{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_52741/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_52741","id":"gutenberg_52741","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52741","summary":null,"tags":["Category: How To ...","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Fortune-telling","Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Relations with fortune-tellers"],"text":"Transcriber\u2019s Notes:\n\nText enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).\n\nAdditional Transcriber\u2019s Notes are at the end.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nHOW TO TELL FORTUNES\n\n\n  CONTAINING Napoleon\u2019s Oraculum, and the Key to Work It\n\n  ALSO Tells Fortunes by Cards, LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS, SIGNS AND OMENS.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n  COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY\n  FRANK TOUSEY, PUBLISHER\n  168 West 23d St., New York City\n\n\n\n\nHOW TO TELL FORTUNES BY CARDS.\n\n\nIn telling Fortunes by Cards--as in all games in which they are\nemployed--the Ace ranks highest in value. Then comes the King, followed\nby the Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven; these being generally\nthe only cards used.\n\nThe order, and comparative value of the different suits, is as\nfollows:--First on the list stand \u201cClubs,\u201d as they mostly portend\nhappiness; and--no matter how numerous, or how accompanied--are rarely\nor never of bad augury. Next come \u201cHearts,\u201d which usually signify joy,\nliberality, or good temper; \u201cDiamonds,\u201d on the contrary, denote delay,\nquarrels, and annoyance; and \u201cSpades\u201d--the worst suit of all--grief,\nsickness, and loss of money.\n\nWe are of course speaking generally, as, in many cases, the position\nof cards entirely changes their signification; their individual and\nrelative meaning being often widely different. Thus, for example, the\nKing of Hearts, the Nine of Hearts, and the Nine of Clubs, respectively\nsignify, a liberal man, joy, and success in love, but change their\nposition, by placing the King _between_ the two nines, and you would\nread that a man, then rich and happy, would be ere long consigned to a\nprison!\n\n\nSIGNIFICATION OF THE CARDS.\n\nThe individual meaning attached to the thirty-two cards employed is as\nfollows:--\n\n\nTHE EIGHT CLUBS.\n\n_Ace of Clubs._--Signifies joy, money, or good news; if reversed, the\njoy will be of brief duration.\n\n_King of Clubs._--A frank, liberal man, fond of serving his friends; if\nreversed, he will meet with a disappointment.\n\n_Queen of Clubs._--An affectionate woman, but quick-tempered and\ntouchy; if reversed, jealous and malicious.\n\n_Knave of Clubs._--A clever and enterprising young man; reversed, a\nharmless flirt and flatterer.\n\n_Ten of Clubs._--Fortune, success, or grandeur; reversed, want of\nsuccess in some small matter.\n\n_Nine of Clubs._--Unexpected gain, or a legacy; reversed, some trifling\npresent.\n\n_Eight of Clubs._--A dark person\u2019s affections, which, if returned,\nwill be the cause of great prosperity; reversed, those of a fool, and\nattendant unhappiness, if reciprocated.\n\n_Seven of Clubs._--A small sum of money, or unexpectedly recovered\ndebt; reversed, a yet smaller amount.\n\n\nTHE EIGHT HEARTS.\n\n_Ace of Hearts._--A love-letter, or some pleasant news; reversed, a\nfriend\u2019s visit.\n\n_King of Hearts._--A fair, liberal man; reversed, will meet with\ndisappointment.\n\n_Queen of Hearts._--A mild, amiable woman; reversed, has been crossed\nin love.\n\n_Knave of Hearts._--A gay young bachelor, who dreams only of pleasure;\nreversed, a discontented military man.\n\n_Ten of Hearts._--Happiness, triumph; if reversed, some slight anxiety.\n\n_Nine of Hearts._--Joy, satisfaction, success; reversed, a passing\nchagrin.\n\n_Eight of Hearts._--A fair person\u2019s affections; reversed, indifference\non his or her part.\n\n_Seven of Hearts._--Pleasant thoughts, tranquillity; reversed, ennui,\nweariness.\n\n\nTHE EIGHT DIAMONDS.\n\n_Ace of Diamonds._--A letter, soon to be received; and, if the card be\nreversed, containing bad news.\n\n_King of Diamonds._--A fair man--generally in the army--but both\ncunning and dangerous; if reversed, a threatened danger, caused by\nmachinations on his part.\n\n_Queen of Diamonds._--An ill-bred, scandal-loving woman; if reversed,\nshe is to be greatly feared.\n\n_Knave of Diamonds._--A tale-bearing servant, or unfaithful friend; if\nreversed, will be the cause of mischief.\n\n_Ten of Diamonds._--Journey, or change of residence; if reversed, it\nwill not prove fortunate.\n\n_Nine of Diamonds._--Annoyance, delay; if reversed, either a family or\na love quarrel.\n\n_Eight of Diamonds._--Love-making; if reversed, unsuccessful.\n\n_Seven of Diamonds._--Satire, mockery; reversed, a foolish scandal.\n\nN. B.--In order to know whether the Ace, Ten, Nine, Eight and Seven\nof Diamonds are reversed, it is better to make a small pencil-mark on\neach, to show which is the top of the card.\n\n\nTHE EIGHT SPADES.\n\n_Ace of Spades._--Pleasure; reversed, grief, bad news.\n\n_King of Spades._--The envious man, an enemy, or a dishonest lawyer,\nwho is to be feared; reversed, impotent malice.\n\n_Queen of Spades._--A widow; reversed, a dangerous and malicious woman.\n\n_Knave of Spades._--A dark, ill-bred young man; reversed, he is\nplotting some mischief.\n\n_Ten of Spades._--Tears, a prison; reversed, brief affliction.\n\n_Nine of Spades._--Tidings of a death; reversed, it will be some near\nrelative.\n\n_Eight of Spades._--Approaching illness; reversed, a marriage broken\noff, or offer refused.\n\n_Seven of Spades._--Slight annoyances; reversed, a foolish intrigue.\n\nThe Court cards of Hearts and Diamonds usually represent persons of\nfair complexion; Clubs and Spades, the opposite.\n\n\nSIGNIFICATION OF DIFFERENT CARDS OF THE SAME DENOMINATION.\n\n_Four Aces_, coming together, or following each other, announce danger,\nfailure in business, and sometimes imprisonment. If one or more of them\nbe reversed, the danger will be lessened, but that is all.\n\n_Three Aces_, coming in the same manner.--Good tidings; if reversed,\nfolly.\n\n_Two Aces._--A plot; if reversed, will not succeed.\n\n_Four Kings._--Rewards, dignities, honors; reversed, they will be less,\nbut sooner received.\n\n_Three Kings._--A consultation on important business, the result\nof which will be highly satisfactory; if reversed, success will be\ndoubtful.\n\n_Two Kings._--A partnership in business; if reversed, a dissolution of\nthe same. Sometimes this only denotes friendly projects.\n\n_Four Queens._--Company, society; one or more reversed, denotes that\nthe entertainment will not go off well.\n\n_Three Queens._--Friendly calls; reversed, chattering and scandal or\ndeceit.\n\n_Two Queens._--A meeting between friends; reversed, poverty, troubles,\nin which one will involve the other.\n\n_Four Knaves._--A noisy party--mostly young people; reversed, a\ndrinking bout.\n\n_Three Knaves._--False friends; reversed, a quarrel with some low\nperson.\n\n_Two Knaves._--Evil intentions; reversed, danger.\n\n_Four tens._--Great success in projected enterprises; reversed, the\nsuccess will not be so brilliant, but still it will be sure.\n\n_Three tens._--Improper conduct; reversed, failure.\n\n_Two tens._--Change of trade or profession; reversed, denotes that the\nprospect is only a distant one.\n\n_Four nines._--A great surprise; reversed, a public dinner.\n\n_Three nines._--Joy, fortune, health; reversed, wealth lost by\nimprudence.\n\n_Two nines._--A little gain; reversed, trifling losses at cards.\n\n_Four eights._--A short journey; reversed, the return of a friend or\nrelative.\n\n_Three eights._--Thoughts of marriage; reversed, folly, flirtation.\n\n_Two eights._--A brief love-dream; reversed, small pleasures and\ntrifling pains.\n\n_Four Sevens._--Intrigues among servants or low people, threats,\nsnares, and disputes; reversed, that their malice will be impotent to\nharm, and that the punishment will fall on themselves.\n\n_Three sevens._--Sickness, premature old age; reversed, slight and\nbrief indisposition.\n\n_Two sevens._--Levity; reversed, regret.\n\nAny picture-card between two others of equal value--as two tens, two\nAces, etc.--denotes that the person represented by that card runs the\nrisk of a prison.\n\nIt requires no great efforts to commit these significations to memory,\nbut it must be remembered that they are but what the alphabet is to\nthe printed book: a little attention and practice, however, will soon\nenable the learner to form these mystic letters into words, and words\ninto phrases; in other language, to assemble these cards together, and\nread the events, past and to come, their pictured faces pretend to\nreveal.\n\nThere are several ways of doing this; but we will give them all, one\nafter another, so as to afford our readers an ample choice of methods\nof prying into futurity.\n\n\nDEALING THE CARDS BY THREES.\n\nTake the pack of thirty-two selected cards (viz., the Ace, King, Queen,\nKnave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit), having before fixed\nupon the one you intend to represent yourself, supposing always you\nare making the essay on your own behalf. If not, it must represent\nthe person for whom you are acting. In doing this, it is necessary to\nremember that the card chosen should be according to the complexion\nof the chooser, King or Queen of Diamonds for a very fair person,\nditto of Hearts for one rather darker, 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.\n\nThis point having been settled, shuffle the cards, and either cut\nthem or have them cut for you (according to whether you are acting\nfor yourself or another person), taking care to use the _left_ hand.\nThat done, turn them up by _threes_, and every time you find in these\ntriplets _two of the same suit_, such as two Hearts, two Clubs, etc.,\nwithdraw the highest card and place it on the table before you. If the\ntriplet should chance to be all of the same suit, the _highest_ card\nis still to be the only one withdrawn; but should it consist of three\nof the _same value_ but _different suits_, such as three Kings, etc.,\nthey are to be all appropriated. We will suppose that, after having\nturned up the cards three by three, you have been able to withdraw\nsix, leaving twenty-six, which you shuffle and cut, and again turn up\nby threes, acting precisely as you did before, until you have obtained\neither _thirteen_, _fifteen_, or _seventeen_ cards. Recollect that\nthe number must always be uneven, and that the card representing the\nperson for whom the essay is made must make one of it. Even if the\nrequisite thirteen, fifteen, or seventeen have been obtained, and this\none has not made its appearance, the operation must be recommenced.\nLet us suppose the person whose fortune is being read to be a lady,\nrepresented by the Queen of Hearts, and that fifteen cards have been\nobtained and laid out--in the form of a half circle--in the order they\nwere drawn, viz., the Seven of Clubs, the Ten of Diamonds, the Seven of\nHearts, the Knave of Clubs, the King of Diamonds, the Nine of Diamonds,\nthe Ten of Hearts, the Queen of Spades, the Eight of Hearts, the Knave\nof Diamonds, the Queen of Hearts, the Nine of Clubs, the Seven of\nSpades, the Ace of Clubs, the Eight of Spades. Having considered your\ncards, you will find among them two Queens, two Knaves, two tens, three\nsevens, two eights, and two nines; you are, therefore, able to announce:\n\n\u201cThe two Queens before me signify the reunion of friends; the two\nKnaves, that there is mischief being made between them. These two tens\ndenote a change of profession, which, from one of them being between\ntwo sevens, I see will not be effected without some difficulty; the\ncause of which, according to these _three_ sevens, will be illness.\nHowever, these two nines promise some small gain, resulting--so say\nthese two eights--from a love affair.\u201d\n\nYou now begin to count _seven cards, from right to left_, beginning\nwith the Queen of Hearts, who represents the lady you are acting for.\nThe seventh being the King of Diamonds, you may say:\n\n\u201cYou often think of a fair man in uniform.\u201d\n\nThe next seventh card (counting the King of Diamonds as _one_) proves\nto be the Ace of Clubs; you add:\n\n\u201cYou will receive from him some very joyful tidings; he, besides,\nintends making you a present.\u201d\n\nCount the Ace of Clubs as \u201cone,\u201d and proceeding to the next seventh\ncard, the Queen of Spades, you resume:\n\n\u201cA widow is endeavoring to injure you on this very account; and\u201d (the\nseventh card, counting the Queen as one, being the Ten of Diamonds)\n\u201cthe annoyance she gives you will oblige you to either take a journey\nor change your residence; but\u201d (this Ten of Diamonds being imprisoned\nbetween two sevens) \u201cyour journey or removal will meet with some\nobstacle.\u201d\n\nOn proceeding to count as before, calling the Ten of Diamonds one, you\nwill find the seventh card proves to be the Queen of Hearts herself,\nthe person for whom you are acting, and may therefore safely conclude\nby saying:\n\n\u201cBut this you will overcome of yourself, without needing any one\u2019s aid\nor assistance.\u201d\n\nNow take the two cards at either extremity of the half circle, which\nare, respectively, the Eight of Spades and the Seven of Clubs, unite\nthem, and continue:--\n\n\u201cA sickness, which will lead to your receiving a small sum of money.\u201d\n\nRepeat the same maneuver, which brings together the Ace of Clubs and\nthe Ten of Diamonds:--\n\n\u201cGood news, which will make you decide on taking a journey, destined to\nprove a very happy one, and which will occasion you to receive a sum of\nmoney.\u201d\n\nThe next cards united, being the Seven of Spades and the Seven of\nHearts, you say:--\n\n\u201cTranquility and peace of mind, followed by slight anxiety, quickly\nsucceeded by love and happiness.\u201d\n\nThen come the Nine of Clubs and the Knave of Clubs, foretelling: \u201cYou\nwill certainly receive money through the exertions of a clever dark\nyoung man--Queen of Hearts and King of Diamonds--which comes from a\nfair man in uniform; this rencounter announces some great happiness\nin store for you, and complete fulfillment of your wishes. Knave of\nDiamonds and Nine of Diamonds--Although this happy result may be\ndelayed for a time, through some fair young man, not famed for his\ndelicacy--Eight of Hearts and Ten of Hearts--love, joy, and triumph.\nThe Queen of Spades, who remains alone, is the widow who is endeavoring\nto injure you, and who finds herself abandoned by all her friends!\u201d\n\nNow gather up the cards you have been using, shuffle and cut them with\nthe left hand, and proceed to make them into three packs by dealing one\nto the left, one in the middle, and one to the right; a fourth is laid\naside to form \u201ca surprise.\u201d Then continue to deal the cards to each of\nthe three packs in turn, until their number is exhausted, when it will\nbe found that the left-hand and middle packs contain each five cards,\nwhilst the one on the right hand consists of only four.\n\nNow ask the person consulting you to select one of the three packs. We\nwill suppose this to be the middle one, and that the cards comprising\nit are, the Knave of Diamonds, the King of Diamonds, the Seven of\nSpades, the Queen of Spades, and the Seven of Clubs. These, by\nrecollecting our previous instructions regarding the individual and\nrelative signification of the cards, are easily interpreted, as follows:\n\n\u201cThe Knave of Clubs--a fair young man, possessed of no delicacy\nof feeling, who seeks to injure--the King of Diamonds--a fair man\nin uniform--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 finally easily arranged.\u201d\n\nNext take up the left-hand pack, which is \u201cfor the house\u201d--the former\none having been for the lady herself. Supposing it to consist of the\nQueen of Hearts, the Knave of Clubs, the Eight of Hearts, the Nine of\nDiamonds, and the Ace of Clubs, they would read thus:\n\n\u201cQueen of Hearts--the lady whose fortune is being told is, or soon will\nbe, in a house--Knave of Clubs--where she will meet with a dark young\nman, who--Eight of Hearts--will entreat her assistance to forward his\ninterests with a fair girl--Nine of Diamonds--he having met with delays\nand disappointment--Ace of Clubs--but a letter will arrive announcing\nthe possession of money, which will remove all difficulties.\u201d\n\nThe third pack is \u201cfor those who did not expect it,\u201d and will be\ncomposed of four cards, let us say the Ten of Hearts, Nine of Clubs,\nEight of Spades, and Ten of Diamonds, signifying:\n\n\u201cThe Ten of Hearts--An unexpected piece of good fortune and great\nhappiness--Nine of Clubs--caused by an unlooked-for legacy--Eight of\nSpades--which joy may perhaps be followed by a slight sickness--Ten of\nDiamonds--the result of a fatiguing journey.\u201d\n\nThere now remains on the table only the card intended for the\n\u201csurprise.\u201d 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 \u201cthe surprise.\u201d 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 \u201cthe\nsurprise\u201d are examined; and supposing them to be the Seven of Hearts,\nthe Knave of Clubs, and the Queen of Spades, are to be thus interpreted:\n\n\u201cSeven of Hearts--pleasant thoughts and friendly intentions--Knave of\nClubs--of a dark young man--relative to a malicious dark woman, or\nwidow, who will cause him much unhappiness.\u201d\n\n\nDEALING THE CARDS BY SEVENS.