rachelcat
AND Napoleon's book of fate/geomancy meanings, too!
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52741/52741-h/52741-h.htm
I was checking Project Gutenberg for some Victorian novels to put on my Kindle, and this was in their new books section:
How to Tell Fortunes: Containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the Key to Work It; also Tells Fortunes by Cards, Lucky and Unlucky Days, Signs and Omens, Aaron A. Warford, New York, 1902
It has two sets of playing card meanings:
"French and Italian methods" using 32 cards: Ace King, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit; and
an "English method" using all 52 cards.
With reading methods and spreads.
There's also a card game called "Hymen's Lottery" that is, yes, a combination of a lottery and a foretelling of what kind of marriage you'll have. (Obviously designed for hilarity among young single people . . .)
Maybe someone here can tell us if these card meanings are close to the accepted ones or what you use. Or just check it out and enjoy!
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52741/52741-h/52741-h.htm
I was checking Project Gutenberg for some Victorian novels to put on my Kindle, and this was in their new books section:
How to Tell Fortunes: Containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the Key to Work It; also Tells Fortunes by Cards, Lucky and Unlucky Days, Signs and Omens, Aaron A. Warford, New York, 1902
It has two sets of playing card meanings:
"French and Italian methods" using 32 cards: Ace King, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit; and
an "English method" using all 52 cards.
With reading methods and spreads.
There's also a card game called "Hymen's Lottery" that is, yes, a combination of a lottery and a foretelling of what kind of marriage you'll have. (Obviously designed for hilarity among young single people . . .)
Maybe someone here can tell us if these card meanings are close to the accepted ones or what you use. Or just check it out and enjoy!