Since ancient times man has strived to search out the unknown. His pursuit of knowledge
of the future has led to the creation of many different methods of
fortune telling such as
astrology, numerology, I - ching, crystallomancy (reading
of a crystal ball), palmistry (cheiromancy), as well as
psychic readings to mention but a few.
Fortune-telling is
defined as the practice of predicting the future, usually of an
individual, through mystical or supernatural means.
Astrology requires an accurate time, place and date of birth of the concerned person, their name is also of help. From these
details, the horoscope chart prevalent at that exact point in time, at that particular location is cast. Applying the laws of astrology, allows an
astrologer to make
predictions about
the future depending on the position of different planets, their characteristics and the transits that will pass.
- Advantages of Astrology:
In the right hands astrology can be very accurate, particularly with relation to the timing of events. Also, providing a definitive answers in astrology is usually
possible. That is, you should always be able to get a definite 'Yes' or 'No' to a question and even if the answer cannot be determined, there will be a specific reason as to why this is so. Astrology
is not only a means of predicting the future, but can also provide effective remedies to adverse situations.
- Shortcomings of Astrology:
Astrology may not always be suitable for ascertaining minute details, particularly if this relates to someone who is concerned with the person who is having their horoscope analysed.
For example, if someone wants to know the finer details of their future spouse or if they relocate, what the exact nature of the new location will be, astrology may not always be able to provide such details.
Astrology is good at predicting events, but may not be able to describe the details of that event. Finding the details to an event depends on the astrologer's ability to analyse the meanings of the positions of the planets in a chart and a
good astrologer will often employ other predictive methods such as numerology or psychic ability as a guide.
- Astrology is suitable for:
Life's more serious matters. Analysing the compatibility of two people can be also quite accrately done through astrology, of course the exact birth details of both person is
necessary for this.
Tarot card readings involve the user drawing his or her choice of cards from the pack. The
tarot reader is then required to use their
psychic ability to interpret card meanings and thus divine the future. Even the most accomplished tarot card readers find it difficult
to objectively interpret their own cards and therefore rely on others to make readings for them.
- Advantages of Tarot Cards:
Tarot cards are a well rounded form of fortune telling, it can provide accurate details for almost any future event. Unlike astrology, the exact time amd place of birth of
a person for a reading, but their zodiac sign is required.
- Shortcomings of Tarot Cards:
Again, unlike astrology it is not necessary that the answer to a question will appear in a Tarot reading. There will be be details of future events, but jumbled thoughts can throw up
jumbled readings. Making a correct reading depends entirely on how well the Tarot reader interprets the layout, in relation to the question, hence experience is very important. Also, predicting the correct timings of events requires sufficient practice.
- Tarot Cards are suitable for:
Tarot card are suitable for providing accurate details about all major areas of life, even if these may be somewhat trivial.
Psychic readings are solely reliant on the intuitive powers of the reader. Psychic ability is a power that has to be developed through practice and is categorised as an extra-sensory ability, also known
as
ESP (Extra Sensory Perception). This also includes clairvoyance and precognition. Discerning a genuine psychic from a fraud is the greatest limitation of this method of fortune telling.
- Advantages of Psychic Readings:
You find out exactly what you want to know. Psychic readings are the quintessential form of fortune telling, where the psychic actually sees or perceives the future.
- Shortcomings of Psychic Readings:
It is obvious that you are entirely reliant upon the psychics ability and honesty and as only very few people possess this rare gift, finding a reliable psychic is
very difficult. Also, the details of a reading are very much open to interpretation.
- Psychic Readings are suitable for:
As a psychic perceives the future, in theory almost anything can be predicted.
- Finding a suitable Psychic: Choose from our list of expert psychics and chat online about your future.
It is impossible to trace the prehistoric
beginnings of cardlore, as
divination by the
cards is of great
antiquity. One theory holds that Europe obtained playing cards from
the East, notably India and China after the invention of paper.
Indian cards have many distinctive elements, such as being round,
being generally hand painted with intricate designs and comprising
more than four suits (often as many as twelve). Ancient Chinese
"money cards" have four "suits": coins (or cash), strings of coins
(which may have been misinterpreted as sticks from crude drawings),
myriads of strings, and tens of myriads. These were represented by
ideograms, with numerals of 2-9 in the first three suits and
numerals 1-9 in the "tens of myriads". The first cards may have been
actual paper currency which were both the tools of gaming and the
stakes being played for. The designs on modern Mahjong tiles and
dominoes likely evolved from those earliest playing cards. The
Chinese word p'ai is used to describe both paper cards and gaming
tiles.
