{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_42008/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_42008","id":"gutenberg_42008","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42008","summary":null,"tags":["Card games","Category: How To ...","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Fortune-telling","Fortune-telling by cards"],"text":"TELLING FORTUNES\n  BY CARDS\n\n  A SYMPOSIUM OF THE SEVERAL ANCIENT AND MODERN\n  METHODS AS PRACTICED BY ARAB SEERS AND SIBYLS\n  AND THE ROMANY GYPSIES, WITH PLAIN EXAMPLES AND\n  SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS TO ENABLE ANYONE TO ACQUIRE\n  THE ART WITH EASE\n\n  Gathered From Authentic Sources By\n  MOHAMMED ALI\n\n  (_EDITED BY CARLETON B. CASE_)\n\n  [Illustration]\n\n  NEW YORK\n  SHREWESBURY PUBLISHING CO.\n  PUBLISHERS\n\n\n\n\n  COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY\n  CHARLES SHREWESBURY\n\n\n\n\nCONTENTS\n\n\n                                                PAGE\n  THE STORY OF JOSEPHINE                           5\n  RESEARCHING GYPSY LORE                           7\n  HOW TO ACQUIRE THE ART                           9\n  CARDS TO BE USED                                 9\n  THE CONSULTANT CARD                             10\n  THE ANCIENT ORACLE                              12\n  METHOD A                                        17\n  MODERN USE OF FIFTY-TWO CARDS                   20\n  METHOD B                                        28\n  METHOD C                                        28\n  METHOD D                                        30\n  METHOD E                                        31\n  METHOD F, THE STAR                              32\n  METHOD G, A SHORTER STAR                        32\n  METHOD H                                        33\n  METHOD I                                        33\n  METHOD J                                        34\n  METHOD K                                        35\n  METHOD L                                        37\n  METHOD M                                        38\n  THE PREFERRED ORACLE, WITH THIRTY-TWO CARDS     40\n  DICTIONARY OF PRIMARY DEFINITIONS               42\n  DICTIONARY OF SECONDARY DEFINITIONS             49\n  GROUPS OF CARDS                                 93\n  COMBINATIONS OF TWO CARDS                       96\n  A WORD OF ADVICE                               101\n  SPECIAL NOTE                                   101\n  DEALING THE CARDS BY THREES                    102\n  DEALING THE CARDS BY FIVES                     109\n  DEALING THE CARDS BY SEVENS                    111\n  DEALING BY FIFTEENS                            113\n  THE TWENTY-ONE CARD METHOD                     117\n  THE WAY TO TELL A FORTUNE                      122\n  THE ITALIAN METHOD                             126\n  THE FLORENCE MODE                              131\n  PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE                       133\n  THE MATRIMONIAL ORACLE                         136\n  THE STAR METHOD                                140\n  SHORTER STAR METHOD                            142\n  WISHES                                         143\n  WISH NO. I.                                    143\n  WISH NO. II.                                   144\n  WISH NO. III.                                  146\n  WISH NO. IV.                                   146\n  WISH NO. V.                                    147\n  WISH NO. VI.                                   150\n  CURIOUS GAMES WITH CARDS                       154\n  LOVERS' HEARTS                                 154\n  LOVE'S LOTTERY                                 154\n  MATRIMONY                                      155\n  CUPID'S PASTIME                                155\n  WEDDING BELLS                                  157\n  MARRIAGE QUESTIONS                             158\n\n\n\n\nTELLING FORTUNES BY CARDS\n\n\nThe art of telling fortunes by cards, known professionally as\nCARTOMANCY, has been practiced for centuries.\n\nIn our day and generation divination by cards is chiefly employed for\namusement and pastime, for the entertainment of one's self or one's\ncompany, or at church fairs, charity bazars, and the like; but in the\ndays of the ancients it was practiced by prophets and sibyls as a\nserious business, and so accepted by all, from king to peasant.\n\nCertainly there were some remarkable coincidences, to call them by no\nother name, in the fulfillment of many cartomantic divinations, of\nwhich history maintains a record. To cite but one:\n\n\nTHE STORY OF JOSEPHINE, EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.\n\nJosephine Tascher de la Pagerie, while in her native land of\nMartinique, had been approached by an aged negress, who astonished her\nthrough declaring to her: \"You will ascend upon the loftiest throne in\nthe world.\"\n\nAlways treasuring the memory of this prediction, Josephine, when the\nwidow of Gen. Beauharnais, during the bitter days of the Reign of\nTerror, was induced to consult a distinguished seeress of the Faubourg\nSt. Germain, who relied upon cartomancy as a means for elucidating the\nmysteries of the past, present, and future. Although her visitor was\ndisguised as a waiting woman, the seeress, through a simple resort to\nher pack of cards, read most correctly the entire past existence of\nher consultant. Then, by the same means, she laid bare the gloomy\npicture of Josephine's present situation; how the prison doors of the\nLuxembourg stood ready to receive her; how the guillotine thirsted for\nher life's blood; how, nevertheless, she would be saved from all these\nimpending dangers through intercession of a young soldier, to her at\nthe time personally a stranger. Subsequently, by a fresh appeal to her\ncards, the seeress threw aside the veil obscuring Josephine's future\ndestiny, predicting her marriage, the onward march of her husband\ntowards fame and power, until finally, after a studious observation of\nthe cards, the cartomancian announced to her skeptical consultant that\non a given day, within the cathedral church of Notre Dame, the unknown\nman she was destined to marry would place upon her head an imperial\ndiadem, and furthermore that she would be hailed, in the presence of\nthe highest ecclesiastical potentate on earth, as \"Empress of the\nFrench,\" and as such would be respected until her death.\n\nThe remarkably rapid and literal fulfillment of the predictions made\nby a professional seeress to an unknown lady, to whom she promised the\nmost exalted of mortal positions, not only astonished the crowd of\ncourtiers, wonder-stricken at realization of this indisputable and\nwell-authenticated augury of miraculous events; but elicited the\nattention of men of intellect and of science, hundreds of whom visited\nthe remarkable prophetess, and in every instance testified to the\naccuracy of her predictions, although at a loss to comprehend the\nsource from whence she attained apparently super-human knowledge. It\nappeared wonderful to these men of science that the mere combination\nof a series of cards, which they had been accustomed to look upon as a\nmere species of diversion, could be employed as well to read the past\nas to penetrate the mysteries of the future; still they were\ncompelled, in an elaborate report made to the Emperor, whose\ncomprehensive mind yearned after explanation of all secrets, mental as\nwell as physical, to state that, while unable to account for the cause\nfor this prophetic knowledge, there could be no rational doubt of its\nexistence.\n\n\nRESEARCHING GYPSY LORE.\n\nThis present treatise on the subject of divination by cards is a\ngathering together in handy form of the best authenticated methods of\nits ancient practice as handed down from the Romany gypsies and the\nseeresses that antedate them. As different nations and different times\nhad their varying interpretations of the values of the cards and\nseparate and distinct methods of laying the cards for readings, as\nwell as fundamental differences in their interpretations of the many\npossible combinations of the various cards, we have decided to lay\nbefore you in this work a complete symposium of each, that the reader\nand student of the art may see before him all the approved methods of\nthe past and choose intelligently that which best pleases or suits his\nconvenience.\n\nAll the old and many of the recent authors that have been consulted in\nthe preparation of this book have been found to insist that divination\nthrough playing-cards is to be relied upon as a truthful exposition of\nthe past and future and a veritable portent of the future. They desire\nto be taken seriously. The present editor has no desire to detract\nfrom this position if it be a fact, nor does he know that it is not a\nfact. His part in this work is that of editor, and there ends. Here he\npresents you with the results of centuries of effort on the part of\nthose who profess to believe sincerely in what they practice and\nteach, and leaves the reader to place as much or as little credence in\nthe truthfulness of their divinations as he chooses.\n\nCertainly there is a wonderful fascination in the mastering of\nCartomancy, in the being able to tell fortunes by the chance falling\nof the cards into this or that position, and in knowing what each card\nand grouping is believed to signify in their relations to the person\nconsulting.\n\n\nHOW TO ACQUIRE THE ART.\n\nThe would-be adept is advised to study in detail every word in this\nbook, as he would any other lesson he desired to master. Learn the\nvarious methods of dealing and of reading the layout; consult the\nseveral interpretations of the meanings and learn to apply them, first\nin reading your own fortune and later that of friends,--this only\nafter you have memorized many of the meanings and acquired a degree of\nfluency in elaborating the \"talk\" or \"patter\" that goes with a\nsuccessful \"reading.\"\n\nNo prophet or seer ever professed that divination by cards is a\nnatural gift. It is universally recognized as being solely the result\nof study and practice, and can be mastered by anyone who has this book\nand gives the subject a little thought and sufficient experimental,\npractical test to acquire proficiency.\n\n\nCARDS TO BE USED IN TELLING FORTUNES.\n\nWhile any ordinary pack of playing cards sold in the usual stores can\nbe used, it is best to secure, if possible, a pack whose face cards\nhave only a single head, inasmuch as when, in dealing, cards come out\nreversed they bear a different signification in some cases, than when\nupright. When, however, the usual double-headed cards are used it is\nonly necessary to make a distinctive mark on the top end of the faces\nof certain ones to secure the same result as though the special\nfortune-telling pack were employed. This mark may be a simple dot or\ncross with pencil or pen, and should be made at one end of the card\nonly, which will then become the top of the card in all cases, and\ncards coming out in the deal with this mark at their tops will be\nconsidered as upright, and with the marked end down, as reversed. The\nonly cards that need to be thus distinguished are: The face cards of\neach suit; the ace, eight, nine and ten of diamonds. (The spot cards\nbelow the seven in any suit are, in most cases, not used. Where they\nare employed, their reversal has no significance.) The top of the\nseven of diamonds, and the other suits, is considered to be the end\nthat has the extra central pip. Spot cards of the three suits other\nthan diamonds usually require no mark to determine their top or\nbottom. The \"handles\" of all spades and clubs, and the sharp points of\nall hearts, point downward when those cards are upright; hence when\nthey point upward the cards are considered as reversed. If, however,\nany other cards than those here mentioned are so printed as to make it\ndifficult to distinguish the top from the base, you should mark them\nat the top.\n\n\nTHE ONE SPECIAL CARD--THE CONSULTANT.\n\nIn some of the methods of fortune-telling by cards it is essential to\nhave a special card as the representative of the party seeking the\nresponse of the oracle. This is commonly called the \"Consultant.\" If\nthere is a joker in your pack, or an extra blank card, as is the case\nin many packs, use one of them as the Consultant, marking this card to\nshow which is its top, as its reversal has its own signification. If\nthere is neither joker nor blank card, use the discarded deuce of\neither suit in the pack, with a mark at its top end.\n\n\n\n\nTHE ANCIENT ORACLE\n\n\nVarious meanings have been ascribed to the individual cards in\ndifferent countries and times, several lists of which, and they the\nknown standards of the art, are given throughout this book. The first\nlist of interpretations that we present is from a very ancient work,\nfirst published in 1600 or a little later. This, it will be noticed,\ndefines the entire fifty-two cards of the pack and has no separate\nsignification for any card being upright or reversed; in either\nposition the cards' meanings are the same.\n\nSuit values are as follows: Clubs lead and mostly portend happiness\nand good business arrangements, and no matter how numerous or how\naccompanied by cards of other suits are seldom considered as bearers\nof other than the very best augury. Next comes hearts, which are\nusually taken to signify love-making, invitations, and good friends;\ndiamonds, money; and spades, annoyances, sickness or worry, sometimes\nloss of money.\n\n\n_Clubs._\n\n  Ace--Great wealth, much prosperity, and tranquillity of mind.\n\n  King--A man who is humane, upright and affectionate; faithful in\n    all his undertakings. He will be happy himself, and make every\n    one around him so.\n\n  Queen--A tender, mild and rather susceptible woman, who will be\n    very attractive to the opposite sex.\n\n  Jack--An open, sincere and good friend, who will exert himself\n    warmly in your welfare.\n\n  Ten--Speedy wealth.\n\n  Nine--Obstinacy and disagreeables connected therewith.\n\n  Eight--A covetous person, extremely fond of money; that he will\n    obtain it but not make a proper use of it.\n\n  Seven--The most brilliant fortune and the most exquisite bliss\n    this world can afford, but beware of the opposite sex, from\n    these alone can misfortune be experienced.\n\n  Six--A lucrative partnership.\n\n  Five--Marriage to a person who will improve your circumstances.\n\n  Four--Inconstancy and change.\n\n  Trey--Three wealthy marriages.\n\n  Deuce--Opposition or disappointment.\n\n\n_Diamonds._\n\n  Ace--A letter.\n\n  King--A man of fiery temper, continued anger, seeking revenge, and\n    obstinate in his resolutions.\n\n  Queen--A coquette, and fond of company.\n\n  Jack--However nearly related, will look more to his own interest\n    than yours, will be tenacious in his own opinions, and fly off if\n    contradicted.\n\n  Ten--A country husband (or wife), with wealth, and many children;\n    also a purse of gold.\n\n  Nine--A surprise about money.\n\n  Eight--Unhappy marriage late in life.\n\n  Seven--Waste of goods, and losses.\n\n  Six--An early marriage and widowhood, but a second marriage would\n    probably be worse.\n\n  Five--Success in enterprises; if married, good children.\n\n  Four--Vexation and annoyance.\n\n  Trey--Quarrels, lawsuits, and domestic disagreements, your partner\n    for life will be a vixen, bad tempered, and make you unhappy.\n\n  Deuce--Your heart will be engaged in love at an early period, but\n    you will meet with great opposition.\n\n\n_Hearts._\n\n  Ace--Feasting and pleasure, and is also the house. If attended\n    with spades it is quarreling; if by hearts, friendship and\n    affection; if by diamonds, you will hear of an absent friend;\n    if by clubs, merry-making and rejoicing.\n\n  King--A man of good natured disposition, hot and hasty, rash in\n    his undertakings, and very amorous.\n\n  Queen--A woman of fair complexion, faithful and affectionate.\n\n  Jack--A person of no particular sex, but always the dearest friend\n    or nearest relation of the consulting party. It is said that you\n    must pay great attention to the cards that stand next to the jack,\n    as from them alone you are supposed to judge whether the person\n    it represents will be favorable to your inclinations or not.\n\n  Ten--A good heart, it is supposed to correct the bad tidings of the\n    cards that stand next it; if its neighboring cards are of good\n    report, it is supposed to confirm their value.\n\n  Nine--Wealth, grandeur, and high esteem; if cards that are\n    unfavorable stand near it, disappointments and the reverse.\n    If favorable cards follow these last at a small distance,\n    you will retrieve your losses, whether of peace or goods.\n\n  Eight--Drinking and feasting.\n\n  Seven--A fickle and unfaithful person.\n\n  Six--A generous, open and credulous disposition, easily imposed\n    on, but the friend of the distressed.\n\n  Five--A wavering and unsettled disposition.\n\n  Four--The person will not be married till quite late in life, which\n    will proceed from too great a delicacy in making a choice.\n\n  Trey--Your own imprudence will greatly contribute to your\n    experiencing much ill will from others.\n\n  Deuce--Extraordinary good future and success; though if\n    unfavorable cards attend this will be a long time delayed.\n\n\n_Spades._\n\n  Ace--Has to do with love affairs generally. Death when the card is\n    upside down.\n\n  King--A man ambitious and successful at court, or with a great man\n    who will befriend him, but let him beware of a reverse.\n\n  Queen--A woman who will be corrupted by the rich of both sexes.\n    Also a widow.\n\n  Jack--A person, who, although he has your interest at heart, will\n    be too indolent to pursue it.\n\n  Ten--Is supposed to be a card of bad import, and in a great\n    measure to counteract the good effects of the cards near it.\n\n  Nine--Is professed to be the worst card of the pack; dangerous\n    sickness, total loss of fortune and calamities; also endless\n    discussion in your family.\n\n  Eight--Opposition from your friends. If this card comes out close\n    to you, leave your plan and follow another.\n\n  Seven--Loss of a valuable friend, whose death will plunge you in\n    very great distress.\n\n  Six--Very little interpretation of your success.\n\n  Five--Good luck in the choice of your companion for life, who will\n    be fond of you. Bad temper and interference.\n\n  Four--Sickness.\n\n  Trey--Good fortune in marriage, an inconstant partner, and that\n    you will be made unhappy thereby.\n\n  Deuce--A death or disagreeable removal.\n\n\nMETHOD A.\n\n  Using 52 Cards and the Foregoing Interpretations.\n\nTake a pack of fifty-two cards and shuffle them three times well over,\nand making the significator whichever queen you please (if a lady\nperforms the operation for herself; or king, if a gentleman), then\nproceed to lay them on the table, nine in a row, and wherever the\noperator finds himself placed, count nine cards every way, not\nforgetting the said significator, then it will be seen what card the\nsignificator comes in company with, and read from that.\n\nWhen several diamonds come together, the interpretation is that some\nmoney will soon be received; several hearts, love; several clubs,\ndrink and noisy troublesome company; several spades, trouble and\nvexation.\n\nIf two red tens come next to the significator marriage or prosperity,\nthe ace of hearts is the house, the ace of clubs a letter, the ace of\nspades death, spite, or quarreling (for this is supposed to be the\nworst card in the pack), the ten of diamonds a journey, the three of\nhearts a salute, the three of spades tears, the ten of spades\nsickness, the nine of spades sad disappointment or trouble, to the\nnine of clubs is ascribed a jovial entertainment or reveling, the nine\nof hearts feasting, the ten of clubs traveling by water, the ten of\nhearts some place of amusement, the five of hearts a present, the five\nof clubs a bundle, the six of spades a child, the seven of spades a\nremoval, the three of clubs fighting, the eight of clubs confusion,\nthe eight of spades a roadway, the four of clubs a strange bed, the\nnine of diamonds business, the five of spades a surprise, the two red\neights new clothes, the three of diamonds speaking with a friend, the\nfour of spades a sick bed, the seven of clubs a prison, the two of\nspades a false friend, the four of hearts the marriage bed.\n\nIf a married lady doth lay the cards, she must then make her husband\nthe king of the same suit she is queen of; but if a single lady, she\nmust make her lover what king she may think proper. The jacks of the\nsame suits are supposed to be men's thoughts, so that they may know\nwhat they are thinking of, counting nine cards from where they are\nplaced, and it is said if any lady should wish to know whether she\nshall obtain her desires in any particular subject, matter, or thing\nwhatsoever, let her shuffle the cards well, most seriously and\nearnestly wishing all the time for one thing; she must then cut them\nonce, particularly observing at the same time what card that is which\nshe cuts, then shuffle them and deal them out in three parcels, and if\nthat said particular card which she has cut doth come next herself, or\nnext the ace of hearts, it is taken that she will have her wish, but\nif the nine of spades is next to her she judges the contrary, as that\nis supposed to be a disappointment; however, she may try it three\ntimes, taking the major number of testimonies as a ground whereon to\nplace her judgment. This method of using the cards is both innocent\nand will afford amusement.\n\n\n\n\nMODERN USE OF 52 CARDS\n\n\nHere we present the more modern adaptation of the entire pack of 52\ncards to the fortune-teller's use. As the meanings differ materially\nfrom the ancient list just given, another complete list and several\ncombinations are presented.\n\nIn the modern usage, Diamonds take precedence and are considered to\nmean money, riches and success.\n\nHearts next, love affairs, friendship, amusement and pleasure.\n\nClubs, business matters, whether investments, appointments or\nsettlements.\n\nSpades, losses or grief, trouble and anxiety, sometimes sickness and\ndeath.\n\nThe various combinations are supposed to either accelerate or mitigate\nthe several meanings.\n\nFor instance--the ace of diamonds coming with the ace of spades, a\nrailway journey--the nine of spades, usually taken to be a bad card,\nbut coming with diamonds, speedy good luck, etc.\n\n\n_Diamonds._\n\n  Ace--An offer or a ring.\n\n  King--A fair man, a military man, or a diplomatist.\n\n  Queen--A fair woman, fond of pleasure and amusement.\n\n  Jack--The thoughts of either king or queen.\n\n  Ten--A legacy or property.\n\n  Nine--A good surprise about money.\n\n  Eight--Meetings about money matters.\n\n  Seven--A check or paper money; sometimes scandal.\n\n  Six--An offer of some kind, generally to do with money matters.\n\n  Five (supposed to be the best card in the pack)--Health, wealth\n    and happiness.\n\n  Four--A short journey.\n\n  Three--Time, within three to four weeks.\n\n  Two--A secret or something unexpected.\n\n\n_Hearts._\n\n  Ace--The house.\n\n  King--A rather fair man in society; sometimes a sailor.\n\n  Queen--A fair woman in society, but kind and good natured.\n\n  Jack--Thoughts of either king or queen.\n\n  Ten--An entertainment or festivity.