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C H A RLE S
P L A TT
F U LLY I LL U S T RAT E D
LO N D ON : W F O U LS H A M
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O F I LL U S T R AT I O N S
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F O U R TA
R OT
O F A C URNS
A RD S
HEARTS!
C A R D F OR T U N E T E LL I N G
CHAPTER
I F
H S TOR
BR E
PAC K
O F TH E
OF C
A RD S
Io
II
IZ
AC O R N
UI T
DES
G NS
FO R
RO T
R DS
fo r t he
Thirt e e n sup erstition that b e ing the fat e ful
numb e r in all Divination
Y e t the original fourt ee n
car d s to the suit w as not alt ere d fo r Di v ination pur po ses
but pure ly for gam es ! Thi s appears so contradictory
.
the Jack as t he
common pe opl e
For some unknown reason the Knight was omitted
but the ide a of the four Court cards Was actually retained
and the simple
One
of the suit was promoted over
the he ad of the King It seem s to me probable that t hi s
was an attempt to retain the Fool which really forms
part of the more important s e ction of the Tarot pack
whi ch was n ot us e d as a full pack O f s e venty
eight cards
but a sort of twin pack with a Maj or or Gre at Arcana
of twenty
two cards and a Minor or Le sser Arcana of
.
ft y-si x
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e n c e s to
Chess and Cards showing the Close popul ar
c onnection between the two games
It is a curious and fascinating point in this study of
the hi story of cards that the G erman invention of e m
graving was directed to the production of packs of cards
not books ! The printing of the Bible in I 45 5 followed
shortly after the production of the rst packs of engrave d
c ards
The earli est suit values apart from the original
Tarot suits we re Hearts Leave s (Tre foil now Clubs )
Acorns ( Diamonds) and Bells ( Swords or Spades )
So popular we re the comparatively cheap engraved
p acks of c ards that ev e ry artist turn e d his attention to
them and for some years the suits were repre sented in
s core s of ways
b efore settling down to the mod e rn uni
versal and somewhat sensele ss serie s of H e arts Diamonds
Clubs and Spade s Thus there w e r e gur e s of m en and
wom e n birds b e a sts shes owers some cards were
square or O blong some c i rcular In all th es e early e n
g raved packs as in the anci e nt Tarot e xamples every
c ard was a full design the simple pips of to day date
from the b e ginning of the sixteenth c e ntury and are
t
r
robably
h
e
r
e
sult
of
a
numb
r
of
indecent
o
at any
e
p
t
h
in uence
e Future
t o what ext e nt this may go is
still a myst e ry
The e ss e ntial fe ature behind Cartomancy is e xactly
the same as in seve ral othe r forms of Divin ation the
person whos e future is to be read m u st in som e way
in uence matt e rs Som e Diviners use a Crystal that has
be e n h e ld in the hands of the que stioner who thus per
and so it is claimed cause s
son ally a ffe cts the Crystal
vi sions to appear therein Other Diviners ask for some
p e rsonal article closely as sociat e d with the person whose
future is in question Obviously this method is not quite
so safe as it is practically impossible to use any article
that is sol ely person al to one indi vidual
A glove or
handkerchi e f is often u sed but it seems perfe ctly Clear
that eithe r of the se must carry many othe r in uenc es
besides tho se of the owner A lock of hair seems b est
but eve n the n th e re may be the in uence of one s hair
dre sser o r on e s maide spe cially a lady s maid who
would handle he r mistres s s locks eve ry day in the o r
di n ary cour se of her duti e s
To a gre at e xtent this que stion of mixed in uences
must al so a ffe ct the Crystal apart from the Clos e inti
mat e touch o f the Divin e r if he or S he holds it in the
hands For this re ason a black ve lve t pad is often used
for the support of the Crystal after the questioner has
handled it
But it is obvious that this precaution cannot be fully
effective as e ach qu estioner i n turn must han dl e the
C rystal and thus a ff e ct it though to what e xt e nt is not
known
The most accurat e result I have e ve r com e
across and it was startling in i ts exact truth was made
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u
Future for any o n e of s all you can do is to point out
how the subj e ct is dri fting how he or she is likely to be
placed or affected wh e the r a ce rtain thing desirable or
unpleasant is likely to come about n e ve r that it wi ll
come about
Free will is the key note of al l Dame Nature s efforts
and every one of u s is master of his own De stiny within
the limitations of his own person al ity B ear that clearly
in mind when you read the cards Never stat e that a
thing wi ll happen but that it app ears probabl e in the
present course of affairs For instance if an illn ess is
in di cated it may in many cases b e avoide d altoge ther
or greatly modie d in its e ffe ct s if r ea sonable care and
precaution are taken It is j ust the sam e with p e opl e and
affairs we n ee d not drift their way if we choose to
S truggle aga in st them
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II
CHAPTER
ME TH OD S
O F G RE
M AD AME
AT
IVINE R S
LE N O RMAN D
On e
Diamonds
Youth
Spring
Morning
The fty
Clubs
Manhood
Summ e r
Noon
.
