Tarot

426 pages

• 1.1 The Veil and its Symbols, Introduction

  THE pathology of the poet says that "the undevout astronomer is mad"; the pathology of the very plain man says that genius is mad; and…

• 1.3 Class II. The Four Suites

  The resources of interpretation have been lavished, if not exhausted, on the twenty-two Trumps Major, the symbolism of which is…

• 2.2. The Trumps Major and Inner Symbolism
• 2.3 Conclusion as to the Greater Keys

  There has been no attempt in the previous tabulation to present the symbolism in what is called the three worlds--that of Divinity, of the…

• 3.1 Distinction between the Greater and Lesser Arcana

  IN respect of their usual presentation, the bridge between the Greater and Lesser Arcana is supplied by the court cards--King, Queen…

• 3.3 The Greater Arcana and their Divinatory Meanings

  1. THE MAGICIAN.--Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; sickness, pain, loss, disaster, snares of enemies; self-confidence, will; the…

• 3.4 Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana

  WANDS. King.--Generally favourable may signify a good marriage. Reversed: Advice that should be followed.

• 3.5 The Recurrence of Cards in Dealing
• 3.6 The Art of Tarot Divination

  We come now to the final and practical part of this division of our subject, being the way to consult and obtain oracles by means of Tarot…

• 3.7 An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination

  This mode of divination is the most suitable for obtaining an answer to a definite question. The Diviner first selects a card to represent…

• 3.8 An Alternative Method of Reading the Tarot Cards

  Shuffle the entire pack and turn some of the cards round, so as to invert their tops. Let them be cut by the Querent with his left hand…

• 3.9 The Method of Reading by Means of Thirty-Five Cards

  When the reading is over, according to the scheme set forth in the last method, it may happen-as in the previous case-that something…

• Ace of Cups

  The waters are beneath, and thereon are water-lilies; the hand issues from the cloud, holding in its palm the cup, from which four streams…

• Ace of Pentacles

  A hand--issuing, as usual, from a cloud--holds up a pentacle. Divinatory Meanings: Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy; also speedy…

• Ace of Swords

  A hand issues from a cloud, grasping as word, the point of which is encircled by a crown. Divinatory Meanings: Triumph, the excessive…

• Ace of Wands

  A hand issuing from a cloud grasps a stout wand or club. Divinatory Meanings: Creation, invention, enterprise, the powers which result in…

• Eight of Cups

  A man of dejected aspect is deserting the cups of his felicity, enterprise, undertaking or previous concern. Divinatory Meanings: The card…

• Eight of Pentacles

  An artist in stone at his work, which he exhibits in the form of trophies. Divinatory Meanings: Work, employment, commission…

• Eight of Swords

  A woman, bound and hoodwinked, with the swords of the card about her. Yet it is rather a card of temporary durance than of irretrievable…

• Eight of Wands

  The card represents motion through the immovable-a flight of wands through an open country; but they draw to the term of their course. That…

• Five of Cups

  A dark, cloaked figure, looking sideways at three prone cups two others stand upright behind him; a bridge is in the background, leading to…

• Five of Pentacles

  Two mendicants in a snow-storm pass a lighted casement. Divinatory Meanings: The card foretells material trouble above all, whether in the…

• Five of Swords

  A disdainful man looks after two retreating and dejected figures. Their swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left…

• Five of Wands

  A posse of youths, who are brandishing staves, as if in sport or strife. It is mimic warfare, and hereto correspond the Divinatory…

• Fortune Telling by Cards Index

  | | Fortune-Telling by Cards by P.R.S. Foli [1915] | This is a short book on telling fortunes, primarily with a standard deck of playing…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter I

  Where do they come from?—The Romany Folk—Were they made in Europe?—Suits and signs—The power of cards—Their charm and interest—Necessity…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter II

  Two systems—The English method—The foreign—Significations of the cards—Hearts—Diamonds—Clubs—Spades—A short table—Mystic meanings. THERE…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter III. The Selected Pack ...

  Reduced pack generally used—How to indicate reversed cards—Meaning of Hearts—Diamonds—Clubs—Spades. THE practice of using only thirty-two…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter IV. The Signification o...

  Combinations of court cards—Combinations of plain cards—Various cards read together—General meaning of the several suits—Some lesser points…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter IX. A French Method

  French system—The reading—An example. TAKE the pack of thirty-two cards, shuffle them thoroughly, then cut them in the usual way and deal…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter V. What the Cards can Tell of the Past, the Present, and the Future

  What the Cards can Tell of the Past, the Present, and the Future A simple method—What the cards say—The present—The future. THERE is a very…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter VI. Your Fortune in Twe...

  A reduced pack—An example—The three packs—The surprise. THIS method requires a pack of thirty-two cards, although only twenty-one of them…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter VII. Combination of Sevens

  A method with selected cards—General rules—How to proceed—Reading of the cards—Signification of cards—Some combinations—A typical…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter VIII. Another Method

  General outline—Signification of cards—How to consult the cards—An illustration—Its reading. HERE again the pack of thirty-two cards is…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter X. The Grand Star

  The number of cards may vary—The method—The reading in pairs—Diagram of the Grand Star—An example. THERE are various ways of telling…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter XI. Important Questions

  How to answer them—Specimen questions—Cupid and Venus at work. WHEN an answer to an important question is required, and the inquirer wishes…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter XII. How They Tell Fort...

  Italian method—An example—Notice the groups—How the pairs work out—The five packs. ONLY thirty-two cards are used for the Italian method of…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter XIII. The Master Method

  Knowledge is power—Four twos added to the usual pack—The thirty-six squares and their significance—Tendencies of the suits. WE have here a…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter XIV. Signification of S...

  Court cards—Plain cards—An example of the Master Method. THE King of Hearts.—In this method he represents a married man or a widower…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter XIX. Etteilla's Method

  The Major Arcana—The Minor Arcana—General rules—The second deal—The third deal or great figure—The fourth deal. THE Tarot pack is divided…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter XV. Combination of Nines

  THE fifty-two cards must be shuffled and cut into three packs by the person who wishes to have his or her fortune told, and the…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter XVI. Your Heart's Desire

  The wish with fifteen cards—Another way—The wish with thirty-two cards—What the four aces tell—The wish in seven packs—The wish card again…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter XVII. A Rhyming Divination

  Diamonds—Hearts—Spades—Clubs. THERE are those to whom the more elaborate forms of fortune-telling by cards may seem a trifle wearisome, or…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Chapter XVIII. The Tarots

  Derivation of name—Remote origin—The great Etteilla. THESE immediate predecessors of our own playing cards were primarily used for…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Introduction

  "THIS goddess Fortune frustrates, single-handed, the plans of a hundred learned men." In this saying the Latin author has given us the key…

• Fortune Telling by Cards: Title Page

  Fortune-Telling by Cards Scanned, July 2007. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United…

• Four of Cups

  A young man is seated under a tree and contemplates three cups set on the grass before him; an arm issuing from a cloud offers him another…

• Four of Pentacles

  A crowned figure, having a pentacle over his crown, clasps another with hands and arms; two pentacles are under his feet. He holds to that…

• Four of Swords

  The effigy of a knight in the attitude of prayer, at full length upon his tomb. Divinatory Meanings: Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit's…

• Four of Wands

  From the four great staves planted in the foreground there is a great garland suspended; two female figures uplift nosegays; at their side…

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