\n\nAfter having shuffled the pack of thirty-two selected cards--which, as\nwe before stated, consist of the Ace, King, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine,\nEight, and Seven of each suit--either cut them yourself, or, if acting\nfor another person, let that person cut them, taking care to use the\n_left_ hand. Then count seven cards, beginning with the one lying on\nthe top of the pack. The first six are useless, so put them aside, and\nretain only the seventh, which is to be placed face uppermost on the\ntable before you. Repeat this three times more, then shuffle and cut\nthe cards you have thrown on one side, together with those remaining\nin your hand, and tell them out in sevens as before, until you have\nthus obtained twelve cards. It is, however, indispensable that the one\nrepresenting the person whose fortune is being told should be among the\nnumber; therefore, the whole operation must be recommenced in case of\nit not having made its appearance. Your twelve cards being now spread\nout before you in the order in which they have come to hand, you may\nbegin to explain them as described in the manner of dealing the cards\nin threes--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\nof the line or half-circle, and unite them, and afterwards form the\nthree heaps or packs and \u201cthe surprise\u201d precisely as we have before\ndescribed. Indeed, the only difference between the two methods is the\nmanner in which the cards are obtained.\n\n\nDEALING THE CARDS BY FIFTEENS.\n\nAfter having well shuffled and cut the cards, or, as we have before\nsaid, had them cut, deal them out in two packs, containing sixteen\ncards in each. Desire the person consulting you to choose one of them;\nlay aside the first card, to form \u201cthe surprise;\u201d turn up the other\nfifteen, and range them in a half-circle before you, going from left\nto right, placing them in the order in which they come to hand, and\ntaking care to remark whether the one representing the person for whom\nyou are acting be among them. If not, the cards must be all gathered\nup, shuffled, cut, and dealt as before, and this must be repeated until\nthe missing card makes its appearance in the pack chosen by the person\nit represents. Now proceed to explain them--first, by interpreting\nthe meaning of any pairs, triplets, or quartettes among them; then by\ncounting them in sevens, going from right to left, and beginning with\nthe card representing the person consulting you; and lastly, by taking\nthe cards at either extremity of the line and pairing them. This being\ndone, gather up the fifteen cards, shuffle, cut, and deal them so as\nto form three packs of each five cards. From each of these three packs\nwithdraw the topmost card, and place them on the one laid aside to form\n\u201cthe surprise,\u201d thus forming four packs of four cards each.\n\nDesire the person for whom you are acting to choose one of these packs,\n\u201cfor herself\u201d or \u201chimself,\u201d as the case may be. Turn it up, and spread\nout the four cards it contains, from left to right, explaining their\nindividual and relative signification. Next proceed in like manner with\nthe pack on your left hand, which will be \u201cfor the house;\u201d then the\nthird one, \u201cfor those who do not expect it;\u201d and lastly, \u201cthe surprise.\u201d\n\nIn order to render our meaning perfectly clear, we will give another\nexample. Let us suppose that the pack for the person consulting you\nis composed of the Knave of Hearts, the Ace of Diamonds, the Queen of\nClubs, and the Eight of Spades _reversed_. By the aid of the list of\nmeanings we have given, it will be easy to interpret them as follows:\n\n\u201cThe Knave of Hearts is a gay young bachelor--the Ace of Diamonds--who\nhas written, or will very soon write, a letter--the Queen of Clubs--to\na dark woman--Eight of Spades reversed--to make proposals to her, which\nwill not be accepted.\u201d\n\nOn looking back to the list of significations, it will be found to run\nthus:\n\n_Knave 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 touchy.\n\n_Eight of Spades._--If reversed, a marriage broken off, or offer\nrefused.\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 we will give a further example, by\ninterpreting the signification of the three other packs--\u201cfor the\nhouse,\u201d \u201cfor those who do not expect it,\u201d and \u201cthe surprise.\u201d The first\nof these, \u201cfor the house,\u201d we will suppose to consist of the Queen of\nHearts, the Knave of Spades _reversed_, the Ace of Clubs, and the Nine\nof Diamonds, which reads thus:\n\n\u201cThe Queen of Hearts is a fair woman, mild and amiable in disposition,\nwho--Knave of Spades reversed--will be deceived by a dark, ill-bred\nyoung man--the Ace of Clubs--but she will receive some good news, which\nwill console her--Nine of Diamonds--although it is probable that the\nnews may be delayed.\u201d\n\nThe pack \u201cfor those who do not expect it,\u201d consisting of the Queen of\nDiamonds, the King of Spades, the Ace of Hearts _reversed_, and the\nSeven of Spades, would signify:\n\n\u201cThe Queen of Diamonds is a mischief-making woman--the King of\nSpades--who is in league with a dishonest lawyer--Ace of Hearts\nreversed--they will hold a consultation together--Seven of Spades--but\nthe harm they will do will soon be repaired.\u201d\n\nLast comes \u201cthe surprise,\u201d formed by, we will suppose, the Knave of\nClubs, the Ten of Diamonds, the Queen of Spades, and the Nine of\nSpades, of which the interpretation is:\n\n\u201cThe Knave of Clubs is a clever, enterprising young man--Ten of\nDiamonds--about to undertake a journey--Queen of Spades--for the\npurpose of visiting a widow--Nine of Spades--but one or both of their\nlives will be endangered.\u201d\n\n\nTHE ITALIAN METHOD.\n\nTake a pack composed of thirty-two selected cards, viz., the Ace,\nKing, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit. Shuffle\nthem well, and either cut or have them cut for you, according to\nwhether you are acting for yourself or another person. Turn up the\ncards by threes, and when the triplet is composed of cards of the same\nsuit, lay it aside; when of three different suits, pass it by without\nwithdrawing any of the three; but when composed of two of one suit and\none of another, withdraw the highest card of the two. When you have\ncome to the end of the pack, gather up all the cards except those you\nhave withdrawn; 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\nthey come 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 to\nbe some dark lady--represented by the Queen of Clubs--who is anxious\nto make the attempt for herself, and that the cards are laid out in\nthe following order, from left to right:--Ten of Diamonds, Queen of\nClubs, Eight of Hearts, Ace of Diamonds, Ten of Hearts, Seven of Clubs,\nKing of Spades, Nine of Hearts, Knave of Spades, Ace of Clubs, Seven\nof Spades, Ten of Spades, Seven of Diamonds, Ace of Spades, Knave of\nHearts.\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 always been strictly correct. The two Knaves 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, signifies\nthat this money will be accompanied by some very joyful tidings. Next,\ncomes the Ace of Spades, promising complete success to any projects\nundertaken by the person consulting the cards; then the Eight of\nHearts, followed at the proper interval by the King of Spades, showing\nthat the good news will excite the malice of a dishonest lawyer; but\nthe Seven of Spades coming next announces that the annoyance he can\ncause will be of short duration, and that a gay fair young man--the\nKnave of Hearts--will soon console her for what she has suffered. The\nAce of Diamonds tells that she will soon receive a letter from this\nfair young man--the Nine of Hearts--announcing a great success--Ten\nof Spades--but this will be followed by some slight chagrin--Ten of\nDiamonds--caused by a journey--Ten of Hearts--but it will soon pass,\nalthough--Knave of Spades--a bad, dark young man will endeavor--Seven\nof Diamonds--to turn her into ridicule. The Queen of Clubs, being\nrepresentative of herself, shows that it is towards _her_ that the\ndark young man\u2019s malice will be directed. Now take the cards at either\nextremity of the line, and pair them together. The two first being the\nKnave of Hearts and the Ten of Diamonds, you may say: \u201cA gay young\nbachelor is preparing to take a journey--Ace of Spades and Queen of\nClubs--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. Knave of Spades and King\nof Spades--the winning of a lawsuit. The Nine of Hearts, being the one\ncard left, promises complete success.\u201d\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 \u201cthose who\ndo not expect it,\u201d one for \u201cthose who do expect it,\u201d and one for \u201cthe\nsurprise,\u201d in the first deal, laying one card aside for \u201cconsolation.\u201d\nThe rest are then equally distributed among the other five packs, which\nwill four of them contain three cards, whilst the last only consists of\ntwo.\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\u201cAce 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.\u201d\n\nThe second pack, \u201cfor the house,\u201d containing the King of Spades, the\nNine of Hearts, and the Knave of Spades:\n\n\u201cThe person consulting the cards will receive a visit--King\nof Spades--from a lawyer--Nine of Hearts--which will greatly\ndelight--Knave of Spades--a dark, ill-disposed young man.\u201d\n\nThe third pack, \u201cfor those who do not expect it,\u201d composed of the Ace\nof Spades, the Knave of Hearts, and the Ace of Clubs, would read:\n\n\u201cAce of Spades--pleasure in store for--Knave of Hearts--a gay young\nbachelor--Ace of Clubs--by means of money; but as the Knave of Hearts\nis placed between two Aces, it is evident that he runs a great risk\nof being imprisoned; and from the two cards signifying respectively\n\u2018pleasure\u2019 and \u2018money,\u2019 that it will be for having run into debt.\u201d\n\nThe fourth pack, \u201cfor those who do expect it,\u201d containing the Eight of\nHearts, the Queen of Clubs, and the Ten of Diamonds:\n\n\u201cThe 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.\u201d\n\nThe fifth pack, \u201cfor the surprise,\u201d consists of the Seven of Spades and\nthe Ten of Spades, meaning:\n\n\u201cSeven of Spades--slight trouble--Ten of Spades--caused by\nsome person\u2019s imprisonment--The Card of Consolation--Seven of\nDiamonds--which will turn out to have been a mere report.\u201d\n\n\nPRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE.\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 be\ndealt out in three parcels--one to the left, one in the middle, and one\nto 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\n\u201cPast,\u201d which we will suppose to contain these ten cards: The King of\nClubs, the Ace of Spades, the Knave of Diamonds, the Nine of Diamonds,\nthe Ace of Hearts, the Knave of Hearts, the Queen of Hearts, the King\nof Spades, the Knave of Clubs, and the King of Hearts.\n\nShe would remark that picture-cards predominating was a favorable sign;\nalso that the presence of three Kings proved that powerful persons were\ninteresting themselves in her affairs. The three Knaves, however, warn\nher to beware of false friends, and the Nine of Diamonds predicts some\ngreat annoyance, overcome by some good and amiable person, represented\nby the Queen of Hearts. The two Aces also give notice of a plot. Taking\nthe cards in the order they lay, the explanation would run thus:\n\n\u201cThe King of Clubs--a frank, open-hearted man--Ace of Spades--fond of\ngayety and pleasure, is disliked by Knave of Diamonds--an unfaithful\nfriend--Nine of Diamonds--who seeks to injure him. The Ace of\nHearts--a love-letter--Knave of Hearts--from a gay young bachelor to\na fair, amiable woman--Queen of Hearts--causes--King of Spades--a\nlawyer to endeavor to injure a clever--Knave of Clubs--enterprising\nyoung man, who is saved from him by--the King of Hearts--a good and\npowerful man. Nevertheless, as the Knave of Clubs is placed between two\nsimilar cards, he has run great risk of being imprisoned through the\nmachinations of his enemy.\u201d\n\nThe second parcel, \u201cthe Present,\u201d containing the Ten of Diamonds, the\nNine of Spades, the Eight of Spades, the Queen of Diamonds, the Queen\nof Clubs, the Eight of Hearts, the Seven of Spades, the Ten of Spades,\nQueen of Spades, the Eight of Diamonds, signifies:\n\n\u201cThe Ten of Diamonds--a voyage or journey, at that moment taking\nplace--Nine of Spades--caused by the death or dangerous illness of some\none--Eight of Spades--whose state will occasion great grief--Queen of\nDiamonds--to a fair woman. The Queen of Clubs--An affectionate woman\nseeks to console--Eight of Hearts--a fair young girl, who is the person\nmaking the essay--Seven of Spades--who has secret griefs--Ten of\nSpades--causing her many tears--Queen of Spades--these are occasioned\nby the conduct of either a dark woman or a widow, who--Eight of\nDiamonds--is her rival.\u201d\n\nThe third packet of cards, \u201cthe Future,\u201d we will suppose to contain the\nEight of Clubs, the Ten of Clubs, the Seven of Diamonds, the Ten of\nHearts, the Seven of Clubs, the Nine of Hearts, the Ace of Diamonds,\nthe Knave of Spades, the Seven of Hearts, the Nine of Clubs, which\nwould read thus:\n\n\u201cIn 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\nof Clubs--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--Knave of Spades--a wild young man--Seven of Hearts--will be\noverjoyed at receiving--Nine of Clubs--some unexpected tidings.\nThe cards of surprise--viz., the King of Diamonds and the Ace of\nClubs--predict that a letter will be received from some military man,\nand that it will contain money.\u201d\n\n\nTHE STAR METHOD OF CONSULTING THE CARDS.\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,\nupon the 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 to\nbe shuffled, cut, and the topmost card withdrawn, twelve more times,\nthe manner of their arrangement being this: The Queen of Spades in the\ncenter, the first card lengthwise above her head, the second ditto\nat her feet, the third on her right side, the fourth on her left, the\nfifth placed upright above the first, the sixth ditto below the second,\nthe seventh at the right of the third, the eighth at the left of the\nfourth, the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, at the four corners,\nand the thirteenth across the center card--the Queen of Spades--thus\nforming a star.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nWe will suppose these fourteen cards to be the Queen of Spades, which\nrepresents the person making the essay; then--1. The Ace of Hearts; 2.\nThe King of Clubs; 3. The Ten of Clubs; 4. Nine of Diamonds; 5. Queen\nof Clubs; 6. The Eight of Hearts; 7. The Ten of Spades; 8. The Knave of\nClubs; 9. The Seven of Clubs; 10. The Ten of Hearts; 11. The Knave of\nDiamonds; 12. The Eight of Diamonds; 13. The Nine of Clubs. These being\nplaced at right angles, the person consulting them takes them up two by\ntwo, beginning with those last laid down.\n\nThe first card, 12, the Eight of Diamonds, and the one in the\n_opposite_ corner, viz., 11, the Knave of Diamonds, read--\u201cOvertures\nwill be made--Knave of Diamonds--by a fair young man--next two\ncards, 10 and 9, Ten of Hearts--which will prove unsuccessful--Seven\nof Clubs--on account of something connected with money. Next two\ncards, 8 and 7, the Knave of Clubs--a clever, dark young man--Ten of\nSpades--will be greatly grieved by, 6--Eight of Hearts, a fair girl to\nwhom he is attached. Next two cards, 5 and 4, the Queen of Clubs--A\ndark woman--Nine of Diamonds--will be annoyed at not receiving,\n3--Ten of Clubs--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.\u201d There is a shorter and simpler way of\ndoing this, by surrounding the card representing the person trying his\nor her fortune, with a less number of cards.\n\nThe cards are shuffled and cut as before described, and the topmost one\nwithdrawn. We will suppose the center card to be the Knave of Clubs,\nrepresenting a dark young man--the first topmost one proves to be the\nAce of Clubs, and this is placed above the head of the Knave--the\nsecond, the Eight of Hearts, is placed at his feet--the third, the\nKnave of Diamonds, at his right side--the fourth, the Queen of Spades,\non his left. These read--\u201cAce of Clubs--You will soon receive a letter,\nwhich will give you great pleasure--Eight of Hearts--from a fair\ngirl. Knave of Diamonds--An unfaithful friend--Queen of Spades--and a\nmalicious widow, will seek to injure you on that very account.\u201d\n\n\nTO KNOW IF YOU WILL GET YOUR WISH.\n\nShuffle the cards well, and cut, or have them cut, with the _left_\nhand. Then deal out thirteen cards. If among these is to be found one\nor more Aces lay them aside, shuffle and cut the remaining ones, and\nagain deal thirteen; withdraw the Aces as before, and again shuffle,\ncut, and deal. If, in these three deals, all four aces make their\nappearance, you will get your wish. If all the Aces come at the first\ndeal, the response is in the highest degree favorable.\n\n\nTHE ENGLISH METHOD OF CONSULTING THE CARDS.\n\nHaving described the French and Italian methods of consulting the\ncards, we will proceed to notice the manner in which the art of\nfortune-telling is generally practiced in England and Scotland.\nHitherto only thirty-two cards have been made use of, but now the whole\npack is employed. The significations also slightly differ; therefore we\nshall first give a complete list of them, and then pass on to describe\nhow the cards are to be arranged, so as to disclose their mystic\nmeanings.\n\n_Ace of Clubs._--Wealth, happiness, and peace of mind.