\n\n  Nine--Great happiness and the wish card.\n\n  Eight--Love making or friendship.\n\n  Seven--A puzzle or indecision, doubt.\n\n  Six--Love affairs, sometimes an offer.\n\n  Five--Marriage, sometimes a new admirer.\n\n  Four--A small invitation, such as a dinner or evening party.\n\n  Three--Time, within a week.\n\n  Two--Kisses or trifling present.\n\n\n_Clubs._\n\n  Ace--A letter.\n\n  King--A clever dark man, often a professional man, or in business.\n\n  Queen--A clever, amusing woman, sometimes a little satirical.\n\n  Jack--Thoughts of king or queen.\n\n  Ten--A new appointment, investment or settlement.\n\n  Nine--Relates to documents, papers, often a will.\n\n  Eight--A journey by road or vehicle.\n\n  Seven--A warning or unprofitable business.\n\n  Six--A very poor business offer or else money borrowed.\n\n  Five--News, either from the country or some one coming therefrom.\n\n  Four--A journey by land on business.\n\n  Three--Time, three to four months.\n\n  Two--A good friend, in some cases a slight disappointment.\n\n\n_Spades._\n\n  Ace--Spite, death, or worry; sometimes a large town.\n\n  King--A lawyer, widower or old man; a very dark man.\n\n  Queen--A very dark woman, a widow; a spiteful, malicious woman.\n\n  Jack--Thoughts of king or queen.\n\n  Ten--At night-time, imprisonment.\n\n  Nine (supposed to be a very bad card)--Grief, suffering, malice,\n    and, with other black cards, death.\n\n  Eight--Across water, sometimes treachery.\n\n  Seven--Poverty, anxiety and annoyance.\n\n  Six--Delay, or a bad character.\n\n  Five--Temper, anger and quarrels.\n\n  Four--Sickness, sometimes a journey caused through sickness.\n\n  Three--By the water, or a very short journey across water.\n\n  Two--Tears and vexation, sometimes a removal.\n\n\nThe following is a _r\u00e9sum\u00e9_ of most of the cards and some curious\ncombinations:\n\n  Four Aces--Honors, dignities, rise in society, or money, friendship\n    with the great; but if all four are reversed, the contrary--debt,\n    bankruptcy, ruin and even disgrace, therefore it is to be noticed\n    particularly how they lie before reading the cards.\n\n  Four Kings--Great good luck, unexpected advancement, good and\n    unlooked-for fortune.\n\n  Four Queens--Society, pleasure, amusements.\n\n  Four Jacks--Thoughts of either king or queen of each suit,\n    friendly gathering.\n\n  Four Tens--Great gain, legacies, happiness.\n\n  Four Nines--Unexpected and sudden news; if two blacks together,\n    not pleasant; if two reds, excellent.\n\n  Four Eights--New appointments, sometimes new associations; two\n    black eights together, mourning; two reds, wedding garments.\n\n  Four Sevens--Intrigues, scandal, opposition and variance.\n\n  Four Sixes--A great surprise or change; two black ones together,\n    vexations; two red ones, good.\n\n  Four Fives--A long and beneficial voyage, money, happiness and\n    health; if two blacks are near, vexation first.\n\n  Four Fours--A birth; two blacks together, a male; two reds, a\n    female.\n\n  Four Threes--Period of time from six to twelve months; sometimes\n    gain or money returned.\n\n  Four Twos--Visitors; two blacks together, disagreeable; two reds,\n    pleasant, and sometimes love-making.\n\n  Three Aces--Great good luck.\n\n  Three Kings--A new friend or acquaintance who will advance you in\n    life.\n\n  Three Queens--Quarrels, disputes, backbiting.\n\n  Three Jacks--A lawsuit or treachery.\n\n  Three Tens--A rise in social life, but not necessarily happiness\n    with it.\n\n  Three Nines--A good removal, unless accompanied by very bad cards.\n\n  Three Eights--Love dreams, and longing for the unattainable, but\n    often wishes or desires postponed; in some cases fresh\n    engagements, but a little worry in obtaining them.\n\n  Three Sevens--Losses of friendship or property; reversed, you will\n    never recover your goods.\n\n  Three Sixes--A very large and brilliant entertainment; if the two\n    black ones come together, disgrace or scandal.\n\n  Three Fives--A delightful and happy meeting with absent friends.\n\n  Three Fours--Strangers or visitors coming to the house from a\n    journey.\n\n  Three Threes--Slight annoyances or vexation caused by malicious\n    tongues.\n\n  Three Twos--A good and staunch friend, but one who will grieve you\n    by a queer temper.\n\n  Two Aces--Strange news quick and speedy, often good luck; two\n    blacks, a telegram; two reds, a pleasant invitation.\n\n  Two Kings--A partnership or friendship.\n\n  Two Queens--A good female friend.\n\n  Two Jacks--Unpleasantness, sometimes only thoughts of people.\n\n  Two Tens--Change of residence or profession.\n\n  Two Nines--A good removal, sometimes business projects or\n    documents, in many cases relating to a will.\n\n  Two Eights--An extraordinary occurrence.\n\n  Two Sevens--Sometimes sudden and unexpected; two blacks, great\n    treachery, especially if reversed.\n\n  Two Sixes--A good friend; two blacks, a nasty, deceitful person,\n    or a great danger, possibly an accident.\n\n  Two Black Fives--Danger from falls, or possibly by water.\n\n  Two Red Fives--Joyful and unexpected news.\n\n  Two Black Fours--Separation or unfriendly meetings.\n\n  Two Red Fours--Good appointments, or good luck.\n\n  Two Red Threes--Pleasant and profitable visitors and friends.\n\n  Two Black Threes--Disappointment and tears.\n\n  Two Black Twos--A departure.\n\n  Two Red Twos--An arrival.\n\n  The Ace, Nine, Ten and Seven of Spades--Divorce.\n\n  Seven and Nine of Spades--Separation.\n\n  Eight of Spades and Seven of Clubs--Prison, or confinement.\n\n  Six and Four of Spades--Sickness and danger.\n\n  Eight and Five of Spades--Malignity, caused by jealousy.\n\n  Six and Seven of Spades--Treachery, scandal, vexation.\n\n  Seven and Two of Spades--Tears caused by unfounded reports--often\n    a false friend.\n\n  Nine and Six of Spades--A bitter and implacable enemy; if good\n    cards follow, you will overcome, but if bad ones, he or she will\n    triumph.\n\n  Three and Two of Spades--A short and not agreeable journey.\n\n  Seven of Hearts and Three of Spades--A journey and a strange\n    adventure thereon.\n\n  Seven, Six and Five of Spades--Thieves, or danger of robbery.\n\n  Queen and Jack of Spades--Widowhood.\n\n  Nine and Ten of Spades--Danger by fire.\n\n  Six and Seven of Spades reversed--A fall or injury.\n\n  Eight and Ten of Spades--News at night, but not very pleasant.\n\n  Ten, Eight and Five of Spades--Broken engagement, or unfulfilled\n    promise.\n\n  Six and Eight of Spades--Delay, postponement.\n\n  Nine, Seven, Six and Five of Spades--Bankruptcy.\n\n  Ace of Diamonds and Ten of Hearts--A marriage engagement.\n\n  Ace of Diamonds and Nine of Hearts--Hopes fulfilled.\n\n  Ten of Hearts and Four of Hearts--Marriage.\n\n  Three Tens and Five of Hearts--Happy love returned.\n\n  Eight of Hearts and Seven of Hearts--Doubt and indecision about an\n    offer.\n\n  Seven of Hearts reversed--A nice and good present.\n\n  Three of Diamonds and Three of Hearts--In nine days.\n\n  Nine of Hearts and Nine of Diamonds--A delightful surprise about\n    money.\n\n  Nine of Hearts and Nine of Clubs--Something to do about a will, in\n    which the consultor is generally successful.\n\n  Eight of Hearts and Nine of Hearts--Great good luck through love.\n\n  Ace, Nine, Seven and Four of Spades--Death.\n\n\nMETHOD B.\n\nA pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled, and cut in three; the\nfirst ten are taken out, then three are missed; another nine are taken\nout, then two are missed; another seven out, five missed; seven out,\nthree missed; three out, one missed; and the last of the pack is\ntaken. They are now laid out in rows of eight each, eight having been\ncounted every way, beginning from the significator. When all are\nfinished, the two extremities are taken, paired and read; they are\nthen gathered together, shuffled, and cut in four parcels; the first\none of each parcel is taken off and put on one side. The packet that\ncomes first is the one that should be read.\n\n\nMETHOD C.\n\n  What is Supposed to Happen Within a Month to Two Months.\n\nA pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled and cut in three, each\nmeaning being read as it turns up. The cards are then turned up one\nby one till a spade is found, which is not withdrawn, but the\nfollowing card, which lay face uppermost on the table. If three spades\nare found in succession the first is missed, but the two next are\ntaken out, as well as the following card, whether diamonds, clubs or\nhearts; this is continued to the end of the pack, then re-commenced\nwithout shuffling or cutting. Should the final card have been a spade,\non beginning the pack afresh the first card should be taken out. The\nsame operation is gone through twice more, in all three times. This\nhaving been done, they are laid in the form of a horseshoe in front of\nthe dealer in the order in which they came, being careful to note that\nthe significator is amongst them. Should it not appear naturally, it\nmust be taken out and placed at the end. Seven are now counted from\nthe one that represents the person consulting the oracle. When they\nhave been read, and the relative meanings ascribed to them explained,\none is taken from each end and paired, their various significations\nbeing interpreted as they turn up. These prognostications are supposed\nto come to pass within two months. A shorter way can be done by taking\nout thirty-two selected cards, viz:--ace, king, queen, jack, ten,\nnine, eight and seven of each suit; they are read in precisely the\nsame way. This is taken to allow a shorter period to elapse, from ten\ndays to a fortnight, but the former is supposed to be the better\nmethod.\n\n\nMETHOD D.\n\nA pack of fifty-two cards is taken, and after being well shuffled they\nare turned up one by one, counting one, two, three, four, five, six,\nseven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king (here the ace counts as\none). If any card should fall on the number counted--thus, supposing a\nfive comes when five is counted, or a king when that card turns up, it\nmust be taken out and placed on the table, face uppermost, before the\ndealer. After counting to a king the counting is re-commenced at one.\nShould two cards follow, such as three and four, eight and nine, etc.,\nthese must be abstracted, also three of a kind, such as three tens,\nthree kings, etc., they must also be taken out; but if three of the\nsame suit they may be passed by. When the pack has been carefully gone\nthrough, shuffled and cut, the process is gone through twice more, in\nall three times. They are now all laid out in rows of four and read.\nWhen this is done they are gathered together and laid two by two,\nthus:--\n\n         NORTH.\n  WEST.          EAST.\n         SOUTH.\n\nOne, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven,\ntwelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and so on till the pack\nis exhausted. Those at the top are the North, those at the bottom are\nthe South, those at the right hand the East, those at the left hand\nthe West. The North is to be read first, as that is supposed to happen\nfirst; the South next, the East next, and the West last.\n\n\nMETHOD E.\n\nThe pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled, and cut in three, the\nmeanings of the cut being read first. Then the significator is taken\nout. The cards are spread on the table, face downwards before the\ndealer, and seven are drawn out at random. The topmost card of the\nseven is taken off and put on one side. The cards are again shuffled\nand cut in three, the cut again read as before; they are laid on the\ntable, seven cards being taken off, the topmost being withdrawn. This\nis to be repeated the third time, still taking off the topmost card.\nThe cards are again shuffled and cut, this time nine each time being\ndrawn out and the topmost two removed. This maneuver has to be\nrepeated three times, each time taking two of the topmost cards. In\nthe first deal, where the first seven cards were removed, there will\nbe eighteen cards; the second time there will be twenty-one remaining\nafter having removed the two of each cut, thus:--The thirty-nine cards\nare spread out in five rows of seven, and four remaining underneath.\nThe significator is now put in the center, and counting every way from\nit, these cards are taken to signify the past and present. The nine\ncards that have been taken from each sevens and nines are to be\nshuffled and looked at. These are supposed to refer entirely to the\nfuture. The three cards that are left out are useless.\n\n\nMETHOD F--THE STAR.\n\nThe pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled, and cut in three, the\ncut being explained as it is shown. The card representing the\nsignificator should be taken out and put in the middle. Three cards\nare now placed above the head, three at the feet, three to the left,\nand three to the right, three at the four corners, and three across\nthe significator. They are interpreted as follows:--First, above the\nhead, then at the feet, then to the right hand, and next to the left;\neach corner to be taken top and bottom opposite. When these are all\nexplained (those across the significator last), they are then paired,\nbeginning with the topmost cards and the bottom cards, from end to\nend.\n\n\nMETHOD G--A SHORTER STAR.\n\nThis is a much shorter way, and instead of placing the cards as they\ncome, they must be first well shuffled by the person consulting, then\nlaid face downwards on the table and nine cards withdrawn (the\nsignificator must be in the center). In this method the cards are\nplaced round the card representing the consultor in the order in which\nthey come, the first card drawn being put at the head of the\nsignificator, and the others in rotation. The nine cards are first\nexplained as they lie, eight round and one over the significator.\nThen the consultor is desired to again draw nine, and these are put\nover the first nine; this is to be repeated a third time, combining\nall the cards as they lay one over the other, three deep, every way.\n\n\nMETHOD H.\n\nThe whole pack is taken, shuffled well, but not cut, every fifth card\nis picked out and laid by, the pack is gone through and every seventh\ncard picked out, every third card must be taken, each fifth, seventh\nand third cards to be laid aside in separate packets; then each packet\nis carefully examined, whether the significator is amongst those\nwithdrawn. If not, he or she must be abstracted and placed at the\nextreme end. Now the third pack is laid out in a row, the second next,\nand the first last, and all that is hidden is said to be shown you,\ncounting three, seven and five from each row, beginning with the\nsignificator. Now two are taken from end to end and read till twelve\nare obtained; they are put on one side; then the rest are gone on with\nfrom end to end until all are exhausted. Then they are all taken up,\nincluding the twelve that were put aside, shuffled, the two first and\nlast are taken off. These three form \"the surprise\"; then parcels of\nfour are dealt, beginning with the first; they are all read in\nrotation and the small \"surprise\" last.\n\n\nMETHOD I.\n\nThe pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled, cut in three, and the\nmeanings ascribed to the cut are explained. Then they are laid in rows\nof five till the whole pack is exhausted, except the two last, which\nare useless. The first row is to represent \"the person for whom you\nare acting\"; the second, \"the house\"; the third, \"your wish\"; the\nfourth, \"the surprise,\" and the fifth, \"what is supposed to come\ntrue.\" The first ten are now read _lengthwise_, the others in the same\nmanner till the fifth row has been explained; then they are taken from\nend to end, each pair being interpreted as arrived at. In this case\nthere is no significator, as the first row is supposed to stand for\nwhat will happen immediately to the consultant. They are all gathered\ntogether, shuffled and cut, and laid in packets of three. The\nconsultor is desired to choose one of the three parcels, and that is\nlaid out first and explained; then follow each of the other two, which\nmust be also read in the same manner.\n\n\nMETHOD J.\n\nThe pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled and cut by the person\nconsulting. They are cut in three and the meanings interpreted. Then\nthey are laid out in rows of sevens, leaving the three last, which are\nnot to be used. Then nine are counted every way, from the significator\nbackwards and forwards, from left to right, and from right to left, up\nand down, always returning to the significator, then crossways from\nend to end. Then they are paired from corner to corner, each card\nbeing explained as it is arrived at, noticing if there should be any\npairs, triplets, etc., amongst them. Then they are gathered up and\nshuffled well, then they are dealt in two packets, the consultant\nbeing desired to choose one. The one taken is supposed to represent\nthe past and present, the other the future. They are laid out and read\npretty much as before.\n\n\nMETHOD K.\n\nA pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled and cut, and divided\nthus:--Every seven, nine and five are to be removed and put on one\nside. The six of clubs, the eight and ten of diamonds are to be\nwithdrawn and put in a place by themselves. Then the rest are shuffled\nand five cards laid out face upwards till the pack is exhausted. It\nwill now be found there are seven rows of five cards each, and two\nremaining; these two are placed with the nines, sevens and fives, to\nbe used later. These cards are read, counting seven every way from the\nsignificator, then gathered together, shuffled and cut, the first\ngroup (seven in number) being first of all withdrawn, which must be\nadded to the nines, sevens and fives already withdrawn. There will now\nbe four groups of seven cards each. The first must be read, the second\nput aside, the third explained, and the fourth laid by. The second and\nfourth are left out entirely and not used. The nines, sevens and fives\nand the first group you have withdrawn are shuffled, cut in two\npackets, and laid out on the table before the dealer. If two red nines\nappear close together, it is taken to show honor, dignity and joy; if\ntwo red sevens and two red fives side by side, great and unexpected\ngood luck, a legacy or money that you don't anticipate; if two red\nfives and the nine of hearts are near each other, a marriage of\naffection; if with the seven of diamonds, a moneyed marriage, but of\nlove; if two red fives and two black sevens, a marriage for money\nwhich will turn out unhappily; if two red sevens and two red fives,\nand the nine of hearts appear, it is supposed to be the greatest and\nhappiest prognostic you can have, whether married or single--luck,\npleasure, money; if two black sevens and two black fives appear, it is\nconsidered very evil, and if accompanied by the nine of spades,\nunhappiness in marriage, divorce, scandal and sometimes violence\ncaused through drink; if the eight of spades should be amongst those\nwithdrawn and turn up with the aforesaid cards, violent death by\nmurder or accident. It is taken to be the worst combination in the\npack. These cards (viz: the nines, sevens and fives, and those which\nhave been withdrawn from the group of fives) are laid in rows of\nsevens, counting seven every way from the significator; then the\nextreme ends are taken and paired, being read as they turn up. Next\nthe whole is shuffled, including the six of clubs and the eight and\nten of diamonds. These three cards are the index. Wherever they appear\nthey are supposed to show good luck, happiness and prosperity; if\nthey should happen between exceptionally bad cards, the luck is over,\nor marred through malignity; but as a rule they are taken to import\ngreat joy. The evil combination is thus: If the six of clubs is\nsurrounded with spades, or the eight or ten of diamonds are _between_\ntwo black fives and the two black sevens are near, then the best laid\nscheme will come to nought; but if they are surrounded by the nine of\nhearts and nine of diamonds, then it is a very good omen. The eight\nand ten of diamonds are supposed to be extremely good if there are\nthree or four nines to follow them, for then the nine of spades loses\nits evil significance, and should the seven of diamonds and seven of\nhearts follow, a good marriage and happiness; or, if the person is\nmarried, new prosperity or riches for the husband or sometimes the\nbirth of an heir.\n\n\nMETHOD L.\n\nThe pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled and cut, and divided\ninto two equal heaps. One of these is chosen by the consultant. Having\ndecided this, the other heap is left alone; it is not to be used. The\nperson consulting is now desired to shuffle the twenty-six cards\nremaining, cutting in three, the meanings being read as they turn up.\nThey are now dealt in three packs, which are laid out in rows of\neight, the last card to be left out, as that forms \"the surprise.\"\nFour cards are now counted from the significator, which, should it not\nbe in the pack chosen, must be abstracted and put at the end. When\nthese have been fully explained, the same maneuver is repeated twice,\nin all three times, one card being always taken out for \"the\nsurprise.\" \"The surprise\" is turned up when those cards before the\ndealer have been examined and explained. Then they are all gathered\ntogether, and, after being shuffled and cut, they are turned up by\nfours. If a sequence should come up, such as six and seven, or six,\nseven and eight of any suit, they are taken out. If four of a suit,\nthe lowest is taken out. This is only to be done once. These are now\nlaid out in a row before the dealer and read from left to right,\nalways taking note that the significator is amongst them, and counting\nfour as above described. Then the two cards are taken from each\nextremity and each couple explained till all are exhausted.\n\n\nMETHOD M.\n\nA pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled well and cut. Then it is\ndivided into three equal parcels of seventeen cards each, and one over\nfor \"the surprise,\" which is to be laid aside. The first three cards\nof each packet is taken, and each three is put apart. That will leave\nfourteen in each group. The first and third packets of fourteen are\ntaken up, the middle one being put aside. These are now laid out in\nfour rows of seven, being sure that the significator is amongst them;\nor else the card which is supposed to represent the thoughts of the\nperson consulting you, viz: the jack, may be counted from. Six are\nnow counted, beginning from the next card to the significator; and\nafter every sixth card, that card is not counted as one, but the\nfollowing one. When these have been explained, which must be done till\nthe significator is returned to, they are paired from end to end, and\nread as arrived at; then they are gathered together, shuffled and cut,\nand divided again into two groups of fourteen. These are not laid out\nagain, but two being merely extracted from each of these, not\nforgetting the middle one, and adding them to the three packets of\nthree placed on one side. The middle one is now taken up, shuffled\nwell, and four cards taken from it, two from the top and two from the\nbottom, and added to the one put aside to form \"the surprise.