Lear

ningCar
tomancy
Car
tomancyi
stheactofdi
vi
ningusi
ngcar
ds.Di
vi
ningmeanst
ofi
ndoutbyi
nspi
rat
ion,
int
uit
ion
ormagi
c;tof
oresee.

Learnthepast,presentandfut
urewi
tharegulardeckofpl
ayingcards.Not
ri
cks,nospeci
al
tal
ent,
nopsy chicabil
it
y.Iti
snotmagicei
ther
.Ifyoucanreadt hi
syoucanl
earncart
omancy
wit
har egul
ardeckofcar ds.Al
lyouneedi
ssomebasi cknowl edge.

SomeHi
stor
y

TheGy psi
esar eprobabl ythemostwel lknowpeoplethathaveint hepastusedcar tomancyf or
fort
unet ell
ing.Buthi storygoesbey ond.Thedeckofcar dshasbeenar oundforabout600y ears
asf araswecant ell
.Thet houghtisthatthecardsmayhav eoriginatedi nChi
na.China's
currencygr eatlyresembl edt hedeckofpl ayi
ngcardsandi t
sbelievedthatChi nawast hefirstto
developpapercur rency.Thet r
aditi
onofpl ayi
ngcardswentf r
om West er nAsiatoEgypt,thent o
Nor thAfri
ca.Fr om there, Europe.Theoryhasi tt
hattheArabsandMoor sint
roducedthecar ds
totheSpani ardsin1379.I nSpainthepeopl ecal
ledthecardsNai bi,
whi chmeans" t
of oretell
."
Thequest i
onr emai ns,wer ethecardsmadef orgamepl ayorast oolsfordivi
nati
on?Wedo
knowt hatbyt hesixteent hcenturycardswer eusedforthemeansoff or t
unetell
i
ng.Byt he
eighteenthcent ury,cartomancywasahi t.EventheEmperorNapol eonwassai dtohave
"consulted"t hecardsonar egul
arbasis.Cartomancy,astrangewor dthatcandosomuch.

Ti
psf
orReadi
ngCar
ds

LookatPr
edomi
nantSui
t

Pr
edomi
nantHear
ts-concer
nisemot
ional

Pr
edomi
nantDi
amonds-concer
nismat
eri
al

Pr
edomi
nantCl
ubs-concer
nisf
orachi
evementandr
ecogni
ti
on

Pr
edomi
nantSpades-concer
nisant
agoni
sti
corf
orpowerwi
thoutr
esponsi
bil
i
ty

Ifthereadingdoesnotrequi
reaSigni
fi
cat
orcard,makeamentalnoteoftheSigni
fi
cat
orcar
d
whi chwouldrepresentt
heQuest
ioner
.Ift
hatcardshowsupi
nt hereadi
ng,itt
akesonspeci
al
signifi
cance.

I
ftheJokerwasnotint
endedtobeincludedi
nthedeck,butshowsupi nareading,donot
r
eplacei
t,butr
eadthecardasaspecialmessagetotheQuesti
oner.TheJokerusuall
ymeans
t
hatther
eisasurpr
iseinstor
efort
heQuest i
oner.Asit
uat
ionwhichwast houghttobestabl
e,
maysuddenl
ybecomeunst
abl
e.

I
fti
mingi
sinv
olv
ed,
readt
hecar
dsasf
oll
ows:

Di
amonds-Spr
ing

Cl
ubs-Summer

Hear
ts-Aut
umn

Spades-Wi
nter

Ranks:

Aces-Weekatt
hebegi
nni
ngoft
heseason.

Ki
ngs-Themat
terwascompl
etedl
asty
earatt
hist
ime.

Queens-Themat
terwascompl
etedl
astseason.

e.
g.-Aceofdi
amondswoul
dbet
hef
ir
stweekoft
heSpr
ingEqui
nox

St
agesMet
hod:

Aces-Thebegi
nni
ngofasi
tuat
ion.

Twos-Di
rect
iont
hemat
terwi
l
ltake.Maybea1stmeet
ingpoi
nt.

Thr
ees-Thepoi
ntatwhi
chdet
ail
sgr
owandt
hemat
tersol
i
dif
ies.

Four
s-Foundat
ionhasbegun.Root
sar
eputdowni
nor
dert
obui
l
d.

