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'''Cartomancy,''' also known as '''Card Reading''', embraces a broad range of fortune telling methods in which meanings are given to various game-cards, trade cards, or postcards are assembled in a pack or deck, and then sortilege is applied to select cards and produce a reading for the client. The number of cards in the pack may range from 6 to 78 or more. The sortilege may result in the selection of one card; a set number of cards being arranged in a chosen pattern, which is called a layout or spread; or all of the cards in the pack being laid on the table or floor, which is called a grand tableau. | '''Cartomancy,''' also known as '''Card Reading''', embraces a broad range of fortune telling methods in which meanings are given to various game-cards, trade cards, or postcards are assembled in a pack or deck, and then sortilege is applied to select cards and produce a reading for the client. The number of cards in the pack may range from 6 to 78 or more. The sortilege may result in the selection of one card; a set number of cards being arranged in a chosen pattern, which is called a layout or spread; or all of the cards in the pack being laid on the table or floor, which is called a grand tableau. | ||
<i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent | |||
<br><b>Your Wate and Fate</b></i> | |||
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''Special thanks to my dear husband and creative partner nagasiva yronwode for illustrations, scans, and clean-ups.'' | |||
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Revision as of 01:23, 14 March 2023
Cartomancy, also known as Card Reading, embraces a broad range of fortune telling methods in which meanings are given to various game-cards, trade cards, or postcards are assembled in a pack or deck, and then sortilege is applied to select cards and produce a reading for the client. The number of cards in the pack may range from 6 to 78 or more. The sortilege may result in the selection of one card; a set number of cards being arranged in a chosen pattern, which is called a layout or spread; or all of the cards in the pack being laid on the table or floor, which is called a grand tableau.
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
Your Wate and Fate
Special thanks to my dear husband and creative partner nagasiva yronwode for illustrations, scans, and clean-ups.
Pages in category "Cartomancy"
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