_Three Kings._—Serious matters will be taken in hand with the best result, unless any of the three cards be reversed, when it will be doubtful. _Two Kings._—Co-operation in business, upright conduct, and prudent enterprises to be crowned with success. Each one reversed represents an obstacle. Both reversed spell failure. _Four Queens._—A social gathering which may be spoilt by one or more being reversed. _Three Queens._—Friendly visits. If reversed, scandal, gossip and possibly bodily danger. _Two Queens._—Interchanged, secrets betrayed, a meeting between friends. When both are reversed, there will be suffering for the inquirer resulting from his own acts. Only one reversed, means rivalry. _Four Knaves._—Jolly conviviality. Any of them reversed lessens the evil. _Three Knaves._—Worries and vexations from acquaintances, slander calling the inquirer’s honor in question. If reversed, it foretells a passage-at-arms with a social inferior. _Two Knaves._—Loss of goods. If both are reversed, the trouble is imminent; if one only, it is near. COMBINATIONS OF PLAIN CARDS. _Four Tens._—Good fortune, success. The more there are reversed, the greater number of obstacles in the way. _Three Tens._—Ruin brought about by lawsuits. When reversed, the evil is decreased. _Two Tens._—Unexpected luck, which may be connected with a change of occupation. If one be reversed, it will come soon; if both are reversed, it is distant. _Four Nines._—Unexpected events. The number that are reversed stand for the time to elapse. _Three Nines._—Health, wealth and happiness. If reversed, it means financial difficulties caused by imprudence. _Two Nines._—Prosperity and contentment accompanied by business matters. If reversed, small worries. _Four Eights._—Attending a journey or the taking up of a new position. If reversed, undisturbed stability. _Three Eights._—Thoughts of love and marriage, new family ties. If reversed, flirtation and foolishness. _Two Eights._—Pleasures and passing love fancies. If reversed, disappointments. _Four Sevens._—Schemes and contention and opposition. If reversed, failure of same. _Three Sevens._—Loss of friends, ill-health, remorse. If reversed, slight ailments or unpleasant reaction. _Two Sevens._—Mutual love and marriage. If reversed, faithlessness or regret. GENERAL INFORMATION. When a number of court cards fall together it is a sign of hospitality, festive social intercourse, and gaiety of all kinds. Married people who seek to read the cards must represent their own life partner by the king or queen of the suit they have chosen for themselves, regardless of anything else. For example, a very dark man, the King of Spades, must consider his wife represented by the Queen of Spades. Bachelors and spinsters may choose cards to personate their lovers and friends. A court card placed between two cards of the same grade—for instance, two nines, two sevens, etc.—shows that the one represented by that card is threatened.