How to tell fortunes : containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the key to work it;…
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"How to Tell Fortunes: Containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the Key to Work It" is a guide on divination practices written in the early 20th century. This work explores various methods of fortune-telling, including card reading, interpreting signs and omens, and predicting lucky and unlucky days. The book serves as a comprehensive resource for those interested in the mystical arts of forecasting the future and understanding the implications of different cards and signs.
The opening of the text introduces readers to the structure of fortune-telling, primarily focusing on card divination. It outlines the ranking and symbolism of cards within four suits—Clubs, Hearts, Diamonds, and Spades—each with distinct meanings that can shift based on their positions during a reading. Various examples are given illustrating how to interpret combinations of cards, providing guidelines on practical methods like dealing cards by threes or sevens. This early section lays the groundwork for understanding deeper layers of interpretation in fortune-telling, aiming to equip readers with the skills necessary to discern their destiny through card readings. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Warford, Aaron A. |
|---|---|
| Title | 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. |
| Contents | How to tell fortunes by cards -- Good and bad omens -- Weather omens -- Hymen's lottery -- List of unlucky days (males) -- List of unlucky days (females) -- List of days usually considered fortunate -- St. Agnes' day -- Napoleon's Oraculum; or, book of fate -- Oraculum. |
| Credits |
Produced by Craig Kirkwood, Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (digital.library.villanova.edu/)) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis |
| Subject | Fortune-telling |
| Subject | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Relations with fortune-tellers |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 52741 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-52741-3 |
| Release Date | Aug 7, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 396 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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