\" There\nare now four packs of five cards each:--One for the \"consultant\" and\none for the \"house,\" one for \"what is sure to come true,\" and one for\n\"the surprise.\" These are laid out in front of the dealer and read\nfrom left to right in rotation.\n\n\n\n\nTHE PREFERRED ORACLE--WITH 32 CARDS\n\n\nWe now come to the most important and approved method of telling\nfortunes by cards, the method preferred and practiced in nearly all\ncountries. This widely accepted method requires but 32 cards of the 52\nfound in the pack, consisting of eight cards of each suit, as follows:\nAce, king, queen, jack, ten, nine, eight and seven only. To these may\nbe added, in some cases, the Consultant card, concerning which we have\nspoken earlier in this work.\n\nTo enable this oracle to be read with an intelligent and proper\nunderstanding it is important that one be fully informed as to all the\npossible values or interpretations of the cards, singly and in\ncombination. Hence we shall devote a number of pages to these\ndefinitions in very complete form before proceeding to elucidate for\nyou the various methods of dealing, laying and reading the cards. We\ngive first the simple and primary meanings, followed in detail by\ntheir secondary or synonymical meanings, the whole constituting a\nvaluable work of reference for all who practice the art, enabling them\nto give a full, fair and wise reading of every possible \"fall\" of the\ncards. The primary meanings, while sufficient for the amateur, will\nsoon be seen by the student to be lacking in that completeness and\nflexibility demanded by the adept. Their natural amplification into\ntheir secondary and more extended definitions gives the interpreter\nthe fullest scope to exercise his powers of reading any possible\nlayout of the cards intelligently, and with satisfaction both to\nhimself and to the person consulting the oracle.\n\n\n\n\nDICTIONARY OF PRIMARY DEFINITIONS\n\n_Used in Interpreting the 32-Card Method of Telling Fortunes._\n\n\n_Diamonds._\n\n  KING\n\n    _Upright_--Marriage. A military man. A man of fidelity. A dignitary\n    of the state. A very fair person. A man of tact and cunning.\n\n    _Reversed_--A country gentleman. A difficulty concerning marriage\n    or business. Threatened danger, caused through the machination of a\n    man in position or office.\n\n  QUEEN\n\n    _Upright_--A blonde female. A lady resident in the country. A woman\n    given to gossiping and scandal.\n\n    _Reversed_--A country gentlewoman. A malignant female, who seeks to\n    foment disadvantage to the consultant, and who is to be greatly\n    feared.\n\n  JACK\n\n    _Upright_--A country man. A young man of light complexion, of a\n    lower grade in society. A messenger. Postman. A tale-bearing\n    servant, or unfaithful friend.\n\n    _Reversed_--A servant. An intermeddler, who will be the cause of\n    mischief. A messenger bearing ill-news.\n\n  ACE\n\n    _Upright_--The ace of diamonds, whether upright or reversed,\n    signifies a letter, a petition, a note, a paper, a document.\n\n    _Reversed_--The ace of diamonds, reversed or upright, designates a\n    letter to be shortly received, a petition, a note, a paper, or a\n    document.\n\n  TEN\n\n    _Upright_--The ten of diamonds, either upright or reversed,\n    represents coin, gold, water, the sea, a foreign city, and change\n    of locality.\n\n    _Reversed_--The ten of diamonds, whether reversed or upright,\n    designates bullion, coin, gold, water, the ocean, a foreign city,\n    a journey and change in locality.\n\n  NINE\n\n    _Upright_--Enterprise. Separation. Advantage.\n\n    _Reversed_--Delay. Annoyance. Poverty. A family feud, or a quarrel\n    among intimate friends.\n\n  EIGHT\n\n    _Upright_--The country. Riches. Love-making overtures.\n\n    _Reversed_--Sorrow. Motion. Wealth. Satire. Mockery, and foolish\n    scandal.\n\n  SEVEN\n\n    _Upright_--Present intentions. Good news.\n\n    _Reversed_--Birth. Contrariness. Vexation. In a great measure.\n\n\n_Hearts._\n\n  KING\n\n    _Upright_--A blonde man. A lawyer. A man of repute, and remarkable\n    for superior qualities. A person of generosity.\n\n    _Reversed_--A very fair man. A tutor. A man in anger. Great\n    disappointment.\n\n  QUEEN\n\n    _Upright_--A blonde female. A faithful friend. A mild, amiable\n    lady.\n\n    _Reversed_--A very fair female. Impediment to marriage. Obstacle to\n    success in business and general affairs. A woman crossed in love.\n\n  JACK\n\n    _Upright_--A blonde young man. A young soldier or sailor. A\n    traveler. A gay young bachelor, dreaming chiefly of his pleasures.\n\n    _Reversed_--A very fair young man. A dissipated bachelor. A\n    discontented military man. A politician out of office.\n\n  ACE\n\n    _Upright_--The house. A repast. Festivity. A love letter. Agreeable\n    intelligence.\n\n    _Reversed_--A friend's visit. Forced or constrained enjoyment.\n\n  TEN\n\n    _Upright_--The city. Envious people.\n\n    _Reversed_--An inheritance. A surprise.\n\n  NINE\n\n    _Upright_--Victory. Happiness. Triumph. Union. Harmony. Work.\n    Trade. A present.\n\n    _Reversed_--Weariness. Ennui. A passing trouble. Curiosity.\n    Encumbrance.\n\n  EIGHT\n\n    _Upright_--The affection of a fair young lady. Success in your\n    hopes. Nourishment. Food. Board.\n\n    _Reversed_--A very fair maiden. Excessive joy. A young woman's\n    indifference to love advances.\n\n  SEVEN\n\n    _Upright_--The thoughts. A weapon. A jewel.\n\n    _Reversed_--Desire. A parcel.\n\n\n_Spades._\n\n  KING\n\n    _Upright_--A dark complexioned man. A gentleman of some learned\n    profession. A judge. Advocate. Surgeon. Physician. A literary man.\n\n    _Reversed_--A widower. A man in wrath or with a malignant\n    disposition. An envious man. Dishonest lawyer. A quack. An enemy. A\n    general failure in all your anticipations.\n\n  QUEEN\n\n    _Upright_--A dark complexioned woman. A widow. A lady of some\n    learned profession.\n\n    _Reversed_--A widow seeking to marry again. A dangerous and\n    malicious woman. A fast female. Difficulty. Derangement as to\n    marriage.\n\n  JACK\n\n    _Upright_--A dark complexioned bachelor. An envoy. An ill-bred\n    fellow. A messenger.\n\n    _Reversed_--An inquisitive, impertinent interloper. A man plotting\n    mischief. A spy. Pursuit. Treason in love affairs.\n\n  ACE\n\n    _Upright_--Abandonment. A document.\n\n    _Reversed_--Pregnancy. Abandonment. Grief. Distressing\n    intelligence.\n\n  TEN\n\n    _Upright_--Tears. Jealousy.\n\n    _Reversed_--Loss. An evening party. Brief affliction. In the\n    evening.\n\n  NINE\n\n    _Upright_--A great loss. Tidings of death. Mourning. Failure.\n\n    _Reversed_--Disappointment. Delay. Desertion. Tidings of the death\n    of a near relative.\n\n  EIGHT\n\n    _Upright_--Sickness. Want of prudence. Bad news.\n\n    _Reversed_--Ambition. A religious woman. A marriage broken off, or\n    an offer refused.\n\n  SEVEN\n\n    _Upright_--Expectation. Hope.\n\n    _Reversed_--Wise advice. Friendship. Indecision. A foolish\n    intrigue.\n\n\n_Clubs._\n\n  KING\n\n    _Upright_--A man whose complexion is between light and dark. A\n    frank, liberal man. A friend.\n\n    _Reversed_--A nut-brown complexioned man. A person to meet with a\n    disappointment.\n\n  QUEEN\n\n    _Upright_--A brunette female. One fond of conversation. An\n    affectionate, quick tempered woman.\n\n    _Reversed_--A nut-brown complexioned lady. A jealous and malicious\n    female.\n\n  JACK\n\n    _Upright_--A slightly dark complexioned bachelor. A lover. A clever\n    and enterprising young man.\n\n    _Reversed_--A flirt and flatterer. A young man in anger or in\n    sickness.\n\n  ACE\n\n    _Upright_--A purse of money. Wealth.\n\n    _Reversed_--Nobility. Love. A present.\n\n  TEN\n\n    _Upright_--The house. The future. Fortune. Success. Gain. Money.\n\n    _Reversed_--Money. A lover. Sometimes want of success in a trivial\n    matter.\n\n  NINE\n\n    _Upright_--Chattels. Goods. Movable article. An indiscretion.\n\n    _Reversed_--A trifling present. Gambling.\n\n  EIGHT\n\n    _Upright_--The affections of a brunette maiden. The art of\n    pleasing.\n\n    _Reversed_--A nut-brown maiden. Removal. Separation. A frivolous\n    courtship.\n\n  SEVEN\n\n    _Upright_--A small sum of money. A debt unexpectedly paid. A child.\n\n    _Reversed_--A child. Embarrassment.\n\n\nTHE CONSULTANT.\n\nWhen coming out in an upright position, in the body of the deal\ndesignates merely the person consulting the oracle, in a natural state\nof mind.\n\nWhen the card comes out in the deal reversed, it denotes the\nconsultant to be in a disturbed state of mind, or annoyed from some\ncause beyond his or her control. Coming with the _eight of spades\nreversed_, for example, by its side, it shows that the consultant's\nmind has been disordered through prospects of ambition or religious\nexcitement. If accompanied by the _eight of hearts_, it demonstrates\nthat he or she is annoyed through being a victim to the tender\npassion.\n\n\n\n\nDICTIONARY OF SECONDARY DEFINITIONS\n\n_And Synonyms, Supplementing the Preceding List. Consult Both._\n\n\nKING OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ This card, when used as a representative,\ndenotes a very fair man, one with auburn hair, light blue eyes, and\nflorid complexion, who, notwithstanding his hasty temper, will\ntreasure his anger, long awaiting opportunities for revenge, or he is\nobstinate in his resolutions.\n\nIt moreover designates a military officer, and frequently one of\nfidelity to his country and its honor.\n\nStill, it is most generally employed as the marriage card, for if it\ndoes not come out in an oracle wherein matrimony is the wish, the\nnuptials will be delayed or broken off.\n\nIts synonymical signification would then be:\n\nAlliance; reunion; attachment; vow; oath; intimacy; assemblage;\njunction; union; chain; peace; accord; harmony; good understanding;\nreconciliation.\n\nKING OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ This card signifies a country\ngentleman, in which capacity its synonyms are:\n\nCountry man; rustic; villager; peasant; farm laborer; cultivator;\nrural; agriculture.\n\nAgain, this card reversed, bears a further signification of a good and\nsevere man, when its synonyms would be:\n\nIndulgent severity; indulgence; compliance; condescension;\ncomplacency; tolerance; low descension.\n\nWhen used as the marriage card, and coming out reversed, the king of\ndiamonds signifies primarily difficulties and obstacles imposed in the\nway of entering upon or consummating the nuptial contract, and through\ninference vitiation of the married state, when its synonyms are:\n\nSlavery; captivity; servitude; matrimonial ruptures; conjugal\ninfidelity.\n\nQUEEN OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ When this card comes out in the oracle\nupright it bears three primary significations: _a country lady_; _a\ntalkative_ or _communicative female_; and a _good, kind-hearted\nwoman_.\n\nAs a representative card it designates a very fair female with auburn\nor blonde hair, brilliantly clear complexion and very blue eyes. A\nwoman of this character will be given to society, and is naturally a\ncoquette.\n\nWhen the card is taken as a _country lady_ its synonyms will be\nthrough induction or inference:\n\nEconomical housewife; chaste and honest woman; honesty; civility;\npoliteness; sweetness of temper; virtue; honor; chastity; a model\nwife; excellent mother.\n\nWhen used to designate a _talkative female_, they will be:\n\nConversation; discourse; deliberation; dissertation; discussion;\nconference; intellectual entertainment; prattler; blab; idle talk;\nflippant conversation; table talk; gossip.\n\nQUEEN OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ When the card comes out reversed in the\noracle its ordinary signification is that of a meddlesome woman, who\nhas interfered in the affairs of the consultant for the purpose of\ndoing him or her injury, and the extent of the injury, contemplated or\ndone, can be estimated from the proximity of this card to that of the\nconsultant, or from the import of those cards intervening between the\ntwo. This card has two secondary significations as follows:\n\n_Want of foresight_, whose synonyms are:\n\nUnawares; unexpectedly; on a sudden; napping; astonished; suddenly;\nfortuitously; unhoped for; surprisingly.\n\n_A knavish trick_, whose synonyms would be:\n\nRoguishness; knavery; cheat; imposture; deceit; sharpness in\nrascality; trickery; false pretense; artifice; wile; craftiness.\n\nJACK OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ The primary signification of this card is\na _soldier_, a _postillion_, or a light haired _young man, in or from\nthe country_. In addition to these characteristics this card, whether\nupright or reversed, assumes another, which is technically called _the\ngood stranger_.\n\nAs a _soldier_, its secondary value is expressed in the following\nsynonyms:\n\nMan at arms; swordsman; fencing master; combatant; enemy; duel; war;\nbattle; attack; defense; opposition; resistance; ruin; overthrow;\nhostility; hatred; wrath; resentment; courage; valor; bravery;\nsatellite; stipendiary.\n\nIn the quality of _the good stranger_, its synonyms are:\n\nStrange; unaccustomed; unknown; unheard of; unusual; unwonted;\nsurprising; admirable; marvelous; prodigious; miracle; episode;\ndigression; anonymous.\n\nWhen employed as a representative of a person, it denotes a light\nhaired, unmarried man, who, although one of your nearest relations,\nwill sacrifice your interests to his own; a person of stubbornness;\nhot headed and hasty, tenacious of his own opinions and unable to\nbrook contradiction.\n\nJACK OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ This card's signification is a public or\nprivate servant; and in the latter case, without reference to gender,\neither a male or female domestic. Its synonyms therefore are in\naccordance with its acceptation:\n\nServant; waiter; valet; chambermaid; lady's maid; a subordinate; an\ninferior; a hireling; condition of one employed; servitude; postman;\nerrand boy; messenger; agent; expressman; newsman; message;\nannouncement; commission; directions; a household; relative to post\noffice and the transmission of messages.\n\nACE OF DIAMONDS--It is a matter of perfect indifference whether this\ncard assumes its place in the oracle in an upright or reversed\nposition, as its primary signification is in no wise varied, although\nof a most comprehensive nature, being, expressing generally, a\n_letter_, a _note_, a _paper_, a _petition_, etc.\n\nIt requires, however, a great deal of attention to discriminate\nbetween the manifold significations of this all-important card, which\nis governed in a great measure by the cards coming next to it,\notherwise the interpreter may be entirely baffled in comprehending the\nintent of the oracle.\n\nThe general synonyms of the _ace of diamonds_ are:\n\nEpistle; writings; the art of writing; grammar; Holy Writ; text;\nliterature; doctrine; erudition; literary labor; book; correspondence;\ncomposition; alphabet; elements of all learning; principles; bonds;\nbills of exchange; notes of hand; evidence of indebtedness.\n\nWith the _seven of spades, reversed_, coming next to it, this card\ndenotes the existence of a law suit, in which case we have synonyms,\nfounded on the following basis:\n\nDeed; covenant; agreement; law paper; writs; warrants; litigation;\ndifferences; contestations; disputes; discussions; bickering; contest;\nstrife; discord; contradiction; stratagem; trick; broil; pettifogging;\nwrangling.\n\nTEN OF DIAMONDS--Like its companion, the _ace_, which with this card\nform the only two in the pack possessing this peculiar quality, the\n_ten of diamonds_ preserves its value and signification, whether it\nemerges either upright or reversed. The primary significations of this\ncard are _gold_, _water_, the _sea_, a _foreign city_, _change of\nlocality_.\n\nAs the representative of _gold_ its synonyms are:\n\nRiches; opulence; magnificence; splendor; \u00e9clat; sumptuousness;\nluxury; abundance; means.\n\nWhen its signification is assumed relative to _water_ and the _sea_,\nthe synonyms assume both a specific and general nature:\n\nFluid; humid; ablution; dew; rain; deluge; inundation; the ocean;\nriver; torrent; stream; fountain; source; lake; pond; cascade; falls.\n\nWhen the surrounding cards designate this one to be accepted as\nrepresenting a foreign city, its synonyms are:\n\nTraveler; traveling; foreign parts; beyond the sea; homeless;\nwanderer; wandering abroad; trading; commerce; a sailor; ships;\nrefuge; exile.\n\nWhen accepted to signify a _change in locality_, the synonyms, in\naddition to preservation of its original meaning of a mere change in\ndomicile, or habitation, are inferentially extended to embrace a\nwider scope, such as:\n\nDeparture; displacement; journey; pilgrimage; peregrination; steps;\nmotion; visits; excursions; incursions; emigration; immigration;\ntransmigration; flight; tour; rotation; circulation; deportation;\nrout; defeat; overthrow; bewilderment; disconcert; to break one's\nallegiance; desertion; disinheritance; alienation; alien; a foreigner;\nhouseless.\n\nIt will be seen that with the varied significations which can be given\nto this card, it is one of the most important in the pack.\n\nNINE OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ When coming forth in its natural\nposition, this card is one of particular good omen, as it foretells\ngreat success in business operations and consequent gain. Its primary\nmeaning comprehends the grand mainspring to human exertion,\n_enterprise_, while at the same time it assures you of the desired\nresult, _advantage_ or _gain_. Viewed as such its synonyms are, as to\n_enterprise_ in the first instance:\n\nTo undertake; to commence; to usurp; to take possession of; audacity;\nboldness; hardihood; impudence; rashness; speculative; speculation;\nfearless in trade; in love.\n\nWhen taken to represent _advantage_, the synonyms are:\n\nGain; profit; lucre; success; thanks; favor; benefit; ascendency;\npower; empire; authority; government; rule; glory; reputation; happy\nresults; profitable end; victory; cure; fulfillment; termination;\nsatisfaction.\n\nNINE OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ We have the other side of the picture,\nfor this card, coming up reversed portends the occurrence of dire\nmishaps and abject despoliation with its concomitant poverty. In view\nof this immense difference in the value and signification of this one\nand the same card in its two positions, too much care cannot be taken\nto mark the way in which it emerges.\n\nIn its modified signification of _delay_, its synonyms are:\n\nDisarranged; sent back; suspension; variation; wavering; slowness;\nrelenting; obstacle; impediment; misfortune; adversity; accidental\ninjuries; miscarriage.\n\nBut viewed in its more bitter light as _spoliation_ and _poverty_, its\nsynonyms are:\n\nDestitution; violence; ruin; victim of robbery; a fall; ruined honor;\nbankruptcy; privation; violated chastity; defrauded; swindled;\nvictimized; separation; sold out by the sheriff; cast upon the town;\nhopeless.\n\nEIGHT OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ In its natural position this card is\naccepted to represent either _the country_ or _riches_, as its\nsignification is relatively determined from its surroundings.\n\nIn its signification as the _country_, thereby meaning not only a\nrural district but the characteristics of a country existence, the\ninterpretation of this card boasts a large number of synonyms:\n\nAgriculture; cultivation; field labor; farming; garden; prairie;\nwoods; shades; pleasure; enjoyment; diversion; pastime; amusement;\nrejuvenation; rural sports; rustic dances; peace; calmness; natural\ntranquillity; rural life; forests; vales; mountains; flocks and herds;\nshepherd; shepherdess; moral quietude.\n\nAs the synonyms of _riches_, as they are signified by this card in\ncontradistinction to others, we have:\n\nAugmentation of wealth; increase of estate; advancement; prosperity;\ngeneral success; happiness; goodness; felicity; beauty; embellishment.\n\nEIGHT OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ In this condition the primary\nsignification of the card is _sorrow_ and _movement_. The synonyms for\n_sorrow_ are:\n\nSadness; affliction; displeasure; grief; desolation; mortification;\nbad humor; melancholy; the blues; hypochondria; vexation; trouble.\n\nBut with the word _movement_, we have more trouble to apply its actual\nsignification, as shown in the cards, and therefore the interpreter is\nleft in a great degree to her own judgment, to decipher the connection\nwhich should bind the oracle to a specific and intelligent reading.\n\nThe most applicable synonyms would therefore be:\n\nTo walk; step forward; move about; to contemplate; to propose; to make\nadvances; to undertake; to offer proposals; to promenade; to tender\noffers; to inaugurate a scheme; to further any claims.\n\nSEVEN OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ This is what is most commonly styled the\n_conversation_ card, as its initial and primary signification is\n_discourse for the present_, while it likewise designates the\napproaching receipt of _good news_; as the oracle demands, to be\nsecure, proper interpretation.\n\nWhen used as the _conversation_ card, its synonyms are:\n\nTalk; words; matter; tattle; desultory remarks; seasonable language;\npleasant gossip; table talk; anecdote.\n\nSecondary to this signification, and in intimate connection, it has\noftentimes been employed to denote _designs for the moment_, whether\nmental or expressed by word of mouth, embracing intent and resolution.\n\nWhen signifying _news_, the synonyms will be:\n\nAnnouncement; intelligence; newspaper; advice; advertisement;\nadmonition; warning; teaching; tale telling; history; fables;\nanecdotal remarks.\n\nSEVEN OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ This card is capable, when emerging\nreversed, of receiving several interpretations, the general and\nprimary one of which is _birth_, or the origin of a human being, or\nof matter which has, as its synonyms:\n\nNativity; origin; creation; source; commencement; principle;\nprimitive; extraction; first coming in of fruits and flowers; prime;\nearly; race; family; house; lineage; posterity; the reason for; cause;\npremises for argument.\n\nThis card frequently designates a _great deal_, or a large quantity,\nqualifying the value of those cards next to it. For example, should it\ncome before the _ten of spades reversed_, or the _ten of clubs_, it\nwill read a great deal of jealousy, or of money.\n\nCommingled with cards, relating to a public or military official, this\none is taken to signify _declaration_, whose synonyms would\nconsequently be:\n\nPublication; orders; authenticity; approbation; placard; designation;\ndiscovery; disclosure; revelation; confession.\n\nKING OF HEARTS--_Upright._ The primary significations of this card are\n_a blonde man_, _an advocate_ and a _man of note_, but its secondary\nsignifications are those attached to the state and _legislation_.\n\nAs the representative of an individual, this card shows a good,\nkind-hearted man, of an amorous disposition, rash in his enterprises,\nand generally hasty and passionate in all his actions.