CARD FORTUNE TELLING
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"your home"; "what you expect"; "what
you don't expect "
"the Surprise " " what is sure to
"
come true
and " your wish."
It will at once be noticed that some heaps will contain
enquirer);
;
;
;
five cards each, others
be arranged from
only four each.
left to right
—the
ing the heap on the extreme left
The heaps should
first
card dealt start-
and the seventh card
going, face upwards, in the centre.
Some
Diviners employ this method but only use seven-
teen cards
only the
— the
first
pack
shuffled
is
and cut
seventeen cards are dealt.
as before, but
This method
cards each
;
it
is
is
two or three
certainly simpler, as the heaps only contain
also thought to be a great advantage,
as the exposed cards naturally vary greatly as regards
the proportion from each suit.
there
must
If
you use the
of necessity be eight of each suit
full
;
pack,
whereas
only seventeen are dealt, six or seven or even eight of
one suit might appear on the table, and it is obvious
if
any
that the preponderance of
suit
would greatly
affect
the reading.
Some
that
Di\'iners object to the seven packs, maintaining
false art to
it is
and another
expect,"
heap
is
have one heap for " what you don't
" the
for
also rather feeble
and
make
originally been included to
Surprise."
The
the
sixth
had
number uneven.
certainly looks as
if it
This School of Diviners therefore deaJ off thirteen cards
only from the full pack of thirty-two, and build up only
" what you
" your home "
five heaps for " yourself "
;
expect "
;
" the Surprise "
A Week's
;
;
and
"
your wish."
Happenings
The enquirer should well shuffle the pack and cut them
left hand into three heaps, as before explained.
with the