3
3
3
3
H earts
Maturity
Autumn
Eve ning
4
4
4
Spades
Age
Wint e r
Night
23
24
su l tan t
25
26
D I AM ON D S
Right way
p
Ring letter bankn ote
Fair or gre y hair e d man
widow e r
Widowe d Que e n of
H e art fair fri e nd
Military public s erva nt
Mon e y town succ e ss
Shar p instrum e nts n e ws
Short j ourne y by road
or rail
Young person child p et
,
R ev ersed
Ace
King
&c
C LU B S
R ight way
Success
pap ers
good
R ev ersed
luck
28
METHODS
Right of
ho pe e ffort
,
ro ac hi n g
sign ic ato r
the
that
GREAT D I V I NERS
OF
29
hows aspiration
which the consul tant
to
de sire
is
ap
'
30
and if re vers e d
tears
in anothe r
grief and if
reversed
passing trouble
The Seven of Spades may
'
3I
m ent s
If re ve rsed of l es s val ue but arriving e arli e r
Thr e e King s are a good omen unl ess r e ve rsed
Four
Quee ns imply t al k and scandal or a social gathe ring
S poilt if t he c ards b e r e ve rse d
Thr e e Quee ns de not e
friendly visit s but if reversed possible danger to the
consultant Whe n the Jacks come toge the r workm e n
or ag e nt s about the hous e or roi st e ring and noisy con
v i v i ali t
Thr ee be toke n annoyanc es from fri e nds
If
y
reversed the evil is not so conside rable
,
32
If howe ve r a d e nite
wi sh is require d then l et
the mind O f the con sultant b e int e nt upon i ts nature
and the sourc e of i ts gratication Le t this m e ntal atti
tude be st eadily maintained while the shufe i s b eing
made
I n r egard to this proce ss O f shuf ing the cards it will
be Obs e rve d that it is of the most vital importance sinc e
the order in which the cards are subseque ntly laid out
.
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34
MA D AME
LE N ORMA N D S
NI NE S
r o ec t
S at i s
f at i
c
R i sk
D e sir e
I n ju st i c e
H u rt
E st at e
B en e t
I n h er i t an c e
L ov in g
26
27
r i se
C h an
30
D is
r ac e
34
20
av o u r
Tre ac h er
24
ev at i o n
28
e
3I
G o od
Marr i a g e
G i ts
E n t er
33
er en c e
23
29
R ew ar d
Lu ck
8
n e ss
22
25
ff
pp i
2I
at i t u d e
L o ss
Ri v
gr
I2
L ov e
Ha
In
I I
ai n
Io
J oy
A c q u ai n ta n c e
Ho
S u c c ess
on
I n di
o rt u n e
D e at h
32
We al t h
35
36
A m bi t io n
S i c k n e ss
36
S ati sfacti on
i
n
e
s
s
p
3
S u ccess
H ope
Ri sk
METHODS
OF
37
D esi re
Heart s You will gain the obj ect of your most ardent
d esire Your wi sh e s will b e fulll e d
Clubs With e ffort and by the assistanc e of others
you will accomplish your wish
Diamonds Othe rs are int er est e d as we ll as you The re
will b e contention and some ri sk of failure
Spad es A1t e r your wish
All hope abandon ye who
enter here
Y our wi sh cannot b e grant e d
.
7 I nju sti ce
.
Hearts
An inj u stice h as been done you but you will
have full reparation and your right s will b e recogni sed
Club s Employ an int ermediate
You have e very
hope that your m erit s will b e re gard e d
Diamonds Make ove rtur e s in the shape of pre sents
and gift s Nothing stand s in your way e xc e pt a feeling
o f annoyanc e
Spades Forge t your wrongs and do not augm e nt
the m by affording fre sh opportunity for inj u stice to be
don e to you
.
38
8
I ng rati tude
9 A cquai n tan ce
.
10
Loss
II
H a rt
METHODS
OF
G R EAT DIVINERS
39
I2
E state
j oy
H earts You wi ll have cause for j oy in the direction
whe re yo ur affections are plac e d
Clubs Happin ess will come to you t hr ough your
frie nds and your e fforts
Diamonds
You will be gladdened by overc o mi ng an
obstacle in face of opposition and j e alousy
Spades Y ou will b e glad to have be e n of use to oth ers
Fait hful service to a superior will bring its rewar d
I3
I4
Lov e
Hearts You will have suc c ess and happiness in your love
Clubs You have a fai thful lover who wil l advantage
you in many ways
Diamonds Je al ousy the green e ye d mon st er besets
the path of un ce rtain devotion
Spades Your affections wil l be blighted ; but do not
despair you wi ll conquer at last by patience and deli ty
.
4o
15
La ck
M arri age
Heart s You will marry well One whom you love
will r e ciprocate your affection
Clubs Your fri ends will be the m eans of bringing
about your m arriage
It will be a well as sorted
match
Diamonds Trouble worry and vexation follow on
m arriage If you are in quest of a dowry rather than a
wife you will ge t it The conse quences you must bear
with resignation
Spades Treachery and malice are the fr uits of m arriage
B eware how you C hoose a partner The
in your case
N ine of Spades here means divorce the Eight means
separation
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I7
P ai n
41
Happ i n ess
H e art s Your affe ctions are well place d and rec i pro
N othing hinde rs your happin e ss
c ate d
Clubs With prud enc e and att e ntion you will touch
the springs of happin es s
Diamonds Y ou seize pleasure with too d esperate a
hand You run great ri sks and are liabl e to e xcit e ange r
and j e alousy
Spades Your pleasur es will be of short duration Be
careful they are not the caus e of your undoing
.
h
eri tan ce
n
I
g
.
s
Diamond
You will engage in strife and legal pro
c e e di n gs which will co st you mor e than you gain by l e gacy
Spades I f you have any right to an inheritanc e t h e re
is gre at dange r of your losing it by m ea ns of dec eit on the
part of oth e rs Look well ahead and provide for con
.
ti n gen c i es
20
Treachery
2I
Ri v als
42
22
Gifts
He ar t s You
wil l
t
t
i
c
a
ons
e
p
23
Lov i ng
24
E lev ati on
44
28
D eath
Heart
Thr ough a death you wil l gain something you
s
do not expect
Clubs A friend will benet you by a l egacy
Diamonds You will soon hear of the d e ath of an
en e my
Spades Y our worst enemy is n ear to death Y our
Worst days are coming to an end
.
