_And Synonyms, Supplementing the Preceding List. Consult Both._
KING OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ This card, when used as a representative,
denotes a very fair man, one with auburn hair, light blue eyes, and
florid complexion, who, notwithstanding his hasty temper, will
treasure his anger, long awaiting opportunities for revenge, or he is
obstinate in his resolutions.
It moreover designates a military officer, and frequently one of
fidelity to his country and its honor.
Still, it is most generally employed as the marriage card, for if it
does not come out in an oracle wherein matrimony is the wish, the
nuptials will be delayed or broken off.
Its synonymical signification would then be:
Alliance; reunion; attachment; vow; oath; intimacy; assemblage;
junction; union; chain; peace; accord; harmony; good understanding;
reconciliation.
KING OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ This card signifies a country
gentleman, in which capacity its synonyms are:
Country man; rustic; villager; peasant; farm laborer; cultivator;
rural; agriculture.
Again, this card reversed, bears a further signification of a good and
severe man, when its synonyms would be:
Indulgent severity; indulgence; compliance; condescension;
complacency; tolerance; low descension.
When used as the marriage card, and coming out reversed, the king of
diamonds signifies primarily difficulties and obstacles imposed in the
way of entering upon or consummating the nuptial contract, and through
inference vitiation of the married state, when its synonyms are:
Slavery; captivity; servitude; matrimonial ruptures; conjugal
infidelity.
QUEEN OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ When this card comes out in the oracle
upright it bears three primary significations: _a country lady_; _a
talkative_ or _communicative female_; and a _good, kind-hearted
woman_.
As a representative card it designates a very fair female with auburn
or blonde hair, brilliantly clear complexion and very blue eyes. A
woman of this character will be given to society, and is naturally a
coquette.
When the card is taken as a _country lady_ its synonyms will be
through induction or inference:
Economical housewife; chaste and honest woman; honesty; civility;
politeness; sweetness of temper; virtue; honor; chastity; a model
wife; excellent mother.
When used to designate a _talkative female_, they will be:
Conversation; discourse; deliberation; dissertation; discussion;
conference; intellectual entertainment; prattler; blab; idle talk;
flippant conversation; table talk; gossip.
QUEEN OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ When the card comes out reversed in the
oracle its ordinary signification is that of a meddlesome woman, who
has interfered in the affairs of the consultant for the purpose of
doing him or her injury, and the extent of the injury, contemplated or
done, can be estimated from the proximity of this card to that of the
consultant, or from the import of those cards intervening between the
two. This card has two secondary significations as follows:
_Want of foresight_, whose synonyms are:
Unawares; unexpectedly; on a sudden; napping; astonished; suddenly;
fortuitously; unhoped for; surprisingly.
_A knavish trick_, whose synonyms would be:
Roguishness; knavery; cheat; imposture; deceit; sharpness in
rascality; trickery; false pretense; artifice; wile; craftiness.
JACK OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ The primary signification of this card is
a _soldier_, a _postillion_, or a light haired _young man, in or from
the country_. In addition to these characteristics this card, whether
upright or reversed, assumes another, which is technically called _the
good stranger_.
As a _soldier_, its secondary value is expressed in the following
synonyms:
Man at arms; swordsman; fencing master; combatant; enemy; duel; war;
battle; attack; defense; opposition; resistance; ruin; overthrow;
hostility; hatred; wrath; resentment; courage; valor; bravery;
satellite; stipendiary.
In the quality of _the good stranger_, its synonyms are:
Strange; unaccustomed; unknown; unheard of; unusual; unwonted;
surprising; admirable; marvelous; prodigious; miracle; episode;
digression; anonymous.
When employed as a representative of a person, it denotes a light
haired, unmarried man, who, although one of your nearest relations,
will sacrifice your interests to his own; a person of stubbornness;
hot headed and hasty, tenacious of his own opinions and unable to
brook contradiction.
JACK OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ This card's signification is a public or
private servant; and in the latter case, without reference to gender,
either a male or female domestic. Its synonyms therefore are in
accordance with its acceptation:
Servant; waiter; valet; chambermaid; lady's maid; a subordinate; an
inferior; a hireling; condition of one employed; servitude; postman;
errand boy; messenger; agent; expressman; newsman; message;
announcement; commission; directions; a household; relative to post
office and the transmission of messages.
ACE OF DIAMONDS--It is a matter of perfect indifference whether this
card assumes its place in the oracle in an upright or reversed
position, as its primary signification is in no wise varied, although
of a most comprehensive nature, being, expressing generally, a
_letter_, a _note_, a _paper_, a _petition_, etc.
It requires, however, a great deal of attention to discriminate
between the manifold significations of this all-important card, which
is governed in a great measure by the cards coming next to it,
otherwise the interpreter may be entirely baffled in comprehending the
intent of the oracle.
The general synonyms of the _ace of diamonds_ are:
Epistle; writings; the art of writing; grammar; Holy Writ; text;
literature; doctrine; erudition; literary labor; book; correspondence;
composition; alphabet; elements of all learning; principles; bonds;
bills of exchange; notes of hand; evidence of indebtedness.
With the _seven of spades, reversed_, coming next to it, this card
denotes the existence of a law suit, in which case we have synonyms,
founded on the following basis:
Deed; covenant; agreement; law paper; writs; warrants; litigation;
differences; contestations; disputes; discussions; bickering; contest;
strife; discord; contradiction; stratagem; trick; broil; pettifogging;
wrangling.
TEN OF DIAMONDS--Like its companion, the _ace_, which with this card
form the only two in the pack possessing this peculiar quality, the
_ten of diamonds_ preserves its value and signification, whether it
emerges either upright or reversed. The primary significations of this
card are _gold_, _water_, the _sea_, a _foreign city_, _change of
locality_.
As the representative of _gold_ its synonyms are:
Riches; opulence; magnificence; splendor; éclat; sumptuousness;
luxury; abundance; means.
When its signification is assumed relative to _water_ and the _sea_,
the synonyms assume both a specific and general nature:
Fluid; humid; ablution; dew; rain; deluge; inundation; the ocean;
river; torrent; stream; fountain; source; lake; pond; cascade; falls.
