How to tell fortunes with Cards Author:Wenzell Brown FROM THE INSIDE FLAP: This is the first book written completely logically and realistically about revelation of personality from ordinary playing cards. Fortune Telling, one of the oldest arcane arts, differs from astrology and magic in that it is divined in a locical, authoritative manner. As Wenzell Brown points out in this facinating volume, ... more »the gypsies started telling fortunes with cards (the picturesque old Tarot cards) but today some practicing psychiatrists find "the spread" of the cards a tongue-loosener for many whose problems cannot be brought to the surface in any other fashion. The place of a card in the spread, the touching cards, the number of the same suit in the wind and in the whole spread -- all are indicative of the Querent's personality and current problems. How will knowing what the cards reveal help anyone? By making the Querent more clearly aware of the alternatives, by helping to determine the appropriate time for action, by cautioning against ill omens, by pointing out clues towatch for, types to recognize and signs to make you stop and think. From the great lore of divination by cards, Mr. Brown has chosen the most comprehensive and reasonable prophecies and presented them with many examples in a way that anyone can understand.« less