Fortune-telling with Playing Cards

Publisher Marketing: This is a cleaned up, edited version of the public domain classic. Inside this little book you will find several methods for telling fortunes with ordinary playing cards with clear, easy instructions. Contains additional vintage playing card images not present in the original book. If you are looking to learn how to tell fortunes with cards, this is an excellent book because it gives instructions for multiple methods of telling fortunes with playing cards. It provides instructions for telling fortunes with a full deck of 52 cards and describes the meanings of each card. It also provides instructions for divining with a 32 card deck, which is essentially a portion of a full deck, and gives the meanings of the cards along with their combination meanings. This book also tells the reader how to divine the past, present and future with cards. And that's not all - there are instructions for divining with a 21 card deck, a French system, an Italian method, a lottery and more! The author gives sample readings for each method and also shows how to answer specific questions using cards. Written in 1915, this is a classic book describing age old techniques for divining with playing cards that have been passed down in various cultures for centuries. Contributor Bio:  Alvarado, Denise Denise Alvarado was born and raised in the "Hoodoo Capital of the World," New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a ritual artist and independent researcher with degrees in cultural anthropology and psychology, and she has over 40 years experience in the conjure arts and mysticism. She is the author of several books, including the Voodoo Doll Spellbook: A Compendium of Ancient and Contemporary Spells and Rituals, the Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook, The Conjurer's Guide to St. Expedite, and Gypsy Wisdom, Spells, Charms and Folklore. She is coauthor of Workin' in da Boneyard and Crossroads Mamas' 105 Spiritual Baths for Every Occasion with Madrina Angelique, and the Hoodoo Almanacs, coauthored with Carolina Dean and Alyne Pustanio. She is also the founder and Editor in Chief of Hoodoo and Conjure Quarterly and Hoodoo and Conjure New Orleans Magazine Journals. Please visit her website www.voodoomuse.org for a bit of sweet tea and conjure and support her efforts at documenting southern folk traditions pantreon.com/denisealvarado.