Another and rather more complicated method is to ask the person whose fortune is being told which King he will be (if it is a woman, one would naturally ask which Queen).
After the wishing has been done as before, the fortune-teller lays out the cards in rows—seven in a row.
To read the fortune the teller must start from the King or Queen chosen, counting seven from him or her in every case.
The King or Queen of the same suit will always be the lover or sweetheart of the one whose fortune is being told, and the Knave being their thoughts, it is, of course, quite easy to discover their feelings.
It is rather a good plan to write the meanings of the cards on an old pack. By using this a few times a rapid flow of ideas will much more readily be induced. It might be mentioned that a too strict adherence to rule is by no means either necessary or desirable in fortune-telling. Tell what the combination of cards suggests to you—quite irrespective of the exact meaning of each—and you will be infinitely more amusing and obtain much greater fame as a wizard.
Fig. 1.—Cards dealt for fortune-telling: 1. to yourself; 2. to the house; 3. to your wish; 4. what you do expect; 5. what you don’t expect; 6. sure to come true; 7. to-night.
A few predictions are shown by the accompanying diagrams. [Fig. 1] depicts the manner of dealing out the cards in sets of seven, and in what respect each is to be read.
Fig. 2.—Cards foretelling a wish about a love affair—leading to an early marriage.