This small volume is guaranteed to provide anyone who studies it carefully with hours of pleasure, all that is needed is an ordinary pack of cards to begin the fascinating occupation of telling fortunes. Games of cards have been played throughout the ages in Egypt, India, China and Europe. Here, the author gives the traditional meanings ascribed to each card in the modern Minor Arcana, unfolds the secrets of the patterns from which the future can be predicted and tells how to discover whether wishes will be granted. Contents Include: Meanings Ascribed to the Cards Curious Games with Cards Supposed to Foretell the Future Dealing the Cards by Thirty Two Dealing the Cards by Threes Dealing the Cards by Sevens Dealing the Cards by Sixteens The Twenty-One Cards The Italian Method Past, present and Future Another Method of Consulting the Cards The Florence Mode Modes of Using the Whole Pack of Fifty-Two Cards The Star Another Method Of Doing the Star Wishes Keywords: Pack Of Cards India China Minor Arcana Threes Sevens Fortunes Florence Occupation Egypt Pleasure Carefully Modes Games Europe