repre sents the e nquirer and you pair from the ends Thus
you read cards I 9 1 7 tog e ther for the immediate Pre s e nt
or for some incid e nt in the Past which the e nquirer can
name as a starting point such as a rec e nt business arrang e
m e nt a proposal of marriag e and so on Then you read
cards 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 still and so on for the whol e row
This method does not take long and is con sidered v e ry
e ffe ctive for dealing when a simple straightforward divina
tion is required such as in the case s indicated
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though they might not be dealt upon the tabl e To prev e nt
this some t e llers car e ful ly arrange t he pack with ev e ry
card corre ctly upright b e for e handing it t o t he e nquir er
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