When the surrounding cards designate this one to be accepted as
representing a foreign city, its synonyms are:
Traveler; traveling; foreign parts; beyond the sea; homeless;
wanderer; wandering abroad; trading; commerce; a sailor; ships;
refuge; exile.
When accepted to signify a _change in locality_, the synonyms, in
addition to preservation of its original meaning of a mere change in
domicile, or habitation, are inferentially extended to embrace a
wider scope, such as:
Departure; displacement; journey; pilgrimage; peregrination; steps;
motion; visits; excursions; incursions; emigration; immigration;
transmigration; flight; tour; rotation; circulation; deportation;
rout; defeat; overthrow; bewilderment; disconcert; to break one's
allegiance; desertion; disinheritance; alienation; alien; a foreigner;
houseless.
It will be seen that with the varied significations which can be given
to this card, it is one of the most important in the pack.
NINE OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ When coming forth in its natural
position, this card is one of particular good omen, as it foretells
great success in business operations and consequent gain. Its primary
meaning comprehends the grand mainspring to human exertion,
_enterprise_, while at the same time it assures you of the desired
result, _advantage_ or _gain_. Viewed as such its synonyms are, as to
_enterprise_ in the first instance:
To undertake; to commence; to usurp; to take possession of; audacity;
boldness; hardihood; impudence; rashness; speculative; speculation;
fearless in trade; in love.
When taken to represent _advantage_, the synonyms are:
Gain; profit; lucre; success; thanks; favor; benefit; ascendency;
power; empire; authority; government; rule; glory; reputation; happy
results; profitable end; victory; cure; fulfillment; termination;
satisfaction.
NINE OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ We have the other side of the picture,
for this card, coming up reversed portends the occurrence of dire
mishaps and abject despoliation with its concomitant poverty. In view
of this immense difference in the value and signification of this one
and the same card in its two positions, too much care cannot be taken
to mark the way in which it emerges.
In its modified signification of _delay_, its synonyms are:
Disarranged; sent back; suspension; variation; wavering; slowness;
relenting; obstacle; impediment; misfortune; adversity; accidental
injuries; miscarriage.
But viewed in its more bitter light as _spoliation_ and _poverty_, its
synonyms are:
Destitution; violence; ruin; victim of robbery; a fall; ruined honor;
bankruptcy; privation; violated chastity; defrauded; swindled;
victimized; separation; sold out by the sheriff; cast upon the town;
hopeless.
EIGHT OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ In its natural position this card is
accepted to represent either _the country_ or _riches_, as its
signification is relatively determined from its surroundings.
In its signification as the _country_, thereby meaning not only a
rural district but the characteristics of a country existence, the
interpretation of this card boasts a large number of synonyms:
Agriculture; cultivation; field labor; farming; garden; prairie;
woods; shades; pleasure; enjoyment; diversion; pastime; amusement;
rejuvenation; rural sports; rustic dances; peace; calmness; natural
tranquillity; rural life; forests; vales; mountains; flocks and herds;
shepherd; shepherdess; moral quietude.
As the synonyms of _riches_, as they are signified by this card in
contradistinction to others, we have:
Augmentation of wealth; increase of estate; advancement; prosperity;
general success; happiness; goodness; felicity; beauty; embellishment.
EIGHT OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ In this condition the primary
signification of the card is _sorrow_ and _movement_. The synonyms for
_sorrow_ are:
Sadness; affliction; displeasure; grief; desolation; mortification;
bad humor; melancholy; the blues; hypochondria; vexation; trouble.
But with the word _movement_, we have more trouble to apply its actual
signification, as shown in the cards, and therefore the interpreter is
left in a great degree to her own judgment, to decipher the connection
which should bind the oracle to a specific and intelligent reading.
The most applicable synonyms would therefore be:
To walk; step forward; move about; to contemplate; to propose; to make
advances; to undertake; to offer proposals; to promenade; to tender
offers; to inaugurate a scheme; to further any claims.
SEVEN OF DIAMONDS--_Upright._ This is what is most commonly styled the
_conversation_ card, as its initial and primary signification is
_discourse for the present_, while it likewise designates the
approaching receipt of _good news_; as the oracle demands, to be
secure, proper interpretation.
When used as the _conversation_ card, its synonyms are:
Talk; words; matter; tattle; desultory remarks; seasonable language;
pleasant gossip; table talk; anecdote.
Secondary to this signification, and in intimate connection, it has
oftentimes been employed to denote _designs for the moment_, whether
mental or expressed by word of mouth, embracing intent and resolution.
When signifying _news_, the synonyms will be:
Announcement; intelligence; newspaper; advice; advertisement;
admonition; warning; teaching; tale telling; history; fables;
anecdotal remarks.
SEVEN OF DIAMONDS--_Reversed._ This card is capable, when emerging
reversed, of receiving several interpretations, the general and
primary one of which is _birth_, or the origin of a human being, or
of matter which has, as its synonyms:
Nativity; origin; creation; source; commencement; principle;
primitive; extraction; first coming in of fruits and flowers; prime;
early; race; family; house; lineage; posterity; the reason for; cause;
premises for argument.
This card frequently designates a _great deal_, or a large quantity,
qualifying the value of those cards next to it. For example, should it
come before the _ten of spades reversed_, or the _ten of clubs_, it
will read a great deal of jealousy, or of money.
Commingled with cards, relating to a public or military official, this
one is taken to signify _declaration_, whose synonyms would
consequently be:
Publication; orders; authenticity; approbation; placard; designation;
discovery; disclosure; revelation; confession.
KING OF HEARTS--_Upright._ The primary significations of this card are
_a blonde man_, _an advocate_ and a _man of note_, but its secondary
significations are those attached to the state and _legislation_.
As the representative of an individual, this card shows a good,
kind-hearted man, of an amorous disposition, rash in his enterprises,
and generally hasty and passionate in all his actions.
Coming out as a _blonde man_, it has these synonyms:
Honest man; honesty; probity; equity; arts and sciences.
