(4) The four tens of each suit represent the stage of transition.
In order to tell fortunes by means of tarocs, the manipulator must be perfectly conversant with the design, class, and interpretation of each card.
Process of Divination
The complete pack is used. Shuffle and cut into three parts, each composed of twenty-six cards, thus:—
26 26 26
Take the central pack, and place on the right.
The inquirer shuffles the two remaining packs, which equal fifty-two. These are dealt out in a similar fashion—three groups of seventeen cards, thus:—
17 17 17
Again remove central pack to the right.
Deal out the remaining packs, which equal thirty-four, in three groups of eleven, thus:—