Author: Charles Platt
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-03-13
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780364456705
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Card Fortune Telling: A Lucid Treatise Dealing With All the Popular and More Abstruse Methods It is a very curious fact that there should be four suits in a pack of cards, although as already shown these balance nicely with the four Estates: Priests or Rulers, Warriors or Fighting Men, Merchants or Artisans, and the Tillers of the Soil or common people. An early Eastern form of the game of Chess was a four-players variation, each alternate player partnering his vis-d-vis, just the same as in modern Bridge or Whist. The two partners in this form of Chess used pieces of a similar colour - two using red pieces, the other pair using white or black! Then from the East, dating from about the same period, we have the four suits of the Tarocchi cards, again two red and two black. All this points Clearly to a common Eastern origin for Chess and Cards, and the probability seems to be that card playing or Divination has been derived from Chess. It is worth noting that there is an Obscure form of Chess in which the pieces are all off the board at first, as are the cards in the hands of a player; they are placed on the board or table one at a time, as the player's turn comes round, and they are not active till they are thus displayed - just as in card games. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Richard Webster
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 0738702234
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The gentle art of card reading Now anyone can practice a six-hundred-year-old tradition of fortune-telling that survives to this day. Chances are you already own the necessary oracle. So grab a deck of playing cards and this latest book by popular author Richard Webster, and start reading the future for your family and friends. You will learn the meaning of each card, how to interpret groups of cards, how to read your own cards, special spreads to answer questions about love and romance, and six other spreads from the simple to the complex. ·A beginner's guide to divination using a standard pack of playing cards ·The only book with techniques on how to memorize the meanings of the cards ·Includes original spreads not available elsewhere ·Teaches anyone how to gain advanced knowledge of opportunities, problems, relationships, money, career, and sudden changes ·Includes the poetry card reading "Six Paths to Happiness"
Author: Astra Cielo
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2020-02-12
Total Pages: 59
ISBN-13: 1631184679
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Astra Cielo explores several different, much older, worldly methods of using regular playing cards for divination. Included are the Italian method, the French system, the English system, the Gypsy method and the Creole method, as well as a series of card oracles.
Author: Religious Tract Society
Publisher:
Published: 2015-08-05
Total Pages: 22
ISBN-13: 9781332261369
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from The Folly of Fortune Telling The sun was darting his declining rays through the tall elms in the valley; the church clock was striking the hour; and the shadow of the old sun-dial in front of the school-house was resting on the figure five, as Arthur, William, and Clara Wilmore left their school-fellows, and crossed the village green, on their way from school. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Stephen Ball
Publisher:
Published: 2020-06-08
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780738764900
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Turn a standard deck of playing cards into a colorful divinatory system filled with inspiration, adventure, insight, and advice. In Playing Card Divination, each number card represents a mythic role (Hunter, Lover, Healer, Trickster, etc.) and each suit gives an action for that role (Promise, Gambit, Folly, Triumph). Each card has a unique meaning--for example, the Healer's Triumph card represents gratitude, recognition, and teamwork--and a story that helps you develop a deeper understanding of the cards. With spread ideas, sample readings, and detailed advice, this book shows how to develop your own path of wisdom with a simple deck of cards.
Author: Jonathan Dee
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Published: 2018-11-01
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1612834175
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Previously published as Simply Fortune Telling with Playing Cards. There is a certain romance attached to playing cards: from the riverboat gamblers on the Mississippi to genteel parlor games and the current popular surge in poker tournaments. How many of us while away our bored moments with a game of solitaire? This user-friendly guide will show you how to turn an ordinary deck of cards into a fun and simple tool for telling the future. Learn the past, present, and future with a regular deck of playing cards—no trivia, no special talents, no psychic ability. If you can read this, you can learn fortune telling with a regular deck of cards. The author explains the meaning of each of the 52 cards in the deck, plus the Joker, presents several layouts for general readings, and answers specific questions.
Author: Carleton B. Case
Publisher:
Published: 2015-08-05
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781332203734
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Telling Fortunes by Cards: A Symposium of the Several Ancient and Modern Methods as Practiced by Arab Seers and Sibyls and the Romany Gypsies, With Plain Examples and Simple Instructions to Enable Anyone to Acquire the Art With Ease The art of telling fortunes by cards, known professionally as Cartomancy, has been practiced for centuries. In our day and generation divination by cards is chiefly employed for amusement and pastime, for the entertainment of one's self or one's company, or at church fairs, charity bazars, and the like: but in the days of the ancients it was practiced by prophets and sibyls as a serious business, and so accepted by all, from king to peasant. Certainly there were some remarkable coincidences, to call them by no other name, in the fulfillment of many cartomantic divinations, of which history maintains a record. To cite but one: The Story Of Josephine, Empress Of The French. Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie, while in her native land of Martinique, had been approached by an aged negress, who astonished her through declaring to her: "You will ascend upon the loftiest throne in the world." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: U.S. Games Systems, Incorporated
Publisher:
Published: 1989-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780880790413
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gypsy Witch(R) Fortune Telling Playing Cards deck provides an easy-to-learn method of divination. Each Gypsy Witch(R) card is numbered and displays a pictorial illustration of the card's symbolic meaning. Individual meanings of the cards are also written on the card faces. Standard cards are shown in miniature in the upper left corner.The 55-card pack includes a small instruction booklet with two methods of laying out the cards for a short reading, and a long reading. The significance of each card is determined by its context and position in the layout.Gypsy Witch(R) Fortune Telling Cards are based on the divination system attributed to Mlle Lenormand, the celebrated 18th century French mystic and fortuneteller. Mlle Lenormand's prophetic powers were known throughout Europe. She predicted the rise and fall of Napoleon with astounding accuracy.Gypsy Witch(R) Fortune Telling Playing Cards were first introduced in 1903 and have been published continuously since. They remain one of the most widely recognized and popular fortune-telling decks in the U.S.A.The Gypsy Witch(R) deck contains Jokers and can be used for traditional card games, as well as cartomancy.
Author: Mrs. John King van Rensselaer
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9781333843847
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards Plato's advice - a tract - Astronomical and religious packs - Historical cards of the United States - Proverbs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.