When a number of court cards fall together it is a sign of hospitality,
festive social intercourse, and gaiety of all kinds.
Married people who seek to read the cards must represent their own
life partner by the king or queen of the suit they have chosen for
themselves, regardless of anything else. For example, a very dark man,
the King of Spades, must consider his wife represented by the Queen of
Spades.
Bachelors and spinsters may choose cards to personate their lovers and
friends.
A court card placed between two cards of the same grade—for instance,
two nines, two sevens, etc.—shows that the one represented by that
card is threatened.
Should a military man consult the cards he must always be represented
by the King of Diamonds.
It is always essential to cut cards with the left hand, there being a
long-established idea that it is more intimately connected with the
heart than the right. A round table is generally preferred by those who
are in the habit of practising cartomancy. It is a matter of opinion as
to whether the cards speak with the same clearness and accuracy when
consulted by the inquirer without a fortune-teller. The services of
an expert are generally supposed to be of great advantage, even when
people have mastered the rudiments of cartomancy themselves.