The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-12-16
FORTUNE rELLING WITH CARDS.
BY LAURA sTANDIFoRD.

FORTUNE TELLING WITH CARDS.
BY LAURA sTANDIFORD.
Take deck of fifty-two cards and
mark the meaning of each card, as
given below, with pen and ink on the
card, so you can begin to read from
the very first. The card to represent
the male or female whose fortune is
to be told, must be selected first, it
being the representative card. If the
person has very light hair, blue eyes,
light complexion, he would be classi-
fed as a Diamond. If an old man,
as King of Diamonds if a young
man, as Knave of Diamonds if a
young woman, as Queen of Diamonds.
Blue or gray eyes, light brown hair,
will run in Hearts, as King, Queen
or Knave. Dark brown hair and
blue eyes, will run in Clubs. Black
hair, black or brown eyes and dark
complexion, will run in Spades. The
person whose fortune is to be told,
shuff1es the cards we'll. wishing all
the time while shuffling. Take the
cards in your left hand (the backs of
the cards being up), take three off
one by one, and lay them on the table.
If there are two cards of the same
suit, such as two Hearts, two Dia-
monds, two Spades, etc., or three of
one suit, take these three cards and
lay them in a separate pile on the
table, those being the cards that con-
Germ you. Keep taking three cards
and repeat the same thing, until you
have gone through the whole pack in
your hand.
In laying out the three cards. if
there are no two suits alike, throw
them aside, those being the cards you
do not use, but be sure to take all the
face cards, even if there are no two
suits alike. Now take the cards that
concern you in your left hand with
backs of the cards up), take off the
top card and lay it on the table, one
at time, in FIVE different packs, then
continue putting one on each pack,
until all the cards are gone.
Then you proceed to read. All
the face cards represent men and wo-
men if the nine of hearts, the wish
card is in any of the FIVE packs, you
will get your wish. If the lady whose
fortune is being told, is dark lady
she will be represented by the Queen
of Clubs, especially if she has blue
eyes. In reading the packs, do not
fail to read the cards around her
those cards concern her the most.
Take up the first pack and proceed
to read /; the first pack concerns the
house or home; if there are several
face cards together, it signifies COM
pany at your home if there are sew
eral Diamonds in the pack, it means
laughter and merrymaking, several
hearts in the pack, love for you, sew
eral clubs, business, several spades,
sorrow and disappointment. In tell
ing 1ady's fortune, if the diamond
is next to gentleman it means laugh
ter and fun with him, if hearts are
next to gentleman, he has love for
you, one heart signifies love, two
hearts next to him great love, etc.
Clubs are business, Spades are petty
sorrows and disappointments, etc.;
after looking over the pack as / have
just explained, proceed to read each
card separately according to its mean
ing. The second pack, which signi-
fes the fortune concerning you, read
just the same as the first pack. The
third pack concerns your wish !; the
fourth pack is what you do not ex-
pect, the fifth what will surely come
true.
After reading through the FIVE
packs, have them shuf1ed by the per-
son whose fortune is being told, and
sort them again in the same way If
he gets his wish, he can make another
one if not, the person can make the
same wish again. In reading, try
and connect the cards together, only
read in logical way.
ITO SEE WHAT KIND OF A PERSON
YOU WILL MARRY, AND
HOW sooN."
Take the PERSONS representative
card, place it on the table, have him
shuttle and wish to see whom he will
marry. Take the cards in your hand
(backs of the cards up), then take one
off the top, placing it directly over
the representative card take another,
lay it on the left side of the represen-
tative card, another on the right hand
side, another directly under it. If
you are telling lady's fortune, the
Knave or King that comes on the left
hand side of the representative card
is the man she will marry. Do this
many times Until you bring the face
card out.
If you bring out face card right
away, you will be married soon, if
not, it will be two or three years, if
you do not bring any out, it will be
FIVE years or so. In lady S fortune,
if you bring out face cards of gentle
men on the other places, they repre-
sent offers of marriage from the gen.
tlemen, and with the gentleman's S
fortune signifies that he will propose
to several ladies, etc.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE MEANING OF
| ALL THE CARDS:
SPADES.
King of Spades-Dark man, with
black or brown eyes, dark complex
ion, elderly man.
Queen Of Spades-very dark lady.
Jack of Spades-Very dark young
man.
Ace of Spades-If right side up,
signifies proposal; if upside down,
means great vexation of some kind.
Two of Spades-Tears.
Three of Spades-Dark Surprise.
Four of Spades-A sick-bed.