CARD FORTUNE TELLING
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fifteen,
not
or seventeen have been obtained, and this one has
made
menced.
its appearance, the operation must be recomLet us suppose the person whose fortune is being
read to be a lady, represented by the Queen of Hearts,
fifteen cards have been obtained and laid out
and that
—
form of a half-circle in the order they were drawn,
\iz. the Seven of Clubs, the Ten of Diamonds, the Seven
of Hearts, the Jack of Clubs, the King of Diamonds, the
Nine of Diamonds, the Ten of Hearts, the Queen of Spades,
the Eight of Hearts, the Jack of Diamonds, the Queen of
Hearts, the Nine of Clubs, the Seven of Spades, the Ace
of Clubs, and the Eight of Spades. Having considered your
cards, you will find among them two Queens, two Jacks,
two Tens, three Sevens, two Eights, and two Nines you
are, therefore, able to announce
" The two Queens signify the re-union of friends
the
two Jacks, that there is mischief being made between
in the
;
:
;
These two Tens denote a change of profession,
from one of them being between two Sevens, I see
which,
them.
will not be effected
without some
which, according to these three
difficulty, the
cause of
Sevens, will be illness.
two Nines promise some small gain,
from a love affair."
resulting so say these two Eights
You now begin to count seven cards from right to left,
beginning with the Queen of Hearts, who represents the
lady you are acting for. The seventh being the King of
However,
these
—
—
Diamonds, you
"
You
may
say
:
often think of a fair
man
in uniform."
The next seventh card (counting the King of Diamonds
you add
as one) proves to be the Ace of Clubs
" You will receive from him some very joyful tidings
he, besid W2