CAVALIER.--Young dark man. An enemy. A spy. KNAVE.--A child. An enemy. Bad news. Delay. ACE.--Commencement of enmity. TWO.--Enmity does not last. THREE.--Hatred. FOUR.--Enemy defeated. FIVE.--Enemy triumphs at last moment. SIX.--Enemy powerless. SEVEN.--Enemy successful. EIGHT.--Enemy only partially successful. NINE.--Duration of hatred. TEN.--Uncertainty in the hatred. The court cards generally indicate an opposition raised outside of the home. MONEY Development. Money. Trade. Commerce. Journeys. Water. KING.--Fair man. Inimical or indifferent. QUEEN.--A fair woman. Indifferent. CAVALIER.--A young, fair man. A stranger. An arrival. KNAVE.--A fair child. A messenger. A letter. ACE.--Commencement of good fortune. Inheritance. Gifts. Economy. TWO.--Difficulty in getting inheritance or good fortune. THREE.--A small sum of money. FOUR.--Loss of money. FIVE.--Success coming that will balance loss. SIX.--Ruin. SEVEN.--A large fortune. EIGHT.--Partial success. Great loss of money at last moment. NINE.--A durable fortune. TEN.--Great successes and great reverses. The pips of the Rod and Cup suits indicate that which comes from within or at home. The pips of the Money and Sword suits indicate that which comes from outside or abroad. In order to practise card-reading with success, the Book of Thoth must be mastered in every detail, and every significance of each of the seventy-eight leaves must be committed to memory. After this the laying out of the cards and the reading of their meaning would become mechanical, were it not that the position of each one, as well as of the surrounding cards, is capable of such subtle and illusive connections that only those well versed in cartomancy, or, perhaps, inspired by the dominating genius of Mercury, can translate their import. First, then, the direct meaning of each card must be remembered, and then its significance when it is reversed; thirdly, its value owing to its position on the table and when in contact with other cards must be known. The card is read in one way when it is required to reveal the character, and in another when the social position or the thoughts of the inquirer are to be revealed. The same card signifies, under other circumstances, past or future events according to its position. A malignant card may be entirely changed if surrounded by benign cards. Thus each condition must be given due weight when the cards are being consulted.