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C ARD F O RT U N E T E LLIN G A LUCI D TREATISE DEALING W ITH ALL THE POPULAR AN D MORE A B STRUSE METHODS

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

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O C A R DS S U I T D ES I G N S FO R T AR O T CAR D S MA D AM E LE N O R M A N D S M ET HO D A F I F T Y TW O CAR D M ET H O D T H E G RA N D S T AR T H E S I M P LE S T AR T H E T H I R TEE N CAR D S T AR T AR T

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H E S T AR OF F I F TEE N T H E T E M P LE OF F O R T U N E S E P H A RI AL S M ET HO D T H E F A T E F U L S QUAR E OF S E V E N S T AR O T O R D I V I N A T I O N CAR DS T H E G R E A T F I G UR E OF F A TE T

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T is a ve ry popular beli e f that cards wer e inve nted in o r de r to amus e King Charle s V I of France at a time when that monarch was mentally unstabl e Th is lege nd however like so many pretty sto ri e s of the past 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 r o n u r did paint or o iginat e som e cards whi ch he n e g introduced to the King but ca r ds were fir st us e d in th e E as t in ve ry anci e nt days and it is a curious fact that the other great world popular indoor gam e Ch ess also originated in the East and is still played to day by m e ans o f a pack of cards I t also se e ms obvious that cards re ach e d the West in the same way and by the same rout e as Ch e ss probably thr ough the gipsi e s that strange unconque rable East e rn rac e o f wande re rs whose actual origin still baffles our researches Naturally a rac e of people with no s e ttled home or nationality would fin d much difi c ul ty in moving th e ir pe rsonal belongings from place to place and would appre cia t e any amus e m e nt that could be reduced to the form o f a pack o f cards ,

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Ch e ss was the gre at Eastern gam e and is in many ways charact e ristic o f a p e ople to whom Tim e was of no importance Cards may have b e e n a gam e originally but as known by th e n sie s the y were only used for th e purpos e s o f Divination or Fortun e T e lling and right up to the pr e sent day they still form the most popular an d wid e spre ad m e ans o f t e sting the fortun e Known as Tar occhi or Tarots the Divination cards numbe re d s e ve nty e ight and we re without numb e rs—o r pips as we call them— which we re introduced in Europe for the sake o f simplicity in the fourt ee nth century Such packs are still in use in parts o f the Contin e nt but the We st e rn pack has gradually tak e n its plac e bo t h for t h e purpose o f Divination and for playing gam e s—in fact it is usual to sp e ak of a pack of Playing cards a dis tinction that is har dly n e cessary nowadays as it is not e asy to obtain a pack o f Tarot ca r ds unless o n e knows where to go for the m The fact howe ve r that we still u se this distinctive name shows that at one time the two kinds we re in u se side by side If w e compare a complet e Tarot pack o f cards with t he mode rn Playing cards we shall find many inter e sting points o f res e mblance and at the sam e tim e discove r t he r e ason for th e C hang e s mad e in th e W e st e rn World There ar e twenty— one Tarot cards t hat are used solely for purpos e s of Divination and th e d e signs o f these car ds vary greatly and have probably neve r had any r e al sign ifi canc e I n addition to thes e th e r e is always a card known as th e Fool — and as far as we know the card has always re main e d the sam e For p urpos e s o f Divination it has no s e parate indication but s e rve s to intensify th e m e an ing of the card n e xt to it Thus it b e com e s a v e ry power ful and dominant card wh e n on e is fore t e lling the Future as the indication supported by the F OO1 is certa in to be ,

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active and therefo re must in flue nce or ev e n suppress al l othe r indi cations Associat e d with a good card the F 0 0 1 is strong e nough to carry you through much e vil ; times may prove troublous but you will pull cl e ar b e fore long On the oth e r hand if th e F 0 0 1 is attached to a bad car d any signs of good fortune shown by th e oth e r cards will not b e st r ong enough to sav e you from th e thr e atened trouble though the y may modify it to som e e xtent I t is a curious fact that in certain card gam e s w e still find this all powe rful J e st e r who has th e happy powe r of over trumping the Ac e o f Tr umps what e ve r th e suit may be Apar t from this our mode rn pack of Playing cards has e ntirely abandon e d th e twe nty two sp e cial Divination car ds of th e Tarocchi though the s e cards we r e and still are us e d for gam e s as we ll as for Divination purpos e s in thos e countri e s wh e re the Tarot pack is still in re gular u se In addition to thes e twe nty two cards the Tarot pack contains fifty six car ds divide d into four suits j ust as our mode rn packs are divid e d But the superio r W e st e r n mind has d e stroye d all the original cl e ve r sign ificanc e o f the Tarot and has substitut e d the s e ns e le ss j angle of Diamond H e art Club and Spade — meaningless s e ns e l e ss nons e ns e In the Tarot the four s u its are re presented by other e mbl e ms —we have t he Vas e which re pres e nts the Pri e stly caste of th e East ; the Swor d which indicat e s t he Warrior cast e ; the Pi e ce of Mon e y which cl e a r ly shows the M e rchant cast e ; and finally the Baton or Club gives us the Yeoman o r Till e r of th e soil H e re th e n we have four suits of cards each one re pre s e nting a distinct class of p e ople and in the quartett e are cove r ed all classes of the p e opl e — for in t h e early ,

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Eastern days the Priestly caste were the rulers and chose the King or nominal ruler They we re quite cap able of removing him pe acefully if he did not follow their bidding So o ur four suits give us th e Rulers the Figh ters t he M e rchants and th e Farmers We wil l now compare these fo ur anci e nt Tarot suits ,

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with o ur modern Western nonsense — He a rts Clubs Diamonds and Spad es % The Vase or Cup o f the Tarocchi car ds has b e come the Heart o f the mod e rn pack ; this is a n e asy change as the bowl remains while the st e m has been thickened to complete the heart shape d e sign Although this suit original ly repres e nted Religion or the Priestly caste it “ was never considered what may be called a lucky ,

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suit in the mode r n s e ns e of the word Curiously e nough this has always been the suit we now call Clubs which originally re pr e s e nt e d the Tille r of th e Soil Obviously the re is a sound philosophy in this arrang e m e nt fo r the mass of the p e ople we re indire ctly taught that good fortune w ould follow th e ir own p e rsonal e xe r tions and that th e y should not blindly r e ly upon the favour of the high gods This s ui t has b e en variously re p re s e nt e d in the past ; the Baton is shown som e tim e s as a b r anch w ith sp rout ing l e ave s ; it s e e ms pr obabl e that our mode rn Club is d erive d from the lucky Tre foil a ve ry old and wide sp read sup erstition I t may r e p re s e nt the busin e ss e n d of a with the sho rt e n e d han dl e turning downwar ds S pad e Anyhow the Club or T re foil suit is th e lucky o n e for Divinati o n purpos e s It is e asy to se e how the Pi e c e of Mon e y o r iginall y a c r ud e ly square d pi e c e of m e tal change d into the Diamond with its mode rn association with we alth ; and it is also quite cl e ar that t h e Spad e r e pr e s e nts t h e handle and blade of a Swo r d typical of the fighting cast e It is impo r t ant that w e should cl e a r ly und er stand th e s e Chang e s b e fo r e w e consult t h e ca r ds as t o our futur e be caus e t he mod e rn suit name s are m e re ly nons e nsical whe r ea s the o riginal Tarot suits assist us to follow the re ason e d m e anings give n to the various cards H e re th e n in t he Ol d Tarot pack o f fifty six cards as also in th e mode r n Playing pack of fi ft y two cards we have four typical suits I t is di fficult to account for the alte ration in numb e r unl e ss it w as don e out of r e spe ct fo r t he Thi rt e e n sup e rstition that b e ing the fat e ful numb e r in all Divination Y e t th e o r iginal four t e e n car ds to the suit was not alt e re d fo r Di vination pur pos e s but pure ly for gam e s % This appe a rs so contradictory .

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that o n e is al most forced to the b e lie f that there must be som e othe r explanation I t is important that we shO u l d notice that the Tarot suits cont ai n e d t e n numb e red cards as in the modern pack and also four p rincipal cards now known as Court cards which originally consisted of King Que e n Knight and Jack four natural gr ade s o f rank if we look upon th e Jack as t he common pe opl e For some unknown reason the Knight was omitted but the ide a of the four Court cards Was actually retained and the simple One o f the suit was promoted over the he ad o f the King I t seems to me probable that t hi s was an attempt to retain the Fool which really forms part of the more important s e ction o f the Tarot pack whi ch was n ot us e d as a full pack o f s e venty eight cards but a sort o f twin pack with a Maj or o r Gre at Arcana o f twenty two cards and a Minor o r Le sser Arcana o f fift y six Having re duced the pack to fifty six cards the loss o f th e F 0 0 1 was quickly r e 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 o f the original Fool o f trumping th e King though only o f his own suit Thi s superstitious introduction of what amo u nted to a fifth Court card caused the throwing ou t o f the Knight and the unive rs al adoption o f o ur curious mode rn pack which consists of four Court c ards and ten common e rs yet only contains thirte e n c ards This C xplanation o f the re duction o f the pack to fift y two cards appe ars t o be confir m e d by the lat e r appe ar a nce o f the Piquet pack popular in France and o n the Co n tin e n t he re the pack is reduced t o thirty— two cards four Court cards and four commoners in each suit As t he One card had been promoted to the proud posi .

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tion of Fool or Ac e it was natural— though absurdl y illogical— to continue the re duction from that e n d of th e pack Thus we hav e the ve r y ridiculous pack containin g S e ve n Eight Nin e Te n and the four Court cards If the Pique t pack had b e e n d e r ive d from the original Tar ot pack of fifty six cards it would undoubt e dly have containe d On e Two Three Four Jack Knight Queen and King It is a ve ry curious fact that th e re should b e four suits in a pack of ca rds although as alre ady shown the s e balance nice ly with the four Estat e s : Priests or Rul e rs Warriors or Fighting Me n M e rchants or Artisans and the Till e rs of the Soil or common peopl e An early East e rn form of the gam e of Ch e ss was a four playe rs variation e ach alt e rnate playe r partne ring his vis d vis j ust the sam e as in mode rn B ridge or Whist The two par tners in t hi s form of Che ss use d pi e ce s of a similar colour—two using re d pi e c e s th e othe r pair us ing white or black % The n from the East dating from about the same pe r iod we have the four suits of the Tarocchi c ards again two re d and two black All this points Clearly t o a common E as t e rn o rigin fo r Che ss and Ca r ds and the probability se e ms t o be that card playing or Divination has b e en de rive d from Che ss It is worth noting that the re is an Obscur e form of Che s s in whi ch the pi e ce s are al l o ff the boar d at first as are the cards in the han ds of a playe r ; th e y are plac e d on the board or table o n e at a tim e as t he playe r s tur n com e s round and the y are not active till th e y ar e thu s displaye d— j ust as in card game s In the early ye ars o f the fift ee nth century the art of e ng raving was pe rfe ct e d and print e d colour e d cards came into u se in plac e of th e old hand pain t e d packs About the middl e of that century the pres e nt sui t ,

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symbols we re first use d o n French cards o f the reig n o f Charles VI I Thirty years lat e r we find many refer e me e s to Chess and Cards showing the Close popul ar c onnection between the two games I t is a curious and fascinating point in this study o f th e history o f cards that the German invention o f e m graving was directed to the production o f packs o f cards n o t books % The printing o f the Bible in 1 45 5 followed shortly after the production o f the first packs o f engrave d c ards The earli e st suit values apart from the original Tarot suits we re Hearts Leave s (Tre foil now Clubs ) Acorns ( Diamonds) and Bells ( Swords o r Spades ) So popular we re the comparatively cheap engraved p acks o f c ards that ev e ry artist turn e d his attention to them and for some years the suits were repre sented in s core s o f ways b e fore settling down to the mod e rn uni versal and somewhat senseless series o f H e arts Diamonds Clubs and Spade s Thus there w e r e figur e s o f me n and wom e n birds b e asts fishes fl owe rs— some cards were square o r O blong some c ircular I n all th e s e early e n g raved packs as in th e 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 o f the sixteenth c e ntury and are — t r robably h e r e sult o f a numb r of indecent o at any e p — rat e ind e licate designs b e ing produc e d I t is important to rem e mb e r that the re was no actual Queen o n the genuine ancient Tarocchi car ds nor was th e re a Quee n in th e ir game of C hess—in both cas e s this C hange was mad e in the d an difie d atmosph e r e o f Western E uropean Court circl e s The original d e sign was a Vizier o r Prime Minist e r — nat u rally in th e Far East and e sp e c i ally in those early days wom e n we re conspicuous by the ir modest absence from public vi e w But quite apart from that both Chess and Cards are really fighting games ,

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and we re us e d by warriors when not professionally engage d Thus we have the King his Vizi e r or Gen e ral his Knights or Warrio rs t he Jack o r Knave thought by som e to re pre s e nt th e King s sons though more obviously the well to do p e opl e and t h e commone rs I t is wort h noting that an old East e rn form of Chess was playe d on a board of te n s quare s e ach way thus absolut e ly ag re e ing with the t e n common e r cards of our Tarot and Playing packs I t se e ms probabl e that a t e n pi e ce gam e with superior pie ces or cards was the original sourc e o f our mode rn Ch e ss with its e ight common and eight sup erior pi e c e s as we ll as of our mode rn Playing car ds with th e o riginal ten common e r cards but only thr ee distinct supe rior car ds toge th e r with th e double position of the Ac e which r e p re sents On e in som e cas e s and the F OO1 in othe rs In t he following chapt e rs we shall de scribe all the b e st r e cognised methods us e d for Divination by cards It do e s not follo w that w e b e li e ve in what is t e chn ically known as Cartomancy nor in the rigidity and c e rtainty of our so — call e d Fat e In fact a rigid b e li e f in Fatalism so pre valent in th e East at onc e d e st r oys all our pe rsonal r e sponsibility for our actions and d e st r oys all inc e ntive all ambition all striving for bett e r things I t is sol e ly du e to thi s lack of st riving that th e East has r e m ai n e d almost stationary in progre ss for so many c e nt u ri e s while the l e ss sup e r stitious W e st has gone rapidl y ah e ad The e asy doct r in e o f Fatalism has much to answe r for Still our live s are full of r e markabl e coincid e nc e s many of the m impossibl e of e xplanation I t would b e absur d to dispute t h e fact that we ar e al l gre atly and perma n e n tl y in flue nced by our surr oundings and by e ach othe r The g e n e ral p rincipl e of Heredity is well unde rstood but .

