Friday 12 August 2011

My New Deck! - Zigeuner WahrsageKarten


I bought the following cards from this eBay seller.

Last week, I ordered a new deck - a Hungarian reprint of the Zigeuner WahrsageKarten, or Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards. Well, this morning they arrived! I am still very much in the process of learning about the history of the cards, so more on that later, but for now, let's take a good look at them.









The deck consists of 36 unnumbered cards, much like the Lenormand fortune cards. Each card depicts a simple scene, with a keyword printed in 6 different languages at the bottom:



At first, it might seem that the simple designs and use of only one keyword give too narrow a definition. The booklet that came with the cards states that the cards should not be taken too literally. So, for example, the sweetheart with the thief may mean you have fallen for a criminal, but could just as easily mean that someone has stolen your heart.

The names of the cards are:


Anger
Baby
Constancy
Death
Desire
Ecclesiastic
Enemy
Falseness
Fidelity
Fortune
Gift
Hope
House
Jealousy
Journey
Judge
Letter
Loss
Love
Lover
Malady
Marriage
Merriment
Message
Misfortune
Money
Officer
Sadness
Some Money
Sweetheart
Thief
Thought
Unexpected Joy
Visit
Widow
Widower

As I become more familiar with these cards, I will post sample readings, and explain some of the possible card meanings. For now, I'm going to have some fun trying to get to know them.

Have a great weekend!

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