\n\n_King of Clubs._--A dark man, upright, faithful, and affectionate in\ndisposition.\n\n_Queen of Clubs._--A dark woman, gentle and pleasing.\n\n_Knave of Clubs._--A sincere, but hasty friend--also a dark man\u2019s\nthoughts.\n\n_Ten of Clubs._--Unexpected riches, and loss of a dear friend.\n\n_Nine of Clubs._--Disobedience to friends\u2019 wishes.\n\n_Eight of Clubs._--A covetous man--also warns against speculations.\n\n_Seven of Clubs._--Promises good fortune and happiness; but bids a\nperson beware of the opposite sex.\n\n_Six of Clubs._--Predicts a lucrative business.\n\n_Five of Clubs._--A prudent marriage.\n\n_Four of Clubs._--Cautions against inconstancy or change of object for\nthe sake of money.\n\n_Three of Clubs._--Shows that a person will be more than once married.\n\n_Two of Clubs._--A disappointment.\n\n_Ace of Diamonds._--A letter--from whom, and about what, is seen by the\nneighboring cards.\n\n_King of Diamonds._--A fair man, hot-tempered, obstinate, and\nrevengeful.\n\n_Queen of Diamonds._--A fair woman, fond of company, and a coquette.\n\n_Knave of Diamonds._--A near relation, who considers only his own\ninterests. Also a fair person\u2019s thoughts.\n\n_Ten of Diamonds._--Money.\n\n_Nine of Diamonds._--Show that a person is fond of roving.\n\n_Eight of Diamonds._--A marriage late in life.\n\n_Seven of Diamonds._--Satire, evil speaking.\n\n_Six of Diamonds._--Early marriage and widowhood.\n\n_Five of Diamonds._--Unexpected news.\n\n_Four of Diamonds._--Trouble arising from unfaithful friends. Also a\nbetrayed secret.\n\n_Three of Diamonds._--Quarrels, law-suits, and domestic disagreements.\n\n_Two of Diamonds._--An engagement, against the wishes of friends.\n\n_Ace of Hearts._--The house. If attended by Spades, it foretells\nquarreling--if by Hearts, affection and friendship--by Diamonds, money\nand distant friends--and Clubs, feasting and merry-making.\n\n_King of Hearts._--A fair man of good-natured disposition, but hasty\nand rash.\n\n_Queen of Hearts._--A fair woman, faithful, prudent, and affectionate.\n\n_Knave of Hearts._--The dearest friend of the consulting party. Also a\nfair person\u2019s thoughts.\n\n_Ten of Hearts._--Is prophetic of happiness and many children--is\ncorrective of the bad tidings of cards next to it, and confirms good\nones.\n\n_Nine of Hearts._--Wealth and high esteem. Also the wish card.\n\n_Eight of Hearts._--Pleasure, company.\n\n_Seven of Hearts._--A fickle and false friend, against whom be on your\nguard.\n\n_Six of Hearts._--A generous but credulous person.\n\n_Five of Hearts._--Troubles caused by unfounded jealousy.\n\n_Four of Hearts._--A person not easily won.\n\n_Three of Hearts._--Sorrow caused by a person\u2019s own imprudence.\n\n_Two of Hearts._--Great success; but equal care and attention needed to\nsecure it.\n\n_Ace of Spades._--Great misfortune, spite.\n\n_King of Spades._--A dark, ambitious man.\n\n_Queen of Spades._--A malicious, dark woman--generally a widow.\n\n_Knave of Spades._--An indolent, envious person; a dark man\u2019s thoughts.\n\n_Ten of Spades._--Grief, imprisonment.\n\n_Nine of Spades._--A card of very bad import, foretelling sickness and\nmisfortune.\n\n_Eight of Spades._--Warns a person to be cautious in his undertakings.\n\n_Seven of Spades._--Loss of a friend, attended with much trouble.\n\n_Six of Spades._--Wealth through industry.\n\n_Five of Spades._--Shows that a bad temper requires correcting.\n\n_Four of Spades._--Sickness.\n\n_Three of Spades._--A journey.\n\n_Two of Spades._--A removal.\n\nHaving given the signification of the various cards, we will now\nproceed to describe how they are to be employed. After having well\nshuffled, cut them three times, and lay them out in rows of nine cards\neach. Select any King or Queen you please to represent yourself;\nand wherever you find that card placed, count nine cards every way,\nreckoning it as one; and every ninth card will prove the prophetic one.\nBefore, however, beginning to count, study well the disposition of the\ncards, according to their individual and relative signification. If a\nmarried woman consult the cards, she must make her husband the King of\nthe same suit of which she is Queen; but if a single woman, she may\nmake any favorite male friend King of whatever suit she pleases. As the\nKnaves of the various suits represent the _thoughts_ of the persons\nrepresented by the picture-cards of a corresponding color, they should\nalso be counted from.\n\n\nTO TELL WHETHER YOU WILL GET YOUR WISH.\n\nTo try whether you will get your wish, shuffle the cards well, all\nthe time keeping your thoughts fixed upon whatever wish you may have\nformed; cut them once, and remark what card you cut; shuffle them\nagain, and deal out into three parcels. Examine each of these in turn,\nand if you find the card you turned up next either the one representing\nyourself--the Ace of Hearts or the Nine of Hearts--you will get your\nwish. If it be in the same parcel with any of these, without being\nnext them, there is a chance of your wish coming to pass at some more\ndistant period; but if the Nine of Spades makes its appearance, you may\ncount on being disappointed.\n\n\n\n\nGOOD AND BAD OMENS.\n\n\nThe word omen is well known to signify a sign, good or bad, or a\nprognostic. It may be defined to be that indication of something\nfuture which we get as it were by accident, and without seeking for.\nA superstitious regard to omens seems anciently to have made very\nconsiderable additions to the common load of infelicity. They are in\nthese enlightened days pretty generally disregarded, and we look back\nwith perfect security and indifference on those trivial and truly\nridiculous accidents which alternately afford matter of joy and sorrow\nto our ancestors. Omens appear to have been so numerous, that we must\ndespair of ever being able to recover one-half of them, and to evince\nthat in all ages men have been self-tormentors, the bad omens fill a\ncatalogue infinitely more extensive than that of the good. An extensive\nset of omens has been taken from what first happens to one, or what\nanimal or person one meets first in the morning, or at the commencement\nof an undertaking--the _first-foot_, as it is called. To stumble has\nbeen universally held to presage misfortune. Some semblance of a reason\nmight be found for this belief, inasmuch as stumbling may be supposed\nto indicate that that self-possession and conscious courage, which\nare in themselves half a victory over circumstances, are lacking--the\nwant of them, therefore, being half a defeat; but in most cases the\ninterpretation seems altogether arbitrary. The dread of a hare crossing\nthe path seems to be widely prevalent; while to see a wolf is a good\nomen. This feeling is probably a remnant of warlike times, when the\ntimid hare suggested thoughts of cowardice and flight; while the bold\nwolf, sacred to Odin, was emblematic of victory. The character of the\nhare for being unlucky is also connected with the deep-rooted belief\nthat witches are in the habit of transforming themselves into hares.\nThat to meet an old woman is unlucky, is another very general belief,\narising, without doubt, from the same causes that led to their being\nconsidered witches. In some places, women in general are unlucky as\nfirst-foot, with the singular exception of women of bad reputation.\nThis belief prevailed as far back as the age of Chrysostom. Priests,\ntoo, are ominous of evil. If hunters of old met a priest or friar,\nthey coupled up their hounds and went home in despair of any further\nsport that day. This superstition seems to have died out, except in\nthe case of sailors, who still consider the clergy a \u201ckittle cargo,\u201d\nas a Scotch skipper expressed it, and anticipate a storm or mischance\nwhen they have a black coat on board. This seems as old as the prophet\nJonah. Sneezing, likewise, has long been looked upon as supernatural,\nfor this reason, that it is sudden, unaccountable, uncontrollable, and\ntherefore ominous. The person is considered as possessed for the time,\nand a form of exorcism is used. A nurse would not think she had done\nher duty, if, when her charge sneezes, she did not say, \u201cBless the\nchild,\u201d just as the Greeks, more than two thousand years ago, said,\n\u201cZeus protect thee.\u201d\n\nOne general remark, however, it is important to make in regard to\nomens. An omen is not conceived to be a mere sign of what is destined\nto be--it is conceived as causing, in some mysterious way, the event\nit forebodes; and the consequence, it is thought, may be prevented by\nsome counteracting charm. Thus the spilling of salt not only forebodes\nstrife, but strife is conceived as the consequence of the spilling\nof the salt, and may be hindered by taking up the spilled salt, and\nthrowing it over the left shoulder. Perhaps half the superstitious\nbeliefs that yet survive among civilized and Christian communities\ngroup themselves round the subject of love and marriage--of such\nintense interest to all, yet so mysterious in its origin, and\nproblematic in its issue. The liking or passion for one individual\nrather than any other is so unaccountable, that the God of Love has\nbeen fabled blind; it is of the nature of fascination, magic, spell.\nAnd then, whether happiness or the reverse shall be the result, seems\nbeyond the reach of ordinary calculation. All is apparently given\nover to mystery, chance, fortune; and any circumstances may, for\nwhat we know, influence or indicate what fortune\u2019s wheel shall bring\nround. Hence the innumerable ways of prognosticating which of two or\nmore persons shall be first married, who or what manner of person\nshall be the future husband or wife, the number of children, etc. It\nis generally at particular seasons, as at the Eve of St. Agnes, and\nHalloween, that the veil of the future may thus be lifted.\n\nThe observation of _lucky_ and _unlucky_ days was once an important\nmatter, and was often the turning-point of great events. It is now\nmostly confined to the one subject of marriage. In fixing the wedding\nday, May among months and Friday among days are shunned by many people,\nboth in educated and uneducated circles; for in this matter, which\nis the exclusive province of women, and in which sentiment and fancy\nare in every way so much more active than reason, the educated and\nuneducated are reduced to a level. We will give a large collection of\nomens, with their interpretation, having selected from all the best\nworks on the subject, and will begin with \u201cGood and Evil Days\u201d:\n\n1. In an old MS., the writer, after stating that the most learned\nmathematicians have decided that the 1st of August, the 4th of\nSeptember, and the 11th of March are most injudicious to let blood,\nand that philosophers have settled that the 10th of August, 1st\nof December, and 6th of April are perilous to those who surfeit\nthemselves in eating and drinking, continues as follows, assigning\nreasons why certain days should be marked as infelicitous:\n\n\u201cWe read of an old Arabian philosopher, a man of divers rare\nobservations, who did remark three Mundayes in a year to be most\nunfortunate either to let blood or begin any notable worke, viz., the\nfirst Munday of April, ye weh day Caine was borne, and his brother\nAbell slaine; the 2d is the first Munday of August, the which day Sodom\nand Gomorrha were confounded; the 3d is the last Munday of December,\nthe which day Judas Iscariott was borne, who betrayed our Saviour Jesus\nChrist. These three dayes, together with the Innocents\u2019 Day, by divers\nof the learned are reputed to be most unfortunate of all dayes, and\nought to be eschewed by all men for ye great mishaps which often do\noccur in them.\n\n\u201cAnd thus much concerning the opinion of our ancient of dayes. So in\nlike manner I will repeat unto you certain dayes yt be observed by\nsome old writers, chiefly the ancient astrologians, who did allege\nthat there were 28 dayes in the yeare which were revealed by the\nAngel Gabriel to the good Joseph, which ever have been remarked to\nbe very fortunate dayes either to purge, let bloud, cure wounds, use\nmerchandises, sow seed, plant trees, build houses, or taking journies,\nin long or short voyages, in fighting or giving of battaile, or\nskirmishing. They also doe alledge that children who were borne in any\nof these dayes could never be poore; and all children who were put to\nschooles or colledges in those dayes should become great schollars,\nand those who were put to any craft or trade in such dayes should\nbecome perfect artificers and rich, and such as were put to trade in\nmerchandise should become most wealthy. The dayes be these: the 3d\nand 13th of January, ye 5th and 28th of Feb., ye 3d, 22d, and 30th of\nMarch, the 5th, 22d, and 29th of April, ye 4th and 28th of May, ye 3d\nand 8th of June, the 12th, 18th, and 15th of July, ye 12th of August,\nye 1st, 7th, 24th, and 28th of September, the 4th and 15th of October,\nye 13th and 19th of Novr., ye 23d and 26th of December. And thus much\nconcerning ye dayes which are by ye most curious part of ye learned\nremarked to be good and evill.\u201d\n\n2. \u201cAstronomers say that six days of the year are perilous of death;\nand therefore they forbid men to let blood of them, or take any drink;\nthat is to say, January 3, July 1, October 2, the last of April, August\n4, the last day going out of December. These six days with great\ndiligence ought to be kept, but namely [?mainly] the latter three,\nfor all the veins are then full. For then, whether man or beast be\nknit in them within seven days, or certainly within fourteen days, he\nshall die. And if they take any drinks within fifteen days, they shall\ndie; and if they eat any goose in three days, within forty days they\nshall die; and if any child be born in these three latter days, they\nshall die a wicked death. Astronomers and astrologers say that in the\nbeginning of March, the seventh night, or the fourteenth day, let the\nblood of the right arm; and in the beginning of April, the 11th day,\nof the left arm; and in the end of May, 3d or 5th day, on whether arm\nthou wilt; and thus, of all the year, thou shalt orderly be kept from\nthe fever, the falling gout, the sister gout, and loss of thy sight.\u201d\n\n3. May has its fatalities; the notion that to be married in it is a\nbad omen is as old as the age of Ovid. This is not disregarded in the\npresent day, which will explain the great number of marriages that take\nplace late in April.\n\nIt is remarkable that among the thirty-three sovereigns who have sat on\nthe English throne since William the Conqueror, although each of the\neleven months has witnessed the accession of one or more, the month of\nMay has not been so fortunate--none having ascended the throne within\nits limits.\n\n4. Friday is not now generally considered an unlucky day, although\nmany still hesitate before starting on a journey or getting married on\nFriday. The following facts, derived from history, show how little we\nhave to dread \u201cthe fatal day:\u201d\n\n\u201cOn Friday, August 21, 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed on his great\nvoyage of discovery. On Friday, October 12, 1492, he first discovered\nland. On Friday, January 4, 1493, he sailed on his return to Spain,\nwhich, if he had not reached in safety, the happy result would never\nhave been known which led to the settlement on this vast continent.\nOn Friday, March 15, 1493, he arrived at Palos in safety. On Friday,\nNovember 22, 1493, he arrived at Hispaniola, in his second voyage to\nAmerica. On Friday, June 13, 1494, he, though unknown to himself,\ndiscovered the continent of America. On Friday, March 5, 1496, Henry\nVIII. of England gave to John Cabot his commission, which led to the\ndiscovery of North America. This is the first American state-paper in\nEngland. On Friday, September 7, 1565, Melendez founded St. Augustine,\nthe oldest town in the United States by more than forty years. On\nFriday, November 10, 1620, the _May-Flower_, with the Pilgrims, made\nthe harbor of Province Town, and on the same day they signed that\naugust compact, the forerunner of our present glorious constitution.\nOn Friday, December 22, 1620, the Pilgrims made their final landing\nat Plymouth Rock. On Friday, February 22, George Washington, the\nfather of American freedom, was born. On Friday, June 16, Bunker Hill\nwas seized and fortified. On Friday, October 7, 1777, the surrender\nof Saratoga was made, which had such power and influence in inducing\nFrance to declare for our cause. On Friday, September 22, 1780, the\ntreason of Arnold was laid bare, which saved us from destruction. On\nFriday, October 19, 1781, the surrender at Yorktown, the crowning glory\nof the American arms, occurred. On Friday, July 7, 1776, the motion in\nCongress was made by John Adams, seconded by Richard Henry Lee, that\nthe United States colonies were, and of right ought to be, free and\nindependent.\u201d\n\n5. \u201cNail gifts\u201d are white specks on the finger-nails; which, according\nto their respective situations, are believed to predict certain events,\nas indicated in the following couplet, which is repeated whilst\ntouching the thumb and each finger in succession:\n\n  A gift, a friend, a foe,\n  A lover to come, a journey to go.\n\nSometimes the augury is expressed in positive terms; as,\n\n  A gift on the thumb is sure to come:\n  A gift on the finger is sure to linger.\n\nThis mode of prognostication is of long standing. Melton, in his\n\u201cAstrologaster,\u201d a very old work, giving a catalogue of many\nsuperstitious ceremonies, tells us that \u201cto have yellow speckles in the\nnailes of one\u2019s hands is a greate signe of death.