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Cartomancy, Oracle and Divination Cards

Playing cards are used for fortune-telling, predicting the future or even as a psychological adjunct to folk medicine and therapy. Turning another card illumines the moment and new clarity emerges.

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Le Petit Oracle des Dames 1807

Le Petit Oracle des Dames

Le Petit Oracle des Dames ou Récréation des Curieux, Paris, 1807.

Lenormand Cartomancy 1890

Lenormand Cartomancy

Mlle Lenormand Cartomancy deck made by Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken, Stralsund, c.1890.

Lenormand Wahrsage-Karten No. 55 1960

Lenormand Wahrsage-Karten No. 55

Conventional Lenormand designs on a pack from Piatnik but with unconventional numbering.

Livre du Destin 1900

Livre du Destin

Livre du Destin / The Book of Fate, c.1900, entire deck (32 cards)

Livre du Destin 1900

Livre du Destin

Livre du Destin or Book of Fate, printed by B.P.Grimaud, Paris, c.1900.

Lo Zodiaco 1979

Lo Zodiaco

French-suited fortune-telling pack with distinctive designs by Italian artist Sergio Ruffolo.

Madame Lenormand Fortune Telling Cards

Madame Lenormand Fortune Telling Cards

Madame Lenormand Fortune Telling Cards made by Müller.

Naipes Tu Destino Cartomancy Cards 1975

Naipes Tu Destino Cartomancy Cards

“Naipes Tu Destino” Cartomancy Cards from Peru will ease any stress in your interpersonal relationships c.1975.

Nile Fortune cards 1904

Nile Fortune cards

Nile Fortune cards no.68x published by the United States Playing Card Company, USA, 1904.

Nine Lives Tarot 2013

Nine Lives Tarot

Nine Lives Tarot by Annette Abolins represents the artist’s creative and spiritual perspective on life.

Nouvel Eteila ou le petit nécromancien 1790

Nouvel Eteila ou le petit nécromancien

“Nouvel Eteila ou le petit nécromancien” cartomancy cards from France, late 18th century.

Petit Etteilla cartomancy cards 1796

Petit Etteilla cartomancy cards

“Petit Etteilla” cartomancy cards designed and published by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Paris c.1796

Picture Show — Zodiac Fortune Telling Cards 1930

Picture Show — Zodiac Fortune Telling Cards

Zodiac Celebrities fortune-telling cards presented with 'Picture Show' magazine, 1930. The cards were printed in black and red and supplied as uncut sheets inserted into the magazine.

Playing Card Oracles - Alchemy Edition

Playing Card Oracles - Alchemy Edition

Playing Card Oracles - Alchemy Edition - by Charles J. Freeman and Ana Cortez

Playing Cards and Calendars

Playing Cards and Calendars

In this video Ana Cortez examines the relationship between ordinary playing cards and the calendar.

Playtex 1971

Playtex

Playtex - le jeu de la beauté et du destin, Grimaud, 1971.

Polish fortune-telling cards 1985

Polish fortune-telling cards

Fortune-telling pack with divinatory rhymes in Polish, c.1985.

Prophet Fortune Telling Cards 1933

Prophet Fortune Telling Cards

Prophet Fortune Telling Cards copyright and made by Thomas de la Rue & Co., 1933.

Psychology, Numerology and playing cards

Psychology, Numerology and playing cards

Numerology assigns significance to individual digits and their combinations, considering them as symbols with inherent meanings.

Rameses Fortune Telling 1910

Rameses Fortune Telling

The Rameses Fortune Telling Cards were manufactured by Chas. Goodall & Son Ltd, London, c.1910, around the same time as Rameses The Egyptian Wonderworker, was performing.