1. THE MAGICIAN -- Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; sickness, pain, loss, disaster, snares of enemies; self-confidence, will; the Querent, if male. Reversed: Physician, Magus, mental disease, disgrace, disquiet.

2. THE HIGH PRIESTESS -- Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed; the woman who interests the Querent, if male; the Querent herself, if female; silence, tenacity; mystery, wisdom, science. Reversed: Passion, moral or physical ardour, conceit, surface knowledge.

3. THE EMPRESS -- Fruitfulness, action, initiative, length of days; the unknown, clandestine; also difficulty, doubt, ignorance. Reversed: Light, truth, the unraveling of involved matters, public rejoicings; according to another reading, vacillation.

4. THE EMPEROR -- Stability, power, protection, realization; a great person; aid, reason, conviction; also authority and will. Reversed: Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.

5. THE HIEROPHANT -- Marriage, alliance, captivity, servitude; by another account, mercy and goodness; inspiration; the man to whom the Querent has recourse. Reversed: Society, good understanding, concord, over kindness, weakness.

6. THE LOVERS -- Attraction, love, beauty, trials overcome. Reversed: Failure, foolish designs. Another account speaks of marriage frustrated and contrarieties of all kinds.

7. THE CHARIOT -- Succour, providence also war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble. Reversed: Riot, quarrel, dispute, litigation, defeat.

8. FORTITUDE -- Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; also complete success and honours. Reversed: Despotism, abuse if power, weakness, discord, sometimes even disgrace.

9. THE HERMIT -- Prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption. Reversed: Concealment, disguise, policy, fear, unreasoned caution.

10. WHEEL OF FORTUNE -- Destiny, fortune, success, elevation, luck, felicity. Reversed: Increase, abundance, superfluity.

11. JUSTICE -- Equity, rightness, probity, executive; triumph of the deserving side in law. Reversed: Law in all its departments, legal complications, bigotry, bias, excessive severity.

12. THE HANGED MAN -- Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy. Reversed: Selfishness, the crowd, body politic.

13. DEATH -- End, mortality, destruction, corruption also, for a man, the loss of a benefactor for a woman, many contrarieties; for a maid, failure of marriage projects. Reversed: Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism; hope destroyed.

14. TEMPERANCE -- Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation. Reversed: Things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, sometimes even the priest who will marry the Querent; also disunion, unfortunate combinations, competing interests.

15. THE DEVIL -- Ravage, violence, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, force, fatality; that which is predestined but is not for this reason evil. Reversed: Evil fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness.

16. THE TOWER -- Misery, distress, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception, ruin. It is a card in particular of unforeseen catastrophe. Reversed: According to one account, the same in a lesser degree also oppression, imprisonment, tyranny.

17. THE STAR -- Loss, theft, privation, abandonment; another reading says-hope and bright prospects, Reversed: Arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.

18. THE MOON -- Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception, occult forces, error. Reversed: Instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and error.

19. THE SUN -- Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment. Reversed: The same in a lesser sense.

20. THE LAST JUDGMENT -- Change of position, renewal, outcome. Another account specifies total loss though lawsuit. Reversed: Weakness, pusillanimity, simplicity; also deliberation, decision, sentence.

ZERO. THE FOOL -- Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment. Reversed: Negligence, absence, distribution, carelessness, apathy, nullity, vanity.

21. THE WORLD -- Assured success, recompense, voyage, route, emigration, flight, change of place. Reversed: Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence.

WANDS

King -- Generally favourable may signify a good marriage. Reversed: Advice that should be followed.

Queen -- A good harvest, which may be taken in several senses. Reversed: Goodwill towards the Querent, but without the opportunity to exercise it.

Knight -- A bad card; according to some readings, alienation. Reversed: For a woman, marriage, but probably frustrated.

Page -- Young man of family in search of young lady. Reversed: Bad news.

Ten -- Difficulties and contradictions, if near a good card.

Nine -- Generally speaking, a bad card.

Eight -- Domestic disputes for a married person.

Seven -- A dark child.

Six -- Servants may lose the confidence of their masters; a young lady may be betrayed by a friend. Reversed: Fulfillment of deferred hope.

Five -- Success in financial speculation. Reversed: Quarrels may be turned to advantage.

Four -- Unexpected good fortune. Reversed: A married woman will have beautiful children.

Three -- A very good card; collaboration will favour enterprise.

Two -- A young lady may expect trivial disappointments.