\u201d In Reed\u2019s old plays\nwe read:\n\n  \u201cWhen yellow spots do on your hands appear,\n   Be certain then you of a corse shall hear.\u201d\n\n6. Sneezing has been held ominous from times of the most remote\nantiquity.\n\nThe comet of 590 was, according to some authors, the occasion of\na custom, which is extensively diffused among all the nations of\nChristendom. In the year of this comet a frightful plague prevailed,\nwhich was alleged to be due to its influence. While the malady was at\nits height, a sneezing was frequently followed by death; whence the\nsaying, _God bless you!_ with which, since that time, sneezers are\nsaluted. St. Austin tells us that \u201cthe ancients were wont to go to\nbed again, if they sneezed while they put on their shoe.\u201d Aristotle\nsays: \u201cSneezing from noon to midnight was good, but from night to noon\nunlucky.\u201d\n\n7. The custom of throwing an old shoe for good luck over or after the\nbride and bridegroom, upon their leaving the church, or the home of the\nbride, after the wedding, has, of late years, been as it were revived.\nIt is, unquestionably, one of those demonstrations of good wishes which\nfind their way in the commonest modes of expression. But, it is not\nconfined to weddings; the propitiation extends to all prospective views\nof good fortune.\n\nIt is related that an English cattle-dealer desired his wife to\n\u201ctrull her left shoe arter him,\u201d when he started for Norwich to buy a\nlottery-ticket. As he drove off on his errand, he looked round to see\nif she practiced the charm, and consequently he received the shoe in\nhis face, with such force as to black his eyes. He went, and bought his\nticket, which turned up a prize of \u00a3600.\n\n8. The horse-shoe has been, from time immemorial, considered a\nprotection from witchcraft and other ills; and has been nailed at the\nentrance of dwellings, to prevent the entrance of witches.\n\nButler, in \u201cHudibras,\u201d makes his conjurer chase away evil spirits by\nthe horse-shoe; and Gay, in one of his Fables, makes a supposed witch\ncomplain:\n\n  \u201cThe horse-shoe\u2019s nailed, each threshold\u2019s guard.\u201d\n\nNelson the great English admiral, was of a credulous turn, had great\nfaith in the luck of a horse-shoe, and one was nailed to the mast of\nthe ship _Victory_. \u201cLucky Dr. James\u201d attributed the success of his\nfever-powder to his finding a horse-shoe. When a poor apothecary,\nhe was introduced to Newbery, of St. Paul\u2019s church-yard, to vend\nthe medicine for him. One Sunday morning, as James was on his way\nto Newbery\u2019s country-house at Vauxhall, in passing over Westminster\nBridge, seeing a horse-shoe lying in the road, and considering it to be\na sign of good luck, he put the shoe into his pocket. As Newbery was a\nshrewd man, he became James\u2019s agent for the sale of his fever-powder;\nwhilst the doctor ascribed all his success to the horse-shoe, which he\nsubsequently adopted as the crest upon his carriage. (See 62.)\n\n9. Cauls are little membranes found on some children, encompassing the\nhead when born. This is thought a good omen to the child itself, and\nmany believe that whoever obtains it by purchase will be fortunate and\nescape dangers. The caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against\ndrowning, and is much sought after by sailors.\n\n10. Salt falling toward a person was considered formerly as a very\nunlucky omen. Something had either already happened to one of the\nfamily, or was shortly to befall the persons spilling it. It denotes\nalso the quarreling of friends. It is thought, however, that the evil\nconsequences arising from spilling salt may be averted by throwing a\nlittle of the salt over the left shoulder, or immediately eating a\n_pinch_ of it. In the \u201cBritish Apollo,\u201d published in London, 1708, we\nfind the following in relation to the superstition:\n\n  \u201cWe\u2019ll tell you the reason\n           Why spilling of salt\n           Is esteemed such a fault;\n   Because it doth everything season.\n           The antiques did opine,\n           \u2019Twas of friendship a sign,\n   So served it to guests in decorum;\n           And thought love decayed,\n           When the negligent maid\n   Let the saltcellar tumble before them.\u201d\n\n11. The casual putting the left shoe on the right foot, or the right on\nthe left, was thought in old times to be the forerunner of some unlucky\naccident. Scott, in his \u201cDiscovery of Witchcraft,\u201d tells us: \u201cHe that\nreceiveth a mischance will consider whether he put not on his shirt\nwrong side outwards, or his left shoe on his right foot.\u201d Thus Butler\nin his \u201cHudibras\u201d:\n\n  \u201cAugustus, having b\u2019 oversight,\n   Put on his left shoe \u2019fore his right,\n   Had like to have been slain that day.\n   By soldiers mutiny\u2019ng for pay.\u201d\n\nSimilar to this is putting on one stocking with the wrong side outward,\nwithout design; though changing it alters the luck; and if you\naccidentally put on any garment wrong side out, and make a wish before\nchanging it, the wish will come true.\n\n12. To arise on the _right_ side is accounted lucky. In the old play of\nthe \u201cDumb Knight,\u201d published 1633, Act iv., Scene 1, Alphonso says:\n\n  \u201cSure I said my prayers, _rose on my right side_,\n   Washed my hands and eyes, put on my girdle last;\n   Sure I met no splay-footed baker,\n   No hare did cross me, nor no bearded witch,\n   Nor other ominous sign.\u201d (See 27.)\n\n13. When the nose itches, it is a sign that you will have company visit\nyou the same day. In Melton\u2019s \u201cAstrologaster,\u201d No. 27, it is observed\n\u201cthat when a _man\u2019s nose itcheth_ it is a sign he shall drink wine;\u201d\nand in No. 28, that, \u201cif _your lips itch_, it is a sign you shall kisse\nsomebody.\u201d\n\n14. The nose falling a-bleeding appears, by the following passage from\nan old play, to have been an omen of bad luck:\n\n  \u201cHow superstitiously we mind our evils!\n   The throwing down of salt, or crossing of a hare,\n   _Bleeding at nose_, the stumbling of a horse,\n   Or singing of a cricket, are of power\n   To daunt whole man in us.\u201d (See 27 and 40.)\n\n15. Washing the hands, says Grose, in the same basin, or with the same\nwater, that another person has washed in, is extremely unlucky, as the\nparties will infallibly quarrel.\n\n16. Candle omens are very numerous. Melton, in his \u201cAstrologaster,\u201d\nsays: \u201cIf a candle burne blue, it is a signe that there is a spirit in\nthe house, or not farre from it.\u201d A collection of tallow, says Grose,\nrising up against the wick of a candle, is styled a winding sheet, and\ndeemed an omen of death in the family.\n\nA spark at the candle, says the same author, denotes that the party\nopposite to it will shortly receive a letter. A kind of fungus in the\ncandle, observes the same writer, predicts the visit of a stranger from\nthe part of the country nearest the object. Others say it implies the\narrival of a parcel. (See 59.)\n\nDr. Goldsmith, in his \u201cVicar of Wakefield,\u201d speaking of the waking\ndreams of his hero\u2019s daughters, says: \u201cThe girls had their omens too;\nthey saw rings in the candles.\u201d\n\n17. In the \u201cSecret Memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbell,\u201d published\nin London, 1732, the author says: \u201cI have seen people who, after\nwriting a _letter_, have prognosticated to themselves the ill success\nof it, if by any accident it happened to fall to the ground; others\nhave seemed as impatient and exclaiming against their want of thought,\nif through haste or forgetfulness they have chanced to hold it before\nthe fire to dry; but the mistake of a word in it is a sure omen that\nwhatever requests it carries shall be refused.\u201d\n\n18. If two spoons are accidentally placed in a cup or saucer at table,\nit signifies a wedding will soon take place in the family.\n\n19. To have a picture drop out of its frame, or to have a precious\nstone or any ornament drop from its setting while wearing or using it,\nis a bad omen.\n\nStow, in his _Chronicle_, relates that the silver cross which was wont\nto be carried before Wolsey fell out of its socket, and was like to\nhave knocked out the brains of one of his servants. A very little while\nafter came in a messenger, and arrested the cardinal before he could\nget out of the house.\n\n20. The removal of a long-worn ring from the finger was thought unlucky\nin Elizabeth\u2019s time; for the Queen, in her last illness (says Baker),\ncommanded the ring to be filed off her finger, wherewith she was so\nsolemnly at first inaugurated into the kingdom, and since that time had\nnever taken it off; it being grown into the flesh of the finger in such\na manner that it could not be drawn off without filing.\n\n21. There is an omen called \u201cSetting the New Year in,\u201d--that if the\nkindly office is performed by some one with _dark_ hair, good fortune\nwill smile on the household; while it augurs ill if a _light-haired_\nperson is the first to enter the house in the New Year.\n\n22. It is a very ancient superstition that all sudden pains of the\nbody, and other sensations which could not naturally be accounted\nfor, were presages of somewhat that was shortly to happen. Shakspeare\nalludes to this in the following lines from Macbeth:\n\n  \u201cBy the pricking of my thumbs,\n   Something wicked this way comes.\u201d\n\n23. In olden times, the cat sneezing appears to have been considered as\na lucky omen to a bride who was to be married the next day.\n\n24. Small spiders, termed _money spinners_, are held by many to\nprognosticate good luck, if they are not destroyed or injured, or\nremoved from the person on whom they are first observed. In the \u201cSecret\nMemoirs\u201d of Mr. Duncan Campbell, in the chapter of omens, we read that\n\u201cothers have thought themselves secure of receiving money, if by chance\na little spider fell upon their clothes.\u201d (See 33.)\n\n25. It is extremely unlucky, says Grose, to kill a lady-bug, a swallow,\nrobin redbreast, or wren. There is a particular distich, he adds, in\nfavor of the robin and wren:\n\n  \u201cA robin and a wren\n   Are God Almighty\u2019s cock and hen.\u201d\n\nPersons killing any of the above-named birds or insects, or destroying\ntheir nests, will infallibly, within the course of the year, break a\nbone, or meet with some other dreadful misfortune. On the contrary, it\nis deemed lucky to have swallows build their nests in the eaves of a\nhouse, or in the chimneys.\n\nIn an old pastoral published in London, 1770, the following occurs:\n\n  \u201cI found a _robin\u2019s nest_ within our shed,\n   And in the barn a _wren_ had young ones bred.\n   I never take away their nest, nor try\n   To catch the old ones, lest a friend should die.\n   Dick took a wren\u2019s nest from his cottage side,\n   And ere a twelvemonth past his mother dy\u2019d.\u201d\n\n26. It is deemed very unlucky to hear a screech-owl at night. \u201cIf an\nowl,\u201d says Bourne, \u201cwhich is reckoned a most abominable and unlucky\nbird, send forth its hoarse and dismal voice, it is the omen of the\napproach of some terrible thing--that some dire calamity and some great\nmisfortune is at hand.\u201d (See 56.)\n\nThis omen occurs in Chaucer:\n\n  \u201cThe jelous swan, ayenst hys deth that singeth,\n   The _oule_ eke, that of deth the bode bringeth.\u201d\n\nThe following lines occur in the old pastoral before quoted in 25:\n\n  \u201cWithin my cot, where quiet gave me rest,\n   Let the dread screech-owl build her hated nest,\n   And from my window o\u2019er the country send\n   Her midnight screams to bode my latter end.\u201d\n\n27. It has always been considered a very bad omen to have a hare\n(see 14), sow, or weasel cross your path when going on a journey or\nto business. Melton, in his \u201cAstrologaster,\u201d says, that \u201cit is a\nvery unfortunate thing for a man to meete early in the morning an\nill-favored man or woman, a rough-footed hen, a shag-haired dog, or a\nblack cat.\u201d Shaw, in his \u201cHistory of Money,\u201d tells us that the ancient\nScots much regarded omens in their expeditions; an armed man or a wolf\nmeeting them was a good omen; if a woman barefoot crossed the road\nbefore them, they seized her and fetched blood from her forehead; if a\ndeer, fox, hare, or any kind of game appeared, and they did not kill\nit, it was an unlucky omen. We gather from a remarkable book, entitled\n\u201cThe School-master,\u201d published in London, 1583, that in the ages of\nchivalry it was thought unlucky to meet with a priest, if a man was\ngoing forth to war or a tournament.\n\nThe following superstitions among the Malabrians are related in\nPhillips\u2019s account of them, published in 1717: \u201cIt is interpreted as a\nvery bad sign if a blind man, a Bramin, or a washerwoman meets one on\nthe way; as also when one meets a man with an empty panel, or when one\nsees an oil mill, or if a man meets us with his head uncovered, or when\none hears a weeping voice, or sees a cat or fox crossing the way, or a\ndog running on his right hand, or when a poor man or a widow meets us\non our way, or when we are called back.\u201d (See 37.)\n\nGaule, in his \u201cMag-astromancers Posed and Puzzel\u2019d,\u201d holds it as\na vain observation \u201cto bode good or bad luck from the rising up on\nthe right or left side (see 12); from lifting the left leg over the\nthreshold, at first going out of doors; from the meeting of a beggar or\na priest the first in a morning; the meeting of a virgin or a harlot\nfirst; the running in of a child between two friends; the justling one\nanother at unawares; one treading upon another\u2019s toes; to meet one\nfasting that is lame or defective in any member; to wash in the same\nwater with another.\u201d (See 15.)\n\n28. To walk under a ladder portends disappointment.\n\n29. To comb your hair after dark is also a sign of disappointment.\n\n30. If a young lady loses her garter, it presages that she has an\ninconstant lover; therefore, O lady, when thou hast this ill augury,\nlook about thee, and become the happy possessor of two strings to thy\nbow, or, what is the same thing, two beaus to thy string.\n\nN. B.--Rich or very good-looking young ladies may treat the above with\ndisdain.\n\n31. If you sing before breakfast, it denotes that you will cry before\nsupper.\n\n32. To drop a dish-cloth, duster, or any cleaning cloth, signifies the\narrival of one or more visitors.\n\n33. If a spider, in weaving his web in some high place, comes downward\nbefore your face, you may look for money from some unexpected source.\n(See 24.)\n\n34. If you make a rhyme involuntarily, before speaking again make a\nwish, and it will be fulfilled.\n\n35. When you sleep in a strange bed, remember your dream and tell it\nbefore breakfast. Observing these precautions, the dream will probably\ncome to pass.\n\n36. To break a needle while making a garment, is a sign that the owner\nwill live to wear it out.\n\n37. If you return after starting on a journey, it signifies bad luck.\n(See 27.)\n\n38. To remove a cat, with a family when changing residence, will bring\nbad luck.\n\n39. If a vacant rocking-chair is rocked violently, the next person who\nsits in it will be in danger of being ill within the year.\n\n40. It is a lucky sign to have crickets in the house. Grose says it is\nheld extremely unlucky to kill a cricket, perhaps from the idea of its\nbeing a breach of hospitality, this insect taking refuge in houses. The\nvoice of a cricket, says the \u201cSpectator,\u201d has struck more terror than\nthe roaring of a lion.\n\nThe following line occurs in Dryden\u2019s and Lee\u2019s \u201c\u0152dipus:\u201d\n\n  \u201cOwls, ravens, _crickets_, seem the watch of death.\u201d\n\nMelton says that \u201cit is a signe of death to some in that house where\ncrickets have been many yeares, if on a sudden they forsake the\nchimney.\u201d (See 14.)\n\n41. It is said that a married person will not get rich until the\nwedding clothes are worn out. It is also said to be a sign that one\nwill fail to get rich who tries to see to work between daylight and\ndark.\n\n42. It is a bad omen to postpone a marriage after the time positively\nappointed.\n\n43. If your right ear burns or itches, it is a sign that some absent\nperson is speaking well of you; your left ear burning, signifies that\nyou are being spoken ill of.\n\n44. The superstition has become almost universal, that the ticking of a\nlittle insect called the \u201cdeath-watch,\u201d presages the death of some one\nin the house.\n\n\u201cHow many people have I seen in the most terrible palpitations, for\nmonths together, expecting every hour the approach of some calamity,\nonly by a little worm, which breeds in an old wainscot, and,\nendeavoring to eat its way out, makes a noise like the movement of a\nwatch!\u201d--_Secret Memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbell_, 1732.\n\nThe following witty account of this superstition, by Dean Swift,\nfurnishes us with a charm to avert the omen:\n\n                      ----\u201cA wood-worm\n  That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form,\n  With teeth or with claws it will bite, or will scratch,\n  And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch,\n  Because, like a watch it always cries click;\n  Then woe be to those in the house who are sick;\n  For as sure as a gun they will give up the ghost,\n  If the maggot cries click, when it scratches the post.\n  But a kettle of boiling hot water injected\n  Infallibly cures the timber affected;\n  The omen is broken, the danger is over,\n  The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.