CHAPTER
IV
SOME ENGLISH METHODS OF TELLING
ALTHOUGH
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ways
Madame Lenormand's method is widemany other fascinating
dealing the cards. To make a change, we now
spread and popular, there are
for
method which can be followed with the full pack.
Of the different suits. Clubs stand generally for happiness and rarely are of bad omen. Next come Hearts,
which are not so deep in their significance and show joy,
liberahty, good temper. Diamonds denote delay, quarrels,
annoyances while Spades are the fateful suit, and signify
It is important to pick
grief, misfortune, illness, death.
as those which are reversed
up the cards quite haphazard,
Such
in the pack have quite a different significance.
give a
;
cards as the Ace, Ten, Nine, Eight,
etc.,
of
show the
Diamonds
should have a small pencil mark
Shuffle the pack well, cut the cards three times, and
lay them out in rows of nine cards each. Select a King
to
top.
Queen to represent the person who is consulting you
Diamonds the ordinary
Hearts representing blonde types
Clubs the brunettes, and Spades the very
fair people
or
;
;
dark ones.
Some well-known
users of the cards allow
any King or Queen to represent
must be done before the
If preferred, the pack can be cut,
cards are touched.
and the exposed card would indicate the suit to be used.
Having dealt your cards in the above way, look for the
their consultant to choose
themselves—this,
of
course,
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