CARD FORTUNE TELLING
8o
each of the four sides
while the
;
tenth,
fifth,
and
fifteenth
cards will have been placed upon the type card
covering
itself,
it.
Now
take each set of three cards by itself and read
meaning according to the table, being specially
careful to watch for reversed cards as well as for pairs
and triplets. Also carefully note if two or more of the
three cards are of any one suit, as that greatly affects
their
the result.
The
of
quirer
on the
set of three cards
left
should be read
first
as they represent the immediate past of the en-
all,
then the set of three on the right which govern
;
the immediate future.
wished, you can read the three
which show the more remote past
and which, consequently, are somewhat affected by your
reading of the left-hand set. Balancing one set carefully
against the other, you should easily be able to decide if
things are improving for your enquirer or if they are
After these,
if
is
it
cards of the upper
set,
—
drifting for the reverse.
Now
consider the bottom set of three cards, which
refer to the
more remote
meaning, noting reverses,
future, and, after reading their
pairs, triplets,
and
suits as before,
you must balance these against the right-hand
determine which
way
instance, that apart
the future will tend.
from
in the
bottom
set,
and
then the enquirer
either one or
may certainly
look forward cheerfully to a lessening of any
that
may
and thus
their individual meanings, there
are two Spades in the right-hand set
no Spade
set
Suppose, for
difficulties
be facing him at the moment.
The central set of three, covering the type card, give
your answer to any special wish or question of the enquirer's
they do not apply to the past or future and
—
therefore need not be read
as
regards their individual