CARD FORTUNE TELLING
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Each
that
taken by
card,
preceding
three cards at
time,
will
=
it
will
be
cards corresponds at
two,
one,
i.e.
and
seven possible com-
give
added to the
days in the year.
pack of fifty-two
which,
number
that
seen
all
connection with
in
it,
364,
unit, gives 365, the
then,
So,
a
Now, 7 X 52
binations.
pack or
and
itself,
and following
of
the
points with the natural divisions
of time.
The Ace
of each suit rules the first
responding Season, and
Jack, Ten,
etc.,
is
declining
by
followed
week
of the cor-
the King, Queen,
the lowest card, the Two,
till
is
reached.
The value
as follows
or signification of the four suits
is
briefly
:
Diamonds denote
and for this reason
by the accompanying cards.
Life in general,
are largely dominated
Clubs denote Power, whether arising from affluence,
fame, position, or inherent capacity.
Hearts denote Love and
its inflexions, such as friendsympathy, attachment, together with peace, tranquillity, and the concomitants of love.
Spades denote Loss, privation of any sort, things in
ship,
their ultimate issues.
flexions,
by
The
suit is capable of
many
in-
however, and, like the Diamonds, shines only
the reflected light of accompanying cards.
run of Spades has no
ominous in the extreme.
light in
it
at
all,
and
is
Hence a
and
sinister
Every consultant has a corresponding card in the pack
which is allotted to him or her as a significator. With
men it is a King, with women a Queen, and the suit is
controlled by the colouring or complexion of the consultant.
Diamonds
signify very light people
;
blue eyes or grey,