Fi
ves-Thef
ir
stchal
l
engeorgl
i
tchi
nthesi
tuat
ion.

Si
xes-I
ssuechanges&gr
ows;
I
fitst
agnat
es,
itwi
l
lnotcont
inue

Sev
ens-Var
iet
yadded,
Scopeoft
hei
dea/
proj
ectmaybeexpanded.

Ei
ght
s-Ev
aluat
ionper
iod.Peopl
e&i
deasmaybeputt
othet
est
.

Ni
nes-Mov
ingf
orwar
d.Thei
ssuei
snear
lycompl
eted.

Tens-Compl
eti
onoft
hecy
cle,
proj
ect
,ori
ssue.

Pages-Si
gni
fyr
isksandmessages.
Kni
ght
s-I
ndi
cat
emov
ementanddi
rect
ion.

TheMeani
ngoft
heCar
ds

Si
gni
fi
cat
ors:
(Thecar
dthatr
epr
esent
stheper
sont
her
eadi
ngi
sabout
)

1.f
airorgr
ey-
hai
redmanov
er40.
..
..
..Ki
ngofDi
amonds

2.f
airorgr
eyhai
redwomanov
er40.
..
..QueenofDi
amonds

3.f
air
-hai
redy
oungman.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.Ki
ngofHear
ts

4.f
air
-hai
redy
oungwoman.
..
..
..
..
..
..
.QueenofHear
ts

5.dar
k-hai
redmanov
er40.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..Ki
ngofSpades

6.dar
k-hai
redwomanov
er40.
..
..
..
..
..
..QueenofSpades

7.dar
k-hai
redy
oungman.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..Ki
ngofCl
ubs

8.dar
k-hai
redy
oungwoman.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..QueenofCl
ubs

Whenchoosi
ngacardtorepr
esentt
heQuest
ioner,
youcanuset
hesegui
del
i
nest
oassi
sty
ou.
Abov
eall
,useyourownint
uit
iont
omakethedecisi
on.

Gender

Mal
e-Ki
ng

Femal
e-Queen

Yout
hofei
thergender-Jack

Hai
randEy
eCol
or

Fai
rtoRedorGol
dHai
randBl
ueorGr
eyEy
es-Di
amond

Aubur
norGr
eyHai
rwi
thHazel
orGr
eenEy
es-Hear
t

Br
ownHai
randLi
ghtBr
ownEy
es-Cl
ub

Dar
kHai
randEy
es,
Dar
kCompl
exi
on-Spade
Zodi
acSi
gn

Fi
reSi
gns-Ar
ies,
Leo,
Sagi
tt
ari
us-Cl
uborHear
t

Ear
thSi
gns-Taur
us,
Vir
go,
Capr
icor
n-Di
amondorSpade

Ai
rSi
gns-Gemi
ni,
Libr
a,Aquar
ius-SpadeorDi
amond

Wat
erSi
gns-Cancer
,Scor
pio,
Pisces-Hear
torCl
ub

Per
sonal
i
tyFact
ors

Shyandhel
pful
-Hear
t

Cool
andLogi
cal
,i
nnersel
fisi
mpor
tant-Spade

Ambi
ti
ousandbusi
nessl
i
ke,
impat
ient
,out
goi
ng-Di
amond

I
nst
inct
iveorI
ntui
ti
ve,
cheer
ful
andf
ri
endl
y-Cl
ub

Hear
ts:

Aces-Happi
ness,
thehome,
lov
e,f
ri
endshi
p,j
oyt
hest
artofar
omance.Al
ovel
ett
er.

Ki
ng-Agood-
nat
ured,
afai
r-
hai
redman,
aff
ect
ionat
eandgener
ousbuti
mpet
uous.Goodadv
ice.

Queen-Aki
ndl
yfai
r-
hai
redwoman.Tr
ust
wor
thy
.

Jack-Acl
osef
ri
endoragood-
nat
ured,
fai
r-
hai
redy
out
h.

10-goodf
ort
une,
happi
ness.

9-t
he"
wish"car
d;desi
rescomet
rue

8-Vi
sit
sandv
isi
tor
s.I
nvi
tat
ionsoutorat
tendi
ngapar
ty,
butal
sopar
ti
ngs.

7-Anunf
ait
hful
orunr
eli
abl
eper
son.Br
okenpr
omi
ses.