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no one kn ows how far reaching its remorseless grip may go I t is impossible for any thinking r e asonable pe rson t o de ny that th e Prese nt — o r the Past— does and must — fl 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 o f Divination— the person whos e future is to be read mu st in som e way in fluence 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 fe cts the Crystal and so it is claimed caus e s son al l y a f visions to appear therein Other Diviners ask for some p e rsonal article clos e ly as sociat e d with the person whose future is in question Obviously this method is not quite as it is practically impossible to use any article so safe that is sol e ly person al to on e individual A glove or handkerchi e f is often used but it seems perfe ctly Clear that eithe r o f the se mus t carry many othe r in fluenc e s besides those of the owner A lock o f hair seems b e st but eve n the n th e re may be the in fluence o f one s hair dre sser Or on e s maid—e spe cially a lady s maid who would handle he r mistress s locks eve ry day in the o r din ary course o f her duti e s To a gre at e xtent this question of mixed in fluences must also a ffe ct the Crystal apart from the Clos e inti mat e touch o f the Divin e r if he o r she holds it in the hands F o r this re ason a black ve lve t pad is often used for the support o f the Crystal after the questioner has handled it But it is obvious that this precaution cannot be fully effective as e ach qu e stioner in turn must han dl e the 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 its exact truth was made -

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I t wo ul d the refore be hopelessly ridiculous to expe c t

the cards to repeat any o n e set o f de tails concer ning the que stioner s futur e indeed one cannot re asonably e xp e ct the repetition o f eve n o n e dominant point unless the questioner has suffi ci ent will power to ke e p his o r her thoughts steadily upon the o n e point I f you u se the Cards or the Crystal to oblige a friend who is idly curious yo u may de al in twenty different ways an d never get two that agree Wha t else can you expect I t is therefore advisable to make sure that your sitter is re ally in earnest and then persuade him or h e r to con centrat e their thoughts upon on e principal dominant idea— let it be what it will Then you may reasonably expect to get good re sults Let me give on e earn e st word o f warning— never offer t o pretend t o foretell the Future that is impossibl e As far as we know the re is n o de finite fixed o r rigid — f u Future for any o n e o s all you can do is to point o u t how the subj e ct is dri fting ho w he or she is like ly to be placed or affected wh e the r a ce rtain thing de sirable o r unpleasant is likely to come about — n e ve r that it will come about Free will is the key note o f al l Dame Nature s efforts and every on e o f us is master o f his own Destiny within the limitations O f his own person al ity B e ar that clearly in mind when yo u read the cards Never stat e that a thing will happen but that it app e ars probabl e in the present course o f affairs For instance if an illn e ss is in dicated it may in many c ases b e avoide d altoge ther fe cts if r e asonable care and o r greatly modifi e d in its e f precaution are taken I t i s j ust the sam e with p e opl e and affai rs — we n e e d not drift their way if we choose to S truggle aga inst the m ’

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The Fut ure is in each person s o wn hands but the f all o f the cards if co rrectly int erpr e t e d may serve as a warn ing against possible dange rs that lie ahead of us or alternative ly they may serve as a stimul us and cause us to put forth still great e r efforts to secure some desirable result Before de scribing the various methods o f Card Divina tion I shoul d li ke to po int o u t that it is not n e cessary to memorise the various me anings of the cards The simple st plan is to use a special pack and mark the m e anings and combinations o n the face of each card In t hi s way you avoid all te di ous re fe rence s and quick ly l e arn how to read from any particular fal l of the cards I t is not conside red possible to work for your own information with any de gre e of accuracy but that need not pre vent your re gul ar practice with the cards Shuffle 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 profici e nt and wil l open your e ye s to the wonderful combinations that are possibl e unde r Cart omancy B e gin with an ordinary mode rn pack of Playing cards but go o n to the full Tarocchi Divination You need not b e e xtravagant over the pur chas e of a g e nuine Tar o t pack but c an e as ily cut twe nty six cards of the ordinary size upon which you can writ e the n e c e ssary de scriptions For the Tarot Divination cards you n e e d only numb e r yo ur blanks from one to twe nty one ; the n you n e e d a Fool and fin al ly the four Knights one for each suit In this way you can obt ai n a cheap and very interesting pack of Tarot Divination cards with whic h you can entertain and possibly help your friends ,

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Sho ul d you have any artistic powers or happen to know any gift e d friend these extra cards can be orna men te d an d co l oured to yo u r own fancy provided you insert the necessary numbers I n fact it woul d n o t be a difficul t task t o design and paint a full pack o f Tarot cards for your own use— in which cas e a visit to the B ritish Museu m o r the Guil dh all woul d give you some us e ful ideas upon which t o base your de signs I n the modern printed packs there is much needl es s monotony but in a g e nuine Tarot pack o r in a mode rn h and painted pack n o two cards would be alike For t he Heart suit you would introduce o n e Cup in an upper c orner for the Ace and so o n ; oth e rwise you can l e t u l h our fancy rove and where it will One suit co d o w y represent Flowers another Animal s a t hird a series o f W omen s Costumes o f various ages a fourth Bir ds— yo u can vary them t o any extent though each s ui t shou ld S how a s imil arity o f thought for al l the cards ,

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HE pack consis ts of fifty two car ds — four suits of thir t e e n e ach Each suit consists of the Ace King Que e n Jack Te n Nine Eight Seve n Six Five Four Thre e and Two —o r alternative ly of K ing Que en Jack Te n Nine Eight Sev e n Six Five Four Thr e e Two -

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take n by itself and in connection with that prec e ding and following it i e o ne two and thre e cards at a time will give s e ve n possible com b in atio n s Now 7 x 5 2 which adde d to the 364 pack o r unit gives 3 6 5 the number of days in the year So the n it will be seen that the pack of fifty tw o cards corresponds at al l points with the natural divisions o f time The Ace o f each suit rules the firs t week o f the c or responding Seas on and is followed by the King Queen Jack Ten etc declining till the lowest card the Two is reached The v al u e or signification o f the four suits is bri e fly as f ollows ,

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Diamonds denote Life in general and for this re ason are largely dominated by the accompanying cards Clubs denote Powe r whe the r arising from a ffluence fame position o r inh e r e nt capacity Hearts denote Love and its in fle xio ns such as friend ship sympathy attachment toge ther with peace tran quillity and the concomitants of love Spades d e note Loss privation o f any sort things in the ir ultimate issues The suit is capable of many in fi e x ion s how e ver and like th e Diamonds shin e s only by the re flect e d light o f accompanying cards H e nce a run o f Spades has no light in it at all and is sini ster and ominous in the extre me ,

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Eve ry consultant has a correspon ding card in the pack which is allotted to him o r her as a sign ific at or With m e n it is a King with wom e n a Queen and the suit is controlled by the colouring or comple xion o f the con .

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and flaxe n or re d hai r They also de not e pe rsons gr e y o r whit e — h e ad e d with age H e arts d e note fair p e opl e darke r than the Diamond type with blue or grey e ye s and brown hair Clubs denot e brown e ye d people with brown hair ; the ave rag e brun e tt e typ e Spades de note very dark pe ople almost black or rave n coloure d N B — A Club in the cas e of a widow or widowe r b e com e s a Spade A H e art in similar cases b e comes a Diamond Boys and girls are d e noted by the Jacks of the Suits according to th e ir colouring ; and the sex is shown by th e King or Qu e e n n e ar e st or touching them The Jacks in ge n e ral d e not e attendants s e rvitors s e rvants attach és followe rs e t c thus .

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Take however a simple illustration as a guide to the g e n er al m e thod The King o f Clubs falling between the Nine of Spades and Ace o f Spades ( revers e d) wo ul d in dic ate that the consultant if a Club man is in imm e diate danger of d e ath or of ve ry s e ve re illn e ss b ringing him n e ar to de ath I f howe v e r an Ace of Diamonds and a Te n O f H e arts were on either sid e o f the King of Clubs he would b e on the eve of marriage and in a very happy condition o f mind Sever al Co ur t cards coming together S how assemblies gathe rings of peopl e and f e stiviti e s public functions e tc with the Ace of Spad e s in a chu r ch theatre or othe r high building ; with the Ace o f Hearts at the hous e of the consultant and s o o n The Kings al l coming together S how business ; the Qu e e ns thus plac e d S how talk and scandal ; the Jacks workm e n about the hous e agents and servants dange r o f tricke r y ; and if e vil cards add their testimony it may b e det e ctiv e s o r bail iffs cr e ditors and othe r unpl e asant visitors The Aces fal l ing together denote new surroundings with succ e ss o r failure according to the cards that follow the m ; but the Aces always S how a change of life whe n falling toge th e r N B — If the cons ul tant be marri e d th e King or Que e n O f the same s ui t must always be taken as the husband o r wife P OS ITI O N Much importance attaches to the position in which an y card falls in relation t o the sign ific ator Above the sign ific ator denotes success achievement the wish gained Below d e not e s that which is past compl e t e d obtained the condition in which the consultant now is ,

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nsure the de tection by marking the cards at on e end by a little dot Usually only thirty two cards are us e d for fortune telling— the Twos Thre es Fours Five s and Sixes b e ing thrown o u t I n 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 s e venty e ight cards but in some o f the de lineations only a par t o f these are us e d Ge nerally the meanings o f the cards remain fair ly con stant for all the methods Thus a good omened card is always such— but the particular o r S pecific meaning o f it is al tered somewhat by the method o f using it For example the Ten o fSpad e s by o n e method means losses and if re vers e d tears in anothe r grief and if reversed passing trouble The Seven of Spades may m e an hope and if reve rsed friendship o r it may be resolve and if reversed difli c u l ty in love a ffairs These me an in gs or values of the cards sho 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 e y is used advise dl y because these terms or val ues are not to be take n as the absolute determination of the cards but rather as a gui de t o the spe cific value s in relation In this conn e ction it is as w e ll to not e the m e anings of combinations I t is e asy to imagin e that He arts ge n e r ally are as sociat e d with love and marriage This suit is also clos e ly related to domestic matt e rs and to the soci al ameniti e s o f life Diamonds are ge ne ral ly associated with fin ancial considerations and though as has al r e ady be e n suggested they are modifie d by other cards coming close to them they are usually emblems of a favourable char act e r Clubs are almost always good Successful enterpr ises

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cont e ntm e nt in hom e lif e and prosp e r ity in worldly u n Spade s are the u n d e rtak in gs ar e in di cated by Clubs fo r tunat e suit If conne ct e d with love it is us ually of an unre ciprocat e d natur e Sickness loss e s and d e aths and mon e tary embarrassments are all indicat e d by Spade s If the re is a run o f a particular sui t it will b e s e e n that Clubs will b e an ome n of the bright e st charact e r while a similar run of Spad e s will indicat e the worst possibl e phas e s of fortune A run of Hearts will foret e ll succ e sses i n love of Diamonds in mon e y Combinations of Court cards are important Amongst others the following may b e not e d Whe n the Ace s com e toge the r the y d e note n e w sur roundings How t hi s will affe ct the fut ure fortune depe nds upon the in flue nce of the cards that follow th e m S e ph arial sugge sts that t he Ac e s coming together por t e nd always a change of lif e Foli thinks the y imply dang e r and financial loss But this is l e ss e ned if the y are re ve rs e d ; thre e Ac e s t e mporary trouble I t should b e rem e mbe r e d that the mod e r n Ac e whe n not us e d as the On e re pre sents the O l d Fool which ha d the powe r of ups e tting or changing eve rything B e ar this in mind whe n r e a di ng t he cards Kings coming together de not e business or as anoth e r authority has it honours pre fe r m e nt good appoin t m e nts I f r e ve rsed of l e ss val ue but arr iving e ar li e r Thr e e Kings are a good omen unl e ss r e ve r sed Four Que e ns imply t al k and scandal or a social gathe ring S poilt if t h e c ards b e r e ve r s e d Thr e e Que e ns de not e friendly visits but if reve rsed possible dange r to the consultant Whe n the Jacks come toge the r wor km e n or ag e nts about the hous e or roist e r ing and noisy con vivial ity Thr e e be toke n annoyanc e s from fri e nds I f reversed the evil is not s o conside rable ,

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Fo ur T e ns and four Nines stand resp e ctive ly for good fo r tune and sur pris e s Thre e Tens are ve ry bad but thre e Nines good Four Eights a mixed omen of succ e ss and failure Thre e Eights new family ti e s Four S e vens troubl e is immin e nt ; thre e ill he alth loss o f fri e nds Nin e o f Diamonds and th e Eight of H e arts tog e the r is r e gard e d as a sure indication of a j ourney Ten of Clubs followe d by an Ac e b e tokens a large sum o f mon e y A s e quenc e o f Ac e King Queen and Jack of on e colour fore t e ll Marriage so also do the Ten o f H e arts and Ac e o f Diamonds When the Nin e and K ing o f Hear ts app ear toge th e r they form a good combination for love rs B e fore proce e ding to lay o u t the car ds in any of the m e thods d e tail e d in the following page s the card teller must take th e pack in hand and proc e e d to S hu ffle t he m This is for the purpose o f getting rid o f th e in fluence of any other person who may have b e e n handling the cards r e c e ntly The pack is the n hande d to the cons ul tant who is require d to shu ffl e it ve ry thoroughly The attitud e o f m i nd in which this shuffling should be don e d e p e nds upon the purpose for which it is e ff e cted I f the gen e ral for tune past pr e s e nt and futur e is r e quired th e n l e t th e consultant 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 fr om th e cards I f howe ve r a d e finite wish is require d then l e t the mind O f the consultant b e int e nt upon its natur e and the sourc e of its gratification Le t this m e ntal atti tude be st e adily maintained while the shuffle is b e ing made In r egard to this process o f shuffling the cards it will be Obs e rve d that it is o f the most vital importance sinc e the order in which the cards are subseque ntly laid out .