Another theory separates the cards of the West
entirely from those of the East and holds that Western cards
originated in northern Italy early in the 15th century (1420-1440).
While in medieval Holland, the Dutch invented a game called "ik
ben de meester van het heelal" which means "I am the master of
the Universe". This was followed by the introduction of a similar
Italian made a game called "soro il padorone dell'universo"
which means "Master of the Universe".
The earliest cards found in Europe were the
Tarot. These symbolical numerical
cards forming a
Pack of 78 are
the immediate predecessors of our own modern day
playing cards. The
first
tarot cards were lavish hand-painted decks from the
courts of the nobility. Originally the cards were called carte da
trionfi (cards of the triumphs). Around 1530 (about 100 years after
the origin of the cards), the word tarocchi (singular
tarocco) begins to be used to distinguish them from a new game of triumphs or
trumps then being played with ordinary playing cards. The word
Tarot is believed to have been derived from tarotee,
meaning cross, in reference to the diagonally crossed lines on the
rear of the early cards. Since the 1700s tarot cards have
been widely used for fortune telling and divination of the
future, and it is also linked by many occult and hermetic authors to
a mystical system of Hebrew Cabbala, (also Kaballah
and Qabala) even ancient Egyptian spiritual beliefs.
Divination of the future from the tarot deck is in fact,
credited mainly to the Jewish astrologer and cabbalist, Jacque
Gringonneur. Just like contemporary playing cards, the
tarot
deck also consists of four suits, namely Cups, Wands, Swords and
Pentacles.
The
oldest surviving tarot cards are three mid-15th century sets
all made for members of the Visconti family, rulers of Milan. The
oldest existing tarot deck was painted to celebrate a
mid-15th century wedding joining the ruling Visconti and Sforza
families of Milan, probably painted by Bonifacio Bembo and other
miniaturists of the Ferrara school. 35 of the cards are now in the
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Of the original cards, 35 are in
the Pierpont-Morgan Library, 26 cards are at the Accademia Carrara,
13 are at the Casa Colleoni, 4 cards being lost (the Devil, the
Tower, the Three of Swords, and the Knight of Coins). This
"Visconti-Sforza" deck, which has been widely reproduced in varying
quality, combines the Minor Arcana (the original suits of (Swords,
Wands, Pentacles & Cups, and face cards King, Queen, Knave and Page)
with Major Arcana that apparently combine already traditional
iconography with considerable artistic license, a sign that the
original significance of the designs was already lost. More
simply-drawn decks survive from Marseilles, France, from the early
16th century.
With different
types of fortune telling cards available, what makes
POWER FORTUNES cards unique and why haven't I heard about
them before?
Well simply put, their uniqueness lies in their ancestry and
antiquity. This method of
card reading
has descended directly from the tarot deck. They have stood
the test of time, which is why they are available today. However, in
ancient times ordinary numerical cards were used for this method of
card reading. As any one card can have upto eight different
meanings, depending on it's position, deciphering readings was a
difficult and tedious business. Thus they remained the preserve of
only accomplished
Cartomancers. But with the POWER
FORTUNES' Pack, not only does each card have all it's different
meanings printed on the card face, but each card also has pictorial
descriptions. Along with the use of simple and effective layouts,
the cards become well suited to those untrained in the art of
Cartomancy. In fact, it would be fair to say that they are as
accurate, but easier to read than other types of more
expensive
fortune telling cards. So for the first time, ordinary
people, not possessing skills in
Fortune Telling or
Cartomancy can benefit from their
predictions. Another important difference between these
Fortune Telling Cards and
the
Tarot Deck is that
tarot cards rely heavily on the
reader's intuitive powers, for accurate readings. A
tarot reader has
to have the ability to interpret what he, or she feels the cards are
trying to convey. This has two disadvantages. One, such skills are
not acquired overnight. This requires a great deal of practice and a
certain degree of talent, to achieve the desired results. Two, it is
very difficult for a tarot card reader to objectively divine their
own future from the cards. Both these problems are eliminated when
one uses these
Fortune Telling Cards, as their meanings are
pre-defined and therefore, they do not rely on the user's intuitive
powers. Check out the
Flash Demo,
to see how they work.
Fortune Telling by Astrology, Tarot
