Cartomancy

Cartomancy is fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards. Forms of cartomancy

appeared soon after playing cards were first introduced into Europe in the 14th
century.[1] Practitioners of cartomancy are generally known as cartomancers, card
readers, or simply readers.

Cartomancy is one of the oldest of the more common forms of fortune-telling. In

English-speaking countries the most common form of cartomancy is generally tarot card
[2]
reading. Tarot cards are almost exclusively used for this purpose in these places.

Cartomancy using standard playing cards was the most popular form of providing
fortune-telling card readings in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. In English-speaking
countries Tarot cards are more commonly used, however a standard deck of Anglo-
American bridge/poker playing cards (i.e., 52-card, four-suit set) can also be used; the
deck is often augmented with jokers, and even with the blank card found in many
packaged decks. In France, the 32-card piquet playing-card deck is most typically used
in cartomancy readings, although the 52 card deck can also be used. (A piquet deck can
be a 52-card deck with all of the 2s through the 6s removed. This leaves all of the 7s
The Fortune Teller, by Art
through the 10s, the face cards, and the aces.) Nouveau painter Mikhail Vrubel,
depicting a cartomancer

Contents
Methods
See also
References
External links

Methods
The most popular method of cartomancy using a standard playing deck is referred to as the Wheel of Fortune.[2][3] Here, the reader
removes cards at random and assigns significance to them based on the order they were chosen.[2] Though the interpretation of
various cards varies by region, the common significators for the future are as follows:
 Most Common Interpretations in Cartomancy[2]
Card Significance
King of A man over 35, with sandy, dark blond, or light brown hair, with brown, blue or hazel eyes. Usually a
Hearts family member or other loved one. Paternal and family-oriented.
King of A man over 35, with red or light blond hair with blue, green or gray eyes, Usually a wealthy man in an
Diamonds authority position.
King of A man over 35, with medium or dark brown hair
, with brown, blue or hazel eyes. Usually a married
Clubs business man (although business could have a sexual, rather than commercial, interpretation.)
King of A man over 35, with dark brown to black hair, and dark brown eyes. Usually a widower or divorced man,
Spades or a man from a foreign country. Ambitious and powerful, can be arrogant and deceptive.
Queen of A woman over 18, with sandy, dark blond, or light brown hair, with brown, blue or hazel eyes. Usually a
Hearts family member or other loved one. Maternal and family-oriented.
Queen of A woman over 18, with red or light blond hair with blue, green or gray eyes, Usually a wealthy woman in
Diamonds an authority position.
Queen of A woman over 18, with medium or dark brown hair
, with brown, blue or hazel eyes. Usually a business
Clubs woman or social butterfly.
A woman over 18, with dark brown to black hair
, and dark brown eyes. Usually a widow or divorced
Queen of
woman, or a woman from a foreign country. Ambitious and intelligent, can be cold, calculating, or
Spades
spiteful.

See also
Marie Anne Lenormand
Johann Kaspar Hechtel
The Suhl card reader case

References
1. Huson, Paul (2004). Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage. Vermont: Destiny Books.
ISBN 0-89281-190-0
2. Knight, Jan (1980). A-Z of ghosts and supernatural. Pepper Press. pp. 15–6.ISBN 0-560-74509-5.
3. "Cartomancy". The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World
. Harper Element. 2006. p. 99.

External links
Origins of Cartomancy (Playing Card Divination)

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