CARD FORTUNE TELLING
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therefore,
position.
and the Spade Queen seems to dominate the
there had been more Clubs than Diamonds it
If
would have greatly helped matters for the enquirer but
Diamonds are only the third suit as regards good fortune
and are obviously not strong enough to fight successfully
;
against the Spades.
There are three Aces, but one of them is of the fateful
Spade suit, though against this is the fact that the Club
and Diamond Aces each appeared twice over, which greatly
strengthens their influence. But the Ace of Spades, symbol
of Death or Disaster, is always an extremely sinister and
powerful card, and its power here is enhanced by the trebly
occurring Queen of the same suit. It looks as if great good
fortune (the Aces) would just be lost, through the influence
of a dark woman. This malevolent influence may not be
in the enquirer's
those with
whom
own
life
— the woman may control one of
the enquirer
is
working.
Again the three Nines are a good sign, but they only
appear once each, thus clearly showing some small gain in
place of the much more powerful good fortune that should
have come from the Aces. The two Sevens, each appearing
twice, and the two Eights strongly confirm the reading
and show that good fortune was allowed to slip pass
unheeded.
The Fateful Square of Sevens
This method of divination dates from the seventeenth
century, and has been reprinted several times of recent
years,
and much praised
for its accuracy, apart
from
its
very original character in the building of the design.
It is an excellent one, and very reliable, but care must be
taken in building up the necessary cards for the experiment
in this case also our diagram should be copied and
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used.