Two Red Fives--Joyful and unexpected news.

Two Black Fours--Separation or unfriendly meetings.

Two Red Fours--Good appointments, or good luck.

Two Red Threes--Pleasant and profitable visitors and friends.

Two Black Threes--Disappointment and tears.

Two Black Twos--A departure.

Two Red Twos--An arrival.

The Ace, Nine, Ten and Seven of Spades--Divorce.

Seven and Nine of Spades--Separation.

Eight of Spades and Seven of Clubs--Prison, or confinement.

Six and Four of Spades--Sickness and danger.

Eight and Five of Spades--Malignity, caused by jealousy.

Six and Seven of Spades--Treachery, scandal, vexation.

Seven and Two of Spades--Tears caused by unfounded reports--often a false friend.

Nine and Six of Spades--A bitter and implacable enemy; if good cards follow, you will overcome, but if bad ones, he or she will triumph.

Three and Two of Spades--A short and not agreeable journey.

Seven of Hearts and Three of Spades--A journey and a strange adventure thereon.

Seven, Six and Five of Spades--Thieves, or danger of robbery.

Queen and Jack of Spades--Widowhood.

Nine and Ten of Spades--Danger by fire.

Six and Seven of Spades reversed--A fall or injury.

Eight and Ten of Spades--News at night, but not very pleasant.

Ten, Eight and Five of Spades--Broken engagement, or unfulfilled promise.

Six and Eight of Spades--Delay, postponement.

Nine, Seven, Six and Five of Spades--Bankruptcy.

Ace of Diamonds and Ten of Hearts--A marriage engagement.

Ace of Diamonds and Nine of Hearts--Hopes fulfilled.

Ten of Hearts and Four of Hearts--Marriage.

Three Tens and Five of Hearts--Happy love returned.

Eight of Hearts and Seven of Hearts--Doubt and indecision about an offer.

Seven of Hearts reversed--A nice and good present.

Three of Diamonds and Three of Hearts--In nine days.

Nine of Hearts and Nine of Diamonds--A delightful surprise about money.

Nine of Hearts and Nine of Clubs--Something to do about a will, in which the consultor is generally successful.

Eight of Hearts and Nine of Hearts--Great good luck through love.

Ace, Nine, Seven and Four of Spades--Death.

METHOD B.

A pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled, and cut in three; the first ten are taken out, then three are missed; another nine are taken out, then two are missed; another seven out, five missed; seven out, three missed; three out, one missed; and the last of the pack is taken. They are now laid out in rows of eight each, eight having been counted every way, beginning from the significator. When all are finished, the two extremities are taken, paired and read; they are then gathered together, shuffled, and cut in four parcels; the first one of each parcel is taken off and put on one side. The packet that comes first is the one that should be read.

METHOD C.

What is Supposed to Happen Within a Month to Two Months.

A pack of fifty-two cards is taken, shuffled and cut in three, each meaning being read as it turns up. The cards are then turned up one by one till a spade is found, which is not withdrawn, but the following card, which lay face uppermost on the table. If three spades are found in succession the first is missed, but the two next are taken out, as well as the following card, whether diamonds, clubs or hearts; this is continued to the end of the pack, then re-commenced without shuffling or cutting. Should the final card have been a spade, on beginning the pack afresh the first card should be taken out. The same operation is gone through twice more, in all three times. This having been done, they are laid in the form of a horseshoe in front of the dealer in the order in which they came, being careful to note that the significator is amongst them. Should it not appear naturally, it must be taken out and placed at the end. Seven are now counted from the one that represents the person consulting the oracle. When they have been read, and the relative meanings ascribed to them explained, one is taken from each end and paired, their various significations being interpreted as they turn up. These prognostications are supposed to come to pa.s.s within two months. A shorter way can be done by taking out thirty-two selected cards, viz:--ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine, eight and seven of each suit; they are read in precisely the same way. This is taken to allow a shorter period to elapse, from ten days to a fortnight, but the former is supposed to be the better method.

METHOD D.

A pack of fifty-two cards is taken, and after being well shuffled they are turned up one by one, counting one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king (here the ace counts as one). If any card should fall on the number counted--thus, supposing a five comes when five is counted, or a king when that card turns up, it must be taken out and placed on the table, face uppermost, before the dealer. After counting to a king the counting is re-commenced at one.

Should two cards follow, such as three and four, eight and nine, etc., these must be abstracted, also three of a kind, such as three tens, three kings, etc., they must also be taken out; but if three of the same suit they may be pa.s.sed by. When the pack has been carefully gone through, shuffled and cut, the process is gone through twice more, in all three times. They are now all laid out in rows of four and read.

When this is done they are gathered together and laid two by two, thus:--

NORTH.

WEST. EAST.

SOUTH.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and so on till the pack is exhausted. Those at the top are the North, those at the bottom are the South, those at the right hand the East, those at the left hand the West. The North is to be read first, as that is supposed to happen first; the South next, the East next, and the West last.

METHOD E.