4 - The Card Spell - The Biggest Spell Of All

"When the light goes down in evening and the crab is on the crawl" (Gloom Glob Vendors)

(Louise Huebner)

Witches are always being contacted by people who are eager to know their fortune, what destiny has in store for them. And, because witches tend to be psychic, often they can get impressions of the future that prove true. But this is not the chief business of a witch: A witch doesn't care much about peering into the future to see what destiny has in store; a witch occupies herself, mainly, with tampering with that destiny, causing things to happen in the future.

Of all the spells, there is one that can sweep over every portion of our lives to solve single problems or alter the entire life pattern, but it is a difficult spell and requires study. It requires twelve circles, each with a different meaning in relation to the phases of your life, and a deck of playing cards. Not Tarot cards.

Everyone interested in fortune-telling has heard much about the supposedly mystic Tarot deck. The Tarot deck is nonsense. Through the centuries, any meaning it may ever have had has been lost and corrupted. Through the generations it has changed form hundreds of times. You might as well make up your own meanings for the cards. So use regular cards, but you must use a brand new pack.

Cards came into being originally as a means of looking into the future. The games came later, evolving from fortunetelling. With the witchcraft system, you can not only look into the future, but change the parts of it you don't like. Fate is your slave.

This is a very secret method of casting spells by cards. It has been handed down from one witch to another for many generations - six in my family - but usually a witch would only give this knowledge to a member of her own bloodline and would not turn it over even to a witch from another family tie. Its exclusiveness should be respected, and it should be used with caution.

As cards were originally used only for magical purposes, there developed, way back in antiquity, a method of casting spells by setting a certain card in a particular position in a special circle pattern. Each card signified a particular thing and, because of its position, it would make the thing happen. Use this method to interpret what your future intends. You can also change your future by manipulating the cards in a certain way.

You will learn how to position the cards and what the meaning is for each of the positions. Draw twelve circles, in a circle, like the numbers on a clock big enough to set cards in. Each of these circles represents a particular department of your life. (See Fig. 2.)

Figure 2 - The card spell

The first circle of the card spell has to do with you personally, your ego, your personality, what you do with yourself alone and separate from all other contacts. It has nothing to do with your family or your partner; it's you alone facing the world.

The second circle has to do with your natural resources. It is involved with where you go, the source of your strength. So, the second circle concerns your storehouse, your supplies and your money.

The third circle governs your immediate neighbourhood, your very close neighbours. If, of course, you are in a position of government where a large area is connected with what you do, then the neighbourhood can be your city, or your state. But if you are an ordinary citizen and have nothing to do with the government and nothing to do with world affairs, the neighbourhood is just your block and the other people who live on it. Another part of its meaning is cousins. It doesn't have to do very much with sisters and brothers, unless the sisters and brothers should be a great distance away. If they live close by, they don't come into that circle; only your cousins come in it, and sometimes uncles and aunts, your relatives slightly removed from your own house.

The fourth circle has to do with your background. For instance, if you are away from your parents' home, the fourth circle would indicate your home town. It also indicates your inheritance and what you gain from the past anything that might come down to you from another generation. If you are dealing with worries about whether or not you're going to be remembered in a will, the fourth circle is important.

The fifth circle has to do with romance only in terms of a creative outlet. It has much to do with creativity, and so in this respect it can also cover offspring - including books, poems, paintings, babies, romances, anything creative. It could be horse racing. This circle covers anything where you risk yourself in connection with something you're creating. Usually, though, it has to do with romance and love affairs.

The sixth circle has to do with your unavoidable responsibility - where it's not possible for you to escape; that which you really don't believe you have control over. You may actually have control over it, and probably do, but you don't believe it. It also covers your health, working conditions if you are not your own boss, and government service. It even covers your duty towards small pets: responsibility towards things you must take care of.