\u201d\n\n45. If a knife, scissors, or any sharp-pointed instrument is dropped,\nand stands, sticking in the floor, company may be expected.\n\n46. The right hand itching is a sign that the person will shake hands\nwith a stranger; the left hand itching is a sign that money will be\nreceived soon.\n\n47. If you sing during any meal, it is a sign you will soon be\ndisappointed.\n\n48. To cross a funeral procession is an ill omen.\n\n49. To find a pearl in an oyster betokens good fortune.\n\n50. To break a looking-glass foretells death. Grose tells us that\n\u201cbreaking a looking-glass betokens a mortality in the family, commonly\nthe master.\u201d Bonaparte\u2019s (Napoleon I.) superstition upon this point\nis often recorded. \u201cDuring one of his campaigns in Italy,\u201d says M.\nde Constant, \u201che broke the glass over Josephine\u2019s portrait. He never\nrested till the return of the courier he forthwith dispatched to assure\nhimself of her safety, so strong was the impression of her death upon\nhis mind.\u201d\n\n51. To find a trefoil, or four-leaved clover, implies good luck; a\nfive-leaved clover, bad luck. Melton, in his \u201cAstrologaster,\u201d says that\n\u201cif a man walking in the fields, finde any foure-leaved grasse, he\nshall, in a small while after, finde some good thing.\u201d\n\n52. If four persons cross hands while in the act of shaking hands, it\nindicates that two of the party will soon be married.\n\n53. If three unmarried persons having the same Christian name meet at\ntable, it is a sign that one of the three will be married within a year.\n\n54. To be startled by a snake is a sign of sickness.\n\n55. When thirteen persons sit down together at table, it is a sign that\none of the party will die within a year. Fosbroke, in his _Encyclop\u00e6dia\nof Antiquities_, states that \u201cthirteen in company was considered\nan unlucky number by the ancient Romans;\u201d but he does not give any\nclassical authority for this statement.\n\nThere is at Dantzic a clock, which at 12 admits, through a door,\nChrist and the eleven, shutting out Judas, who is admitted at 1. But\nis not the belief older than the clock? The iniquity of Judas may have\nled him to be considered the thirteenth at the Lord\u2019s Supper; and\nhis self-destruction may have given to the number thirteen its fatal\nassociation.\n\nIt has, however, been explained away by M. Quetelet, in his work on\n_Probabilities_ as follows: \u201cIf the probability be required, that out\nof thirteen persons, of different ages, one of them, at least, shall\ndie within a year, it will be found that the chances are about one to\none that one death, at least, will occur. This calculation, by means\nof a false interpretation, has given rise to the prejudice, no less\nridiculous, that the danger will be avoided by inviting a greater\nnumber of guests, which can only have the effect of augmenting the\nprobability of the event so much apprehended.\u201d\n\nThis belief obtains in Italy and Russia, as well as in England. Moore,\nin his _Diary_, vol. ii., p. 206, mentions there being thirteen at\ndinner, one day, at Madame Catalani\u2019s, when a French countess, who\nlived with her up-stairs, was sent for to remedy the grievance.\n\n\u201cLord L(ansdowne) said he had dined once abroad with Count Orloff, and\nperceived he did not sit down at dinner, but kept walking from chair\nto chair; he found afterward it was because the Narishken were at\ntable, who, he knew, would rise instantly if they perceived the number\nthirteen, which Orloff would have made by sitting down himself.\u201d (See\n63.)\n\n56. If a dog bays under your window at night, it portends sickness or\ndeath.\n\nShakspeare ranks this among omens. In the play of Henry VI., he says:\n\n  \u201cThe owl shrieked at thy birth; an evil sign!\n   The night-crow cry\u2019d, aboding luckless time;\n   _Dogs howl\u2019d_, and hideous tempests shook down trees.\u201d\n\n57. The howling of dogs, says Grose, is a certain sign that some one of\nthe family will very shortly die.\n\nThe following passage is in the \u201cMerry Devil\u201d of Edmonton, 1631:\n\n            \u201cI hear the watchful dogs\n  With hollow howling tell of thy approach.\u201d\n\n58. If you break your shoe-string, look out for your sweetheart, for\nshe will bestow her love upon a stranger.\n\n59. A flake of soot hanging at the bars of the grate, denotes the\nvisit of a stranger, like the fungus of a candle, from the part of the\ncountry nearest the object.\n\nDr. Goldsmith, in his \u201cVicar of Wakefield,\u201d among the omens of his\nhero\u2019s daughters, tells us \u201cpurses bounded from the fire.\u201d In some\nparts of England, the cinders that bound from the fire are carefully\nexamined by old women and children, and according to their respective\nforms are called either _coffins_ or _purses_; and consequently thought\nto be presages of death or wealth.\n\nA coal, says Grose, in the shape of a coffin, flying out of the fire\ntowards any particular person, betokens their death not far off.\n\nCowper alludes to this superstition in the following lines in his\n\u201cWinter Evening:\u201d\n\n  \u201cMe oft has fancy, ludicrous and wild,\n   Sooth\u2019d with a waking dream of _houses_, _towers_,\n   _Trees_, _churches_, and strange visages express\u2019d\n   _In the red cinders_, while with poring eye\n   I gazed, myself creating what I saw.\n   Nor less amused have I quiescent watch\u2019d\n   _The sooty films that play upon the bars,_\n   _Pendulous, and foreboding_ in the view\n   Of superstition, _prophesying still_,\n   Though still deceived, some stranger\u2019s near approach.\u201d\n\n60. To drop a slice of bread, with the buttered side down, is a sign\nthat a visitor will come hungry.\n\n61. To eat up all the food which is on the table at tea-time, is a sign\nthat the morrow will be a fair day.\n\n62. In olden times it was not considered a good omen to find money.\nMelton says that \u201cit is a sign of ill-luck to find money.\u201d We have seen\nsuperstitious people, at the present day, keep for luck any piece of\nmoney they found, but Greene, in his \u201cArt of Cony-Catching,\u201d a very old\nwork, tells us: \u201c\u2019Tis ill luck to keep found money.\u201d Therefore it must\nbe spent. Mason, in his \u201cAnatomie of Sorcerie,\u201d 1612, enumerating our\nsuperstitions, mentions as one omen of good luck, \u201cif drink be spilled\nupon a man: or if he find old iron.\u201d Hence it is accounted a lucky omen\nto find a _horseshoe_. (See 8.)\n\n63. The ancients thought there was luck in odd numbers. In setting a\nhen, says Grose, the good women hold it as an indispensible rule to\nput an odd number of eggs. All sorts of remedies are ordered to be\ntaken, three, seven, or nine times. Salutes of cannon consist of an odd\nnumber. Notwithstanding these opinions in favor of odd numbers, the\nnumber thirteen is considered very ominous. (See 55.)\n\n\nCONCLUDING REMARKS.\n\nThe belief in omens has existed in all ages and countries, and traces\nof it linger even yet in the most civilized communities, in the dread,\nfor instance, that many entertain of sitting down to table in a party\nof thirteen. Not a little of the philosophy of omens is contained in\nthe Scottish proverb: \u201cThem who follow freits, freits follow;\u201d meaning\nthat a fantastic belief in impending evil paralyzes the endeavor that\nmight prevent it.\n\nThere are few omens, perhaps none, which are not universal in their\nauthority, though every land in turn fancies them (like its proverbs)\nof local prescription and origin. The death-watch extends from America\nto Cashmere, and across India diagonally to the remotest nook of\nBengal, over three thousand miles distance from the entrance of the\nIndian Punjaub. A hare crossing a man\u2019s path, on starting in the\nmorning, has been held in all countries alike to prognosticate evil in\nthe course of that day.\n\n\n\n\nWEATHER OMENS.\n\n\nFOR FINE AND DRY WEATHER OF LONG CONTINUANCE.\n\n1. If the wind be north, north-west, or east, then veer to the\nnorth-east, remain there two or three days without rain, and then veer\nto the south without rain; and if thence it change quickly, though\nperhaps with a little rain, to the north-east, and remain there--such\nfine weather will last occasionally for two months.\n\n2. If there be dry weather with a weak south wind for five, six, or\nseven days, it having previously blown strongly from the same quarter.\n\n3. If spiders in spinning their webs, make the terminating filaments\nlong, we may, in proportion to their length, conclude that the weather\nwill be serene, and continue so for ten or twelve days.\n\n4. If there are no falling stars to be seen on a bright summer\u2019s\nevening, you may look for fine weather.\n\n5. If there be a change from continued stormy or wet to clear and dry\nweather, at the time of new or full moon, or a short time before or\nafter, and so remain until the second day of the new or full moon, it\nis likely to remain fine till the following quarter; and if it change\nnot then, or only for a very short time, it usually lasts until the\nfollowing new or full moon; and if it does not change then, or only for\na very short time, it is likely to continue fine and dry for four or\nfive weeks.\n\n6. If there be a change of weather at the time of the quarters, &c.\n(under the same circumstances as in No. 5), it will probably last for\nsome time.\n\n7. Spiders generally alter their webs once in 24 hours; if they do this\nbetween six and seven in the evening, there will be a fine night; if\nthey alter their web in the morning, a fine day; if they work during\nrain, expect fine weather; and the more active and busy the spider is,\nthe finer will be the weather.\n\n8. If near the full moon there be a general mist before sunrise; or\n\n9. If there be a sheep-sky, or white clouds driving to the north-west,\nit will be fine for some days.\n\n\nFOR FOUL AND WET WEATHER.\n\n10. If the sun rise pale, or pale-red, or even dark-blue, there will be\n_rain during the day_.\n\n11. If the clouds at sunrise be red, there will be _rain the following\nday_.\n\n12. If at sunrise many dark clouds are seen in the west, and remain,\nthere will be _rain on that day_.\n\n13. If the sun rise covered with a dark-spotted cloud; _rain the same\nday_.\n\n14. If in the winter there be a red sky at sunrise; _steady rain same\nday_; in summer, _showers and wind_.\n\n15. If the sun set in dark heavy clouds; _rain next day_.\n\n16. But if it rain directly; _wind the following day_.\n\n17. If the sun set pale or purple; _rain or wind the following day_.\n\n18. If the sun set, and there be a very red sky in the east, _wind_; in\nthe south-east, _rain_.\n\n19. If long strips of clouds drive at a slow rate high in the air, and\ngradually become larger, the sky having been previously clear, there\nwill be wet.\n\n20. If there be many falling stars on a clear evening, in the summer,\nthere will be _thunder_.\n\n21. If there be a change of the wind from the north-west or west, to\nthe south-west or south, or else from the north-east or east, to the\nsouth-east or south; _wet_.\n\n22. If the sun burn more than usual, or there be a halo round the sun\nduring fine weather; _wet_.\n\n23. If it rain and the sun shine; _showers_.\n\n24. If the full moon rise pale; _wet_.\n\n25. If the full moon rise red; _wind_.\n\n26. If the stars appear larger, and closer, and flicker; _rain or wind_.\n\n27. If small white clouds, with rough edges, be seen to gather\ntogether; _there will be wind_.\n\n28. Before thunder it often begins to blow.\n\n29. If there be a fleecy sky, unless driving north-west; _wet_.\n\n30. If clouds at different heights float in different directions.\n\n31. If an assemblage of large or small clouds spread out, or become\nthicker and darker.\n\n32. If clouds suddenly appear in the south.\n\n33. If the lower clouds drive more from the south than those above.\n\n34. If there be rain about two hours after sunrise, it will be followed\nby _showers_.\n\n35. If there be a damp fog or mist, accompanied with wind; _wet_.\n\n36. If there be a halo round the moon, in fine weather; and the larger\nthe circle, the nearer the _rain_.\n\n37. If the stars above 45 degrees, especially the North Star, flicker\nstrongly and appear closer than usual, there will be _rain_.\n\n38. If the morning be clear and sunny, in summer or autumn, there will\nbe _rain_.\n\n39. If the fields in the morning be covered with a heavy wet fog, it\nwill _generally rain within two or three days_.\n\n40. \u201cA rainbow in the morning is the shepherd\u2019s warning.\u201d\n\n\nFOR STORM.\n\n41. If the clouds be of different heights, the sky above being grayish\nor dirty blue, with hardly any wind stirring; the wind, however,\nchanging from W. to S., or sometimes to S. E., without perceptibly\nincreasing in force.\n\n42. If there be a clouded sky, and dark clouds driving fast (either\nwith the wind or more from the south), under the higher clouds, violent\ngusts of wind.\n\n43. If there be long points, tails, or feathers hanging from thunder\nor rain-clouds, five, six, or more degrees above the horizon, with\nlittle wind in summer, thunder may be expected; but the storm will be\ngenerally of short duration.\n\n44. If there be a light blue sky, with thin, light, flying clouds,\nwhilst the wind goes to the south without much increase in force; or a\ndirty-blue sky, where no clouds are to be seen; storm.\n\n45. If the sun be seen double, or more times reflected in the clouds,\nexpect a heavy storm.\n\n46. If the sun set with a very red sky in the east, expect stormy wind.\n\n47. If two or three rings be seen round the moon, which are spotted and\nspread out, expect a storm of long continuance.\n\n48. If porpoises and whales sport about ships.\n\n49. If sea-gulls and other birds fly inland.\n\n50. Storms are most frequent in December, January and February. In\nSeptember, there are generally one or two storms. If it blow in the\nday, it generally hushes toward evening; but if it continue blowing\nthen, it may be expected to continue. The vernal equinoctial gales are\nstronger than the autumnal.\n\n\nFOR THUNDER AND HEAVY RAIN.\n\n51. If long horizontal strips appear with two or three edges spreading\nout at top into feathers, and passing over the middle of other clouds,\ngenerally there will be thunder.\n\n52. If the clouds be uniformly black, or dark gray.\n\n53. In May and July it thunders most; in May, expect thunder with a\nsouth-west wind.\n\n54. If there be north-east or easterly wind in the spring, after a\nstrong increase of heat, and small clouds appear in different parts of\nthe sky; or if the wind change from east to south at the appearance of\nclouds preceded by heat.\n\n55. If a morning fog form into clouds, at different heights, which\nincrease in size and drive in layers.\n\n56. If clouds float at different heights and rates, but generally in\nopposite directions.\n\n57. If there be many \u201cfalling stars\u201d on a fine summer\u2019s eve.\n\n58. If there be sheet lightning, with a clear sky, on spring, summer,\nand autumn evenings.\n\n59. If the wind be hushed with sudden heat.\n\n60. If clover contract its leaves.\n\n61. If there be thunder in the evening, there will be much rain and\nshowery weather.\n\n\nFOR THE APPROACH OF THUNDER.\n\n62. If an east wind blow against a dark heavy sky from the westward,\nthe wind decreasing in force as the clouds approach.\n\n63. If the clouds rise and twist in different directions.\n\n64. If the birds be silent.\n\n65. If cattle run round and collect together in the meadows.\n\n\nFOR CONTINUED THUNDER SHOWERS.\n\n66. If there be showery weather, with sunshine, and increase of heat\nin the spring, a thunder storm may be expected every day, or at least\nevery other day.\n\n\nABATEMENT OF THUNDER STORMS.\n\n67. If the air be very dry, with clear, yet cooler weather; or if one\nor two following days the atmosphere be heavy, with a little damp\nfalling.\n\n68. With a north wind it seldom thunders; but with a south and\nsouth-west wind, often.\n\n\nFOR COLDER WEATHER.\n\n69. If the wind change to the north and north-east.\n\n70. If the wind change, _in summer only_, to the north-west.\n\n71. If the wind shift to the east _in summer only_.\n\n72. If the wind shift from south to south-east _in winter_.\n\n\nFOR INCREASE OF WARMTH OR HEAT.\n\n73. If the wind shift round to the south and south-west.\n\n74. If the wind change from east, north-east, or north, to north-west\nand west, _in the winter_.\n\n75. If the wind change to the east, _in summer only_; especially if\nfrom north-east.\n\n76. If the wind change to south-east, _especially in summer_.\n\n\nFOR FROST.\n\n77. If birds of passage arrive early from colder climates.\n\n78. If the cold increase _whilst it snows_, as soon as it begins to\nfreeze.\n\n79. If the wind blow north-east _in winter_.\n\n80. If the ice crack much, expect the frost to continue.\n\n81. If the mole dig his hole two feet and a half deep, _expect a very\nsevere winter_. If two feet deep, not so severe; one foot deep, a mild\nwinter.\n\n82. If water-fowl or sparrows make more noise than usual; also if\nrobins approach nearer houses than usual; _frost_.\n\n83. If there be a dark, gray sky, with a south wind.\n\n84. If there be continued fogs.\n\n85. If the fire burn unusually fierce and bright in winter there will\nbe frost and clear weather; if the fire burn dull, expect damp and rain.\n\n\nFOR THAW.\n\n86. If snow fall in flakes, which increase in size.\n\n87. If the heat increase in the afternoon, or suddenly before twelve\no\u2019clock.\n\n88. If clouds drive up high from the south, south-west, or west.\n\n89. If it freeze, and the barometer fall 20 or 30 hundredths.\n\n\n\n\nHYMEN\u2019S LOTTERY.