Chinese Fortune Telling Cards
Fortune Telling Cards - wondrous scientific divination poker cards.
“Wondrous scientific divination poker cards”
These Fortune Telling cards are probably made in Taiwan, owing to the use of traditional Chinese instead of the simplified version. The best part of the card is taken up by a block of Chinese text. Also, note Mickey Mouse on the jokers - evidently Asian card makers are ardent Disney fans! The really interesting feature of this deck are the 8 cards each with a perforation within them. The inscription upon the cards are, from L-R (third row) relationships, fate, friendships, travel, exams, (bottom row) fortune, work/career, marriage. The consultant is to select the appropriate divinatory cut-outs regarding the nature of the question and place it over the card drawn from the deck as prescribed on the back of the box. The front side of the box proclaims something along the lines of “wondrous scientific divination poker cards”
Above: “wondrous scientific divination poker cards” probably made in Taiwan and sold in various Far Eastern countries. The cards contain Taoist and Buddhist imagery, on the card marked "fortune" there is a picture of the Chinese god of wealth, Cai Shen ( 财神). The back of the box has the instructions, which are very convoluted, and I was only able to make out something about shuffling the cards and dealing them out in piles. Images and descriptive notes courtesy Anthony Lee.
See also: Cartas Gitanas • Buena Suerte Cartomancy • Book of Fate • Cartas Blancas • Cartomancy & Divination Cards • Russell Grant Astro-Tarot • 17th Century Fortune-Telling Cards • 72 Names Cards • Geistliche Karten, 1718 • Jason Ennis Tarot • Mlle Lenormand Cartomancy • Mail Artist's Lenormand Deck • Naipes Tu Destino • Picture Book of Ana Cortez • Picture Show Zodiac Fortune Telling Cards • Rameses Fortune-telling cards • Ramses II Tarot • Self-Guided Tarot • Self-Nurturing Solitaire
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