The seventh circle has to do with partnership. Now mostly this means marriage, but it also covers any kind of partnership, such as your agent, your manager, or a 50-50 investment partnership. Any situation where you and the other individual are considered equal is included in the seventh circle. It also has to do with how you appear to the outer world and what people think about you; so in the card spell, if you want to include your appearance and reputation, the seventh circle would be very important.

The eighth circle, coming as it does next to the seventh circle, means the same to the seventh as the second circle means to you; that is, it deals with other persons' natural recourses. It's their storehouse and supply. Their money. And this can cover with insurance, taxes, and money that you get in a will. It also deals with sex, because it covers what the other person is offering you as opposed to what you have to offer him. In general, it's what you get from another person - or what you exchange.

The ninth circle has to do with expansion of yourself, and that could be either in travel, in thought, or in a religious experience or some form of idealism. It's where you leave yourself and offer yourself up to another cause or person. Usually that type of thing has to do with your philosophy, rather than sex and love. It's too abstract an area.

As opposed to the fourth, which was your base of operation, the tenth circle might be pictured as your roof, your cover, your prestige in the world, your power. It concerns your goals, when you do all the things that you're intending to do and how you can make good in your career. But it also, indirectly, has to do with people and authority over you. As the fourth circle had to do with people in your background, the tenth circle deals with the people you are trying to reach, so it can be the area dealing with your ambition.

The eleventh circle, you should notice, is directly opposite the fifth circle, which is the creative expression of yourself. The eleventh circle, being opposite the fifth, is what you reach because of that creative expression. If your creative expression is the writing of a book, the eleventh circle would indicate whether or not you were published or whether you were someone who just wrote for yourself and never were in print. In a love affair, the eleventh circle deals with what kind of relationship will be sustained from that love affair taking place. If you have children, the eleventh circle shows what they will attain and what kind of personalities they will have. So when you want to affect friends, lovers, publishers, and so on, you would deal to the eleventh circle.

The twelfth circle is the one that is immediately adjacent to the first, and this is your subconscious beside its hidden activities. If you're having a love affair, the twelfth circle would show whether or not it was a secret one or an open one. It's all the undercover part of your life. It also involves the undercover of people around you and their relationship to you.

It's the slanderous side of your life, the secrets, the spies, the enemies, the attacks that you are not prepared for. Also it may concern mysterious illnesses that people have that might be chronic, the sort that eats away at them and never comes out in the open like a full-blast appendix operation - a chemical imbalance in their body, for instance, or something that nobody can diagnose. And the twelfth circle has to do with anything that may be keeping you imprisoned; but the twelfth circle is your subconscious, so it can open up into a beautiful area too, depending upon how you use your subconscious strength.

Once you learn the significance of the twelve circles, the next thing to do is choose a spellcasting time each week. You can only do this once a week; you cannot do it every day, and even if you just want to do it for readings, you still must limit yourself to once a week. Wednesday night is considered best for cards. Wednesday is ruled by Mercury and it has to do with inspiration and insight, so most witches utilize that evening for card spellcasting.

Astrology devotees will recognize in the circles' pattern a debt to their planetary lore, a common influence. True, but it doesn't mean that if you know astrology that enables you to become a witch. Most reputable witches can do just about anything, and they are well-informed on astrology. My family has three generations of astrologers, but six generations of witches as far back as we can trace.

The cards are most important. Shuffle the cards and cut them in three stacks, then put the stacks one on top of the other. Take the first twelve cards from the top to give yourself a fortune reading. The meaning of the card in relationship to the meaning of the circle gives you a picture of what is about to happen. You start with circle number one and place the cards around, one to a circle, to see what's going to happen to you in the future.

Now, if you want to cast a spell, cut the cards in three stacks, spread the deck face up, and then go through the fifty-two cards and choose what you want to have happen. You place only the chosen cards in the various circles that apply and then surround the circle of twelve with salt. The cards will have to stay on the pattern all week. They cannot be moved. You also need candle protection all week.