R eward
30
Di sgrace
METHODS
31
Good Fortun e
OF
GREAT D I VINERS
45
32
Wealth
33
I n di eren ce
3 4 Fav ou r
.
H art
Y ou will have the favour of we althy persons
e
46
CA R D F ORTUN E TELLIN G
35
A m bi ti on
36
S i ckn ess
47
an d
CHAPTER III
A TE S T TE
LL I NG
O F TH E
A RD S
49
C ARD F O RT UN E TELLIN G
50
C AR D F ORT UN E TELLI N G
52
S OME
E N G LIS H ME TH OD S
O F TE LL I N G
LTH OUG H
53
C AR D FORTUN E TELL I N G
54
type card and count nine every way reckoning the type
card as number one The car ds thus indi ca ted wi ll be
the prophetic ones
In the case of a married woman
the Kin g of the same suit of which she is the Queen
would represent her husband and shoul d b e coun ted from
in a simil ar way as the marriage partner s in uence is
natural ly of great importance I n the case of a m ar ried
man the reverse app lies the Queen of his own suit r e
presentin g his wife
The Jack of the type s ui t shows the thoughts of the
person and they al so should be count e d from
The m eaning to be attached t o the various prophetic
cards is as follows
,
The Clu b S u it
Ac e Peace
The H eart S u i t
Ac e T hi s
o
Tw
Suc cess but it wil l ne e d care
,
The D i am
on d
S uit
Ace A l e tt e r
Y ou must look at the sur ro unding
c ards t o j udge the resul t
King and Queen A fair man or wom an
k
Jac
Thoughts as before
Ten Money
N ine Travel
Eight A late marri age
Seven Unple asant rumo ur s scan dal
.
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S ix
The S p ade S u i t
Ac e
G rea t Misfortune
reversed
King Qu een and Jack
D ark pe ople and their thoughts
Ten G rief and trouble
N i n e Sickness and misfort u ne a m os t unlucky card
Eigh t A warning to be c ar eful
Seve n Loss of a friend much trouble
S ix Money through hard work
Five A bad temper that causes trouble
F our Sickness
Thre e A j ourney
Two
A re m oval
.
s
T hr ee Queen
Visits
F our Queens An entertainm ent of some sort
Two Jacks Evil in tentions
Thr ee Jacks F alse friends
F our Jacks A noisy par ty dri nki n g
.
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7C
78
KS
AD
AH
JC
4H
8H
JS
2D
3D
2H
OH
KD
5C
2C
58
3H
5H
6D
40
QC
5D
38
KH
4D
98
Q8
8D
6C
AS
QD
KC
JH
68
I OD
8C
7D
AC
90
9D
JD
I OH
QH
7H
48
3C
28
9H
10
85
A F F TY
WO
RD
10
M E TH O D
58
C AR D F ORT UN E TELLIN G
60
Right Count
Left Coun t
Up Count :
D own Co u nt
D i am
on d
4 5 6 8
4 7 8 10
2,
4 5 7 J
3 8 9 ro
2,
K
A
J Q
J A
,
S u it
Right Count
Left Count
Up Count
D own Coun t
4 5 7 8
2 3 6 8
,
2,
4 7 9
,
10
10
3 4 6
Q K A
J Q
,
S p ade S u i t
Right Count
Left Count
Up Count
Down C ount
3 4 5
7 8 9
,
5 6 7
,
2,
K A
Q K
I0
K
4 5 6 8 9
,
10
u
a
r
o
r
key
c
ds
a
r
reached
twice
over
they obvi ously
e
f
are the most important They are the Three of Diamonds
showing q uarrels and legal troubles the N ine of Hearts
S howing mon e y and position ;
the Seven of Hearts re
pres e nting a f al se friend and the Ten of Spades indicatin g
grief and trouble This conrms our previous readi ng
that the enquirer will have much trouble and di fcul ty
but will eventually win hi s way through
In the above Table it will al so b e noticed that certain
cards appe ar once only they are of little import an ce t o
the enquirer Those that app ear twice are seldom worth
considerin g but the re ally important are those that appear
three or four ti m es the latter bein g ve ry rare of course
There are seven cards however that appear three times
in the present expe riment and we q uote them in full
.
Clu b S u i t
Four Be
.
Eight A
D i am
on d
S u it
S p ade S u i t
62
C A RD F ORTUN E TELLIN G
The Clu b S u i t
The H ea rt S u it
The D i am o n d S u i t
The S p ade S u i t
Ac e Pleas ure
of an emotion al nature
grief news of a death
,
If reversed
63
64
D E A LI N G
CARD S
THE
BY
T H RE E S
65
66
useless In the rst method the rej ected cards are used
in order to complete the necessary odd number for the
D ivination but that is never done under the present
system U nder the origin al plan it wi l l often happe n
that the t hree car ds are al l of differ e nt suits and must
therefore all be di scarded That is not the case by the
pre s e nt simpler method as the highest card i s chosen
ea ch t ime irrespectiv e of suit Also you be gi n wi th three
car ds which makes a further difference
Thus it happens that out of thirty two cards you are
bound to have at l east twe lve cards in your row and if
you have t urn e d up three of a suit or thr e e of a val ue
at any time the numb e r wi ll be in c reas e d
Retai n the las t two cards in your hand and coun t the
cards face upwards in your mystic row t o see if you
have an O dd number If so disca rd the two cards left
ov e r and proceed as be fore t o give your Divination by
picki ng up the outside card from e ach end
I f howe ver the num ber of your row i s even see if
the type card ( r e pres e nting the enqui rer ) is among them ;
if not pick it from the di scards an d add it to the extreme
right of yo ur row I f the type card is al ready there
se e if the Wish card ( Nin e of Hearts ) is al so present ; if
not you add it to the end at the ri ght If both of these
are in the row before you look for the en quirer s Thought
card i e the Jack of the same sui t as th e type card that
repr e sent s the enquirer
I f all three of the se cards are in the row the n add the
higher of the two cards remai n ing in your hand but
if by any perve rse C hanc e they are both of the same
value th e n the Fates are not propitious and the enquirer
must come again on some other day as the row m u st
consist of an odd number of cards
.
