Monthly Archives: May 2014

May 5, 2014   ASTROLOGY, CARTOMANCY   No comments

2.1 CARTOMANCY – THE ORIGIN OF PLAYING CARDS

CARTOMANCY OR FORTUNE TELLING WITH CARDS

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2.1 THE ORIGIN OF PLAYING CARDS

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Though the origin of playing cards is shrouded in the past, it is almost certain that they were originally designed to foretell the future, and they have been used for that purpose ever since they began. Some authorities claim that they evolved from Chinese divining sticks; others, that they were adapted from the pages of a legendary “Book of Thoth” used by ancient Egyptians.

 

Whichever the case, they were supposedly brought to Europe by wandering tribes of gypsies, some time after the year A.D. 1300. The gypsies presumably came from India by way of Persia, where playing cards of a picture type called “atouts” were already in vogue. The gypsies, to give themselves status, intimated that they were of Egyptian origin and spoke of their homeland as “Little Egypt,” so it would not be surprising if the Persian cards had been purposely attributed to Egypt instead.

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May 5, 2014   ASTROLOGY, HOROSCOPE   No comments

1.60 FORMING A SIMPLIFIED HOROSCOPE

The casting of a complete, detailed horoscope is not only difficult; in many cases it is practically impossible due to a lack Of data regarding the exact time of a person’s birth, which, according to most professional astrologers, should be calculated not only to the day, but to the hour and the minute.

 

Because of that, many persons are content to go by the indications of their birth signs, classing themselves as a Gemini, a Leo, or a Virgo type, as the case may be. Often such readings run remarkably true to form, but there is no reason why they should be so limited. It is quite easy to extend the astrological findings pertainig to a person’s birth date by means of a simplified horoscope.

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