Light a blue candle in the centre of the circle of cards. Don't worry about burning all day while you are away; it doesn't have to burn all day long, particularly when you are not present. A candle has its catalytic effect on the atmosphere and you in one second a day. The minute or hour it is lit will reinforce what is happening while you cast the spell or make the reading, but just light it each day at the same time.

You must become familiar with what each circle represents and what each card represents, and, as with everything, it's best to become creative and blend these aspects. Learn to understand what it means when the Ten of Hearts falls into the third circle and it happens to touch a King of Clubs. You must know what the circles and the cards mean, because you must blend them to suit the facts in your own life, past and future. Only you know these.

You must interpret things to fit your own life, because this is a very unique spell. How much your own psyche can tolerate will have to determine whether you put one card in one section or two cards in two sections ... and whether or not you use twelve cards to cast the spell or all the cards in the deck. But you've got to be very sure you can control, understand and sustain the meaning of the spell, or you might be creating a spell for yourself that isn't what you intended it to be. It might be too much for you - or not enough.

It's best to start out very simply until you become adept at the spellcasting. Try at first with just one card in one department, because you know for sure what one card will mean in a particular section. When you get used to that, and when you see that you are gaining power and are beginning to understand the magic, then you can start expanding a little more and creating intricate patterns. Begin very safely and securely and see what happens.

Another move recommended for beginners, until they have mastered the ability of remembering the picture of the card layout for the spell they have cast, is this: Once the card spell has been cast, draw a diagram of it, all twelve circles, indicating the cards that have been placed in the various circles. Carry this around with you and even sleep on it. Look at it as often as possible, studying it; this diagram, this spell, represents something you want, and you will be imbedding it in your own mind and causing yourself to act in accordance with achieving your desires.

Now you must learn the meanings of the cards, and this will take time, but the following list is here for ready reference until you have absorbed it all. You'll quickly recognize which cards represent the key people in your life, and which cards influence the main situations in your life, but there are always subtleties to become aware of, new situations popping up, and new people arriving on the scene - even if you have to make them arrive - so the whole deck can be important to everyone. Here is what the cards mean.

Ace of Hearts is traditionally a romantic card, but it deals with love versus sex. It has no other connotation except love. It's a general card. Usually, if it's representing an individual, it would be a man in his forties, a muscular type, not thin or a fat man, but a well-built man.

The King of Hearts is love. He could be light but he's not necessarily a blond, fair-skinned, blue-eyed person. He probably has light brown hair. (The King of Diamonds is a real blond.) If the King of Hearts were set in the first circle, it would indicate that a man fitting that description had love for you or would be having a very personal contact with you soon. If placed in the second circle, you would be getting money from that man. In the third circle, you would meet that man in your neighbourhood.

In the fourth, someone of that description would come to visit your home very soon. In the fifth, you'd be having an affair with him. In the sixth, he might be someone who has a connection with you, sort of a fated meeting - a close contact you'd meet through your working conditions or maybe just someone you met by flukey events. Seventh circle: You're soon to marry a man of that type, or a man of that type would want to be involved with you on a permanent level, not just an affair. Eighth circle, of course, has to do with sex relationship or strong attraction to a man of that type. Ninth circle, you might meet a man like that on a trip; it could also indicate a teacher or a doctor or a minister fitting that description for whom you would have a romantic interest.

The tenth circle, you would either go to work for somebody who looked like that, or, if you have an affair with somebody who looks like that, he may soon become very successful and his career would improve very rapidly. He would be a man of importance in the community. If it's the eleventh circle, this person has a very good feeling towards you, and besides being your lover, you're also very friendly; it's a good, healthy, long-term relationship. If it's in the twelfth circle, you're having a secret affair with him.

Queen of Hearts, if you're a man, is the counterpart of the King of Hearts. It would be to a man what the King of Hearts is to a woman. But if you are a woman, the Queen of Hearts would represent your mother-in-law. It has to do with a woman who is not just a girl, so it's a womanly relationship you have, with a relative, for instance. It also has to do with passion. It can be used as a passion card, having no connection with male or female. If you want to cast a spell and put the Queen of Hearts in the fifth circle, that would trigger a passionate situation.

