Cartomancy and Fortune-Telling

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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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Playtex

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Sep 16, 2020

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

1971

Polish fortune-telling cards

by Roddy Somerville
Jun 10, 2022

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

1985

Prophet Fortune Telling Cards

by Roddy Somerville
Feb 10, 2023

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

1933

Psychology, Numerology and playing cards

by Ana Cortez
Jul 13, 2023

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

Rameses Fortune Telling

by Simon Wintle
Sep 16, 2010

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.

1910

Ramses II tarot

by Simon Wintle
Jan 28, 2010

Ramses II Tarot deck was published c.1975 in conjunction with a Peruvian occult or esoteric magazine.

1975

Significado de los Naipes Españoles

by Simon Wintle
Mar 29, 1998

Cartomantic meanings of Spanish playing cards by Benita the Witch (XVI century), published by Chocolates Nelia, c.1932.

1932

Smash Hits playing cards

by Roddy Somerville
Feb 15, 2023

Pack of playing cards with pop stars offered free with the Smash Hits magazine.

1999

Stairs of Gold Tarot

by Rod Starling (1936-2023)
Apr 21, 2013

Whilst the titles of the cards are in Italian, the Hebrew and Sanskrit letters on the Trump cards denote, respectively, associations with the Cabbala and Vedic metaphysics.

1979

Tarjetas de la Felicidad

by Simon Wintle
Oct 14, 2015

“Tarjetas de la Felicidad” containing positive mental affirmations by Lauro Trevisan, Buenos Aires (Argentina) c.2001

2001

The ‘Mystic’

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Feb 11, 2016

The ‘Mystic’ Fortune Teller card game by Clifford Toys.

1948

The 72 Names Cards

by Simon Wintle
May 08, 2010

The 72 Names Cards based on the Kabbalistic "72 Names of God" and the metaphysical artwork of Orna Ben-Shoshan, Raanana, Israel.

2010

The Fortune Teller's Deck

by Rod Starling (1936-2023)
Apr 25, 2013

The Fortune Teller’s Deck was published in 1995 in conjunction with a book written by Jane Lyle. The deck was designed by Neil Breeden and the court cards incorporate traditional symbolism.