\n\nComing out as a _blonde man_, it has these synonyms:\n\nHonest man; honesty; probity; equity; arts and sciences.\n\nConsidered as a _man of note_ or statesman, the synonyms are:\n\nLegislation; legislator; laws; decrees; code; statutes; precepts;\ncommandments; combination; institution; constitution; temperament;\ncomplexion; natural and moral law; religious law; civil law; politics;\npolitician; natural right; right of nations; public rights.\n\nKING OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ This card coming out reversed, designates\na man of natural light complexion, neither fair nor brown, with dark\nbrown hair and hazel eyes, of an excellent temper, easily imposed\nupon, credulous, moderately given to love matters, yet addicted to\nvice and incontinence. Its other primary significations are a _tutor_,\nor a _man in anger_, possessing vices, the reverse of those good\nqualities attributed to the card when upright. In this case the\nsynonyms are:\n\nIndignation; agitation; irritation; wrath; rage; fury; frenzy;\nviolence; hatred; aversion; animosity; peril; animadversion;\nantipathy; resentment; vengeance; affront; outrage; blasphemy; storm;\ntempest; cruelty; inhumanity; atrocity.\n\nThe chief secondary signification of this is a _man in office_, or\nprofessional politician, to which are given the following synonyms:\n\nMan of rank; dishonest man; exaction; pillage; injustice; simony; a\ndishonorable person; a burglar.\n\nQUEEN OF HEARTS--_Upright._ This card represents a blonde female,\nfaithful and affectionate, always the dearest friend or nearest\nrelative to the consultant. As such, the synonyms, attached to the\nprimary signification, are of an excellent nature:\n\nHonest woman; virtue; wisdom; honesty.\n\nThis card is likewise taken as symbolical of _friendship_ in its\nvarious phases, the synonyms of the term being:\n\nAttachment; affection; tenderness; benevolence; kindly relations;\nfraternity; intimacy; identity in inclinations; agreement; affinity;\nharmonious correspondence; conformity; sympathy; attraction; cohesion.\n\nAnother signification is attached to this card in a secondary capacity\nas _justice_, with the following synonyms:\n\nEquity; probity; right; rectitude; reason; the law.\n\nA further secondary signification has been bestowed upon this card,\nunder certain influences, when it is gifted with the attributes of\n_temperance_ with these synonyms:\n\nModeration; discretion; continence; abstinence; patience; calmness;\nsobriety; frugality; chastity; alleviation; reconciliation; respect;\nconciliation; mitigation; molification; consolation.\n\nQUEEN OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ This card reversed, designates a fair,\nbut not light, woman, with nut-brown hair and grayish eyes, who\nintervenes to prevent marriage, and intermeddles in all the\nconsultant's affairs generally. It likewise represents either the wife\nof a man in office, a woman of doubtful character, or a courtesan, a\nbetrayer of honor and of affection. Under this aspect it receives a\nsecondary signification of _dissension_, to which are given synonyms\nas follows:\n\nAgitations; sedition; conspiracy; rebellion; pride; vanity; seduction;\noutrage; presumption; disputes; moral wrong; dishonorable proposals.\n\nJACK OF HEARTS--_Upright._ This card, as a representative one,\ndesignates a blonde, unmarried man, learned, good tempered and well\nfavored by fortune. Consequently, when it is drawn by a young woman,\nand the marriage card comes near it, it portends that she will be\nunited to a person of such a description, and that the union will\nprove both happy and of long duration.\n\nIt likewise designates, primarily, a soldier or a traveler, so that\nshould it come up in your oracle it is interpreted, in a secondary\nconnection, in this sense, and assures that you are on the point of\nundertaking a journey. If bright cards surround it, the journey will\nbe a prosperous one, but should the _eight of spades_ be near it, it\nwill result in illness, and if the _ten of spades_ be adjacent, it\nwill be accompanied with tears.\n\nIn this secondary capacity it has synonyms as follows:\n\nRoad; highway; lane; pathway; a walk; a course; career; promenade;\nmessenger; ways and means; expedient; enterprise; method.\n\nJACK OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ Should this card come out in the oracle of\nan unmarried lady, reversed, it instructs her that her lover or\nintended husband is a person wooing her for selfish purposes, who,\nalthough handsome and accomplished, will make a bad match.\n\nTo a married woman, or widow, it is a warning that some unscrupulous\nindividual, under garb of friendship, contemplates her injury, which\nwill be followed by almost immediate desertion, if near the _ace of\nspades_.\n\nConsequently, in a secondary capacity, it is taken to mean _evil\ndesires_ or _longing_, when it has synonyms of this character:\n\nAttraction; passion; flattery; cajolery; adulation; lechery; or\ndeclivity; precipice; fall.\n\nACE OF HEARTS--_Upright._ The first and primary signification of this\ncard is _the house_, and as such obtains a secondary capacity of a\nmost extensive nature, expressed in the following synonyms:\n\nHousehold; home; house-keeping; economy; saving; dwelling; domicile;\nhabitation; manor; lodge; lodging; hotel; palace; shop; store;\nbarracks; building; vessel; vase; archives; castle; cabin; cottage;\ntent; pavilion; inn; hostelry; tavern; religious house; monastery;\nconvent; burial; long home; grave; stable; extraction; family; race;\nlineage; posterity; ancestry; retreat; asylum.\n\nThis card likewise designates a _repast_ or _feasting_, when,\nsecondarily, it assumes synonyms of the following nature:\n\nTable; festivity; merry making; nutrition; guests; invitation; host;\nhilarity; good cheer; abundance; joy; gayety; natural pleasure;\ndomestics; sports and pastimes.\n\nACE OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ It primarily designates _forced_ or\n_constrained enjoyment_, but more generally it should be taken for\n_new acquaintances_, whence is derived a secondary significance of\n_fresh news_, with these synonyms:\n\nIndication; presentiment; new instructions; fresh knowledge;\nenlightenment; index; augury; forewarning; fore-knowledge; conjecture;\noracle; prognostication; prediction; prophecy; divination; second\nsight; novelty.\n\nAgain this card, reversed, means a _disordered household_, and from\nthis comes the secondary idea of _intestine quarrels_, with the\nfollowing more prominent synonyms:\n\nMisunderstanding; regret; remorse; repentance; internal agitation;\nirresolution; uncertainty; family feuds; marriage trouble; domestic\nstrife; dissensions.\n\nAt times this card represents _family vices_, or extravagance in\nhousehold expenditures, or any description of crime or folly which\nrenders home unhappy and unendurable.\n\nTEN OF HEARTS--_Upright._ This card ordinarily signifies the _city_,\nwhen its secondary capacities are expressed in some one from among the\nfollowing synonyms:\n\nMetropolis; native land; burgh; village; town; locality; site;\ntown-house; dwelling; habitation; residence; municipality; city\ngovernment; citizens.\n\nIt moreover is accepted to signify _envious people_, as by that term\nthe ancient inhabitants of the rural districts were wont to designate,\nironically, dwellers in cities.\n\nTEN OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ This card most generally signifies _an\ninheritance_, when its synonyms are:\n\nSuccession; legacy; donation; testamentary gifts; dowry; dower;\ndowager; legitimacy; will; patrimony; heir; transmission; to bequeath;\nto endow.\n\nIt is likewise used to signify _relatives_ when its secondary capacity\nis extended to the widest scope, embracing:\n\nConsanguinity; blood; family; ancestors; father; mother; brother;\nsister; aunt; uncle; cousin, male or female; Adam and Eve; race;\nlineage; alliance; relationship; affinity; blood connection; love\nintrigues.\n\nAnother primary signification of this card is _surprise_, generally\nof a bad origin, with these appropriate synonyms:\n\nCheat; imposture; knavery; deceit; trickery; mistake; oversight;\nmisunderstanding; trouble; vexation; annoyance; emotion; fright; fear;\nterror; consternation; astonishment; admiration; alarm; rapture;\nexhaustion; swooning; fainting; a marvel; phenomenon; miracle;\nanything wonderful or strange.\n\nAmong the ancient cartomancists, this card, with the _nine of hearts_,\nwas regarded as the most difficult of interpretation of any in the\npack, but through careful study of the synonyms above given, a true\nmeaning is readily attained.\n\nNINE OF HEARTS--_Upright._ This card is generally regarded as an\naugury of good fortune, wealth, happiness and worldly advantage.\n\nIts principal signification is _victory_, whence we derive:\n\nSuccess; good results; advantage; gain; pomp; triumph; trophies;\nmajesty; show; apparel; baggage; luggage; equipage; attire; furniture;\nrich goods and wares.\n\nIts next principal one is _union_ and _concord_, with the several\nsecondary significations, cognate to them:\n\nModeration; discretion; continence; temperance; patience; calmness;\nsobriety; frugality; chastity; harmony; music; musical tastes; perfect\nhappiness.\n\nIt moreover designates _labor_ and _commerce_, in which capacity its\nsignification is expressed in the synonyms:\n\nStudious; application; work; toil; reflection; observation;\nmeditation; occupation; trade; employment; merchant; clerk; trader;\nlaborer; mercantile pursuits.\n\nStill another signification is _a present_, whence we have:\n\nGift; generosity; benefit; gratification; service.\n\nNINE OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ This card means _ennui_, or weariness,\nwith secondary attributes expressed in these synonyms:\n\nDispleasure; discontent; disgust; aversion; inquietude; lack of\nspirit; listlessness; trivial sorrow; affliction; uneasiness;\ncomplaining; want of energy.\n\nIt moreover is employed to signify _curiosity_, whence we have the\nsecondary signification of inquisitiveness; a busybody; a marplot and\nintruder.\n\nThen again an ordinary signification of this card is _obstacle_ or\n_hindrance_ with the following synonyms:\n\nBar; embarrassment; opposition; barrier; contrariety; inconvenience;\ntrouble; difficulty; work; abjection; indisposition; ailment;\ninfirmity; distress; hesitation; vacillation; perplexity; impediment;\nstumbling-block.\n\nEIGHT OF HEARTS--_Upright._ The primary signification of this card is\nfirst, a blonde young lady of great natural abilities, gentle\nmanners, lively disposition and personal beauty, for whom we have\nsynonyms:\n\nHonest girl; virtuous girl; modesty; maidenly grace; bashfulness;\ntimidity; retiring disposition; fear of scandal; apprehension;\nmildness; suavity of temper.\n\nIt moreover signifies _success in expectations_, in those enterprises\nwhereupon the consultant has set his heart, with the secondary\nsignifications of:\n\nSuccess; happy issue; fortunate termination; victory; cure; recovery;\naccomplishment; end of trouble; discontinuance, termination of pains,\ntorment or labor.\n\nEIGHT OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ When this card comes into the oracle in a\nreversed position, and is used as the representative of an individual,\nit designates an unmarried lady, of a light complexion, with\nchestnut-brown hair, of a natural good disposition, but spoiled by an\nassumption of superiority over her companions. From this\nsignification, we have that of _arrogance_, and thence:\n\nNoise; quarreling; dispute; disturbance; difference; contestations;\nlitigation; bickerings; arguments.\n\nBut the most general signification of this card reversed is _great\njoy_, otherwise expressed in these synonyms:\n\nPerfect content; felicity; happiness; rapture; enchantment; ecstasy;\nentire satisfaction; complete joy; inexpressible pleasure; heavenly\ninspiration; exhilaration; enthusiasm; the music of the spheres;\ncelestial harmony.\n\nUnder other influences this card becomes modified to the signification\nof the _means of satisfaction_, such as:\n\nGayety; dancing; the opera; the theater; festival; public rejoicings;\nfamily reunions; poetry; romance; joyous visits; pleasant parties;\nexcursions.\n\nSEVEN OF HEARTS--_Upright._ When this card emerges in its natural\nposition, its primary signification is that of _thought_, an _arm_, or\na _jewel_.\n\nAs thought, it has many secondary significations prominent among them\nthose expressed by the synonyms:\n\nThe soul; spirit; intelligence; an idea; memory; imagination;\nconception; comprehension; extension of ideas; designs; intentions;\ndesires; will; resolution; determination; premeditation; meditation;\nreflection; opinion; sentiment; philosopher; philosophy; wisdom.\n\nThis card is sometimes employed to signify _solitude_, when it obtains\na secondary signification:\n\nA desert; seclusion; retreat from society; hermitage; exile;\nbanishment; isolation; abandonment.\n\nSEVEN OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ When this card comes out reversed, one of\nits primary significations is a _package_, or bundle, present, new\nclothes, etc., in accordance with the signification of the cards\nimmediately preceding or following it, which can be easily learned by\nstudy.\n\nNevertheless, its most ordinary signification is _desire_, or a strong\nlonging for, or hankering after, some person or thing; but then again\nthe interpretation is qualified by the cards coming near this one,\neither before or after; reading from the consultant to the right, by a\nsimple change in position of the cards, _desire_ may be changed into\n_aversion_, and an _attraction_ into _repulsion_.\n\nWhen its signification is _desire_, its synonyms will be:\n\nWish; now; will; coveting; cupidity; lusting after; concupiscence;\nunlawful desire; extreme hankering after; jealous; passion for good or\nbad; illusion; craving; appetite; a fancy for a thing; decided\ninclination.\n\nIt will be seen that the term _desire_ is employed as antagonistic to\nlove, or a holy and righteous phase of passion.\n\nKING OF SPADES--_Upright._ Employed as a representative card, this one\ndesignates a man of very dark complexion, with black eyes and hair,\npassionate and proud, ambitious, and successful in most of his\naspirations, but a person whom the reverse of fortune would utterly\ncrush into obscurity.\n\nDivested of this personal and destructive character, this card, when\ncoming upright in an oracle, designates a professional man of\neminence, a lawyer, judge, advocate, counselor, senator, practitioner,\nattorney, confidential agent, jurist, orator, statesman, pleader,\ndiplomat, doctor of laws or in medicine, or a learned physician.\n\nWhen the consultant be an unmarried lady, this card assures her that\nher admirer is a man of excessive probity and of honorable intentions,\nthat is, if the _king of diamonds_ likewise comes out upright. To a\nmarried woman it denotes that her property or honor will be in the\nkeeping of a lawyer or agent of rectitude, who will rescue her from\nthe machinations of enemies or spoliators. To a widow it shows that\nher second marriage will be to a man of eminence, who will render her\nafter life most happy.\n\nKING OF SPADES--_Reversed._ This card signifies a widower, a man in\nanger or difficulty, also one given to inebriety. But taken in a\ngeneral acceptation, this card represents a _wicked man_, and, through\ninduction, _wickedness_. In that case, its secondary significance can\nbe gleaned from the synonyms, used to give expression to it, as\nfollows:\n\nBad intentioned; innate wickedness; perversity; perfidy; crime;\ncruelty; inhumanity, and atrocity.\n\nThis card is likewise regarded as an unfortunate one, as it forewarns\nyou of the utter wreck of your expectations, wrought by some one of\nthe following causes:\n\nReverses; prejudice; theft; violence; corruption; elopement;\nlibertinage; debauchery; slander; malice; exposure of secrets;\ndisorder in morals, or calumny.\n\nQUEEN OF SPADES--_Upright._ As the representative of an individual\nthis card designates a dark lady, with dark eyes and black hair,\nnaturally of an open and generous disposition, but who will change her\nnature through flattery and her position in society. Should she be\npossessed of beauty, her innocence will be in perpetual danger, and\nonly saved through the exercise of a strong will, or through motives\nof self-respect.\n\nThis card likewise, when emerging upright, designates a _widow_,\nwithout respect to color or social position, and is also taken to\nsignify the condition of widowhood, to be interpreted, as the oracle\ndemands, by these synonyms:\n\nPrivation; abstinence; absence; scarcity; sterility; poverty;\nindigence; famine; deprivation.\n\nFrequently this card is employed to denote a _well-founded distrust_,\nwhen its secondary significations will be:\n\nJust suspicion; legitimate fear; merited doubts; conjectures; surmises\nbased on fact; conscientious scruples; timidity; bashfulness;\nreluctance; retirement.\n\nQUEEN OF SPADES--_Reversed._ As a representative of an individual,\nthis card, coming out in the oracle reversed in position, denotes a\nwidow, desirous of contracting another marriage. It moreover\ndesignates a dark woman of amorous propensities, who does not hesitate\nto disregard the conventionalities of society.\n\nBut as a general thing, this card is assumed to signify a _crafty\nevil-minded woman_, and can be interpreted as:\n\nMalignity; malice; finesse; artifice; cunning; craft; dissimulation;\nfrolic; pranks; wildness; hypocrisy; bigotry; prudishness; wantonness;\nshamelessness.\n\nWhen coming reversed in a consultation upon marriage, this card\ndenotes that difficulties and impediments, generally originating with\na female, will be interposed to prevent the desired nuptials.\n\nJACK OF SPADES--_Upright._ As the representative of an individual,\nthis card, coming out upright, designates a dark complexioned\nunmarried man, an obliging fellow, who does not hesitate to\naccommodate his friends at serious disadvantage to himself, if\noccasion require.\n\nThe primary signification of the card is, however, _messenger_, an\nenvoy, or person, charged with bearing of intelligence, most generally\nemployed as a go-between in intrigues, or in a capacity of trust.\n\nSometimes this card is used to designate a _critic_, or a critical\nposition; a moment of impending danger; an awkward predicament; a\ndecisive instant; an unfortunate situation; a delicate circumstance; a\nthreatened calamity; a crisis; or a perplexing misstep.\n\nJACK OF SPADES--_Reversed._ This card is one of evil omen to lovers,\nas it forewarns a betrayal of their secrets, or the exposure of their\nplans by a corrupt messenger, or through the intervention of some\nintermeddler.\n\nIts primary signification, when the card is reversed, is that of a\n_Paul Pry_, or spy, whence we have the secondary ones of inquirer,\nspectator, watcher, overseer, as well as the result of such a man's\ninvestigations. Hence applied more generally, the card signifies\nscrutiny; examination; reports; remarks; notations, and commentaries.\n\nAnother secondary signification of this card is _traitor_, from which\nwe readily obtain the following synonyms:\n\nDeception; duplicity; stratagem; disguise; prevarication; disloyalty;\nbreach of trust; conspiracy; tale bearing; imposture; black\nheartedness; perfidy; falsehood; dissimulation and breach of\nconfidence.\n\nThe card is, moreover, used to forewarn lovers that there is danger of\ntheir being pursued in event of elopement.\n\nACE OF SPADES--_Upright._ This card, coming out in natural position,\nand intervening between the representative cards of a male and female,\nrelates wholly to love affairs. When accompanied by the _ten of\nspades_ it shows that an intrigue will be accompanied with a deal of\nsorrow and affliction, and will ultimately end in abandonment under\nmost disastrous circumstances.\n\nOne of the primary significations of this card is a _paper_ or\ndocument, chiefly appertaining to law matters, such as warrants for\narrest, writs, subpoenas and legal pleadings.\n\nAnother is that of a _ship_, or other means of conveyance by water,\nparticularly when accompanied by the _eight of clubs_, reversed, which\nbetokens the consultant to be on the eve of a sea voyage, or other\njourney over water of some description.\n\nACE OF SPADES--_Reversed._ When in the oracle of a married consultant,\nthis card appears reversed, and near to her representative, its\nprimary signification is _pregnancy_, which in her case can be\nexpressed by the following synonyms:\n\nConception; maternity; accouchement; childbirth.\n\nFrom this we derive a secondary signification, applicable to other\nthings, for which we employ correspondent synonyms:\n\nEnlargement; engenderment; fecundity; fertilization; production;\ncomposition; increase; augmentation; multiplication; deliverance;\nparturition; growth; addition.\n\nWhen reversed and accompanied by the _knave of clubs_, likewise\nreversed, this card is a premonitor of _death_.\n\nThe general secondary signification of this card, when reversed and in\nthe body of the oracle, is a _fall_, whence we have:\n\nDecadence; decline; discouragement; dissipation; ravage; ruin;\ndemolition; destruction; bankruptcy; error; fault; overwhelming\nsorrows; perdition; an abyss; precipice; gulf; waterfall; disgrace;\nshame.\n\nTEN OF SPADES--_Upright._ The general signification of this card is\n_jealousy_, particularly when accompanied by the _knave of clubs_,\nwhich denotes that the consultant, either male or female, is jealous\nof his or her sweetheart to such a degree that their friendly\nrelations are in danger of being broken off, which will assuredly be\nthe case, if the _nine of spades_ should likewise appear in the\noracle.\n\nThe other primary signification of this card is _tears_, whence we\nderive a series of secondary significations, as:\n\nSighs; groans; weeping; complaints; lamentations; griefs; sadness;\nheart-sickness; affliction; mental agony.\n\nTEN OF SPADES--_Reversed._ This card, emerging reversed, has, for a\ngeneral signification, a _loss_, either moral or physical, as the\nsurrounding cards designate. Thus, with the _nine of hearts_\nintervening between the consultant and this card, it announces that he\nor she will lose a situation or employment. When it comes preceded by\nthe _ten of clubs_, it betokens the loss of money or valuables. Should\nthe consultant be an unmarried female, and this card comes out\nreversed near to a knave, likewise reversed, it foretells the ruin of\nher reputation through calumny. But if in place of one of the knaves\nthe _seven of clubs_ should appear, the loss of her character will be\nbrought about through some indiscretion.\n\nAnother primary signification of this is _the evening_, as a\ndesignation of points of time; still this general term of night has\ngiven rise to the application of important secondary significations,\nof which the sense can be taken from the synonyms:\n\nShades; obscurely; nocturnal; mysterious; secret; masked; concealed;\nundiscovered; clandestine; occult; veiled; allegorical; hidden\nmeaning; in secrecy; obscure hints; double meaning; on the sly; to\nconceal from sight; nocturnal meetings.