TELLING FORTUNES
BY CARDS
A SYMPOSIUM OF THE SEVERAL ANCIENT AND MODERN
METHODS AS PRACTICED BY ARAB SEERS AND SIBYLS
AND THE ROMANY GYPSIES, WITH PLAIN EXAMPLES AND
SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS TO ENABLE ANYONE TO ACQUIRE
THE ART WITH EASE
Gathered From Authentic Sources By
MOHAMMED ALI
(_EDITED BY CARLETON B. CASE_)
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
SHREWESBURY PUBLISHING CO.
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY
CHARLES SHREWESBURY
CONTENTS
PAGE
THE STORY OF JOSEPHINE 5
RESEARCHING GYPSY LORE 7
HOW TO ACQUIRE THE ART 9
CARDS TO BE USED 9
THE CONSULTANT CARD 10
THE ANCIENT ORACLE 12
METHOD A 17
MODERN USE OF FIFTY-TWO CARDS 20
METHOD B 28
METHOD C 28
METHOD D 30
METHOD E 31
METHOD F, THE STAR 32
METHOD G, A SHORTER STAR 32
METHOD H 33
METHOD I 33
METHOD J 34
METHOD K 35
METHOD L 37
METHOD M 38
THE PREFERRED ORACLE, WITH THIRTY-TWO CARDS 40
DICTIONARY OF PRIMARY DEFINITIONS 42
DICTIONARY OF SECONDARY DEFINITIONS 49
GROUPS OF CARDS 93
COMBINATIONS OF TWO CARDS 96
A WORD OF ADVICE 101
SPECIAL NOTE 101
DEALING THE CARDS BY THREES 102
DEALING THE CARDS BY FIVES 109
DEALING THE CARDS BY SEVENS 111
DEALING BY FIFTEENS 113
THE TWENTY-ONE CARD METHOD 117
THE WAY TO TELL A FORTUNE 122
THE ITALIAN METHOD 126
THE FLORENCE MODE 131
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 133
THE MATRIMONIAL ORACLE 136
THE STAR METHOD 140
SHORTER STAR METHOD 142
WISHES 143
WISH NO. I. 143
WISH NO. II. 144
WISH NO. III. 146
WISH NO. IV. 146
WISH NO. V. 147
WISH NO. VI. 150
CURIOUS GAMES WITH CARDS 154
LOVERS' HEARTS 154
LOVE'S LOTTERY 154
MATRIMONY 155
CUPID'S PASTIME 155
WEDDING BELLS 157
MARRIAGE QUESTIONS 158