The Jack of Hearts is a younger lover, but it also could be the one you're engaged to, or it could be just a man of forty. But as the King of Hearts was a new man in your life, the Jack of Hearts is a man you are already involved with, and he could be any age.

Ten of Hearts is a very fortunate romantic card. It's so overpowering, emotionally, that if you put it in the second circle, it could even break up a romance because it's so potent. Put the Ten of Hearts in the seventh circle, in your fifth too, but keep it away from the money circle because this one is a little too potent. Put it up in the tenth, in the twelfth, the fifth or the seventh. But keep it away from the other ones. And keep it out of the third house, too. You certainly don't want a cousin to feel this way about you.

Nine of Hearts is your philosophical card. It's a protective card. If you were having an affair and you wanted to be sure that you weren't discovered, you would cast a spell by putting the Nine of Hearts in the twelfth circle, and that would insure a protection around your affair. If you want to protect any situation, stick that Nine of Hearts in; of course, if the Nine of Hearts should fall into a particular circle during a reading, you know that that area is particularly protected and under good-luck influences.

Eight of Hearts is money through love. How you interpret this depends on what kind of business you're in. Money through love could also represent someone who is selling love items, and I imagine that perfume, cosmetics and jewellery would come under that heading, as well as prostitutes. Or it could mean that because something about you is appealing, it might bring money into your life, and that means love of other people for you in whatever way you want to interpret it.

Seven of Hearts is the marriage card. It also deals with the seventh circle of your life, so if it is placed, say in the tenth circle, it could mean marriage to someone who is very powerful. In the fourth circle, it would be marriage to a man or a woman who had a good heritage, a lot of security - maybe from a very good family, very many generations of a good name.

If it's in the third, it might be marriage to somebody in the neighbourhood, or even marriage to a relative, a distant cousin. If it's in the second, a tremendous amount of money is coming to you personally because of the marriage. If the Seven of Hearts is in the fifth circle, it could be a love affair with a married man or woman, and most likely that's what it is. It also can indicate a new romance that could lead to marriage, or that the love affair would be converted into marriage. The Seven of Hearts means marriage.

Six of Hearts means some emotional disturbances, maybe a problematic situation having to do with your love interest. So if the Six of Hearts is in the twelfth circle, it could mean that you were having a secret affair, and there would be a little flurry of scandal around you. If it were in the seventh you'd consider it a difficulty with your marriage mate or an emotional outburst with your business partner.

If it were put in the third circle, you might touch off an emotional upset with your close neighbours or a cousin. If someone is having a secret love affair and you know about it, but not too many people do, and if you want to break them up, then to cast a spell you put the Six of Hearts in the twelfth circle to cause difficulty in their love affair. Any place that you want to kick up a little fuss, where you want trouble or a problem, you put the Six of Hearts.

Five of Hearts is the romantic card. It indicates flirtations of the sort that you have at parties, nightclubs or dances. If you wanted to stir up a romantic involvement, you could put the Five of Hearts in the fifth circle and maybe trigger a meeting with someone in a situation that could eventually lead to a love affair, but starts off with gaiety and fun and games. Sometimes it has to do with one-night stands, when you meet someone and have a brief moment with them, and then move on to someone else. If you want that, that's what the Five of Hearts will give you.

The Four of Hearts is a very stable plan for fulfilment. It has to do with actual courtship, engagements, friendship. If you want to put the Four of Hearts in your eleventh circle, that would give someone that you've been friendly with for a long time a nice warm feeling towards you. That would be a good way to begin the thing. In a spell for money, you could put the Four of Hearts in the tenth circle, if you want your boss to notice you and have a favourable reaction towards you. Put the Five of Hearts in the seventh circle to stimulate your husband; don't bother with the Four of Hearts, because he's already been through that with you; furthermore, don't bother with the Four in the twelfth house, because first you want to get his interest before you have a secret affair.