\n\nNINE OF SPADES--_Upright._ This is justly regarded to be the most\nunfortunate card in the pack, as it portends maladies, malignant\ndiseases, family dissensions, defeat in enterprises, constant\ndisappointment, and even death. The primary significations of this\ncard, when in its natural position, are a _priest_, _mourning_ and\n_disappointment_.\n\nThe secondary significations, derived from these sources, are:\n\nFrom the _priest_: Pastor; church; church services; ritual; sanctity;\npiety; devotion; religious ceremonies; celibacy.\n\nFrom _mourning_: Regret; desolation; affliction; sadness; sorrow;\ncalamity; grief; heart-pain; funeral; burial; tomb; grave;\nchurch-yard; loss of relatives; wailing.\n\nFrom _disappointment_: Obstacles; hindrance; delay; disadvantage;\ncontrarieties; misfortunes; suffering.\n\nNINE OF SPADES--_Reversed._ When this card appears in the oracle\nreversed its evil influence is augmented two-fold, although its\nprimary significations are modestly expressed as _failure_,\n_abandonment_ and _delay_. The secondary significations are of the\nmost disastrous character.\n\nThe synonyms employed for these terms, in this instance, are:\n\nMisery; indigence; famine; necessity; need; poverty; adversity;\nmisfortune; deep affliction; disagreements; correction; chastisement;\npunishment; reverses; disgrace; imprisonment; detention; arrest;\ncaptivity.\n\nBut when this card, reversed, comes before the consultant and the\n_eight of spades_, in the same oracle, it signifies _mortality_, with\nthe following synonyms:\n\nDeath; decease; last sigh; end; finish; extinction; annihilation;\ndestruction; utter ruin; abjection; humiliation; prostration;\ndepression; alteration; poisoning; corruption; putrefaction;\nparalysis; lethargy.\n\nStill in all these sinister aspects the influence of this card can be\nmaterially modified, but never counteracted, through intervention of\nbright cards.\n\nEIGHT OF SPADES--_Upright._ This card is ordinarily of bad import, as\nits primary signification is _sickness_, although it is more generally\ninterpreted as _bad news_. This is its acceptation when preceded by\nthe _knave of spades_ or the _knave of diamonds_, or when accompanied\nby the _ace of diamonds_, and sometimes by the _eight of hearts_,\nreversed.\n\nWhen this card signifies _sickness_, its synonyms are:\n\nIllness of the body, soul or mind; bad condition of health or of\nbusiness; derangement; infirmity; epidemic; gangrene; agony;\ndispleasure; damage; mishap; accidental injury; disaster;\nindisposition; head-ache; heart-ache; inquietude; melancholy;\nmedicine; remedy; charlatan; empiric; physician; quack; languor.\n\nSometimes, however, this card is employed to designate _prudence_,\nwhence we have as secondary significations:\n\nWisdom; reserve; circumspection; reticence; discernment; foresight;\npresentiment; prediction; divination; prophecy; horoscope; second\nsight; clairvoyance.\n\nEIGHT OF SPADES--_Reversed._ Unlike other cards, the reversal of this\none brings with it a modification of its primary significations.\nHence, when coming out reversed, it most generally signifies\n_ambition_, a passion for which we have synonyms as follows:\n\nDesire; wish for; search after; cupidity; jealousy; aspiration;\nonward; higher; illusion; pride.\n\nAnother primary signification bestowed upon this card when emerging\nreversed, is that of a _nun_ or pious woman, whence we derive the\nsecondary signification usually applied to this card and expressed in\nthe synonyms:\n\nInaction; peace; tranquillity; repose; apathy; inertia; stagnation;\nrest from labor; pastime, recreation; nonchalance; free from care;\nidleness; supineness; lethargy; torpidity.\n\nSEVEN OF SPADES--_Upright._ As a general exponent of current events,\nthis card is taken to forewarn the consultant of the loss of a\nvaluable friend, whose death will be a source of a great deal of\nmisery. On this account many interpret this card to signify a\n_coffin_, which may be the case when coming out in close proximity to\nthe _ace of spades_ or the _nine of spades_.\n\nIts most accepted primary signification, however, among practical\ncartomancists, is that of _hope_, whence are derived the secondary\nones, expressed in the terms:\n\nTrust; confidence; expectation; desire; inclination; longing after;\nwish; taste for; whim; humor; fancy.\n\nSEVEN OF SPADES--_Reversed._ This card takes a wider and an apparently\ncontradictory scope in its primary significations, when emerging in\nthis manner, being _good advice_, _friendship_, and _indecision_.\n\nFrom _good advice_ we derive, as secondary attributes:\n\nWise counsels; salutary warnings; news; announcements;\nadvertisements; placards; consultations; admonitions; instruction;\nadvice.\n\nFor _friendship_ we have the following synonyms:\n\nAttachment; affection; tenderness; benevolence; well wishing;\nrelation; harmony; correspondence; connection; identity; intimacy;\nagreement with; concordance; concurrence; interest; conformity;\nsympathy; affinity; attraction; admiration.\n\nFor _indecision_, the general synonyms are employed:\n\nWant of resolution; uncertainty; perplexity; inconstancy; frivolity;\nlightness; variation; diversity; vacillation; hesitation; versatile;\nunsteady; changeable; whimsical; flexibility in character; unreliable;\nundetermined.\n\nKING OF CLUBS--_Upright._ As the representative of an individual, this\ncard designates a man of a complexion neither very dark nor\nexceedingly light, but a person with medium colored brown hair,\ngrayish eyes, and of an easy, plodding disposition. He will be a man\nhumane, honest and affectionate, given to business, and faithful in\nall his engagements; he will be personally happy in all his relations\nin life, as father, husband and citizen, and make everyone happy about\nhim.\n\nThe primary significations of this card are, in the first instance, a\n_friend_, and secondly, a _business man_.\n\nAs a _business man_ this card has these synonyms:\n\nMerchant; trader; dealer; banker; broker; exchange agent; speculator;\ncalculator; physician; schoolmaster; collegian; geometry; freemason;\nmathematics; engineer; science; professor.\n\nKING OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ This card, as the representative of an\nindividual, designates a person of middling dark complexion, with\nchestnut brown hair, who, without being positively wicked, is\nviciously inclined, and for that reason should not be trusted. Being\nof a morbid temperament, he will destroy the happiness of others, and\nrender his family miserable through his own viciousness.\n\nA secondary signification is consequently a _vicious man_ or _vice_\nitself, expressed in synonyms as follows:\n\nVice; defect; default; moral blemish; weakness; moral imperfection;\nunformed nature; irregularity; flightiness of mind; depravation in\nmanners; libertinism; lewdness; licentious speech; ugliness;\ndeformity; corruption; stench; rottenness.\n\nQUEEN OF CLUBS--_Upright._ As a representative of a particular\nindividual, this card designates a brunette lady, of a warm, tender,\nand sympathetic nature, intellectual, witty and high spirited, of a\nstrongly loving disposition, given to society and social reunions,\nwhere she distinguishes herself through her conversational ability.\n\nThe most prominent primary signification of this card is _opulence_,\nwhich is represented in the following synonyms:\n\nRiches; display; pomp; ostentation; vain show; pageantry; luxury;\nsumptuousness; assurance; steadiness; confidence; certitude;\naffirmation; security; hardihood; self-reliance; liberty; frankness;\ncandor; openness; plain-dealing; freedom.\n\nAnother signification of this card is a _parley_ or _conference_, and\nis expressed by some of the subjoined synonyms:\n\nDiscourse; conversation; talk; communication; colloquy; dissertation;\ndeliberation; discussion; speech; pronunciation; grammar; dictionary;\ntongue; idiom; jargon; slang; exchange; commerce; trade; traffic; to\nspeak; to confer; to converse; to tattle.\n\nQUEEN OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As a representative of an individual, this\ncard, reversed, denotes a lady whose complexion is brunette, with dark\nhair and black eyes, but not dark enough to be represented by a\n_spade_. She will be a woman of warm passions, of fine personal\nappearance, given to coquetry and dependent more upon her natural\ncharms than education or intellectual training for conquests in her\nflirtations.\n\nThe general signification of this card, reversed, however, is\n_ignorance_ in contradistinction to its attributes when in natural\nposition, and therefore can be interpreted as:\n\nBoorishness; unskillfulness; want of experience; untutored;\nimpertinent.\n\nJACK OF CLUBS--_Upright._ As a representative of an individual, this\ncard denotes a young man of middling dark complexion, kind, gentle and\ndocile by nature, sedate and domestic in his habits, and studious\nthrough inclination. He is a warm friend and faithful admirer.\n\nComing out in the oracle of a young lady, this card is the\nrepresentative of her lover, without respect to his color or other\nqualifications, denoting simply the person indicated.\n\nThe primary signification of this card, divested of its representative\ncharacter, is a _scholar_ or lover of knowledge, while its secondary\nattributes are expressed in the synonyms:\n\nStudy; instruction; application; meditation; reflection; labor; toil;\nwork; occupation; apprentice; student; disciple; pupil; master.\n\nAnother signification of this card, governed according to its\nsurroundings in the oracle, is _prodigality_, whence are derived\nsynonyms as follows:\n\nProfusion; superfluity; luxury; largess; bounty; sumptuousness;\nmagnificence; liberality; benefits; generosity; charity; benevolence;\na crowd; a multitude; depredation; dilapidation; pillage; dissipation.\n\nJACK OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As a representative of an individual, this\ncard designates a bachelor, a shade darker, and of a more determined\ncharacter than the young man above described. It may likewise\nrepresent that same young man in a state of anger or on a sick bed.\n\nIts especial signification, however, is _delirium_, whence we have as\nsecondary attributes or synonyms:\n\nFrenzy; aberration of mind; wandering of the brain; unseated reason;\nfury; rage; fever; enthusiasm; imbecility; imprudence; distraction;\napathy; delirium tremens; intoxication; brain fever.\n\nACE OF CLUBS--_Upright._ This card is universally regarded as a most\nfortunate one, inasmuch as it betokens vast wealth, personal\nprosperity, physical health, mental tranquillity, marital happiness\nand longevity.\n\nThe principal significations of this card are _a purse of money_ and\n_riches_, whence we have as synonyms:\n\nFor _a purse of money_: Sum of money; a present; capital; principal;\ntreasure; bullion; gold and silver wares; opulence; rare; dear;\nprecious; inestimable; of excessive value.\n\nFor _riches_: Wealth; health; prosperity; worldly goods; happiness;\nfelicity; amelioration; improvement; benefit; advantage; profit;\nblessing; favor; grace; plenty; destiny; chance; speculation; good\nluck.\n\nACE OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ When this card emerges to form part of an\noracle, in a reversed position, its more popular and current\nsignifications are _nobility_, _love_ and _a present_, but in a\nconsultation made for a young unmarried lady it signifies that she\nwill unexpectedly unite herself with a man, probably a widower, who\nwill better her fortunes; hence to a female operative this card is a\nvery good omen.\n\nFor _nobility_ we employ as appropriate synonyms:\n\nA nobleman; a man of consequence; important; great; the eldest son;\nextended; vast; sublime; renowned; illustrious; powerful; elevated; of\ngood quality; illustration; reputation; consideration; grandeur of\nsoul.\n\nFor _love_, a correct interpretation of the oracle may require\nselection from among the following synonyms:\n\nPassion; inclination; sympathy; affection; allurement; attraction;\ncharm; enticement; disposition; taste for; propensity; admiration;\ngallantry; complacence for the sex; intrigue; affinity; an affair of\ngallantry; attachment; devotion.\n\nTEN OF CLUBS--_Upright._ When this card enters in your oracle it is to\napprise you that you will unexpectedly receive a handsome sum of\nmoney, a gift or a legacy from some dear friend or near relative.\nHowever, at the same time it warns you that your smiles will be\nintermingled with tears; inasmuch as you will almost simultaneously\nlearn of the death of some person whose love you have cherished.\n\nThe chief primary signification of this card is _the future_, whence\nare derived the following secondary ones:\n\nHereafter; to come; posthumous; after death; heaven.\n\nAnother primary signification is _gain_, which can be interpreted as\nrequired, by any of these synonyms:\n\nAdvantage; profit; success; grace; favor; benefit; ascendency; power;\nempire; authority; usurpation; profitable; useful; important;\ninterest; official position.\n\nA more general signification in this card is _money_, from which we\nhave secondary ones of this description:\n\nWealth; coin; bullion; ingots; gold; silver ware; whiteness; purity;\ncandor; innocence; ingenuity; the moon; purification; twilight;\nmoonlight.\n\nTEN OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As a general thing this card, emerging\nreversed, designates a _lover_, of either gender, unless the _knave of\nclubs_ appears in the oracle of a lady, or the _eight of hearts_,\nreversed, in that of a gentleman.\n\nEmployed in such a signification, we have as synonyms:\n\nIn love; gallantry; a gallant; husband; wife; married man; married\nwoman; friend; protector; courtesan; to love; to cherish; to adore; to\nmatch; to mate; harmony; concord; suitable; corresponding; in\nrelations with; decency; decorum; regard; seemliness; convenience;\nvicinity; fitness.\n\nThis card is sometimes used to designate _the house_.\n\nNINE OF CLUBS--_Upright._ The general primary signification of this\ncard, when employed as a measure of time, is _the present_, whence we\nhave as synonyms:\n\nAt the instant; actually; now; presently; suddenly; unexpectedly; upon\nthe spot; momentarily; at hand.\n\nThe second primary signification of this card is an _effect_, whence\nare derived the secondary ones of this nature:\n\nFor sure; with certainty; in consequence; result; evidence;\nconviction; conclusion; will happen; event; to finish; to execute;\nhousehold goods; furniture; bonds; personal estate; jewelry; movable\ngoods.\n\nThis card has another primary signification, _indiscretion_, from\nwhich are derived the secondary meanings, as follows:\n\nWant of foresight; imprudent; rash; headlong; with precipitation;\nthoughtlessly; impulsively; suddenly; disorder; confusion; misconduct;\nwant of reflection; chaos; disgrace; without restraint; dissipation;\nlibertinage; discordance; inharmonious; moral ruin.\n\nNINE OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ This card, reversed, is most usually\nemployed to denote that the consultant, in whose oracle it appears,\nwill be the recipient of a _present_, but as to its value and its\nnature the surrounding cards must determine. The card consequently may\nrepresent:\n\nGift; presentation; memorial; offering; testimonial; a gratification;\nservice; offer of money; thanksgiving.\n\nAnother signification of this card when coming out reversed, is\n_gambling_, but as this is a serious moral offense, great care should\nbe exercised to study its application.\n\nFrom _gambling_ are derived these secondary meanings:\n\nGames of chance; lottery; luck; card playing; any fortuitous\ncircumstance; by accident; destiny; human life; cards; dice; money\ngames; disreputable company.\n\nEIGHT OF CLUBS--_Upright._ As a representative of an individual, this\ncard designates a brunette, unmarried lady, remarkable for her\npersonal attractions, of a mild and tractable nature, who, should she\nnot possess beauty, will win admiration from her accomplishments and\ndemeanor, as well as from her sincerity and virtue.\n\nAs a general thing this card signifies _the art of pleasing_, or, as\nit is more appropriately styled, _a virtuous girl_, in which\nconnection, its meaning is expressed in the synonyms:\n\nA virgin; chaste; modest; virtuous; genteel; becoming; decent;\ndecorous; suitable; befitting; civil; kind; courteous; polished;\npolite; well bred; accomplished; condescending; meek; hospitable; good\nmanners.\n\nEIGHT OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As an individual's representative, this\ncard, when reversed, denotes a middling dark complexioned unmarried\nwoman, with dark chestnut hair, and eyes nearly approaching black in\ncolor. She will be vain of her personal charms, and make little\naccount of the world's opinion should her own desires be gratified.\n\nThe primary signification of this card is _removal_ or _departure_,\nand can be appropriately expressed in the following synonyms:\n\nMoving; to move; change of residence; at a distance; remote; absence;\nseparation; dispersion; going aside; out of the way; ramble;\nexcursion; digression; flight; to discard; disdain; repugnance;\naversion; incompatibility; opposition; division; rupture, and\nantipathy.\n\nThis card, reversed, has moreover the signification of _indecorum_,\nwhich can be used in these different senses:\n\nInhospitable; ill bred; discourteous; bad manners; immodest; unchaste;\ninsincere; boorish; brazen faced; slovenly; a virago; a tartar; a\nwanton.\n\nSEVEN OF CLUBS--_Upright._ The principal primary signification of this\ncard is a _trifle in money_, but which, however, has been amplified to\ndesignate _economy_, or the art of spending very little money to the\nbest advantage. Consequently from this source we have the following\nsynonyms:\n\nGood behavior; wise administration of affairs; foresight; discretion;\norder; regularity; household virtues; good management; wisdom;\nhappiness; prosperity.\n\nThis card likewise signifies _company_ or _sociability_, in which\nconnection it can be taken to denote:\n\nAssociation; an assembly; a gathering; family party; friendly\nintercourse; pleasant relations; harmless pastimes; domestic\nrecreations; balls; concerts; theater.\n\nStill, its most important signification is a _child_. From this\nphysical object the secondary meanings of this card are extended to\ndesignate the characteristics of childhood applied to after life.\nHence the synonyms of this signification are:\n\nInfancy; childhood; puerility; frivolity; weakness; dependency;\nabasement; humiliation; depression; humble; abject; minute; small;\ndiminutive; helpless.\n\nSEVEN OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As a general thing this card reversed has\nthe signification of _embarrassment_ or _impediment_, and, taken in\nthis light, its meanings, as applied to the exigencies of a correct\ninterpretation of the consultation, will be found in some one of these\nsynonyms:\n\nHindrance; entanglement; clog; fuss; intricacy; confusion; exigency;\ndisorder; distress; to make work; to come to a stand; to perplex; to\npuzzle; to obstruct; to delay; to block up; to choke up; to stop up;\nto stifle; hurry; bustle; in a fix; in perplexity; at a loss.\n\nIt must be borne in mind that this card, when signifying a child, may\ncome out either upright or reversed.\n\n\n\n\nGROUPS OF CARDS\n\n\n_All Four, Any Three and Any Two of a Kind, that Come Out in the Deal,\nEither Upright or Reversed, to the RIGHT of the Consultant--Their\nMeanings._\n\n  Four Kings--Removal.\n\n  Four Queens--Great assemblage of ladies.\n\n  Four Jacks--An illness.\n\n  Four Aces--A great surprise.\n\n  Four Tens--An affair of justice.\n\n  Four Nines--An agreeable surprise.\n\n  Four Eights--A reverse.\n\n  Four Sevens--Intrigue.\n\n  Three Kings--Consultation.\n\n  Three Queens--Female deceit.\n\n  Three Jacks--A trifling dispute.\n\n  Three Aces--Paltry success.\n\n  Three Tens--Change in social position.\n\n  Three Nines--Petty results.\n\n  Three Eights--Unfortunate marriage.\n\n  Three Sevens--Pain in the limbs. Contrariness.\n\n  Two Kings--Petty counsel.\n\n  Two Queens--Friends.\n\n  Two Jacks--Inquietude.\n\n  Two Aces--Deception.\n\n  Two Tens--Change.\n\n  Two Nines--A little money.\n\n  Two Eights--A new acquaintance.\n\n  Two Sevens--Trifling news.\n\n\n_All Four, Any Three and Any Two of a Kind, that Come Out in the Deal,\nEither Upright or Reversed, to the LEFT of the Consultant--Their\nMeanings._\n\n  Four Kings--Celerity in business matters.\n\n  Four Queens--Bad company.\n\n  Four Jacks--Privation.\n\n  Four Aces--Disagreeable surprise.\n\n  Four Tens--An occurrence, an event.\n\n  Four Nines--Disagreeable surprise.\n\n  Four Eights--Error.\n\n  Four Sevens--An unjust man.\n\n  Three Kings--Commerce.\n\n  Three Queens--Friendly repast.\n\n  Three Jacks--Idleness.\n\n  Three Aces--Misconduct.\n\n  Three Tens--Want.\n\n  Three Nines--Imprudence.\n\n  Three Eights--A play.\n\n  Three Sevens--Great joy.\n\n  Two Kings--You have projects.\n\n  Two Queens--Occupation.\n\n  Two Jacks--Company.\n\n  Two Aces--Enemies.\n\n  Two Tens--To be in expectation.\n\n  Two Nines--Profit.\n\n  Two Eights--You will be crossed.\n\n  Two Sevens--A new acquaintance will criticize you.\n\n\n\n\nCOMBINATIONS OF TWO CARDS\n\n\n_Coming Together in the Deal--Their Meanings--\"Upright\" Unless\nOtherwise Stated--First Card Named is the Lefthand One of the Two._\n\n  Seven of diamonds and seven of spades, both reversed--A quarrel.\n\n  Seven and queen of diamonds, both reversed--A quarrel.\n\n  Nine of diamonds and eight of hearts--A journey.\n\n  Ace of spades reversed and nine of hearts--Despair.\n\n  Nine of diamonds and seven of spades reversed--Delay.\n\n  Eight of clubs and ace of clubs reversed--Declaration of love.\n\n  Eight of diamonds and eight of spades--A difficulty between two\n    persons.\n\n  Ten of clubs reversed and eight of diamonds--You will go out of\n    your way to reach your house.\n\n  Seven of spades and seven of hearts, both reversed--Security,\n    independence; deliverance from some trouble.\n\n  Ace of hearts and ace of spades reversed--Distrust.\n\n  King and ace of hearts, both reversed--Loan office or pawnbroker's.\n\n  King of spades reversed and ace of hearts--Palace.\n\n  Ten of diamonds and ten of spades reversed--Anger.\n\n  Nine of spades reversed and nine of diamonds--Great delay.\n\n  King of hearts reversed and ace of hearts--Banquet hall; festivity.\n\n  Seven of hearts and seven of spades reversed--You are undecided\n    regarding a certain person.\n\n  Ten and ace of diamonds--You will send a letter to a foreign city.\n\n  Eight of clubs reversed and ten of diamonds--Departure for a distant\n    foreign city.\n\n  Jack and ace of spades--Second marriage.\n\n  Ace of spades and seven of spades reversed--Lawsuit.\n\n  Jack of hearts and jack of spades reversed--Uneasiness about politics.\n\n  Ace of clubs and seven of diamonds reversed--A deal of money.\n\n  Queen of spades and eight of hearts--A blonde widow.\n\n  Ace of hearts reversed and jack of diamonds--Someone is waiting for\n    you.\n\n  Ace of hearts and ten of diamonds--A blow.\n\n  Queen of diamonds reversed and king of diamonds--A handsome stranger.\n\n  Jack of diamonds reversed and ace of spades--You await somebody.\n\n  King of hearts reversed and ace of hearts--Ballroom.\n\n  Ace and ten of clubs--A sum of money.\n\n  Ace of spades reversed and queen of clubs--Injustice.