6-unexpect
edgoodf
ort
une;
gener
osi
ty.Someonehel
pingy
ouout
.

5-Jeal
ouspeopl
ear
oundy
ou.Takey
ourt
imet
omakeanydeci
sions.

4-Achange,
ajour
neyoramov
eofhouse/
busi
ness.Al
atemar
ri
ageorpost
ponement
s.

3-Youneedt
obecaut
ious.Don'
tsaysomet
hingy
ou'
l
lregr
et.
2-success,
andpr
osper
it
y,f
ri
endshi
p.Anengagementorpar
tner
shi
p.Fr
iendshi
p.

Spades:

Ace-Adi
ff
icul
tlov
eaf
fai
r.Emot
ional
conf
li
ct,
obsessi
on,
deat
h.Thi
ngscomi
ngt
oahead.

Ki
ng-Av
erydar
k-hai
redman,
Ambi
ti
ous,
usual
l
ysuccessf
ulandanaut
hor
it
ati
veman.

Queen-Av
erydar
k-hai
redwoman,
canbeseduct
iveorunscr
upul
ous.Awi
dow.

Jack-Av
erydar
k-hai
redy
oungper
son,
awel
l
-meani
ngper
sonbuti
mmat
ure,
anunr
eli
abl
eyout
h.

10-Wor
ry,
misf
ort
une.I
mpr
isonment
.Unwel
comenews.

9-Badl
uckinal
lthi
ngs.Depr
essi
onandl
owener
gy.Dest
ruct
ion,
deat
hs.Ext
remeanxi
ety
.Can
meandelay
sorquarrel
s.

8-Tr
oubl
eanddi
sappoi
ntment
.Pl
ansgoawr
y.Fr
iendsl
ety
oudown.Cancel
l
ati
ons.

7-Awarni
ngagai
nstpossi
blel
ossoff
ri
endshi
p.Anunexpect
edbur
den.Awar
ningagai
nst
l
ossesandsor
row.

6-Asmal
li
mpr
ovementi
ntheper
son'
sli
fe.

5-Anxi
ety
,setbacks,
interf
erences.Happyhomebuti
nter
fer
encef
rom ot
herpeopl
e.Rev
ersal
s
andopposit
ionbuteventualsuccess.

4-Busi
nesst
roubl
es,
wor
ri
es.Jeal
ousy
,il
l
ness,
brokenpr
omi
ses.

3-Par
ti
ngs,
possi
bleduet
ofai
thl
essness.Bewar
yinpar
tner
shi
ps.

2-Scandal
,gossi
p,dangerofdecei
t,separ
ati
on.Di
ff
icul
tchanges.

Di
amonds:

Ace-Ar
ingorpr
esentofj
ewel
ry.Newsaboutmoney
.Al
ett
er.

Ki
ng-Af
air
-hai
redman,
stubbor
nandi
nfl
uent
ial
.

Queen-Af
li
rt
.Av
eryf
air
-hai
redwoman.f
li
rt
ati
ous,
sophi
sti
cat
ed,
wit
ty,
lov
est
opar
tyandt
o
gossi
p.

Jack-Av
eryf
air
-hai
redy
out
h.Wat
choutf
ordi
shonest
yorunr
eli
abi
l
ity
.

10-Jour
ney
,for
tunat
echanges,
usual
l
ybr
ingi
ngweal
th.
9-Sur
pri
sewi
thmoney
.Newbusi
nessoppor
tuni
ti
es.Rest
lessness.

8-Amarr
iageandt
rav
ell
atei
nli
fe.Fi
nanci
alupsanddowns.Newr
elat
ionshi
p;unexpect
ed
money
,

7-Sur
pri
senewsoragi
ft
.Pr
obl
emsandl
ossesatwor
k.

6-ar
econcil
i
ati
on;
awar
ningagai
nstapossi
blesecondmar
ri
ageorpr
obl
emsi
nasecond
marr
iage.

5-Successf
ulmeet
ings,
par
ti
cul
arl
yinbusi
ness.Happyf
ami
l
y.

4-Ani
nher
it
ance.I
mpr
ovement
sinf
inances.Achangef
ort
hebet
ter
.

3-Legal
probl
ems,
domest
icar
gument
s.Al
egal
let
ter
.

