Cartomancy, a powerful divinatory art
Card games<\/strong> of every kind accompany our lives from childhood right through to the end of our journey. And so playing cards attract and fascinate us; we love to touch them, but also to study them, for they can reveal so many mysteries<\/strong>.
Moreover, beyond their playful appeal, they hold many signs <\/strong>and symbols <\/strong>that make them centrepieces of what is known as the divinatory arts<\/strong>.
The origins of cartomancy<\/strong>
The very first traces of playing-card games go back several millennia, on the other side of the world.
It was indeed in ancient India <\/strong>and China<\/strong> that they appeared. But they would be exported very quickly, thanks to the nomadic merchants <\/strong>travelling the famous Silk Road, reaching the kingdom of Persia<\/strong>, as well as ancient Egypt<\/strong>, then Europe<\/strong>.
While some say it was precisely the Egyptians <\/strong>who would have been the first to practise fortune-telling<\/strong> with the help of cards<\/strong>, others claim it was rather the Romani people<\/strong>, keen enthusiasts of astrology<\/strong> and of reading horoscopes <\/strong>that they were in the Middle Ages<\/strong>.
But no matter to whom the origin of using cards <\/strong>to predict the future<\/strong> to a querent belongs, what matters is that it became one of the most widely used practices of the divinatory arts<\/strong> after astrology<\/strong>. And even though visions through the signs of the zodiac thus remained the most famous of the forms of fortune-telling, cartomancy<\/strong>, and later tarot reading<\/strong>, dethroned common practices such as palmistry<\/strong>, which is the art of reading the future<\/strong> in the lines of the hand<\/strong>, or crystallomancy<\/strong>, which is practised with the help of a crystal ball<\/strong>.
The practice of cartomancy<\/strong>
Just like astrology<\/strong>, cartomancy <\/strong>does not rest upon an exact science and is therefore not recognised by men of science. Yet some of them took a great interest in it in the past.
Thus, very well-known names such as Nostradamus<\/strong>, Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong> or Sigmund Freud<\/strong> spent part of their precious time analysing the cards<\/strong> and the divinatory spreads <\/strong>carried out with them. It is indeed during card readings<\/strong> that the clairvoyant <\/strong>can predict the future<\/strong> to a querent.
For those who have the ability to perceive <\/strong>events to come thanks to their intuition <\/strong>and to the vibrations <\/strong>surrounding us can read what the cards have to say about the matter. They use their gift <\/strong>and their open-mindedness<\/strong> to channel the energetic vibrations<\/strong> shining through the cards in order to make announcements about the future of the person concerned.
There are several kinds of card spreads<\/strong> in cartomancy<\/strong>. The most complete is the 54-card<\/strong> one, for it goes into many details belonging not only to the future, but also to the querent’s past and present. But here are a few others, which prove just as relevant in predictions about the future touching on particular subjects :
32-card cartomancy<\/strong>
This spread follows roughly the same principle <\/strong>as the one performed with the 54 cards<\/strong> of a complete deck, except that here only the 32 most symbolic cards<\/strong> are used in order to get straight to the point. Just as effective<\/strong>, then, albeit with fewer details<\/strong> and revelations <\/strong>belonging to the past, the 32-card cartomancy spread<\/strong> is perhaps even more striking<\/strong> than the longer one.
But to delve more deeply into the heart of the matter, it is important to recall that each of the cards<\/strong> therefore has its own meaning<\/strong>, and that they will each have a very precise fact to give the reader to interpret. And as in any divinatory art,<\/strong> stemming from the mysterious worlds belonging to esotericism<\/strong>, the cards <\/strong>will offer meanings <\/strong>through their symbolism<\/strong>. In 32-card cartomancy,<\/strong> these are divided into 4 suits <\/strong>:
- The Hearts suit<\/strong>, red<\/strong> in colour, which evokes everything relating to our feelings<\/strong>, our pleasures<\/strong>, and our emotional nature<\/strong>.