Considered as a _man of note_ or statesman, the synonyms are:
Legislation; legislator; laws; decrees; code; statutes; precepts;
commandments; combination; institution; constitution; temperament;
complexion; natural and moral law; religious law; civil law; politics;
politician; natural right; right of nations; public rights.
KING OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ This card coming out reversed, designates
a man of natural light complexion, neither fair nor brown, with dark
brown hair and hazel eyes, of an excellent temper, easily imposed
upon, credulous, moderately given to love matters, yet addicted to
vice and incontinence. Its other primary significations are a _tutor_,
or a _man in anger_, possessing vices, the reverse of those good
qualities attributed to the card when upright. In this case the
synonyms are:
Indignation; agitation; irritation; wrath; rage; fury; frenzy;
violence; hatred; aversion; animosity; peril; animadversion;
antipathy; resentment; vengeance; affront; outrage; blasphemy; storm;
tempest; cruelty; inhumanity; atrocity.
The chief secondary signification of this is a _man in office_, or
professional politician, to which are given the following synonyms:
Man of rank; dishonest man; exaction; pillage; injustice; simony; a
dishonorable person; a burglar.
QUEEN OF HEARTS--_Upright._ This card represents a blonde female,
faithful and affectionate, always the dearest friend or nearest
relative to the consultant. As such, the synonyms, attached to the
primary signification, are of an excellent nature:
Honest woman; virtue; wisdom; honesty.
This card is likewise taken as symbolical of _friendship_ in its
various phases, the synonyms of the term being:
Attachment; affection; tenderness; benevolence; kindly relations;
fraternity; intimacy; identity in inclinations; agreement; affinity;
harmonious correspondence; conformity; sympathy; attraction; cohesion.
Another signification is attached to this card in a secondary capacity
as _justice_, with the following synonyms:
Equity; probity; right; rectitude; reason; the law.
A further secondary signification has been bestowed upon this card,
under certain influences, when it is gifted with the attributes of
_temperance_ with these synonyms:
Moderation; discretion; continence; abstinence; patience; calmness;
sobriety; frugality; chastity; alleviation; reconciliation; respect;
conciliation; mitigation; molification; consolation.
QUEEN OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ This card reversed, designates a fair,
but not light, woman, with nut-brown hair and grayish eyes, who
intervenes to prevent marriage, and intermeddles in all the
consultant's affairs generally. It likewise represents either the wife
of a man in office, a woman of doubtful character, or a courtesan, a
betrayer of honor and of affection. Under this aspect it receives a
secondary signification of _dissension_, to which are given synonyms
as follows:
Agitations; sedition; conspiracy; rebellion; pride; vanity; seduction;
outrage; presumption; disputes; moral wrong; dishonorable proposals.
JACK OF HEARTS--_Upright._ This card, as a representative one,
designates a blonde, unmarried man, learned, good tempered and well
favored by fortune. Consequently, when it is drawn by a young woman,
and the marriage card comes near it, it portends that she will be
united to a person of such a description, and that the union will
prove both happy and of long duration.
It likewise designates, primarily, a soldier or a traveler, so that
should it come up in your oracle it is interpreted, in a secondary
connection, in this sense, and assures that you are on the point of
undertaking a journey. If bright cards surround it, the journey will
be a prosperous one, but should the _eight of spades_ be near it, it
will result in illness, and if the _ten of spades_ be adjacent, it
will be accompanied with tears.
In this secondary capacity it has synonyms as follows:
Road; highway; lane; pathway; a walk; a course; career; promenade;
messenger; ways and means; expedient; enterprise; method.
JACK OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ Should this card come out in the oracle of
an unmarried lady, reversed, it instructs her that her lover or
intended husband is a person wooing her for selfish purposes, who,
although handsome and accomplished, will make a bad match.
To a married woman, or widow, it is a warning that some unscrupulous
individual, under garb of friendship, contemplates her injury, which
will be followed by almost immediate desertion, if near the _ace of
spades_.
Consequently, in a secondary capacity, it is taken to mean _evil
desires_ or _longing_, when it has synonyms of this character:
Attraction; passion; flattery; cajolery; adulation; lechery; or
declivity; precipice; fall.
ACE OF HEARTS--_Upright._ The first and primary signification of this
card is _the house_, and as such obtains a secondary capacity of a
most extensive nature, expressed in the following synonyms:
Household; home; house-keeping; economy; saving; dwelling; domicile;
habitation; manor; lodge; lodging; hotel; palace; shop; store;
barracks; building; vessel; vase; archives; castle; cabin; cottage;
tent; pavilion; inn; hostelry; tavern; religious house; monastery;
convent; burial; long home; grave; stable; extraction; family; race;
lineage; posterity; ancestry; retreat; asylum.
This card likewise designates a _repast_ or _feasting_, when,
secondarily, it assumes synonyms of the following nature:
Table; festivity; merry making; nutrition; guests; invitation; host;
hilarity; good cheer; abundance; joy; gayety; natural pleasure;
domestics; sports and pastimes.
ACE OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ It primarily designates _forced_ or
_constrained enjoyment_, but more generally it should be taken for
_new acquaintances_, whence is derived a secondary significance of
_fresh news_, with these synonyms:
Indication; presentiment; new instructions; fresh knowledge;
enlightenment; index; augury; forewarning; fore-knowledge; conjecture;
oracle; prognostication; prediction; prophecy; divination; second
sight; novelty.
Again this card, reversed, means a _disordered household_, and from
this comes the secondary idea of _intestine quarrels_, with the
following more prominent synonyms:
Misunderstanding; regret; remorse; repentance; internal agitation;
irresolution; uncertainty; family feuds; marriage trouble; domestic
strife; dissensions.
At times this card represents _family vices_, or extravagance in
household expenditures, or any description of crime or folly which
renders home unhappy and unendurable.
TEN OF HEARTS--_Upright._ This card ordinarily signifies the _city_,
when its secondary capacities are expressed in some one from among the
following synonyms:
Metropolis; native land; burgh; village; town; locality; site;
town-house; dwelling; habitation; residence; municipality; city
government; citizens.
It moreover is accepted to signify _envious people_, as by that term
the ancient inhabitants of the rural districts were wont to designate,
ironically, dwellers in cities.