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cannot be al tered when once the shuffle is completed Some of o ur readers may think that nothing re liable can be drawn from a proceeding which is s o obviously a matter o f chance But let such for a moment conside r the propriety of using such a word as chance The cards having b e e n duly shuffled the consultant must cut the pack into thre e parts at hazard turning the cards thus cut face upwards In almost every case it will be s e e n that the three cards thus displayed will corr e spond to the nature o f the consultant s thoughts the wish or what is upp ermost in his mind or n e are st him in event If a lady is consulting and S he cuts the Ace of Diamonds Jack of Hearts and Te n of Hearts without doubt her pre sent lover will make he r a gift of a ring I f she we re to cut h e r own signific ato r ( say the Queen o f Clubs ) toge ther with the King o f Clubs and the Eight of Hearts it shows a lover in the shape of a dark man I f instead of the Eight o f Hearts the Eight of Spade s we re cut she would if married be in danger o f a quarrel with her husband and her thoughts of him woul d not b e kind I f unmarrie d she would b e about to quarrel with a dark man denoted by the King of Clubs I n this mann e r the various combinations will denote what is “ in the W ind as regards the consultant The cards are take n up by the Diviner in the original order the backs be ing uppermost They are then laid out accord ing to any o f the following methods The cards mus t b e shuffle d and cut be fore e ach and e very lay the cut be in g duly noted by the Divin e r Two of the b e st known exponents o f Card Di vination were the famous French consultants Madame Len o rman d and Mon sie ur Ette il a as he was known pr ofessionally W e S hall begin with the s e prove d m e thods as they are practised and recognised all over the world .

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unexpe cted gain Whateve r you have at stake will yi e ld you a good r e sult Clubs —You will be be n e fit e d and put in the way of securing a be tt e r conditio n than you now are in You will succ e ed fairly we ll Diamonds — Expect un looked for things I f you ask about mon e y at stake you will ge t it I n othe r re spects your surroundings are uncertain Look at the cards touching this number I f H e arts or Clubs good ; if Diamonds mone y ; if Spad e s exp e ct loss by fir e water o r ot her unlooked for e ve nt Spad e s — Ve ry bad r isks Unfortunate speculations thefts losses and eve n bankruptcy .

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Clubs — Your o wn merits and the good o ffic es o f friends wil l s e cur e you a victory over your rivals Diamonds — T hr ough som e S pite and int rigue you may hope for a decision in your favour The om e ns are fickl e Spades — Y o u cannot hope for success in t hi s dire ction Your rival s wil l s e c ure all the favours you ex pect .

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and S how spite envy and j e alousy Spades indicate failur e treache ry m alice and lack o f initiative Wh e n good cards surround the number unde r con sideration it gives an augury of the bes t res ul ts but if Spade s or Diamonds fall th e re on and are surrounde d by good c ards it pr omis e s obstacl e s an d d e lay Wh e n Spade s fal l the re on and are s u rroun de d by e vil cards such as Jacks Spades and Diamonds it port e nds failur e in that particul ar indicat e d by the numbe r The foll owing n u mbers d e s e rve spe ci al com ment : .

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N the illustration ( p 48) o f an actual falling of the cards it wi ll be noticed first of al l that the Two of Hearts re present ing the consul tant is reversed—thi s fac t must be borne in mind whil e we interpret the c ards Of the eight sur rounding c ards three represent pe ople two o f these being men ; House number T wenty one where the Two o f H e ar ts rests signifies Rival r y o f al l sorts not only in love but in business I t is good that a Heart shoul d fal l here but the reversed position at once suggests delay o r int e rfe ren c e which is al so c on firm ed elsewhere Let us n ow consider the Suits of the eight c ards ; we fin d that we have three Hear ts including the F 0 0 1 who has the power of ch anging everything u nexpect e dly As this card fal ls in House Thirty one showing Good Fort u ne we again se e that al l wil l come right but in some un expected fashion The re are al so two Clubs whi ch S how the in fl uence of friends ; two Diamonds an d only one Spade Thi s is a ve ry fortunate s e ries as far as suits go 1 The Eight o f Spades is n o t a very bad o n e and signifies il l he alth in all probability e s pecially as the person al card is the only reversed card in the s e ries The combination o f the Ace o f Diamonds in House Twenty two ( Gifts ) with the Ten o f Clubs o n eith e r side of the personal card sugg e sts the unexpected receipt o f .

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it is in dicated as K H We can now co unt nine to the right reckonin g the key card as one Our third card however finishes the r ow so we have four routes open to us ( I ) to t u rn upwards and k e ep t o the outer cards in which case the ninth car d woul d be the Ace o f Hearts which we kn ow to represent the home an d as no Spade card adj oins it al l should go well ( 2 ) We can turn down wards and k e ep to the outer cards in which case we reach the Seven o f Hearts indicating a fal se friend and touchin g this card are a fair woman a warning against s peculation unpleasant rumours a success car d ( Ace o f Clubs ) an il lness — the pres e nce of the Ace o f Clubs j us t saving us from a ve ry ugly series O f dis asters ( 3) We can turn upwar ds and contin ue al ong the second ro w in which c as e we reach the S ix o f H ear t s a generous person which is surro unded by a brunette woman a war ning o f c ar e in changing plans a note o f success if care is taken a dark man a letter a fair man an d unexpected news othe r people are far t oo muc h mix e d up in the life and plans o f the enquirer and great care is necessary ( 4) We c an turn downwards an d proceed al ong the fourt h row and thus rea ch the Six o f Clubs business suc cess whi ch is surrounde d by unpleasant ru mours warning against s pe c ul ation a late m arriage a warn in g ag ai n st c han ge o f p lans a bru n e tte wo man u nexpec te d ne w s a fat ali ty an d a success c ard ( Ace o f Clubs ) —a most unpleas an t mixt u re j ust saved from disaster by the Ace o f Clubs The key c ard itsel f the King o f Hea rts is surroun ded by a dark man a fai r woma n a j ourney a pr udent mar riage a s light disappo intm ent temper trouble with friends the thoughts o f someon e —so it seems reas onable t o as sume that a marriage rather late in li fe probably with a woman as fair as or fairer than himself ( the Queens Clubs and Diamonds are all am ong the cards o f Hearts ro w

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togeth e r b e aring in m ind that the card from the right is Suppose we take th e Eight al ways the more powerful of Spades from the right and the Seve n of Clubs from the l e ft we fin d that a slight illness or accident will result in the receiving o f a sm al l sum of money On the other hand if the Seven of Clubs comes from the right and the Eight of Spades from the left th e meaning will b e quite different — that the rece ipt of a small sum o f mon e y will result in a slight illness o r accid e nt I n this way all the cards but one are pai red o ff leaving t he Surpris e card alon e and the re ading of this c ard will affe ct eve ryt hing else There is another way of working this arrangement whi ch is only slightly differ e nt The pack having been shuffl e d and cut into thr e e heaps the p e rformer takes up the centre heap and remove s the bottom card i e the card that is face uppermost This is placed on the table as the first card of the required ro w for d e termining the decre e s of Fate The last cut heap is then simil arly dealt with the bottom card being plac e d second in the row and the remainder placed o n top o f the centre heap as in the fir st method So ag ai n with the fir st cut heap originally o n top o f the pack The cards are now d e alt in threes as before but the highe st o f each three is chosen quite irrespective o f suit For instanc e should yo u turn up the Seve n o f Hearts the Ac e o f Clubs and the Jack of Hearts the Ace would b e chosen in this system whereas the Jack would have b e en selected unde r the original m e thod I f three cards of equal val ue o r thre e cards al l o f the same suit should appear all three are adde d to the row the card face upp e rmost b e ing adde d fir st and so on Go on in this way till the r e are only two cards left in your hand ignoring o f course all those thro wn away as ,

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useless I n the first method the rej ected cards are used in order to complete the necessary odd number for the Divination but that is never done under the present system Under the origin al plan it wi l l often happe n that the t hree car ds are al l of diffe r e nt suits and mus t the r efore all be dis carded That is not the case by the pre s e nt simpler method as the highest card is chosen each t ime irres pectiv e of suit Also you be gin wi th three car ds which makes a further difference Thus it happens that out of thirty two cards you are bound to have at l east twe lve car ds in your row and if you have t urn e d up three of a sui t o r thr e e o f a val ue at any time the numb e r wi ll be in c reas e d Retain th e las t two cards in your hand and coun t the cards face upwards in your mystic row t o see if you have an O dd number I f s o discar d the two cards left ov e r and proceed as be fore t o give your Divination by picking up the outside card from e ach end If howe ver the num ber of your row is even see if th e type card ( r e pres e nting the enquirer ) is among them if not pick it from the di scards an d add it to the extreme right o f yo ur row If the type card is al ready there se e if the Wish card ( Nin e o f Hearts ) is al so pr esent ; if not yo u add it to the end at th e ri ght I f both o f these are in the row before you look for the enquirer s Thought card i e the Jack o f the same sui t as th e type card that repr e sents the enquirer I f all three o f these cards are in the ro w the n add the higher of the two cards remain ing in your hand — but if by any perve rse C hanc e they are both o f the same value th e n the Fates are not propitious and the enquirer must come again on some other day as the ro w mu st consist o f an O dd number o f cards .

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day of the month and upon an o dd day o f the week S u nday being the first day in this reckoning This can generally be decided by counting the letters in the full Chri stian and s urnames Thus the name T HO M A S A T K I NS contains twe lve letters and therefore an even n umbered day would b e more propitious for consulting the cards Assuming the row o f twe lve cards has be en completed they are pai r e d off as in a pre vious experiment by taking o n e card from either end o f the r o w t he right hand card being the active or controlling card o f the pair I n the former experiment we worked with an o dd number o f cards and that method sho ul d be used o n o dd numbered d ays for the benefi t o f people with odd numb e re d names When working with twelve cards under the present m ethod ther e is n o centre card left o f course ; but the face down heap o f three cards takes its place and Is call ed the Surprise Its reading always refers to something u nexp e cted by the enquirer I t will be se e n that these three methods are all b uil t — n the same general principle a row o f o dd o r even o number and the comparison o f the end cards o f the row right wi th left together with a strong Surprise at the finish All three methods have the advantage o fsimp l icity .

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below those that have already made themselves apparent in the past When reading for the Grand Star some general indica tions may be gained from groups T hus if three or four Kings Queens Jacks or Aces are shown thes e will give a general idea that must be taken into consideration in rea di ng the pairs As an example o f a Grand Star reading Foli gives the “ following : The consultant is repres ented by the King o f Hearts a fair ope n handed good natured m an and the pairs come o u t as follows : Queen o f Diamonds and King o f Spades ( I 4 and I 6 ) Jack of Hearts and Ace o f Diamonds ( 2 1 and Nine of Clubs (r eve rsed ) and Qu een o f Clubs ( 1 5 and 1 7) Jack o f Spades and Eight of Diamonds (reversed ) 2 0 ( and I 8) Ace of Spades and Queen o f Spades ( 6 and 10 ) Jack o f Diamonds and King of Clubs ( 9 and 1 2 ) Queen o f Hearts and Eight o f Clubs ( 8 and I 3) Nine o f Diamonds ( reversed) and Jack o f Clubs ( 7 an d 1 1 ) Ace o f Hearts and Ten o f Spades ( 4 and 2 ) the Ace Nine o f Spades and Te n o f Hearts ( 5 and o f Clubs is 2 2 Here the consultant is connected with ( 1 4) the Queen o f Diamonds a fair woman with a tendency to flirtation she is amusing herself with ( 1 6 ) a very dark man probably a lawyer o f ambitious and not t o o scru p ul ous character who does not wish well to the enquir er The n e xt p air shows the Jack o f Hearts repres e nting Cupid or the thoughts o f the o n e concerned linked with m i 1 i Ace f Diamonds a weddi g ring While th s o n ( 9) portant item is occupying his thoughts he gives a small pre sent the Nin e o f Clubs reve rsed to ( 1 7) Queen o f Clubs a charming dark lady who is the real obj ect o f his affections .