Three of Hearts has to do with things that are emotional and pleasing to you, like your hobbies or going to the theatre. Say you haven't been out for a long time with your husband; you want to interest him in going out to dinner and going to the theatre. Put the Three of Hearts in the seventh circle. It's the kind of card you'd put in the eleventh section, too, for activity with members of your own sex. It's a fun, friendly card. However, if in readings it should fall in the twelfth circle, it means that somebody, maybe a cousin, aunt or uncle, or somebody in your neighbourhood, is spreading mean and vicious stories about you.

The Two of Hearts, the deuce, is very lucky; it's a wild card. It's the card that would trip up fate and destiny. Throw it pretty much anywhere you want to have something unexpected happen, to keep things moving. It's not too great a card to put in the seventh circle, because you don't want things to be too erratic in your partnerships. It is a good card to throw in the fifth circle. For luck, you might throw it in the money section to get a beautiful gift from a lover.

Ace of Diamonds is a fantastic financial windfall, and anywhere that you want this to hit is a good place to stick it. Wherever it falls by itself would determine the direction from which this windfall would arrive. Of course, if you want to have tremendous prestige, and if you're not dealing just with money but with your personal reputation, put it in the first circle. If you want to be married to someone like an actor or a politician or a writer, someone who has achieved worldwide fame, put it in the seventh circle.

You don't want to fool around with having it in the fifth, because if you're having a love affair it's sometimes best for your lover not to be a well-known person. It could lead to difficulty. And don't put it in the twelfth circle because any secret affair would blow up into a scandal. It is a good card to stick in somebody else's twelfth circle to mess them up a little bit. It's a dynamic, powerful card, and by itself it means just plain good luck.

King of Diamonds is a very dignified male. He might be a lawyer who's got several other lawyers working for him, a man who's achieved some kind of recognition in his work. It also could indicate that you have a legal reason for having contact with a man of this type. It could signify divorce in the seventh circle. You've got to be very creative in your interpretations.

This card, for example, varies so extremely that it could mean a divorce or it might mean that you are going to marry, depending upon your circumstances. If you are unhappily married, and if the King of Diamonds falls in the seventh circle, that could indicate one of you is thinking about divorce. If you're not married and the King of Diamonds comes in the seventh, it might mean that you are going to marry a lawyer. In the tenth it might be that you yourself will achieve tremendous recognition and dignity in the work you do. It has to do with dignity, and it has to do with reputation and long-standing situations.

Queen of Diamonds is the female version of the King of Diamonds. It also has to do with any woman who is over thirty-five. Also, if you are a married man, it could indicate the "other woman" in your life. If you're a woman and the Queen of Diamonds falls in the seventh circle, it might indicate that your husband's having an affair. It would not be just a boyish affair, but one that had more of a permanent hold on him, a tricky thing to break up.

The Queen of Diamonds has to do with a concept of time. Most witches have noted that it means either three days, three weeks, or three months, because the card has to do with seasons. If you are involved in a situation and want to know when it will reach its conclusion, deal a reading; if the Queen of Diamonds shows up your situation may be resolved next season.

Jack of Diamonds represents a younger man, and also has to do with improved business conditions. If it's in the first circle, there would be tremendous personality gains. You wouldn't be selling potatoes or merchandise of any sort, you'd be selling yourself in a situation. If you're an actor or actress, put the Jack of Diamonds in the first circle to win tremendous gains through your own personality. If you're an unmarried woman, placing the Jack of Diamonds in the first circle might mean that you will make a fantastic killing through your personality by having a relationship with somebody who is very well off. It's a friendly card and prestige card, not as dynamic as the King of Diamonds, but a very good luck-card.

The Ten of Diamonds is money no matter where it hits. It has to do with tremendous and immediate gains and popularity. Large instant rewards, like winning the sweepstakes, as opposed to the other money card, which means a steady, comfortable flow. The Ten of Diamonds is a fantastic amount of money. A killing. Of course, anywhere that you want it to hit is where you place it, and it's lucky in any circle. If you put it up in the ninth, it could be that you will receive money not only from long-distance travel or from philosophical thought, but possibly from publications, radio and television, as well.