TEN OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ This card most generally signifies _an
inheritance_, when its synonyms are:
Succession; legacy; donation; testamentary gifts; dowry; dower;
dowager; legitimacy; will; patrimony; heir; transmission; to bequeath;
to endow.
It is likewise used to signify _relatives_ when its secondary capacity
is extended to the widest scope, embracing:
Consanguinity; blood; family; ancestors; father; mother; brother;
sister; aunt; uncle; cousin, male or female; Adam and Eve; race;
lineage; alliance; relationship; affinity; blood connection; love
intrigues.
Another primary signification of this card is _surprise_, generally
of a bad origin, with these appropriate synonyms:
Cheat; imposture; knavery; deceit; trickery; mistake; oversight;
misunderstanding; trouble; vexation; annoyance; emotion; fright; fear;
terror; consternation; astonishment; admiration; alarm; rapture;
exhaustion; swooning; fainting; a marvel; phenomenon; miracle;
anything wonderful or strange.
Among the ancient cartomancists, this card, with the _nine of hearts_,
was regarded as the most difficult of interpretation of any in the
pack, but through careful study of the synonyms above given, a true
meaning is readily attained.
NINE OF HEARTS--_Upright._ This card is generally regarded as an
augury of good fortune, wealth, happiness and worldly advantage.
Its principal signification is _victory_, whence we derive:
Success; good results; advantage; gain; pomp; triumph; trophies;
majesty; show; apparel; baggage; luggage; equipage; attire; furniture;
rich goods and wares.
Its next principal one is _union_ and _concord_, with the several
secondary significations, cognate to them:
Moderation; discretion; continence; temperance; patience; calmness;
sobriety; frugality; chastity; harmony; music; musical tastes; perfect
happiness.
It moreover designates _labor_ and _commerce_, in which capacity its
signification is expressed in the synonyms:
Studious; application; work; toil; reflection; observation;
meditation; occupation; trade; employment; merchant; clerk; trader;
laborer; mercantile pursuits.
Still another signification is _a present_, whence we have:
Gift; generosity; benefit; gratification; service.
NINE OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ This card means _ennui_, or weariness,
with secondary attributes expressed in these synonyms:
Displeasure; discontent; disgust; aversion; inquietude; lack of
spirit; listlessness; trivial sorrow; affliction; uneasiness;
complaining; want of energy.
It moreover is employed to signify _curiosity_, whence we have the
secondary signification of inquisitiveness; a busybody; a marplot and
intruder.
Then again an ordinary signification of this card is _obstacle_ or
_hindrance_ with the following synonyms:
Bar; embarrassment; opposition; barrier; contrariety; inconvenience;
trouble; difficulty; work; abjection; indisposition; ailment;
infirmity; distress; hesitation; vacillation; perplexity; impediment;
stumbling-block.
EIGHT OF HEARTS--_Upright._ The primary signification of this card is
first, a blonde young lady of great natural abilities, gentle
manners, lively disposition and personal beauty, for whom we have
synonyms:
Honest girl; virtuous girl; modesty; maidenly grace; bashfulness;
timidity; retiring disposition; fear of scandal; apprehension;
mildness; suavity of temper.
It moreover signifies _success in expectations_, in those enterprises
whereupon the consultant has set his heart, with the secondary
significations of:
Success; happy issue; fortunate termination; victory; cure; recovery;
accomplishment; end of trouble; discontinuance, termination of pains,
torment or labor.
EIGHT OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ When this card comes into the oracle in a
reversed position, and is used as the representative of an individual,
it designates an unmarried lady, of a light complexion, with
chestnut-brown hair, of a natural good disposition, but spoiled by an
assumption of superiority over her companions. From this
signification, we have that of _arrogance_, and thence:
Noise; quarreling; dispute; disturbance; difference; contestations;
litigation; bickerings; arguments.
But the most general signification of this card reversed is _great
joy_, otherwise expressed in these synonyms:
Perfect content; felicity; happiness; rapture; enchantment; ecstasy;
entire satisfaction; complete joy; inexpressible pleasure; heavenly
inspiration; exhilaration; enthusiasm; the music of the spheres;
celestial harmony.
Under other influences this card becomes modified to the signification
of the _means of satisfaction_, such as:
Gayety; dancing; the opera; the theater; festival; public rejoicings;
family reunions; poetry; romance; joyous visits; pleasant parties;
excursions.
SEVEN OF HEARTS--_Upright._ When this card emerges in its natural
position, its primary signification is that of _thought_, an _arm_, or
a _jewel_.
As thought, it has many secondary significations prominent among them
those expressed by the synonyms:
The soul; spirit; intelligence; an idea; memory; imagination;
conception; comprehension; extension of ideas; designs; intentions;
desires; will; resolution; determination; premeditation; meditation;
reflection; opinion; sentiment; philosopher; philosophy; wisdom.
This card is sometimes employed to signify _solitude_, when it obtains
a secondary signification:
A desert; seclusion; retreat from society; hermitage; exile;
banishment; isolation; abandonment.
SEVEN OF HEARTS--_Reversed._ When this card comes out reversed, one of
its primary significations is a _package_, or bundle, present, new
clothes, etc., in accordance with the signification of the cards
immediately preceding or following it, which can be easily learned by
study.
Nevertheless, its most ordinary signification is _desire_, or a strong
longing for, or hankering after, some person or thing; but then again
the interpretation is qualified by the cards coming near this one,
either before or after; reading from the consultant to the right, by a
simple change in position of the cards, _desire_ may be changed into
_aversion_, and an _attraction_ into _repulsion_.
When its signification is _desire_, its synonyms will be:
Wish; now; will; coveting; cupidity; lusting after; concupiscence;
unlawful desire; extreme hankering after; jealous; passion for good or
bad; illusion; craving; appetite; a fancy for a thing; decided
inclination.
It will be seen that the term _desire_ is employed as antagonistic to
love, or a holy and righteous phase of passion.
KING OF SPADES--_Upright._ Employed as a representative card, this one
designates a man of very dark complexion, with black eyes and hair,
passionate and proud, ambitious, and successful in most of his
aspirations, but a person whom the reverse of fortune would utterly
crush into obscurity.
