CARD FORTUNE TELLING
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and a round table is always preferred it
generally believed that the cards do not " tell " so
tion purposes,
is
truly
when
;
the enquirer spreads
—in such a case,
it is
intermediary and
make
them on
some
usual to ask
his
own account
friend to act as
the enquiries on the performer's
behalf
Dealing the Cards by Threes
The pack of thirty-two cards is shuffled by the enquirer
and cut with the left hand into three heaps. The Diviner
takes the centre heap first, places the last heap upon it,
and the first cut heap on top of all then turning the pack
;
face upwards, he deals oft three cards only.
contain two or more of a
suit,
If
these
the highest in value
is
on the table.
The others are thrown face downwards to form a fresh
withdrawn and
placed,
face
upwards,
all of
the
heap.
If
the three cards are
same
value, such as
added
upwards on the table. When you have gone
through the pack in this way, you begin all over again,
three Kings, three Eights, etc., they are all to be
to those face
till
either thirteen,
fifteen,
or seventeen cards are face
upwards before you. The card representing the enquirer
must always be among these, so if you reach twelve,
fourteen, or sixteen without the type card, you must at
once pick it from the pack and add it to the end of the
row, thus completing the necessary uneven number. The
row must always be built from left to right. If the Wish
card, the Nine of Hearts, is among these, it is considered
—
a very fortimate sign the nearer it falls to the type
card the greater the chances of prosperity and good
fortune.
One card from each end of the row
and placed together on the table and
is
now
their
to be taken
meaning read