Will I be successful? How many times shall I fall in love? Whom should I avoid? These and many more fundamental questions concerning life, love and chance are answered in this package. Based on an original Romany tradition, astrologer Julia Parker has translated the original questions and answers to suit today's lifestyles and preoccupations. All the user has to do is choose a question, pick a card and look up the answer that corresponds to the number and suit of the card.
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In the 1920s, legend has it, a Romany named "Gypsy Rickwood" published a fortune-telling manual based on ancient techniques. His or her (we no longer know if it was a man or a woman) wisdom is re-published in this book-and-card pack, which helps readers tell their own fortunes. First, a person looks up a question in the short book—what will my home be like? Will I travel extensively? What is my lucky time of year? Then, he or she picks a card and matches its number and symbol with the guidebook’s answers. The included deck of cards is not a tarot deck, but rather an ordinary playing deck with four suits and 52 cards. What’s striking is that some of the answers seem to be unexpectedly fun and tongue-in-cheek; in response to a query about potential wedding presents the questioner will receive answers that include a garrulous parrot, an umbrella that the questioner will promptly lose and "a number of useless trifles." Some may take this augury seriously; others may find it mildly amusing as a parlor game.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Julia Parker is the author of many astrology books including The Compleat Astrologer and Parker's Astrology, which have sold over 200,000 copies and 100,000 copies in the U.S. respectively. She lives in Sydney, Australia.
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Not worth it
Oct 28 2005
By Morgan Evans
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Format:Hardcover
Working as a fortune teller and psychic I like to buy various decks of cards that I come across. Particularly interesting to me are the "Gypsy" or "LeNormand" style cards. Upon seeing this book and deck set in a local bookstore I decided to purchase it hoping that it would have a bit of detail about the interpretation of LeNormand style cards, or at the very least how to interpret regular playing cards.
This is anything but. It's a cheaply made deck of playing cards (I can buy poker cards of higher quality for $2.00!) The book is simply one where you ask your question and look up the answer next to the corresponding card. No interpretation, no predicting, just a nonsense answer with little relevance.
This is anything but. It's a cheaply made deck of playing cards (I can buy poker cards of higher quality for $2.00!) The book is simply one where you ask your question and look up the answer next to the corresponding card. No interpretation, no predicting, just a nonsense answer with little relevance.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Not Worth the Price. More Like Parlor Game.
Aug 16 2004
By El Brujo
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Format:Hardcover
This set is not worth 15.95, and I highly recommend those that are interested in learning a form of Fortune Telling to look elsewhere. What you are basically spending your money is on a nicely made Box, because the deck is just a regular playing deck that you can get anywhere for around 1 dollar. The Book, even though a re-printing of an old book, is horrible. And sometimes things that are old should be forgotten. The answers are ridiculous.
The format is quit simple, that any 7 year old kid could follow. It gives you an out line of how readings would go. Example. Does He Like Me? Shall I be sought after? What is My Greatest Attribute? And So Forth. Then the answers are ridicules. "Yes" "No" Maybe" "Today's Lost" Honestly I kept getting reminded of the Magic 8 Ball that you shake and the answer appeared in the little blue window.
If you want interested in Divination learn from a cheap Rider Wait Tarot, and you can find books afordable relating to the Rider Wait anywhere. If you want to learn Fortune Telling, "Gypsy" style, skip this and pick up any regular Deck of Cards, and check out the book Fortune Telling with Playing Cards by Sophia. Also the Fortune Teller's Deck by Jane Lyle is way better. If it is the Gypsy that got your attention to this item.. Check out Raymond Buckland's The Buckland Gypsy Fortune Telling Deck. Any of those can be purchased here at Amazon.com and are way better.
The format is quit simple, that any 7 year old kid could follow. It gives you an out line of how readings would go. Example. Does He Like Me? Shall I be sought after? What is My Greatest Attribute? And So Forth. Then the answers are ridicules. "Yes" "No" Maybe" "Today's Lost" Honestly I kept getting reminded of the Magic 8 Ball that you shake and the answer appeared in the little blue window.
If you want interested in Divination learn from a cheap Rider Wait Tarot, and you can find books afordable relating to the Rider Wait anywhere. If you want to learn Fortune Telling, "Gypsy" style, skip this and pick up any regular Deck of Cards, and check out the book Fortune Telling with Playing Cards by Sophia. Also the Fortune Teller's Deck by Jane Lyle is way better. If it is the Gypsy that got your attention to this item.. Check out Raymond Buckland's The Buckland Gypsy Fortune Telling Deck. Any of those can be purchased here at Amazon.com and are way better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful Little Parlor Game...
April 8 2006
By Ella
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Format:Hardcover
These cards are an absolute delight and I, personally, just adore the historical context. This was more or less a parlor game in the 1920's and was never intended as a hard core spiritual oracle or anything deeper than that. While it's true that they are quite simplistic in their design and usage as compared to say a tarot deck, I think that helps to add to their "every person" appeal. Anyone can pick up this deck and use it with little to no difficulty - whether they choose to use it for fun or for a little bit of guidance is up to them. As I like to say - sometimes the best answer is the one we get in the simplest of ways. Enjoy!
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