HOW TO TELL FORTUNES BY CARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17246, 12 January 1924, Page 18

HOW TO TELL FORTUNES BY CARDS.

PART ONE. BY MADAME DE LUZ. Before laying out the cards, the Seer or Card-teller must shuffle them. The pack is then handed to the consultant ■ who is also required to shuffle it. Before taking back the pack the Seer sholud repeat the Gj psies’ charm : V ish for that which shall come- - "Wish for that which shall go. Wish that the evil you dread may be kept away, "Wish that, the good you desire may be kept by your side To love you and guard you as you travel through the far years. The following is one. of the best methods of telling a fortune, though more complicated than some others. The cards are spread loosely out on the table, face downwards. The client draws seven cards, turns them tip and arranges them n two rows. The top one of four cards represents the distant future; the rower one of three cards, the events nearest to you. These two rows must be read according to the meanrr.es to he given later. The picture card representing the girl «>r man consulting the Seer must not b" picked out according to complexion for, in. this stystem, the King or Queen

°f Hearts is always chosen to represent the client. Next cut the pack in three parts. The one to the left of the Seer represents the client’s house or business prospects • the one L o the right, family matters; the middle packet, her personal future. These should have been laid face downwards, but must now be turned upwards ir. turn, and the cut card of each read as before. Now draw three cards from each pack and read them in succession, starting, with the one on the left hand representing the inquirer’s house or business prospects. The Seer must now take the pack, separate three cards, and lay them, spread out like a lan, face downwards on the table. Seven are put aside from the main pack, then live more cards the placed, fan-wise and face down, just below the first three. Seven more must be laid aside, and three others put, as before, below the live; repeat this once again, and lastly 6even cards are laid aside, three spread under the last- three, and the seven remaining cards aro placed with the other rejected ones. Now pick up the first three, read them and put them away before picking up the five, and so on till all have been read. Each group represents the events of a year. The meaning of the cards will b'_