How to Read Playing Cards


Book Description

An easy to read guide on how to use an ordinary deck of playing cards for fortune telling and giving accurate readings. Cartomancy was one of the most popular forms of fortune telling in Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian times. Many people still love to get their cards read and this book gives a step-by-step approach to giving playing card readings for yourself, your family and your friends.




Playing Card Divination for Beginners


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Now anyone can practice a six-hundred-year-old tradition of fortune-telling that survives to this day. Chances are you already own the cards. You will learn the meaning of each card, how to interpret groups of cards, special spreads to answer questions about love and romance, and much more.




Tarot Readings with Playing Cards


Book Description

This book is intended to serve as a beginner's guide to reading the Tarot through modern day playing cards. Traditional Tarot decks were likely the first playing cards and many of their original elements have been held over in modern decks. I have been using this method of Tarot readings for several years and have been quite successful. Now I have decided to pass the technique I use on to others.




The Deck of Fortune


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You already know how to use a deck of cards to pass the time and play games, but did you know that with that simple deck of cards you can also catch a glimpse of the future? Reading fortunes with playing cards is one of the oldest forms of fortune telling: it's called Cartomancy. Unlike Tarot, which actually evolved from Cartomancy and requires a special deck, the art of cartomancy can be performed with any standard deck of playing cards. Master the magical art and you'll be prepared to perform readings for yourself or for others wherever life takes you. This kit contains a book that will guide you through everything you need to know to read your fortune with playing cards, from guidance on the meanings and astrological associations of each card to how to ask the cards for answers to all your burning questions, and a unique 52-card deck with a modern bold design so that you can get started right away. Each suit of a playing card deck gives you insight on a different aspect of your life. Hearts give explain emotional states and struggles, Diamonds hold revelations about your finances, Spades shed light on conflict and obstacles in your life and Clubs can help guide you on practical matters from business negotiations to travel. Together, they can answer yes or no questions, help you choose between three options, find the right time to act, discover if your wishes will come true, give an overview of the questioner's life or zero in on a specific area of your life. Open up The Deck of Fortune and you will: · Learn ancient secrets of Cartomancy, one of the oldest forms of divination · Discover the mystical meanings of each individual card · Learn how to use playing cards to discover hidden truths about the past, present and future · Practise interpreting the cards with sample spreads and readings · Ask the cards for guidance on whether or not something is right for you, when to plan an event, what is causing problems in your career or relationships and what your future has in store




Conjure Cards


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"For centuries, people living in Appalachia have used homemade playing cards for fortune-telling and dream interpretation. This tradition has arisen over many generations of backwoods conjurers, 'grannie witches,' and 'yarb doctors'. Here, the author has created a fortune-telling deck fashioned after the folklore, superstitions, and dream symbols that he grew up with in Western North Carolina"




Playing Card Divination


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Turn a standard deck of playing cards into a colorful divinatory system filled with inspiration, adventure, insight, and advice. In Playing Card Divination, each number card represents a mythic role (Hunter, Lover, Healer, Trickster, etc.) and each suit gives an action for that role (Promise, Gambit, Folly, Triumph). Each card has a unique meaning--for example, the Healer's Triumph card represents gratitude, recognition, and teamwork--and a story that helps you develop a deeper understanding of the cards. With spread ideas, sample readings, and detailed advice, this book shows how to develop your own path of wisdom with a simple deck of cards.




Simply Fortune Telling with Playing Cards


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The successful Simply series now offers an easy-to-use guide to the art of telling fortunes with cards. Starting with the general significance of each suit (for example, hearts stand for autumn and good fortune, while spades mean winter and possible trouble), it goes on to give a detailed interpretation of each card in the deck--including how the meaning changes when its position is reversed. Copious charts show exactly how to lay out the cards and interpret combinations and spreads. The many different patterns allow the reader the choice of providing a quick answer to a single question, or doing a comprehensive reading.




Fortune Telling with Playing Cards


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Previously published as Simply Fortune Telling with Playing Cards. There is a certain romance attached to playing cards: from the riverboat gamblers on the Mississippi to genteel parlor games and the current popular surge in poker tournaments. How many of us while away our bored moments with a game of solitaire? This user-friendly guide will show you how to turn an ordinary deck of cards into a fun and simple tool for telling the future. Learn the past, present, and future with a regular deck of playing cards--no trivia, no special talents, no psychic ability. If you can read this, you can learn fortune telling with a regular deck of cards. The author explains the meaning of each of the 52 cards in the deck, plus the Joker, presents several layouts for general readings, and answers specific questions.




Fortune Telling by Playing Cards - Containing Information on Card Reading, Divination, the Tarot and Other Aspects of Fortune Telling


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A beginner’s guidebook to fortune telling, including chapters on reading playing cards, tea leaves, and tarot. This insightful exploration of various methods of fortune telling was first published in 1936 and is highly recommended to those who wish to develop divination abilities. Featuring the following chapters: - Fortune-Telling by Playing-Cards - How the Omens should be Regarded - The Meanings of the Cards - Methods of Divination - Two Rapid Methods - Etteilla’s Great Figure of Destiny




Tarot Made Simple (How To Read Tarot Cards)


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Start Reading Tarot Today Do you want to read tarot, but don't want to wade through piles of long tedious explanations that bore you to tears? Then Tarot Made Simple is for you. Tarot Made Simple is a tarot guide for the 21st century. Forget about having to try and memorise page after dull page of metaphysical nonsense, Tarot Made Simple explains how the cards really work, and how anyone can start reading them in a day. What's Inside ✩ How and why the tarot works, with no mumbo-jumbo involved. ✩ How to read the four corners of a tarot card. ✩ The only three shuffles you'll ever need. ✩ A full complement of spreads you can use to answer any question you can think of. ✩ How to customise spreads, and even make your own from scratch. ✩ The one thing you must do before you start each reading to get the maximum benefit. ✩ Three ways to deal with reversed cards. Tarot Made Simple covers every card, showing you what you need to know to perform accurate effective readings with ease, but without boring you to death with unnecessary details that you'll never use in real life readings. It tells you how to interpret the hidden aspects of each card, giving you real depth and insight into your readings. This no-fluff guide is written in easy to understand plain English and makes learning the tarot, well, simple! You could be doing your first reading today. Taking Tarot Further If you decide you want to take things further, Tarot Made Simple also includes a detailed section on how to make money with tarot by charging for readings. You'll discover: ✩ A proven roadmap to take you from novice to professional reader. ✩ Three unusual places to find customers to read for. ✩ How to get people coming to you ready to hand over cash for your tarot readings. ✩ How to know precisely how much you can charge, and how much you should. Tarot Made Simple is fully illustrated throughout. Learning tarot has never been easier.