No 1: Three of Hearts: The Sun
Near the person card: happiness and being liked, admired, or supported
Near the Snake, Mouse and Dark side of Cloud: annoyed, frustrated or worried.
No 2: Five of Hearts: The Moon
Near the person card: favourable outcomes and happiness Far from the person card: exposure of your secrets
No 3: Six of Hearts: The House
General meaning: success in all ventures and marriage
No 4: Four of Clubs: The Key
Near the person: success Near unlucky cards: illness
No 5: Three of Clubs: The Tree
General meaning: good health
Near the Bouquet: fulfilment of highest hopes
No 6: Five of Spades: The Coffin
Near the person: any illness that develops’ quickly and last a relatively short period of time, loss of property.
Far from the person: the likelihood of turning away or preventing bad luck
No 7: Ten of Hearts: Bouquet of Flowers
General meaning: long and happy life
Near the Children card: extraordinary honour and fame
No 8: Ten of Diamonds: The Scythe
General meaning: disappointment Near the Coffin: early death
No 9: Ace of Diamonds: The Birds
Near the person: dire misfortune and fierce enemies
Far from the person: close by (7) Bouquet of Flowers, (12) Children, (16) Ship. (22) Book, chance to turn away or prevent the evil spell
No 10: Three of Spades: The Pig
General meaning: phenomenal luck and great abundance, high honours and all ambitions attained.
No 11: Ace of Hearts: The Fox
Near the person: distrust of acquaintances who seek to betray you Far from the person: less danger
No 12: Queen of Diamonds: The Children
No 13: Eight of Clubs: The Snake
Near the person: active opposition or active hostility (enmity) sudden damage or distress (calamities)
Far from the person: lessening of opposition or hostility and damage, distress
No 14: Jack of Diamonds: The Rider
General meaning: good news
If alongside 6 (Coffin), 8 (Scythe), 11 (Fox), 13 (Snake) : bad news
No 15: King of Diamonds: The Letter
Near the person: good news
Touch the person card: unexpected good fortune
No 16: Nine of Hearts: The Ship
General meaning: riches
Near the person: wealth by inheritance or trade, a voyage
No 17: Four of Hearts: The Fish
General meaning: riches through stocks.
A stock is your share in the ownership of a company. It is a claim on the company’s assets (cash flow, sales) and earnings (profit)
Far from the person: failure and disaster
No 18: Two of Diamonds: The Lady
This is the significator card for a female client. It has no meaning of itself. The male card has no significance in a reading.
No 19: Two of Hearts: The Gentleman.
This is the significator card for a male client. It has no meaning of itself. The female card has no significance in a reading
No 20: Seven of Clubs: The Lilies
General meaning: happy life
Near the Dark side of Clouds (25): family sorrow
Above the person card: virtuous life (upright, honourable, worthy, honest, blameless, pure, and praiseworthy. It can also mean self-righteous, smug and pleased with your-self)
Under the person card: immorality (depravation, unrighteousness, wickedness, evil, debauchery, corruption)
No 21: Seven of Hearts: The Stork
Near the person: change of residence for the better soon Far from the person: change of residence for the better later
No 22: Jack of Hearts: The Book
Near the person: discovery of a mystery affecting the person for the better Far from the person: discovery of a mystery affecting the person for the worse
No 23: Queen of Hearts: The Ring
Right of the person: unerring (accurate, sure, impeccable) indication of a rich and happy marriage
Left of the person: disappointment in love
No 24: King of Hearts: Hand in Hand
General meaning: trusting someone to tell them a secret, disclosure or divulge Near: 38 (Flame), 39 (Heart), 42 (Amor), 47 (Bride) – friendship will warm into love Near: 45 (Order) – favour will be found with superiors
Near: 48 (Money Safe) – financial success
No 25: Seven of Spades: The Clouds
Dark side towards the person: divorce
Bright side towards the person: domestic happiness
No 26: Nine of Clubs: The Park
Near the person: new love Far from the person: false friends
No 27: Four of Diamonds: The Dog
Near the person: true friends
Near Clouds: beware of unexpected enemies
No 28: Five of Diamonds: The Anchor
General meaning: successful ventures in business and love
Near: 11 (Fox), 13 (Snake), 29 (Mouse), 30 (Rod), 35 (Tower) – breach of trust Near: 27 (Dog): loyal, faith, devotion, allegiance to the one you love
No 29: Six of Spades: The Mouse
General meaning: loss by theft
Near the person: recovery after great difficulty
Far from the person: the loss will be difficult or impossible to retrieve or recover
No 30: Ten of Swords: The Rod
Near the person: family quarrels
Far from the person: loss relating to or involving money
No 31: Ace of Clubs: The Roads
General meaning: accidents, problems, mishap. Misfortune
Far from the person: anything causing harm or misfortune may be prevented or turned away
No 32: Eight of Spades: The Mountain
No 33: Five of Clubs: The Clover Leaf
