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.Warford, Aaron A.
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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.
Warford, Aaron A.
Fortune-telling; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Relations with fortune-tellers
Then come the Nine of Clubs and the Knave of Clubs, foretelling: “You
will certainly receive money through the exertions of a clever dark
young man--Queen of Hearts and King of Diamonds--which comes from a
fair man in uniform; this rencounter announces some great happiness
in store for you, and complete fulfillment of your wishes. Knave of
Diamonds and Nine of Diamonds--Although this happy result may be
delayed for a time, through some fair young man, not famed for his
delicacy--Eight of Hearts and Ten of Hearts--love, joy, and triumph.
The Queen of Spades, who remains alone, is the widow who is endeavoring
to injure you, and who finds herself abandoned by all her friends!”
Now gather up the cards you have been using, shuffle and cut them with
the left hand, and proceed to make them into three packs by dealing one
to the left, one in the middle, and one to the right; a fourth is laid
aside to form “a surprise.” Then continue to deal the cards to each of
the three packs in turn, until their number is exhausted, when it will
be found that the left-hand and middle packs contain each five cards,
whilst the one on the right hand consists of only four.
Now ask the person consulting you to select one of the three packs. We
will suppose this to be the middle one, and that the cards comprising
it are, the Knave of Diamonds, the King of Diamonds, the Seven of
Spades, the Queen of Spades, and the Seven of Clubs. These, by
recollecting our previous instructions regarding the individual and
relative signification of the cards, are easily interpreted, as follows:
“The Knave of Clubs--a fair young man, possessed of no delicacy
of feeling, who seeks to injure--the King of Diamonds--a fair man
in uniform--Seven of Spades--and will succeed in causing him some
annoyance--the Queen of Spades--at the instigation of a spiteful
woman--Seven of Clubs--but, by means of a small sum of money, matters
will be finally easily arranged.”
Next take up the left-hand pack, which is “for the house”--the former
one having been for the lady herself. Supposing it to consist of the
Queen of Hearts, the Knave of Clubs, the Eight of Hearts, the Nine of
Diamonds, and the Ace of Clubs, they would read thus:
“Queen of Hearts--the lady whose fortune is being told is, or soon will
be, in a house--Knave of Clubs--where she will meet with a dark young
man, who--Eight of Hearts--will entreat her assistance to forward his
interests with a fair girl--Nine of Diamonds--he having met with delays
and disappointment--Ace of Clubs--but a letter will arrive announcing
the possession of money, which will remove all difficulties.”
The third pack is “for those who did not expect it,” and will be
composed of four cards, let us say the Ten of Hearts, Nine of Clubs,
Eight of Spades, and Ten of Diamonds, signifying:
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