68
n
the
same
general
pri
n
ciple
a row of odd or even
o
number and the co m parison of the end cards of the row
right with left together with a strong Surprise at the
nish All three m ethods have the advantage of si m p licity
.
S OME
A RTI S T I C
ARS
ST
69
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THE G R
AN
ST
and the eleve nth is t aken as the rst of the lay out and
placed on the spa c e numbe red 2 in the di agram Al l the
remaining c ar ds t hi rty in al l ar e now trea ted as a pack
cut again by the consul t an t and the top card is placed
on S pace No 3
Agai n the cards are tr ea ted as a pack again cut and the
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71
n i c at o r
72
S OM E
A RT I S T I C S T A R S
73
CA RD FORTUN E TELLIN G
74
the left hand portion of the pack take the top card for 2
From the right hand portion of the pack the card for 3
The four th card is taken from the centre portion and so
on until twelve have b ee n drawn
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T H E S M PL E S T
AR
76
( On S ig m ca tor )
.
TH E T H
RT E E N
RD
S T
77
TE S T R E
A ING
D
78
past det ai ls ; the card on the top of the sign ic ator the
consolation
In the example on page 7 7 the Queen of
D iamonds ( marri ed) is suppo sed t o b e the i nqu ire r
Crown i ng the Queen of Diamonds is Eight of Spades
and on that the King of Diamonds thi s predi cts a quarr e l
with her husband
On her left the Seven of Diamonds
and the Ten of Spades ; she has be e n troubled with the
illness of her child At her feet the N in e of Diamonds
and the Knave of Spades the physician has been c al led
in
On the right the Te n of H e art s and Ten of Clubs ;
a cha nge into the count ry and recovery of her child
On the Queen the Nin e of H e arts ; her troubles are of
short dur atio n
The above method is most u seful to as certain p articulars
of any bus ines s or even of persons not present Always
put the c ar d repr esenting the subj e ct on whi ch you want
info rma tion in the centre and place the cards roun d
it as al r ea dy illustrated
If information is requi red
conce rn i ng the hous e the Ace of Hearts mus t be taken
fro m the pack and used as a sign i ca tor Business is
r e presented by the Ace of Spades ; a j ourn e y by the
Ten of Club s ; a chi ld or animal by the Seven of Dia
monds l e t te rs or business papers by the Ace of C lubs
,
THE
S TA R
OF
F IF TE E N
79
an
the
on
ce n
TH E S T
d [5
tre
an
R OF
FI
a re
l
ac ed
p
d of t/w S tan
FT E E N
80
each of the four sides while the fth tenth and fteenth
ca rds will have been placed upon the type card itself
c overing it
N ow take each set of three cards by itself and read
their meaning according to the table being S pecially
car e ful t o watch for r e versed cards as well as for pairs
a n d tripl e ts
Also carefully note if two or more of the
t hree cards are of any o n e suit as that greatly affects
the result
The set of three cards on the left S hould be read rst
of all as they repres e nt the immediate pas t of the en
q uir er ; th e n the set of three on the right whi ch govern
the immediate future
After these if it is wished you can read the three
c ards of the upper set which show the more r e mote pas t
an d which c onsequently are somewhat aff e cted by your
reading of the left hand set B al ancing one set c ar efully
against the othe r you should easily be able to decide if
thi ngs are impro v i ng for your enquirero r if th ey are
dri fting for the reverse
N ow consider the bottom set of three cards whi ch
refer t o the more r e mote future and after readi ng their
meaning noting reve rse s pairs triplets and suit s as before
s
u
must
bal
a
nce
these
against
right
hand
set
and
thu
o
t
h
e
y
determine which way the futur e will tend Suppo se for
in stance that apart from the ir individual meanings there
are two Spades in the right hand set and either one or
no Spad e in the bottom se t then the enquir e r may certainly
look forward cheerful ly to a less e ning of any di fculties
that may be facing him at the moment
The c e ntral set of thr e e cove ring the type c ar d give
your answer to any special wish or question of the en
r
s
e
u
i
th
y do not apply to the past or future and
e
r
q
therefore need not b e read as regards their i ndividual
,
8I
TE M
PL E
O RT
UN
wonderful system
For t hi s m e thod the values and
m e anings of the c ar ds are the sam e as for Madam e Lenor
mand s syst e m as give n in Chapt e r I I
The T e mple of Fortune is fairly e a sy to lay out
All
the t hi rty two cards are us e d for E tte il a s method
They
are shufe d nally and cut by the consultant and laid
out in the orde r S h own in diagram
It will be seen that some of the e ar li est cards to be
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C A R D FO RTUN E TELL I N G
TH E
F O U R A CE S
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SIMPLE B UT EF F E CT I VE TELLIN G S
TH E
S E VE N A N S WE R S
i
The seven packs represent
yourself
( e the
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come true
and your wish
It will at once be noticed that some heaps will contai n
ve ca rds e ach others onl y four each The heaps sho ul d
be arran ged fro m left to right the rst c ard dealt start
in g the heap on the extreme l e ft and the se venth card
go ing fac e upwards in the c e ntre
Some Divin ers employ this m e thod but only use seven
teen cards the pack is shuf ed and cut as before but
only the r st seventeen ca rds ar e dealt Thi s method is
certainly simpler as the heap s only cont ai n two or t hr ee
cards each ; it is also thought to be a great advantage
as the exposed cards nat u r ally v ar y greatl y as regards
the proportion from each suit If you use the f ull pack
there m ust of necessity be eight of each s u it ; where as
if only seventeen are deal t six or se ven or even eight of
