METHODS OF GREAT DIVINERS
and flaxen or red
hair.
They
^D
also denote persons grey
or white-headed with age
Hearts denote
fair
people, darker than the
and brown
type, with blue or grey eyes
Clubs
denote
Diamond
hair.
brown-eyed people, with brown hair
the average brunette type.
Spades
denote
very
dark
almost
people,
black
or
raven-coloured.
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N.B. A Club in the case of a widow or widower becomes a Spade. A Heart in similar cases becomes a
Diamond.
Boys and girls are denoted by the Jacks of the Suits,
according to their colouring
and the sex is shown by
the King or Queen nearest or touching them.
The Jacks in general denote attendants, servitors,
;
servants, attaches, followers, etc., thus
:
Jack of Diamonds, a carrier, postman, messenger.
Jack of Clubs, an agent, business man, clerk.
Jack of Hearts (Cupid), a lover, follower, friend.
Jack of Spades, doctor, physician, or professional man,
down
to the undertaker.
The Court Cards (Kings, Queens, and Jacks), and all
even numbers, are qualified as good or bad, according to
the attendant cards, i.e. those falling in juxtaposition.
odd numbers, including the One, are good when
way up, and bad when reversed.
With one or two exceptions, the systems of cardtelling now in use are those handed down to us by
the Bohemians, and employ only a part of the ordinary
All
the right
pack.
That
in
most repute used only thirty-two of the cards,
Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six of each
rejecting the
suit.