\n\n\nLet each one present deposit any sum agreed on, but of course some\ntrifle; put a complete pack of fifty-two cards, well shuffled, in a bag\nor reticule. Let the party stand in a circle, and the bag being handed\naround, each draw three cards. Pairs of any are favorable omens of\nsome good fortune about to occur to the party, and gets back from the\npool the sum that each agreed to pay. The king of hearts is here made\nthe god of love, and claims double, and gives a faithful swain to the\nfair one who has the good fortune to draw him; if Venus, the queen of\nhearts, is with him, it is the conquering prize, and clears the pool;\nfives and nines are reckoned crosses and misfortunes, and pay a forfeit\nof the sum agreed on to the pool, besides the usual stipend at each new\ngame; three nines at one draw shows the lady will be an old maid; three\nfives, a bad husband.\n\n\n\n\nLIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS,\n\n\n_Which, to those Persons being males born on them, will generally prove\nunfortunate._\n\n  January, 3, 4.\n  February, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20.\n  March, 5, 6, 12, 13.\n  May, 12, 13, 20, 21, 26, 27.\n  June, 1, 2, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24.\n  July, 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18.\n  October, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 31.\n  November, 1, 3.\n\nAlmost all persons (being of the male sex) that are born on the days\nincluded in the foregoing table, will, in a greater or less degree\nsuffer, not only by pecuniary embarrassment and losses of property,\nbut will also experience great distress and anxiety of mind, much\ndissatisfaction, dissension, and unhappiness in their family affairs,\nmuch dissatisfaction to each other among the married ones (indeed few\nof them can ever be happy in the married state), trouble about their\nchildren, daughters forming unfortunate attachments, and a variety of\nuntoward events of other descriptions which our limits do not allow\nus to particularize. The influence of these days are of a quality and\ntendency calculated to excite in the minds of persons born on them, an\nextraordinary itch for speculation, to make changes in their affairs,\ncommence new undertakings of various kinds, but all of them will tend\nnearly to one point, loss of property and pecuniary embarrassments.\nSuch persons who embark their capital on credit in new concerns or\nengagements, will be likely to receive checks or interruptions to\nthe progress of their schemes or undertakings. Those who enter into\nengagements intended to be permanent, whether purchases, leases,\npartnerships, or in short any other speculation of a description which\ncannot readily be transferred or got rid of will dearly _repent their\nbargains_.\n\nThey will find their affairs from time to time much interrupted and\nagitated, and experience many disappointments in money matters, trouble\nthrough bills, and have need of all their activity and address to prop\ntheir declining credit; indeed almost all engagements and affairs that\nare entered upon by persons born on any of these days will receive some\nsort of check or obstruction. The greater number of those persons born\non these days will be subject to weakness or sprains in the knees and\nankles, also diseases and hurts in the legs.\n\n\n\n\nLIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS,\n\n\n_Which to those persons (being females) born on them will generally\nprove unfortunate._\n\n  January, 5, 6, 13, 14, 20, and 21.\n  February, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, and 23.\n  March, 1, 2, 8, 9, 16, 17, 28, and 29.\n  April, 24 and 25.\n  May, 1, 2, 9, 17, 22, 29, and 30.\n  June, 5, 6, 12, 13, 18, and 19.\n  July, 3 and 4.\n  September, 9 and 16.\n  October, 20 and 27.\n  November, 9, 10, 21, 29, and 30.\n  December, 6, 14, and 21.\n\nWe particularly advise all females born on these days to be extremely\ncautious of placing their affections too hastily, as they will be\nsubject to _disappointments_ and _vexations_ in that respect; it will\nbe better for them (in those matters) to be guided by the advice of\ntheir friends, rather than by their own feelings, they will be less\nfortunate in placing their affections, than in any other action of\ntheir lives, as many of these marriages will terminate in separations,\ndivorces, &c. Their courtships will end in elopements, seductions,\nand other ways not necessary of explanation. Our readers must be well\naware that affairs of importance begun at inauspicious times, by those\nwho have been born at those periods when the stars shed their malign\ninfluence, can seldom, if ever, lead to much good; it is, therefore,\nthat we endeavor to lay before them a correct statement drawn from\naccurate astrological information, in order that by strict attention\nand care, they may avoid falling into those perplexing labyrinths from\nwhich nothing but that care and attention can save them. The list of\ndays we have above given, will be productive of hasty and clandestine\nmarriages--marriages under untoward circumstances, perplexing\nattachments, and as a natural consequence, the displeasure of friends,\ntogether with family broils, dissensions, and divisions. We now present\nour readers with a\n\n\n\n\nLIST OF DAYS USUALLY CONSIDERED FORTUNATE.\n\n\n_With respect to Courtship, Marriage, and Love affairs in\ngeneral--Females that were born on the following days may expect_\n_Courtships and prospects of Marriage, and which will have a happy\ntermination._\n\n  January, 1, 2, 15, 26, 27, 28.\n  February, 11, 21, 25, 26.\n  March, 10, 24.\n  April, 6, 15, 16, 20, 28.\n  May, 3, 13, 18, 31.\n  June, 10, 11, 15, 25, 22.\n  July, 9, 14, 15, 28.\n  August, 6, 7, 10, 11, 19, 20, 25.\n  September, 4, 8, 9, 17, 18, 23.\n  October, 3, 7, 16, 21, 22.\n  November, 5, 14, 20.\n  December, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25.\n\nAlthough the greater number, or indeed nearly all the ladies that are\nborn on the days stated in the preceding list, will be likely to meet\nwith a _prospect_ of marriage, or become engaged in some love affair\nof more than ordinary importance, yet it must not be expected that\nthe _result_ will be the same with all of them; with some they will\n_terminate_ in _marriage_--with others in disappointment--and some of\nthem will be in danger of forming _attachments_ that may prove of a\nsomewhat _troublesome_ description. We shall, therefore, in order to\nenable our readers to distinguish them, give a comprehensive and useful\nlist, showing which of them will be most likely to marry.\n\nThose born within the limits of the succeeding List of Hours, on any\nof the preceding days, will be the most likely to _marry_--or will,\nat least, have _Courtships_ that will be likely to have a happy\ntermination.\n\n\nLIST OF FORTUNATE HOURS.\n\nJanuary 2d. From 30 minutes past 10 till 15 minutes past 11 in the\nmorning; and from 15 minutes before 9 till 15 minutes before 11 at\nnight.\n\n15th. From 30 minutes past 9 till 15 minutes past 10 in the morning;\nand from 30 minutes past 7 till 15 minutes past 11 at night.\n\n26th. From 30 minutes past 8 till 15 minutes past 9 in the morning; and\nfrom 7 till 15 minutes past 10 at night.\n\nFebruary 11th and 12th. From 30 minutes past 7 till 15 minutes past 8,\nin the morning; and from 15 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes before 9 at\nnight.\n\n21st. From 7 till 15 minutes before 8 in the morning; and from 15\nminutes past 5 till 15 minutes before 8 at night.\n\n25th and 26th. From 15 minutes before 7 till 30 minutes past 7 in the\nmorning; and from 15 minutes before 5 till 30 minutes past 7 in the\nevening.\n\nMarch 10th. From 5 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 4\nin the afternoon till 15 minutes before 7 in the evening.\n\nApril 6th. From 15 minutes past 4 till 5 in the morning; and from 30\nminutes past 2 till 15 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.\n\n20th. From 30 minutes past 3 till 15 minutes past 4 in the morning; and\nfrom 30 minutes past 1 till 15 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.\n\nMay 3d. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 3 in the morning;\nand from 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 3 in the afternoon.\n\n13th. From 2 till 15 minutes before 3 in the morning; and from 12 at\nnoon till 15 minutes before 3 in the afternoon.\n\n18th. From 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 2 in the morning;\nand from 15 minutes before 12 at noon till 30 minutes past 2 in the\nafternoon.\n\n31st. From 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 1 in the morning;\nand from 15 minutes past 10 in the morning till 15 minutes before 1 in\nthe afternoon.\n\nJune 10th and 11th. From 15 minutes past 10 till 1 in the afternoon;\nand from 12 at night till 1 in the morning.\n\n15th. From 10 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon; and from 15\nminutes before 12 at night till 15 minutes before 1 in the morning.\n\n25th. From 15 minutes past 9 in the morning till 12 at noon; and from\n11 to 12 at night.\n\n29th. From 9 in the morning till 15 minutes before 12 at noon; and from\n15 minutes before 11 till 15 minutes before 12 at night.\n\nJuly 9th. From 15 minutes past 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 10\ntill 11 at night.\n\n14th and 15th. From 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 10 till 11 at\nnight.\n\n28th. From 7 till 10 in the morning; and from 9 till 10 at night.\n\nAugust 6th and 7th. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 9 in\nthe morning; and from 15 minutes past 8 till 15 minutes past 9 at night.\n\n10 and 11th. From 15 minutes past 6 till 9 in the morning; and from 8\ntill 9 in the evening.\n\n19th and 20th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 8 in the\nmorning; and from 30 minutes past 7 till 30 minutes past 8 in the\nevening.\n\n25th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from 7 till 8\nin the evening.\n\nSeptember 4th. From 15 minutes before 5 till 30 minutes past 7 in the\nmorning; and from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes past 7 in the\nevening.\n\n8th and 9th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7 in the\nmorning; and from 15 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 7 in the\nevening.\n\n17th and 18th. From 5 till 15 minutes before 5 in the morning; and from\n15 minutes before 6 till 15 minutes before 7 in the evening.\n\n23d. From 30 minutes past 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning; and\nfrom 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6 in the evening.\n\nOctober 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15\nminutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.\n\n7th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning;\nand from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.\n\n16th. From 2 till 5 in the morning; and from 4 till 5 in the afternoon.\n\n21st and 22d. From 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in the\nmorning; and from 30 minutes past 3 till 15 minutes past 4 in the\nafternoon.\n\nNovember 5th. From 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the morning; and from\n15 minutes before 3 till 15 minutes before 4 in the afternoon.\n\n14th. From 15 minutes past 12 till 3 in the morning; and from 2 till 3\nin the afternoon.\n\n20th. From 15 minutes before 12 till 15 minutes past 2 in the morning;\nand from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon.\n\nDecember 14th and 15th. From 10 till 30 minutes past 12 in the morning;\nand from 12 at noon till 15 minutes before 1 in the afternoon.\n\n18th and 19th. From 15 minutes before 10 at night till 15 minutes past\n5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11 till 15 minutes past 12\nat night.\n\nJanuary 3d. From 30 minutes past 10 till 15 minutes past 11 in the\nmorning; and from 15 minutes before 9 till 15 minutes past 11 at night.\n\n12th and 13th. From 15 minutes past 9 till 10 in the morning; and from\n15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past 10 at night.\n\n18th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 15\nminutes past 7 till 10 at night.\n\n27th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 7 till\n15 minutes before 10 at night.\n\nFebruary 1st. From 8 till 30 minutes past 8 in the morning; and from 6\ntill 30 minutes past 8 in the evening.\n\n11th and 12th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past 8 in the\nmorning; and from 15 minutes before 6 till 30 minutes past 8 in the\nevening.\n\n17th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 8 in the morning; and from 15\nminutes past 5 till 8 in the evening.\n\nMarch 1st. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 7 in the\nmorning; and from 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7 in the\nevening.\n\n16th and 17th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 15 minutes past 6 in the\nmorning; and from 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 6 in the\nevening.\n\n19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, and 25th. From 30 minutes past 5 till\n30 minutes past 6 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 3 till 15\nminutes past 6 in the evening.\n\n26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 15\nminutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15 minutes past 3 till 6 in\nthe evening.\n\nApril 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th. From 30 minutes past 4 till\n30 minutes past 5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 2 till 5 in\nthe afternoon.\n\n10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till 15\nminutes before 5 in the morning; and from 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in\nthe afternoon.\n\n19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d. From 30 minutes past 4 in the morning;\nand from 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.\n\n25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th. From 3 till 4 in the morning; and from 15\nminutes past 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the afternoon.\n\nMay 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th. From 15 minutes past 2 till 15\nminutes past 8 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 12 at noon till\n15 minutes past 3 in the afternoon.\n\n9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th. From 2 till 3 in the morning; and from\n15 minutes past 12 at noon till 3 in the afternoon.\n\n16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22d. From 15 minutes before 2\ntill 15 minutes before 3 in the morning; and from 12 at noon till 15\nminutes before 3 in the afternoon.\n\n23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th. From 15 minutes past 1 till 15 minutes\npast 2 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11 in the forenoon till\n15 minutes past 2 in the afternoon.\n\nJune 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th. From 15 minutes past 10 in the\nmorning till 1 in the afternoon; and from 15 minutes past 12 at night\ntill 15 minutes past 1 the next morning.\n\n11th. From 15 minutes past 10 in the morning till 15 minutes before 1\nin the afternoon; and from 12 at night till 1 the next morning.\n\n20th. From 30 minutes past 9 in the morning till 12 at noon; and from\n11 till 12 at night.\n\n25th. From 15 minutes past 9 in the morning till 15 minutes past 12 at\nnoon; and from 11 till 12 at night.\n\nJuly 5th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 15 minutes past 10 in the\nmorning; and from 15 minutes before 10 till 15 minutes before 11 at\nnight.\n\n9th. From 15 minutes past 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 15 minutes\npast 10 till 11 at night.\n\n19th. From 30 minutes past 7 till 10 in the morning; and from 15\nminutes past 9 till 15 minutes past 10 at night.\n\n24th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 9 till\n10 at night.\n\nAugust 2d and 3d. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes before 9 in\nthe morning; and from 30 minutes past 8 till 30 minutes past 9 at night.\n\n6th. From 15 minutes before 6 till 9 in the morning; and from 30\nminutes past 7 till 30 minutes past 8 at night.\n\n22d. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from 15 minutes\npast 7 till 15 minutes past 8 at night.\n\nSeptember 1st. From 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the morning; and 6\ntill 7 in the evening.\n\n5th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the morning;\nand from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes past 7 in the evening.\n\n14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 6 in the morning;\nand from 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6 in the evening.\n\n29th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning;\nand from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5 in the evening.\n\nOctober 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15\nminutes before 5 till 15 minutes before 6 in the evening.\n\n12th. From 15 minutes past 2 till 5 in the morning; and from 15 minutes\nbefore 4 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.\n\n18th and 19th. From 30 minutes past 1 till 4 in the morning; and from\n15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.\n\nNovember 10th and 11th. From 30 minutes past 12 at night till 15\nminutes past 3 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 1 till 30\nminutes past 2 in the afternoon.\n\n15th and 16th. From 12 at night till 15 minutes before 3 in the\nmorning; and from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon.\n\n29th and 30th. From 15 minutes past 11 at night till 2 in the morning;\nand from 1 till 15 minutes before 2 in the afternoon.