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The Jack o f Spades ( 20 ) figuring a legal agent or the wil y lawyer s thoughts mak e s mischief and ( 1 8) Eight o f Diamonds ( r e versed ) causes the enquirer s love makin g to be u nsuccessfu l ( 6 ) Ac e o f Spades warns hi m agai nst fals e friends who will frustrat e his matrimoni al proj ects and in 1 0 we find o n e o f th e m the Queen o f Spades a widow with possible d e signs upon him herself The Jack of Diamonds (reversed) ( 9) shows the mis chief maker trying to bre e d strife with the enquirer s trusty fri e nd ( 1 2 ) K ing of Clubs and ( 8) Queen of Hearts a fair lovabl e woman poss e ssing ( 1 3) Eight o f Clubs a dark person s affe ctions ( 7) Nin e o f Diamonds (reve rsed) tells of a love quarr e l owing to ( 1 1 ) Jack o f Clubs (re vers e d) a harmless flirt The enquirer will get ( 4) the Ace o f Hearts a love l e tter but his happiness will be succeeded by ( 2 ) Ten o f Spades a card of bad import (5 ) The Nine of Spades t e lls of grief or sickness possibly news o f a d e ath But ( 3 ) Ten of Hearts count e racts the e vil and promises happin e ss to the e nquire r who shall triumph ove r the obstacles in his path and find ( 2 2) j oy in love in life I t will be s e e n here that cards of evil import are mad e o f li ttle avail by their association with those Of better omen and the general indication from the groups is here quite f ai r Another method known as the Simple Star—see dia — gram is with fifteen cards in all To tell the fortune in this method place the signific at or fir st o f all o n the c e ntr e po sition marked C ( consultant ) Shuffle th e cards as previously d irected and l e t the consultant cut the pack into thre e The cards thus cut ar e to b e turned up and used as th e basis for the drawing fo r the Star From the c e ntre portion o f the pack take the first card thus expos e d and place it upon 1 From ,

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determine the thi rt e en th and fourteenth cards re make the pack and l e t the cons ul tant shuffl e and cut Then t ak e the top card o f the bo ttom hal f for the t h ir t e e n th and th e bottom c ar d o f the t o p half for the fourt e enth These sho ul d be place d directly upon the sign ific ator as shown in th e diagram These two c ar ds ar e very impo rtant indicat ions and To

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past det ai ls ; the card on the top o f the S ign ific ator the consolation I n the example o n page 77 the Queen o f Diamonds ( marri ed) is supposed t o b e the inqu ire r Crown ing the Queen o f Diamonds is E ight of Spades and on that the King o f Diamonds thi s predi cts a quarr e l with her husband On her left the Seven of Diamonds and the Ten o f Spades ; she has be e n troubled with the illness o f her child At her feet the Nin e o f Diamonds and the Knave of Spades the physician has been c al led in On the right the Te n o f H e arts and Te n o f Clubs ; a cha nge into the count ry and recovery o f her child On the Queen the N in e O f H e arts ; her troubles are o f short dur ation The above method is most us e ful to as certain p articulars o f any bus ine Al ways s s o r even of persons not present put the c ar d repr esenting th e subj e ct o n whi ch you want info rma tion in the centre and place the cards roun d it as al r ea dy illustrated I f information is required conce rn ing the hous e the Ace o f Hearts mus t be taken fro m the pack and used as a sign ificator Business is r e presented by the Ace of Spades ; a j ourn e y by the Ten of Clubs ; a chi ld or animal by the Seven o f Dia monds l e t te rs o r business papers by the Ace of Clubs ,

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each o f the four sides while the fifth tenth and fifteenth cards will have been placed upon the type card itself c overing it No w take each set O f three cards by itself and read their meaning according to the table being specially car e ful t o watch for r e versed cards as well as for pairs an d tripl e ts Also carefully note if two or more of the t hree cards are O f any on e suit as that greatly affects the result The set of three cards on the left should be read first as they repres e nt th e immediate p as t o f the e u o f all q uir e r ; th e n the set of three o n the right which govern the immediate future After these if it is wished you can read the three c ards o f the upper set which show the more r e mote pas t an d which c onsequently are somewhat aff e cted by your reading o f the left hand set B al ancing on e set c ar efully against the othe r you should easily be able to decide if things are impro vi ng for your enquirer—o r if th e y are dri fting for the reverse Now consider the bottom set o f three cards whi ch refer t o the more r e mote future and after reading their meaning noting reve rses pairs triplets and suits as before 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 Suppose for instance that apart from the ir individual meanings there are two Spades in the right — hand set and either one o r no Spad e in the bottom se t then the enquir e r may certainly look forward cheerful ly to a less e ning o f any di fficulties that may be facing him at th e moment The c e ntral set o f thr e e cove ring the type c ar d give your answer t o any special wish or question o f the e n — 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 individual ,

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dealt the fir st six with numbe rs thirteen t o sixteen are those which in dicate the past the next six with numbers twenty two t o twenty five in dicate the future ; and the last cards t o be de al t with those adj oin ing them ir e present the present A further division is sugges ted The thr ee inner rows five indicate and refer more numbers thirteen to twenty— particularly t o the inner life o f the consultant whil st the outer cards represent more spe ci fically his material worldly o r external affairs ,

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This is a very simple method fo r determ ining a single qu estion o r wish The t hirt y two c ar ds are well shuffl ed by the enquirer—the Diviner then deal s o ff thirt een cards face upwards on to the table an d makes a c areful search for the four Aces If any are found pla c e them face up by themselves The remainder o f the pack including what are left of the thi rteen are then re — sh u f fl e d as before and the Divin e r again de al s o u t thirteen cards and searches for further Aces This can be done for a t hi rd time but that is al l T he e ar lier the fo ur Aces appear the better it will be for the enquirer— ii in the first deal it is exception all y fo rtunate — if in the second it is cert ai nly very good luck as a rul e they ar e not compl eted til l the third attempt has been made Those that appe ar in each de al sho ul d be kept separate as it is very import ant t o notice the order in which the suits appe ar This w il l clearly S how the amount o f effort needed be fore the wish o r question is satisfactorily ah if the Spade Ace appears first o f swe re d —fo r instance the enquirer m us t b e prepared t o face trouble and al l di fficul ty even shoul d all four Aces appear in the co urse o f the first de al T his is a very useful method t o know as several ques -

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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 o f meanings I t is as well t o l imit the questions t o three however as the cards are never so rel iable when overworked or tired Another S imple method for answering a single question is worked with the full pack o f fifty two cards First remove the type card representin g the enquirer King or Qu een as it happens to be T hen have the fifty one cards well shuffl ed and cut into three heaps of any size They shoul d be ou t towards the right by the left hand— the enquirer makes the fir st cut placing the uppe r portion o f the pack o n the right an d then cuts this latter heap int o two T he Diviner takes the centre heap ( origin al ly the middl e o f the pack ) face down in his h and adds t o it the right hand heap ( originally the top o f the pack) and fin al ly the left hand heap goes on top o f al l Now make a circle two cards face down o n the table— inside this o f forty— make a triangle o f the remai ning nine cards The enquirer mus t n ow turn over any fifteen cards replacin g them face upwards in the original positions When thi s is done read them accordin g to the number o f each suit expo sed ,

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The thirty two cards are to be shu ffl ed and cut once as usual with the left hand and the enquire r sho ul d wish once d uring t hi s process Then the cards are de al t o u t o n e by o n e so as to form seven heaps— six of these to form a semicircle— the cards for these being pla ced face downwards while the seventh heap is built in the centre and the cards are dealt face upwar ds 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 I t will at once be noticed that some heaps will contain five cards e ach others onl y four each The heaps sho ul d be arran ged fro m left to right — the first c ard dealt start in g the heap o n the extreme l e ft and the se venth card go ing fac e upwards in the c e ntre Some Divin ers employ this m e thod but only use seven teen cards— the pack is shuffl ed and cut as before but only the fir st seventeen ca rds ar e dealt This method is certainly simpler as the heaps only cont ai n two or t hr ee cards each ; it is also thought to be a great advantage as the exposed cards nat ur ally v ar y greatl y as regards the proportion fr om each suit I f you use the f ull pack there must o f necessity be eight o f each s u it ; where as if only seventeen are deal t six or S e ven o r even eight o f o n e suit might appear o n the table and it is obvious that the preponderance o f any suit would greatly a ffect the read ing Some Diviners O bj ect t o the se ven packs m ai ntaining tha t it is fal se art to have on e heap for what you don t expect and another for The sixth th e Surpris e heap is also rather feeble an d c ert ainl y looks as if it had o rigi nally been in c luded to make the number un even T his School o f Diviners therefore deal o ff thirteen cards o nly from the full pack o f thirty two and buil d up only five heaps fo r yourself your home what you expect the Surprise your wish an d ’

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The Diviner now takes the top card o f e ach heap face downwards and places them so as to start a row of fifte e n c ards the top card o f the left — hand heap being fir st re moved The cards are th en re shuffl e d and cut as before the Diviner agai n removing the top car d fro m each heap and adding them to the row This is r e peat e d five times so that fifteen car ds face downwards are ranged o n the tabl e from l eft to right The Divin er now turns over face upwards the e xtreme card at either end and reads the mean ing which applies to the following day— S pecial importanc e attaches t o the s uit colours which will certainly show whether that day will be a fo r t u nate on e o r not In many c ases the inner meaning o f the cards is never considered at all this method b e ing used on the Continent to determ in e simply an d solely which w ill b e the for t un ate and unfo rt u nate days in the we ek—Sunday count R ememb e r that the right in g as the first day of cour se hand c ard is the more impo r tant —for inst an c e a Spade o n the right an d a Club on the left woul d indi cate that thi ngs woul d c e rtai nl y go wrong in the e ar ly part of the day but would rapi dl y improve after noon Whereas a Club o n the right and a Spade o n the left would indicate a prosperous morning followed by a calamitous afternoon and evening When using this s im e form of Divination no l ist o f meanings has to be cons u lted which in many cases is a great advantage ; it is therefore an excellent companio n method to the o n e al ready descri bed fo r answering ques tions by the s ui t colours o f the car ds turned up Fo urteen cards are turned up in this way two and two l e aving the centre card face downwards on the table The Diviner should now note o n a S lip of pap e r the point values o f each pair O f cards in case the enqui rer ,

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should be confronted o n that day by any business or other matter in which figures are concerned F o r inst an ce if a Nine o f Spades and a Seven o f Hearts are the cards for the fo l lowing Tues day ( the th ird day) then anythi ng involvin g nine or any multiple o f nine sho u ld be avoided and those t hings involving seven S hould be followed up Suppose anyone c al ls and wishes to make an appoint ment fix the seventh fourteenth twenty first o r twenty eighth day o f the month Sho ul d the seventh day ( i e the next Tuesday) fal l on the n inth e ighteenth or twenty seventh o f the month it would obviously be a bad day t o select I n the same way if the fourteenth twenty fir st o r twenty eighth o f the month was the ninth day follow in g that al so would prove a bad day With all these particulars to help him or her along your client should be able to avoid al l mishaps and make the bes t use o f the opportunities for good fortune that might come his o r her way T he fifteenth card is used to answer o n e question whi ch in t hi s case must be a s poken o n e T he s uit card determines whether the answer is t o b e o f the — and yes probably doubtful or no the pip val ue should be noted if it can be made to fit in any way as that par ticular number will have a fatefu l in fluence o n e way o r an other over the matter in ques tion I ts in flue nce however only lasts for the week in question so if it is a Spade it is wise to war n your client t o delay and wait for a more propitious time be fore pro c e e din g with the matter in his mind .

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pack o f thirty two cards must be well shuffl ed by the enquirer an d cut into three unequal heaps using the left han d That portion of the pack that was previously in the centre is now placed at th e bottom the top section is placed above this ; and the origin al bottom section is placed on to p The cards are n ow spread o u t fanwise o n the table face downwards taking care that every c ar d is visibl e and that none overlap and hide a neighbouri ng card The enquir er must n ow think of a question an d while doing s o shoul d choose three cards and place them face do wnwards on the table He o r she sho ul d now think o f the second question and whil e doing so pick o u t seven cards placing them separately o n the table al so face downwards While the t hird qu e stion is being thought o f thirteen cards must be chosen and the remainder o f the pack dis carded The Divi ner now turns up the fir st heap o f thr ee cards and d e termi nes from these the answer to the question in t hi s method the lower the val ue o f the cards the less the opposition to the success o f the enquirer the more fortunate the result of his enquiry The suit colours must also be considered as affecting the result but the greater importance rests upon the value o f the cards in t hi s case the Ace o f co ur se is counted as the lowest and most fortunate card in the pack Similarly the second heap of s e ve n cards and the third h e ap o f t hirt e en will b e turne d up each in its turn and the answer considered This is not only a simple but a quick method o f Divina tion but Obviously it only applies t o answers to definite questions -

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Ha ve the pack o f t hi rty two cards well shuffled and cut once only Pick ou t the type card representing the enquirer and hold the r e st o f the pack face do wnwards in yo ur hand The typ e card is placed in the centre o f the table the top card from t he pack is turned over and plac e d above the type card the se cond card being similarly placed bel ow The third is now placed o n the l e ft and the four th car d o n the ri ght The fifth card is placed upon the type card covering it The Divin er now discards eight cards al together an d that be ing done adds another card to eac h o f the five in the same order as before above be low left right an d upo n the type card Disc ard eight more cards and place the fin al five cards as before on e by o n e upo n the hea ps Read e ach heap in turn be ginn in g with the one from above the type card suit colour an d only lookin g o u t for pai rs and triplets an d whether the four high cards ( the Ace here be ing counted with the Cour t cards as t hi s method is older than the o n e las t d e scribe d) or the four low cards pre dominate—the latter being the personal e fforts o f the e u r and the Court cards be ing the help o r interference u i r e q o f othe r peo ple -

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T his method is not so O ld as som e o f the others but is very pretty an d effective be sides bein g rel iable The pack o f thirty two car ds mus t be well shuffl ed and cut into thr ee with the left h and these being arranged as before explain ed taking the original centre section for the b ottom o f the newly arr anged pack The prepared car ds ar e n o w held in th e left ha n d an d the three t o p c ards are t urned up If they cont ai n two or three cards o f th e .

