How do you tell fortunes with playing cards?
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The practice of using playing cards to tell fortunes
is called cartomancy. A deck of playing cards is similar to the minor arcana of the tarot, except it’s missing the face cards of the knight and page. Instead, you have a jack, which could stand in for the knight or the page.
In cartomancy, each suit in the playing card deck is equivalent to a suit in the tarot deck. Hearts are equivalent to cups (which deals with emotions), diamonds are equivalent to pentacles (which deals with finances and work), clubs are equivalent to wands (which deals with actions), and spades are equivalent to swords (which deals with intellect).
From there, you would simply look up the meaning of the card’s tarot equal. For example, if you draw the two of hearts, you’d refer to the meaning of the two of cups in the tarot deck, which predicts harmonious love. If you draw the three of hearts, you’d look at the meaning of the three of cups, which indicates friendship. The queen of spades would be the queen of swords, and so on.
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In cartomancy, each suit in the playing card deck is equivalent to a suit in the tarot deck. Hearts are equivalent to cups (which deals with emotions), diamonds are equivalent to pentacles (which deals with finances and work), clubs are equivalent to wands (which deals with actions), and spades are equivalent to swords (which deals with intellect).
From there, you would simply look up the meaning of the card’s tarot equal. For example, if you draw the two of hearts, you’d refer to the meaning of the two of cups in the tarot deck, which predicts harmonious love. If you draw the three of hearts, you’d look at the meaning of the three of cups, which indicates friendship. The queen of spades would be the queen of swords, and so on.
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