Cartomancy With Playing Cards

Cartomancy with playing cards BASIC SKILL Card combination

Basic suit meaning Basic Suit Meanings: ♠ Spades – negativity, problems, challenges, failure, illness and loss. ♥ Hearts – emotion, love, happiness, sharing, pleasure, and healing. ♣ Clubs – good luck, growth, activity, work, business and social interactions. ♦ Diamonds – energy, power, imagination, money, rewards, success and legal judgments.

Basic number meaning

1 – beginning or ending 2 – cooperation or conflict 3 – expansion or loss 4 – foundation or instability 5 – activity or restlessness 6 – communication or ignorance 7 – improvement or stagnation 8 – Health or illness (balance/imbalance) 9 – wish or disappointment 10 – success or failure 11 (Jack) – thoughts/message, also young helpful person, or troubled youth 12 (Queen) – receptivity/intuition, also female friend or rival 13 (King) – action/force/mastery, also male friend or rival Court card as people Attributes with each suit

Hearts: emotional, creative, romantic, compassionate, generous, sensitive, nurturing, dependable, protective, moody, lazy. Clubs: practical, friendly, reliable, trustworthy, helpful, ambitious, enthusiastic, sensible, stable, stubborn. Diamonds: independent, extravagant, impulsive, impatient, optimistic, dynamic, restless, analytical, intelligent, high strung.

Spades: Powerful, intense, demanding, controlling, secretive, possessive, spiteful, charming, mysterious, calculating, detached. Physical characteristics

Stereotype of each court from specific suit JACKS

QUEENS:

KINGS:

Jack of Hearts ♥ – The Dreamer: He or she is also The Lover, and he can represent a loved one, or family member of the querent. He is sensitive and romantic, but can be moody or lazy.

Queen of Hearts ♥ – The Homemaker: She is also The Nurturer, and may represent the wife, mother, or quality of “motherhood.” She is sensuous and loving, but she can be self-indulgent.

King of Hearts ♥ – The Family Man: He is also The Protector, and may represent the querent’s husband or father or any paternal influence. He is dependable and kind, but he can be temperamental and self-absorbed.

Jack of Clubs ♣ – The Athlete: He or she is also The Trusted Friend, or helper, and can represent someone who admires the querent. He is helpful and sincere, but he can be stubborn.

Queen of Clubs ♣ – The Trusted Friend:

King of Clubs ♣ – The Advisor: He is also The Businessman, and may She is also The Business represent an executive, a Woman, and may represent a business owner, or a work female work associate. She is associate. He is ambitious logical and organized, but and practical, but he can be she can be headstrong. tenacious.

Jack of Diamonds ♦ – The Student: He or she is also The Letter carrier or The fashionista, and can represent someone who is related to the querent through marriage. He is intelligent and optimistic, but he can be restless and impatient.

Jack of Spades ♠ – The Charmer: He or she is also the The Soldier or the Spy, and may represent any young person in uniform. He is dynamic and perceptive, but he can be spiteful and controlling.

Queen of Diamonds ♦ – The Socialite: She may represent a woman with money, or who works in finance. In love triangles she may represent The Other Woman. She may also represent a woman related to the querent through marriage. She is intelligent and independent, but she can be extravagant and highstrung Queen of Spades ♠ – The Widow: She is also The Divorcee, and although certainly not true today, prior to the 1950′s there was a social stigma attached to the divorcee who was not to be trusted. This idea is reflected in the symbolism of the Q♠, and she may also represent a rival in business or love. She is decisive and fearless, but she can be secretive and controlling.

King of Diamonds ♦ – The Entrepreneur: He may have wealth, or work in finance. He is also The Magistrate, and may represent a politician or government official. He is intelligent and enthusiastic, but he can be aggressive or fussy.

King of Spades ♠ – The controller: He is also The Man of Authority, and may represent the querent’s boss or landlord, or a policeman or military officer or judge. He may also represent a divorced or widowed male in the querent’s life. He is charismatic and astute, but he can be jealous or possessive.

Court card in social interaction

Hearts ♥

partying, having a good time, or a family function.

Clubs ♣

a practical function such as a class, or a work engagement.

Diamonds

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Spades ♠

intellectual pursuits, or earned or reward celebrations. a gathering out of obligation, or necessity.

Here are some additional suggestions for interpreting Court Cards based on their direction :

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Traditionally, the querent’s position is to the left of a row of cards. Therefore a Court Card that faces left is generally showing interest in the querent, and a Court Card that faces right is generally not focused on the querent or his/her needs, and may indicate disinterest, disagreement or estrangement.

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A Court Card facing toward another court indicates interest in that person. If the second Court is looking away, it can indicate a one-sided relationship, or unrequited love.

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Court Cards of the same sex facing each other indicate agreement or friendship.

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Court Cards of the same sex facing each other with heart between them can indicate a same-sex relationship.

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Court Cards of the opposite sex facing each other indicate marriage or a strong relationship.

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Court Cards facing away from each other indicate a disagreement, argument, or estrangement.

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The pip the Court Card looks to will reveal what is on the person’s mind, or may refer to an event or circumstance influencing this person directly. How to read jack ? Jack of Hearts: Loving thoughts and intentions. He is Cupid the Bringer of Love, and in combination with other cards of the Hearts suit, the jack can indicate an offer of love. He also denotes thoughts of pleasure, healing, and fun intentions. He brings the creative thoughts that are expressed through the arts. Jack of Clubs: Enterprising thoughts and practical intentions. He is Hermes the Messenger, and he represents knowledge and learning, communication and business ideas, and active participation. Jack of Diamonds: Thoughts of power and success, and intentions for profitable gain. He is Apollo the Bringer of Light. He represents the intellect, the imagination, talent, prophetic thoughts and psychic ability. Jack of Spades: Stagnant thoughts and frustrated intentions. He is Seth the bringer of storms and conflict. He represents fear and worry and anxiety. In combination with

other cards of the Spades suit, the jack can indicate anger and resentful thoughts, and malicious intentions

TIMING METHOD My preferred method is to use each playing card suit to represent a specific measure of time ranging from fastest to slowest. For example, Diamonds symbolically represent energy and electricity, and would therefore denote the fastest time frame. Spades represent delays, and are generally slow-moving, so Spades represent the slowest time frame. Here is a breakdown of each suit in reference to timing:

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This timing system works best with a row of cards—at least three cards, but no more than five cards. I ask the cards specifically, “When will “X” happen.” For example, “When will the package arrive?” Diamonds have the weakest influence, and Spades exert the strongest influence on timing. Clubs and Hearts are both moderate influences. For example, if you have a spread with 4 cards from the Diamond suit, and one card from the suit of Spades, the timing would weeks. If you had 4 Hearts or Clubs and one Spade, the timing would be months. The Court cards may denote a specific measurement of time, or they may also indicate that the timing is dependent on the particular person represented by the card—very often the querent him or herself. The cards themselves can be interpreted to provide more information regarding the event in question. If the timing shows an extreme amount of time such as 10 or more years, I look to the cards to see if they predict a positive outcome. If yes, then the answer is “it will take a year or more.” If no, then the answer is “never.” The final card in a row of cards is the outcome card, and will bear the strongest influence on timing.