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Ace--Spite, death, or worry; sometimes a large town.
King--A lawyer, widower or old man; a very dark man.
Queen--A very dark woman, a widow; a spiteful, malicious woman.
Jack--Thoughts of king or queen.
Ten--At night-time, imprisonment.
Nine (supposed to be a very bad card)--Grief, suffering, malice, and, with other black cards, death.
Eight--Across water, sometimes treachery.
Seven--Poverty, anxiety and annoyance.
Six--Delay, or a bad character.
Five--Temper, anger and quarrels.
Four--Sickness, sometimes a journey caused through sickness.
Three--By the water, or a very short journey across water.
Two--Tears and vexation, sometimes a removal.
The following is a _resume_ of most of the cards and some curious combinations:
Four Aces--Honors, dignities, rise in society, or money, friends.h.i.+p with the great; but if all four are reversed, the contrary--debt, bankruptcy, ruin and even disgrace, therefore it is to be noticed particularly how they lie before reading the cards.
Four Kings--Great good luck, unexpected advancement, good and unlooked-for fortune.
Four Queens--Society, pleasure, amus.e.m.e.nts.
Four Jacks--Thoughts of either king or queen of each suit, friendly gathering.
Four Tens--Great gain, legacies, happiness.
Four Nines--Unexpected and sudden news; if two blacks together, not pleasant; if two reds, excellent.
Four Eights--New appointments, sometimes new a.s.sociations; two black eights together, mourning; two reds, wedding garments.
Four Sevens--Intrigues, scandal, opposition and variance.
Four Sixes--A great surprise or change; two black ones together, vexations; two red ones, good.
Four Fives--A long and beneficial voyage, money, happiness and health; if two blacks are near, vexation first.
Four Fours--A birth; two blacks together, a male; two reds, a female.
Four Threes--Period of time from six to twelve months; sometimes gain or money returned.
Four Twos--Visitors; two blacks together, disagreeable; two reds, pleasant, and sometimes love-making.
Three Aces--Great good luck.
Three Kings--A new friend or acquaintance who will advance you in life.
Three Queens--Quarrels, disputes, backbiting.
Three Jacks--A lawsuit or treachery.
Three Tens--A rise in social life, but not necessarily happiness with it.
Three Nines--A good removal, unless accompanied by very bad cards.
Three Eights--Love dreams, and longing for the unattainable, but often wishes or desires postponed; in some cases fresh engagements, but a little worry in obtaining them.
Three Sevens--Losses of friends.h.i.+p or property; reversed, you will never recover your goods.
Three Sixes--A very large and brilliant entertainment; if the two black ones come together, disgrace or scandal.
Three Fives--A delightful and happy meeting with absent friends.
Three Fours--Strangers or visitors coming to the house from a journey.
Three Threes--Slight annoyances or vexation caused by malicious tongues.
Three Twos--A good and staunch friend, but one who will grieve you by a queer temper.
Two Aces--Strange news quick and speedy, often good luck; two blacks, a telegram; two reds, a pleasant invitation.
Two Kings--A partners.h.i.+p or friends.h.i.+p.
Two Queens--A good female friend.
Two Jacks--Unpleasantness, sometimes only thoughts of people.
Two Tens--Change of residence or profession.
Two Nines--A good removal, sometimes business projects or doc.u.ments, in many cases relating to a will.
Two Eights--An extraordinary occurrence.
Two Sevens--Sometimes sudden and unexpected; two blacks, great treachery, especially if reversed.
Two Sixes--A good friend; two blacks, a nasty, deceitful person, or a great danger, possibly an accident.
Two Black Fives--Danger from falls, or possibly by water.