one sui t might appear on the ta ble and it is obvious
that the preponderance of any suit would greatly a ffect
the read ing
Some D iviners obj ect to the se ven packs m ai ntaining
tha t it is fal se art to have one hea p for what you don t
expect
and another for
The six th
the Surp rise
heap is also rather feeble an d c er tai nl y looks as if it had
o rigi nally been in cluded to m ake the num ber un even
T his School of D ivi ners therefore deal o ff thirteen cards
o nly from the full pack of thi rty two and buil d up only
ve heaps for yourself
your home
what you
expect
the Surpri se
your wish
an d
WE E K S
H A PPE N I NG S
The enquirer shoul d well shui e the pack and cut the m
with the left han d in to three heaps as before e xplai ned
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The Diviner now takes the top card of e ach heap face
downwards and places them so as to start a row of fte e n
c ards the top card of the left hand heap being r st re
moved The cards are th en re S huf ed and cut as before
the Divin er agai n removing the top car d fro m each heap
and adding them to the row This is r e peat e d ve times
so that fteen car ds face downwards are ranged on the
tabl e from l eft to right
The Divin er now turns over face upwards the extreme
card at either end and reads the mean i ng which applies
to the following day S pecial importanc e attaches t o the
s ui t colours whi ch will certainly S how whether that day
will be a fo r t u nate one or not
I n many c ases the i nn er meaning of the cards is never
con sidered at all thi s method b e ing used on the Continent
to determ in e simply an d solely which w ill b e the for
t un ate and unfo rt u nate days in the we ekSunday count
in g as the rst day of cour se
Rememb e r that the right
hand c ard is the more impo r tant for inst an c e a Spade
on the right an d a Club on the left woul d indi cate that
thi ngs woul d c e rtai nl y go wrong in the e ar ly part of the
day but would rapi dl y improve after noon Whereas
a Club on the right and a Spade on the left would indicate
a prosperous morning followed by a calamitous afternoon
and evening
When using thi s s i m ple form of Divination no l ist of
meanin gs has to be cons u lted which in many cases is a
great advantage ; it is therefore an excellent companio n
method to the one al ready descri bed for answering ques
tions by the s ui t colours of the car ds turned up
Fo urteen cards are turned up in this way two and
two l e aving the centre card face downwards on the table
The Diviner should now note on a slip of pap e r the
point values of each pair of cards in case the en qui rer
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T H RE E Q U E S TI ONS A NS WE RE D
This is a simple method of D ivin ation that does not
require any cons ul tation of Tables of Meanings
The
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D I VI NAT I ON
O BS TA C LE S
BY
D I VI NAT I ON
P AI R S
BY
A ND
T R IPLE TS
C AR D F ORT UN E TELLI N G
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D I V I NA TION
BY
T HE
S PA D E S U IT
led
This process is repea ted for a third time and then the
type car d must be looked for i i it is not already in the
row it must be found and added at the end The Diviner
now co un ts the thi rd seventh and thi rteenth card fro m
the type card in each case counting the type card as one
These three cards are not re m oved fro m the row but can
be pulled down a little below the leve l of the others as
they form the domin ant trio in this m ethod
wi thou t b ei ng
re shu
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TH E
BY
A CE S
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96
97
98
I OO
N ext come
H e arts which u sually si gnify j oy li berality
Spade s
the
d elay quarrels and annoyance ; and
orst
suit
of
all
grief sickness and loss of money
w
W e are of course speaki ng generally as in many cases
t he position of cards e ntir e ly chang e s their si gn i c ati o n
t heir individual and r e lative meaning being oft e n wid e ly
Thus for example the King of Hearts the
d i ffe rent
N ine of Hearts and the Nine of Clubs respectively signify
a liberal man j oy and success in love ; but change
t h e ir position by placing the Kin g between the two Nine s
then rich and happy
a n d you wo ul d r e ad that a man
w ould be ere long consign e d to a prison
The individual meaning attached t o the thi rty two
C ards employ e d i s as follows
Ace of Clubs S ign i es j oy great wealth or good news
R e ve rs e d the j oy will b e of bri e f duration
King of Club s A frank lib e ral affectionate upright
fond of serving his friends Reversed
a n d faithful man
h e will meet with a disappointment
Queen of Clubs An affectionate woman but quick
tempered rather amorous one that will yield her maid e n
per son t o a g e nerous lover happy and loving will b e
Reve rsed j ealous and malicious
m arri e d
Jack of Clubs
A clever young man g e nerous and
R e ve rsed a harml e ss irt and at terer
s incere
Ten of Club s Gre at wealth succ ess or grandeur
R eversed want of succ e ss in some small matt e r
Nine of Club s Unexp e ct e d gain or a l e gacy R e
vers e d some tri i ng pre sent you will displease yo ur
m
'
'
i ri en ds
I or
s
Ace of Heart
A love l e tt e r or some pleasant news
R e versed a fri e nd s vi sit
King of Heart s A fair compl e xion liberal man Re
ve rs e d will m ee t with di sap pointment
Que e n of H e art s A mild amiable woman a grea t
b e auty R e ve rs e d has be e n cro ss e d in love
Jack of Heart s A gay young bache lor who dream s
only of pl e asur e fond of racing Re ve rsed a discont e nt e d
military man
Re
Ten of Heart s I ndicat e s happin e ss triumph
ve rsed som e slight anxiety
Nine of Hearts Joy satisfaction succes s are your
d e light Re ve rs e d a passing chagrin
