Next. Chapter Vii. Combination Of Sevens : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 45 CHAPTER VII Combination Of Sevens "A method with selected cards--General rules--How to proceed--Reading of the cards--Signification of cards--Some combinations--A typical example--Further inquiries--The seven packs". A Method With...
Next. Chapter Xiv. Signification Of Suits : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 89 CHAPTER XIV Signification Of Suits In The Master Method "Court cards--Plain cards--An example of the Master Method". Hearts. "THE King of Hearts".--In this method he represents a married man or a widower. Should the inquirer be a wom...
Next. Chapter X. The Grand Star : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 61 CHAPTER X The Grand Star "The number of cards may vary--The method--The reading in pairs--Diagram of the Grand Star--An example". The Number Of Cards May Vary. THERE are various ways of telling fortunes with cards arranged in the form...
Next. Chapter Ii : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 21 CHAPTER II What The Individual Cards Signify "Two systems--The English method--The foreign--Significations of the cards--Hearts--Diamonds--Clubs--Spades--A short table--Mystic meanings". Two Systems. THERE are two separate systems...
Next. Chapter Xvi. Your Heart's Desire : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 102 CHAPTER XVI Your Heart's Desire "The wish with fifteen cards--Another way--The wish with thirty-two cards--What the four aces tell--The wish in seven packs--The wish card again". The Wish With Fifteen Cards. HAVING shuffled the cards...
Next. Chapter I : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 15 FORTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS CHAPTER I How We Got Our Pack Of Cards "Where do they come from?--The Romany Folk--Were they made in Europe?--Suits and signs--The power of cards--Their charm and interest--Necessity for sympathy--Value...
Next. Chapter Ix. A French Method : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 57 CHAPTER IX A French Method "French system--The reading--An example". French System. TAKE the pack of thirty-two cards, shuffle them thoroughly, then cut them in the usual way and deal them out in two packs of sixteen cards each...
Next. Chapter Xiii. The Master Method : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 76 CHAPTER XIII The Master Method "Knowledge is power--Four twos added to the usual pack--The thirty-six squares and their significance--Tendencies of the suits". Knowledge Is Power. WE have here a detailed and exhaustive method by which...
Next. Introduction : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. xiii INTRODUCTION "THIS goddess Fortune frustrates, single-handed, the plans of a hundred learned men." In this saying the Latin author has given us the key to all the restless striving to search out the Unknown and the Unknowable which...
Title Page. Part 1 : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. v Fortune-Telling by Cards p. vi p. vii FORTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS By PROFESSOR P. R. S. FOLI Author Of "Fortune Teller" "Dream Book," Etc. R. P. FENNO & COMPANY 18 East 17th Street, New York [first Published 1915, This Edition 1920?] Scanned...
Next. Chapter Xviii. The Tarots : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 114 CHAPTER XVIII The Tarots "Derivation of name--Remote origin--The great Etteilla". Derivation Of Name. THESE immediate predecessors of our own playing cards were primarily used for divination, and are supposed to have been the inventi...
Next. Chapter Xv. Combination Of Nines : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 98 CHAPTER XV Combination Of Nines How To Work It. THE fifty-two cards must be shuffled and cut into three packs by the person who wishes to have his or her fortune told, and the fortune-teller must be careful to note what cards appear...
Next. Chapter Iv. The Signification Of Quartettes : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 30 CHAPTER IV The Signification Of Quartettes, Triplets, And Pairs "Combinations of court cards--Combinations of plain cards--Various cards read together--General meaning of the several suits--Some lesser points to notice". Combinations...
Untitled : * This is a short book on telling fortunes, primarily with a standard deck of playing cards. There is a short two-chapter section at the end about the Tarot. Described are several different spreads, including the 32-card method, the French and Italian methods, the Grand Star, and Etteilla's Tarot...
Next. Chapter Xi. Important Questions : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 65 CHAPTER XI Important Questions "How to answer them--Specimen questions--Cupid and Venus at work". How To Answer Them. WHEN an answer to an important question is required, and the inquirer wishes to consult the cards on the subject...
Title Page : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 117 CHAPTER XIX Etteilla's Method "The Major Arcana--The Minor Arcana--General rules--The second deal--The third deal or great figure--The fourth deal". THE Tarot pack is divided into two parts, called the major and minor arcana, the first...
Next. Chapter V. What The Cards Can Tell : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 35 CHAPTER V "What the Cards can Tell of the Past, the Present, and the Future A simple method--What the cards say--The present--The future". A Simple Method. THERE is a very simple and generally accepted method of studying the past...
Next. Chapter Viii. Another Method : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 53 CHAPTER VIII Another Method "General outline--Signification of cards--How to consult the cards--An illustration--Its reading". HERE again the pack of thirty-two cards is used, the cards from two to six inclusively being discarded...
Next. Chapter Xvii. A Rhyming Divination : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 107 CHAPTER XVII A Rhyming Divination "Diamonds--Hearts--Spades--Clubs". THERE are those to whom the more elaborate forms of fortune-telling by cards may seem a trifle wearisome, or possibly too intricate to be followed without a somewh...
Next. Chapter Vi. Your Fortune In Twenty One Cards : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 39 CHAPTER VI Your Fortune In Twenty-one Cards "A reduced pack--An example--The three packs--The surprise". THIS method requires a pack of thirty-two cards, although only twenty-one of them are actually used in the process. The whole pack...
Next. Chapter Xii. How They Tell Fortunes In Italy : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 71 CHAPTER XII How They Tell Fortunes In Italy "Italian method--An example--Notice the groups--How the pairs work out--The five packs". Italian Method. ONLY thirty-two cards are used for the Italian method of fortune-telling, all the numbers...
Next. Chapter Iii. The Selected Pack Of Thirty : * "Fortune Telling by Cards", by P.R.S. Foli, [1915], p. 27 CHAPTER III The Selected Pack Of Thirty-two Cards "Reduced pack generally used--How to indicate reversed cards--Meaning of Hearts--Diamonds--Clubs--Spades". Reduced Pack Generally Used. THE practice of using only thirty-two cards...