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The pack must be shu ffl ed and cut into three heaps and rebuilt as before explained The Diviner now holds the pack face upwards in his hand —thi s is different fro m most methods o f Divination where the cards are generally d e alt from the top o f the pack E ach card is looked at but un l ess it is a Spade it is placed o n the table face upwards to form a fresh pack As soon as a Spade is reached that card is al so discarded but the next followin g card is placed face upwards o n the table to start the necess ary fateful r ow o f cards Shoul d two or more Spades come together only the fir st o n e is discarded the other o r others being added t o the fateful row in front o f you together with the next card following the last o f that batch o f Spades This is continued till the p ack is exhausted when the discarded heap is taken up and treated in the sam e fashion .

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This co u nting is done to the l eft an d when you reach the extreme card the o n e fir st put o n the table you go back to the end card at the right and so continue yo ur count if necess ary B ut it often happe n s that al l t hr ee dominant cards ar e reached before you come to the card o n the extreme left Of thes e three cards the o n e fin al ly neares t the right is the most powerful I t cle ar ly d e pends upo n the position in the row o f the typ e card itself whether the third seventh or thirteenth is the import ant card I t is generall y agreed that by this method only ne ar events can be pre dicted certain ly it does not cover more than a month A somewhat simil ar method is used in E ngland with the full pack but instead o f using the Spade suit as the guide for the cards to be picked ou t you go by the points o f the car ds — the Ace in this method counts as o n e The pack having been shuffled and cut into three heaps and rebuilt as before yo u deal the c ar ds from the to p placing each o n e face upwards o n the table as you do s o While o y u do this yo u count al oud : o n e two thr ee four five six seven eight ni ne ten Jack Queen King o n e etc I f any card irrespective o f suit turn s up at the proper — count for inst an ce if the fifth card re al ly is a Five it is placed as on e o f the fateful row and the co un ting continues as before When the pack is exhaust e d the discarded car ds are turn e d over and deal t o u t again as before t urni ng each o n e up in the Spade suit method but yo u must be care ful after the second time to note at which c ard you ce as e calling as when you start the third de al you do n o t re start the counting at one but continue from where you left off I n addition to the cards that turn up at their o wn proper c al ls yo u also add to the fat e ful row any cards ,

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that turn up three o r more at a time whether at their proper call or n o t T hus t hr ee Tens three Fives woul d be adde d merely because they follow each other in value but three Hear ts o r three Spad e s would be ignored as in this method the deal ing takes n o account of suits T he Diviner n ow forms a rough cross from the c ards in the ro w placing the fir st card from the extreme left t o form the t op o f the cross the next card to form the bottom o f the cross the third to form the right and the four th the l e ft win gs The next four cards are b ui lt above these in the s am e way— top bottom right left and so you build the c ro ss till al l the chos en cards are used up The to p hea p is read fir st as the pre di ctions from those cards ar e supposed to come fir st then the bottom heap then the right and then the left —the l atter o f course being very far into the future Y o u can allow roughl y a for tnight for each heap ,

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The pack o f thirt y two cards must be well shuffl ed and cut into t hr ee and r e built The Diviner now turns up three cards at a time if an Ace appears among th e m o r the type card representing the enquirer o r the Wish card ( Nine o f Hearts ) those three cards must be taken o u t and placed face upwards o n the table This con t in u e s t ill the six cards ar e al l exposed i e the fo u r Ac es type card and the Wish card Those sets o f three car ds not containing on e o r more o f the s ix fateful car ds are to be discarded al together When the necessary cards are obtained t hey must be gathered together re S hu ffl e d and cut and de al t out once more in sets o f three retaining those sets onl y that c o n -

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tain on e or more o f the six cards o f Fate Thi s is repeated fo r a third time — ifth e six cards are now gathe red together within a total o f nine cards ( o r fewer) the Wish wil l prove successful I f in twelve the re sult is doub tful ; but if over twe lve the reply is in the negative I f u nder nine then the f e wer the car ds the quicke r and more decisive the resul t The fo ll owing is the rec ord o f an actual test an d wil l S how how it works The type card was the King of Clubs as a dark man was t he enquirer The fir st t hree cards turned up w e re the King o f Diamonds Ac e of Spades and King of Clubs —th e s e were r e t ai ned on the table as they include both an Ace an d the t yp e card Th e second set w e re the King o f Spad e s Queen o f Spade s an d Ten o f Diamonds— thes e were discard e d as useless The third se t were t h e Ten o f H e arts the Six of Diamonds and the King o f H e arts and we re al so discarded The fourth set were the S e ven of Spades the Eight Of Spades an d the Ac e of Diamonds and w e re kept Th e fifth se t c ontained the Nine o f Diamonds Eight o f Clubs and Ace of Clubs and o f course were retained The sixth set were the Jack o f Clubs Te n o f Spad e s and Ace of He art s an d were l e ft on the tabl e ; while the seventh se t complet e d the fir st d e al as it contain e d the Jack O f Spad e s Nine o f Hearts and Five o f Clubs The re mainder o f the pack therefore was added t o the discar de d heap and the fifteen ca r ds face upwards on the table we re gathered toge ther well shu fll e d and again de al t in sets o f thr e e with the following result : First came the Ace o f Spades N ine o f H eart s and Jack o f Spades ; the n the Ten of Spades Ace of Hearts and Nine o f Diamonds These were followed by th e King of Diamonds Five of Clubs and Jack o f Clubs and of course these thr e e cards were at once discarded to the satisfaction .

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the enquirer T hen ca me a set consist ing of the Seven o f Spades Ace o f Diamonds and E ight o f Clubs which were retained ; and fin al ly the Eight o f Spades Ace o f Clubs and the King o f Clubs which were al so kept These twelve cards were now gathered and sh uffl ed for the third and fateful deal the result o f w hi ch was as fol l ows : The first set contained the Ace o f Hearts Nine o f Hearts and the King o f Clubs — a very good start gi ving us t hr ee o f the necessary cards at once T he second set contained the Nine o f Diamonds Jack o f Spades and E ight o f Clubs indicating some obstacle or di ffi cul ty to be faced as none of these cards were o f any use and clearly de l ayed the grati fication o f the enquirer s wish Then came the Ace o f Clubs Ace o f Spades and Ten o f Spades thus destroying all hope O f immediate success— but the final set commenced with the Ace o f Di amonds thus enabl ing us t o get o u t at the tenth card This is quite good and shows success after some sm al l d e lay o r diffi culty— indeed it is al ways reckoned satisfactory if the six fateful car ds can be secured at the eleventh Six or seven wo ul d S how s t artling and unexpected good fortune eight or nine is extremely fortunate ten or eleven quite satisfactory ; twelve o r thirteen are very doubtful whi le fourteen or fifteen may be looked upon as a distinct negative There is another way o f decidi ng a question by the Aces whi ch is a general favourite and is considered very reliable The pack be ing well shuffl ed is ou t once only with the left hand Thirteen cards are then de al t from the top face upwards and if any Aces ar e among them they ( the sh u f fle d Aces only) ar e r e tained The pack is now re — and cut and again thirteen cards are d e al t and any Ac e s are removed Thi s is repeated a third tim e an d if in .

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these three deals the four Aces have al l b e en secured the enquirer may fe e l satisfie d that his wish will be granted Should the Aces be secured in the second deal o r in the first ( a very rare occurr e nce ) the resul t natural ly will be very much more favourable But if in th e thre e deals only thr e e Aces are s e cu red the res ul t is doubtful wher e as if fewer than three turn up the wish will not b e gratified There is still another method o f working by the Aces it is rathe r more elaborate and a favourabl e res ul t is not s o e asily obtain e d First o f all pick o u t the fo ur Aces the type card to represent the enquirer the Nine O f Spades to represent disappointment and a seventh card to repre s e nt th e question its e lf— if about mon e y this would be t he Te n of Diamonds ; if about busin e ss then the Ten o f Clubs ; if about a woman then the Queen nearest to her in suit colour ; if about a man then the corr e sponding King For any g e neral wish choose the Jack o f the e nquirer s own suit to repre s e nt hi s thoughts Thes e s e ve n cards are shu ffle d but not cut and are then S pr e ad face downwards in a row o n the tabl e The r e mainde r o f the c ards are then well shuffl 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 find the Wish card represent e d by the Nin e o f Hearts Should this card appear in the row o f s e ve n count its position from the left and turn over the corre sponding c ard in the row o f fat e ful cards lying fac e downwar ds on the table Sho ul d the Nine o f Hearts not appear in the first s e ven cards repeat the process as b e fore till you come to it If the card thus reve rs e d is the Nin e o f Spade s that s e ttles t he enquiry at once by an e mphatic n e gative —if not the whol e performance is repeated and a s e cond card reversed in the fateful row of seven I f the fata l ,

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Spad e s is once more avoided the process is re — th e appearance of the Disappoint t for a t hi rd time e a e d p ment card after the s e cond d e al is not of course so e mphatic as if it is reversed at once but it is still a negative though with no att e ndant disaster or unple asantness I f it is discove red after the third de al there is still a chance o f succ e ss if the enquirer is keen enough t o take the necessary trouble over the matter The methods given s o far are all w e ll known and in un iversal use but in the present chapter we have given some very effective methods o f Telling which at the same time are perfectly simple We wish to draw s pe cial attention to the fact that four o f these methods can be used at once by the student as no List of Me an ings has t o be learnt o r stu di ed— these four methods are The Four Aces A Week s Happe n ings Three Ques and Decision by Aces tions Answered

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whi ch if return e d will be the caus e o f great prosperity R eversed those o f a fool and attendant unhappiness if reciprocated S e ven of Clubs —Promis e s a most brilliant fortune Re ve rsed a far smalle r o r un e xpectedl y recovered d e bt amount — f s Ac e o Heart A love l e tt e r o r some pleasant news R e versed a fri e nd s visit King o f Heart s — A fair compl e xion liberal man R e ve rs e d will m e e t with disap pointment Que e n of H e art s —A mild amiable woman a grea t b e auty R e ve rs e d has be e n cross e d in love Jack o f Heart s — A gay young bache lor who dream s only of pl e asur e fond o f racing Re ve rsed a discont e nt e d military man Re Te n o f Heart s — Indicat e s happi ne ss triumph ve rsed som e slight anxiety Nine o f Hearts — Joy satisfaction success are your d e light Re ve rs e d a passing chagrin Eight of Heart s — A fair person s a ffe ctions Reversed indifference on their part Seve n of H e art s — Will b e happily married pleasan t thoughts tranquillity Revers e d e nnui we arin e ss Ace of Diamond s — Shows a pe rson fond of rural sports also fond O f garde ning I t also signifies a l e tter s oon t o b e r eceived ; an d if the card be r e versed containin g bad news K ing o f Diamond s — A fair man o f a fiery t e mp e r g e n e rally in the army— but both cunning and dange rous Reve rsed a thre at e ned dang e r caused by machination s on his part Queen of Diamonds —An ill bred scandal loving woman unst e ady R evers e d she is to b e gr e atly f e are d Jack of Diamonds — A t ale bearing s e rvant o r u n .

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faithful friend Reve rs e d will be th e cause of mischi e f an d unhappin e ss Te n of Diamond s — Indicates a husband and wife with great w e alth many Chil dr e n ; a j ourn e y o r change of residenc e Rev e rs e d it will not prove fortunat e Nine o f Diamonds — Annoyance delay Re vers e d e ither a family or a love quarrel Eight o f Diamonds — Love making Reve rs e d u n s uccessful Seve n o f Diamond s — Declares that you will sp e nd your happi e st days in t he country and have u n in te r r u p te d happiness Reve r sed implicat e d in a foolish s candal N B —In order to know whether the Ace Te n Nine Eight and Seven o f Diamonds ar e r e versed it is b e tter t o make a small pencil mark on e ach to S how which is the to p of the ca r d Ace o f Spade s — Pleasure Reversed grief bad news King o f Spade s — An e nvious man an enemy or a d ishonest lawye r who is to be fear e d Rev e rs e d impot e nt malice Que e n of Spad e s — A loving wi dow Reversed a dan g e rons and malicious woman Re Jack of Spade s — A dark ill br e d youn g man ve rsed he is plotting som e mischief Te n o f Spade s — A card o f bad import Tears a prison Reversed bri e f a ffliction Nine o f Spade s —Tidings O f a d e ath Revers e d it wi ll b e some n e ar relativ e Eight o f Spad e s — The most unlucky car d in the pack Approaching illn e ss Re versed a marriage broken o ff o r offer refused S e ven o f Spades — Slight annoyances loss of a friend R e versed a foolish intrigue .