Nine of Diamonds is business profit, and it deals with protected business interests, so if you are in stocks and bonds, and you want to insure that there's a nice steady climb, you put the Nine of Diamonds in the second circle or in the eighth. It's a good card for money, not as dynamic as the Ten of Diamonds but it's valuable in secure holdings.

The Eight of Diamonds helps your savings grow. If you're on salary and you start to save at a regular rate, the Eight of Diamonds will cover that area. It's nice, steady, slow and secure, and it's the ten bucks a week type, not the big money; but it's awfully good if you're beginning in life, and you want to force yourself to start saving in a way that's not painful to you.

Eight of Diamonds is a good way to begin anything; put that in your second circle. It also helps if you want to take a vacation and you need to get together enough money for two weeks off; then you put the Eight of Diamonds up in the ninth, and that insures nice, easy money for a vacation, although nothing fantastic. If you're the dramatic type, stick to the nines and the tens for big money.

Seven of Diamonds is your business or marriage partner's luck in money. It's the other person's financial gain. If you put the Seven of Diamonds in the eleventh circle, it means you'll have friends who are doing well. You don't want them to be doing too well, so you just put the Seven of Diamonds up there. But it's their money; it's nothing that comes to you. It has to do with the other person.

Six of Diamonds might be a little money loss because of something like a misplaced receipt or an insurance claim that you didn't collect. It's not so hot, although not as bad as the Six of Spades or Six of Clubs. You are better off keeping the Six of Diamonds out of your spell cast, and if it should fall by itself into your readings, you might recognize it as a slight obstacle in finances.

Five of Diamonds is a destiny card, and wherever it falls it shows that destiny is going to be an important factor in the situation. There is a certain amount of control that we have over all our actions, but occasionally there's one tiny, little slip-up. The Five of Diamonds indicates that something beyond your control has come into the picture, a course of destiny. It could be good or bad. Usually the Five of Diamonds will indicate support from destiny.

You may think everything's adding up to a certain conclusion, then the Five of Diamonds pops up into the picture, and something happens that enables you to go even further than you anticipated. Also, if the Five of Diamonds falls in the seventh circle, it might indicate your partner is a little bit immature; possibly, if you're an older man, you have a partner who is a young and giddy female, and if you're an older woman, you've got a guy you might like to keep for a while. It's a peculiar, very tricky card, too unpredictable to use for spell casts.

Four of Diamonds would signify idealism and wisdom, and it indicates wherever you put it, yes, that's going to happen. If you want to make something really take place, put the Four of Diamonds in it. It's a guarantee card, like

insurance. It's not powerful to use in spell casts, but it's a nice boost.

Three of Diamonds indicates no. If you're dealing in savings and you want to know, "Should I make an investment?" and if the Three of Diamonds falls in your second circle, that means you should not make that investment. If you're planning a marriage and the Three of Diamonds falls in the seventh circle, you might want to think a while before you go through with it. It means stop a minute and think.

If you have a husband who's involved with someone else in a passionate affair, you could stick the Three of Diamonds in his fifth circle so that it stops him for a while; he goes over his previous reasons, and it might straighten him out, or he might decide to leave you anyway. It makes him think.

The Two of Diamonds is another wild card. It breaks patterns. If you want to break up a situation, if you want to change, to get out of a direction you're going in - say you've cast a spell and you're not happy with what you've decided to do - put the Two of Diamonds in the particular circle to break it up.

Then everything can fall back into place, or you can redesign it or do whatever you want. It's to blast the old in order to create the new. You can put this card in any circle of your card spell and break up existing patterns. Say, for instance, you are living in an area where there is no connection with the city sewer system, and you want everybody in the neighbourhood to sign a petition to connect with the city system.