Eight of Heart s A fair person s a ffe ctions Reversed
indifference on their part
Seve n of H e art s Will b e happily married plea san t
thought s tranquillity
Reverse d e nnui we arin ess
Ace of Diamond s Shows a pe rson fond of rural sports
also fond O f garde ning I t al so signies a l e tter soon t o
b e received ; a n d if the card be r e versed containin g
bad news
K ing of Diamond s A fair man of a ery t e mp e r
g e n erally in the army but both cunning and dange rous
Reve rsed a thre at e ned dang e r caused by machination s
on his part
Queen of Diamonds An ill bred scandal loving woman
unst eady Revers e d she i s to b e gr e atly f e are d
Jack of Diamonds A t ale bearing s e rvant or u n
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CA R D F ORTUNE TELLIN G
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C AR D F ORT UN E TE LLIN G
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s
Three Seven
Sickn ess pre m ature old age ; reversed
slight and brief indi sposition
Two Sevens Levity ; reversed regret
Any picture card between two others of e qua l value
as two Tens two Aces e ta denotes that the person
represented by that card runs the risk of a prison
I t requir es no gr eat effort to commit the se sign ic ati on s
t o memory but it mus t b e rememb e red that th ey are but
w hat the al phabe t is to the print e d book a little attention
and practice however will soon enable the learner to form
thes e mystic letters into word s and words into phr ases in
other language to assemble these cards together and read
the events past and t o come the i r pictured faces pretend
to reveal
There are several ways of doin g thi s but we will give
them al l so as to a fford our readers an ample C hoice of
m ethods of pryin g in to fut urity
,
D E A LI N G
C A RD S
TH E
BY
10
T H RE E S
First take the pack of thi rty two sel e cted cards ( v iz
the Ace King Queen Jack Ten Nine Eight and Seven
of each suit ) ha v i ng b e fore xed upon the one you intend
t o represent yourself suppo sing always you are makin g
the e ssay on your own b ehalf I f not it must r e pre sent
the person for whom you are acting I n doing thi s it is
n e c essary to rememb e r that the card chos e n should b e
ccor di n g to the compl e xion of the choos e r King or Que e n
of Diamonds for a very fair person the same of Hearts fo r
o n e rath e r darker Clubs for o n e dark e r still and Spad e s
only for one very dark indeed The card chosen also lo ses
its signi cation and simply b e com es the re pre s e ntative of
a dark or fair man or wom an as the case may b e
Having settl e d this point shufe the cards and eithe r
cut th e m or have the m cut for you ( accordi ng to wh e ther
you are acting for yours e lf or another person ) taking care
to use the left hand That don e turn them up by thr ee s
and eve ry tim e you nd in the se tripl e ts two of the same
suit such as two H e arts
two Clubs e tc withdraw the
highest card and place it on the table b e fore you If the
triplet should chance to b e all of the same suit the highest
card is still to be the only o n e withdrawn ; but sho ul d i t
consist of thr ee of the same value but di fferent suits such
the y are all to be appropriated We
as three Kings e t c
wi ll suppose that after ha v ing turned up the cards three
by three you have b e en able to withdr aw si x leavin g
twenty six which you shufe and cut and again turn up
by t hr ees acting pre cis e ly as you di d before until you
have Obtained either t hi rteen ft e en or seve nt ee n cards
Recollect that the numb e r mus t always b e un e ve n and
that the card r e presenting the person for whom the essay
is made must make one of it Even if the requisite thirteen
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fteen or seve nte e n have been obtained and this one has
n o t made its appearance
the O p eration mu st be r ec o m
m en c e d
Let us suppos e the person whose fortune is being
r e ad to be a lady repres e nted by the Que en of H e arts
and that fteen cards have be e n obtained and laid out
in t he form of a half circl e i n the order they we re drawn
viz the S ev e n of Clubs t he Ten of Diamonds the Seven
of H e arts the Jack of Clubs the King of Diamond s the
Nine of Diamond s the Ten of Hearts the Que e n of Spade s
t he Eight of H e art s t h e Jack of Diamonds the Qu e en of
Heart s the Nin e of Club s the S e v e n of Spad e s the Ace
of Clubs and the Eight of Spade s Having considered your
card s you will nd among th e m two Queens two Jack s
two Tens thre e Sev ens two E ig hts and two Nines you
are therefore able t o announce
The two Quee ns signify t he r e union O f friends
the
two Jacks that there is mi schi e f being made be twe en
th e m Th ese two T e ns denote a C hange of profession
which fro m one of them b eing between two Sev e ns I see
w ill not be eff e cted without some di fculty t he cause of
w hich according t o th e s e three Seve ns will be ill ness
H owe ver the s e two Nines promise some small gain
10
a Surprise
Then continue t o deal the cards t o each of
the three packs in turn until the ir number is exhausted
when it will b e found that the l eft hand and middl e packs
contain each ve cards whilst the one on the right hand
consists of only four
N ow ask the person consulting you to select one of the
three packs \Ve will suppo se this t o be the middle one
and that the cards comprising it are the Jack of Diamonds
the King of Diamonds the Seven of Spades the Queen of
Spades and the Sev e n of C lubs These by recollectin g
our previous instructions regarding the individu al an d
relative signi cation of the cards are e as ily interpreted as
follows
The Jack of Clubs a fai r young man posse ssed of
no delicacy of feeling who seeks t o inj ur ethe King of
Diamonds a fa ir m an in uniform S e ven of Spad es an d
