I. . II.

III.

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7. Take up the cards so that you can see them and
read the oracles, noticing that the card placed at number
1 indicates the commencement.

The card placed at number 2 indicates the apogee, at
number 3 the obstacles, lastly, at number 4 the fall.

The major arcanum placed at I. indicates the influences
that have weighed in the affair during the Past.

The major arcanum in II. indicates the influence exerted
over the Present.

The arcanum at number III. shows the influence which
will affect and determine the Future.

These cards can be very rapidly deciphered when the
habit is once acquired. But one important point should
be noted, that when the rapid process is used for fortune-

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telling, the figures do not exclusively represent persons of
especial complexion. The King represents a man, without
any other distinction, the Queen a woman, the Knight a
young man, and the Knave a child.