\n\n  Ace of hearts reversed and ten of hearts--Surprise at the house.\n\n  Ten of clubs and ten of spades, both reversed--Loss of money.\n\n  Ten of spades and ten of clubs, both reversed--Money at night.\n\n  Seven of clubs and seven of hearts--You think of silver.\n\n  Seven of hearts and ten of diamonds--You will have gold.\n\n  Ten of diamonds and ace of clubs reversed--Present of gold.\n\n  Ten of clubs and ten of hearts--Surprise of money.\n\n  Ace of hearts and seven of diamonds reversed--Words at the house.\n\n  Seven of spades and ace of clubs, both reversed--Declaration of love.\n\n  Eight of diamonds and seven of hearts reversed--You desire to take a\n    walk.\n\n  Ace of clubs reversed and ten of hearts--A love surprise.\n\n  Ten of spades and seven of hearts reversed--You will receive a shock.\n\n  Seven of hearts and ten of spades reversed--You will lose a small\n    object.\n\n  King and ace of hearts, both reversed--Gaming house. Stock exchange.\n\n  King and queen of clubs--Married couple.\n\n  Ten of diamonds and eight of hearts reversed--Unexpected voyage.\n\n  Jack of diamonds reversed and queen of diamonds--A domestic and\n    home-loving woman.\n\n  Eight of diamonds and eight of spades--Sickness.\n\n  Eight of diamonds and eight of clubs--Moving to the country.\n\n  Ace of clubs and ten of spades, both reversed--Jealousy in love.\n\n  Eight of diamonds and seven of spades reversed--Hesitation about going\n    to the country.\n\n  Queen of clubs and seven of diamonds reversed--Discussion.\n\n  Seven of spades reversed and seven of hearts--You think of being\n    someone's friend.\n\n  Ace of spades reversed and nine of diamonds--You will experience a\n    delay with some paper.\n\n  Ace of hearts and jack of clubs--Flattery.\n\n  Eight of clubs reversed and eight of hearts--Great affection.\n\n  Seven of diamonds and seven of clubs, both reversed--A great deal of\n    embarrassment.\n\n  Seven of spades reversed and nine of diamonds--Certain delay or\n    separation.\n\n  King of hearts reversed and ace of hearts--Convent.\n\n  King and nine of spades, both reversed--Want.\n\n  King and queen of hearts--A married couple in good society.\n\n  King of hearts reversed and ace of hearts--Court of justice.\n\n  King of diamonds and eight of clubs--Robber.\n\n  Eight of clubs and king of diamonds--Theft.\n\n  King and nine of spades, both reversed--Unjust accusation.\n\n  King of diamonds reversed and ace of clubs--A rich countryman.\n\n  Jack of diamonds reversed and jack of spades--Strange young man.\n\n  Ace of spades and jack of diamonds, both reversed--Someone expects\n    you.\n\n  King of hearts reversed and ace of hearts--Large house, hotel.\n\n  Queen and ace of spades, both reversed--Infidelity.\n\n  Ace of spades reversed and king of hearts--Hospital.\n\n  Ace of clubs and ace of spades, both reversed--Imprisonment.\n\n  King and queen of clubs--Man and wife.\n\n  King of hearts reversed and ace of hearts--Government house;\n    campground.\n\n  Ace of hearts and eight of hearts reversed--Money due.\n\n  Ace of clubs reversed and ace of diamonds--Love-letter.\n\n  Queen of hearts and nine of spades reversed--A lady in mourning.\n\n  King and queen of diamonds, both reversed--A country lady and\n    gentleman.\n\n  Ace of hearts and queen of clubs reversed--Injustice.\n\n\nA WORD OF ADVICE.\n\nIt will be found of material assistance to the complete understanding\nof each of the following methods of telling fortunes to have in your\nhands a 32-card pack as you read, and to carefully follow out the\ndetails with the exact cards mentioned in the text. We strongly\nrecommend this plan to the student who desires to become an adept in\nthe art.\n\n\nSPECIAL NOTE.\n\nIn all the following methods the 32-card pack is used, which consists\nof the ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine, eight and seven only of each\nsuit, and usually the extra Consultant card to represent the person\nconsulting the cards.\n\nWhen about to consult the oracle, the cards should be arranged in the\nfollowing manner before shuffling: King, queen, jack, ace, ten, nine,\neight and seven of each suit. This precaution should be taken for\nevery consultation, whether for yourself or for another person, as\nwithout this the permutation may chance not to be perfect.\n\n\n\n\nDEALING THE CARDS BY THREES\n\n\nThe pack of thirty-two selected cards is taken, and a card is selected\nto represent the dealer, supposing he is making the essay on his own\nbehalf; if not, it must represent the person for whom he is acting. In\ndoing this, if the Consultant card be not used, it is necessary to\nremember that the card chosen should be according to the complexion of\nthe chooser. King or queen of diamonds for a very fair person; king or\nqueen of hearts for one rather dark; clubs for one darker still; and\nspades only for one very dark indeed. The card chosen also loses its\nsignification, and simply becomes the representative of a dark or fair\nman or woman as the case may be. This point having been settled, the\ncards are shuffled, and either cut by the dealer or for him (according\nto whether he is acting for himself or another person), the left hand\nbeing used. That done, they are turned up by threes, and every time\ntwo of the same suit are found in these triplets, such as two hearts,\ntwo clubs, etc., the highest card is withdrawn and placed on the table\nin front. If the triplet chance to be all the same suit, the highest\ncard is still to be the only one withdrawn, but should it consist of\nthree of the same value, such as three kings, etc., they are all to be\nappropriated. If after having turned up the cards, three by three, six\nhave been able to be withdrawn, there will remain twenty-six, which\nare shuffled and cut, and again turned up by threes, acting precisely\nas before, until thirteen, fifteen or seventeen cards have been\nobtained. The number must always be uneven, and the card representing\nthe person consulting must be amongst the number; if not, it must be\ndrawn out and put at the end.\n\nSay that the person whose fortune is being read is a lady, represented\nby the queen of hearts, and that fifteen cards are obtained and laid\nout in the form of a semi-circle in the order they were drawn: The\nseven of clubs, the ten of diamonds, the seven of hearts, the jack of\nclubs, the king of diamonds, the nine of diamonds, the ten of hearts,\nthe queen of spades, the eight of hearts, the jack of diamonds, the\nqueen of hearts, the nine of clubs, the seven of spades, the ace of\nclubs, the eight of spades. The cards having been considered, there\nare found among them two queens, two jacks, two tens, three sevens,\ntwo eights and two nines. It is therefore possible to announce:--\"The\ntwo queens are supposed to signify the re-union of friends; the two\njacks, that there is mischief being made between them. These two tens,\na change, which, from one of them being between two sevens, will not\nbe effected without some difficulty; the cause of which, according to\nthese three sevens, will be illness. However, these two nines can\npromise some small gain; resulting, so say these two eights, from a\nlove affair.\"\n\nSeven cards are now counted from right to left, beginning with the\nqueen of hearts, who represents the lady consulting the cards. The\nseventh being the king of diamonds, the following may be said: \"You\noften think of a fair man in uniform.\"\n\nThe next seventh card (counting the king of diamonds as one) proves to\nbe the ace of clubs: \"You will receive from him some very joyful\ntidings; he, besides, intends making you a present.\"\n\nCount the ace of clubs as one, and proceeding to the next seventh\ncard, the queen of spades: \"A widow is endeavoring to injure you on\nthis very account; and (the seventh card counting the queen as one\nbeing the ten of diamonds) the annoyance she gives you will oblige you\nto either take a journey or change your residence; but (this ten of\ndiamonds being imprisoned between two sevens) your journey or removal\nwill meet with some obstacle.\"\n\nOn proceeding to count as before, calling the ten of diamonds one, the\nseventh card will be found to be the queen of hearts herself, the\nperson consulting; therefore, the conclusion may be stated as: \"But\nthis you will overcome of yourself, without needing anyone's aid or\nassistance.\"\n\nThe two cards at either extremity of the half circle are now taken,\nwhich are respectively the eight of spades and seven of clubs, and\nmay be read: \"A sickness which will result in your receiving a small\nsum of money.\"\n\nRepeat the same maneuver, which brings together the ace of clubs and\nthe ten of diamonds:\n\n\"Good news, which will make you decide on taking a journey, destined\nto prove a very happy one, and which will occasion you to receive a\nsum of money.\"\n\nThe next cards united, being the seven of spades and the seven of\nhearts, you say:\n\n\"Tranquillity and peace of mind, followed by slight anxiety, quickly\nfollowed by love and happiness.\"\n\nThen come the nine of clubs and the jack of clubs: \"You will certainly\nreceive money through the exertions of a clever dark young man.\"\n\nQueen of hearts and king of diamonds: \"Which comes from a fair man in\nuniform. This recontre announces great happiness in store for you, and\nthe complete fulfillment of your wishes.\"\n\nJack of diamonds and nine of diamonds: \"Although this happy result\nwill be delayed some time through a fair young man, not famed for his\ndelicacy.\"\n\nEight of hearts and ten of hearts: \"Love, joy and triumph.\"\n\n\"The queen of spades, who remains alone, is the widow endeavoring to\ninjure you, and finds herself deserted by all her friends.\"\n\nThe cards that have been in use are now gathered up and shuffled and\ncut with the left hand. They are then made into three packs by dealing\none to the left, one to the middle, and one to the right; a fourth is\nlaid aside to form \"a surprise.\" Then the cards are continued to be\ndealt to each of the three packs in turn until their number is\nexhausted, when it will be found that the left hand and middle packs\ncontain each five cards, while the one on the right hand consists of\nonly four.\n\nThe person consulting is now asked to select one of the three packs.\nSupposing this to be the middle one, and that the cards comprising it\nare the jack of diamonds, the king of diamonds, the seven of spades,\nthe queen of spades, the seven of clubs; recollecting the previous\ninstructions regarding the individual and the supposed relative\nsignification of the cards, they may be easily interpreted as follows:\n\"The jack of diamonds--a fair young man possessed of no delicacy of\nfeeling, seeks to injure--the king of diamonds--a fair man in\nuniform--seven of spades--and will succeed in causing him some\nannoyance--the queen of spades--at the instigation of a spiteful\nwoman--seven of clubs--but by means of a small sum of money matters\nwill be easily arranged.\"\n\nThe left hand pack is next taken up, which is \"for the house\" the\nformer one having been for the lady herself.\n\nSupposing it to consist of the queen of hearts, the jack of clubs,\nthe eight of hearts, the nine of diamonds and the ace of clubs, they\nwould be read thus: \"Queen of hearts--the lady whose fortune is being\ntold is or soon will be in a house--jack of clubs--where she will meet\nwith a dark young man, who--eight of hearts--will entreat her\nassistance to forward his interests with a fair girl--nine of\ndiamonds--he having met with delay and disappointment--ace of\nclubs--but a letter will arrive announcing the possession of money,\nwhich will remove all difficulties.\"\n\nThe third pack is \"for those who do not expect it,\" and will be\ncomposed of four cards: the ten of hearts, the nine of clubs, eight of\nspades, and ten of diamonds: \"The ten of hearts--an unexpected piece\nof good fortune and great happiness--nine of clubs--caused by an\nunlooked for legacy--eight of spades--which joy may be followed by a\nshort sickness--ten of diamonds--the result of a fatiguing journey.\"\n\nThere now remains on the table only the card intended for \"the\nsurprise.\" This, however, must be left untouched, the other cards\ngathered up, shuffled, cut, and again laid out in three packs, not\nforgetting at the first deal to add a card to \"the surprise.\" After\nthe different packs have been duly examined and explained as before\ndescribed, they must again be gathered up, shuffled, etc., indeed the\nwhole operation repeated, after which, the three cards forming \"the\nsurprise\" are examined, and supposing them to be the seven of hearts,\nthe jack of clubs and the queen of spades, they are to be thus\ninterpreted: \"Seven of hearts--pleasant thoughts and friendly\nintentions--jack of clubs--of a dark young man--queen of\nspades--relative to a malicious dark woman, who will cause him much\nunhappiness.\"\n\n\n\n\nDEALING THE CARDS BY FIVES\n\n\nShuffle the 32-card pack thoroughly and cut it twice with the left\nhand, placing the first cut face downward at the right hand and the\nsecond on the left.\n\nNow take off the top card of the middle package and place it aside,\nand repeat the shuffling and cutting of the balance in a precisely\nsimilar manner, and again remove the top card of the middle package.\nRepeat shuffling, cutting and discarding until you have in this way\ntaken out five cards. This done, examine if the Consultant be among\nthe number of cards taken from the pack. If it be, shuffle the five\ncards well, and then deal them in a row, turning their faces up from\nright to left in this manner:\n\n  5, 4, 3, 2, 1\n\nand proceed to read them from the same direction.\n\nIf the Consultant be not found among the five cards drawn as above,\ntake it from the pack and substitute it for one taken by chance from\nthe five cards after shuffling them thoroughly, faces down, so that\nthe card to be discarded shall not be recognized. After placing the\nConsultant among the other four cards, shuffle well and deal as\ndirected, and you have your oracle of five cards for consultation and\nexplanation, and among which the Consultant will appear in its proper\nposition.\n\nAs an example, let us say that the five cards obtained are, from right\nto left, as follows: Ten of hearts, ten of clubs, Consultant, eight of\nclubs reversed and ten of diamonds.\n\nThe Consultant having behind him the eight of clubs near to the ten of\ndiamonds, these two cards announce to him his residence at a distance\nin a foreign city, and the two tens which are found placed behind him\nnotifies that he is about to quit his house (ten of clubs) and the\ncity (ten of hearts) where he now lives.\n\n\n\n\nDEALING THE CARDS BY SEVENS\n\n\nAfter having shuffled the pack of thirty-two selected cards either cut\nthem yourself or, if acting for another person, let that person cut\nthem, taking care to use the left hand. Then count seven cards,\nbeginning with the one lying on the top of the pack. The first six are\nuseless, so put them aside, and retain only the seventh, which is to\nbe placed face uppermost on the table before you. Repeat this three\ntimes more, then shuffle and cut the cards you have thrown on one\nside, together with those remaining in your hand, and tell them out in\nsevens as before, until you have thus obtained twelve cards. It is\nhowever indispensable that the Consultant card or one representing the\nperson whose fortune is being told should be among the number;\ntherefore the whole operation must be recommenced in case of it not\nhaving made its appearance. Your twelve cards being now spread out\nbefore you in the order in which they have come to hand, you may begin\nto explain them as described in the manner of dealing the cards in\nthrees--always bearing in mind both their individual and relative\nsignification. Thus, you first count the cards by sevens, beginning\nwith the one representing the person for whom you are acting, going\nfrom right to left. Then take the two cards at either extremity of the\nline or half-circle, and unite them, and afterwards form the three\nheaps or packs and \"the surprise\" precisely as we have before\ndescribed. Indeed, the only difference between this and the three card\nmethod is the manner in which the cards are obtained.\n\n\n\n\nDEALING BY FIFTEENS\n\n\nAfter the cards have been well shuffled and cut, they are dealt out in\ntwo packs containing sixteen cards in each. The person consulting is\ndesired to choose one of them; the first card is laid aside to form\n\"the surprise,\" the other fifteen are turned up and ranged in a half\ncircle before the dealer, going from left to right, being placed in\nthe order in which they come to hand. If the card representing the\nperson consulting be not among them the cards must be all gathered up,\nshuffled, cut, and dealt as before, and this must be repeated till the\nmissing card makes its appearance in the pack chosen by the person it\nrepresents. They are explained, first, by interpreting the meaning of\nany pairs, triplets, or quartettes among them; then by counting them\nin sevens, going from right to left, and beginning with the card\nrepresenting the person consulting, and lastly, by taking the cards at\neither extremity of the line, and pairing them. This being done, the\nfifteen cards are gathered up, shuffled, cut, and dealt so as to form\nthree packs of five cards each. From each of these the topmost card is\nwithdrawn and placed on the one laid aside for \"the surprise,\" thus\nforming four packs of four cards each.\n\nThe person consulting is desired to choose one of these packs for\nherself or for himself as the case may be. This is turned up, and the\nfour cards it contains are spread out from left to right, the\nindividual and relative signification ascribed to them being duly\nexplained. In like manner the pack on the left, which will be \"for the\nhouse,\" is used; then the third one, \"for those who do not expect it;\"\nand lastly, \"the surprise.\"\n\nIn order to make the meaning perfectly clear another example is given.\nIt is supposed that the pack for the person consulting consists of the\njack of hearts, the ace of diamonds, the queen of clubs and the eight\nof spades reversed.\n\nIt will be easy to interpret them as follows: \"The jack of hearts--a\ngay young bachelor--the ace of diamonds--who has written, or who will\nvery soon write a letter--the queen of clubs--to a dark woman--eight\nof spades reversed--to make proposals to her, which will not be\naccepted.\" On looking back to the list of significations, it will be\nfound to run thus:\n\n  Jack of Hearts--A gay young bachelor who thinks only of pleasure.\n\n  Ace of Diamonds--A letter, soon to be received.\n\n  Queen of Clubs--An affectionate woman, but quick tempered and\n    touchy.\n\n  Eight of Spades--If reversed, a marriage broken off, or offer\n    refused.\n\nIt will thus be seen that each card forms, as it were, a phrase, from\nan assemblage of which nothing but a little practice is required to\nform complete sentences. Of this a further example will be given by\ninterpreting the signification of the three other packs.\n\n\"For the house\" is supposed to consist of the queen of hearts, the\njack of spades reversed, the ace of clubs and the nine of diamonds,\nwhich are supposed to read thus: \"The queen of hearts--a fair woman,\nmild and amiable in disposition--jack of spades reversed--will be\ndeceived by a dark, ill bred young man--the ace of clubs--but she will\nreceive some good news, which will console her--nine of\ndiamonds--although it is probable that this news may be delayed.\"\n\nThe pack \"for those who do not expect it,\" consists of the queen of\ndiamonds, the king of spades, the ace of hearts reversed, and the\nseven of spades: \"The queen of diamonds--a mischief-making woman--the\nking of spades--in league with a dishonest lawyer---ace of hearts\nreversed--they will hold a consultation--seven of spades--but the harm\nthey will do will soon be repaired.\"\n\nLast comes \"the surprise,\" formed by, it is supposed, the jack of\nclubs, the ten of diamonds, the queen of spades and the nine of\nspades, of which the supposed interpretation is: \"The jack of clubs--a\nclever, enterprising young man--ten of diamonds--about to undertake a\njourney--queen of spades--for the purpose of visiting a widow--nine\nof spades--but one or both their lives will be endangered.\"\n\n\n\n\nTHE TWENTY-ONE CARD METHOD\n\n\nAfter the thirty-two cards have been shuffled and cut with the left\nhand, the first eleven are withdrawn from the pack and laid on one\nside. The remainder--twenty-one in all--are to be again shuffled and\ncut, that being done, the topmost card is laid on one side to form\n\"the surprise,\" and the remaining twenty are ranged before the dealer\nin the order in which they come to hand. If the card representing the\nperson consulting be not among them, one must be withdrawn from the\neleven useless ones placed at the right extremity of the row, where it\nrepresents the missing card, no matter what it may really be. Let us\nsuppose that the person wishing to make the essay is an officer in the\narmy, and consequently represented by the king of diamonds, and that\nthe twenty cards ranged in front of you are: Queen of diamonds, king\nof clubs, ten of hearts, ace of spades, queen of hearts reversed,\nseven of spades, jack of diamonds, ten of clubs, king of spades, eight\nof diamonds, king of hearts, nine of clubs, jack of spades reversed,\nseven of hearts, ten of spades, king of diamonds, ace of diamonds,\nseven of clubs, nine of hearts, ace of clubs. You now proceed to\nexamine the cards as they lay, and perceiving that all the four kings\nare there, you can predict that great rewards await the person\nconsulting you, and that he will gain great dignity and honor. The two\nqueens, one of them reversed, announce the reunion of two sorrowful\nfriends; the three aces, foretell good news; the two jacks, one of\nthem reversed, danger; the three tens, improper conduct.\n\nYou now begin to explain the cards, commencing with the first on the\nleft hand: \"The queen of diamonds is a mischief-making, under-bred\nwoman--the king of clubs--endeavoring to win the affections of a\nworthy and estimable man--ten of hearts--over whose scruples she will\ntriumph--ace of spades--the affair will make some noise--queen of\nhearts reversed--and greatly distress a charming fair woman who loves\nhim--seven of spades--but her grief will not be of long duration. Jack\nof diamonds--an unfaithful servant--ten of clubs--will make away with\na considerable sum of money--king of spades--and will be brought to\ntrial--eight of diamonds--but saved from punishment through a woman's\nagency. King of hearts--a fair man of liberal disposition--nine of\nclubs--will receive a large sum of money--jack of spades\nreversed--which will expose him to the malice of a dark youth of\ncoarse manners. Seven of hearts--pleasant thoughts, followed by--ten\nof spades--great chagrin--king of diamonds--await a man in uniform,\nwho is the person consulting me--ace of diamonds--but a letter he will\nspeedily receive--seven of clubs--containing a small sum of\nmoney--nine of hearts--will restore his good spirits--ace of\nclubs--which will be further augmented by some good news.\" Now turn up\n\"the surprise\" which it is supposed will prove the ace of hearts, \"a\ncard that is taken to predict great happiness, caused by a love\nletter, but which, making up the four aces, is said to show that this\nsudden joy will be followed by great misfortunes.