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!