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
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and so on till the pack
is exhausted. Those at the top are the North, those at the bottom are
the South, those at the right hand the East, those at the left hand
the West. The North is to be read first, as that is supposed to happen
first; the South next, the East next, and the West last.
METHOD E.
The pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled, and cut in three, the
meanings of the cut being read first. Then the significator is taken
out. The cards are spread on the table, face downwards before the
dealer, and seven are drawn out at random. The topmost card of the
seven is taken off and put on one side. The cards are again shuffled
and cut in three, the cut again read as before; they are laid on the
table, seven cards being taken off, the topmost being withdrawn. This
is to be repeated the third time, still taking off the topmost card.
The cards are again shuffled and cut, this time nine each time being
drawn out and the topmost two removed. This maneuver has to be
repeated three times, each time taking two of the topmost cards. In
the first deal, where the first seven cards were removed, there will
be eighteen cards; the second time there will be twenty-one remaining
after having removed the two of each cut, thus:--The thirty-nine cards
are spread out in five rows of seven, and four remaining underneath.
The significator is now put in the center, and counting every way from
it, these cards are taken to signify the past and present. The nine
cards that have been taken from each sevens and nines are to be
shuffled and looked at. These are supposed to refer entirely to the
future. The three cards that are left out are useless.
METHOD F--THE STAR.
The pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled, and cut in three, the
cut being explained as it is shown. The card representing the
significator should be taken out and put in the middle. Three cards
are now placed above the head, three at the feet, three to the left,
and three to the right, three at the four corners, and three across
the significator. They are interpreted as follows:--First, above the
head, then at the feet, then to the right hand, and next to the left;
each corner to be taken top and bottom opposite. When these are all
explained (those across the significator last), they are then paired,
beginning with the topmost cards and the bottom cards, from end to
end.
METHOD G--A SHORTER STAR.
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