\"\n\nThe cards are now gathered up, shuffled, cut, and formed into three\npacks, at the first deal one being laid aside to form \"the surprise.\"\nBy the time they are all dealt out it will be found that the two first\npackets are each composed of seven cards, whilst the third contains\nonly six. The person consulting is desired to select one of these,\nwhich is taken up and spread out from left to right, being explained\nas before described. The cards are again gathered up, shuffled, cut,\nformed into three packs, one card being dealt to \"the surprise,\" and\nthen proceeding as before. The whole operation is once more repeated,\nthen the three cards forming \"the surprise\" are taken up and their\ninterpretation given.\n\nNo matter how the cards are dealt, whether by threes, fives, sevens,\nfifteens or twenty-one, when those lower than the jack predominate it\nis considered to foretell success. If clubs are the most numerous,\nthey are supposed to predict gain, considerable fortune, etc. If\npicture cards, dignity and honor; hearts, gladness, good news; spades,\ndeath or sickness.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n\n\n\nTHE WAY TO TELL A FORTUNE\n\n\nIllustrating the 21-card deal and the expert fortune-teller's method\nof constructing a complete and connected reading of the same, which\nyou are advised to carefully consider, as a guide for your own use in\ndelivering an intelligent, interesting and coherent oracle in all\ncases where you are rendering an interpretation for others.\n\nA man asks the question:\n\n_Shall I Marry the Woman I Love?_\n\nThe fortune-teller turns the cards by the 21-card method, with the\nresultant layout as shown in the picture, and proceeds to read the\ngentleman's answer in the following language:\n\nYou desire to learn, sir, whether you will marry the young lady to\nwhom you are now paying your addresses? You inform me that the lady is\na blonde; still it is necessary for me to inform you that in order to\nbe able to foresee whether or not the marriage be accomplished\naccording to your wishes, I am compelled to select as a representative\ncard of your future wife, a lady of your own color, for such a one is\nnecessary for the oracle, otherwise our labors go for nothing. You,\nsir, are a middling dark man, and therefore would come up as a\n_club_; as a representative card of your beloved we will take the\n_queen of clubs_, as of your own complexion.\n\nNow, sir, having performed our deal and arranged the oracle, permit\nme, in the first place, to call your attention to the fact that you\nstand represented by the _knave of clubs_, and in the next to observe\nyour position in the oracle.\n\nThe _eight of hearts_ coming as it does in company with the _eight of\nclubs_, gives me satisfactory information that you entertain for the\nyoung lady a most profound and honorable sentiment of affection, which\nit appears to me she reciprocates with a no less degree of intensity.\nI have chosen to designate your beloved by the _queen of clubs_, and\nshe is doubtlessly a personage well worthy of your love, as the _eight\nof diamonds_, coming before her in conjunction with the _ace of\nhearts_, demonstrates her to be a lady of wisdom, intelligence and\nprudence. Observe, moreover, that the _nine of hearts_ intervenes\nbetween you both, but is placed nearest the lady. This card predicts a\nunion, which is much desired by her, while on your part you regard\nyour intended with a spirit of admiration bordering almost upon\nadoration. Such a union will assuredly be followed by domestic\nhappiness, by peace and concord in your domestic circle, by a reign of\nharmony within your household.\n\nI assure you, sir, that, scrutinizing this oracle from every aspect,\nI fail to perceive any obstacle which can interpose to prevent your\ncontemplated marriage. On the other hand, the prognostications are\ndecidedly in its favor, for you will be pleased to notice that the\n_eight of hearts_ and the _eight of clubs_, coming up side by side,\nand between you and your intended, predict a success. Remark more,\nthat there are _three tens_ at your back, which denotes a change in\nyour estate or an alteration in your manner of life and social\nposition.\n\nThe presence of the _queen of hearts_ in immediate vicinity to the\n_seven of diamonds_, indicates not only the receipt of pleasant\nintelligence from a relative able to give you assistance, but\npermanent prosperity should you continue in her good graces. I\nperceive, likewise, from the _seven of hearts_, that you are at this\nmoment thinking of visiting your intended father-in-law, formally to\ndemand the hand of his daughter.\n\nDo not hesitate, my dear sir, to do so, for you will risk nothing by\nsuch an act of courtesy, as it will be crowned with the most happy\nresults. There can be no doubt on that head, as the presence of the\n_king_, _queen_ and _knave of hearts_, coming almost together, and\nblended with your new estate, assure you of the respect and esteem of\nthe family. True, the young lady entertains such affection (_seven of\nspades_) for her parent that when she comes to be separated (_nine of\ndiamonds_) from him upon marriage (_king of diamonds_) the native\nimpulse of her heart will cause her to shed tears (_ten of spades_)\nat the thought (_seven of hearts_) of leaving her paternal roof (_ace\nof hearts_).\n\nAnd now, sir, your surprise. It is a letter (_ace of diamonds_),\nwhich, placed upon the last card to the left, which is the _king of\nclubs_, announces to you that you will be surprised through receipt of\na most gratifying epistle from your intended father-in-law in relation\nto your approaching marriage.\n\n\n\n\nTHE ITALIAN METHOD\n\n\nTake the pack of thirty-two selected cards, shuffle them well, and\neither cut or have them cut for you, according to whether you are\nacting for yourself or another person. Turn up the cards by threes,\nand when the triplet is composed of cards of the same suit, lay it\naside; when of three different suits, pass it by without withdrawing\nany of the three; but when composed of two of one suit and one of\nanother, withdraw the higher card of the two. When you have come to\nthe end of the pack, gather up all the cards except those you have\nwithdrawn; shuffle, cut, and again turn up by threes. Repeat this\noperation until you have obtained fifteen cards, which must then be\nspread out before you, from left to right, in the order in which they\ncome to hand.\n\nCare must, however, be taken that the card representing the person\nmaking the essay is among them; if not, the whole operation must be\nrecommenced until the desired result is obtained. We will suppose it\nto be some dark lady--represented by the queen of clubs--who is\nanxious to make the attempt for herself, and that the cards are laid\nout in the following order, from left to right: Ten of diamonds,\nqueen of clubs, eight of hearts, ace of diamonds, ten of hearts,\nseven of clubs, king of spades, nine of hearts, jack of spades, ace of\nclubs, seven of spades, ten of spades, seven of diamonds, ace of\nspades, jack of hearts.\n\nOn examining them, you will find that there are three aces among them,\nannouncing good news; but, as they are at some distance from each\nother, that the tidings may be some time before they arrive.\n\nThe three tens denote that the conduct of the person consulting the\ncards has not been always strictly correct. The two jacks are enemies,\nand the three sevens predict an illness, caused by them.\n\nYou now begin to count five cards, beginning with the queen of clubs,\nwho represents the person consulting you. The fifth card, being the\nseven of clubs, announces that the lady will soon receive a small sum\nof money. The next fifth card proving to be the ace of clubs,\nsignifies that this money will be accompanied by some very joyful\ntidings. Next comes the ace of spades, promising complete success to\nany projects undertaken by the person consulting the cards; then the\neight of hearts, followed at the proper interval by the king of\nspades, showing that the good news will excite the malice of a\ndishonest lawyer; but the seven of spades coming next, announces that\nthe annoyance he can cause will be of short duration, and that a gay,\nfair young man--the jack of hearts--will soon console her for what she\nhas suffered. The ace of diamonds tells that she will soon receive a\nletter from this fair young man--the nine of hearts--announcing a\ngreat success--ten of spades--but this will be followed by some slight\nchagrin--ten of diamonds--caused by a journey--ten of hearts--but it\nwill soon pass, although--jack of spades--a bad, dark young man will\nendeavor--seven of diamonds--to turn her into ridicule. The queen of\nclubs, being representative of herself, shows that it is towards her\nthat the dark young man's malice will be directed. Now take the cards\nat either extremity of the line, and pair them together. The two first\nbeing the jack of hearts and the ten of diamonds, you may say: \"A gay\nyoung bachelor is preparing to take a journey--ace of spades and queen\nof clubs--which will bring him to the presence of the lady consulting\nthe cards, and cause her great joy. Seven of diamonds and eight of\nhearts--scandal talked about a fair young girl. Ten of spades and ace\nof diamonds--tears shed upon receipt of a letter. Seven of spades and\nten of hearts--great joy, mingled with slight sorrow. Seven of clubs\nand ace of clubs--a letter promising money. Jack of spades and king of\nspades--the winning of a lawsuit. The nine of hearts, being the one\ncard left, promises complete success.\"\n\nNow gather up the cards, shuffle, cut, and deal them out in five\npacks--one for the lady herself, one for the house, one for \"those who\ndo not expect it,\" one for \"those who do expect it,\" and one for \"the\nsurprise,\" in the first deal, laying one card aside for \"consolation.\"\nThe rest are then equally distributed among the other five packs,\nwhich will four of them contain three cards, whilst the last only\nconsists of two.\n\nWe will suppose the first packet for the lady herself to be composed\nof the ace of diamonds, the seven of clubs, and the ten of hearts. The\ninterpretation would run thus:\n\n\"Ace of diamonds--a letter will be shortly received--seven of\nclubs--announcing the arrival of a small sum of money--ten of\nhearts--and containing some very joyful tidings.\"\n\nThe second pack, \"for the house,\" containing the king of spades, the\nnine of hearts, and the jack of spades:\n\n\"The person consulting the cards will receive a visit--king of\nspades--from a lawyer--nine of hearts--which will greatly\ndelight--jack of spades--a dark, ill-disposed young man.\"\n\nThe third pack, \"for those who do not expect it,\" composed of the ace\nof spades, the jack of hearts, and the ace of clubs, would read:\n\n\"Ace of spades--pleasure in store for--jack of hearts--a gay young\nbachelor--ace of clubs--by means of money; but as the jack of hearts\nis placed between two aces, it is evident that he runs a great risk of\nbeing imprisoned; and from the two cards signifying respectively\n'pleasure' and 'money,' that it will be for having run into debt.\"\nThe fourth pack, \"for those who do expect it,\" containing the eight of\nhearts, the queen of clubs, and the ten of diamonds:\n\n\"The eight of hearts--the love-affairs of a fair young girl will\noblige--the queen of clubs--the person consulting the cards--ten of\ndiamonds--to take a journey.\"\n\nThe fifth pack, \"for the surprise,\" consists of the seven of spades\nand the ten of spades, meaning:\n\n\"Seven of spades--slight trouble--ten of spades--caused by some\nperson's imprisonment--the card of consolation--seven of\ndiamonds--which will turn out to have been a mere report.\"\n\n\n\n\nTHE FLORENCE MODE\n\n\nA pack is taken of thirty-two selected cards, shuffled well and cut in\nthree, then laid out in four rows of eight cards each. Significator is\nmade any king or queen that may be preferred; then seven are counted\nfrom that significator from left to right, and from right to left,\nalso crossways, always starting from the king or queen that represents\nthe person consulting. The thoughts, which are supposed to be\nindicated by the jacks, may then be counted from, or the house, or a\nletter; in fact, anything about which information is desired; when\nthis is explained, the cards are paired from each extremity, each pair\nbeing explained as arrived at till the pack is finished. They are now\ngathered up, shuffled and cut in three; then turned up by threes, the\nhighest of each suit being taken out.\n\nWhen three of equal value come together, such as three aces, three\nkings, etc., they must all be taken out; the same is to be done should\nthree of a suit come together; this is to be repeated three times,\nshuffling and cutting between each, and when the pack has been gone\nthrough, any that are remaining over must be put on one side and not\nused. Seven cards are counted again from significator, and paired as\nbefore.\n\nThe meanings ascribed to some of the cards being different from those\nalready given, are here stated:\n\n    Ten of Clubs--A journey or big building.\n\n    Eight of Clubs--Drink or vexation.\n\n    Ten of Spades--At night-time.\n\n    Nine of Spades--Disappointment or sickness.\n\n    Ten of Diamonds--Money.\n\n    Seven of Diamonds--Check or paper money; sometimes an article of\n    jewelry.\n\n    Three Sevens--A loss.\n\n    Four Tens--A great social rise through powerful friends.\n\n    Two Jacks--Treachery.\n\n    Ten of Hearts--An entertainment.\n\n    Seven of Hearts--Delay or slight anxiety.\n\n    Seven of Spades--Speedily.\n\n    Seven of Diamonds and Ace of Spades--News read in the newspaper.\n\n    Ace of Spades and any Court Card--Photograph.\n\n    Two Red Tens with Ace of Diamonds--A wedding.\n\n    Two Black Tens with Ace of Spades--A funeral.\n\n    Eight and Nine of Clubs--Dinner or supper party.\n\n    Seven of Clubs--A present.\n\n    Three Eights--Good business transactions.\n\n    Three Nines--A removal.\n\n    Three Tens--A rise, either of money or social.\n\n\n\n\nPAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE\n\n\nThe person wishing to try her fortune in this manner (we will suppose\nher to be a young, fair person, represented by the eight of hearts),\nmust well shuffle, and cut with the left hand, the pack of thirty-two\ncards; after which she must lay aside the topmost and undermost cards,\nto form the surprise. There will now remain thirty cards, which must\nbe dealt out in three parcels--one to the left, one in the middle, and\none to the right.\n\nThe left-hand pack represents the Past; the middle, the Present; and\nthe one on the right hand, the Future. She must commence with the\nPast, which we will suppose to contain these ten cards: The king of\nclubs, ace of spades, jack of diamonds, nine of diamonds, ace of\nhearts, jack of hearts, queen of hearts, king of spades, jack of\nclubs, and the king of hearts.\n\nShe would remark that picture-cards predominating was a favorable\nsign, also that the presence of three kings proves that powerful\npersons were interesting themselves in her affairs; the three jacks,\nhowever, are supposed to warn her to beware of false friends; the nine\nof diamonds, some great annoyance overcome by some good and amiable\nperson, represented by the queen of hearts; the two aces, notice of a\nplot. Taking the cards in the order they lay: \"The king of clubs--a\nfrank, open hearted man--ace of spades--fond of gayety and pleasure,\nis disliked by--jack of diamonds--an unfaithful friend--nine of\ndiamonds--who seeks to injure him. The ace of hearts--a love\nletter--jack of hearts--from a gay young bachelor to a fair amiable\nwoman--queen of hearts--causes--king of spades--a lawyer to endeavor\nto injure the clever--jack of clubs--enterprising young man, who is\nsaved from him by--the king of hearts--a good and powerful man.\nNevertheless, as the jack of clubs is placed between two similar\ncards, he has run great risk of being imprisoned through the\nmachinations of his enemy.\"\n\nThe second parcel, the Present, containing the ten of diamonds, nine\nof spades, eight of spades, queen of diamonds, queen of clubs, eight\nof hearts, seven of spades, ten of spades, queen of spades, eight of\ndiamonds, signifies:\n\n\"The ten of diamonds--a voyage or journey, at that moment taking\nplace--nine of spades--caused by the death or dangerous illness of\nsomeone--eight of spades--whose state will occasion great grief--queen\nof diamonds--to a fair woman. The queen of clubs--an affectionate\nwoman seeks to console--eight of hearts--a fair young girl, who is the\nperson making the essay--seven of spades--who has secret griefs--ten\nof spades--causing her many tears--queen of spades--these are\noccasioned by the conduct of either a dark woman or a widow,\nwho--eight of diamonds--is her rival.\"\n\nThe third packet of cards, the Future, we will suppose to contain the\neight of clubs, ten of clubs, seven of diamonds, ten of hearts, seven\nof clubs, nine of hearts, ace of diamonds, jack of spades, seven of\nhearts, and the nine of clubs, which would read thus:\n\n\"In the first place, the large number of small cards foretells success\nin enterprises, although the presence of three sevens predicts an\nillness. The eight of clubs--a dark young girl--ten of clubs--is about\nto inherit a large fortune--seven of diamonds--but her satirical\ndisposition will destroy--ten of hearts--all her happiness. Seven of\nclubs--a little money and--nine of hearts--much joy--ace of\nhearts--will be announced to the person making the essay by a letter,\nand--jack of spades--a wild young man--seven of hearts--will be over\njoyed at receiving--nine of clubs--some unexpected tidings. The cards\nof surprise--viz., the king of diamonds and the ace of clubs--predict\nthat a letter will be received from some military man and that it will\ncontain money.\"\n\n\n\n\nTHE MATRIMONIAL ORACLE\n\n\nIn the case of consultation upon the subject of marriages in general,\nthe Consultant should be withdrawn from the pack, inasmuch as it is\nnecessary that the couple should be of the same color, in order that a\nmarriage be formed.\n\nShould the young lady be a blonde who consults the oracle upon\nquestions of marriage, she should pick out the jack of hearts and the\nqueen of hearts, and taking these two cards from out of the pack,\nplace them aside; then, let her shuffle the cards well and again pick\nout eleven, which are in like manner set aside. Then take up the jack\nand queen of hearts and replace them among the remaining cards in the\npack, shuffle them again, place them in succession in a line from\nright to left. It is necessary so that the marriage be an accomplished\nfact, that a quint, or five cards in hearts, appear in the lay-out,\nand, if it be found at the end of the deal at your left, the marriage\nwill be a certainty; but, should the nine of diamonds or the seven of\nspades be placed in front, the marriage will be most certainly\ndelayed; should the nine of diamonds alone appear, the delay will be\nnot over serious; but should, in place of these cards, there be found\nthe king of spades inverted, or three tens, the marriage will never\ncome off.\n\nIf the lady be a brunette she will take the jack of clubs, and, if\nvery dark, the jack of spades as her representative husband, and\nrepresent herself by a queen of corresponding color, always taking\ncare that the card ordinarily used as the Consultant be retired from\nthe pack.\n\nShould a widow desire to contract a second marriage, she represents\nherself as the queen of clubs and her future husband as the king of\nclubs, which cards should be retired and placed aside. Then the pack\nis shuffled well and dealt upon the table, face downward, in five\nrows; take these up again in a reversed manner, shuffle them well and\ncause the consultant to cut, and to select eleven from the pack, which\nare to be put aside. Then retake the king and queen of clubs, and\nplace them among the remainder of the pack, whence the eleven have\nbeen withdrawn; shuffle well and again let them be cut, and then deal,\nplacing the first one dealt upon the table directly in front of you in\nan isolated position--this is the surprise. Deal the others and place\nthem in a single line below the surprise card on the table, ranging\nfrom right to left, one by one. Turn over all the cards except the\nsurprise, which is only to be consulted after the rest. Read the cards\nthus placed likewise from right to left, and study their\nsignifications well. It is necessary, in order that the widow's desire\nfor a second marriage be successful, that the queen of spades come\nout inverted, that the king of the same color likewise appear, and\nthat the jack of spades be at the side of the ace of spades or of\nhearts, and under this combination her second marriage is an assured\nfact. Should the ace of spades emerge near the jack, it will also be\nnecessary that the ace of hearts come out to effect an alliance; but,\nif the consultant have three tens before her, the marriage will not\noccur; and, should the nine of spades come out, it denotes absolute\nfailure. Again, if instead of these cards the eight of clubs and the\neight of hearts appear, the marriage will be a great success. Great\ncare should be observed in noticing whether three eights appear behind\nthe Consultant, for in that instance the marriage will not be a happy\none.\n\n[Illustration: _The Star Method._]\n\n\n\n\nTHE STAR METHOD\n\n\nWe will suppose the person making the essay to be a widow, and\nconsequently represented by the queen of spades. This card is,\ntherefore, to be withdrawn from the pack, and laid face uppermost upon\nthe table. The remaining thirty-one cards are then to be well\nshuffled, cut, the topmost card withdrawn and placed lengthwise, and\nface uppermost, above the head of the queen of spades. The cards are\nto be shuffled, cut, and the topmost card withdrawn, twelve more\ntimes, the manner of their arrangement being this: The queen of spades\nin the center, the first card lengthwise above her head, the second\nditto at her feet, the third on her right side, the fourth on her\nleft, the fifth placed upright above the first, the sixth ditto below\nthe second, the seventh at the right of the third, the eighth at the\nleft of the fourth, the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, at the\nfour corners, and the thirteenth across the center card--the queen of\nspades--thus forming a star. (See engraving.) We will suppose the\nfourteenth card to be the queen of spades, which represents the person\nmaking the essay; then--1. Ace of hearts; 2. King of clubs; 3. Ten of\nclubs; 4. Nine of diamonds; 5. Queen of clubs; 6. Eight of hearts; 7.\nTen of spades; 8. Jack of clubs; 9. Seven of clubs; 10. Ten of hearts;\n11. Jack of diamonds; 12. Eight of diamonds; 13. Nine of clubs. These\nbeing placed at right angles, the person consulting them takes them up\ntwo by two, beginning with those last laid down.