2-Al
oveaf
fai
rat
tr
act
ingdi
sappr
oval
from ot
her
s.Abusi
nesspar
tner
shi
p.

Cl
ubs:

Ace-Weal
th,
heal
th,
lov
eandhappi
ness.Al
ett
erconcer
ningmoney
.

Ki
ng-Adar
k-hai
redman,
honest
,open,
gener
ousandaf
fect
ionat
e

Queen-Adar
k-hai
redwoman,
hel
pful
,honest
,at
tract
ivesel
f-
conf
ident
.

Jack-Ar
eli
abl
efr
iend.Adar
k-hai
redy
out
h.

10-Moneyf
rom anunexpect
edsour
ce,
goodl
uckorgi
ft
.Tr
avel
abr
oad.

9-Anewr
omanceoradmi
rer
.Achi
evement
s.Don'
tbest
ubbor
n.

8-Opposit
ion,
dangerorr
eckl
essness.Tr
oubl
einr
elat
ionshi
ps,
busi
nessandper
sonal
.Jeal
ousy
andgreed.

7-Pr
osper
it
yandsuccess.Becar
eful
oft
roubl
ecomi
ngf
rom aper
sonoft
heopposi
tesex
.

6-Busi
nesssuccess.Get
ti
ngf
inanci
alhel
p.

5-Hel
pfr
om af
ri
endorspouse.Newf
ri
endsandasuccessf
ulmar
ri
age.

4-Changesf
ort
hewor
se.Li
esandbet
ray
al.

3-Mar
ri
aget
oaweal
thypar
tner
.Moneycomi
ngf
rom t
hepar
tner
.

2-Di
sappoi
ntmentandopposi
ti
on.Gossi
p.

Joker
:(opt
ional
)Newdev
elopment
s,f
reshst
art
s,t
aki
ngar
isk.
TheSpr
eads

UsejustOneCar dforaquickanswertoyourquesti
on.All
youneedtodoisconcent
rateonyour
questi
onwhi l
eshuffl
ingthedeckandpickoutasingl
ecard.Thi
swillgi
veyout
heov er
all
i
mpr essionaboutyourquesti
on.Youmaydrawonemor ecar
difnecessar
ytocl
ari
fythefi
rst
card.(Iper
sonall
yusuall
ydrawthesecondcard).

Thismethodi
salsosuit
abl
eforf
indi
ngoutabouthowyourdayi
sgoi
ngtogo.Anexampl
eof
thi
swouldbe,i
fyoudrawaSpadecardthi
sindi
catespr
obl
emsanddif
fi
cul
ti
eswil
lbeimpor
tant
toyou.

Heartswouldbethati
ssuestodowit
hemot i
onsandthehomearegoingt
obeimport
antfort
he
day.Diamondswouldbe,i
ssuestodowithhar
dworkandaffai
rsout
sidet
hehomewil
lbe
i
mpor tant
.Drawi
ngaclubwouldbe,i
ssuestodowit
hbusinessandmoneywil
lbei
mportant
.

I
fy ouwantanqui ckanswer/ov
ervi
ewtoasi ngl
equest
ionori
ssue,usetheThreeCardSpread.
Startbyshuf
fli
ngt hedeck,
alwaysconcent
rati
ngonyouquest
ion.Laythecar
dsoutinarow
fr
om leftt
oright.

123

Thef
istcar
drepr
esentt
hepast
.Thesecond,
thepr
esentandt
het
hir
dcar
d,t
hef
utur
e.

TheNi
neCar
dSpr
eadi
samor
ein-
dept
hreadi
ngoft
heThr
eeCar
dSpr
ead.St
artbyl
ayi
ngt
he
car
dsouti
nthr
eer
owsacr
ossand3down.

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

Car
ds1,
2,3,
aref
ort
hepast

Car
ds4,
5,6,
aref
ort
hepr
esent

Car
ds7,
8,9,
aref
ort
hef
utur
e
Magi
cSquar
e

ASignif
icat
orCardischosent or epresenttheQuesti
oner
,andispl
acedtoonesi dewhile
Questi
onershuff
lestheremai nderoft hedeck.Whenshuffl
ed,t
heReadertakesfourcardsf
rom
thetopofthedeckandpl acesthem i ntheordershown.Thefi
ft
hcardistheSignif
icat
orCar
d
chosenfortheQuesti
oner.Ther emai ningcardsar
etakenfr
om thet
opoft hedeck.Thisspr
ead
i
sgoodf orapsychicorpsy chologicalreadi
ng.