wil l succeed in causing hi m some annoyance the Que e n
of Spade s at the instigation of a spiteful woman Seve n
of Club s but by mean s of a small sum of money matters
10
ue
e
n
of
Hearts
the lady who se fortune is b e ing
Q
told is or soon will be in a house
Jack of Clubs wh e re
she wil l m ee t with a d ark young man who Eight of
Hearts will entreat her as si stanc e to forward his interests
with a fair girl Nine of Diamondshe having met with
d e lays and disappointment Ace of Club s but a lett e r
will arrive announcing the po sse ssion of money which will
The third pack i s for thos e who did not expe ct it and
w ill be composed of four cards ; le t us say the Ten of
H e art s Nin e of Clubs Eight of Spades and Ten of
Diamonds sign ifying
The Ten of Hearts a n un expected piece of good
fortun e and gr e at happiness Nin e of Club sc aused by an
unlook e d for l egacy Eight of Spades which j oy may
perhaps b e followe d by a slight sickn e ssTen of Spade s
for
the Surpris e
Thi s howe ve r must b e left u m
touch e d the other cards gathere d up shufed cut and
again laid out in thre e pack s not forgetting at the rst
CA R D FORTUNE TELL I N G
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No
D E AL I N G
TH E
C A RD S
BY
S E VE N S
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pades
revers
d
to make proposals to her which will not
e
S
be acc e pted
On looking back t o the list of sign i catio n s it w il l be
found to run thus
Jack of Hearts A gay young bachelor who thi nks only
o f plea sure
Ace of Diamond s A letter soon to be received
Que e n of Club s An affectionate wom an but quick
t emp e r e d and touchy
Eight of Spade s I f revers e d a marriage broken off or
o ff e r refused
I t will thus be se e n that each card forms as it were a
hrase
from
an
ass
e mblage of which nothing but a littl e
p
practic e i s required to form complet e sent e nces Of this
we will give a furt her example by in terpr e ting the sign i
The
t hos e who do not e xp e ct it
and the Surprise
r st of these
for the house we wi ll suppose to consist
o f the Qu e en of Heart s the Jack of Spad e s reve rsed the
A c e of Clubs and the N ine of Diamond s which reads
t hus :
The Queen of H e arts is a fair woman mild and amiable
i n dispo sition who Jack of Spades reversed will be de
c ei v e d by a dark ill bred young man the Ace of Clubs
b u t she will rece ive so m e good n e ws which will console
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No 4 TH E
.
T WE NT Y
C A RD S
O NE
After having shuf ed the thi rty two cards and cut or
had th e m cut with the left hand withdr aw from the pack
t he rst e l e v e n and lay the m on one S ide
The remaind e r
twenty one in all are to be S hu i e d again and ou t That
done lay the topmo st card on one side to form the S ur
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woman
agency
King
of
Hearts
s
A fair man of li beral
a
di sposition Nin e of Clubs will receive a large sum of
m oney Jack of Spad e s reversed which will expose him
to the mali ce of a d ar k youth of coarse manners Seven
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C HAPTER VIII
U NU S UAL
S OME
ME TH OD S OF TE LL I N G
TH E
L U NA R S Y S TE M
OF
T E LL I N G
1 16
118
CA RD FORTUN E TELLIN G
and
di stribut e twe nty one cards thus cov e ring all the thr e e
lower rows Thi s l e av e s only thr e e cards in hand so
w hat e v e r happe ns you cannot go furth e r and would have
t o r e ad the card s as th e y lie with only o n e personal card
t o guid e you unl ess the s e cond has now been expo sed
B ut in mo st case s when one pe rsonal card is e xpos e d in
t he top row its companion will app e ar d uring thi s s e cond
d elive ry of the cards
Now suppo se t he one per son al card is shown in the
s e cond row of the original layout You now start cove ring
by placi n g a fr esh card from the unus e d portion of the pack
o n to the r st card of t he third row and continue to t he
end of the squar e Thi s m eans t he addition of fourt ee n
c ard s
but still l e ave s only twe nty eight cards e xpos e d
I t i s quite probable that the se cond pe rsonal card w ill
now b e vi sibl e in which ca se your pr e paration i s complete
a n d you read t he cards as w e shall e xpl a in
But if by C hanc e the se cond per sonal card i s not then
shown you are al lowed a third att e mpt But you must
b e careful to rememb e r that you onl y hav e ten card s in
hand now and you m u st cove r whole rows at a time or
non e at all So in this case instead of starting with the
r st card of th e third row you l e ave that row intact an d
p lace a fre sh card on the rst place in the bottom row
This again l e aves you wi th three cards in hand and you
proceed to your divination as b e for e explain e d whether
the s e cond person al card is expo se d or not
I f the o n e e xpo se d p ersonal card is in the third row of
t he original s quare you can of cour se only r e cove r the
bottom row which you proce e d t o do Wh e n you have
a dd e d se v e n cards se e if t h e second p e r sonal card i s now
expos e d if it i s you stop and give your r e ading I f not
o u d e al out s e v e n more c ards and again e xamin e th e m
y
O bviously you can do this three times when you have only
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S E P H A R I AL
M E TH O D
1 22
S E P H A R I AL
M E T H OD
I N TE R P RE TA T I O N
No s
and
1 24
D E AL I N G
TH E
C A RD S
BY
S I!
TE E N S
1 25
S OME I TA LI A N M E TH OD S
The pack of thirty two cards are we ll shu fed an d cut
o nce The pre sent method is dependent upon the suit
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30
TH E
F A TE F U L S QU A RE
OF
S E VE N S
1 32
THE
FA
TEF
UL
SQ
UA R
OF
S E VE N S
1 33
C ARD FO RT UN E TELL I N G
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C HAPTER I !
