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The Whitman Deck
This
deck is a recreation of the Old Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards printed
by Whitman Publishers in 1940 and inspired by the 36 card deck created
by Mademoiselle Le Normand
in the1800s; and to tarot cards and card reading or cartomancy.
We present the original Whitman card description as the Key Indication,
and then discuss the symbolism of the card’s picture in the
context of today’s modern world, and explain several interpretations
of the card as it appears in a divinatory reading. Every card in this
deck challenges us in some way, and these Challenges comprise a resource
of 36 possible questions to consider and meditate on for personal
growth and wisdom development. We’ll also mention the correspondence
to the 78 tarot archetypes, and discuss a variation in meaning should
the card appear upside down or reversed. Then we will examine several
types of card readings in detail.
My mother grew up with the Old Gypsy Fortune Telling
Cards in the 1940s, a time when gypsies were regarded as little
more than circus con artists and fortune telling was a naughty rebellion
against the authority of parents and the hometown church, clutched
at in desperation when finances and romance went sour. Now cultural
anthropologists are frantic to observe and document the nomadic
race of the Rom and its cultural traditions and history before it
is made extinct by absorption into the modern global melting pot.
Fortune telling or future telling has evolved into tarot reading
and consultation and has become a recognized and respected profession.
With the close of the second millennium fortune telling cards became
a useful self-help tool for introspection, self-discovery, and meditation.
Now, at the beginning of the third millennia, the use of divination
decks is evolving into a tool for critical thinking and decision
making when we are bombarded by myriad valid choices and the possible
options seem endless.
Get your very own signed copy from the Order Form above,
or order “Gypsy Fortunes” by Lady Lorelei from your local bookstore or online from Barnes and Noble
or Amazon
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