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Warford - -Release Date: August 7, 2016 [EBook #52741] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HOW TO TELL FORTUNES *** - - - - -Produced by Craig Kirkwood, Demian Katz and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images -courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University -(http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) - - - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes: - -Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). - -Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. - - * * * * * - - - - -HOW TO TELL FORTUNES - - - CONTAINING Napoleon’s Oraculum, and the Key to Work It - - ALSO Tells Fortunes by Cards, LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS, SIGNS AND OMENS. - - * * * * * - - COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY - FRANK TOUSEY, PUBLISHER - 168 West 23d St., New York City - - - - -HOW TO TELL FORTUNES BY CARDS. - - -In telling Fortunes by Cards--as in all games in which they are -employed--the Ace ranks highest in value. Then comes the King, followed -by the Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven; these being generally -the only cards used. - -The order, and comparative value of the different suits, is as -follows:--First on the list stand “Clubs,” as they mostly portend -happiness; and--no matter how numerous, or how accompanied--are rarely -or never of bad augury. Next come “Hearts,” which usually signify joy, -liberality, or good temper; “Diamonds,” on the contrary, denote delay, -quarrels, and annoyance; and “Spades”--the worst suit of all--grief, -sickness, and loss of money. - -We are of course speaking generally, as, in many cases, the position -of cards entirely changes their signification; their individual and -relative meaning being often widely different. Thus, for example, the -King of Hearts, the Nine of Hearts, and the Nine of Clubs, respectively -signify, a liberal man, joy, and success in love, but change their -position, by placing the King _between_ the two nines, and you would -read that a man, then rich and happy, would be ere long consigned to a -prison! - - -SIGNIFICATION OF THE CARDS. - -The individual meaning attached to the thirty-two cards employed is as -follows:-- - - -THE EIGHT CLUBS. - -_Ace of Clubs._--Signifies joy, money, or good news; if reversed, the -joy will be of brief duration. - -_King of Clubs._--A frank, liberal man, fond of serving his friends; if -reversed, he will meet with a disappointment. - -_Queen of Clubs._--An affectionate woman, but quick-tempered and -touchy; if reversed, jealous and malicious. - -_Knave of Clubs._--A clever and enterprising young man; reversed, a -harmless flirt and flatterer. - -_Ten of Clubs._--Fortune, success, or grandeur; reversed, want of -success in some small matter. - -_Nine of Clubs._--Unexpected gain, or a legacy; reversed, some trifling -present. - -_Eight of Clubs._--A dark person’s affections, which, if returned, -will be the cause of great prosperity; reversed, those of a fool, and -attendant unhappiness, if reciprocated. - -_Seven of Clubs._--A small sum of money, or unexpectedly recovered -debt; reversed, a yet smaller amount. - - -THE EIGHT HEARTS. - -_Ace of Hearts._--A love-letter, or some pleasant news; reversed, a -friend’s visit. - -_King of Hearts._--A fair, liberal man; reversed, will meet with -disappointment. - -_Queen of Hearts._--A mild, amiable woman; reversed, has been crossed -in love. - -_Knave of Hearts._--A gay young bachelor, who dreams only of pleasure; -reversed, a discontented military man. - -_Ten of Hearts._--Happiness, triumph; if reversed, some slight anxiety. - -_Nine of Hearts._--Joy, satisfaction, success; reversed, a passing -chagrin. - -_Eight of Hearts._--A fair person’s affections; reversed, indifference -on his or her part. - -_Seven of Hearts._--Pleasant thoughts, tranquillity; reversed, ennui, -weariness. - - -THE EIGHT DIAMONDS. - -_Ace of Diamonds._--A letter, soon to be received; and, if the card be -reversed, containing bad news. - -_King of Diamonds._--A fair man--generally in the army--but both -cunning and dangerous; if reversed, a threatened danger, caused by -machinations on his part. - -_Queen of Diamonds._--An ill-bred, scandal-loving woman; if reversed, -she is to be greatly feared. - -_Knave of Diamonds._--A tale-bearing servant, or unfaithful friend; if -reversed, will be the cause of mischief. - -_Ten of Diamonds._--Journey, or change of residence; if reversed, it -will not prove fortunate. - -_Nine of Diamonds._--Annoyance, delay; if reversed, either a family or -a love quarrel. - -_Eight of Diamonds._--Love-making; if reversed, unsuccessful. - -_Seven of Diamonds._--Satire, mockery; reversed, a foolish scandal. - -N. B.--In order to know whether the Ace, Ten, Nine, Eight and Seven -of Diamonds are reversed, it is better to make a small pencil-mark on -each, to show which is the top of the card. - - -THE EIGHT SPADES. - -_Ace of Spades._--Pleasure; reversed, grief, bad news. - -_King of Spades._--The envious man, an enemy, or a dishonest lawyer, -who is to be feared; reversed, impotent malice. - -_Queen of Spades._--A widow; reversed, a dangerous and malicious woman. - -_Knave of Spades._--A dark, ill-bred young man; reversed, he is -plotting some mischief. - -_Ten of Spades._--Tears, a prison; reversed, brief affliction. - -_Nine of Spades._--Tidings of a death; reversed, it will be some near -relative. - -_Eight of Spades._--Approaching illness; reversed, a marriage broken -off, or offer refused. - -_Seven of Spades._--Slight annoyances; reversed, a foolish intrigue. - -The Court cards of Hearts and Diamonds usually represent persons of -fair complexion; Clubs and Spades, the opposite. - - -SIGNIFICATION OF DIFFERENT CARDS OF THE SAME DENOMINATION. - -_Four Aces_, coming together, or following each other, announce danger, -failure in business, and sometimes imprisonment. If one or more of them -be reversed, the danger will be lessened, but that is all. - -_Three Aces_, coming in the same manner.--Good tidings; if reversed, -folly. - -_Two Aces._--A plot; if reversed, will not succeed. - -_Four Kings._--Rewards, dignities, honors; reversed, they will be less, -but sooner received. - -_Three Kings._--A consultation on important business, the result -of which will be highly satisfactory; if reversed, success will be -doubtful. - -_Two Kings._--A partnership in business; if reversed, a dissolution of -the same. Sometimes this only denotes friendly projects. - -_Four Queens._--Company, society; one or more reversed, denotes that -the entertainment will not go off well. - -_Three Queens._--Friendly calls; reversed, chattering and scandal or -deceit. - -_Two Queens._--A meeting between friends; reversed, poverty, troubles, -in which one will involve the other. - -_Four Knaves._--A noisy party--mostly young people; reversed, a -drinking bout. - -_Three Knaves._--False friends; reversed, a quarrel with some low -person. - -_Two Knaves._--Evil intentions; reversed, danger. - -_Four tens._--Great success in projected enterprises; reversed, the -success will not be so brilliant, but still it will be sure. - -_Three tens._--Improper conduct; reversed, failure. - -_Two tens._--Change of trade or profession; reversed, denotes that the -prospect is only a distant one. - -_Four nines._--A great surprise; reversed, a public dinner. - -_Three nines._--Joy, fortune, health; reversed, wealth lost by -imprudence. - -_Two nines._--A little gain; reversed, trifling losses at cards. - -_Four eights._--A short journey; reversed, the return of a friend or -relative. - -_Three eights._--Thoughts of marriage; reversed, folly, flirtation. - -_Two eights._--A brief love-dream; reversed, small pleasures and -trifling pains. - -_Four Sevens._--Intrigues among servants or low people, threats, -snares, and disputes; reversed, that their malice will be impotent to -harm, and that the punishment will fall on themselves. - -_Three sevens._--Sickness, premature old age; reversed, slight and -brief indisposition. - -_Two sevens._--Levity; reversed, regret. - -Any picture-card between two others of equal value--as two tens, two -Aces, etc.--denotes that the person represented by that card runs the -risk of a prison. - -It requires no great efforts to commit these significations to memory, -but it must be remembered that they are but what the alphabet is to -the printed book: a little attention and practice, however, will soon -enable the learner to form these mystic letters into words, and words -into phrases; in other language, to assemble these cards together, and -read the events, past and to come, their pictured faces pretend to -reveal. - -There are several ways of doing this; but we will give them all, one -after another, so as to afford our readers an ample choice of methods -of prying into futurity. - - -DEALING THE CARDS BY THREES. - -Take the pack of thirty-two selected cards (viz., the Ace, King, Queen, -Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit), having before fixed -upon the one you intend to represent yourself, supposing always you -are making the essay on your own behalf. If not, it must represent -the person for whom you are acting. In doing this, it is necessary to -remember that the card chosen should be according to the complexion -of the chooser, King or Queen of Diamonds for a very fair person, -ditto of Hearts for one rather darker, Clubs for one darker still, and -Spades only for one very dark indeed. The card chosen also loses its -signification, and simply becomes the representative of a dark or fair -man, or woman, as the case may be. - -This point having been settled, shuffle the cards, and either cut -them or have them cut for you (according to whether you are acting -for yourself or another person), taking care to use the _left_ hand. -That done, turn them up by _threes_, and every time you find in these -triplets _two of the same suit_, such as two Hearts, two Clubs, etc., -withdraw the highest card and place it on the table before you. If the -triplet should chance to be all of the same suit, the _highest_ card -is still to be the only one withdrawn; but should it consist of three -of the _same value_ but _different suits_, such as three Kings, etc., -they are to be all appropriated. We will suppose that, after having -turned up the cards three by three, you have been able to withdraw -six, leaving twenty-six, which you shuffle and cut, and again turn up -by threes, acting precisely as you did before, until you have obtained -either _thirteen_, _fifteen_, or _seventeen_ cards. Recollect that -the number must always be uneven, and that the card representing the -person for whom the essay is made must make one of it. Even if the -requisite thirteen, fifteen, or seventeen have been obtained, and this -one has not made its appearance, the operation must be recommenced. -Let us suppose the person whose fortune is being read to be a lady, -represented by the Queen of Hearts, and that fifteen cards have been -obtained and laid out--in the form of a half circle--in the order they -were drawn, viz., the Seven of Clubs, the Ten of Diamonds, the Seven of -Hearts, the Knave of Clubs, the King of Diamonds, the Nine of Diamonds, -the Ten of Hearts, the Queen of Spades, the Eight of Hearts, the Knave -of Diamonds, the Queen of Hearts, the Nine of Clubs, the Seven of -Spades, the Ace of Clubs, the Eight of Spades. Having considered your -cards, you will find among them two Queens, two Knaves, two tens, three -sevens, two eights, and two nines; you are, therefore, able to announce: - -“The two Queens before me signify the reunion of friends; the two -Knaves, that there is mischief being made between them. These two tens -denote a change of profession, which, from one of them being between -two sevens, I see will not be effected without some difficulty; the -cause of which, according to these _three_ sevens, will be illness. -However, these two nines promise some small gain, resulting--so say -these two eights--from a love affair.” - -You now begin to count _seven cards, from right to left_, beginning -with the Queen of Hearts, who represents the lady you are acting for. -The seventh being the King of Diamonds, you may say: - -“You often think of a fair man in uniform.” - -The next seventh card (counting the King of Diamonds as _one_) proves -to be the Ace of Clubs; you add: - -“You will receive from him some very joyful tidings; he, besides, -intends making you a present.” - -Count the Ace of Clubs as “one,” and proceeding to the next seventh -card, the Queen of Spades, you resume: - -“A widow is endeavoring to injure you on this very account; and” (the -seventh card, counting the Queen as one, being the Ten of Diamonds) -“the annoyance she gives you will oblige you to either take a journey -or change your residence; but” (this Ten of Diamonds being imprisoned -between two sevens) “your journey or removal will meet with some -obstacle.” - -On proceeding to count as before, calling the Ten of Diamonds one, you -will find the seventh card proves to be the Queen of Hearts herself, -the person for whom you are acting, and may therefore safely conclude -by saying: - -“But this you will overcome of yourself, without needing any one’s aid -or assistance.” - -Now take the two cards at either extremity of the half circle, which -are, respectively, the Eight of Spades and the Seven of Clubs, unite -them, and continue:-- - -“A sickness, which will lead to your receiving a small sum of money.” - -Repeat the same maneuver, which brings together the Ace of Clubs and -the Ten of Diamonds:-- - -“Good news, which will make you decide on taking a journey, destined to -prove a very happy one, and which will occasion you to receive a sum of -money.” - -The next cards united, being the Seven of Spades and the Seven of -Hearts, you say:-- - -“Tranquility and peace of mind, followed by slight anxiety, quickly -succeeded by love and happiness.” - -Then come the Nine of Clubs and the Knave of Clubs, foretelling: “You -will certainly receive money through the exertions of a clever dark -young man--Queen of Hearts and King of Diamonds--which comes from a -fair man in uniform; this rencounter announces some great happiness -in store for you, and complete fulfillment of your wishes. Knave of -Diamonds and Nine of Diamonds--Although this happy result may be -delayed for a time, through some fair young man, not famed for his -delicacy--Eight of Hearts and Ten of Hearts--love, joy, and triumph. -The Queen of Spades, who remains alone, is the widow who is endeavoring -to injure you, and who finds herself abandoned by all her friends!” - -Now gather up the cards you have been using, shuffle and cut them with -the left hand, and proceed to make them into three packs by dealing one -to the left, one in the middle, and one to the right; a fourth is laid -aside to form “a surprise.” Then continue to deal the cards to each of -the three packs in turn, until their number is exhausted, when it will -be found that the left-hand and middle packs contain each five cards, -whilst the one on the right hand consists of only four. - -Now ask the person consulting you to select one of the three packs. We -will suppose this to be the middle one, and that the cards comprising -it are, the Knave of Diamonds, the King of Diamonds, the Seven of -Spades, the Queen of Spades, and the Seven of Clubs. These, by -recollecting our previous instructions regarding the individual and -relative signification of the cards, are easily interpreted, as follows: - -“The Knave of Clubs--a fair young man, possessed of no delicacy -of feeling, who seeks to injure--the King of Diamonds--a fair man -in uniform--Seven of Spades--and will succeed in causing him some -annoyance--the Queen of Spades--at the instigation of a spiteful -woman--Seven of Clubs--but, by means of a small sum of money, matters -will be finally easily arranged.” - -Next take up the left-hand pack, which is “for the house”--the former -one having been for the lady herself. Supposing it to consist of the -Queen of Hearts, the Knave of Clubs, the Eight of Hearts, the Nine of -Diamonds, and the Ace of Clubs, they would read thus: - -“Queen of Hearts--the lady whose fortune is being told is, or soon will -be, in a house--Knave of Clubs--where she will meet with a dark young -man, who--Eight of Hearts--will entreat her assistance to forward his -interests with a fair girl--Nine of Diamonds--he having met with delays -and disappointment--Ace of Clubs--but a letter will arrive announcing -the possession of money, which will remove all difficulties.” - -The third pack is “for those who did not expect it,” and will be -composed of four cards, let us say the Ten of Hearts, Nine of Clubs, -Eight of Spades, and Ten of Diamonds, signifying: - -“The Ten of Hearts--An unexpected piece of good fortune and great -happiness--Nine of Clubs--caused by an unlooked-for legacy--Eight of -Spades--which joy may perhaps be followed by a slight sickness--Ten of -Diamonds--the result of a fatiguing journey.” - -There now remains on the table only the card intended for the -“surprise.” This, however, must be left untouched, the other cards -gathered up, shuffled, cut, and again laid out in three packs, not -forgetting at the first deal to add a card to “the surprise.” After -the different packs have been duly examined and explained, as before -described, they must again be gathered up, shuffled, etc., indeed, the -whole operation repeated, after which the three cards forming “the -surprise” are examined; and supposing them to be the Seven of Hearts, -the Knave of Clubs, and the Queen of Spades, are to be thus interpreted: - -“Seven of Hearts--pleasant thoughts and friendly intentions--Knave of -Clubs--of a dark young man--relative to a malicious dark woman, or -widow, who will cause him much unhappiness.” - - -DEALING THE CARDS BY SEVENS. - -After having shuffled the pack of thirty-two selected cards--which, as -we before stated, consist of the Ace, King, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, -Eight, and Seven of each suit--either cut them yourself, or, if acting -for another person, let that person cut them, taking care to use the -_left_ hand. Then count seven cards, beginning with the one lying on -the top of the pack. The first six are useless, so put them aside, and -retain only the seventh, which is to be placed face uppermost on the -table before you. Repeat this three times more, then shuffle and cut -the cards you have thrown on one side, together with those remaining -in your hand, and tell them out in sevens as before, until you have -thus obtained twelve cards. It is, however, indispensable that the one -representing the person whose fortune is being told should be among the -number; therefore, the whole operation must be recommenced in case of -it not having made its appearance. Your twelve cards being now spread -out before you in the order in which they have come to hand, you may -begin to explain them as described in the manner of dealing the cards -in threes--always bearing in mind both their individual and relative -signification. Thus, you first count the cards by sevens, beginning -with the one representing the person for whom you are acting, going -from _right_ to _left_. Then take the two cards at either extremity -of the line or half-circle, and unite them, and afterwards form the -three heaps or packs and “the surprise” precisely as we have before -described. Indeed, the only difference between the two methods is the -manner in which the cards are obtained. - - -DEALING THE CARDS BY FIFTEENS. - -After having well shuffled and cut the cards, or, as we have before -said, had them cut, deal them out in two packs, containing sixteen -cards in each. Desire the person consulting you to choose one of them; -lay aside the first card, to form “the surprise;” turn up the other -fifteen, and range them in a half-circle before you, going from left -to right, placing them in the order in which they come to hand, and -taking care to remark whether the one representing the person for whom -you are acting be among them. If not, the cards must be all gathered -up, shuffled, cut, and dealt as before, and this must be repeated until -the missing card makes its appearance in the pack chosen by the person -it represents. Now proceed to explain them--first, by interpreting -the meaning of any pairs, triplets, or quartettes among them; then by -counting them in sevens, going from right to left, and beginning with -the card representing the person consulting you; and lastly, by taking -the cards at either extremity of the line and pairing them. This being -done, gather up the fifteen cards, shuffle, cut, and deal them so as -to form three packs of each five cards. From each of these three packs -withdraw the topmost card, and place them on the one laid aside to form -“the surprise,” thus forming four packs of four cards each. - -Desire the person for whom you are acting to choose one of these packs, -“for herself” or “himself,” as the case may be. Turn it up, and spread -out the four cards it contains, from left to right, explaining their -individual and relative signification. Next proceed in like manner with -the pack on your left hand, which will be “for the house;” then the -third one, “for those who do not expect it;” and lastly, “the surprise.” - -In order to render our meaning perfectly clear, we will give another -example. Let us suppose that the pack for the person consulting you -is composed of the Knave of Hearts, the Ace of Diamonds, the Queen of -Clubs, and the Eight of Spades _reversed_. By the aid of the list of -meanings we have given, it will be easy to interpret them as follows: - -“The Knave of Hearts is a gay young bachelor--the Ace of Diamonds--who -has written, or will very soon write, a letter--the Queen of Clubs--to -a dark woman--Eight of Spades reversed--to make proposals to her, which -will not be accepted.” - -On looking back to the list of significations, it will be found to run -thus: - -_Knave of Hearts._--A gay young bachelor, who thinks only of pleasure. - -_Ace of Diamonds._--A letter soon to be received. - -_Queen of Clubs._--An affectionate woman, but quick-tempered and touchy. - -_Eight of Spades._--If reversed, a marriage broken off, or offer -refused. - -It will thus be seen that each card forms, as it were, a phrase from -an assemblage of which nothing but a little practice is required to -form complete sentences. Of this we will give a further example, by -interpreting the signification of the three other packs--“for the -house,” “for those who do not expect it,” and “the surprise.” The first -of these, “for the house,” we will suppose to consist of the Queen of -Hearts, the Knave of Spades _reversed_, the Ace of Clubs, and the Nine -of Diamonds, which reads thus: - -“The Queen of Hearts is a fair woman, mild and amiable in disposition, -who--Knave of Spades reversed--will be deceived by a dark, ill-bred -young man--the Ace of Clubs--but she will receive some good news, which -will console her--Nine of Diamonds--although it is probable that the -news may be delayed.” - -The pack “for those who do not expect it,” consisting of the Queen of -Diamonds, the King of Spades, the Ace of Hearts _reversed_, and the -Seven of Spades, would signify: - -“The Queen of Diamonds is a mischief-making woman--the King of -Spades--who is in league with a dishonest lawyer--Ace of Hearts -reversed--they will hold a consultation together--Seven of Spades--but -the harm they will do will soon be repaired.” - -Last comes “the surprise,” formed by, we will suppose, the Knave of -Clubs, the Ten of Diamonds, the Queen of Spades, and the Nine of -Spades, of which the interpretation is: - -“The Knave of Clubs is a clever, enterprising young man--Ten of -Diamonds--about to undertake a journey--Queen of Spades--for the -purpose of visiting a widow--Nine of Spades--but one or both of their -lives will be endangered.” - - -THE ITALIAN METHOD. - -Take a pack composed of thirty-two selected cards, viz., the Ace, -King, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit. Shuffle -them well, and either cut or have them cut for you, according to -whether you are acting for yourself or another person. Turn up the -cards by threes, and when the triplet is composed of cards of the same -suit, lay it aside; when of three different suits, pass it by without -withdrawing any of the three; but when composed of two of one suit and -one of another, withdraw the highest card of the two. When you have -come to the end of the pack, gather up all the cards except those you -have withdrawn; shuffle, cut, and again turn up by threes. Repeat this -operation until you have obtained fifteen cards, which must then be -spread out before you, from _left_ to _right_, in the order in which -they come to hand. - -Care must, however, be taken that the card representing the person -making the essay is among them; if not, the whole operation must be -recommenced until the desired result is obtained. We will suppose it to -be some dark lady--represented by the Queen of Clubs--who is anxious -to make the attempt for herself, and that the cards are laid out in -the following order, from left to right:--Ten of Diamonds, Queen of -Clubs, Eight of Hearts, Ace of Diamonds, Ten of Hearts, Seven of Clubs, -King of Spades, Nine of Hearts, Knave of Spades, Ace of Clubs, Seven -of Spades, Ten of Spades, Seven of Diamonds, Ace of Spades, Knave of -Hearts. - -On examining them, you will find that there are three Aces among them, -announcing good news; but, as they are at some distance from each -other, that the tidings may be some time before they arrive. - -The three tens denote that the conduct of the person consulting the -cards has not always been strictly correct. The two Knaves are enemies, -and the three Sevens predict an illness, caused by them. - -You now begin to count _five_ cards, beginning with the Queen of Clubs, -who represents the person consulting you. The fifth card, being the -Seven of Clubs, announces that the lady will soon receive a small sum -of money. The next fifth card proving to be the Ace of Clubs, signifies -that this money will be accompanied by some very joyful tidings. Next, -comes the Ace of Spades, promising complete success to any projects -undertaken by the person consulting the cards; then the Eight of -Hearts, followed at the proper interval by the King of Spades, showing -that the good news will excite the malice of a dishonest lawyer; but -the Seven of Spades coming next announces that the annoyance he can -cause will be of short duration, and that a gay fair young man--the -Knave of Hearts--will soon console her for what she has suffered. The -Ace of Diamonds tells that she will soon receive a letter from this -fair young man--the Nine of Hearts--announcing a great success--Ten -of Spades--but this will be followed by some slight chagrin--Ten of -Diamonds--caused by a journey--Ten of Hearts--but it will soon pass, -although--Knave of Spades--a bad, dark young man will endeavor--Seven -of Diamonds--to turn her into ridicule. The Queen of Clubs, being -representative of herself, shows that it is towards _her_ that the -dark young man’s malice will be directed. Now take the cards at either -extremity of the line, and pair them together. The two first being the -Knave of Hearts and the Ten of Diamonds, you may say: “A gay young -bachelor is preparing to take a journey--Ace of Spades and Queen of -Clubs--which will bring him to the presence of the lady consulting -the cards, and cause her great joy. Seven of Diamonds and Eight of -Hearts--Scandal talked about a fair young girl. Ten of Spades and Ace -of Diamonds--tears shed upon receipt of a letter. Seven of Spades and -Ten of Hearts--great joy, mingled with slight sorrow. Seven of Clubs -and Ace of Clubs--A letter promising money. Knave of Spades and King -of Spades--the winning of a lawsuit. The Nine of Hearts, being the one -card left, promises complete success.” - -Now gather up the cards, shuffle, cut, and deal them out in five -packs--one for the lady herself, one for the house, one for “those who -do not expect it,” one for “those who do expect it,” and one for “the -surprise,” in the first deal, laying one card aside for “consolation.” -The rest are then equally distributed among the other five packs, which -will four of them contain three cards, whilst the last only consists of -two. - -We will suppose the first packet for the lady herself to be composed -of the Ace of Diamonds, the Seven of Clubs, and the Ten of Hearts. The -interpretation would run thus: - -“Ace of Diamonds--a letter will be shortly received--Seven of -Clubs--announcing the arrival of a small sum of money--Ten of -Hearts--and containing some very joyful tidings.” - -The second pack, “for the house,” containing the King of Spades, the -Nine of Hearts, and the Knave of Spades: - -“The person consulting the cards will receive a visit--King -of Spades--from a lawyer--Nine of Hearts--which will greatly -delight--Knave of Spades--a dark, ill-disposed young man.” - -The third pack, “for those who do not expect it,” composed of the Ace -of Spades, the Knave of Hearts, and the Ace of Clubs, would read: - -“Ace of Spades--pleasure in store for--Knave of Hearts--a gay young -bachelor--Ace of Clubs--by means of money; but as the Knave of Hearts -is placed between two Aces, it is evident that he runs a great risk -of being imprisoned; and from the two cards signifying respectively -‘pleasure’ and ‘money,’ that it will be for having run into debt.” - -The fourth pack, “for those who do expect it,” containing the Eight of -Hearts, the Queen of Clubs, and the Ten of Diamonds: - -“The Eight of Hearts--the love-affairs of a fair young girl will -oblige--the Queen of Clubs--the person consulting the cards--Ten of -Diamonds--to take a journey.” - -The fifth pack, “for the surprise,” consists of the Seven of Spades and -the Ten of Spades, meaning: - -“Seven of Spades--slight trouble--Ten of Spades--caused by -some person’s imprisonment--The Card of Consolation--Seven of -Diamonds--which will turn out to have been a mere report.” - - -PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE. - -The person wishing to try her fortune in this manner (we will suppose -her to be a young, fair person, represented by the Eight of Hearts), -must well shuffle, and cut with the left hand, the pack of thirty-two -cards; after which she must lay aside the topmost and undermost cards, -to form the surprise. There will now remain thirty cards, which must be -dealt out in three parcels--one to the left, one in the middle, and one -to the right. - -The left-hand pack represents the Past; the middle, the Present; and -the one on the right hand, the Future. She must commence with the -“Past,” which we will suppose to contain these ten cards: The King of -Clubs, the Ace of Spades, the Knave of Diamonds, the Nine of Diamonds, -the Ace of Hearts, the Knave of Hearts, the Queen of Hearts, the King -of Spades, the Knave of Clubs, and the King of Hearts. - -She would remark that picture-cards predominating was a favorable sign; -also that the presence of three Kings proved that powerful persons were -interesting themselves in her affairs. The three Knaves, however, warn -her to beware of false friends, and the Nine of Diamonds predicts some -great annoyance, overcome by some good and amiable person, represented -by the Queen of Hearts. The two Aces also give notice of a plot. Taking -the cards in the order they lay, the explanation would run thus: - -“The King of Clubs--a frank, open-hearted man--Ace of Spades--fond of -gayety and pleasure, is disliked by Knave of Diamonds--an unfaithful -friend--Nine of Diamonds--who seeks to injure him. The Ace of -Hearts--a love-letter--Knave of Hearts--from a gay young bachelor to -a fair, amiable woman--Queen of Hearts--causes--King of Spades--a -lawyer to endeavor to injure a clever--Knave of Clubs--enterprising -young man, who is saved from him by--the King of Hearts--a good and -powerful man. Nevertheless, as the Knave of Clubs is placed between two -similar cards, he has run great risk of being imprisoned through the -machinations of his enemy.” - -The second parcel, “the Present,” containing the Ten of Diamonds, the -Nine of Spades, the Eight of Spades, the Queen of Diamonds, the Queen -of Clubs, the Eight of Hearts, the Seven of Spades, the Ten of Spades, -Queen of Spades, the Eight of Diamonds, signifies: - -“The Ten of Diamonds--a voyage or journey, at that moment taking -place--Nine of Spades--caused by the death or dangerous illness of some -one--Eight of Spades--whose state will occasion great grief--Queen of -Diamonds--to a fair woman. The Queen of Clubs--An affectionate woman -seeks to console--Eight of Hearts--a fair young girl, who is the person -making the essay--Seven of Spades--who has secret griefs--Ten of -Spades--causing her many tears--Queen of Spades--these are occasioned -by the conduct of either a dark woman or a widow, who--Eight of -Diamonds--is her rival.” - -The third packet of cards, “the Future,” we will suppose to contain the -Eight of Clubs, the Ten of Clubs, the Seven of Diamonds, the Ten of -Hearts, the Seven of Clubs, the Nine of Hearts, the Ace of Diamonds, -the Knave of Spades, the Seven of Hearts, the Nine of Clubs, which -would read thus: - -“In the first place, the large number of small cards foretells success -in enterprises, although the presence of three sevens predicts an -illness. The Eight of Clubs--a dark young girl--Ten of Clubs--is about -to inherit a large fortune--Seven of Diamonds--but her satirical -disposition will destroy--Ten of Hearts--all her happiness. Seven -of Clubs--A little money and--Nine of Hearts--much joy--Ace of -Hearts--will be announced to the person making the essay by a letter, -and--Knave of Spades--a wild young man--Seven of Hearts--will be -overjoyed at receiving--Nine of Clubs--some unexpected tidings. -The cards of surprise--viz., the King of Diamonds and the Ace of -Clubs--predict that a letter will be received from some military man, -and that it will contain money.” - - -THE STAR METHOD OF CONSULTING THE CARDS. - -We will suppose the person making the essay to be a widow, and -consequently represented by the Queen of Spades. This card is, -therefore, to be withdrawn from the pack, and laid, face uppermost, -upon the table. The remaining thirty-one cards are then to be well -shuffled, cut, the topmost card withdrawn and placed lengthwise, and -face uppermost, above the head of the Queen of Spades. The cards are to -be shuffled, cut, and the topmost card withdrawn, twelve more times, -the manner of their arrangement being this: The Queen of Spades in the -center, the first card lengthwise above her head, the second ditto -at her feet, the third on her right side, the fourth on her left, the -fifth placed upright above the first, the sixth ditto below the second, -the seventh at the right of the third, the eighth at the left of the -fourth, the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, at the four corners, -and the thirteenth across the center card--the Queen of Spades--thus -forming a star. - -[Illustration] - -We will suppose these fourteen cards to be the Queen of Spades, which -represents the person making the essay; then--1. The Ace of Hearts; 2. -The King of Clubs; 3. The Ten of Clubs; 4. Nine of Diamonds; 5. Queen -of Clubs; 6. The Eight of Hearts; 7. The Ten of Spades; 8. The Knave of -Clubs; 9. The Seven of Clubs; 10. The Ten of Hearts; 