Divested of this personal and destructive character, this card, when
coming upright in an oracle, designates a professional man of
eminence, a lawyer, judge, advocate, counselor, senator, practitioner,
attorney, confidential agent, jurist, orator, statesman, pleader,
diplomat, doctor of laws or in medicine, or a learned physician.
When the consultant be an unmarried lady, this card assures her that
her admirer is a man of excessive probity and of honorable intentions,
that is, if the _king of diamonds_ likewise comes out upright. To a
married woman it denotes that her property or honor will be in the
keeping of a lawyer or agent of rectitude, who will rescue her from
the machinations of enemies or spoliators. To a widow it shows that
her second marriage will be to a man of eminence, who will render her
after life most happy.
KING OF SPADES--_Reversed._ This card signifies a widower, a man in
anger or difficulty, also one given to inebriety. But taken in a
general acceptation, this card represents a _wicked man_, and, through
induction, _wickedness_. In that case, its secondary significance can
be gleaned from the synonyms, used to give expression to it, as
follows:
Bad intentioned; innate wickedness; perversity; perfidy; crime;
cruelty; inhumanity, and atrocity.
This card is likewise regarded as an unfortunate one, as it forewarns
you of the utter wreck of your expectations, wrought by some one of
the following causes:
Reverses; prejudice; theft; violence; corruption; elopement;
libertinage; debauchery; slander; malice; exposure of secrets;
disorder in morals, or calumny.
QUEEN OF SPADES--_Upright._ As the representative of an individual
this card designates a dark lady, with dark eyes and black hair,
naturally of an open and generous disposition, but who will change her
nature through flattery and her position in society. Should she be
possessed of beauty, her innocence will be in perpetual danger, and
only saved through the exercise of a strong will, or through motives
of self-respect.
This card likewise, when emerging upright, designates a _widow_,
without respect to color or social position, and is also taken to
signify the condition of widowhood, to be interpreted, as the oracle
demands, by these synonyms:
Privation; abstinence; absence; scarcity; sterility; poverty;
indigence; famine; deprivation.
Frequently this card is employed to denote a _well-founded distrust_,
when its secondary significations will be:
Just suspicion; legitimate fear; merited doubts; conjectures; surmises
based on fact; conscientious scruples; timidity; bashfulness;
reluctance; retirement.
QUEEN OF SPADES--_Reversed._ As a representative of an individual,
this card, coming out in the oracle reversed in position, denotes a
widow, desirous of contracting another marriage. It moreover
designates a dark woman of amorous propensities, who does not hesitate
to disregard the conventionalities of society.
But as a general thing, this card is assumed to signify a _crafty
evil-minded woman_, and can be interpreted as:
Malignity; malice; finesse; artifice; cunning; craft; dissimulation;
frolic; pranks; wildness; hypocrisy; bigotry; prudishness; wantonness;
shamelessness.
When coming reversed in a consultation upon marriage, this card
denotes that difficulties and impediments, generally originating with
a female, will be interposed to prevent the desired nuptials.
JACK OF SPADES--_Upright._ As the representative of an individual,
this card, coming out upright, designates a dark complexioned
unmarried man, an obliging fellow, who does not hesitate to
accommodate his friends at serious disadvantage to himself, if
occasion require.
The primary signification of the card is, however, _messenger_, an
envoy, or person, charged with bearing of intelligence, most generally
employed as a go-between in intrigues, or in a capacity of trust.
Sometimes this card is used to designate a _critic_, or a critical
position; a moment of impending danger; an awkward predicament; a
decisive instant; an unfortunate situation; a delicate circumstance; a
threatened calamity; a crisis; or a perplexing misstep.
JACK OF SPADES--_Reversed._ This card is one of evil omen to lovers,
as it forewarns a betrayal of their secrets, or the exposure of their
plans by a corrupt messenger, or through the intervention of some
intermeddler.
Its primary signification, when the card is reversed, is that of a
_Paul Pry_, or spy, whence we have the secondary ones of inquirer,
spectator, watcher, overseer, as well as the result of such a man's
investigations. Hence applied more generally, the card signifies
scrutiny; examination; reports; remarks; notations, and commentaries.
Another secondary signification of this card is _traitor_, from which
we readily obtain the following synonyms:
Deception; duplicity; stratagem; disguise; prevarication; disloyalty;
breach of trust; conspiracy; tale bearing; imposture; black
heartedness; perfidy; falsehood; dissimulation and breach of
confidence.
The card is, moreover, used to forewarn lovers that there is danger of
their being pursued in event of elopement.
ACE OF SPADES--_Upright._ This card, coming out in natural position,
and intervening between the representative cards of a male and female,
relates wholly to love affairs. When accompanied by the _ten of
spades_ it shows that an intrigue will be accompanied with a deal of
sorrow and affliction, and will ultimately end in abandonment under
most disastrous circumstances.
One of the primary significations of this card is a _paper_ or
document, chiefly appertaining to law matters, such as warrants for
arrest, writs, subpoenas and legal pleadings.
Another is that of a _ship_, or other means of conveyance by water,
particularly when accompanied by the _eight of clubs_, reversed, which
betokens the consultant to be on the eve of a sea voyage, or other
journey over water of some description.
ACE OF SPADES--_Reversed._ When in the oracle of a married consultant,
this card appears reversed, and near to her representative, its
primary signification is _pregnancy_, which in her case can be
expressed by the following synonyms:
Conception; maternity; accouchement; childbirth.
From this we derive a secondary signification, applicable to other
things, for which we employ correspondent synonyms:
Enlargement; engenderment; fecundity; fertilization; production;
composition; increase; augmentation; multiplication; deliverance;
parturition; growth; addition.
When reversed and accompanied by the _knave of clubs_, likewise
reversed, this card is a premonitor of _death_.
The general secondary signification of this card, when reversed and in
the body of the oracle, is a _fall_, whence we have:
Decadence; decline; discouragement; dissipation; ravage; ruin;
demolition; destruction; bankruptcy; error; fault; overwhelming
sorrows; perdition; an abyss; precipice; gulf; waterfall; disgrace;
shame.
