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First, note that these cards were created by a number of different artists for several publishing companies in Germany and the United States -- yet the way the dice fall is always one of three ways: 6-6-6, 4-5-6, or 1-1-1. With the understanding that New Year's divination postcards are probably intended to be lucky and that negative predictions would be unusual, let's see how these Dice postcards accord with traditional methods of fortune-telling. For comparison, i will be consulting my own book, ''"Throwing the Bones: How to Foretell the Future with Bones, Shells, and Nuts".'' The material on Dice appears on pages 51 and 52. | First, note that these cards were created by a number of different artists for several publishing companies in Germany and the United States -- yet the way the dice fall is always one of three ways: 6-6-6, 4-5-6, or 1-1-1. With the understanding that New Year's divination postcards are probably intended to be lucky and that negative predictions would be unusual, let's see how these Dice postcards accord with traditional [[:Category:Numerology|numerological]] methods of fortune-telling. For comparison, i will be consulting my own book, ''"Throwing the Bones: How to Foretell the Future with Bones, Shells, and Nuts".'' The material on Dice appears on pages 51 and 52. | ||
[[File:Throwing-the-Bones-Front-Cover.jpg|center|thumb|200px|"Throwing the Bones: How to Foretell the Future with Bones, Shells, and Nuts" by catherine yronwode (Lucky Mojo Curio Co.)]] | [[File:Throwing-the-Bones-Front-Cover.jpg|center|thumb|200px|"Throwing the Bones: How to Foretell the Future with Bones, Shells, and Nuts" by catherine yronwode (Lucky Mojo Curio Co.)]] | ||
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[[File:Postcard-Latvian-Dice-Six-Six-Six-Clover-Horseshoe-Good-Luck-New-Year-c1910.jpg|center|thumb|600px|A leather dice-cup is tossing out the lucky combination six-six-six, | [[File:Postcard-Latvian-Dice-Six-Six-Six-Clover-Horseshoe-Good-Luck-New-Year-c1910.jpg|center|thumb|600px|A leather dice-cup is tossing out the lucky combination six-six-six, surrounded by other lucky items: a golden horseshoe, Juniper berries, and four-leaf Clovers. This card was printed in Germany around 1910. The surprinted inscription, "Daudz laimes Jauna gada!" is Latvian and means "Happy New Year."]] | ||
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Lucky Dice Throws for the New Year
Postcards as Wishes for Luck
In the early 20th century, colourful chromolithograph postcards were exchanged on almost every occasion, from birthdays and anniversaries to religious holidays and moments of sentimental thought. Such cards belong to the large category called "topicals," so named because they convey a topic of thought or emotion, unlike "views," which are images of places.
Topical good luck cards, like those for good wishes, or good cheer, can be sent any day of the year, but among the most popular of the good luck topicals of the early 20th century were the New Year good luck postcards, for by setting the tone of the New Year, they carried extra importance. Two types of good luck New Year's cards are common -- those that show images of lucky omens, such as horseshoes, four-leafed Clovers, and chimney sweeps and those that catch the moment that the luck is actually being conveyed by depicting a fortune-telling device in action, as if the person who sent you the card had just told your fortune for the year, and it was lucky.
New Year Greetings for Luck
New Year's Eve, with its parties and drinking, is allied to the social act of gambling, so postcards in which the sender takes on the role of one who is telling the recipient's fortune for the New Year often do so by displaying lucky combinations of cards, dominoes, or dice. During the era of the postcard craze, from 1905-1915, many such cards were printed in Germany with the greeting at the bottom left blank. They were then surprinted with the New Year's message in any of a number of different languages -- German, English, Hungarian, Latvian, Czech, and so forth -- and were sent forth for sale through distributors in the various nations. The unspoken idea here is that the knowledge of dice combinations, especially the popular three-dice readings -- is almost universal and transcends language.
As this page is being written, the New Year of 2023 is upon us, and so i shall share some lucky dice cards of the New Year that date from 1908-1970.
Lucky Numbers in Dice
First, note that these cards were created by a number of different artists for several publishing companies in Germany and the United States -- yet the way the dice fall is always one of three ways: 6-6-6, 4-5-6, or 1-1-1. With the understanding that New Year's divination postcards are probably intended to be lucky and that negative predictions would be unusual, let's see how these Dice postcards accord with traditional numerological methods of fortune-telling. For comparison, i will be consulting my own book, "Throwing the Bones: How to Foretell the Future with Bones, Shells, and Nuts". The material on Dice appears on pages 51 and 52.
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Two methods of reading Dice are given in "Throwing the Bones" -- the "Dice Numerology" system, which totals the spots and reduces the number by adding digits together as in regular numerology, and the "British Dice Reading" system of three dice. I will give the interpretations for both, and we can see how they compare.
Six-Six-Six
We have four cards in this configuration. According to Dice Numerology :
- Total Spots 18, which is 1-plus-8 and equals 9: Complete, selfless, compassionate, generous, benevolent, patient, humanitarian, creative. Maybe, with a twist of fate it will happen.
According to the British Dice Reading Oracle:
- 18 Spots: Luck, good fortune, and Heaven’s blessing attend you now.
Four-Five-Six
According to Dice Numerology:
- Total Spots 15, which is 1-plus-5 and equals 6: Harmonious, artistic, just, balanced, service-oriented, responsible, loving, protective, nurturing, sympathetic. Answers will come forth.
According to the British Dice Reading Oracle:
- 15 Spots: Mind what you say and do; do not gossip lest disaster befall.
These interpretations are all over the map. Dice Numerology tells us that "answers will come forth," presumably in the New Year, but it is in completely different realm of prediction from the stern warning not to gossip "lest disaster befall" that is given by the British Dice Reading Oracle.
One-One-One
According to Dice Numerology:
- Total Spots 3: Intelligent, communicative, social, learned, literate, creative, diversified, dramatic, expressive. A pleasant surprise awaits you.
According to the British Dice Reading Oracle:
- 3 Spots: Circumstances will change without warning, and very soon.
And now, my friends, i wish a Happy New Year to you -- whatever year you are reading this in!
See Also
Special thanks to my dear husband and creative partner nagasiva yronwode for illustrations, scans, and clean-ups.
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
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