Part 57

TWO TENS.--There is every sign of good fortune in the future.

TWO NINES.--There is a great surprise in store for you.

TWO EIGHTS.--Be judicious in your dealings with the opposite sex.

TWO SEVENS.--The unengaged are soon to be engaged.

Other Combination of Cards

Should the cards offer none of the above arrangements, the following may be found, but they are meaningless unless all the foregoing have failed.

KING OF CLUBS AND TEN OF HEARTS.--Love is coming.

KING OF DIAMONDS AND TEN OF SPADES.--Beware of lovers' quarrels.

KING AND QUEEN OF SAME SUIT.--A proposal or its equivalent.

QUEEN OF SPADES AND ANY JACK.--Take care of the wiles of a woman well known to you.

TEN OF HEARTS AND NINE OF CLUBS.--A journey is awaiting you.

TEN OF HEARTS AND ACE OF SPADES.--A birth.

NINE OF HEARTS AND ACE OF CLUBS.--Your wishes will be fulfilled.

SEVEN OF HEARTS AND SEVEN OF CLUBS.--Your troubles are about to end.

ZODIAC CARD READING

Perhaps you do not know which is your lucky month. If you would like to find out, the following simple method is helpful.

Take one or two packs of cards, according to the instructions below. Bridge cards are preferable as they are small. Then, cut twelve pieces of paper, each the size of one of the cards. On each piece, draw a sign of the Zodiac and arrange the pieces on the table, as shown in the diagram. It will be seen that the signs are placed in their monthly order from April to March and not from January to December. This order must be followed.

Next, find out your lucky number, as directed in the chapter "What is your Lucky Number?" For such numbers from one to four, one complete pack is needed; for numbers from five to eight, two packs are necessary. When nine is the lucky number, either use three packs or take two packs and shuffle in with the cards four pieces of paper, each the same size as a card, and on each write a heart, a club, a diamond or a spade.

Shuffle the cards thoroughly and then deal them out, giving each sign of the Zodiac a card in turn. Lay on each sign as many cards as indicated by your lucky number, then stop.

Look at the cards lying on each sign. Wherever you find more hearts than any other suit on a sign, take it as a portent that the month indicated by the sign is a lucky one for you. Of course, it is quite possible and even desirable that you may have more than one fortunate month.

A BIRTHDAY MESSAGE FROM THE CARDS

We have seen this fortunetelling game played at many parties and other gatherings, and it has always caused a good deal of innocent amusement.

First of all, an ordinary pack is taken and the court cards are withdrawn from it. They alone are used, while the numeral cards are put on one side. These court cards are shuffled and the players sit around the table.

One of the players is appointed as the seer. He or she takes the twelve cards, spreads them out in a fan, face down, and the first player selects one. When this card is withdrawn from the fan, it is turned up. While everybody looks at the chosen card, the seer asks the player the date of his or her birth. On hearing the date, the seer notes whether it comes under the heading, spring, summer, autumn or winter. Then he reckons:

(a) Any date in March, April or May as spring.

(b) Any in June, July or August as summer.

(c) Any in September, October or November as autumn.

(d) Any in December, January or February as winter.