\n\nDecember 8th and 9th. From 15 minutes past 10 at night till 1 in the\nmorning; and from 30 minutes past 12 at noon till 30 minutes past 1 in\nthe afternoon.\n\n14th, 15th and 16th. From 10 at night till 15 minutes before 1 in the\nmorning; and from 15 minutes before 12 to 30 minutes past 12 at noon.\n\n23d and 24th. From 15 minutes past 11 till 12 at noon; and from 15\nminutes past 9 till 12 at night.\n\n28th. From 15 minutes past 10 till 11 in the morning; and from 9 till\n15 minutes before 12 at night.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWe do not presume to assert that every lady born on the last-mentioned\ntimes will be exempt from all descriptions of trouble during the whole\nof their lives, but that they will never (in spite of whatever may\nhappen to befall them) sink below mediocrity. Even servants and those\nborn of poor parents will possess some superior qualities, get into\ngood company, be much noticed by their superiors, and will, in spite of\nany intervening difficulties, establish themselves in the world, and\nrise much above their sphere of birth.\n\nIt has often been recorded, and though a singular observation,\nexperience has shown it to be a true one, that some event of importance\nis sure to happen to a woman in her thirty-first year, whether single\nor married; it may prove for her good, or it may be some great evil\nor temptation; therefore we advise her to be cautious and circumspect\nin all her actions. If she is a maiden or widow, it is probable she\nwill marry this year. If a wife that she will lose her children or her\nhusband:--She will either receive riches or travel into a foreign land:\nat all events, some circumstance or other will take place during this\nremarkable year of her life, that will have great effect on her future\nfortunes and existence.\n\nThe like is applicable to men in their forty-second year, of which so\nmany instances have been proved that there is not a doubt of its truth:\nObserve always to take a lease for an odd number of years; even are not\nprosperous. The three first days of the moon are the best for signing\npapers, and the first five days as well as the twenty-fourth for any\nfresh undertaking. But we cannot but allow that a great deal depends on\nour own industry and perseverance, and by strictly discharging our duty\nto God and man, we may often overcome the malign influence of a bad\nplanet, or a day marked as unlucky in the book of fate.\n\n\n\n\nST. AGNES\u2019 DAY\n\n\n(_Charm to know who your husband shall be._)\n\nFalls on the 21st of January: you must prepare yourself by a\ntwenty-four hours\u2019 fast, touching nothing but pure spring water,\nbeginning at midnight on the 20th, to the same again on the 21st; then\ngo to bed, and mind you sleep by yourself, and do not mention what you\nare trying to any one, or it will break the spell; go to rest on your\nleft side, and repeat these lines three times:\n\n  St. Agnes, be a friend to me,\n  In the gift I ask of thee;\n  Let me this night my husband see--\n\nand you will dream of your future spouse: if you see more than one in\nyour dream, you will wed two or three times, but if you sleep and dream\nnot, you will never marry.\n\n\n\n\nNAPOLEON\u2019S ORACULUM; OR, BOOK OF FATE.\n\n\n_The Oraculum is gifted with every requisite variety of response to the\nfollowing questions_:\n\n1. Shall I obtain my wish?\n\n2. Shall I have success in my undertakings?\n\n3. Shall I gain or lose in my cause?\n\n4. Shall I have to live in foreign parts?\n\n5. Will the stranger return?\n\n6. Shall I recover my property?\n\n7. Will my friend be true?\n\n8. Shall I have to travel?\n\n9. Does the person love and regard me?\n\n10. Will the marriage be prosperous?\n\n11. What sort of a wife, or husband, shall I have?\n\n12. Will she have a son or daughter?\n\n13. Will the patient recover?\n\n14. Will the prisoner be released?\n\n15. Shall I be lucky or unlucky?\n\n16. What does my dream signify?\n\n\nHOW TO WORK THE ORACULUM.\n\nMake marks in four lines, one under another, in the following manner,\nmaking more or less in each line, according to your fancy:\n\n  * * * * * * * * *\n\n  * * * * * * * * * *\n\n  * * * * * * * * * * *\n\n  * * * * * * * * * * * *\n\nThen reckon the number of marks in each line, and, if it be _odd_, mark\ndown one dot; if _even_, two dots. If there be more than nine marks,\nreckon the surplus ones over that number only, viz.:\n\n  The number of marks in the first line of the foregoing are _odd_;\n  therefore make one mark, thus                      *\n\n  In the second, _even_, so make two, thus      * *\n\n  In the third, _odd_ again, make one mark only *\n\n  In the fourth, _even_ again, two marks        * *\n\n\nTO OBTAIN THE ANSWER.\n\nYou must refer to THE ORACULUM, at the top of which you will find a row\nof dots similar to those you have produced, and a column of figures\ncorresponding with those prefixed to the questions; guide your eye down\nthe column at the top of which you find the dots resembling your own,\ntill you come to the letter on a line with the number of the question\nyou are trying, then refer to the page having that letter at the top,\nand, on a line with the dots which are similar to your own, you will\nfind your _answer_.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nThe following are unlucky days, on which none of the questions should\nbe worked, or any enterprise undertaken: Jan. 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 20, 22;\nFeb. 6, 17, 28; March 24, 26; April 10, 27, 28; May 7, 8; June 27; July\n17, 21; Aug. 20, 22; Sept. 5, 30; Oct 6; Nov. 3, 29; Dec. 6, 10, 15.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\u2042 It is not right to try a question twice in one day.\n\n\n\n\nORACULUM.\n\n\n  ===================================================================\n                                                 *  ** *  ** ** ** **\n                                                 *  *  ** *  ** ** *\n  Numb.        QUESTIONS.                        *  ** *  *  ** *  *\n                                                 *  *  *  ** *  ** *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n   1 Shall I obtain my wish?                     A  B  C  D  E  F  G\n   2 Shall I have success in my undertakings?    B  C  D  E  F  G  H\n   3 Shall I gain or lose in my cause?           C  D  E  F  G  H  I\n   4 Shall I have to live in foreign parts?      D  E  F  G  H  I  K\n   5 Will the stranger return from abroad?       E  F  G  H  I  K  L\n   6 Shall I recover my property stolen?         F  G  H  I  K  L  M\n   7 Will my friend be true in his dealings?     G  H  I  K  L  M  N\n   8 Shall I have to travel?                     H  I  K  L  M  N  O\n   9 Does the person love and regard me?         I  K  L  M  N  O  P\n  10 Will the marriage be prosperous?            K  L  M  N  O  P  Q\n  11 What sort of wife or husb. shall I have?    L  M  N  O  P  Q  A\n  12 Will she have a son or a daughter?          M  N  O  P  Q  A  B\n  13 Will the patient recover from his illness?  N  O  P  Q  A  B  C\n  14 Will the prisoner be released?              O  P  Q  A  B  C  D\n  15 Shall I be lucky or unlucky this day?       P  Q  A  B  C  D  E\n  16 What does my dream signify?                 Q  A  B  C  D  E  F\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  =================================\n   ** *  *  ** *  *  *  *  ** Numb.\n   ** *  *  *  ** ** *  ** **\n   *  ** *  ** ** ** ** *  **\n   *  ** ** ** ** *  *  ** **\n  ---------------------------------\n   H  I  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q   1\n   I  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  A   2\n   K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  A  B   3\n   L  M  N  O  P  Q  A  B  C   4\n   M  N  O  P  Q  A  B  C  D   5\n   N  O  P  Q  A  B  C  D  E   6\n   O  P  Q  A  B  C  D  E  F   7\n   P  Q  A  B  C  D  E  F  G   8\n   Q  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H   9\n   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  10\n   B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  K  11\n   C  D  E  F  G  H  I  K  L  12\n   D  E  F  G  H  I  K  L  M  13\n   E  F  G  H  I  K  L  M  N  14\n   F  G  H  I  K  L  M  N  O  15\n   G  H  I  K  L  M  N  O  P  16\n  ---------------------------------\n\n  ===================================================================\n  A\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  What you wish for, you will shortly OBTAIN.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Signifies trouble and sorrow.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Be very cautious what you do THIS day, lest trouble\n  ** befall you.\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The prisoner DIES, and is regretted by his friends.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Life will be spared THIS time, to prepare for death.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A very handsome daughter, but a PAINFUL one.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will have a virtuous woman or man, for your wife or husband.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** If you marry this person, you will have enemies where you little\n  ** expect.\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You had better decline THIS love, for it is neither\n  *  constant nor true.\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  DECLINE your travels, for they will not be to your\n  *  advantage.\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** There is a true and sincere friendship between you BOTH.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will NOT recover the stolen property.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The stranger WILL, with joy, soon return.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will NOT remove from where you are at present.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Providence WILL support you in a good cause.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You are NOT lucky.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  B\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by others.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Whatever your desires are, for the present decline them.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Signifies a favor or kindness from some person.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** There ARE enemies who would defraud and render you unhappy.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** With great difficulty he will obtain pardon or release again.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The patient should be prepared to LEAVE this world.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** She will have a SON, who will be learned and wise.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A RICH partner is ordained for you.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  By THIS marriage you will have great luck and prosperity.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  THIS love comes from an upright and sincere heart.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A higher Power WILL surely travel with you, and bless you.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Beware of friends who are false and deceitful.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You WILL recover your property--unexpectedly.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Love prevents his return home at present.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your stay is NOT here; be therefore prepared for a change.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will have NO GAIN; therefore be wise and careful.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  C\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  With the blessing of God, you WILL have great gain.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Very unlucky indeed--pray for assistance.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  If your desires are NOT extravagant, they will be granted.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Signifies peace and plenty between friends.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Be well prepared THIS day, or you may meet with trouble.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The prisoner WILL find it difficult to obtain his pardon\n  ** or release.\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The patient WILL YET enjoy health and prosperity.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** She WILL have a daughter, and will require attention.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The person has NOT a great fortune, but is in middling\n  *  circumstances.\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Decline THIS marriage, or else you may be sorry.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Decline a courtship which MAY be your destruction.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your travels are IN VAIN; you had better stay at home.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You MAY depend on a true and sincere friendship.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You must NOT expect to regain that which you have lost.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  SICKNESS prevents the traveler from seeing you.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** It WILL be your fate to stay where you now are.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  D\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You WILL obtain a great fortune in another country.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** By venturing freely, you WILL certainly gain doubly.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  A higher Power WILL change your misfortune into success\n  ** and happiness.\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Alter your intentions, or else you MAY meet poverty and\n  *  distress.\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Signifies you have many impediments in accomplishing your\n  ** pursuits.\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Whatever may possess your inclinations this day, abandon them.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The prisoner WILL get free again this time.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The patient\u2019s illness WILL be lingering and doubtful.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  She will have a dutiful and handsome son.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The person will be LOW in circumstances, but honest-hearted.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A marriage which WILL ADD to your welfare and prosperity.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You love a person who does not speak well of you.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your travels WILL be prosperous, if guided by prudence.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  He means NOT what he says, for his heart is false.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  With some trouble and expense, you may regain your property.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You must NOT expect to see the stranger again.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  E\n\n  *  The stranger WILL not return as soon as you expect.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Remain among your friends, and you will do well.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will hereafter GAIN what you seek.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You have NO LUCK--pray, and strive honestly.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will obtain your wishes by means of a friend.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Signifies you have enemies who will endeavor to ruin you.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Beware--an enemy is endeavoring to bring you to strife and\n  *  misfortune.\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The prisoner\u2019s sorrow and anxiety are great, and his release\n  ** uncertain.\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The patient WILL soon recover--there is no danger.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  She will have a daughter, who will be honored and respected.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Your partner WILL be fond of liquor, and will debase himself\n  *  thereby.\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  This marriage will bring you to poverty, be therefore discreet.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Their love is false to you, and true to others.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  DECLINE your travels for the present, for they will be\n  *  dangerous.\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  THIS person is serious and true, and deserves to be\n  ** respected.\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will not recover the property you have lost.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  F\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  By persevering you WILL recover your property again.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** It is out of the stranger\u2019s power to return.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will GAIN, and be successful in foreign parts.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A great fortune is ordained for you; wait patiently.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** There is great hindrance to your success at present.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Your wishes are in VAIN at present.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Signifies there are sorrow and danger before you.