11. The Knave of -Diamonds; 12. The Eight of Diamonds; 13. The Nine of Clubs. These being -placed at right angles, the person consulting them takes them up two by -two, beginning with those last laid down. - -The first card, 12, the Eight of Diamonds, and the one in the -_opposite_ corner, viz., 11, the Knave of Diamonds, read--“Overtures -will be made--Knave of Diamonds--by a fair young man--next two -cards, 10 and 9, Ten of Hearts--which will prove unsuccessful--Seven -of Clubs--on account of something connected with money. Next two -cards, 8 and 7, the Knave of Clubs--a clever, dark young man--Ten of -Spades--will be greatly grieved by, 6--Eight of Hearts, a fair girl to -whom he is attached. Next two cards, 5 and 4, the Queen of Clubs--A -dark woman--Nine of Diamonds--will be annoyed at not receiving, -3--Ten of Clubs--a sum of money--next two cards, 2 and 1, the King of -Clubs--which was to have been sent her by a generous dark man, who is -fond of obliging his friends--Ace of Hearts--it will at last arrive, -accompanied by a love-letter--13th card, placed across the Queen of -Spades, Nine of Clubs--and be the cause of unexpected gain to the -person consulting the cards.” There is a shorter and simpler way of -doing this, by surrounding the card representing the person trying his -or her fortune, with a less number of cards. - -The cards are shuffled and cut as before described, and the topmost one -withdrawn. We will suppose the center card to be the Knave of Clubs, -representing a dark young man--the first topmost one proves to be the -Ace of Clubs, and this is placed above the head of the Knave--the -second, the Eight of Hearts, is placed at his feet--the third, the -Knave of Diamonds, at his right side--the fourth, the Queen of Spades, -on his left. These read--“Ace of Clubs--You will soon receive a letter, -which will give you great pleasure--Eight of Hearts--from a fair -girl. Knave of Diamonds--An unfaithful friend--Queen of Spades--and a -malicious widow, will seek to injure you on that very account.” - - -TO KNOW IF YOU WILL GET YOUR WISH. - -Shuffle the cards well, and cut, or have them cut, with the _left_ -hand. Then deal out thirteen cards. If among these is to be found one -or more Aces lay them aside, shuffle and cut the remaining ones, and -again deal thirteen; withdraw the Aces as before, and again shuffle, -cut, and deal. If, in these three deals, all four aces make their -appearance, you will get your wish. If all the Aces come at the first -deal, the response is in the highest degree favorable. - - -THE ENGLISH METHOD OF CONSULTING THE CARDS. - -Having described the French and Italian methods of consulting the -cards, we will proceed to notice the manner in which the art of -fortune-telling is generally practiced in England and Scotland. -Hitherto only thirty-two cards have been made use of, but now the whole -pack is employed. The significations also slightly differ; therefore we -shall first give a complete list of them, and then pass on to describe -how the cards are to be arranged, so as to disclose their mystic -meanings. - -_Ace of Clubs._--Wealth, happiness, and peace of mind. - -_King of Clubs._--A dark man, upright, faithful, and affectionate in -disposition. - -_Queen of Clubs._--A dark woman, gentle and pleasing. - -_Knave of Clubs._--A sincere, but hasty friend--also a dark man’s -thoughts. - -_Ten of Clubs._--Unexpected riches, and loss of a dear friend. - -_Nine of Clubs._--Disobedience to friends’ wishes. - -_Eight of Clubs._--A covetous man--also warns against speculations. - -_Seven of Clubs._--Promises good fortune and happiness; but bids a -person beware of the opposite sex. - -_Six of Clubs._--Predicts a lucrative business. - -_Five of Clubs._--A prudent marriage. - -_Four of Clubs._--Cautions against inconstancy or change of object for -the sake of money. - -_Three of Clubs._--Shows that a person will be more than once married. - -_Two of Clubs._--A disappointment. - -_Ace of Diamonds._--A letter--from whom, and about what, is seen by the -neighboring cards. - -_King of Diamonds._--A fair man, hot-tempered, obstinate, and -revengeful. - -_Queen of Diamonds._--A fair woman, fond of company, and a coquette. - -_Knave of Diamonds._--A near relation, who considers only his own -interests. Also a fair person’s thoughts. - -_Ten of Diamonds._--Money. - -_Nine of Diamonds._--Show that a person is fond of roving. - -_Eight of Diamonds._--A marriage late in life. - -_Seven of Diamonds._--Satire, evil speaking. - -_Six of Diamonds._--Early marriage and widowhood. - -_Five of Diamonds._--Unexpected news. - -_Four of Diamonds._--Trouble arising from unfaithful friends. Also a -betrayed secret. - -_Three of Diamonds._--Quarrels, law-suits, and domestic disagreements. - -_Two of Diamonds._--An engagement, against the wishes of friends. - -_Ace of Hearts._--The house. If attended by Spades, it foretells -quarreling--if by Hearts, affection and friendship--by Diamonds, money -and distant friends--and Clubs, feasting and merry-making. - -_King of Hearts._--A fair man of good-natured disposition, but hasty -and rash. - -_Queen of Hearts._--A fair woman, faithful, prudent, and affectionate. - -_Knave of Hearts._--The dearest friend of the consulting party. Also a -fair person’s thoughts. - -_Ten of Hearts._--Is prophetic of happiness and many children--is -corrective of the bad tidings of cards next to it, and confirms good -ones. - -_Nine of Hearts._--Wealth and high esteem. Also the wish card. - -_Eight of Hearts._--Pleasure, company. - -_Seven of Hearts._--A fickle and false friend, against whom be on your -guard. - -_Six of Hearts._--A generous but credulous person. - -_Five of Hearts._--Troubles caused by unfounded jealousy. - -_Four of Hearts._--A person not easily won. - -_Three of Hearts._--Sorrow caused by a person’s own imprudence. - -_Two of Hearts._--Great success; but equal care and attention needed to -secure it. - -_Ace of Spades._--Great misfortune, spite. - -_King of Spades._--A dark, ambitious man. - -_Queen of Spades._--A malicious, dark woman--generally a widow. - -_Knave of Spades._--An indolent, envious person; a dark man’s thoughts. - -_Ten of Spades._--Grief, imprisonment. - -_Nine of Spades._--A card of very bad import, foretelling sickness and -misfortune. - -_Eight of Spades._--Warns a person to be cautious in his undertakings. - -_Seven of Spades._--Loss of a friend, attended with much trouble. - -_Six of Spades._--Wealth through industry. - -_Five of Spades._--Shows that a bad temper requires correcting. - -_Four of Spades._--Sickness. - -_Three of Spades._--A journey. - -_Two of Spades._--A removal. - -Having given the signification of the various cards, we will now -proceed to describe how they are to be employed. After having well -shuffled, cut them three times, and lay them out in rows of nine cards -each. Select any King or Queen you please to represent yourself; -and wherever you find that card placed, count nine cards every way, -reckoning it as one; and every ninth card will prove the prophetic one. -Before, however, beginning to count, study well the disposition of the -cards, according to their individual and relative signification. If a -married woman consult the cards, she must make her husband the King of -the same suit of which she is Queen; but if a single woman, she may -make any favorite male friend King of whatever suit she pleases. As the -Knaves of the various suits represent the _thoughts_ of the persons -represented by the picture-cards of a corresponding color, they should -also be counted from. - - -TO TELL WHETHER YOU WILL GET YOUR WISH. - -To try whether you will get your wish, shuffle the cards well, all -the time keeping your thoughts fixed upon whatever wish you may have -formed; cut them once, and remark what card you cut; shuffle them -again, and deal out into three parcels. Examine each of these in turn, -and if you find the card you turned up next either the one representing -yourself--the Ace of Hearts or the Nine of Hearts--you will get your -wish. If it be in the same parcel with any of these, without being -next them, there is a chance of your wish coming to pass at some more -distant period; but if the Nine of Spades makes its appearance, you may -count on being disappointed. - - - - -GOOD AND BAD OMENS. - - -The word omen is well known to signify a sign, good or bad, or a -prognostic. It may be defined to be that indication of something -future which we get as it were by accident, and without seeking for. -A superstitious regard to omens seems anciently to have made very -considerable additions to the common load of infelicity. They are in -these enlightened days pretty generally disregarded, and we look back -with perfect security and indifference on those trivial and truly -ridiculous accidents which alternately afford matter of joy and sorrow -to our ancestors. Omens appear to have been so numerous, that we must -despair of ever being able to recover one-half of them, and to evince -that in all ages men have been self-tormentors, the bad omens fill a -catalogue infinitely more extensive than that of the good. An extensive -set of omens has been taken from what first happens to one, or what -animal or person one meets first in the morning, or at the commencement -of an undertaking--the _first-foot_, as it is called. To stumble has -been universally held to presage misfortune. Some semblance of a reason -might be found for this belief, inasmuch as stumbling may be supposed -to indicate that that self-possession and conscious courage, which -are in themselves half a victory over circumstances, are lacking--the -want of them, therefore, being half a defeat; but in most cases the -interpretation seems altogether arbitrary. The dread of a hare crossing -the path seems to be widely prevalent; while to see a wolf is a good -omen. This feeling is probably a remnant of warlike times, when the -timid hare suggested thoughts of cowardice and flight; while the bold -wolf, sacred to Odin, was emblematic of victory. The character of the -hare for being unlucky is also connected with the deep-rooted belief -that witches are in the habit of transforming themselves into hares. -That to meet an old woman is unlucky, is another very general belief, -arising, without doubt, from the same causes that led to their being -considered witches. In some places, women in general are unlucky as -first-foot, with the singular exception of women of bad reputation. -This belief prevailed as far back as the age of Chrysostom. Priests, -too, are ominous of evil. If hunters of old met a priest or friar, -they coupled up their hounds and went home in despair of any further -sport that day. This superstition seems to have died out, except in -the case of sailors, who still consider the clergy a “kittle cargo,” -as a Scotch skipper expressed it, and anticipate a storm or mischance -when they have a black coat on board. This seems as old as the prophet -Jonah. Sneezing, likewise, has long been looked upon as supernatural, -for this reason, that it is sudden, unaccountable, uncontrollable, and -therefore ominous. The person is considered as possessed for the time, -and a form of exorcism is used. A nurse would not think she had done -her duty, if, when her charge sneezes, she did not say, “Bless the -child,” just as the Greeks, more than two thousand years ago, said, -“Zeus protect thee.” - -One general remark, however, it is important to make in regard to -omens. An omen is not conceived to be a mere sign of what is destined -to be--it is conceived as causing, in some mysterious way, the event -it forebodes; and the consequence, it is thought, may be prevented by -some counteracting charm. Thus the spilling of salt not only forebodes -strife, but strife is conceived as the consequence of the spilling -of the salt, and may be hindered by taking up the spilled salt, and -throwing it over the left shoulder. Perhaps half the superstitious -beliefs that yet survive among civilized and Christian communities -group themselves round the subject of love and marriage--of such -intense interest to all, yet so mysterious in its origin, and -problematic in its issue. The liking or passion for one individual -rather than any other is so unaccountable, that the God of Love has -been fabled blind; it is of the nature of fascination, magic, spell. -And then, whether happiness or the reverse shall be the result, seems -beyond the reach of ordinary calculation. All is apparently given -over to mystery, chance, fortune; and any circumstances may, for -what we know, influence or indicate what fortune’s wheel shall bring -round. Hence the innumerable ways of prognosticating which of two or -more persons shall be first married, who or what manner of person -shall be the future husband or wife, the number of children, etc. It -is generally at particular seasons, as at the Eve of St. Agnes, and -Halloween, that the veil of the future may thus be lifted. - -The observation of _lucky_ and _unlucky_ days was once an important -matter, and was often the turning-point of great events. It is now -mostly confined to the one subject of marriage. In fixing the wedding -day, May among months and Friday among days are shunned by many people, -both in educated and uneducated circles; for in this matter, which -is the exclusive province of women, and in which sentiment and fancy -are in every way so much more active than reason, the educated and -uneducated are reduced to a level. We will give a large collection of -omens, with their interpretation, having selected from all the best -works on the subject, and will begin with “Good and Evil Days”: - -1. In an old MS., the writer, after stating that the most learned -mathematicians have decided that the 1st of August, the 4th of -September, and the 11th of March are most injudicious to let blood, -and that philosophers have settled that the 10th of August, 1st -of December, and 6th of April are perilous to those who surfeit -themselves in eating and drinking, continues as follows, assigning -reasons why certain days should be marked as infelicitous: - -“We read of an old Arabian philosopher, a man of divers rare -observations, who did remark three Mundayes in a year to be most -unfortunate either to let blood or begin any notable worke, viz., the -first Munday of April, ye weh day Caine was borne, and his brother -Abell slaine; the 2d is the first Munday of August, the which day Sodom -and Gomorrha were confounded; the 3d is the last Munday of December, -the which day Judas Iscariott was borne, who betrayed our Saviour Jesus -Christ. These three dayes, together with the Innocents’ Day, by divers -of the learned are reputed to be most unfortunate of all dayes, and -ought to be eschewed by all men for ye great mishaps which often do -occur in them. - -“And thus much concerning the opinion of our ancient of dayes. So in -like manner I will repeat unto you certain dayes yt be observed by -some old writers, chiefly the ancient astrologians, who did allege -that there were 28 dayes in the yeare which were revealed by the -Angel Gabriel to the good Joseph, which ever have been remarked to -be very fortunate dayes either to purge, let bloud, cure wounds, use -merchandises, sow seed, plant trees, build houses, or taking journies, -in long or short voyages, in fighting or giving of battaile, or -skirmishing. They also doe alledge that children who were borne in any -of these dayes could never be poore; and all children who were put to -schooles or colledges in those dayes should become great schollars, -and those who were put to any craft or trade in such dayes should -become perfect artificers and rich, and such as were put to trade in -merchandise should become most wealthy. The dayes be these: the 3d -and 13th of January, ye 5th and 28th of Feb., ye 3d, 22d, and 30th of -March, the 5th, 22d, and 29th of April, ye 4th and 28th of May, ye 3d -and 8th of June, the 12th, 18th, and 15th of July, ye 12th of August, -ye 1st, 7th, 24th, and 28th of September, the 4th and 15th of October, -ye 13th and 19th of Novr., ye 23d and 26th of December. And thus much -concerning ye dayes which are by ye most curious part of ye learned -remarked to be good and evill.” - -2. “Astronomers say that six days of the year are perilous of death; -and therefore they forbid men to let blood of them, or take any drink; -that is to say, January 3, July 1, October 2, the last of April, August -4, the last day going out of December. These six days with great -diligence ought to be kept, but namely [?mainly] the latter three, -for all the veins are then full. For then, whether man or beast be -knit in them within seven days, or certainly within fourteen days, he -shall die. And if they take any drinks within fifteen days, they shall -die; and if they eat any goose in three days, within forty days they -shall die; and if any child be born in these three latter days, they -shall die a wicked death. Astronomers and astrologers say that in the -beginning of March, the seventh night, or the fourteenth day, let the -blood of the right arm; and in the beginning of April, the 11th day, -of the left arm; and in the end of May, 3d or 5th day, on whether arm -thou wilt; and thus, of all the year, thou shalt orderly be kept from -the fever, the falling gout, the sister gout, and loss of thy sight.” - -3. May has its fatalities; the notion that to be married in it is a -bad omen is as old as the age of Ovid. This is not disregarded in the -present day, which will explain the great number of marriages that take -place late in April. - -It is remarkable that among the thirty-three sovereigns who have sat on -the English throne since William the Conqueror, although each of the -eleven months has witnessed the accession of one or more, the month of -May has not been