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First take the pack o f thirty two sel e cted cards ( viz : the Ace King Queen Jack Ten Nine Eight and Seven o f each suit ) ha vi ng b e fore fixed upon the o n e you intend t o represent yourself supposing always you are makin g the e ssay o n your own b e half If not it must r e pre sent the person for whom you are acting In doing this it is n e c e ssary to rememb e r that the card chos e n should b e c c or din g to the compl e xion of the choos e r— King or Que e n o f Diamonds fo r a very fair person the same of Hearts fo r o n e rath e r darker Clubs for on e dark e r still and Spad e s only for one very dark indeed The card chosen also los e s its signification and simply b e com e s the re pre s e ntative o f a dark o r fair man or wom an as the case may b e Having settl e d this point shuffle the ca r ds and eithe r cut th e m or have the m cut for you ( accordi ng to wh e ther you are acting for yours e lf or another person ) taking care to use the left hand That don e turn them up by thr e e s and eve ry tim e you find in these tripl e ts two of the same suit— such as two H e arts two Clubs e tc withdraw the highest card and place it on the table b e fore you I f the triplet should chance to b e all of the same suit the highest car d is still to be the only on e withdrawn ; but sho ul d it consist of thr ee o f the same value but different suits such as three Kings e tc the y are all to be appropriated We will suppose that after ha ving turned up the cards three by three you have b e en able to withdr aw Six leavin g twenty six which you shuffle and cut and again turn up by t hr ees acting pre cis e ly as you di d before until you have Obtained either t hir teen fift e en o r seve nt ee n cards Recollect that the numb e r mus t always b e un e ve n and that the card r e presenting the person for whom the essay is made must make one o fit Even if the requisite thirteen -

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fifteen o r seve nte e n have been obtained and this o n e has n o t made its appearance the O p e ration must be r ec o m m e n c e d Let us suppos e the person whose fortune is being r e ad to be a lady repres e nted by the Que en of H e a r ts and that fifteen cards have be e n obtained and laid out in t he form o f a half— circl e — in the order they we re drawn viz the S e v e n of Clubs t he Ten of Diamonds the Seven o f H e arts the Jack o f Clubs the King of Diamonds the Nine of Diamonds the Ten O f Hearts the Que e n of Spade s t h e Eight of H e arts t h e Jack of Diamonds the Qu e en o f Hearts the Nin e of Clubs the S e v e n of Spad e s the Ace o fClubs and the Eight of Spades Having considered your cards you will find among th e m two Queens two Jacks two Tens thre e Sev e ns two E ig hts and two Nines you are therefore able t o announce Th e two Que e ns signify t he r e union O f friends the two Jacks that the r e is mischi e f being made be twe en th e m Th e se two T e ns denote a C hange o f profession which fro m one of them b e ing between two Sev e ns I see w ill not be eff e cted without some di fficulty t h e cause of w hich according t o th e s e three Seve ns will be ill ness H owe ver the s e two Nines promise s ome small gain resulting— so say these two Eights— from a love affair You now b e gin t o count seve n cards from right to l e ft beginning with the Queen o f Hearts who repre s e nts the lady you are acting for The seventh being the King o f Diamonds you may say You often think o f a fair man in uniform The next seve nth card ( counting the King of Diamonds as o n e ) prove s t o b e th e Ac e o f Clubs you add Y o u will rec e ive from hi m some very j oyful tidi ngs he b e sides intends making you a pres e nt Count the Ace o f Clubs as o n e and proce e d ing to the n e xt s eventh card the Queen o f Spades you re sum e ,

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Jack o f Diamonds and Nine o f Diamonds— al though this happy result will be delayed for a time thr ough some fair young man not fam e d for his delicacy Eight of Hearts and Ten o f Hearts —love j oy and triumph The Queen of Spades who remains alon e is the widow who is endeavour ing t o inj ur e you an d who finds herself abandoned by all her friends N ow gather up the cards you have been using sh u fll e and cut them with the l e ft hand and proceed t o make th e m into three packs by dealing o n e t o the left o n e in the middle and one t o the right a fourth is laid aside t o form a Surprise Then continue t o deal the cards t o each of the three packs in turn until the ir number is exhausted when it will b e found that the l e ft hand and middl e packs contain each five cards whilst the o n e on the right hand consists o f only four N ow ask the person consulting you to select one of the three packs W e will suppose this t o be the middle one and that the cards comprising it are the Jack of Diamonds the King o f Diamonds the Seven o f Spades the Queen of Spades and the Sev e n o f Clubs These by recollectin g an d o u r previous instructions regarding the individu al relative signification of the cards are e as ily interpreted as follows The Jack o f Clubs— a fair young man possessed of who seeks t o inj ur e —the King of n o delicacy o f feeling Diamonds — a fa ir man in uniform— S e ven of Spad e s— an d wil l succeed in causing him some annoyance — the Que e n o f Spad e s — at the instigation o f a spiteful woman — Sev e n o f Clubs — but by means o f a s mall sum o f money matters will be finally easily arranged Next take up the left — hand pack which is for the house —the former one having b e e n for the lady herself Supposin g it to consist o f the Que en o f H e arts the Jack ,

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Clubs th e Eight of Hearts the Nine o f Diamonds and the Ac e of Clubs they would r e ad thus — f ue e n o Hearts the lady whos e fortune is b e ing Q told is o r soon will be in a house - Jack o f Clubs — wh e re she wil l m e e t with a d ark young man who — Eight o f Hearts — will entreat her assistanc e to forward his interests with a fair girl— Nine of Diamonds—he having met with d e lays and disappointment — Ace o f Clubs— but a lett e r will arrive announcing the possession of money which will r e move all di fficultie s The third pack is for thos e who did not expe ct it and w ill be composed o f four cards ; le t us say the Ten of H e arts Nin e o f Clubs Eight of Spades and Ten of Diamonds signifying The Ten o f Hearts —an un expected piece o f good fortun e and gr e at happiness —Nin e of Clubs—c aused by an unlook e d for l e gacy— Eight of Spades — which j oy may perhaps b e followe d by a slight sickn ess—Ten o f Spade s the res ul t of a fatiguing j ourney There now remains on the table only the card intended for the Surpris e This howe ve r must b e left u m touch e d th e other cards gathe re d up shuffled cut and again laid out in thre e packs not forgetting at th e first d e al to add a card to th e Surp rise After the di fferent packs have been duly examin ed and explain e d as befor e d e scrib e d th e y must again b e gathe red up shuffl ed et c ind e ed t he whol e operation repeated after whi ch the thr e e “ cards fo r ming th e Surprise are examined ; and sup posing them to be the S e ven o f H e arts the Jack of Clubs and th e Que e n of Spades are to be thus int e rpret e d S e ve n of H e arts — pl e asan t thoughts and fri e ndly in tentions — Jack of Clubs —o f a dark young man— Qu ee n of Spade s—relative to a malicious dark woman or widow who will cause him much unhappiness

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You now shu ffl e the pack of thirty two selected cards which as we b e fore stated consist of t he Ac e King Queen Jack Te n Nine Eight and Seven of e ach suit —e ither cut them yo urself o r if acting for anoth e r p e rson let that pe rson cut them taking car e t o u se the left hand Then count seven cards beginning with the o n e lying on th e top o f the pack The first six are usel e ss s o put them aside and retain only the seventh which is to be placed face uppermost on the table befor e you Repe at this thre e tim e s more th e n shuffl e and cut th e cards you have thrown o n one side togeth e r with those remaining in your hand and tell them out in sev e ns as b e fore until you have thus obtained twe lve cards I t is however indispensable that t he o n e representing the person whose fortune is b e ing told should be among the numb e r therefore the whol e opera tion must be re commenc e d in case of it not having mad e its appearance Your twelve cards b e ing now spread o u t before you in the orde r in which they have come to hand you may begin t o explain the m as d e sc r ib e d in the mann e r o f de al ing t h e cards in threes always bearing in m ind both the ir in dividual and relative signification Thus yo u first count the cards by seve ns b e ginning with the one r e pre s e nting the person for whom you are acting going from right to left Th e n take the two cards at either e xtr e mity o f t h e line o r half circle and unit e them and aft e rwards form the thre e h e aps or packs and the Surpris e pre c ise l y as we hav e b e fore d e scribed I nde e d the only d iff e rence between t he two methods is the manner in whi c h the cards are obtained -

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I n order t o rend e r our meaning perfectly clear we will Let us suppose the pack for the g ive another example person consulting is compos e d o f the Jack of Hearts the Ace of Diamonds the Queen o f Clubs and the Eight o f S pades reversed B y the aid o f the list o f m e anings we have given it will be e asy to interpret them as follows The Jack o f H earts is a gay young bachelor— the Ace o f Diamonds —who has writt e n or will very s oon write a lett e r— the Queen of Clubs — to a dark woman — Eight o f S pades revers e d— to make proposals to her which will not be acc e pted On looking back t o the list o f significations it w il l be found to run thus Jack o f Hearts— A gay young bachelor who thinks only o f pleasure Ace o f Diamond s — A letter soon to be received Que e n o f Club s — An affectionate wom an but quick t emp e r e d and touchy Eight o f Spade s — If revers e d a marriage broken o ff o r O ff e r refused I t will thus be se e n that each card forms as it were a hrase from an ass e mblage o f which nothing but a littl e p practic e is required to form complet e sent e nces Of this we will give a furt her example by interpr e ting the signifi “ for the house for c ation of th e thre e other packs The t hos e who do not e xp e ct it and the Surprise “ first o f these for the house we will suppose to consist the Jack o f Spade s reve rsed the o f the Qu e en O f Hearts A c e o f Clubs and the Nine o f Diamonds which reads t hus : The Queen o f H e arts is a fair woman mild and amiable in disposition who — Jack o f Spades reversed— will be de c e ive d by a dark ill bred young man — the Ace o f Clubs b u t she will rece ive some good n e ws which will console ,

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her— Nine of Diamonds—although it is probable that the n e ws may be d e laye d The pack for those who do not expect it consisting o f the Queen o f Diamonds the King o f Spad e s the Ace o f Hearts revers e d and the Seve n o f Spades would signify The Qu e en of Diamonds is a mischi e f making woman — the King o f Spade s — who is in leagu e with a dishon e st lawyer— Ac e o f H e arts r e vers e d the y will hold a consulta tion togeth e r— Seve n of Spades — but the harm they will do will soon be r epair e d Last com e s the Surprise formed by we will suppose th e Jack of Clubs the Ten o f Diamonds the Queen o f Spades and the Nine o f Spades o f which the in te rpre t atio n is The Jack of Clubs is a clever enterprising young man Ten of Diamonds— about to undertake a j ourney— Queen o f Spades — for the purpos e o f vi siting a widow— Nine of Spades — but o n e or both of the ir live s will be endangered .

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After having shuffl ed the thirty two cards and cut or had th e m cut with the left hand withdr aw from the pack t he first e l e v e n and lay the m on o n e S ide The remaind e r twenty one in all— are to be shuffl e d again and cut That done lay the topmost card on o n e side to form the S ur pris e and range the r e ma ining twenty before you in the order in which th e y com e to hand Then see whether the card re pre s e nting the pe rson consulting you is among them ; if not one must be withdrawn from the eleven useless ones and plac e d at the right e xtre mity o f the row—where it repr e s e nts the missing card no matter what it may really be W e will howeve r suppose that the p e rson wishing to make the essay is an o ffi cer in the army and consequently -

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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 Diamonds the King o f Clubs the Te n of H e arts th e Ac e o f Spades the Qu e e n o f H e arts revers e d the S e ven o f Spades the Jack o f Diamonds the Te n o f Clubs the King of Spad e s the Eight o f Diam onds the King of H e arts the Nine o f Clubs the Jack o f Spades rev e rsed th e S e ven of Hearts the Ten o f Spades the King o f Diamonds the Ace of Diamonds the S e ve n of Clubs the Nine of Hearts the Ac e o f Clubs Y o u n o w proceed t o examin e the cards as they lie and p e rceiving that al l th e four Kin gs are there you can predict that gr eat r e wards await the person consulting you and that he will gain great dignity and honour The two Queens one o f them reve rsed announce the r e u nion of two s orrowful fr i e nds the three Ac e s for e t e ll good n e ws the thre e Jacks one o f them r e versed quarrels with some low person the thr e e T e ns improper conduct You now explain the cards comm e ncin g with the fir st on the l e ft hand viz the Que e n o f Diamonds : The Queen O f Diamonds is a mischief making underbre d woman— the Ki n g o f Clubs —e ndeavourin g to win the affections o f a worthy and estimable man — Ten o f He arts — over whose scruples she will triumph Ace of Spade s The affair wil l make some noise — Que e n of H e arts reve rsed —and greatly distre ss a charm ing fair woman who loves him— S e ven o f Spad e s — but her grief wil l not be o f long duration Jack of Diamonds—An unfaithful servant Ten o f Clubs will make away with a consid e rable sum o f m oney— King o f Spades — and will be brought to trial E ight o f Diamonds— but saved from punishm e nt through — woman s agency King Hearts o f A fair man o f liberal a di sposition— Nin e o f Clubs — will receive a large sum of m oney Jack o f Spade s reversed— which will expose him Seven t o the mali ce o f a d ark youth o f coarse manners ,

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UITE rec e ntly we came across a little known method of card telling and as it is both simpl e and fas c in atin g we obtained p e rmission t o publish it and explain t he working The full pack o f cards is us e d and must be thoroughly fled by the e nquir e r — w e were interest e d in h e arin g s hu f that this m e thod can be us e d for indicating our own im m e diate futur e though this is fo r bidden o r a t least dis c o ur age d in m ost other syst e ms o f working the cards -

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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 be noted on paper for r efe r ence as this card acts the part of S ign ific ato r — in othe r w ords it represents the enquire r Th e n the pack must b e ou t o nce wi th the l e ft hand and t h e expos e d card should also be not e d— this ca r d represents the thoughts wish o r most important matt e r in which the enquir e r is int e r e sted This can of course b e anyth ing from a business d e al a l ove affair t o t h e serious illn e ss Of a fri e nd or o f oneself Th e cut po r tion o f the pack must now be r e placed so that the original botto m card retains this position Then s e ven cards are de al t one by o n e fac e upwards s o as t o form a row o n the table— these cards ru n from l e ft t o right N ow lay o u t three other S imilar rows each one ,

