CARD FORTUNE TELLING
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—
owing to serious illness in other words, as shown on the
card, our naked or natural impotence. It need not necessarily be an evil influence, but it is one that we cannot
resist.
The old superstition, of course, was that every one
of us had a good spirit behind our right shoulder, and an
evil one behind our left. This superstition remains strong
In its normal position this fateful card can be
to-day.
either good or evil, but reversed, it is invariably a bad sign.
shows the strong force of the
and it is invariably
represented by a building struck and shattered by light-
The Sixteenth card
also
occult powers controlling our destinies,
ning.
Its significance is Misery, Adversity, Disgrace, or
some unforeseen or unexpected
by the lightning. When reversed,
this card loses much of its malignity, though with bad
cards near it might show imprisonment.
Following this shock, we have the Star for our next
card, and as in so many other cases, a naked woman is
shown. This card, number Seventeen, represents Hope,
and when reversed the reading is imfortunate Loss,
Theft, or Privation of some sort.
The Eighteenth card shows us the Full Moon, looking
down on an uncared-for path that apparently leads nowhere.
even Ruin.
It
covers
calamity, as indicated
—
Hidden Dangers, Deception, Error of JudgReversed it makes the deception our
the enquirer will come to trouble or difficulty through
It represents
ment, and so on.
own
—
his or her
own
deceit or falsehood.
for the unfortunate diviner,
It is
not a nice card
and care should be taken
in
—
the manner of our interpretation in such cases it is better
to suggest, and not to make any definite assertion.
The Nineteenth card is the Sun, with which is associated
—
a naked child generally a boy, as girls were not of much
The card is typical of Married
account in the East.
Happiness, or at any rate of Domestic or Material content-