TEN OF SPADES--_Upright._ The general signification of this card is
_jealousy_, particularly when accompanied by the _knave of clubs_,
which denotes that the consultant, either male or female, is jealous
of his or her sweetheart to such a degree that their friendly
relations are in danger of being broken off, which will assuredly be
the case, if the _nine of spades_ should likewise appear in the
oracle.
The other primary signification of this card is _tears_, whence we
derive a series of secondary significations, as:
Sighs; groans; weeping; complaints; lamentations; griefs; sadness;
heart-sickness; affliction; mental agony.
TEN OF SPADES--_Reversed._ This card, emerging reversed, has, for a
general signification, a _loss_, either moral or physical, as the
surrounding cards designate. Thus, with the _nine of hearts_
intervening between the consultant and this card, it announces that he
or she will lose a situation or employment. When it comes preceded by
the _ten of clubs_, it betokens the loss of money or valuables. Should
the consultant be an unmarried female, and this card comes out
reversed near to a knave, likewise reversed, it foretells the ruin of
her reputation through calumny. But if in place of one of the knaves
the _seven of clubs_ should appear, the loss of her character will be
brought about through some indiscretion.
Another primary signification of this is _the evening_, as a
designation of points of time; still this general term of night has
given rise to the application of important secondary significations,
of which the sense can be taken from the synonyms:
Shades; obscurely; nocturnal; mysterious; secret; masked; concealed;
undiscovered; clandestine; occult; veiled; allegorical; hidden
meaning; in secrecy; obscure hints; double meaning; on the sly; to
conceal from sight; nocturnal meetings.
NINE OF SPADES--_Upright._ This is justly regarded to be the most
unfortunate card in the pack, as it portends maladies, malignant
diseases, family dissensions, defeat in enterprises, constant
disappointment, and even death. The primary significations of this
card, when in its natural position, are a _priest_, _mourning_ and
_disappointment_.
The secondary significations, derived from these sources, are:
From the _priest_: Pastor; church; church services; ritual; sanctity;
piety; devotion; religious ceremonies; celibacy.
From _mourning_: Regret; desolation; affliction; sadness; sorrow;
calamity; grief; heart-pain; funeral; burial; tomb; grave;
church-yard; loss of relatives; wailing.
From _disappointment_: Obstacles; hindrance; delay; disadvantage;
contrarieties; misfortunes; suffering.
NINE OF SPADES--_Reversed._ When this card appears in the oracle
reversed its evil influence is augmented two-fold, although its
primary significations are modestly expressed as _failure_,
_abandonment_ and _delay_. The secondary significations are of the
most disastrous character.
The synonyms employed for these terms, in this instance, are:
Misery; indigence; famine; necessity; need; poverty; adversity;
misfortune; deep affliction; disagreements; correction; chastisement;
punishment; reverses; disgrace; imprisonment; detention; arrest;
captivity.
But when this card, reversed, comes before the consultant and the
_eight of spades_, in the same oracle, it signifies _mortality_, with
the following synonyms:
Death; decease; last sigh; end; finish; extinction; annihilation;
destruction; utter ruin; abjection; humiliation; prostration;
depression; alteration; poisoning; corruption; putrefaction;
paralysis; lethargy.
Still in all these sinister aspects the influence of this card can be
materially modified, but never counteracted, through intervention of
bright cards.
EIGHT OF SPADES--_Upright._ This card is ordinarily of bad import, as
its primary signification is _sickness_, although it is more generally
interpreted as _bad news_. This is its acceptation when preceded by
the _knave of spades_ or the _knave of diamonds_, or when accompanied
by the _ace of diamonds_, and sometimes by the _eight of hearts_,
reversed.
When this card signifies _sickness_, its synonyms are:
Illness of the body, soul or mind; bad condition of health or of
business; derangement; infirmity; epidemic; gangrene; agony;
displeasure; damage; mishap; accidental injury; disaster;
indisposition; head-ache; heart-ache; inquietude; melancholy;
medicine; remedy; charlatan; empiric; physician; quack; languor.
Sometimes, however, this card is employed to designate _prudence_,
whence we have as secondary significations:
Wisdom; reserve; circumspection; reticence; discernment; foresight;
presentiment; prediction; divination; prophecy; horoscope; second
sight; clairvoyance.
EIGHT OF SPADES--_Reversed._ Unlike other cards, the reversal of this
one brings with it a modification of its primary significations.
Hence, when coming out reversed, it most generally signifies
_ambition_, a passion for which we have synonyms as follows:
Desire; wish for; search after; cupidity; jealousy; aspiration;
onward; higher; illusion; pride.
Another primary signification bestowed upon this card when emerging
reversed, is that of a _nun_ or pious woman, whence we derive the
secondary signification usually applied to this card and expressed in
the synonyms:
Inaction; peace; tranquillity; repose; apathy; inertia; stagnation;
rest from labor; pastime, recreation; nonchalance; free from care;
idleness; supineness; lethargy; torpidity.
SEVEN OF SPADES--_Upright._ As a general exponent of current events,
this card is taken to forewarn the consultant of the loss of a
valuable friend, whose death will be a source of a great deal of
misery. On this account many interpret this card to signify a
_coffin_, which may be the case when coming out in close proximity to
the _ace of spades_ or the _nine of spades_.
Its most accepted primary signification, however, among practical
cartomancists, is that of _hope_, whence are derived the secondary
ones, expressed in the terms:
Trust; confidence; expectation; desire; inclination; longing after;
wish; taste for; whim; humor; fancy.
SEVEN OF SPADES--_Reversed._ This card takes a wider and an apparently
contradictory scope in its primary significations, when emerging in
this manner, being _good advice_, _friendship_, and _indecision_.
From _good advice_ we derive, as secondary attributes:
Wise counsels; salutary warnings; news; announcements;
advertisements; placards; consultations; admonitions; instruction;
advice.
For _friendship_ we have the following synonyms:
Attachment; affection; tenderness; benevolence; well wishing;
relation; harmony; correspondence; connection; identity; intimacy;
agreement with; concordance; concurrence; interest; conformity;
sympathy; affinity; attraction; admiration.