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Now com e s the part that ne e ds a l ittl e c are and thought but when understood it is really quite simple The rough s quar e represents a lunar month beyond which th e card s will not guide you and nothing can be done in the way of divination un less you can fix the position of the two ca rds exposed when the pack w as cut — as a lready e xplain e d th e first of the s e r e prese nts the Enquirer and the s e cond his or h e r Thoughts Glanc e car e fully over the exposed cards and see if e ithe r or both of th e s e p e rsonal cards have b e e n exposed in the lunar squar e If you are fortunate and both personal cards are shown on th e tabl e you can at once mak e your d e cision in the way t o be e xplain e d later But if you find only o n e pe rsonal card exposed you are allowed to continue the pre paration in the hop e that the second card will tur n up b e for e you read what th e card s fo r e t e ll You must note the row in which yo u fin d the one p e r sonal car d b e caus e that particular row must not b e touched So if t hi s p e rsonal card falls in the n o r any row above it bottom row you can do no more and must r e ad the car ds as th e y lie on the table If however it is in the thi r d row from the top this would leave the bottom r o w fre e to b e alt e r e d if in the s e cond row you would have th e two bottom rows at your disposal whil e if it falls in the top row the n you can change the following twe nty—one cards \Vh at e ve r it may b e o n e two or thr e e rows you take up th e u n u sed po r tion of the pack and plac e extra cards upon the alr eady exposed car ds on the table and go o n to the tw e nty e ight h car d To make this cl e ar suppose o n e p e rsonal card is shown in th e t Op row of the o riginal de al You now commence on the fir st card of the s e cond row ,

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distribut e twe nty—one car ds thus cov e ring all the thr e e lower rows This l e av e s only th re e cards in hand so w hat e v e r happe ns you cannot go furth e r and would have t o r e ad the ca r ds as th e y lie with only o n e personal card t o guid e you unl e ss the s e cond has now been exposed B ut in most cas e s when one pe rsonal card is e xpos e d in t he top r o w its companion will app e a r d ur ing this s e cond d elive r y o f the cards Now suppos e t he o n e pe r son al card is shown in the s e cond row of the original lay—out You now start cove ring by placi n g a fr e sh ca r d f r om the unus e d portion of the pack o n to t h e first card of t h e third row and continue to t h e end o f th e squar e This m e ans t h e addition o f fou rt e e n c a r ds but still l e ave s only twe nty e ight cards e xpos e d I t is quite p r obable that the s e cond pe r sonal card w ill now b e visibl e in which case your pr e pa r ation is complete a n d you r ead t he ca r ds as w e shall e xplain But if by C hanc e th e s e cond pe r sonal card is not then s hown you are al lowed a third att e mpt But you must b e ca reful to rememb e r that you onl y hav e ten cards in hand now and you mu st cove r whole rows at a time or non e at all So in this case instead of starting with the fir st ca r d of th e third row you l e ave that row intact an d p lace a f r esh card on the first place in the bottom ro w This again l e aves you wi th three cards in hand and you p r oceed to your divination as b e for e explain e d whether the s e cond pers on al card is expos e d o r not If the o n e e xpos e d p e rsonal car d is in the third row of t he original s quare you can of course only r e cove r the bottom row which you proce e d t o do Wh e n you have a dd e d s e v e n ca r ds se e if t h e second p e rsonal card is now expos e d if it is you stop and give your r e ading If not o u d e al out s e v e n more c ar ds and again e xamin e th e m y O bviously you can do this three times when you have only

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I n that case you can only ad vise your client to go on hopin g and working to his e n d as nothing will come his way for the next four weeks You can offer t o consult the cards again for him or he r but not under fourteen days I f only o n e person al card is exposed in th e lunar square you study the cards from that to the final ca r d explaining that the decision will be delayed over the four we eks and that a fresh cons u ltation of the cards in a fortnight s time wil l help to clear matt e rs up Meanwhil e t he suits o f the cards following the personal card will enable you t o encourage or discourage your enquirer I f n e ither o f the pe rson al cards is shown you can give no decision either way— the cards must be consult e d again o r the decision accepted as a negative or unfavourable one Apart from the qu e stion o f suits you must also study the values o f the cards The Court cards repre sent pe opl e the King and Qu een being mal e and fem al e friends the Jacks business acquain tances o r strangers if the matt e r is purely personal Y o u mus t al so remember that the higher common e r cards Six Seven Eight Nine and Ten are mor e powe rful for good or for evil than the lowe r cards Two Three Fo ur and Five The Ace is always very powe rful There is on e other point for consid e ration and this applie s to cases wher e the re are a large numb e r of cards between th e two pe rsonal cards o r alt e rnatively when only o n e pe rson al card is expos e d Y o u are al lowed to cancel cards in couples under certa in conditions For instance a He ar t can cancel a corr e sponding Spad e or a Diamond c an cel a Club but th e Court cards and Aces are not to be touched You can pair eith e r a Two Thr e e Four or Five with an y oth e r o f the same seri e s or a Six S e ven Eight N e or Ten with any other o fthat particular s e ri e s subj e ct t o the rule as to Suit val ues ,

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Thus a Two of Hearts and a Five o f Spades can be paire d and both cards are the n removed from the lunar S quare toge the r with any cards unde rn e ath th e m in case yo u have form e d th e row more than once I n th e same way fr om the high e r seri e s you can pair a Ten o f Diamonds with an Eight of Clubs and so ou — any of the high e r Diamonds can b e pair e d with any of the higher Clubs th e H e arts with the Spad e s — any of t he lowe r Diamonds wit h any of the lower Clubs the H e arts with the Spades The importanc e of this pairing tog e th e r with the removal of all cards affe ct e d will b e found far gre at e r in actual pr actic e than it may app e ar on pap e r Suppose for in stanc e that you have both per sonal cards expos e d wit h nin e other cards b e twe e n th e m s e ve n o f th e se b e ing Re d cards and two Black If by good fortun e you can pair the two Black ca r ds with two Re d cards you will have an unbrok e n s e ri e s of five Red c ards This is not quit e so fortunat e as an o rigin al s e que nc e of fi ve Re d cards but it shows that al l obstacles can b e ove rcom e and that is the important point In th e sam e way if the colours had b e e n revers e d you would be fac e d with a s e ri e s o f five Black cards —far mor e di fficult to ove rcome than the original se ries o f s e ve n Black and two Re d cards This Lunar Squar e system is so fascinating and cl e ver as we ll as b e ing ve r y reliabl e that we st r ongly re comm e nd a car e ful study o f its rul e s — it has the additional merit of b e ing known only to a few .

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c e ntral positions which indicate the imm e diate surround ings and o n e card on th e top o f the S ign ific ato r The orde r in which the th irty two car ds are d e alt out aft e r b e ing shu ffle d and cut to thr e e packs is represented in the following diag ram ,

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N ow observe that the Ace of Diamonds is well placed in the I st position the Ten of Diamonds in the ro th place t h e Ace o f Clubs in th e 1 0 th place the Ten of Clubs in the 7t h place the Ace of Hearts in the 7th place the Ten o f Hearts in the 4th place the Ace of Spades in the 4th place the Te n o f Spades in the I st place All th e se are g ood positions and augur good fortune and an honourable career When Kings occupy the angles the destiny is set in high places W h en Queens are there it shows the enquirer to be too much under the sway o f women and liabl e t o scandal W hen Jacks it portends a dishonourable fame The Tens o r Aces are good in th e angl e s I f the wish card holds the I st or ro t h plac e th e consultant will gain his great e st wish If in the 7th place it will come through marriage I f in the 4th by inheritanc e and n e arer the end of life The Nine of Spades is uniformly e vil unless falling with the Ten o f H e arts when it is in a measur e corrected Gre at good may be expected from that quarter wher e in the Ten of H e arts and the Ace of Clubs or D iamonds shall fall ; as if in the 7th House from the wife in the r 1 th friends in the 3rd r e latives in the 1 0 th busin e ss and s o forth The Ace o f Spad e s and the N in e of Diamonds S how acci d e nts when falling in th e I s t or 1 0 th place The Ace o f Spad e s and Nine o f Spades S how heavy losses The Ace of Spades and Te n of Spades S how gr e at g r ief and bereave m e nt and if it falls in the 4th or 1 0 th place it shows the death o f pare nts in the 7th of the wife and s o o n ,

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After the thirty two cards have b e en we ll shu fll 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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these The top card is now r e moved face do wnwards and plac e d by its e lf on t h e table Th e other fift e en are turned up and ranged in order fro m left to right in front o f the divin e r The type card re p re s e nting th e e nquire r mu st be among th e m — ifit is not th e re all th e cards must b e gath e r ed up re sh u ffl e d and cut and the preliminary proc e ss must be rep e ated This goes o n till the type car d appears among the fift e en in the row Th e r e ading is giv e n in two ways — first by noting any pai r s tripl e ts or quartettes among th e m giving the m e aning from the Table given for the English syst e m Th e y should then b e consult e d in pairs as b e fore by taking one car d f r om e ach e n d of th e row l e aving a fateful mast e r card for th e finish This card as in a form e r e xp e ri m e nt has more force than any of the seven pairs When this has b e e n done t he fifte en cards are gathe red tog e the r and w e ll shu ffled and then d e alt s o as t o form thr e e packs of five cards e ach The top card from each heap is th e n taken and adde d to the single face down card t o fo r m t h e Su r pris e Thus we ge t four packs o f four cards each Th e e nquir e r now choos e s on e of the three h e aps — h e must not touch t he Surprise h e ap—and this is r e ad as applying to him o r her s e lf Of the two re m ai ning heaps t h e l e ft hand one affects t he home and the right hand one covers som e on e e ls e clos e ly connect e d with the e nquirer Finally th e r e is the Surpris e which repres ents something unexp e ct e d at the mom e nt by the enquirer .

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colo u rs and the di vin e r goes thr ough the pack turning up thr e e cards at a time Should all thre e b e of one suit they ar e plac e d face upwards on the tabl e forming th e usual row from left t o right If only two o f a suit come togeth e r the highe r card in face value is add e d to the row and the other is r e j ected I f al l three cards are of diff e rent suits al l ar e r e j e cted When the pack has b e e n d e alt with in this manner the r e j e cted cards are re shu ffle d cut and dealt for a second time in th r e e s This is rep e at e d till fift e e n cards are in th e ro w I t is howeve r absolut e ly n e cessary that the type card repr e s e nting the e nquire r should be in the row and if it appears among the fift e en all is w e ll so far If howeve r it is not in the row the proc e ss of d e aling in threes and adding t o the row must be re pe ated till th e t ype card is s e cure d— this shows d ifli c u l tie s and troubl e s and wo rries for the enqui re r according to t he numb e r of ca r ds adde d in this way Should th e re b e mor e than fifteen cards in the compl e t e d row retain only the n e cessary numb e r counting from the extreme right which in most cases would o fcourse be the t ype card itself— unless it made its appearance as o n e of a se t of thr e e cards of a suit in which cas e ( all three having t o be add e d t o the row) o n e o r two other cards might be o n the right o f th e typ e card The row having thus been reduc e d to fifteen 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 fifte e n cards shu ffl e d and cut and de al th e m o n e by o n e into five heaps o f thr e e c ar ds These shoul d b e r e ad s e parately the heap on the l e ft b e ing for the enquir e r hims e lf the s e cond for the home the t hi rd for th e expected the fourth for the unexpe ct e d and the fifth for a consolation Anoth e r I talian method is to sort the cards into suits face upwards o n the table —e ach suit forming a s e parate ,

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He now deals th e s e into three heaps face downwards a n d asks the enquirer to choose one of those packs The se must b e expo sed o n the table face upwards and o n e by o n e beginning by placing the top card o n the extreme left The y should now b e r e ad by their inner meanings a ccor di ng to the Table given and the nam e s of the cards six to seven as it may be should be noted down on paper Th e whole pack is now gathered up again with the exception o f the c ard placed aside for the Surprise and the whole process is repeat e d taking care as before that th e enquirer s type card is among the twe nty retained for dealing into the thr ee necessary heaps— the top card of the twe nty one being a dded to the Surprise as with the first deal The whole thing is repeated for a third time s o as to c over the immediate past the present and the imme diate future You will aft e r e ach deal have made a note o f the cards contained in each o fthe three chosen heaps and these however many their number should now be picked out and a rranged in three groups o n e o fth e se containing the cards t hat only appeared once another those that appear e d twice an d finally those important and fatef ul cards ( if any) that appeared in all three of the chosen heaps Thes e should be looked through again for any pairs triplets o r quadruplets an d their meaning read from the Table given And fin al ly the diviner should study the suit c olours in each o f th e se groups which r e pr e sent r e spectively the small affairs the more important happenings and the 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— in this cas e also pairs and triplets should be noted and also the important suit c olours ,