so fortunate--none having ascended the throne within -its limits. - -4. Friday is not now generally considered an unlucky day, although -many still hesitate before starting on a journey or getting married on -Friday. The following facts, derived from history, show how little we -have to dread “the fatal day:” - -“On Friday, August 21, 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed on his great -voyage of discovery. On Friday, October 12, 1492, he first discovered -land. On Friday, January 4, 1493, he sailed on his return to Spain, -which, if he had not reached in safety, the happy result would never -have been known which led to the settlement on this vast continent. -On Friday, March 15, 1493, he arrived at Palos in safety. On Friday, -November 22, 1493, he arrived at Hispaniola, in his second voyage to -America. On Friday, June 13, 1494, he, though unknown to himself, -discovered the continent of America. On Friday, March 5, 1496, Henry -VIII. of England gave to John Cabot his commission, which led to the -discovery of North America. This is the first American state-paper in -England. On Friday, September 7, 1565, Melendez founded St. Augustine, -the oldest town in the United States by more than forty years. On -Friday, November 10, 1620, the _May-Flower_, with the Pilgrims, made -the harbor of Province Town, and on the same day they signed that -august compact, the forerunner of our present glorious constitution. -On Friday, December 22, 1620, the Pilgrims made their final landing -at Plymouth Rock. On Friday, February 22, George Washington, the -father of American freedom, was born. On Friday, June 16, Bunker Hill -was seized and fortified. On Friday, October 7, 1777, the surrender -of Saratoga was made, which had such power and influence in inducing -France to declare for our cause. On Friday, September 22, 1780, the -treason of Arnold was laid bare, which saved us from destruction. On -Friday, October 19, 1781, the surrender at Yorktown, the crowning glory -of the American arms, occurred. On Friday, July 7, 1776, the motion in -Congress was made by John Adams, seconded by Richard Henry Lee, that -the United States colonies were, and of right ought to be, free and -independent.” - -5. “Nail gifts” are white specks on the finger-nails; which, according -to their respective situations, are believed to predict certain events, -as indicated in the following couplet, which is repeated whilst -touching the thumb and each finger in succession: - - A gift, a friend, a foe, - A lover to come, a journey to go. - -Sometimes the augury is expressed in positive terms; as, - - A gift on the thumb is sure to come: - A gift on the finger is sure to linger. - -This mode of prognostication is of long standing. Melton, in his -“Astrologaster,” a very old work, giving a catalogue of many -superstitious ceremonies, tells us that “to have yellow speckles in the -nailes of one’s hands is a greate signe of death.” In Reed’s old plays -we read: - - “When yellow spots do on your hands appear, - Be certain then you of a corse shall hear.” - -6. Sneezing has been held ominous from times of the most remote -antiquity. - -The comet of 590 was, according to some authors, the occasion of -a custom, which is extensively diffused among all the nations of -Christendom. In the year of this comet a frightful plague prevailed, -which was alleged to be due to its influence. While the malady was at -its height, a sneezing was frequently followed by death; whence the -saying, _God bless you!_ with which, since that time, sneezers are -saluted. St. Austin tells us that “the ancients were wont to go to -bed again, if they sneezed while they put on their shoe.” Aristotle -says: “Sneezing from noon to midnight was good, but from night to noon -unlucky.” - -7. The custom of throwing an old shoe for good luck over or after the -bride and bridegroom, upon their leaving the church, or the home of the -bride, after the wedding, has, of late years, been as it were revived. -It is, unquestionably, one of those demonstrations of good wishes which -find their way in the commonest modes of expression. But, it is not -confined to weddings; the propitiation extends to all prospective views -of good fortune. - -It is related that an English cattle-dealer desired his wife to -“trull her left shoe arter him,” when he started for Norwich to buy a -lottery-ticket. As he drove off on his errand, he looked round to see -if she practiced the charm, and consequently he received the shoe in -his face, with such force as to black his eyes. He went, and bought his -ticket, which turned up a prize of £600. - -8. The horse-shoe has been, from time immemorial, considered a -protection from witchcraft and other ills; and has been nailed at the -entrance of dwellings, to prevent the entrance of witches. - -Butler, in “Hudibras,” makes his conjurer chase away evil spirits by -the horse-shoe; and Gay, in one of his Fables, makes a supposed witch -complain: - - “The horse-shoe’s nailed, each threshold’s guard.” - -Nelson the great English admiral, was of a credulous turn, had great -faith in the luck of a horse-shoe, and one was nailed to the mast of -the ship _Victory_. “Lucky Dr. James” attributed the success of his -fever-powder to his finding a horse-shoe. When a poor apothecary, -he was introduced to Newbery, of St. Paul’s church-yard, to vend -the medicine for him. One Sunday morning, as James was on his way -to Newbery’s country-house at Vauxhall, in passing over Westminster -Bridge, seeing a horse-shoe lying in the road, and considering it to be -a sign of good luck, he put the shoe into his pocket. As Newbery was a -shrewd man, he became James’s agent for the sale of his fever-powder; -whilst the doctor ascribed all his success to the horse-shoe, which he -subsequently adopted as the crest upon his carriage. (See 62.) - -9. Cauls are little membranes found on some children, encompassing the -head when born. This is thought a good omen to the child itself, and -many believe that whoever obtains it by purchase will be fortunate and -escape dangers. The caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against -drowning, and is much sought after by sailors. - -10. Salt falling toward a person was considered formerly as a very -unlucky omen. Something had either already happened to one of the -family, or was shortly to befall the persons spilling it. It denotes -also the quarreling of friends. It is thought, however, that the evil -consequences arising from spilling salt may be averted by throwing a -little of the salt over the left shoulder, or immediately eating a -_pinch_ of it. In the “British Apollo,” published in London, 1708, we -find the following in relation to the superstition: - - “We’ll tell you the reason - Why spilling of salt - Is esteemed such a fault; - Because it doth everything season. - The antiques did opine, - ’Twas of friendship a sign, - So served it to guests in decorum; - And thought love decayed, - When the negligent maid - Let the saltcellar tumble before them.” - -11. The casual putting the left shoe on the right foot, or the right on -the left, was thought in old times to be the forerunner of some unlucky -accident. Scott, in his “Discovery of Witchcraft,” tells us: “He that -receiveth a mischance will consider whether he put not on his shirt -wrong side outwards, or his left shoe on his right foot.” Thus Butler -in his “Hudibras”: - - “Augustus, having b’ oversight, - Put on his left shoe ’fore his right, - Had like to have been slain that day. - By soldiers mutiny’ng for pay.” - -Similar to this is putting on one stocking with the wrong side outward, -without design; though changing it alters the luck; and if you -accidentally put on any garment wrong side out, and make a wish before -changing it, the wish will come true. - -12. To arise on the _right_ side is accounted lucky. In the old play of -the “Dumb Knight,” published 1633, Act iv., Scene 1, Alphonso says: - - “Sure I said my prayers, _rose on my right side_, - Washed my hands and eyes, put on my girdle last; - Sure I met no splay-footed baker, - No hare did cross me, nor no bearded witch, - Nor other ominous sign.” (See 27.) - -13. When the nose itches, it is a sign that you will have company visit -you the same day. In Melton’s “Astrologaster,” No. 27, it is observed -“that when a _man’s nose itcheth_ it is a sign he shall drink wine;” -and in No. 28, that, “if _your lips itch_, it is a sign you shall kisse -somebody.” - -14. The nose falling a-bleeding appears, by the following passage from -an old play, to have been an omen of bad luck: - - “How superstitiously we mind our evils! - The throwing down of salt, or crossing of a hare, - _Bleeding at nose_, the stumbling of a horse, - Or singing of a cricket, are of power - To daunt whole man in us.” (See 27 and 40.) - -15. Washing the hands, says Grose, in the same basin, or with the same -water, that another person has washed in, is extremely unlucky, as the -parties will infallibly quarrel. - -16. Candle omens are very numerous. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,” -says: “If a candle burne blue, it is a signe that there is a spirit in -the house, or not farre from it.” A collection of tallow, says Grose, -rising up against the wick of a candle, is styled a winding sheet, and -deemed an omen of death in the family. - -A spark at the candle, says the same author, denotes that the party -opposite to it will shortly receive a letter. A kind of fungus in the -candle, observes the same writer, predicts the visit of a stranger from -the part of the country nearest the object. Others say it implies the -arrival of a parcel. (See 59.) - -Dr. Goldsmith, in his “Vicar of Wakefield,” speaking of the waking -dreams of his hero’s daughters, says: “The girls had their omens too; -they saw rings in the candles.” - -17. In the “Secret Memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbell,” published -in London, 1732, the author says: “I have seen people who, after -writing a _letter_, have prognosticated to themselves the ill success -of it, if by any accident it happened to fall to the ground; others -have seemed as impatient and exclaiming against their want of thought, -if through haste or forgetfulness they have chanced to hold it before -the fire to dry; but the mistake of a word in it is a sure omen that -whatever requests it carries shall be refused.” - -18. If two spoons are accidentally placed in a cup or saucer at table, -it signifies a wedding will soon take place in the family. - -19. To have a picture drop out of its frame, or to have a precious -stone or any ornament drop from its setting while wearing or using it, -is a bad omen. - -Stow, in his _Chronicle_, relates that the silver cross which was wont -to be carried before Wolsey fell out of its socket, and was like to -have knocked out the brains of one of his servants. A very little while -after came in a messenger, and arrested the cardinal before he could -get out of the house. - -20. The removal of a long-worn ring from the finger was thought unlucky -in Elizabeth’s time; for the Queen, in her last illness (says Baker), -commanded the ring to be filed off her finger, wherewith she was so -solemnly at first inaugurated into the kingdom, and since that time had -never taken it off; it being grown into the flesh of the finger in such -a manner that it could not be drawn off without filing. - -21. There is an omen called “Setting the New Year in,”--that if the -kindly office is performed by some one with _dark_ hair, good fortune -will smile on the household; while it augurs ill if a _light-haired_ -person is the first to enter the house in the New Year. - -22. It is a very ancient superstition that all sudden pains of the -body, and other sensations which could not naturally be accounted -for, were presages of somewhat that was shortly to happen. Shakspeare -alludes to this in the following lines from Macbeth: - - “By the pricking of my thumbs, - Something wicked this way comes.” - -23. In olden times, the cat sneezing appears to have been considered as -a lucky omen to a bride who was to be married the next day. - -24. Small spiders, termed _money spinners_, are held by many to -prognosticate good luck, if they are not destroyed or injured, or -removed from the person on whom they are first observed. In the “Secret -Memoirs” of Mr. Duncan Campbell, in the chapter of omens, we read that -“others have thought themselves secure of receiving money, if by chance -a little spider fell upon their clothes.” (See 33.) - -25. It is extremely unlucky, says Grose, to kill a lady-bug, a swallow, -robin redbreast, or wren. There is a particular distich, he adds, in -favor of the robin and wren: - - “A robin and a wren - Are God Almighty’s cock and hen.” - -Persons killing any of the above-named birds or insects, or destroying -their nests, will infallibly, within the course of the year, break a -bone, or meet with some other dreadful misfortune. On the contrary, it -is deemed lucky to have swallows build their nests in the eaves of a -house, or in the chimneys. - -In an old pastoral published in London, 1770, the following occurs: - - “I found a _robin’s nest_ within our shed, - And in the barn a _wren_ had young ones bred. - I never take away their nest, nor try - To catch the old ones, lest a friend should die. - Dick took a wren’s nest from his cottage side, - And ere a twelvemonth past his mother dy’d.” - -26. It is deemed very unlucky to hear a screech-owl at night. “If an -owl,” says Bourne, “which is reckoned a most abominable and unlucky -bird, send forth its hoarse and dismal voice, it is the omen of the -approach of some terrible thing--that some dire calamity and some great -misfortune is at hand.” (See 56.) - -This omen occurs in Chaucer: - - “The jelous swan, ayenst hys deth that singeth, - The _oule_ eke, that of deth the bode bringeth.” - -The following lines occur in the old pastoral before quoted in 25: - - “Within my cot, where quiet gave me rest, - Let the dread screech-owl build her hated nest, - And from my window o’er the country send - Her midnight screams to bode my latter end.” - -27. It has always been considered a very bad omen to have a hare -(see 14), sow, or weasel cross your path when going on a journey or -to business. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,” says, that “it is a -very unfortunate thing for a man to meete early in the morning an -ill-favored man or woman, a rough-footed hen, a shag-haired dog, or a -black cat.” Shaw, in his “History of Money,” tells us that the ancient -Scots much regarded omens in their expeditions; an armed man or a wolf -meeting them was a good omen; if a woman barefoot crossed the road -before them, they seized her and fetched blood from her forehead; if a -deer, fox, hare, or any kind of game appeared, and they did not kill -it, it was an unlucky omen. We gather from a remarkable book, entitled -“The School-master,” published in London, 1583, that in the ages of -chivalry it was thought unlucky to meet with a priest, if a man was -going forth to war or a tournament. - -The following superstitions among the Malabrians are related in -Phillips’s account of them, published in 1717: “It is interpreted as a -very bad sign if a blind man, a Bramin, or a washerwoman meets one on -the way; as also when one meets a man with an empty panel, or when one -sees an oil mill, or if a man meets us with his head uncovered, or when -one hears a weeping voice, or sees a cat or fox crossing the way, or a -dog running on his right hand, or when a poor man or a widow meets us -on our way, or when we are called back.” (See 37.) - -Gaule, in his “Mag-astromancers Posed and Puzzel’d,” holds it as -a vain observation “to bode good or bad luck from the rising up on -the right or left side (see 12); from lifting the left leg over the -threshold, at first going out of doors; from the meeting of a beggar or -a priest the first in a morning; the meeting of a virgin or a harlot -first; the running in of a child between two friends; the justling one -another at unawares; one treading upon another’s toes; to meet one -fasting that is lame or defective in any member; to wash in the same -water with another.” (See 15.) - -28. To walk under a ladder portends disappointment. - -29. To comb your hair after dark is also a sign of disappointment. - -30. If a young lady loses her garter, it presages that she has an -inconstant lover; therefore, O lady, when thou hast this ill augury, -look about thee, and become the happy possessor of two strings to thy -bow, or, what is the same thing, two beaus to thy string. - -N. B.