40 CARDS OF HUMAN DESTINY
Reading from a regular playing card is certainly one of the best methods, since unlike Tarot, gypsy cards or those created by Marie Lenormand, there are no divinatory images or names on playing cards. This certainly requires greater engagement and ingenuity on the part of the one who predicts fate. And therefore clearer and more precise visions can be expected.
Although there are ten variations of reading with ordinary cards, they can be divided into three most common forms: the first way is to use all the cards, 52 of them, the second is among the most frequent when twos, threes, fours, fives, and sixes are thrown out of the deck. The third, and my favorite one, which I use daily in divination, is when 40 cards are used for divination. In this case, tens, nines, and eights are removed from the deck. The number 40 is magical, symbolizing human destiny and, accordingly, the most suitable for discovering it.
Cards are always interpreted in several ways, i.e. individually, in an upright or inverted position, as well as following the surrounding cards, their mutual influence, or overlapping. Generally speaking, card numbers represent events and time frames, and court characters represent real-life individuals. The colors themselves, i.e. red and black, play no less role, due to their positive or negative symbolism.
HOW TO START?
The deck of cards should be well mixed before each divination, especially if you have already used them to tell someone's fate. Then, with the left hand, the deck is "cut", that is, one part of the cards is lifted with the hand, which is placed under the other half of the cards. The deck is now ready for divination.
The cards are arranged in three rows of seven cards, always arranging the cards from left to right. Cards are interpreted in the same way: always from left to right. It is important to emphasize that you must know the individual meaning of each card, which you always interpret individually and in combination with the cards that come to the left and right of that card, or the top and bottom cards if it is the second row. The first detail that should be paid attention to when the cards are arranged on the table is which color and sign dominates, that is, what dominates. For example, if the highest number of Heart cards is present, which is an extremely good sign in love fortune telling, then it facilitates business deals, court disputes, family crises, and so on.
However, red cards also have a negative meaning, because if they are concentrated in a certain part in large numbers, then they can indicate a fire in the house or that someone wants to deceive a person. Numerology has an important influence in divination with ordinary playing cards, since smaller numbers like 2, 3, or 4 do not have a fatalistic influence on fate and future events in general, as cards with numbers 5, 6, and 7 do.
In some traditions, such as the one from Haiti, all the aces represent news or letters, the deuce card is a sign of travel, the four cards indicate a house or family, a client or his friend, while for example, the seven cards can announce an extremely happy or painful event, depending on the color and the cards that touch that card. According to this system of determining fatalistic symbols, a great similarity can be observed with the Bosnian tradition of bean divination, where one bean announces news, two beans represent human steps or a journey, three beans represent joy, a meeting, and so on.Bosnian prophets for whom the Ace card is their main prop consider it the strongest card, whose influence is more dominant than that of the King or Queen card. This is especially dominated by the Ace of Hearts and the Ace of Spades, which can be called a kind of yin-yang combination.
Although many fortune tellers mark the Ace of Spades as an extremely bad and unlucky card, it still has its more positive meanings and symbolism. It carries the message that man should show his strength, both physical and mental, to fight and stand up for himself. If he acts in this way, he will overcome all obstacles, win, and achieve the desired success.
THE WITCH CARD
According to some of my divination experience, the most negative card is the Queen of Spades, especially if it appears first in the order of cards. In this case, it announces that everything will go wrong in the life of the person whose fate is being foretold: at work, in marriage, or a love relationship, unforeseen situations and things will happen that seriously disrupt plans and desires.
The card in question in this position can also represent a warning that the person is facing a shorter or longer unfavorable period in which the emphasis is placed on caution, by no means making hasty decisions and avoiding conflicts as much as possible.
If there are several cards of the same symbol behind the Queen of Spades, then the person whose fate is being foretold is the target of a magical attack, since the Queen of Spades is called a Witch among Bosnian prophets. If it is accompanied by other cards of the sign of spades, then its power is great and demonstrates evil, misfortune, tears, and illness.
THE MAGIC RULE
You must always blow into the deck three times before shuffling and arranging the cards or have the person to whom you will interpret the future do it. Namely, by blowing the cards are blessed or rather energized and thus come into direct contact with the person whose destiny.