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This is a very thorough m e thod o f di vination by cards but it occasionally takes tim e as it is quite us e l e ss unless the enquir e r s t yp e card is among th e twenty cards left ove r for dealing into the thre e h e aps I t n e e d not of cours e be in the chos e n h e ap and though it must of nec e ssity b e among the important twe nty aft e r each d e al it fre que ntly happ e ns that it makes no ap pearanc e at all in any of the thr e e chosen h e aps I t is conside red very import ant that th e divin e r should not see t he S u rp ris e cards b e fore they are finally expos e d o n t h e tabl e but of course t h e type ca r d might e asily find its way to this h e ap When th e r e fore th e divin e r satisfies hi ms e lf that t h e typ e card is not among the twe nty l e ft in his hand he should e xamine the el e ven car ds ( or ten or nin e aft e r th e s e cond and third shu ffle s r e sp e ctive ly) that have b e en discard e d and make certain that it r e ally is still in play Should the Typ e card go to the Surp rise the attempt must b e give n up as hop e l e ss — and as b e fo r e stat e d nin e days must e lapse before the cards are consult e d again for the sam e enquir e r In a trial divination j ust complet e d the following cards appea re d in the thr e e select e d heaps ,

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there fore and the Spad e Queen s e e ms to dominate the position If ther e had be e n more Clubs than Diamonds it would have greatly helped matters for the enquire r but Diamonds are only the third suit as regards good fortune and are Obviously not strong enough t o fight successful ly against the Spades There are thr e e Ac e s but on e o f them is of the fateful Spade suit though against this is the fact that the Club and Diamond Ac e s each appear e d t wic e over which gre atly st rengthens the ir in fluence B ut the Ace of Spad e s symbol o f D e ath or Disaster is always an extrem e ly sinister and powe r ful card and its powe r h e r e is enhanced by the trebly occurring Queen of the same suit I t looks as if gr e at good fo r tune ( th e Ac e s ) would j ust b e lost through the in fluence of a dark woman This malevolent in fluence may not be in the enquire r s own life — the woman may control o n e o f those with whom the e nquirer is working Again the thre e Nines are a good sign but th e y only app e ar once each thus clear ly showing som e small gain in place of the much more powe rful good fort une that sho ul d have come from the Ac e s The two Seve ns e ach appearing twice and the two Eights strongly con fir m the rea ding and S how that good fortune was allowed to slip pass unh e eded ,

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This m e thod of di vination dat e s from the sevent e enth century and has be e n rep rinted s e ve ral times of rece nt ye ars and much praised for its accuracy apart from its v e ry original character in t he buil ding of the design I t is an exc e ll e nt o n e and ve ry r e li able but car e must b e taken in building up the nec e ssar y cards for the e xperime nt — in this case al so o u r diagram should be copied and used ,

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from the extreme right remaining o n t o p—al l cards thus covered are to be ignored but they need n o t be removed I t makes n o difference if yo u prefer to get rid o f them at Should there o nce — it is merely a matter o f convenience be no other cards o f its suit in the row the extreme right card is left in its place Y ou n ow consider the second card from the right o f the t op ro w in the same way and thus reduce the row of seven c ards to o n e representative O f each suit — bearing in mind that the card o n the extreme left ( the Master Card as it is called ) must never be covered I t follows therefore that when this process is completed you c an not have more than five cards left in each ro w on e o f each suit and the Master Card and may indeed only have two cards should all be O f o n e suit a very rare occurrence This process is as indicated applied t o each o f the seven rows when you now reduce your figure t o its fin al fateful shape by throwing away all cards be yond three coun ting from the M as ter Card and retainin g the next two cards o n the right I n the very rare event o f all cards ( excluding the Master Card ) being o f o n e suit in a ro w yo u would obviously only have two in that particular row— this makes no di fference and must n o t be interfered with Y o u n o w have a mystic figure consist ing o f seven rows and from these you give your reading o f three cards N ote first o f all whether there are more red cards than black as the red aspect is considered favourable You must however bear in mind that Clubs are the most fortunate suit O f all and should thes e form the bulk o f the black cards they would be amply su fli c ie n t to susta in the red favourable aspect even if there should be a slight black maj ority They are held to represent the Intel l e ct and Judgment as the Hear ts govern the Affections and Passions—whil e the Diamonds represent Money and ou t ,

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ward Success and the Spades the Di fficulties and Troubles that face t he e nquire r Now read the cards in pairs taking the right hand and centre cards o f the fir st row— remembering that in this m ethod the left is the mor e powerful card of the two Next read together the Mas ter ca rd and centre card of the top ro w B e ar in mind that each row is quite distinct and that no card is in fluenced by o n e above or below it but only by the card o n the left Y o u should particularly look o u t for al l speci al cards such as the type card indicating the enqu ir e r ; the Jack o f his o r her s u it repres e nting the Thoughts any special King Queen or Jack ( representing young pe ople ) who may b e in the enquirer s thoughts and in whom he o r she may b e interested Then there is the Wish card ( Nine o f Hearts ) the Disappointm e nt car d ( Nine o f Spades ) the Tragic card ( Ace o f Spades ) Money card ( Ten o f Diamonds ) and Business card ( Ten o f Clubs ) N ot e the position o f each o f these cards and pay special attention to the significance o f the cards that in fluence them They al l be come o f much gre ater importance and power if they are in the Master column— it is always howe ver favourable the general run o f the u nfortunate cards may be if the Ace o f Spades o r Nine o f Spades are Master cards I t is indeed wise after noting the suit importance o fthe whole mystic al figure to V iew in addition the s uits o f the Master cards by themselve s Shoul d they b e free from Spades it would very greatly strengthen al l the favourable in fl uences in the general run o f the car ds This method o f di vination is a very fascin ating o n e and is without an y doubt the most reliable for use for the di vi ner s o wn guidance I t can be S implifi ed for personal us e by studying only ,

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FTE R testing the various fascinating methods o f telling the cards with an ordi nary pack most pe ople will be anxious t o test the powers o f the ancient Tarocchi cards as these were originally used sole ly for this purpose and not for gambling gam e s We have already e xplained the pecul iar arrangement o f the pack which contains seventy eight cards and we have suggested that a pack co ul d easily be prep ared at home The pack is technical ly compos e d of two uneven section —there were four suits containing fourt e en cards each and this portion o f the pack was known as the Minor o r L e sser Arcana In addition th e re were twenty two other cards all single and without suits or sequence these were known as the Maj or or Great e r Arcana and have never been used for any other purpose than divination The Maj or Arcana consists o ftwenty one numb e r e d cards and on e unnumbered and for practical pur poses this s e ries Of simple n u mbers would be su fli c ie n t I f a pack can be purchas e d the cards wil l probably be found numbered in addition to havin g s peci al designs upon them £2 ; I t is a curious fact that the Hebrew alphabet contains twenty two letters and it is claimed that th e r e is a con n e c tio n between the two This may be the cas e but the presence o f an unnumb e red card raises a diffi cu l ty— should ,

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The Seventh is al s o sympathetic with the First and Fourth We will now deal with the second group o f seven cards Unfortunately numbers Eight and Eleven are often reversed ; one early accoun t gives Justic e for numbe r Eight and Courage for El e ven another s hifting the m about I t is impossible nowadays t o decide which is correct though pe rsonally we prefer number E leven for Justice Card number Eight then we will call Courage — it signifies energy or action and generally is a successful and fortunat 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 o f Fort une and it signifies D e st iny 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 fin al and fat e ful I f reve rsed t his card shows an excessive result — abundance su pe rfluity far more than is needful Wh e n consid e ring the Eleventh card we mus t recall w hat was said above — taking Courage for number E ight we giv e J u stice for number Eleven This does not mean Law in o ur mod e rn use o f the word Justice but the triumph o f right The diviner can only predict that right will succeed an d must leave it t o the consci e nce o f the enquirer t o decide wh e ther his o wn cause is indicate d The Twelfth card is a most curious one and is kn o wn as the Hanged Man but for some unknown re as on he is r epresented as han gi ng by o ne foot though n o t apparently .

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i n any way uncomfortable I t does not app e ar to b e a form o f punishm e nt for th e card r e pres e nts Wisdom I ntuition S ac rific e —when r e versed it stands for S e l fishn e ss and Greed So we must assume that the so call e d Hangin g is int e nded to r e pre s e nt s e lf sac rific e The Thirt eenth card is r e pres e ntative of Death though its normal m e aning mer e ly indicat e s loss Re ve rsed how e ver it is a most fat e ful sign The card itself is generally much aft e r the o rnam e nt e d with a f u ll l e ngth sk e leton s tyle of the w e ll known r e pr e s e ntation of Fath e r Time The last car d of this second s e ri e s of s e ven is r e pre s e n t ative o f Tempe ranc e which of course is m e ntal or physical and has no conn e ction with teetotalism It m e ans Care fuln e ss Economy Good Manage m e nt and s o o n — r e versed it is an important card and shows divided int e r e sts I t will again b e se e n that there is much sympathy in e ach couple o f third cards — thus Eight and El e ven ar e o ften reversed ; whi le Nine and Twe lve both indicate Prud e nce in affairs Te n and Thirt e e n ar e obviously clos e ly conn e ct e d in the form of D e stiny and Death both r e pr e s e nting Finality Th e Fourt e e nth card Temperance o r Mod e r ation also follows the idea of the Eighth and E l e venth The third and final se t of s e ve n cards are r e ally mystical a n d to a gr e at ext e nt r e pres e nt t h e force or in fl uence o f things b e yo nd our own p e r sonal control This group opens w ith numb e r Fifte e n as the D e vil Th e Malignant Power its e lf is g e nerally r e pr e sent e d in conn e ction with a naked m an and a naked woman typical of Humanity and in t e nd e d to indi cat e our inability to ge t away from the u nse e n i n flu e nc es surrounding us This card shows som e p owe rful in flu e nce working in our live s in spit e of ours e lve s or in so me c ase s o u r o wn physical inabi l ity to he lp ourselves .

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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 :

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Six — In the normal position this card indicates that the telling r e f e rs to th e past If reversed it indicates the futur e but it is th e imme di ate futur e Five — Marriage or some important c e r e mony Reve rsed it indicat e s an arrival some news or a surp rise Four — Discontentment or displeas ure Reversed a new acquai ntanc e Thre e — Success a favourable ending to the enquirer s plan or wish Re versed th e card indicat e s a quick r e sult not n e cessarily successful but soon in point o f time only Two —Love affe ction Reve rsed the card shows O ppo sitio n to on e s affection or by the person loved On e — Company a pl e asant gath e ring— the sort of thi ng we know as a party Reve rsed we have a change of some sort not necessarily good o r bad but a chan ge I t will be seen that the Heart suit is al most entirely fo r tunat e in its normal position whil e the re ve rsed posi tions o n the whol e indicat e d e lay rather than lack of succe ss An e ar ly de sign for this suit was the Acorn which obviously r e pre sented succ e ssful agricultur e an essential feature of pr imitive lif e Th e n came the Cup also in its more mod e rn fashion a sign o f material succ e ss—o r at any rate the n e c e ssary social position to e nable you to enter tain The Weste r n H e art is m e r e ly a carel e ss adaptation o f t he old d e sign of a Cup j ust as the Cup its e lf was a car e l e ss o r mistak e n copy of the Acorn possibly done in some country wh e re the Oak tree was n o t promin e nt .

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physic al affairs o f the enquir e r the middl e row governs his mental life his friendships and a ffections his hope s and s o o n ; while the to p row represents the unseen in fluences at work on his o r he r life Another method o n somewhat similar lines is as follows The enquirer draws out on e card t o represent himself and this is placed face upwards o n the table Then he must thoroughly shu ffl e the pack Now the seer goes through the pack and builds up the rows O f seven cards working from right to l e ft ; the fir 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 first car d placed on the table mus t be the top card of the pack after it has be e n sh u fil e d the second card will be the seven th card from it in the pack in other words the original eighth card This is plac e d to the left o f the top card and forms the second card in the top row o f seven Th e n count out the next s e venth card and place this as the third of the row to the left of the second card Obviously this will be the fifteenth original card in the shu ffled pack GO on in this way taking out every sev e nth card you come to and adding it t o the figure — the second row com m e n c in g as soon as you hav e displayed seven cards To avoid confusion it is wise to plac e e ach card not r e quired at the bottom O f the pack— thus you place the top card on the table the second at the bottom of the pack and count One the third b e low and count Two and s o on You wi ll fin d that the original bottom card wil l form the fifth card of the centre r ow o n the table The reading is given as in the first method A third method of tellin g the Tarot cards is known as the Great Figure of Fat e As it is rather complicated till you have actually tested it we give a diagram t o show how the cards should be used in order t o build up the figure prope rly or

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triangle show the Pre s e nt while the left hand e leven cards o f e ach figure will indicate the Future The divination is mad e by combinations of three cards o f which the chosen card— repr e s e nting the enquir e r and shown in th e c e ntre of the Tr iangle in the diagram — is This car d is combined with numb e rs 1 and always o n e 3 4 the two bottom cards of the s e ries showing the Pas t then with 2 and 3 5 and so o n with each couple for Past Present and Futu r e Anoth e r simpl e method is for th e e nquirer t o shu ffle the pack and then the s e er arra n ges a row of sevent e e n cards in sequ e nce beginning with the t op ca r d o f the pack This makes th e ninth ca r d t he e xact c e ntr e either fro m the right or from the left The cards are r ead in thre e s as in the Gr e at Figure but in this cas e the centr e card rep resents the e nqui r er and you pair from the ends Thus you read cards 1 9 1 7 tog e ther for the immediate Pre s e nt o r for some incid e nt in the Past which the e nqui r er can name as a starting point — such as a rec e nt business arrang e m e nt a proposal of marriag e and s o on Then you read car ds 2 9 1 6 together for a few days further ah e ad num b e rs 3 9 1 5 for lat e r s till and s o o n for the whol e row This method does not take long and is conside r ed v e ry e ffe ctive for dealing when a simple straightforward divina tion is required such as in the cas e s indicated -

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