For _indecision_, the general synonyms are employed:
Want of resolution; uncertainty; perplexity; inconstancy; frivolity;
lightness; variation; diversity; vacillation; hesitation; versatile;
unsteady; changeable; whimsical; flexibility in character; unreliable;
undetermined.
KING OF CLUBS--_Upright._ As the representative of an individual, this
card designates a man of a complexion neither very dark nor
exceedingly light, but a person with medium colored brown hair,
grayish eyes, and of an easy, plodding disposition. He will be a man
humane, honest and affectionate, given to business, and faithful in
all his engagements; he will be personally happy in all his relations
in life, as father, husband and citizen, and make everyone happy about
him.
The primary significations of this card are, in the first instance, a
_friend_, and secondly, a _business man_.
As a _business man_ this card has these synonyms:
Merchant; trader; dealer; banker; broker; exchange agent; speculator;
calculator; physician; schoolmaster; collegian; geometry; freemason;
mathematics; engineer; science; professor.
KING OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ This card, as the representative of an
individual, designates a person of middling dark complexion, with
chestnut brown hair, who, without being positively wicked, is
viciously inclined, and for that reason should not be trusted. Being
of a morbid temperament, he will destroy the happiness of others, and
render his family miserable through his own viciousness.
A secondary signification is consequently a _vicious man_ or _vice_
itself, expressed in synonyms as follows:
Vice; defect; default; moral blemish; weakness; moral imperfection;
unformed nature; irregularity; flightiness of mind; depravation in
manners; libertinism; lewdness; licentious speech; ugliness;
deformity; corruption; stench; rottenness.
QUEEN OF CLUBS--_Upright._ As a representative of a particular
individual, this card designates a brunette lady, of a warm, tender,
and sympathetic nature, intellectual, witty and high spirited, of a
strongly loving disposition, given to society and social reunions,
where she distinguishes herself through her conversational ability.
The most prominent primary signification of this card is _opulence_,
which is represented in the following synonyms:
Riches; display; pomp; ostentation; vain show; pageantry; luxury;
sumptuousness; assurance; steadiness; confidence; certitude;
affirmation; security; hardihood; self-reliance; liberty; frankness;
candor; openness; plain-dealing; freedom.
Another signification of this card is a _parley_ or _conference_, and
is expressed by some of the subjoined synonyms:
Discourse; conversation; talk; communication; colloquy; dissertation;
deliberation; discussion; speech; pronunciation; grammar; dictionary;
tongue; idiom; jargon; slang; exchange; commerce; trade; traffic; to
speak; to confer; to converse; to tattle.
QUEEN OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As a representative of an individual, this
card, reversed, denotes a lady whose complexion is brunette, with dark
hair and black eyes, but not dark enough to be represented by a
_spade_. She will be a woman of warm passions, of fine personal
appearance, given to coquetry and dependent more upon her natural
charms than education or intellectual training for conquests in her
flirtations.
The general signification of this card, reversed, however, is
_ignorance_ in contradistinction to its attributes when in natural
position, and therefore can be interpreted as:
Boorishness; unskillfulness; want of experience; untutored;
impertinent.
JACK OF CLUBS--_Upright._ As a representative of an individual, this
card denotes a young man of middling dark complexion, kind, gentle and
docile by nature, sedate and domestic in his habits, and studious
through inclination. He is a warm friend and faithful admirer.
Coming out in the oracle of a young lady, this card is the
representative of her lover, without respect to his color or other
qualifications, denoting simply the person indicated.
The primary signification of this card, divested of its representative
character, is a _scholar_ or lover of knowledge, while its secondary
attributes are expressed in the synonyms:
Study; instruction; application; meditation; reflection; labor; toil;
work; occupation; apprentice; student; disciple; pupil; master.
Another signification of this card, governed according to its
surroundings in the oracle, is _prodigality_, whence are derived
synonyms as follows:
Profusion; superfluity; luxury; largess; bounty; sumptuousness;
magnificence; liberality; benefits; generosity; charity; benevolence;
a crowd; a multitude; depredation; dilapidation; pillage; dissipation.
JACK OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As a representative of an individual, this
card designates a bachelor, a shade darker, and of a more determined
character than the young man above described. It may likewise
represent that same young man in a state of anger or on a sick bed.
Its especial signification, however, is _delirium_, whence we have as
secondary attributes or synonyms:
Frenzy; aberration of mind; wandering of the brain; unseated reason;
fury; rage; fever; enthusiasm; imbecility; imprudence; distraction;
apathy; delirium tremens; intoxication; brain fever.
ACE OF CLUBS--_Upright._ This card is universally regarded as a most
fortunate one, inasmuch as it betokens vast wealth, personal
prosperity, physical health, mental tranquillity, marital happiness
and longevity.
The principal significations of this card are _a purse of money_ and
_riches_, whence we have as synonyms:
For _a purse of money_: Sum of money; a present; capital; principal;
treasure; bullion; gold and silver wares; opulence; rare; dear;
precious; inestimable; of excessive value.
For _riches_: Wealth; health; prosperity; worldly goods; happiness;
felicity; amelioration; improvement; benefit; advantage; profit;
blessing; favor; grace; plenty; destiny; chance; speculation; good
luck.
ACE OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ When this card emerges to form part of an
oracle, in a reversed position, its more popular and current
significations are _nobility_, _love_ and _a present_, but in a
consultation made for a young unmarried lady it signifies that she
will unexpectedly unite herself with a man, probably a widower, who
will better her fortunes; hence to a female operative this card is a
very good omen.
For _nobility_ we employ as appropriate synonyms:
A nobleman; a man of consequence; important; great; the eldest son;
extended; vast; sublime; renowned; illustrious; powerful; elevated; of
good quality; illustration; reputation; consideration; grandeur of
soul.
For _love_, a correct interpretation of the oracle may require
selection from among the following synonyms:
Passion; inclination; sympathy; affection; allurement; attraction;
charm; enticement; disposition; taste for; propensity; admiration;
gallantry; complacence for the sex; intrigue; affinity; an affair of
gallantry; attachment; devotion.