TH E
A ROT
OR D
IVI NAT I ON CA RD S
tell ing
the cards with an ordi nary pack most
pe ople will be anxious t o test the powers of the ancient
Tarocchi cards as these were originally used sole ly for this
purpose and not for gambling gam e s
We have already e xplained the pecul iar arrangement
of the pack which contains seventy eight cards and we
have suggested that a pack co ul d easily be prep ared at
home The pack is technical ly compos e d of two uneven
sectionsthere were four suits containing fourt e en cards
each and thi s portion of the pack was known as the Minor
or L e sser Arcana
I n addition th e re were twenty two
other cards all single and without suits or sequence
these were kn own as the Maj or or Great e r Arcana and have
never been u sed for any other purpo se than divination
The Maj or Arcana consists of twenty one numb e r e d cards
and one unnumbered and for practical pur poses this
s e ries of simple n u mbers would be su i c i en t I f a pa ck
can be pu rchas e d the cards wil l probably be found
numbered in addition to havin g speci al designs upon
them
I t is a curious fact that the Hebrew alphabet contains
twenty two letters and it i s claimed that th e r e is a con
n e c ti o n between the two
This may be the cas e but the
presence of an unnumb e red card rai ses a di f cu lty should
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y ea r
WAIVDS [cu/ 5 5!
R OT O R
I V I NA T I ON C A
RD S
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40
1 41
1 42
illn e ss i n
owing to serious
oth e r word s as shown on the
card our nake d or natural impot e nc e I t ne e d not n eces
sari l y b e an evil in u e nce
but it is one that we cannot
resist The old supers tition of course was that every one
of us had a good spirit behind our right shoulder and an
evil one b ehind our left This superstition remains strong
to day In its normal po sition thi s fateful card can be
either good or evil but reversed it i s invariably a bad sign
The Sixteenth card also shows the strong force of the
occul t powers controlling our d e stinie s and it is invariably
represented by a building struck and shattered by light
ning Its signicance is Misery Adve rsity Disgrace or
even Ruin
It cove rs some unforeseen or un e xpected
calamity as indicated by the lightning When r e versed
this card loses much of its malignity though with bad
cards near it might S how imprisonment
Following this shock we have the Star for our next
card and as in so many other cases a nake d woman is
shown This card number Sevent e en repres e nts Hope
and when reversed the reading is unfort un ate Loss
Theft or Privation of some sort
The Eighteenth card shows us the Full Moon looking
down on an uncared for path that appare ntly leads nowhere
It r e pre s e nts H i dden Dangers D e c e ption Error of Judg
ment and so on Rever sed it make s the deception our
44
C up s
H ea rts
or
Kin g This can repre sent a fair man as with the ordinary
p ack of card s but as a rule it shows kindness or warmth
o f heart
Reve rsed suspicion di strust
Queen A fair woman al so success or happiness R e
v ersed i t indicat e s interference by some woman
t
Knigh
This Court card does not of course app e ar in
t he mod e rn pack
I t represents tru st or condence
R e ve rs e d cunning or trickery
Jac k The Jack would repre sent a young person e ither
Otherwise it
y outh or maid e n if us e d for an individual
shows hone sty of purpo se straightforwardness R e vers e d
d eception
I n fact the meaning is ve ry similar t o that of
t he Knight
Ten The Town where the en quirer live s in some cases
t he actual house itself
Ap ar t from this it shows the
e nquir e r s position or local r e putation
Reversed it would
i ndicate opposition and di sputes but of a local C haract e r
p ossibly in one s own household
Nin e Success or advantage This is al ways a fortunate
c ard and the reversed position show s mistakes mad e by
the enquirer thus j eopardising succ ess but it doe s not
i ndicate failure
Eigh t This c ard r e presents friendship and affection
R e v e rs e d the meaning is still good but it shows gaiety or
The good meaning b e com es
p leasure instead of affection
p hysical or material instead of mental or what w e call
o f the hea rt
Seven Some proj ect the enquir e r has in view This
m eaning re m ains the same when the card is revers e d
,
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fortunat e in its normal position whil e the re ve rsed po si
tions on the whol e indicat e d e lay rather than lack of
succe ss An e arly design for thi s suit was the Acorn which
obviously r e pre sented succ essful agricultur e an e ssential
feature of primitive lif e Th e n came the Cup also in its
more mod ern fashion a S ign of material succ esso r at any
rate the n e c essary social po sition to e nable you to enter
tain The Western H eart is m e r ely a carel ess adaptation of
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or mistake n copy of the Acorn po ssibly done in some
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sid e d square I t is som etim e s arranged in
C ircles and i n various fantastic forms but the method we
give is the simpl est I n eve ry cas e what e ve r the design
u se d the re ading i s the sam e so the r e is no advantage in
using a complicat e d gur e unle ss you are anxious t o
mystify the enquirer
The m e thod of di v ination i s based upon the ide a that the
right hand el e ven cards of the square and also of the triangle
r e pres e nt the Past ; the upp e rmost row of square and
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triangle show the Pre s e nt while the left hand e leven cards
o f e ach gure will indicate the Future
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o f which the chosen card repr e se nting the enquir e r and
shown in t he c e ntre of t he Triangle in the diagram is
This card is combined with numb ers I and
always one
3 4 the two bottom card s of the s e rie s showing the Past
then with 2 and 3 5 and so o n with each couple for Past
Present and Future
Anoth e r simpl e method is for the e nquirer t o shu fe the
pack and then the se er arra n ges a row of sevent e e n cards
in sequ e nce beginning with the t op card of the pack
This makes the ninth card t he e xact c e ntr e either fro m
the right or from the left The cards are read in thre e s
as in the Gr eat Figure but in thi s ca se the centr e card
repre sents the e nquirer and you pair from the ends Thus
you read cards I 9 1 7 tog e ther for the immediate Pre s e nt
or for some incid e nt in the Past which the e nquirer can
name as a starting point such as a rec e nt business arrang e
m e nt a proposal of marriag e and so on Then you read
cards 2 9 1 6 together for a few days further ah e ad num
b e rs 3 9 1 5 for lat e r still and so on for the whol e row
This method does not take long and is con sidered v e ry
e ffe ctive for dealing when a simple straightforward divina
tion is required such as in the case s indicated
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