--Rich or very good-looking young ladies may treat the above with -disdain. - -31. If you sing before breakfast, it denotes that you will cry before -supper. - -32. To drop a dish-cloth, duster, or any cleaning cloth, signifies the -arrival of one or more visitors. - -33. If a spider, in weaving his web in some high place, comes downward -before your face, you may look for money from some unexpected source. -(See 24.) - -34. If you make a rhyme involuntarily, before speaking again make a -wish, and it will be fulfilled. - -35. When you sleep in a strange bed, remember your dream and tell it -before breakfast. Observing these precautions, the dream will probably -come to pass. - -36. To break a needle while making a garment, is a sign that the owner -will live to wear it out. - -37. If you return after starting on a journey, it signifies bad luck. -(See 27.) - -38. To remove a cat, with a family when changing residence, will bring -bad luck. - -39. If a vacant rocking-chair is rocked violently, the next person who -sits in it will be in danger of being ill within the year. - -40. It is a lucky sign to have crickets in the house. Grose says it is -held extremely unlucky to kill a cricket, perhaps from the idea of its -being a breach of hospitality, this insect taking refuge in houses. The -voice of a cricket, says the “Spectator,” has struck more terror than -the roaring of a lion. - -The following line occurs in Dryden’s and Lee’s “Œdipus:” - - “Owls, ravens, _crickets_, seem the watch of death.” - -Melton says that “it is a signe of death to some in that house where -crickets have been many yeares, if on a sudden they forsake the -chimney.” (See 14.) - -41. It is said that a married person will not get rich until the -wedding clothes are worn out. It is also said to be a sign that one -will fail to get rich who tries to see to work between daylight and -dark. - -42. It is a bad omen to postpone a marriage after the time positively -appointed. - -43. If your right ear burns or itches, it is a sign that some absent -person is speaking well of you; your left ear burning, signifies that -you are being spoken ill of. - -44. The superstition has become almost universal, that the ticking of a -little insect called the “death-watch,” presages the death of some one -in the house. - -“How many people have I seen in the most terrible palpitations, for -months together, expecting every hour the approach of some calamity, -only by a little worm, which breeds in an old wainscot, and, -endeavoring to eat its way out, makes a noise like the movement of a -watch!”--_Secret Memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbell_, 1732. - -The following witty account of this superstition, by Dean Swift, -furnishes us with a charm to avert the omen: - - ----“A wood-worm - That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, - With teeth or with claws it will bite, or will scratch, - And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch, - Because, like a watch it always cries click; - Then woe be to those in the house who are sick; - For as sure as a gun they will give up the ghost, - If the maggot cries click, when it scratches the post. - But a kettle of boiling hot water injected - Infallibly cures the timber affected; - The omen is broken, the danger is over, - The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.” - -45. If a knife, scissors, or any sharp-pointed instrument is dropped, -and stands, sticking in the floor, company may be expected. - -46. The right hand itching is a sign that the person will shake hands -with a stranger; the left hand itching is a sign that money will be -received soon. - -47. If you sing during any meal, it is a sign you will soon be -disappointed. - -48. To cross a funeral procession is an ill omen. - -49. To find a pearl in an oyster betokens good fortune. - -50. To break a looking-glass foretells death. Grose tells us that -“breaking a looking-glass betokens a mortality in the family, commonly -the master.” Bonaparte’s (Napoleon I.) superstition upon this point -is often recorded. “During one of his campaigns in Italy,” says M. -de Constant, “he broke the glass over Josephine’s portrait. He never -rested till the return of the courier he forthwith dispatched to assure -himself of her safety, so strong was the impression of her death upon -his mind.” - -51. To find a trefoil, or four-leaved clover, implies good luck; a -five-leaved clover, bad luck. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,” says that -“if a man walking in the fields, finde any foure-leaved grasse, he -shall, in a small while after, finde some good thing.” - -52. If four persons cross hands while in the act of shaking hands, it -indicates that two of the party will soon be married. - -53. If three unmarried persons having the same Christian name meet at -table, it is a sign that one of the three will be married within a year. - -54. To be startled by a snake is a sign of sickness. - -55. When thirteen persons sit down together at table, it is a sign that -one of the party will die within a year. Fosbroke, in his _Encyclopædia -of Antiquities_, states that “thirteen in company was considered -an unlucky number by the ancient Romans;” but he does not give any -classical authority for this statement. - -There is at Dantzic a clock, which at 12 admits, through a door, -Christ and the eleven, shutting out Judas, who is admitted at 1. But -is not the belief older than the clock? The iniquity of Judas may have -led him to be considered the thirteenth at the Lord’s Supper; and -his self-destruction may have given to the number thirteen its fatal -association. - -It has, however, been explained away by M. Quetelet, in his work on -_Probabilities_ as follows: “If the probability be required, that out -of thirteen persons, of different ages, one of them, at least, shall -die within a year, it will be found that the chances are about one to -one that one death, at least, will occur. This calculation, by means -of a false interpretation, has given rise to the prejudice, no less -ridiculous, that the danger will be avoided by inviting a greater -number of guests, which can only have the effect of augmenting the -probability of the event so much apprehended.” - -This belief obtains in Italy and Russia, as well as in England. Moore, -in his _Diary_, vol. ii., p. 206, mentions there being thirteen at -dinner, one day, at Madame Catalani’s, when a French countess, who -lived with her up-stairs, was sent for to remedy the grievance. - -“Lord L(ansdowne) said he had dined once abroad with Count Orloff, and -perceived he did not sit down at dinner, but kept walking from chair -to chair; he found afterward it was because the Narishken were at -table, who, he knew, would rise instantly if they perceived the number -thirteen, which Orloff would have made by sitting down himself.” (See -63.) - -56. If a dog bays under your window at night, it portends sickness or -death. - -Shakspeare ranks this among omens. In the play of Henry VI., he says: - - “The owl shrieked at thy birth; an evil sign! - The night-crow cry’d, aboding luckless time; - _Dogs howl’d_, and hideous tempests shook down trees.” - -57. The howling of dogs, says Grose, is a certain sign that some one of -the family will very shortly die. - -The following passage is in the “Merry Devil” of Edmonton, 1631: - - “I hear the watchful dogs - With hollow howling tell of thy approach.” - -58. If you break your shoe-string, look out for your sweetheart, for -she will bestow her love upon a stranger. - -59. A flake of soot hanging at the bars of the grate, denotes the -visit of a stranger, like the fungus of a candle, from the part of the -country nearest the object. - -Dr. Goldsmith, in his “Vicar of Wakefield,” among the omens of his -hero’s daughters, tells us “purses bounded from the fire.” In some -parts of England, the cinders that bound from the fire are carefully -examined by old women and children, and according to their respective -forms are called either _coffins_ or _purses_; and consequently thought -to be presages of death or wealth. - -A coal, says Grose, in the shape of a coffin, flying out of the fire -towards any particular person, betokens their death not far off. - -Cowper alludes to this superstition in the following lines in his -“Winter Evening:” - - “Me oft has fancy, ludicrous and wild, - Sooth’d with a waking dream of _houses_, _towers_, - _Trees_, _churches_, and strange visages express’d - _In the red cinders_, while with poring eye - I gazed, myself creating what I saw. - Nor less amused have I quiescent watch’d - _The sooty films that play upon the bars,_ - _Pendulous, and foreboding_ in the view - Of superstition, _prophesying still_, - Though still deceived, some stranger’s near approach.” - -60. To drop a slice of bread, with the buttered side down, is a sign -that a visitor will come hungry. - -61. To eat up all the food which is on the table at tea-time, is a sign -that the morrow will be a fair day. - -62. In olden times it was not considered a good omen to find money. -Melton says that “it is a sign of ill-luck to find money.” We have seen -superstitious people, at the present day, keep for luck any piece of -money they found, but Greene, in his “Art of Cony-Catching,” a very old -work, tells us: “’Tis ill luck to keep found money.” Therefore it must -be spent. Mason, in his “Anatomie of Sorcerie,” 1612, enumerating our -superstitions, mentions as one omen of good luck, “if drink be spilled -upon a man: or if he find old iron.” Hence it is accounted a lucky omen -to find a _horseshoe_. (See 8.) - -63. The ancients thought there was luck in odd numbers. In setting a -hen, says Grose, the good women hold it as an indispensible rule to -put an odd number of eggs. All sorts of remedies are ordered to be -taken, three, seven, or nine times. Salutes of cannon consist of an odd -number. Notwithstanding these opinions in favor of odd numbers, the -number thirteen is considered very ominous. (See 55.) - - -CONCLUDING REMARKS. - -The belief in omens has existed in all ages and countries, and traces -of it linger even yet in the most civilized communities, in the dread, -for instance, that many entertain of sitting down to table in a party -of thirteen. Not a little of the philosophy of omens is contained in -the Scottish proverb: “Them who follow freits, freits follow;” meaning -that a fantastic belief in impending evil paralyzes the endeavor that -might prevent it. - -There are few omens, perhaps none, which are not universal in their -authority, though every land in turn fancies them (like its proverbs) -of local prescription and origin. The death-watch extends from America -to Cashmere, and across India diagonally to the remotest nook of -Bengal, over three thousand miles distance from the entrance of the -Indian Punjaub. A hare crossing a man’s path, on starting in the -morning, has been held in all countries alike to prognosticate evil in -the course of that day. - - - - -WEATHER OMENS. - - -FOR FINE AND DRY WEATHER OF LONG CONTINUANCE. - -1. If the wind be north, north-west, or east, then veer to the -north-east, remain there two or three days without rain, and then veer -to the south without rain; and if thence it change quickly, though -perhaps with a little rain, to the north-east, and remain there--such -fine weather will last occasionally for two months. - -2. If there be dry weather with a weak south wind for five, six, or -seven days, it having previously blown strongly from the same quarter. - -3. If spiders in spinning their webs, make the terminating filaments -long, we may, in proportion to their length, conclude that the weather -will be serene, and continue so for ten or twelve days. - -4. If there are no falling stars to be seen on a bright summer’s -evening, you may look for fine weather. - -5. If there be a change from continued stormy or wet to clear and dry -weather, at the time of new or full moon, or a short time before or -after, and so remain until the second day of the new or full moon, it -is likely to remain fine till the following quarter; and if it change -not then, or only for a very short time, it usually lasts until the -following new or full moon; and if it does not change then, or only for -a very short time, it is likely to continue fine and dry for four or -five weeks. - -6. If there be a change of weather at the time of the quarters, &c. -(under the same circumstances as in No. 5), it will probably last for -some time. - -7. Spiders generally alter their webs once in 24 hours; if they do this -between six and seven in the evening, there will be a fine night; if -they alter their web in the morning, a fine day; if they work during -rain, expect fine weather; and the more active and busy the spider is, -the finer will be the weather. - -8. If near the full moon there be a general mist before sunrise; or - -9. If there be a sheep-sky, or white clouds driving to the north-west, -it will be fine for some days. - - -FOR FOUL AND WET WEATHER. - -10. If the sun rise pale, or pale-red, or even dark-blue, there will be -_rain during the day_. - -11. If the clouds at sunrise be red, there will be _rain the following -day_. - -12. If at sunrise many dark clouds are seen in the west, and remain, -there will be _rain on that day_. - -13. If the sun rise covered with a dark-spotted cloud; _rain the same -day_. - -14. If in the winter there be a red sky at sunrise; _steady rain same -day_; in summer, _showers and wind_. - -15. If the sun set in dark heavy clouds; _rain next day_. - -16. But if it rain directly; _wind the following day_. - -17. If the sun set pale or purple; _rain or wind the following day_. - -18. If the sun set, and there be a very red sky in the east, _wind_; in -the south-east, _rain_. - -19. If long strips of clouds drive at a slow rate high in the air, and -gradually become larger, the sky having been previously clear, there -will be wet. - -20. If there be many falling stars on a clear evening, in the summer, -there will be _thunder_. - -21. If there be a change of the wind from the north-west or west, to -the south-west or south, or else from the north-east or east, to the -south-east or south; _wet_. - -22. If the sun burn more than usual, or there be a halo round the sun -during fine weather; _wet_. - -23. If it rain and the sun shine; _showers_. - -24. If the full moon rise pale; _wet_. - -25. If the full moon rise red; _wind_. - -26. If the stars appear larger, and closer, and flicker; _rain or wind_. - -27. If small white clouds, with rough edges, be seen to gather -together; _there will be wind_. - -28. Before thunder it often begins to blow. - -29. If there be a fleecy sky, unless driving north-west; _wet_. - -30. If clouds at different heights float in different directions. - -31. If an assemblage of large or small clouds spread out, or become -thicker and darker. - -32. If clouds suddenly appear in the south. - -33. If the lower clouds drive more from the south than those above. - -34. If there be rain about two hours after sunrise, it will be followed -by _showers_. - -35. If there be a damp fog or mist, accompanied with wind; _wet_. - -36. If there be a halo round the moon, in fine weather; and the larger -the circle, the nearer the _rain_. - -37. If the stars above 45 degrees, especially the North Star, flicker -strongly and appear closer than usual, there will be _rain_. - -38. If the morning be clear and sunny, in summer or autumn, there will -be _rain_. - -39. If the fields in the morning be covered with a heavy wet fog, it -will _generally rain within two or three days_. - -40. “A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd’s warning.” - - -FOR STORM. - -41. If the clouds be of different heights, the sky above being grayish -or dirty blue, with hardly any wind stirring; the wind, however, -changing from W. to S., or sometimes to S. E., without perceptibly -increasing in force. - -42. If there be a clouded sky, and dark clouds driving fast (either -with the wind or more from the south), under the higher clouds, violent -gusts of wind. - -43. If there be long points, tails, or feathers hanging from thunder -or rain-clouds, five, six, or more degrees above the horizon, with -little wind in summer, thunder may be expected; but the storm will be -generally of short duration. - -44. If there be a light blue sky, with thin, light, flying clouds, -whilst the wind goes to the south without much increase in force; or a -dirty-blue sky, where no clouds are to be seen; storm. - -45. If the sun be seen double, or more times reflected in the clouds, -expect a heavy storm. - -46. If the sun set with a very red sky in the east, expect stormy wind. - -47. If two or three rings be seen round the moon, which are spotted and -spread out, expect a storm of long continuance. - -48. If porpoises and whales sport about ships. - -49. If sea-gulls and other birds fly inland. - -50. Storms are most frequent in December, January and February. In -September, there are generally one or two storms. If it blow in the -day, it generally hushes toward evening; but if it continue blowing -then, it may be expected to continue. The vernal equinoctial gales are -stronger than the autumnal. - - -FOR THUNDER AND HEAVY RAIN. - -51. If long horizontal strips appear with two or three edges spreading -out at top into feathers, and passing over the middle of other clouds, -generally there will be thunder. - -52. If the clouds be uniformly black, or dark gray. - -53. In May and July it thunders most; in May, expect thunder with a -south-west wind. - -54. If there be north-east or easterly wind in the spring, after a -strong increase of heat, and small clouds appear in different parts of -the sky; or if the wind change from east to south at the appearance of -clouds preceded by heat. - -55. If a morning fog form into clouds, at different heights, which -increase in size and drive in layers. - -56. If clouds float at different heights and rates, but generally in -opposite directions. - -57. If there be many “falling stars” on a fine summer’s eve. - -58. If there be sheet lightning, with a clear sky, on spring, summer, -and autumn evenings. - -59. If the wind be hushed with sudden heat. - -60. If clover contract its leaves. - -61. If there be thunder in the evening, there will be much rain and -showery weather. - - -FOR THE APPROACH OF THUNDER. - -62. If an east wind blow against a dark heavy sky from the westward, -the wind decreasing in force as the clouds approach. - -63. If the clouds rise and twist in different directions. - -64. If the birds be silent. - -65. If cattle run round and collect together in the meadows. - - -FOR CONTINUED THUNDER SHOWERS. - -66. If there be showery weather, with sunshine, and increase of heat -in the spring, a thunder storm may be expected every day, or at least -every other day. - - -ABATEMENT OF THUNDER STORMS. - -67. If the air be very dry, with clear, yet cooler weather; or if one -or two following days the