General meaning: a person or thing that carries, upholds, brings good news
Near Clouds: feeling of being frustrated or annoyed because of a failure or disappointment. If so, look for the Moon (2) card. If it does not lie near the Anchor (28) or the Mouse (29) card then the annoyance or disappointment will be short duration and happiness will follow
No 34: Two of Spades: The Star
Near the person: insures success in all plans, undertaking and ventures Far from the person: some unlucky events
No 35: Ten of Clubs: The Tower
Near by the (25) Cloud card: sickness. If next to the Cloud card: death
No 36: Eight of Hearts: The Cat
General meaning: flattery Near (6) Coffin: personal injury Near (29) Mouse and (30) Rod: strife
No 37: Ace of Spades: Rapiers
Near the person: assaults which threaten will occur soon Far from the person: assaults which threaten will occur later
No: 38: Seven of Diamonds: Flame
General meaning: good fortune and neutralizes the evil near bad cards and increases the value of good cards
No: 39: Nine of Diamonds: Heart
Near the person: great joy
No: 40: Queen of Clubs: Wine
General meaning: cheerfulness and joy
No 41: Nine of Spades: Rose
General meaning: beauty and sturdy or strong health
No 42: Queen of Spades: Amor
General meaning: someone is looking at you with great love and longing
No 43: Six of Clubs: Lightening
Near the person: surprise
Far from the people: nasty, horrible, obnoxious surprise
No 44: Eight of Diamonds: Broken Glass
Near the person: ill luck for long years Far from the person: death of a friend
No 45: Jack of Clubs: Order
General meaning: honour and recognition of labour Near (48) Money Safe: business success
No 46: Two of Clubs: Railroad
General meaning: long journey
Near 44 (Broken Glass): serious accident Near 29 (Mouse): a robbery
No 47: King of Spades: The Bride
General meaning: fulfilment of their highest aims for a single person Far from the person: turbulent married life
No 48: Three of Diamonds: Money Safe
General meaning: riches
Shut door side: loss by thinking over, pondering, guessing, wondering, musing or gambling
No 49: Four of Spades: The Eye
Near the person: great interest taken by friends Far from the person: suspicion
No 50: King of Clubs: The Bear
General meaning: successful pondering, guessing, wondering, musing or gambling
No 51: Six of Diamonds: The Lion
General meaning: sudden shock from bad news
No 52: Jack of Spades: The Shepherd
General meaning: intense love of life and strong fellow feelings
I have decided to start a card by card series of suggestion that I have found helpful in
learning to read and interpret the Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards.
Here is the only written reading that is recorded on the booklet that comes with the Gypsy Witch Deck. I can only assume the reading is dating around the year 1894 when these cards were first published.
The lady will have a long happy life (Bouquet) with her highest aims in love fulfilled (Park-Bride). She has an enemy (Snake-Mountain) whose influence is nullified by good fortune (Moon-Flame). She has a confiding disposition (Hand in Hand).
How would we read these nine cards in 2016? I would answer this in the following way.
There is an assuredness (Bouquet) in this lady that she will meet the man of her dreams. (Park) She knows what she wants (Bride) and will hurdle successfully (Mountain-Flame) all obstacles that stand to block her path. She will require help from a friend (Hand in Hand) to allow her dream (Moon) to come to pass and wipe away the opposition and distress (Snake) that has kept her single and lonely.
Near the person: active opposition or active hostility (enmity) sudden damage or distress (calamities)
She will suffer loss and ill luck (29-44) caused by enemies (37) but through influence of true friends (27) and good tidings, (33) riches and good fortune will be her lot (16) (33). She has a friendly disposition (12) which will bring her success (4) in love (28). In business she will be very successful and hold a high position (28-45). She will take a long journey (46) due to illness of someone dear to her (35) which will make her unhappy, (31) but good health will be restored (41). Then there will be joy (40) and happiness (52). She will have success in all ventures (3), phenomenal luck (10), great joy, and a happy life (39-20). More than likely her journey will lead to a change
of residence (21). Her speculations will be very successful (17-48-50). She will be disappointed in an acquaintance (49) (11) (8) (9). She will be very happy and popular (1) and will be happily married and have great riches (23). She will be very successful (34-1) but will suffer a shock (51) through a loss and have an unpleasant surprise (6-43). She will enjoy domestic happiness (25). She will have a quarrel (30) with someone she loves (42) but everything will turn out happily (15-14).
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How to tell Fortunes with Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards
