Have you some question that you want answered? It may be a question to
do with love, marriage, health, finances, or almost anything. Here is a
way to find the answer.
[Illustration: No. 25.--The Last Card.]
From a pack of playing cards, take out the four aces, the four twos,
the four threes and the four queens--sixteen cards in all. Note that
men use the four kings instead of the queens.
Shuffle the sixteen cards and then spread them out on the table, face
down. They should lie on the table in a mixed-up heap and not in an
orderly pack.
To start, pick any card from the heap, turn it over, and then,
according to its value, place it in its proper position, as indicated
by the formation shown in the diagram. Suppose, for instance, that it
is a two of hearts; then it fills the space of the bottom left-hand
corner; or if it is the queen of diamonds, it goes in the second space
of the third row.
When the first card is placed, pick at random a second card and put it
in the position indicated for it in the diagram. Follow in the same
way with all the other cards, from three to fifteen, but not with the
sixteenth. This is the card which supplies your answer. If it is the
queen (or king) of hearts, your answer will be "Certainly yes"; if
it is the two of spades, it is "Certainly not." The other cards come
between these two and supply answers varying from "yes" to "no." Their
actual meanings are as follows:--
1.--_QUEEN OF HEARTS._--Certainly yes.
2.--_ACE OF HEARTS._--Yes.
3.--_THREE OF HEARTS._--Probably yes.
4.--_TWO OF HEARTS._--A likelihood of yes.
5.--_QUEEN OF CLUBS._--It may be yes.
6.--_ACE OF CLUBS._--It is hopeful.
7.--_THREE OF CLUBS._--If you are lucky, it will be yes.
8.--_TWO OF CLUBS._--It is fifty-fifty.
9.--_QUEEN OF DIAMONDS._--The chances are equal.
10.--_ACE OF DIAMONDS._--If you are unlucky, it will be no.
11.--_THREE OF DIAMONDS._--It is not hopeful.
12.--_TWO OF DIAMONDS._--It may be no.
13.--_QUEEN OF SPADES._--There is a likelihood of no.
14.--_ACE OF SPADES._--Probably no.
15.--_THREE OF SPADES._--No.
16.--_TWO OF SPADES._--Certainly no.
Be very careful to decide the question before the cards are touched.