- The Diamonds suit<\/strong>, red<\/strong> in colour, which expresses all our ventures<\/strong>, initiatives<\/strong>, and our way of taking part in action<\/strong>.
- The Clubs suit<\/strong>, black<\/strong> in colour, which speaks to us of luck<\/strong>, money<\/strong>, happiness <\/strong>and the fulfilment of our various wishes.
- The Spades suit<\/strong>, black<\/strong> in colour, which announces difficulties to come<\/strong>, obstacles <\/strong>that will come to grieve us and bar our path<\/strong>.
For these 4 suits, you simply remove the cards bearing the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, set them aside, and thus keep only the Ace, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen and King<\/strong>. Your 32-card cartomancy spread can then begin, although you must nonetheless know at least a little the meanings of each of them<\/strong> in order to be able to read their announcements.
Love cartomancy<\/strong>
The subject of love <\/strong>is certainly the main theme<\/strong> whose continuation every querent wishes to know.
Indeed, it surpasses <\/strong>that of health <\/strong>or money<\/strong>, and this whether the querent is a man or a woman, and whether they are in their twenties or their sixties. That is why there are spreads <\/strong>based entirely on the theme of the heart and feelings<\/strong>, such as the one called love cartomancy<\/strong>.
The latter is for everyone, whether one is single <\/strong>or within a relationship<\/strong>, and allows many of us to take stock of our romantic situation<\/strong> and our amorous aspirations.
For the love cartomancy spread<\/strong> lifts the veil on situations to come; it reveals to us future events <\/strong>that could come to touch us emotionally. While some spreads require a certain experience, this one is perfect even for beginners, provided one is open-minded <\/strong>and intuitive.<\/strong> It is generally performed with 7 cards<\/strong> that are interpreted one after another in a very precise order, where each will therefore have its own meaning to reveal to us concerning our romantic future<\/strong>.
Yes or no cartomancy<\/strong>
This spread, carried out with the cards of a traditional deck<\/strong>, is a fairly simple way of finding a negative or positive answer to a question asked. Indeed, you can even do it yourself<\/strong> without too much difficulty.
What matters, then, is to have a question <\/strong>that is close to our heart, and that has remained unanswered for far too long to have to wait any longer to know its outcome.
To do this, we will need to cut the cards<\/strong>, and remove the first 13<\/strong> found on top, from which we will remove the Aces<\/strong> found and set them aside. Then we will repeat <\/strong>this operation twice<\/strong> more, so that we have carried it out 3 times in all<\/strong>.
Then we will need to count the Aces set aside<\/strong>. If we find ourselves before the 4 Aces of the deck<\/strong>, then the answer to our question will be Yes<\/strong>. Otherwise<\/strong>, the answer <\/strong>will necessarily be No<\/strong>.
Spades-Jack cartomancy<\/strong>
This is a particular spread <\/strong>that will efficiently inform you about the next phases of your destiny.<\/strong> The Spades Dog <\/strong>that gives it its name happens to be the Jack of Spades card<\/strong>, which will have a very particular role in this spread.
And this Spades Dog<\/strong> is accompanied by 3<\/strong> other cards known as « Mistresses <\/strong>», which are the Ace of Hearts<\/strong>, the 7 of Clubs<\/strong>, and the 9 of Clubs<\/strong>.
To begin this most simple of spreads to perform, you will need to:
- shuffle the cards <\/strong>together thoroughly, so that they are well mixed
- then, you must draw the cards 2 by 2, and you must remember as you go the 4 mistress cards,
During the analysis<\/strong>, the Jack of Spades<\/strong> represents the unexpected surprise<\/strong>, the Ace of Hearts<\/strong> evokes everything relating to material matters<\/strong>, the 7 of Clubs<\/strong> everything that makes us react mentally<\/strong>, and the 9 of Clubs<\/strong> everything dealing with the professional sphere<\/strong>.
But it is the cards with which they will be<\/strong> paired that will announce the predictions<\/strong>, according to the meanings <\/strong>of the 32 cards of the traditional deck <\/strong>mentioned above.
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