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

Car
d1-I
ndi
vi
dual
i
ty(
Quest
ioner
’st
ruenat
ure)

Car
d2-Dual
i
ty(
Rel
ati
onshi
pswi
thOt
her
s)

Car
d3-St
abi
l
ity(
Whati
sst
abl
einQuest
ioner
’sLi
fe)

Car
d4-Tenaci
ty(
Wher
etheQuest
ionerwi
l
lnotcompr
omi
se)

Car
d5-Pot
ent
ial
i
ty(
Cour
tCar
dforQuest
ioner
)

Car
d6-Oppor
tuni
ty

Car
d7-Spi
ri
tual
i
ty

Car
d8-Negat
ivi
ty

Car
d9-Posi
ti
vi
ty

Hor
seshoeofFat
e(7car
ds)

Agoodspreadf oransweri
ngquest
ionsofgr
eatconcern,
orquest
ionsi
nvol
vi
ngl
i
fechanges,
suchascareerchanges,movi
nghouse,get
ti
ngmar r
ied.

NoSignif
icat
orcardisselect
ed.Deckisshuf
fledandspr
eadoutfacedowninafanshape.
Quest
ionerselect
ssevencar dsf
rom t
hespreadandhandsthem t
otheReader
.Thecardsare
spr
eadfaceupi ntheorderthatt
heywereselected.
1 7

2 6

35

Car
d1-Pasti
nfl
uencescont
ri
but
ingt
opr
esentsi
tuat
ion

Car
d2-Choi
cesandal
ter
nat
ives

Car
d3-St
abi
l
ityori
nst
abi
l
ityofsi
tuat
ion

Car
d4-Chal
l
enges

Car
d5-Hel
porhi
ndr
ances

Car
d6-Whoar
efr
iendsorf
oes

Car
d7-Fi
nal
out
come

TheHor
seshoeSpr
ead(
21car
ds)

Thisspreadgi vesamor egeneral

over
viewofy ourl
if
eanduses21car ds.Laydownsev en
groupsoft hreecardsintheshapeofahorseshoeorarch.
(Li
keabovespr ead.)Count
1,
2,3,4,
5,
6,7,thenstartt
he8thcardontopoft heonecardandgoaroundagai n.The15card
shouldbepl acedinsequenceont hef
ir
stand8t hcar
dsandsoforth.Eachgr oupcoversa
category.

Thesev
encat
egor
iesar
e:

1Thepastsi
tuat
ion.

2Thepr
esentsi
tuat
ion.

3Dev
elopment
sint
henearf
utur
e.

4Whaty
oudon'
texpect
.

5Peopl
ear
oundy
ou.
6Obst
acl
esandopposi
ti
on.

7Theout
come.

TheGy
psySpr
ead(
21car
ds)

From l
eftt
or i
ght,l
aythreerowsofsevencards.Thet opr owofsevencardsrepr
esent
sthepast.
Themiddlerowt hepresentandthebott
om rowofsev encardsthefut
ure.Thi
s21cardspread
demandsgr eatski
llandisnottobeatt
empt eduntil
youar ev
eryconfi
dentwitht
hemeaningsof
thecar
dsandcombi ningthem i
ntoameaningfulnarr
at i
ve.

Py
rami
dSpr
ead

Agoodgeneral
reading.NoSigni
fi
catorcar
dissel
ected.Decki
sshuf
fl
edandspr
eadoutface
downinafanshape.Select
stencardsfrom t
hespr
ead.Placet
hecar
dsfaceupi
ntheorder
thatt
heywer
eselectedIapy r
amidshape.

32

456

78910

TopCar
d(Car
d1)-Ov
eral
lI
nfl
uenceatWor
k

SecondRow(
Car
ds2&3)-Choi
ceofAct
ion

Thi
rdRow(
Car
ds4,
5&6)-Under
lyi
ngFor
ces

BaseRow(
Car
ds7,
8.9&10)-Adv
iceoft
heCar
ds

(
howt
oresol
vequest
ion)
Cel
est
ial
Cir
cle

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