TEN OF CLUBS--_Upright._ When this card enters in your oracle it is to
apprise you that you will unexpectedly receive a handsome sum of
money, a gift or a legacy from some dear friend or near relative.
However, at the same time it warns you that your smiles will be
intermingled with tears; inasmuch as you will almost simultaneously
learn of the death of some person whose love you have cherished.
The chief primary signification of this card is _the future_, whence
are derived the following secondary ones:
Hereafter; to come; posthumous; after death; heaven.
Another primary signification is _gain_, which can be interpreted as
required, by any of these synonyms:
Advantage; profit; success; grace; favor; benefit; ascendency; power;
empire; authority; usurpation; profitable; useful; important;
interest; official position.
A more general signification in this card is _money_, from which we
have secondary ones of this description:
Wealth; coin; bullion; ingots; gold; silver ware; whiteness; purity;
candor; innocence; ingenuity; the moon; purification; twilight;
moonlight.
TEN OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As a general thing this card, emerging
reversed, designates a _lover_, of either gender, unless the _knave of
clubs_ appears in the oracle of a lady, or the _eight of hearts_,
reversed, in that of a gentleman.
Employed in such a signification, we have as synonyms:
In love; gallantry; a gallant; husband; wife; married man; married
woman; friend; protector; courtesan; to love; to cherish; to adore; to
match; to mate; harmony; concord; suitable; corresponding; in
relations with; decency; decorum; regard; seemliness; convenience;
vicinity; fitness.
This card is sometimes used to designate _the house_.
NINE OF CLUBS--_Upright._ The general primary signification of this
card, when employed as a measure of time, is _the present_, whence we
have as synonyms:
At the instant; actually; now; presently; suddenly; unexpectedly; upon
the spot; momentarily; at hand.
The second primary signification of this card is an _effect_, whence
are derived the secondary ones of this nature:
For sure; with certainty; in consequence; result; evidence;
conviction; conclusion; will happen; event; to finish; to execute;
household goods; furniture; bonds; personal estate; jewelry; movable
goods.
This card has another primary signification, _indiscretion_, from
which are derived the secondary meanings, as follows:
Want of foresight; imprudent; rash; headlong; with precipitation;
thoughtlessly; impulsively; suddenly; disorder; confusion; misconduct;
want of reflection; chaos; disgrace; without restraint; dissipation;
libertinage; discordance; inharmonious; moral ruin.
NINE OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ This card, reversed, is most usually
employed to denote that the consultant, in whose oracle it appears,
will be the recipient of a _present_, but as to its value and its
nature the surrounding cards must determine. The card consequently may
represent:
Gift; presentation; memorial; offering; testimonial; a gratification;
service; offer of money; thanksgiving.
Another signification of this card when coming out reversed, is
_gambling_, but as this is a serious moral offense, great care should
be exercised to study its application.
From _gambling_ are derived these secondary meanings:
Games of chance; lottery; luck; card playing; any fortuitous
circumstance; by accident; destiny; human life; cards; dice; money
games; disreputable company.
EIGHT OF CLUBS--_Upright._ As a representative of an individual, this
card designates a brunette, unmarried lady, remarkable for her
personal attractions, of a mild and tractable nature, who, should she
not possess beauty, will win admiration from her accomplishments and
demeanor, as well as from her sincerity and virtue.
As a general thing this card signifies _the art of pleasing_, or, as
it is more appropriately styled, _a virtuous girl_, in which
connection, its meaning is expressed in the synonyms:
A virgin; chaste; modest; virtuous; genteel; becoming; decent;
decorous; suitable; befitting; civil; kind; courteous; polished;
polite; well bred; accomplished; condescending; meek; hospitable; good
manners.
EIGHT OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As an individual's representative, this
card, when reversed, denotes a middling dark complexioned unmarried
woman, with dark chestnut hair, and eyes nearly approaching black in
color. She will be vain of her personal charms, and make little
account of the world's opinion should her own desires be gratified.
The primary signification of this card is _removal_ or _departure_,
and can be appropriately expressed in the following synonyms:
Moving; to move; change of residence; at a distance; remote; absence;
separation; dispersion; going aside; out of the way; ramble;
excursion; digression; flight; to discard; disdain; repugnance;
aversion; incompatibility; opposition; division; rupture, and
antipathy.
This card, reversed, has moreover the signification of _indecorum_,
which can be used in these different senses:
Inhospitable; ill bred; discourteous; bad manners; immodest; unchaste;
insincere; boorish; brazen faced; slovenly; a virago; a tartar; a
wanton.
SEVEN OF CLUBS--_Upright._ The principal primary signification of this
card is a _trifle in money_, but which, however, has been amplified to
designate _economy_, or the art of spending very little money to the
best advantage. Consequently from this source we have the following
synonyms:
Good behavior; wise administration of affairs; foresight; discretion;
order; regularity; household virtues; good management; wisdom;
happiness; prosperity.
This card likewise signifies _company_ or _sociability_, in which
connection it can be taken to denote:
Association; an assembly; a gathering; family party; friendly
intercourse; pleasant relations; harmless pastimes; domestic
recreations; balls; concerts; theater.
Still, its most important signification is a _child_. From this
physical object the secondary meanings of this card are extended to
designate the characteristics of childhood applied to after life.
Hence the synonyms of this signification are:
Infancy; childhood; puerility; frivolity; weakness; dependency;
abasement; humiliation; depression; humble; abject; minute; small;
diminutive; helpless.
SEVEN OF CLUBS--_Reversed._ As a general thing this card reversed has
the signification of _embarrassment_ or _impediment_, and, taken in
this light, its meanings, as applied to the exigencies of a correct
interpretation of the consultation, will be found in some one of these
synonyms:
Hindrance; entanglement; clog; fuss; intricacy; confusion; exigency;
disorder; distress; to make work; to come to a stand; to perplex; to
puzzle; to obstruct; to delay; to block up; to choke up; to stop up;
to stifle; hurry; bustle; in a fix; in perplexity; at a loss.
It must be borne in mind that this card, when signifying a child, may
come out either upright or reversed.