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** THIS day is unlucky; therefore alter your intention.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The prisoner will be restored to liberty and freedom.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The patient\u2019s recovery is doubtful.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** She will have a fine BOY.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  A worthy person, and a fine fortune.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your intentions would destroy your rest and peace.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  THIS love is true and constant; forsake it not.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  PROCEED on your journey, and you will not have cause\n  ** to repent it.\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** If you trust THIS friend, you may have cause for sorrow.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  G\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  This friend exceeds all others in every respect.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You must bear your loss with fortitude.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The stranger will return unexpectedly.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Remain at HOME with your friends, and you will escape\n  *  misfortunes.\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will meet no GAIN in your pursuits.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Heaven will bestow its blessings on you.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** No.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Signifies that you will shortly be out of the POWER of your\n  ** enemies.\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  ILL-LUCK awaits you--it will be difficult for you to\n  *  escape it.\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The prisoner will be RELEASED by death only.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** By the blessing of God, the patient WILL recover.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  A daughter, but of a very sickly constitution.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will get an honest, young, and handsome partner.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Decline this marriage, else it may be to your sorrow.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Avoid this love.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Prepare for a short journey; you will be recalled by unexpected\n  ** events.\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  H\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Commence your travels, and they will go on as you could wish.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Your pretended friend hates you secretly.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your hopes to recover your property are vain.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A certain affair prevents the stranger\u2019s return immediately.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Your fortune you will find in abundance abroad.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Decline the pursuit, and you will do well.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Your expectations are vain--you will not succeed.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will obtain what you wish for.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Signifies that on this day your fortune will change for\n  *  the better.\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Cheer up your spirits, your luck is at hand.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** After LONG imprisonment, he will be released.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The patient will be relieved from sickness.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  She will have a healthy SON.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will be married to your equal in a short time.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  If you wish to be happy, do not marry this person.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** This love is from the heart, and will continue until death.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  I\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The love is great, but will cause great jealousy.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** It will be in vain for you to travel.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your friend will be as sincere as you could wish him to be.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will recover the stolen property through a cunning person.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The traveler will soon return with joy.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will not be prosperous or fortunate in foreign parts.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Place your trust in God, who is the disposer of happiness.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Your fortune will shortly be changed into misfortune.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will succeed as you desire.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Signifies that the misfortune which threatens will be prevented.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Beware of your enemies, who seek to do you harm.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  After a short time, your anxiety for the prisoner will cease.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  God will give the patient health and strength again.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  She will have a very fine daughter.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will marry a person with whom you will have little comfort.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The marriage will not answer your expectations.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  K\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  After much misfortune, you will be comfortable and happy.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A sincere love from an upright heart.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will be prosperous in your journey.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Do not RELY on the friendship of this person.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The property is lost for EVER; but the thief will be\n  ** punished.\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The traveler will be absent some considerable time.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will meet luck and happiness in a foreign country.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will not have any success for the present.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will succeed in your undertaking.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Change your intentions, and you will do well.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Signifies that there are rogues at hand.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Be reconciled, your circumstances will shortly mend.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The prisoner will be released.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The patient will depart this life.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  She will have a son.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** It will be difficult for you to get a partner.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  L\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will get a very handsome person for your partner.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Various misfortunes will attend this marriage.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  This love is whimsical and changeable.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will be unlucky in your travels.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** This person\u2019s love is just and true. You may rely on it.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will lose, but the thief will suffer most.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The stranger will soon return with plenty.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** If you remain at home, you will have success.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your gain will be trivial.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will meet sorrow and trouble.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will succeed according to your wishes.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Signifies that you will get money.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  In spite of enemies, you will do well.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The prisoner will pass many days in confinement.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The patient will recover.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** She will have a daughter.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  M\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  She will have a son, who will gain wealth and honor.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will get a partner with great undertakings and much money.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The marriage will be prosperous.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** She, or He, wishes to be yours this moment.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Your journey will prove to your advantage.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Place no great trust in that person.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will find your property at a certain time.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The traveler\u2019s return is rendered doubtful by his conduct.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will succeed as you desire in foreign parts.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Expect no gain; it will be in vain.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will have more LUCK than you expect.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Whatever your desires are, you will speedily obtain them.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Signifies you will be asked to a wedding.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will have no occasion to complain of ill-luck.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Someone will pity and release the prisoner.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The patient\u2019s recovery is unlikely.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  N\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The patient will recover, but his days are short.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** She will have a daughter.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will marry into a very respectable family.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** By this marriage you will gain nothing.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Await the time and you will find the love great.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Venture not from home.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** This person is a sincere friend.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will never recover the theft.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The stranger will return, but not quickly.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  When abroad, keep from evil women or they will do you harm.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will soon gain what you little expect.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will have great success.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Rejoice ever at that which is ordained for you.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Signifies that sorrow will depart, and joy will return.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your luck is in blossom; it will soon be at hand.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Death may end the imprisonment.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  O\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The prisoner will be released with joy.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The patient\u2019s recovery is doubtful.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  She will have a son, who will live to a great age.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will get a virtuous partner.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Delay not this marriage--you will meet much happiness.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** None loves you better in this world.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You may proceed with confidence.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Not a friend, but a secret enemy.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will soon recover what is stolen.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The stranger will not return again.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A foreign woman will greatly enhance your fortune.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will be cheated out of your gain.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your misfortunes will vanish and you will be happy.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Your hope is in vain--fortune shuns you at present.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  That you will soon hear agreeable news.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** There are misfortunes lurking about you.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  P\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  This day brings you an increase of happiness.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The prisoner will quit the power of his enemies.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The patient will recover and live long.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** She will have two daughters.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A rich young person will be your partner.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Hasten your marriage--it will bring you much happiness.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The person loves you sincerely.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** You will not prosper from home.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  This friend is more valuable than gold.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You will NEVER receive your goods.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** He is dangerously ill, and cannot yet return.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Depend upon your own industry, and remain at home.\n  **\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Be joyful, for future prosperity is ordained for you.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Depend not too much on your good luck.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  What you wish will be granted to you.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** That you should be very careful this day, lest any accident\n  ** befall you.\n  **\n  **\n  ===================================================================\n\n  ===================================================================\n  Q\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Signifies much joy and happiness between friends.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** This day is not very lucky, but rather the reverse.\n  *\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  He will yet come to honor, although he now suffers.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** Recovery is doubtful; therefore be prepared for the worst.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** She will have a son who will prove forward.\n  **\n  **\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** A rich partner, but a bad temper.\n  **\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** By wedding this person you insure your happiness.\n  *\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** The person has great love for you, but wishes to conceal it.\n  **\n  *\n  *\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  You may proceed on your journey without fear.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  Trust him not; he is inconstant and deceitful.\n  *\n  *\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ** In a very singular manner you will recover your property.\n  *\n  **\n  **\n  -------------------------------------------------------------------\n  *  The stranger will return very 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Warford.\n\nPunctuation has been made consistent.\n\nVariations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in\nthe original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have\nbeen corrected.\n\nThe following changes were made:\n\np. 36: ives changed to fives (three fives, a)\n\npp. 36-37: The section entitled NAPOLEON\u2019S ORACULUM; OR, BOOK OF FATE\nwas moved from just preceding the first section entitled LIST OF\nUNLUCKY DAYS to just preceding the section entitled ORACULUM.\n\np. 39: cautions changed to cautious (extremely cautious of)\n\np. 46: ORACULUM table split into two parts to fit margins.","title":"How to tell fortunes : $b containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the key to work it; also tells fortunes by cards, lucky and unlucky days, signs and omens.","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":24887}