Design of seven cartomancy packets; tarot card reading

Cartomancy is the art of divination that is performed with a normal deck of cards. The most common form of reading in Cartomancy is the layout of seven bundles or seven triplets. Learn how this spread is handled and what it says about future customers.

Roots of cartomancy in the Tarot

Just as Tarot reading predates Cartomancy, the Tarot deck with its ornate Major Arcana and beautiful illustrations came long before the common deck of playing cards. Tarot decks were usually lovingly crafted by hand, the works of a skilled artist. The playing cards were crude and simple, designed for common use and to be mass-produced for everyone to have. With the Major Arcana discarded and court cards reduced from four per suit to three, playing cards were simply produced and became a common household pastime. But, people still wanted the ability to do divination and read fortunes with these new cards. The readers developed a system based on the suits, derived from their Tarot readings. These traditions were passed down orally until early printers collected them and printed simple charts of meanings to sell with their new decks.

The design of the seven packages

This margin, also known as the triple seven layout, is dealt as follows. First, a customer file is chosen for the topic of the reading; either a King or Queen card, and is placed in the center before the reader. The customer then shuffles and cuts the remaining cards, minus the Jokers. The first (21) cards are then dealt in a fan fashion, forming seven hands or stacks of three cards each. Hands are dealt one card at a time from left to right, with three hands to the left of the client’s card, one hand just above the card, and the last three hands fanned out to the right of the client’s card. Then each pile of three cards is turned over and examined as a group from left to right. The three groups of cards are considered individually and also in combination with each other to determine the reading for that particular pile.

Pack Positions and their Meaning

Each of the seven hands or packets speaks to a particular facet of the client’s reading. They are read from left to right in front of the client’s letter, just as they were dealt. The first package describes the personality and mood of the client. These letters should be interpreted in terms of current influences that are shaping the client’s general thoughts. The second packet gives us information about the client’s family and home life, or lack thereof. This describes the effects on those around the client and how they interact with them. The third hand refers to the present desires and aspirations of the clients; this tells us what your immediate goals are. The fourth hand, dealt immediately above the client’s card, predicts the client’s hopes and expectations. This tells us what they want and what they think will happen. The fifth hand, just to the right of center, represents the unexpected in reading clients. They can be people, events, money or problems. The only certainty is that this deck describes things not sought by the client. The sixth hand predicts the immediate future of clients. This deck will forecast events that will happen in a matter of days; certainly within the next month or so. The seventh and final deck portends clients to a more distant future. This triple will reveal something that will happen within the next year or so. It frequently predicts some resolution of the unexpected factors anticipated in deck five.

Conclution

Cartomancy allows us to take a common deck of cards and make divination for ourselves and our friends. It’s easy to learn and can be done almost anywhere with great results.