Ace -- Calamities of all kinds. Reversed: A sign of birth.

Cups

King -- Beware of ill-will on the part of a man of position, and of hypocrisy pretending to help. Reversed: Loss.

Queen -- Sometimes denotes a woman of equivocal character. Reversed: A rich marriage for a man and a distinguished one for a woman.

Knight -- A visit from a friend, who will bring unexpected money to the Querent. Reversed: Irregularity.

Page -- Good augury; also a young man who is unfortunate in love. Reversed: Obstacles of all kinds.

Ten -- For a male Querent, a good marriage and one beyond his expectations. Reversed: Sorrow; also a serious quarrel.

Nine -- Of good augury for military men. Reversed: Good business.

Eight -- Marriage with a fair woman. Reversed: Perfect satisfaction.

Seven -- Fair child; idea, design, resolve, movement. Reversed: Success, if accompanied by the Three of Cups.

Six -- Pleasant memories. Reversed: Inheritance to fall in quickly.

Five -- Generally favourable; a happy marriage; also patrimony, legacies, gifts, success in enterprise. Reversed: Return of some relative who has not been seen for long.

Four -- Contrarieties. Reversed: Presentiment.

Three -- Unexpected advancement for a military man. Reversed: Consolation, cure, end of the business.

Two -- Favourable in things of pleasure and business, as well as love; also wealth and honour. Reversed: Passion.

Ace -- Inflexible will, unalterable law. Reversed: Unexpected change of position.

SWORDS

King -- A lawyer, senator, doctor. Reversed: A bad man; also a caution to put an end to a ruinous lawsuit.

Queen -- A widow. Reversed: A bad woman, with ill-will towards the Querent.

Knight -- A soldier, man of arms, satellite, stipendiary; heroic action predicted for soldier. Reversed: Dispute with an imbecile person; for a woman, struggle with a rival, who will be conquered.

Page -- An indiscreet person will pry into the Querent's secrets. Reversed: Astonishing news.

Ten -- Followed by Ace and King, imprisonment; for girl or wife, treason on the part of friends. Reversed: Victory and consequent fortune for a soldier in war.

Nine -- An ecclesiastic, a priest; generally, a card of bad omen. Reversed: Good ground for suspicion against a doubtful person.

Eight -- For a woman, scandal spread in her respect. Reversed: Departure of a relative.

Seven -- Dark girl; a good card; it promises a country life after a competence has been secured. Reversed: Good advice, probably neglected.

Six -- The voyage will be pleasant. Reversed: Unfavourable issue of lawsuit.

Five -- An attack on the fortune of the Querent. Reversed: A sign of sorrow and mourning.

Four -- A bad card, but if reversed a qualified success may be expected by wise administration of affairs. Reversed: A certain success following wise administration.

Three -- For a woman, the flight of her lover. Reversed: A meeting with one whom the Querent has compromised; also a nun.

Two -- Gifts for a lady, influential protection for a man in search of help. Reversed: Dealings with rogues.

Ace -- Great prosperity or great misery. Reversed: Marriage broken off, for a woman, through her own imprudence.

PENTACLES

King -- A rather dark man, a merchant, master, professor. Reversed: An old and vicious man.

Queen -- Dark woman; presents from a rich relative; rich and happy marriage for a young man. Reversed: An illness.

Knight -- An useful man; useful discoveries. Reversed: A brave man out of employment.

Page -- A dark youth; a young officer or soldier; a child. Reversed: Sometimes degradation and sometimes pillage.

Ten -- Represents house or dwelling, and derives its value from other cards. Reversed: An occasion which may be fortunate or otherwise.

Nine -- Prompt fulfilment of what is presaged by neighbouring cards. Reversed: Vain hopes.

Eight -- A young man in business who has relations with the Querent; a dark girl. Reversed: The Querent will be compromised in a matter of money-lending.

Seven -- Improved position for a lady's future husband. Reversed: Impatience, apprehension, suspicion.

Six -- The present must not be relied on. Reversed: A check on the Querent's ambition.

Five -- Conquest of fortune by reason. Reversed: Troubles in love.

Four -- For a bachelor, pleasant news from a lady. Reversed: Observation, hindrances.

Three -- If for a man, celebrity for his eldest son. Reversed: Depends on neighbouring cards.

Two -- Troubles are more imaginary than real. Reversed: Bad omen, ignorance, injustice.

Ace -- The most favourable of all cards. Reversed: A share in the finding of treasure.