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Le Jeu Destin Antique Fortune Telling Card Le Jeu Destin Antique tarot pack survives in the form of a card deck called Le Jeu Du Destin Antique (Antique Cards of Destiny). In this 32-card deck, there are 4 layers of imagery: Each card has a circled set-number. This exquisite Destiny Tarot deck is illustrated with classic fortune telling scenes from the 19th Century. Published by Piatnik. The deck includes 36 full color cards and an instruction booklet in French, German, Hungarian and English. The 32 Antique cards have beautiful very detailed images there are 4 of each cards from ace to sevens with hearts, spades, clubs and diamonds. The fortune telling card is made in Austria and a little white booklet included with detailed explanation of how to use the fortune telling cards. Here are two examples of how the visual symbolism helps the reader to improvise on the card's meaning: The central image of card number 1 shows a young man and woman, who seem to be sweethearts, leaning against a farmyard fence as the man points to a circular crockery pan of water on the ground which, quite evidently, reminds them both of a golden wedding ring. The playing card inset is the Ace of Hearts. Above, in the "classical" portion of the card, Cupid waves a hand but does not shoot his bow, reinforcing the idea of longed-for but not yet consummated love. The 9 of Clubs, set-number 14, shows a man of the nobility, perhaps a military officer, pressing his attentions upon a young peasant woman who turns away from him, head down, smelling a red rose, which she holds in both hands. Above them a winged figure who seems to be a naiad, sits dejectedly with her feet in a pool of water. The implication is that the woman does not trust her suitor or that she is false to him.
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