\n\nThe first card, 12, the eight of diamonds, and the one in the opposite\ncorner, viz., 11, the jack of diamonds, read--\"Overtures will be\nmade--jack of diamonds--by a fair young man--next two cards, 10 and 9,\nten of hearts--which will prove unsuccessful--seven of clubs--on\naccount of something connected with money. Next two cards, 8 and 7,\nthe jack of clubs--a clever dark young man--ten of spades--will be\ngreatly grieved by, 6--eight of hearts, a fair girl to whom he is\nattached. Next two cards, 5 and 4, the queen of clubs--a dark\nwoman--nine of diamonds--will be annoyed at not receiving, 3--ten of\nclubs--a sum of money--next two cards, 2 and 1, the king of\nclubs--which was to have been sent her by a generous dark man, who is\nfond of obliging his friends--ace of hearts--it will at last arrive,\naccompanied by a love-letter--13th card, placed across the queen of\nspades, nine of clubs--and be the cause of unexpected gain to the\nperson consulting the cards.\"\n\n\n\n\nSHORTER STAR METHOD\n\n\nThe shorter and simpler star method surrounds the card representing\nthe person trying his or her fortune with a less number of cards. The\ncards are shuffled and cut as before described, and the topmost one\nwithdrawn. We will suppose the center card to be the jack of clubs,\nrepresenting a dark young man. The first topmost one proves to be the\nace of clubs and is placed above the head of the jack. The second, the\neight of hearts, is placed at his feet; the third, the jack of\ndiamonds, at his right; the fourth, the queen of spades, at his left.\nThese are now read: Ace of clubs--\"you will soon receive a letter\nwhich will give you great pleasure\"--eight of hearts--\"from a fair\ngirl\"--jack of diamonds--\"a man in uniform\"--queen of spades--\"and a\nmalicious widow will seek to injure you on that very account.\"\n\n\n\n\nWISHES\n\n\nHaving finished all the different methods of laying the cards, various\nindications will now be given which are supposed to show whether the\none who is consulting will obtain his or her wish. These are done in\nvarious methods, and each is given in order.\n\n\nWISH NO. I.\n\nThe pack of thirty-two selected cards having been well shuffled and\ncut, proceed by turning them up by threes; if an ace appears amongst\nthe three, those three cards must be taken out; and if the nine of\nhearts and the significator appear, they must also be taken out with\nthe cards that accompany them. This operation has to be repeated three\ntimes, and if in the three times the four aces, the significator and\nthe nine of hearts come out in eleven or nine cards, then the wish is\ntaken to be certain; if they do not appear under twelve or fifteen, it\nis said the wish will not come to pass. To make the meaning perfectly\nclear, we will suppose that a dark man, represented by the king of\nclubs, is making the essay. Having well shuffled and cut the cards,\nthey must be turned up in threes.\n\nIn the first come the king of diamonds, ace of spades, and king of\nclubs--the person who is making the essay; the next three are king and\nqueen of spades and ten of diamonds--these are useless; the next\nthree, the ten of hearts, six of diamonds and king of hearts--these\nare laid on one side; then the seven and eight of spades and ace of\ndiamonds--these are withdrawn and are put over the other three, with\nthe ace and significator; the next three--nine of diamonds, eight of\nclubs and ace of clubs, these come out; likewise the jack of clubs,\nten of spades, and ace of hearts, and the two left are the jack of\nspades and nine of hearts--the other cards are useless. Fourteen cards\nare now left, they are shuffled and cut, and again dealt in threes.\n\nThe ace of spades, nine of hearts, king of spades remain; the next\nthree, ten of spades, ace of hearts and nine of diamonds also remain.\nThe following triplet: king of diamonds, king of clubs and jack of\nclubs all come out. The seven of spades, ace of diamonds and eight of\nclubs remain, as also the two last--eight of spades and ace of clubs.\nThis makes eleven cards, so that the wish is considered to be gained;\nbut if it is tried the third time, and more cards come out, then it is\nsupposed that it will be very speedily accomplished.\n\n\nWISH NO. II.\n\nShuffle and cut the pack of thirty-two selected cards. Put them\ntogether, and turn up in threes. Supposing there should be two of one\nsuit, and one of another, the highest is taken out. Should there be\nthree of one suit, all are to be withdrawn and laid on the table in\nfront of the dealer, in the shape of a semi-circle or horse shoe. If\nthree of equal value, such as three kings, or three tens, they are\nlikewise to come out. The pack is gone through, then shuffled and cut\nagain. When the end of the pack is arrived at, this is repeated a\nthird time, acting in the same manner. Now count from the\nsignificator, or if that should not appear naturally, use the jack\n(which is taken to represent the thoughts of the person consulting);\nseven are counted each way till it is come back to, then the cards are\npaired from end to end, being read as arrived at; then all the cards\nare shuffled together, cut in three, and dealt out in packets of four,\nface downward. Each packet is taken up and looked through, the cards\nbeing turned up one by one till an ace is come to. Should there be no\nace in the parcel it is put on one side--it is useless. The cards are\nshuffled and cut again, being turned up as before, and dealt in three\npackets, stopping each time at the ace, as before. The third time they\nare shuffled but _not_ cut, and dealt in packets of two, and proceeded\nwith as before. Should the four aces (in the last deal) turn up\nwithout another card, the wish is supposed to be sure, and to come at\nonce. If they come out with hearts, or diamonds, there will be some\ndelay, but if the nine or seven of spades makes its appearance with\nthe aces, then it is said to be a sign of disappointment.\n\n\nWISH NO. III.\n\nA pack is taken of thirty-two selected cards, and cut with the left\nhand; thirteen cards are then dealt out. If amongst these is to be\nfound one or more aces, lay them aside. The remaining ones are\nshuffled and cut and thirteen again dealt; the aces are withdrawn as\nbefore, and again shuffled, cut and dealt. If in these three deals all\nfour aces make their appearance, it is supposed that the wish will be\ngranted. If all the aces come at the first deal, the answer is taken\nto be in the highest degree favorable. If in the three times only one\nor two appear, it is considered that the wish will not be granted.\n\n\nWISH NO. IV.\n\nA pack of thirty-two selected cards is shuffled and cut, the\nconsultant wishing all the time. They are laid out in two rows of four\neach, face downwards. When two pairs come up, they must be covered by\nthe cards held in the dealer's hand. Should it be possible to cover\neach pair--such as two kings, two queens, etc., it is supposed that\nthe wish will be granted. If the cards do not pair easily, it is said\nthe wish will not come to pass, or, at any rate, not for a long\nperiod.\n\nThe following is taken to show whether the wish will be granted: The\ncards are well shuffled, the consultant keeping his thoughts all the\ntime fixed upon whatever wish he may have formed; the cards are cut\nonce, and the card cut is noted; they are shuffled again and dealt out\ninto three parcels--each of these being examined in turn, and if it is\nfound that the card turned up next, either the one representing the\ndealer or the person who is consulting him--the ace of hearts or the\nnine of hearts, it is said that the wish will be granted. If it be in\nthe same parcel with any of these, without being next to them, it is\nsupposed there is a chance of the wish coming to pass at some more\ndistant period; but if the nine of spades makes its appearance, it is\ntaken that a disappointment is possible.\n\n\nWISH NO. V.\n\nThe pack of thirty-two selected cards, as in the foregoing method, is\ntaken, shuffled and cut; then the four aces are taken out, the\nsignificator, or the person for whom the dealer is acting, and\nanything he wants to know about--such as money, then the ten of\ndiamonds would be selected; if about a man, any king; if about a\nwoman, any queen; if about business, the ten of clubs. These are\nshuffled after having been withdrawn, without cutting, and the nine of\nspades, which is the disappointment card, is also added to the aces,\netc., in all seven cards, laying them face downwards on the table.\nThen the remainder are taken, shuffled well, and turned up in threes\ntwice, the one following being the seventh. The pack is gone through\nlike this, and when the nine of hearts appears whatever number that\nfalls on in the twenty-five cards remaining. When one, two, three,\nfour, five, six or seven, it must fall on the card drawn out by the\nseven cards abstracted thus; if it should fall on No. 1 and that\nhappens on an ace, it is favorable, and if he should chance on an ace,\nor his wish, or anything but the disappointment card (nine of spades),\nthe wish will be realized.\n\nFirst of all, the four aces are taken out, and the nine of spades,\n(the disappointment card); then, supposing the dealer is acting for a\nfair man, or a soldier, who is anxious to know whether he will get his\nwish. We will imagine he has invested a sum of money, and he wishes to\nknow whether it is a good one; or that he hopes for a legacy and is\nanxious to know if he will get it. The king of diamonds (representing\nthe fair man), and the ten of diamonds, the money card, should\ntherefore be taken out. These are added to the four aces and the nine\nof spades. These are well shuffled, but not cut, and laid face\ndownwards on the table, like the following:--\n\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n  |    _Ace_   |  |   _Ace_    |  | _Fair man_ |\n  |   _Clubs_  |  |  _Hearts_  |  | _inquirer_ |\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n  |    _Ace_   |  |   _Nine_   |  |    _Ace_   |\n  |   _Diam._  |  |  _Spades_  |  |   _Spades_ |\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n\n                +------------+\n                |   _Ten_    |\n                |  _Diam._   |\n                +------------+\n\nThese represent the four aces, the disappointment card and the\ninquirer and his wish. The remaining cards are now taken and turned up\nthree at a time. We will suppose the first three are the nine, seven\nand eight of clubs; the next three the ten and jack of hearts, and\neight of diamonds; and the seventh card, the queen of clubs--these are\npassed by. Begin again, counting one. We will suppose the next three\nare the eight of spades, the seven of clubs and the nine of hearts.\nThree are then counted from those laid face downwards on the table,\nand that card is turned up--we will suppose that to be the king of\ndiamonds; the cards turned up by threes are gathered together and\nshuffled, and turned up by sevens as before. Should the nine of hearts\nfall on the fourth card the second time, that is to be turned up--we\nwill suppose that to be the ace of diamonds. Proceed again as before,\nand this time we will imagine the nine of hearts to fall on the\nseventh--this may be the ten of diamonds--so that it could be said to\nthe persons consulting that it is said he will get his wish; but\nsupposing the nine of hearts to fall on the fifth card, and that turns\nout to be the nine of spades, he will be disappointed; and should it\nhappen that _in the first reading_ the nine of hearts should come on,\nwe will say, the first card, which might prove the nine of spades,\nthen it is no use continuing the three times, as it is supposed there\nis no chance whatever of the wish being realized.\n\n\nWISH NO. VI.\n\nThe whole pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled and cut in two\npackets. They are now laid out face uppermost, in three rows of four\ncards each, in all twelve cards. If in the first twelve cards any\ncourt cards appear, they are taken out, filling up the spaces with\nfresh cards; should these again be court cards, they are abstracted as\nbefore, filling in the spaces as described; if not, they are thus\ncounted: Eleven must be made up of any _two_ cards, such as an ace and\nten (ace counting as one), and covered, or two and nine, each card\nbeing covered as counted, three and eight, four and seven, five and\nsix, etc. If a court card appears, it is a stop and counts as nothing.\nIf, as the cards are covered, eleven can be made out of any of the two\ncards, and continued to the end, exhausting all the cards, it is taken\nthat the wish will be gained; in that case all the court cards ought\nto be on the top, as those cast aside at first are used at the last,\nto cover each two cards as they count eleven. If the court cards\ncannot be got to come out at the end, the wish is supposed to be\ndelayed, and if eleven cannot be made from nearly the beginning, it is\nsaid, the wish will not be realized at all. To explain the meaning\nmore clearly, the following diagram is given. We will suppose they are\nas follows:--\n\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n  |   _Jack_   |  |   _Four_   |  |   _Seven_  |  |   _Four_   |\n  |   _Clubs_  |  |  _Spades_  |  |  _Spades_  |  |   _Clubs_  |\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n  |   _Three_  |  |   _Six_    |  |   _Four_   |  |   _Jack_   |\n  |   _Diam._  |  |  _Spades_  |  |  _Hearts_  |  |   _Diam._  |\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n  |   _Five_   |  |   _Ace_    |  |   _Eight_  |  |   _King_   |\n  |   _Diam._  |  |  _Clubs_   |  |   _Hearts_ |  |   _Diam._  |\n  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+  +------------+\n\nThere are now removed the three court cards, viz.:--the jack of clubs\nin the first row, the jack of diamonds in the second, and the king of\ndiamonds in the third. These are replaced by the nine of clubs in the\nfirst row, five of spades in the second, and six of hearts in the\nthird. The cards are now to be covered. In the first row, four and\nseven of spades, making respectively eleven covered by ten of clubs\nand ten of spades. Eleven is now made, where possible, from all three\nrows. In the second row will be found the six and five of spades;\nthese are covered by two and one of clubs. In the third row, one of\nclubs and ten of hearts, covered by seven of diamonds and three of\nspades. In the same row, five of diamonds and six of hearts, covered\nby the two of diamonds and king of hearts. In the first and second\nrows, nine of clubs and two of spades, covered by the four and eight\nof diamonds. In the second row, three and eight of diamonds, covered\nby the jack of hearts and queen of clubs. In the first and second row,\nthe one and ten of spades, covered by the three of hearts and three of\nspades. In the first and third rows, four of clubs and seven of\ndiamonds, covered by the ten of diamonds and nine of hearts. In the\nthird row, nine of hearts and two of diamonds, covered by the five of\nclubs and ace of diamonds. In the first and third rows, ten of clubs\nand ace of diamonds, covered by the seven of hearts and queen of\ndiamonds. In the first row, four of diamonds and seven of hearts,\ncovered by the eight and five of hearts. In the first and third rows,\neight of hearts and three of clubs, covered by the seven of clubs and\njack of spades. In the first and second rows, seven of clubs and four\nof hearts, covered by the two of clubs and eight of spades. In the\nfirst and second rows, the three of hearts and eight of spades,\ncovered by the king and nine of spades. In the first row, two of clubs\nand nine of spades, covered by the ace of hearts and six of diamonds.\nIn the first row, again, the ace of hearts and ten of diamonds,\ncovered by the two of hearts and six of clubs. In the first and third\nrows, five and six of clubs, covered by the nine of diamonds and queen\nof hearts. In the first row, five of hearts and six of diamonds,\ncovered by the king and eight of clubs. Then in the first and second\nrows, the eight of clubs and three of spades, as there is only one\ncard remaining, viz.:--the queen of spades, the three other cards to\nbe covered, those put aside at first are taken up, the last two to be\ncovered being the nine of diamonds and two of hearts, covered by the\njack of diamonds and jack of clubs. In this case the wish is supposed\nto be realized; but in some cases it will be found that it has not\nmade up the number eleven in the two cards, and then it is taken that\nthe wish may be either delayed or not fulfilled.\n\n\n\n\nCURIOUS GAMES WITH CARDS\n\n_By Which Fortunes Are Told in a Most Singular and Diverting Manner._\n\n\nLOVERS' HEARTS.\n\nFour young persons, but not more, may play at this game, or three by\nmaking a dummy hand. This game is played exactly the same in every\ngame, making the queen, which is called Venus, above the ace; the ace\nin this game only stands for one, and hearts must be led off by the\nperson next the dealer. He or she who gets most tricks this way (each\ntaking up their own and no partnership) is supposed to have most\nlovers, and the king and queen of hearts in one hand is said to denote\nmatrimony at hand; but woe to the unlucky one who gets no tricks at\nthe deal, or does not hold a heart in his or her hand; to them are\nascribed misfortune in love and long tarry before they marry.\n\n\nLOVE'S LOTTERY.\n\nLet each one present deposit any sum agreed on, or a certain number of\ncounters; put a complete pack of cards well shuffled in a bag, let the\nparties stand in a circle and the bag being handed round, each draw\nthree; pairs of any kind are supposed to be favorable omens of some\ngood fortune about to occur to the party and get back from the pool\nthe sum that each agreed to pay. The king of hearts is here made the\ngod of love, and claims double, and professes to give a faithful swain\nto the fair one who has the good fortune to draw him; if Venus, the\nqueen of hearts, is with him, it is the conquering prize, and clears\nthe pool; fives and nines are reckoned crosses and misfortunes, and\npay a forfeit of the sum agreed on to the pool, besides the usual\nstipend at each new game; three nines at one draw is supposed to\nportend the lady will be an old maid, three fives, a bad husband.\n\n\nMATRIMONY.\n\nLet three, five, or seven young women stand in a circle, and draw a\ncard out of a bag. It is taken that she who gets the highest card will\nbe the first married of the company, whether she be at the present\ntime maid, wife, or widow, and she who has the lowest has the longest\ntime to stay ere the sun shines on her wedding day; she who draws the\nace of spades will never bear the name of wife; and she who has the\nnine of hearts in this trial will have one lover too many to her\nsorrow.\n\n\nCUPID'S PASTIME.\n\nAmusement may be caused by this game to all those playing, and at the\nsame time it is supposed that some curious particulars may be learned\nconcerning the future fates of the consultants.\n\nSeveral may play at the game, it requiring no special number, only\nleaving out nine cards on the table not exposed to view; each person\nputs a trifling sum in the pool, and the dealer double. The ace of\ndiamonds is made principal, and takes all the other aces, etc.; twos\nand threes in hand are said to show luck; fours, a continuance in the\npresent state; fives, trouble; sixes, profit; sevens, worries; eights,\ndisappointment; nines, surprises; tens, settlements; jacks,\nsweethearts; kings and queens, friends and acquaintances; ace of\nspades, death; ace of clubs, a letter; and the ace of diamonds with\nten of hearts, marriage.\n\nThe ace of diamonds being played first, or should it be amongst the\nnine, the dealer calls for the queen of hearts, which takes next. If\nthe ace be not out and the queen conquers, it is supposed that the\nperson who played her will be married that year without a doubt,\nthough it may perhaps seem unlikely at that time; but if she loses her\nqueen, she must wait longer. The ace and queen being called, the rest\ngo in rotation as at whist; kings taking queens, queens jacks, and so\non, and the more tricks taken, the more money the winner gets off the\nboard on the division; those who hold the nine of spades are to pay a\npenny to the board, and it is said they will have some trouble; but\nthe fortunate fair one who holds the queen and jack of hearts in the\nsame hand is supposed soon to be married, or if she is already within\nthe pale of matrimony, a great rise in life by means of her husband;\nthose who hold the ace of diamonds and queen of hearts clear the money\noff the board and end that game; it also professes to betoken great\nprosperity.\n\n\nWEDDING BELLS.\n\nYou select the four kings from a pack, and lay them side by side in a\nrow upon the table.\n\nThe lady who wishes to know her fortune gives to each of these cards\nthe name of some gentleman of her acquaintance who might be likely to\nwoo her in marriage. It is usual to pronounce these names aloud before\nthe company. The name given to the king of hearts is, however, an\nexception. This secret the lady keeps to herself. To these four kings,\nyou can also add a queen, which then denotes the old maid.\n\nNow, take the rest of the pack, shuffle it thoroughly, let the person\nin question cut three times and commence. Under each of the\nabove-named picture-cards you lay a card in turn, and as often as a\nspade is placed under a spade, a heart under a heart, _et cetera_,\nthat is, as often as a card of the same suit is placed under one of\nthese picture-cards, the picture-card is turned from its position.\n\nThe first time it takes a direction from left to right, the second\ntime it lies upside down, the third time it is raised again to a\nposition from right to left, and the fourth and last time it regains\nits former upright position.\n\nThat one of the four kings who, after these different changes, first\nresumes his upright position, is to be the happy husband. If it should\nhappen to be the old maid, you can imagine what is in store for you.\n\n\nMARRIAGE QUESTIONS.\n\nAfter having learned from the cards who is to be the husband, the\nquestions next asked are, usually: How much will he love his wife, why\nhe marries her, and what is his profession. These questions are\nanswered in the following manner:\n\nGather up the cards, shuffle them thoroughly, and let the person cut\nthem three times. Then tell off the cards upon the table, as you\nrecite the following sentence:\n\n  Heartily, painfully,\n  Beyond all measure.\n  By fits and starts.\n  Not a bit in the world.\n\nYou repeat this sentence until the king of hearts makes his\nappearance. If it happens that, as you lay this upon the table, you\npronounce the word \"heartily\" he will love his future wife heartily,\nand so on.\n\nNow as to why he marries her. Count off the cards upon the table,\nwhile you repeat the following sentence:\n\n  For love, for her beauty,\n  For his parents' command,\n  For the bright, golden dollars,\n  For counsel of friends.\n\nThe sentence by which you discover what is his profession is the\nfollowing:\n\n  Gentleman, alderman, clergyman, doctor,\n  Merchant, broker, professor, major,\n  Mechanic, lawyer, shipmaster, tailor.\n\nThis method of telling fortunes is very entertaining in society, when\nyou have not the book to find more particular answers.\n\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE SHREWESBURY POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS\n\n\nGYPSY WITCH DREAM BOOK\n\nBY THE QUEEN OF THE ROMANIES\n\n  160 Pages      Paper Covers       Price 30 cents.\n\n(Edited by Carleton B. Case.) 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