Telling fortunes by cards : $b a symposium of the several ancient and modern methods as practiced by Arab seers and sibyls and the Romany GypsiesAli, Mohammed
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Telling fortunes by cards : $b a symposium of the several ancient and modern methods as practiced by Arab seers and sibyls and the Romany Gypsies
Ali, Mohammed
Card games; Fortune-telling; Fortune-telling by cards
Four Twos--Visitors; two blacks together, disagreeable; two reds,
pleasant, and sometimes love-making.
Three Aces--Great good luck.
Three Kings--A new friend or acquaintance who will advance you in
life.
Three Queens--Quarrels, disputes, backbiting.
Three Jacks--A lawsuit or treachery.
Three Tens--A rise in social life, but not necessarily happiness
with it.
Three Nines--A good removal, unless accompanied by very bad cards.
Three Eights--Love dreams, and longing for the unattainable, but
often wishes or desires postponed; in some cases fresh
engagements, but a little worry in obtaining them.
Three Sevens--Losses of friendship or property; reversed, you will
never recover your goods.
Three Sixes--A very large and brilliant entertainment; if the two
black ones come together, disgrace or scandal.
Three Fives--A delightful and happy meeting with absent friends.
Three Fours--Strangers or visitors coming to the house from a
journey.
Three Threes--Slight annoyances or vexation caused by malicious
tongues.
Three Twos--A good and staunch friend, but one who will grieve you
by a queer temper.
Two Aces--Strange news quick and speedy, often good luck; two
blacks, a telegram; two reds, a pleasant invitation.
Two Kings--A partnership or friendship.
Two Queens--A good female friend.
Two Jacks--Unpleasantness, sometimes only thoughts of people.
Two Tens--Change of residence or profession.
Two Nines--A good removal, sometimes business projects or
documents, in many cases relating to a will.
Two Eights--An extraordinary occurrence.
Two Sevens--Sometimes sudden and unexpected; two blacks, great
treachery, especially if reversed.
Two Sixes--A good friend; two blacks, a nasty, deceitful person,
or a great danger, possibly an accident.
Two Black Fives--Danger from falls, or possibly by water.
Two Red Fives--Joyful and unexpected news.
Two Black Fours--Separation or unfriendly meetings.
Two Red Fours--Good appointments, or good luck.
Two Red Threes--Pleasant and profitable visitors and friends.
Two Black Threes--Disappointment and tears.
Two Black Twos--A departure.
Two Red Twos--An arrival.
The Ace, Nine, Ten and Seven of Spades--Divorce.
Seven and Nine of Spades--Separation.
Eight of Spades and Seven of Clubs--Prison, or confinement.
Six and Four of Spades--Sickness and danger.
Eight and Five of Spades--Malignity, caused by jealousy.
Six and Seven of Spades--Treachery, scandal, vexation.
Seven and Two of Spades--Tears caused by unfounded reports--often
a false friend.
Nine and Six of Spades--A bitter and implacable enemy; if good
cards follow, you will overcome, but if bad ones, he or she will
triumph.
Three and Two of Spades--A short and not agreeable journey.
Seven of Hearts and Three of Spades--A journey and a strange
adventure thereon.
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