You probably have some question that you would like answered. It may
concern--well, it can concern anything you like and you need confide to
nobody what it is about. This is a method of obtaining the answer to
such a question:
If you are of the female sex, take the four queens from a pack and,
if you are a male, take the four kings. Place them face down on the
table in front of you and, with your eyes shut, shuffle them round and
round, using only your left hand. Work the cards round in the opposite
direction to the movement of the hands of a clock. When you have lost
all idea of the identity of the cards, still with your left hand and
with your eyes tightly shut, place the cards in a line in front of you.
Now, open your eyes and turn the cards face up.
The card to the left of the line stands for "This year"; the card
filling the second position stands for "Next year"; the card coming
third, for "Sometime"; and the card at the right of the line, for
"Never." The card that is a heart answers the question and the others
are ignored. Thus, if the heart fills the second position, the answer
is "Next year"; if it comes fourth, the answer is "Never."
It is claimed by astrologers that a true answer to the question is only
obtained on the first occasion that this method is employed after a new
moon has appeared.