Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-22
TO TELL YOUR FORTUNE.
ALL THAT'S NEEDED is a PACK
OF PLAYING CARDS.
Peering Into the Fature-what Each cara
Means aud Their Mystic ReistlYe
Significance to Each Other
-SeYenths.


Der that no fortune is the true one
unless the wish is made before the
cards are shuffied.
Then card must be selected 10
the person whose fortune
is being told. If it is a girl who Is
telling her own fortune she must Sc
lect ono of the queens that agrees
with her complexion the queen oil
diamonds if she isyery light. the queen
Of spades il she is very dark, the
queen OF hearts il OF sandy COM
plexion, the queen OF clubs II
brunette. For u young man a jack Is
selected in the same way. For
middle-aged or old man king, says
the New York Herald
When the "self card" is selected
place it on the table face upward
Then shuttle the remaining cards. take
every seventh one, place the first
seventh card above the self card face
upward. the second seventh card 70
the left OF the self card. the third to
the right and the fourth under it.
Before going any further 1t IS
necessary to know the significance OF
each card. so that the fortune can be
told. The following list tells just
what each card means:
Seven Spots-Spades, tbs blues diamonds
deceit hearts, Jealousy: CLUBS, rim: ~ the
bell.
Elsht Spots Spades. fight; diamonds
money hearts, love. clubs, drink or drinking.
Nine Spots Spades, disappointment dia-
lh
your wish clubs, for sure.
Ten Spots-Spades, at nj ,ht diamonds much
money, hearts, amusements, delight, pleasure
clubs, a journey.
Jacks-Spades, very dark young man dIa.
monds, very light young man. hearts, sandy,
complexioned youu man clubs young m1n
between light and dark.
Queens-Thc suits designate complexion for
the fair sex. the same IS the Jacks do Tor
young men
Kings-Old or middle aged men, distinguished
as to complexion In the same manner as the
jacks and queens
Aces Spades d change. diamonds, a letter
hearts the house Clubs, bundle or news
These definitions are strictly adj
hered to in reading the card 3, but
a person with a good supply %
synonyms can interpret them libsr.
ally. to Suit the exigencies OF any
case.
We will now suppose that the
young lady who is telling her fortune
is a red-neadnd girl. as that is tho
fashionable kind OF hair to have. and
that she wants to know II her wish 70
go to the worlds fair and have a
good time vii, come true.
The first seventh card she put down
was, let us say, the nine 81 spades
That represents disappointment
She is then crowned with disappoint-
ment and will either not go or not
have a good time.
The second card put down was the
ace Of spades Ga change). Evidently
she will not 90 TO Chicago.
The third card proves TO be the
I ten Of clubs "a journey. She will
certainly take trip somewhere then
The fourth card is the ten Of hearts
/ (pleasure), 50 that after all she will
have good time.
I Now had the first card been the
nine Of hearts (the wish card), her
wish, whatever IL was. would have
been granted, and had the last card
been the nine of clubs there would
have been no doubt about any part
OF her wish coming true, as that il
the ''for sure" card.
Remember. the deck must be
shuffled each time before the seventh
! card is counted OF.
Continue shufling and placing
seventh cards until one is placed on
each OF the four surrounding the
.'seH card . Then select three In
the same manner and place them face
downward on the ''self card TX.
anime the cards in the pairs and in
terpret their meaning.
Then pick up the three on the
queen and examine them. Suppose
they consisted OF the ten OF spades
the ace Of clubs and the jack o
clubs. That would mean that sh,
would hear news late at night about
young man with brown hair
Now the wedding out begins
Cards Of the same denomination ar,
placed together. Pairs are. cas-
aside. When a single card Of am
denomination remains It Is held To-
the final reading. After this sorting
suppose she had left the king o
spades, the seven of clubs. the ten o
diamonds and the eight OF hearts
This will mean that mfddle-age,
dark man will call on her (rinp Tn,
belly, who is very rich and who love
her.
In selecting the card TO rernaii
when three OF a denomination an
pear they must be turned face down
} shufIied and one drawn with close,
eyes.
The telling OF the fortune is no
postponed until the final selection G
the card has been made. IL begin
} with the first card, whose position a
the browning card has considerable
, significance. Then the card that on
| faces up" is also important, as wei
as the one you turn your back on.
: The cards that come together lilS
the pair over the self card are cor
sidered in their relationship to eac
} other. But the all-important comb
, nation is found in the cards that T.,