atmosphere be heavy, with a little damp -falling. - -68. With a north wind it seldom thunders; but with a south and -south-west wind, often. - - -FOR COLDER WEATHER. - -69. If the wind change to the north and north-east. - -70. If the wind change, _in summer only_, to the north-west. - -71. If the wind shift to the east _in summer only_. - -72. If the wind shift from south to south-east _in winter_. - - -FOR INCREASE OF WARMTH OR HEAT. - -73. If the wind shift round to the south and south-west. - -74. If the wind change from east, north-east, or north, to north-west -and west, _in the winter_. - -75. If the wind change to the east, _in summer only_; especially if -from north-east. - -76. If the wind change to south-east, _especially in summer_. - - -FOR FROST. - -77. If birds of passage arrive early from colder climates. - -78. If the cold increase _whilst it snows_, as soon as it begins to -freeze. - -79. If the wind blow north-east _in winter_. - -80. If the ice crack much, expect the frost to continue. - -81. If the mole dig his hole two feet and a half deep, _expect a very -severe winter_. If two feet deep, not so severe; one foot deep, a mild -winter. - -82. If water-fowl or sparrows make more noise than usual; also if -robins approach nearer houses than usual; _frost_. - -83. If there be a dark, gray sky, with a south wind. - -84. If there be continued fogs. - -85. If the fire burn unusually fierce and bright in winter there will -be frost and clear weather; if the fire burn dull, expect damp and rain. - - -FOR THAW. - -86. If snow fall in flakes, which increase in size. - -87. If the heat increase in the afternoon, or suddenly before twelve -o’clock. - -88. If clouds drive up high from the south, south-west, or west. - -89. If it freeze, and the barometer fall 20 or 30 hundredths. - - - - -HYMEN’S LOTTERY. - - -Let each one present deposit any sum agreed on, but of course some -trifle; put a complete pack of fifty-two cards, well shuffled, in a bag -or reticule. Let the party stand in a circle, and the bag being handed -around, each draw three cards. Pairs of any are favorable omens of -some good fortune about to occur to the party, and gets back from the -pool the sum that each agreed to pay. The king of hearts is here made -the god of love, and claims double, and gives a faithful swain to the -fair one who has the good fortune to draw him; if Venus, the queen of -hearts, is with him, it is the conquering prize, and clears the pool; -fives and nines are reckoned crosses and misfortunes, and pay a forfeit -of the sum agreed on to the pool, besides the usual stipend at each new -game; three nines at one draw shows the lady will be an old maid; three -fives, a bad husband. - - - - -LIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS, - - -_Which, to those Persons being males born on them, will generally prove -unfortunate._ - - January, 3, 4. - February, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20. - March, 5, 6, 12, 13. - May, 12, 13, 20, 21, 26, 27. - June, 1, 2, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24. - July, 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18. - October, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 31. - November, 1, 3. - -Almost all persons (being of the male sex) that are born on the days -included in the foregoing table, will, in a greater or less degree -suffer, not only by pecuniary embarrassment and losses of property, -but will also experience great distress and anxiety of mind, much -dissatisfaction, dissension, and unhappiness in their family affairs, -much dissatisfaction to each other among the married ones (indeed few -of them can ever be happy in the married state), trouble about their -children, daughters forming unfortunate attachments, and a variety of -untoward events of other descriptions which our limits do not allow -us to particularize. The influence of these days are of a quality and -tendency calculated to excite in the minds of persons born on them, an -extraordinary itch for speculation, to make changes in their affairs, -commence new undertakings of various kinds, but all of them will tend -nearly to one point, loss of property and pecuniary embarrassments. -Such persons who embark their capital on credit in new concerns or -engagements, will be likely to receive checks or interruptions to -the progress of their schemes or undertakings. Those who enter into -engagements intended to be permanent, whether purchases, leases, -partnerships, or in short any other speculation of a description which -cannot readily be transferred or got rid of will dearly _repent their -bargains_. - -They will find their affairs from time to time much interrupted and -agitated, and experience many disappointments in money matters, trouble -through bills, and have need of all their activity and address to prop -their declining credit; indeed almost all engagements and affairs that -are entered upon by persons born on any of these days will receive some -sort of check or obstruction. The greater number of those persons born -on these days will be subject to weakness or sprains in the knees and -ankles, also diseases and hurts in the legs. - - - - -LIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS, - - -_Which to those persons (being females) born on them will generally -prove unfortunate._ - - January, 5, 6, 13, 14, 20, and 21. - February, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, and 23. - March, 1, 2, 8, 9, 16, 17, 28, and 29. - April, 24 and 25. - May, 1, 2, 9, 17, 22, 29, and 30. - June, 5, 6, 12, 13, 18, and 19. - July, 3 and 4. - September, 9 and 16. - October, 20 and 27. - November, 9, 10, 21, 29, and 30. - December, 6, 14, and 21. - -We particularly advise all females born on these days to be extremely -cautious of placing their affections too hastily, as they will be -subject to _disappointments_ and _vexations_ in that respect; it will -be better for them (in those matters) to be guided by the advice of -their friends, rather than by their own feelings, they will be less -fortunate in placing their affections, than in any other action of -their lives, as many of these marriages will terminate in separations, -divorces, &c. Their courtships will end in elopements, seductions, -and other ways not necessary of explanation. Our readers must be well -aware that affairs of importance begun at inauspicious times, by those -who have been born at those periods when the stars shed their malign -influence, can seldom, if ever, lead to much good; it is, therefore, -that we endeavor to lay before them a correct statement drawn from -accurate astrological information, in order that by strict attention -and care, they may avoid falling into those perplexing labyrinths from -which nothing but that care and attention can save them. The list of -days we have above given, will be productive of hasty and clandestine -marriages--marriages under untoward circumstances, perplexing -attachments, and as a natural consequence, the displeasure of friends, -together with family broils, dissensions, and divisions. We now present -our readers with a - - - - -LIST OF DAYS USUALLY CONSIDERED FORTUNATE. - - -_With respect to Courtship, Marriage, and Love affairs in -general--Females that were born on the following days may expect_ -_Courtships and prospects of Marriage, and which will have a happy -termination._ - - January, 1, 2, 15, 26, 27, 28. - February, 11, 21, 25, 26. - March, 10, 24. - April, 6, 15, 16, 20, 28. - May, 3, 13, 18, 31. - June, 10, 11, 15, 25, 22. - July, 9, 14, 15, 28. - August, 6, 7, 10, 11, 19, 20, 25. - September, 4, 8, 9, 17, 18, 23. - October, 3, 7, 16, 21, 22. - November, 5, 14, 20. - December, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25. - -Although the greater number, or indeed nearly all the ladies that are -born on the days stated in the preceding list, will be likely to meet -with a _prospect_ of marriage, or become engaged in some love affair -of more than ordinary importance, yet it must not be expected that -the _result_ will be the same with all of them; with some they will -_terminate_ in _marriage_--with others in disappointment--and some of -them will be in danger of forming _attachments_ that may prove of a -somewhat _troublesome_ description. We shall, therefore, in order to -enable our readers to distinguish them, give a comprehensive and useful -list, showing which of them will be most likely to marry. - -Those born within the limits of the succeeding List of Hours, on any -of the preceding days, will be the most likely to _marry_--or will, -at least, have _Courtships_ that will be likely to have a happy -termination. - - -LIST OF FORTUNATE HOURS. - -January 2d. From 30 minutes past 10 till 15 minutes past 11 in the -morning; and from 15 minutes before 9 till 15 minutes before 11 at -night. - -15th. From 30 minutes past 9 till 15 minutes past 10 in the morning; -and from 30 minutes past 7 till 15 minutes past 11 at night. - -26th. From 30 minutes past 8 till 15 minutes past 9 in the morning; and -from 7 till 15 minutes past 10 at night. - -February 11th and 12th. From 30 minutes past 7 till 15 minutes past 8, -in the morning; and from 15 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes before 9 at -night. - -21st. From 7 till 15 minutes before 8 in the morning; and from 15 -minutes past 5 till 15 minutes before 8 at night. - -25th and 26th. From 15 minutes before 7 till 30 minutes past 7 in the -morning; and from 15 minutes before 5 till 30 minutes past 7 in the -evening. - -March 10th. From 5 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 4 -in the afternoon till 15 minutes before 7 in the evening. - -April 6th. From 15 minutes past 4 till 5 in the morning; and from 30 -minutes past 2 till 15 minutes past 5 in the afternoon. - -20th. From 30 minutes past 3 till 15 minutes past 4 in the morning; and -from 30 minutes past 1 till 15 minutes past 4 in the afternoon. - -May 3d. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 3 in the morning; -and from 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 3 in the afternoon. - -13th. From 2 till 15 minutes before 3 in the morning; and from 12 at -noon till 15 minutes before 3 in the afternoon. - -18th. From 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 2 in the morning; -and from 15 minutes before 12 at noon till 30 minutes past 2 in the -afternoon. - -31st. From 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 1 in the morning; -and from 15 minutes past 10 in the morning till 15 minutes before 1 in -the afternoon. - -June 10th and 11th. From 15 minutes past 10 till 1 in the afternoon; -and from 12 at night till 1 in the morning. - -15th. From 10 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon; and from 15 -minutes before 12 at night till 15 minutes before 1 in the morning. - -25th. From 15 minutes past 9 in the morning till 12 at noon; and from -11 to 12 at night. - -29th. From 9 in the morning till 15 minutes before 12 at noon; and from -15 minutes before 11 till 15 minutes before 12 at night. - -July 9th. From 15 minutes past 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 10 -till 11 at night. - -14th and 15th. From 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 10 till 11 at -night. - -28th. From 7 till 10 in the morning; and from 9 till 10 at night. - -August 6th and 7th. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 9 in -the morning; and from 15 minutes past 8 till 15 minutes past 9 at night. - -10 and 11th. From 15 minutes past 6 till 9 in the morning; and from 8 -till 9 in the evening. - -19th and 20th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 8 in the -morning; and from 30 minutes past 7 till 30 minutes past 8 in the -evening. - -25th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from 7 till 8 -in the evening. - -September 4th. From 15 minutes before 5 till 30 minutes past 7 in the -morning; and from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes past 7 in the -evening. - -8th and 9th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7 in the -morning; and from 15 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 7 in the -evening. - -17th and 18th. From 5 till 15 minutes before 5 in the morning; and from -15 minutes before 6 till 15 minutes before 7 in the evening. - -23d. From 30 minutes past 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning; and -from 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6 in the evening. - -October 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15 -minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 5 in the afternoon. - -7th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning; -and from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5 in the afternoon. - -16th. From 2 till 5 in the morning; and from 4 till 5 in the afternoon. - -21st and 22d. From 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in the -morning; and from 30 minutes past 3 till 15 minutes past 4 in the -afternoon. - -November 5th. From 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the morning; and from -15 minutes before 3 till 15 minutes before 4 in the afternoon. - -14th. From 15 minutes past 12 till 3 in the morning; and from 2 till 3 -in the afternoon. - -20th. From 15 minutes before 12 till 15 minutes past 2 in the morning; -and from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon. - -December 14th and 15th. From 10 till 30 minutes past 12 in the morning; -and from 12 at noon till 15 minutes before 1 in the afternoon. - -18th and 19th. From 15 minutes before 10 at night till 15 minutes past -5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11 till 15 minutes past 12 -at night. - -January 3d. From 30 minutes past 10 till 15 minutes past 11 in the -morning; and from 15 minutes before 9 till 15 minutes past 11 at night. - -12th and 13th. From 15 minutes past 9 till 10 in the morning; and from -15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past 10 at night. - -18th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 15 -minutes past 7 till 10 at night. - -27th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 7 till -15 minutes before 10 at night. - -February 1st. From 8 till 30 minutes past 8 in the morning; and from 6 -till 30 minutes past 8 in the evening. - -11th and 12th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past 8 in the -morning; and from 15 minutes before 6 till 30 minutes past 8 in the -evening. - -17th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 8 in the morning; and from 15 -minutes past 5 till 8 in the evening. - -March 1st. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 7 in the -morning; and from 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7 in the -evening. - -16th and 17th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 15 minutes past 6 in the -morning; and from 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 6 in the -evening. - -19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, and 25th. From 30 minutes past 5 till -30 minutes past 6 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 3 till 15 -minutes past 6 in the evening. - -26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 15 -minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15 minutes past 3 till 6 in -the evening. - -April 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th. From 30 minutes past 4 till -30 minutes past 5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 2 till 5 in -the afternoon. - -10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till 15 -minutes before 5 in the morning; and from 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in -the afternoon. - -19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d. From 30 minutes past 4 in the morning; -and from 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon. - -25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th. From 3 till 4 in the morning; and from 15 -minutes past 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the afternoon. - -May 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th. From 15 minutes past 2 till 15 -minutes past 8 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 12 at noon till -15 minutes past 3 in the afternoon. - -9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th. From 2 till 3 in the morning; and from -15 minutes past 12 at noon till 3 in the afternoon. - -16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22d. From 15 minutes before 2 -till 15 minutes before 3 in the morning; and from 12 at noon till 15 -minutes before 3 in the afternoon. - -23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th. From 15 minutes past 1 till 15 minutes -past 2 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11 in the forenoon till -15 minutes past 2 in the afternoon. - -June 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th. From 15 minutes past 10 in the -morning till 1 in the afternoon; and from 15 minutes past 12 at night -till 15 minutes past 1 the next morning. - -11th. From 15 minutes past 10 in the morning till 15 minutes before 1 -in the afternoon; and from 12 at night till 1 the next morning. - -20th. From 30 minutes past 9 in the morning till 12 at noon; and from -11 till 12 at night. - -25th. From 15 minutes past 9 in the morning till 15 minutes past 12 at -noon; and from 11 till 12 at night. - -July 5th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 15 minutes past 10 in the -morning; and from 15 minutes before 10 till 15 minutes before 11 at -night. - -9th. From 15 minutes past 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 15 minutes -past 10 till 11 at night. - -19th. From 30 minutes past 7 till 10 in the morning; and from 15 -minutes past 9 till 15 minutes past 10 at night. - -24th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 9 till -10 at night. - -August 2d and 3d. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes before 9 in -the morning; and from 30 minutes past 8 till 30 minutes past 9 at night. - -6th. From 15 minutes before 6 till 9 in the morning; and from 30 -minutes past 7 till 30 minutes past 8 at night. - -22d. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from 15 minutes -past 7 till 15 minutes past 8 at night. - -September 1st. From 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the morning; and 6 -till 7 in the evening. - -5th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the morning; -and from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes past 7 in the evening. - -14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 6 in the morning; -and from 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6 in the evening. - -29th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning; -and from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5 in the evening. - -October 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15 -minutes before 5 till 15 minutes before 6 in the evening. - -12th. From 15 minutes past 2 till 5 in the morning; and from 15 minutes -before 4 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon. - -18th and 19th. From 30 minutes past 1 till 4 in the morning; and from -15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon. - -November 10th and 11th. From 30 minutes past 12 at night till 15 -minutes past 3 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 1 till 30 -minutes past 2 in the afternoon. - -15th and 16th. From 12 at night till 15 minutes before 3 in the -morning; and from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon. - -29th and 30th. From 15 minutes past 11 at night till 2 in the morning; -and from 1 till 15 minutes before 2 in the afternoon. - -December 8th and 9th. From 15 minutes past 10 at night till 1 in the -morning; and from 30 minutes past 12 at noon till 30 minutes past 1 in -the afternoon. - -14th, 15th and 16th. From 10 at night till 15 minutes before 1 in the -morning; and from 15 minutes before 12 to 30 minutes past 12 at noon. - -23d and 24th. From 15 minutes past 11 till 12 at noon; and from 15 -minutes past 9 till 12 at night. - -28th. From 15 minutes past 10 till 11 in the morning; and from 9 till -15 minutes before 12 at night. - - * * * * * - -We do not presume to assert that every lady born on the last-mentioned -times will be exempt from all descriptions of trouble during the whole -of their lives, but that they will never (in spite of whatever may -happen to befall them) sink below mediocrity. Even servants and those -born of poor parents will possess some superior qualities, get into -good company, be much noticed by their superiors, and will, in spite of -any intervening difficulties, establish themselves in the world, and -rise much above their sphere of birth. - -It has often been recorded, and though a singular observation, -experience has shown it to be a true one, that some event of importance -is sure to happen to a woman in her thirty-first year, whether single -or married; it may prove for her good, or it may be some great evil -or temptation; therefore we advise her to be cautious and circumspect -in all her actions. If she is a maiden or widow, it is probable she -will marry this year. If a wife that she will lose her children or her -husband:--She will either receive riches or travel into a foreign land: -at all events, some circumstance or other will take place during this -remarkable year of her life, that will have great effect on her future -fortunes and existence. - -The like is applicable to men in their forty-second year, of which so -many instances have been proved that there is not a doubt of its truth: -Observe always to take a lease for an odd number of years; even are not -prosperous. The three first days of the moon are the best for signing -papers, and the first five days as well as the twenty-fourth for any -fresh undertaking. But we cannot but allow that a great deal depends on -our own industry and perseverance, and by strictly discharging our duty -to God and man, we may often overcome the malign influence of a bad -planet, or a day marked as unlucky in the book of fate. - - - - -ST. AGNES’ DAY - - -(_Charm to know who your husband shall be._) - -Falls on the 21st of January: you must prepare yourself by a -twenty-four hours’ fast, touching nothing but pure spring water, -beginning at midnight on the 20th, to the same again on the 21st; then -go to bed, and mind you sleep by yourself, and do not mention what you -are trying to any one, or it will break the spell; go to rest on your -left side, and repeat these lines three times: - - St. Agnes, be a friend to me, - In the gift I ask of thee; - Let me this night my husband see-- - -and you will dream of your future spouse: if you see more than one in -your dream, you will wed two or three times, but if you sleep and dream -not, you will never marry. - - - - -NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM; OR, BOOK OF FATE. - - -_The Oraculum is gifted with every requisite variety of response to the -following questions_: - -1. Shall I obtain my wish? - -2. Shall I have success in my undertakings? - -3. Shall I gain or lose in my cause? - -4. Shall I have to live in foreign parts? - -5. Will the stranger return? - -6. Shall I recover my property? - -7. Will my friend be true? - -8. Shall I have to travel? - -9. Does the person love and regard me? - -10. Will the marriage be prosperous? - -11. What sort of a wife, or husband, shall I have? - -12. Will she have a son or daughter? - -13. Will the patient recover? - -14. Will the prisoner be released? - -15. Shall I be lucky or unlucky? - -16. What does my dream signify? - - -HOW TO WORK THE ORACULUM. - -Make marks in four lines, one under another, in the following manner, -making more or less in each line, according to your fancy: - - * * * * * * * * * - - * * * * * * * * * * - - * * * * * * * * * * * - - * * * * * * * * * * * * - -Then reckon the number of marks in each line, and, if it be _odd_, mark -down one dot; if _even_, two dots. If there be more than nine marks, -reckon the surplus ones over that number only, viz.: - - The number of marks in the first line of the foregoing are _odd_; - therefore make one mark, thus * - - In the second, _even_, so make two, thus * * - - In the third, _odd_ again, make one mark only * - - In the fourth, _even_ again, two marks * * - - -TO OBTAIN THE ANSWER. - -You must refer to THE ORACULUM, at the top of which you will find a row -of dots similar to those you have produced, and a column of figures -corresponding with those prefixed to the questions; guide your eye down -the column at the top of which you find the dots resembling your own, -till you come to the letter on a line with the number of the question -you are trying, then refer to the page having that letter at the top, -and, on a line with the dots which are similar to your own, you will -find your _answer_. - - * * * * * - -The following are unlucky days, on which none of the questions should -be worked, or any enterprise undertaken: Jan. 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 20, 22; -Feb. 6, 17, 28; March 24, 26; April 10, 27, 28; May 7, 8; June 27; July -17, 21; Aug. 20, 22; Sept. 5, 30; Oct 6; Nov. 3, 29; Dec. 6, 10, 15. - - * * * * * - -⁂ It is not right to try a question twice in one day. - - - - -ORACULUM. - - - =================================================================== - * ** * ** ** ** ** - * * ** * ** ** * - Numb. QUESTIONS. * ** * * ** * * - * * * ** * ** * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1 Shall I obtain my wish? A B C D E F G - 2 Shall I have success in my undertakings? B C D E F G H - 3 Shall I gain or lose in my cause? C D E F G H I - 4 Shall I have to live in foreign parts? D E F G H I K - 5 Will the stranger return from abroad? E F G H I K L - 6 Shall I recover my property stolen? F G H I K L M - 7 Will my friend be true in his dealings? G H I K L M N - 8 Shall I have to travel? H I K L M N O - 9 Does the person love and regard me? I K L M N O P - 10 Will the marriage be prosperous? K L M N O P Q - 11 What sort of wife or husb. shall I have? L M N O P Q A - 12 Will she have a son or a daughter? M N O P Q A B - 13 Will the patient recover from his illness? N O P Q A B C - 14 Will the prisoner be released? O P Q A B C D - 15 Shall I be lucky or unlucky this day? P Q A B C D E - 16 What does my dream signify? Q A B C D E F - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ================================= - ** * * ** * * * * ** Numb. - ** * * * ** ** * ** ** - * ** * ** ** ** ** * ** - * ** ** ** ** * * ** ** - --------------------------------- - H I K L M N O P Q 1 - I K L M N O P Q A 2 - K L M N O P Q A B 3 - L M N O P Q A B C 4 - M N O P Q A B C D 5 - N O P Q A B C D E 6 - O P Q A B C D E F 7 - P Q A B C D E F G 8 - Q A B C D E F G H 9 - A B C D E F G H I 10 - B C D E F G H I K 11 - C D E F G H I K L 12 - D E F G H I K L M 13 - E F G H I K L M N 14 - F G H I K L M N O 15 - G H I K L M N O P 16 - --------------------------------- - - =================================================================== - A - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * What you wish for, you will shortly OBTAIN. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Signifies trouble and sorrow. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Be very cautious what you do THIS day, lest trouble - ** befall you. - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The prisoner DIES, and is regretted by his friends. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Life will be spared THIS time, to prepare for death. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A very handsome daughter, but a PAINFUL one. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will have a virtuous woman or man, for your wife or husband. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** If you marry this person, you will have enemies where you little - ** expect. - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You had better decline THIS love, for it is neither - * constant nor true. - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * DECLINE your travels, for they will not be to your - * advantage. - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** There is a true and sincere friendship between you BOTH. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will NOT recover the stolen property. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The stranger WILL, with joy, soon return. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will NOT remove from where you are at present. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Providence WILL support you in a good cause. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You are NOT lucky. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - B - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by others. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Whatever your desires are, for the present decline them. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Signifies a favor or kindness from some person. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** There ARE enemies who would defraud and render you unhappy. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** With great difficulty he will obtain pardon or release again. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The patient should be prepared to LEAVE this world. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** She will have a SON, who will be learned and wise. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A RICH partner is ordained for you. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * By THIS marriage you will have great luck and prosperity. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * THIS love comes from an upright and sincere heart. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A higher Power WILL surely travel with you, and bless you. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Beware of friends who are false and deceitful. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You WILL recover your property--unexpectedly. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Love prevents his return home at present. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your stay is NOT here; be therefore prepared for a change. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will have NO GAIN; therefore be wise and careful. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - C - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * With the blessing of God, you WILL have great gain. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Very unlucky indeed--pray for assistance. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * If your desires are NOT extravagant, they will be granted. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Signifies peace and plenty between friends. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Be well prepared THIS day, or you may meet with trouble. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The prisoner WILL find it difficult to obtain his pardon - ** or release. - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The patient WILL YET enjoy health and prosperity. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** She WILL have a daughter, and will require attention. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The person has NOT a great fortune, but is in middling - * circumstances. - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Decline THIS marriage, or else you may be sorry. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Decline a courtship which MAY be your destruction. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your travels are IN VAIN; you had better stay at home. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You MAY depend on a true and sincere friendship. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You must NOT expect to regain that which you have lost. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * SICKNESS prevents the traveler from seeing you. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** It WILL be your fate to stay where you now are. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - D - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You WILL obtain a great fortune in another country. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** By venturing freely, you WILL certainly gain doubly. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * A higher Power WILL change your misfortune into success - ** and happiness. - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Alter your intentions, or else you MAY meet poverty and - * distress. - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Signifies you have many impediments in accomplishing your - ** pursuits. - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Whatever may possess your inclinations this day, abandon them. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The prisoner WILL get free again this time. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The patient’s illness WILL be lingering and doubtful. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * She will have a dutiful and handsome son. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The person will be LOW in circumstances, but honest-hearted. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A marriage which WILL ADD to your welfare and prosperity. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You love a person who does not speak well of you. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your travels WILL be prosperous, if guided by prudence. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * He means NOT what he says, for his heart is false. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * With some trouble and expense, you may regain your property. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You must NOT expect to see the stranger again. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - E - - * The stranger WILL not return as soon as you expect. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Remain among your friends, and you will do well. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will hereafter GAIN what you seek. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You have NO LUCK--pray, and strive honestly. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will obtain your wishes by means of a friend. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Signifies you have enemies who will endeavor to ruin you. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Beware--an enemy is endeavoring to bring you to strife and - * misfortune. - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The prisoner’s sorrow and anxiety are great, and his release - ** uncertain. - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The patient WILL soon recover--there is no danger. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * She will have a daughter, who will be honored and respected. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Your partner WILL be fond of liquor, and will debase himself - * thereby. - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * This marriage will bring you to poverty, be therefore discreet. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Their love is false to you, and true to others. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * DECLINE your travels for the present, for they will be - * dangerous. - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * THIS person is serious and true, and deserves to be - ** respected. - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will not recover the property you have lost. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - F - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * By persevering you WILL recover your property again. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** It is out of the stranger’s power to return. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will GAIN, and be successful in foreign parts. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A great fortune is ordained for you; wait patiently. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** There is great hindrance to your success at present. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Your wishes are in VAIN at present. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Signifies there are sorrow and danger before you. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** THIS day is unlucky; therefore alter your intention. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The prisoner will be restored to liberty and freedom. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The patient’s recovery is doubtful. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** She will have a fine BOY. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * A worthy person, and a fine fortune. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your intentions would destroy your rest and peace. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * THIS love is true and constant; forsake it not. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * PROCEED on your journey, and you will not have cause - ** to repent it. - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** If you trust THIS friend, you may have cause for sorrow. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - G - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * This friend exceeds all others in every respect. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You must bear your loss with fortitude. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The stranger will return unexpectedly. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Remain at HOME with your friends, and you will escape - * misfortunes. - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will meet no GAIN in your pursuits. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Heaven will bestow its blessings on you. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** No. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Signifies that you will shortly be out of the POWER of your - ** enemies. - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * ILL-LUCK awaits you--it will be difficult for you to - * escape it. - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The prisoner will be RELEASED by death only. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** By the blessing of God, the patient WILL recover. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * A daughter, but of a very sickly constitution. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will get an honest, young, and handsome partner. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Decline this marriage, else it may be to your sorrow. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Avoid this love. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Prepare for a short journey; you will be recalled by unexpected - ** events. - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - H - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Commence your travels, and they will go on as you could wish. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Your pretended friend hates you secretly. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your hopes to recover your property are vain. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A certain affair prevents the stranger’s return immediately. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Your fortune you will find in abundance abroad. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Decline the pursuit, and you will do well. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Your expectations are vain--you will not succeed. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will obtain what you wish for. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Signifies that on this day your fortune will change for - * the better. - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Cheer up your spirits, your luck is at hand. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** After LONG imprisonment, he will be released. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The patient will be relieved from sickness. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * She will have a healthy SON. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will be married to your equal in a short time. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * If you wish to be happy, do not marry this person. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** This love is from the heart, and will continue until death. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - I - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The love is great, but will cause great jealousy. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** It will be in vain for you to travel. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your friend will be as sincere as you could wish him to be. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will recover the stolen property through a cunning person. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The traveler will soon return with joy. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will not be prosperous or fortunate in foreign parts. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Place your trust in God, who is the disposer of happiness. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Your fortune will shortly be changed into misfortune. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will succeed as you desire. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Signifies that the misfortune which threatens will be prevented. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Beware of your enemies, who seek to do you harm. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * After a short time, your anxiety for the prisoner will cease. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * God will give the patient health and strength again. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * She will have a very fine daughter. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will marry a person with whom you will have little comfort. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The marriage will not answer your expectations. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - K - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * After much misfortune, you will be comfortable and happy. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A sincere love from an upright heart. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will be prosperous in your journey. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Do not RELY on the friendship of this person. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The property is lost for EVER; but the thief will be - ** punished. - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The traveler will be absent some considerable time. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will meet luck and happiness in a foreign country. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will not have any success for the present. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will succeed in your undertaking. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Change your intentions, and you will do well. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Signifies that there are rogues at hand. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Be reconciled, your circumstances will shortly mend. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The prisoner will be released. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The patient will depart this life. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * She will have a son. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** It will be difficult for you to get a partner. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - L - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will get a very handsome person for your partner. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Various misfortunes will attend this marriage. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * This love is whimsical and changeable. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will be unlucky in your travels. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** This person’s love is just and true. You may rely on it. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will lose, but the thief will suffer most. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The stranger will soon return with plenty. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** If you remain at home, you will have success. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your gain will be trivial. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will meet sorrow and trouble. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will succeed according to your wishes. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Signifies that you will get money. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * In spite of enemies, you will do well. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The prisoner will pass many days in confinement. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The patient will recover. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** She will have a daughter. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - M - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * She will have a son, who will gain wealth and honor. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will get a partner with great undertakings and much money. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The marriage will be prosperous. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** She, or He, wishes to be yours this moment. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Your journey will prove to your advantage. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Place no great trust in that person. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will find your property at a certain time. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The traveler’s return is rendered doubtful by his conduct. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will succeed as you desire in foreign parts. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Expect no gain; it will be in vain. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will have more LUCK than you expect. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Whatever your desires are, you will speedily obtain them. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Signifies you will be asked to a wedding. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will have no occasion to complain of ill-luck. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Someone will pity and release the prisoner. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The patient’s recovery is unlikely. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - N - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The patient will recover, but his days are short. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** She will have a daughter. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will marry into a very respectable family. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** By this marriage you will gain nothing. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Await the time and you will find the love great. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Venture not from home. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** This person is a sincere friend. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will never recover the theft. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The stranger will return, but not quickly. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * When abroad, keep from evil women or they will do you harm. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will soon gain what you little expect. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will have great success. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Rejoice ever at that which is ordained for you. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Signifies that sorrow will depart, and joy will return. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your luck is in blossom; it will soon be at hand. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Death may end the imprisonment. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - O - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The prisoner will be released with joy. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The patient’s recovery is doubtful. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * She will have a son, who will live to a great age. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will get a virtuous partner. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Delay not this marriage--you will meet much happiness. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** None loves you better in this world. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You may proceed with confidence. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Not a friend, but a secret enemy. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will soon recover what is stolen. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The stranger will not return again. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A foreign woman will greatly enhance your fortune. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will be cheated out of your gain. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your misfortunes will vanish and you will be happy. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Your hope is in vain--fortune shuns you at present. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * That you will soon hear agreeable news. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** There are misfortunes lurking about you. - ** - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - P - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * This day brings you an increase of happiness. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The prisoner will quit the power of his enemies. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The patient will recover and live long. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** She will have two daughters. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A rich young person will be your partner. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Hasten your marriage--it will bring you much happiness. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The person loves you sincerely. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** You will not prosper from home. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * This friend is more valuable than gold. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will NEVER receive your goods. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** He is dangerously ill, and cannot yet return. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Depend upon your own industry, and remain at home. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Be joyful, for future prosperity is ordained for you. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Depend not too much on your good luck. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * What you wish will be granted to you. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** That you should be very careful this day, lest any accident - ** befall you. - ** - ** - =================================================================== - - =================================================================== - Q - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Signifies much joy and happiness between friends. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** This day is not very lucky, but rather the reverse. - * - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * He will yet come to honor, although he now suffers. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** Recovery is doubtful; therefore be prepared for the worst. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** She will have a son who will prove forward. - ** - ** - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** A rich partner, but a bad temper. - ** - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** By wedding this person you insure your happiness. - * - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** The person has great love for you, but wishes to conceal it. - ** - * - * - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You may proceed on your journey without fear. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Trust him not; he is inconstant and deceitful. - * - * - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - ** In a very singular manner you will recover your property. - * - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * The stranger will return very soon. - ** - ** - ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * You will dwell abroad in comfort and happiness. - 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