Put the Two of Diamonds in the third circle, and you'd get everybody at least agitated in a new direction. There's no end to what you can do with the Two of Diamonds. Don't fool around with it, though, unless it's very important to you that things be shaken up.

Many people are afraid of the Ace of Spades, because they think that it means death - immediate death. I think they overdid this in the opera; it's been very bad public relations for the Ace of Spades from the start. What the card really indicates is a triumph over obstacles.

So it might be associated with bad things, because sometimes you must go through terrible things to triumph, and this is a card that indicates that you have survived. It would indicate that something ghastly probably will take place, but you will come through or there'd be no reason for it to show up in a reading. In that one respect it's probably a lousy card, but inasmuch as you pull through, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

It's a triumph over severe obstacles. It doesn't mean death, but it could: The very severe obstacle that you triumph over could be your life, and your triumph over it would be to die and find peace. If you have a chronic, malignant disease and are suffering terribly, and if you were to get the Ace of Spades, your triumph over that obstacle might be passing on, but that could be interpreted as survival, too.

Death is only an isolated interpretation. It really is a very tricky card. If it's placed in the fifth circle, for example, its interpretation is a very tricky affair, a thing that is extremely complicated, one that would have wide repercussions if something happened to bring it out into the open, in the area of a scandal. It indicates a sort of "cloak and dagger" existence and, if you're working for the government, for example, it might be that someone is spying on you, that the whole place is bugged - beware. If it's in the twelfth circle, of course, the jig is up: A horrible scandal is about to erupt concerning your personal affairs. But in general it spells out a triumph over evil.

King of Spades is a nice card, but you wouldn't want a King of Spades in your seventh circle, perhaps, because this would indicate a marriage partner who is the plodding type, very steady but not very exciting, a civil-service type. It's just not adventurous enough for romantic interests. However, if it came in the third circle, it might mean an incident like having to call the police in your neighbourhood, and the policeman might be a very attractive individual, this might lead to something. But as a whole it's not all that exciting. There's nothing wrong with wholesome steadiness, but it doesn't turn me on, personally.

Queen of Spades represents your duties in life. It does not mean a dark woman any more than the King of Spades means a dark man. In Diamonds, Hearts and Clubs there is a colour application but not so in Spades. If it came in the tenth circle, it might be that the boss's wife is not too happy with your putting the Four of Hearts up there. It would be a disturbance created by somebody who had a duty type of tie on somebody. If it's in your fifth circle, it might be that your lover is married, and can't get out of it. If it comes in your third circle, it's a heavy responsibility. If it's in the first, it might be that an older relative is coming to live with you.

Jack of Spades shows a dissatisfaction in the way things are. If it's in your sixth, it's a dissatisfaction with your work; in your fifth, it's a deceitful guy, a dissatisfaction with your lover. If it's in your twelfth, be very cautious, something tricky is indicated in relation to your love affairs. Jack of Spades means a little bit of deceit around you.

There's something lonely about situations where the Ten of Spades is involved. If it should fall in the first circle, you're melancholy; in the second, it's a financial setback; in the third, a poor neighbourhood; in the fourth, lonely beginnings; in the fifth, a love affair going on the rocks; in the seventh, it could indicate a divorce or a separation; in the eighth, your partner loses money; in the ninth, a trip being taken because of somebody sick at a distance. It's not a great card to have land anywhere, but if you are casting a spell, and you wish to cause somebody difficulty, you use this card in whatever area is concerned, and there will be unhappiness. It's not violent, but it's not a very happy situation.

Nine of Spades means a responsible attitude needs developing. Say you have it in your second circle; that would mean you have not looked at the entire picture in connection with your finances. In your marriage, the Nine of Spades might mean that you are only looking at today and are not weighing the effect that your actions may have tomorrow in your marriage. It suggests a careful examination of whatever circle it falls into, with a little clearer and more open eyes.

If you want wisdom to hit your partner, place this card in the seventh circle. If there is conniving and suspicion at the place where you work, and if you don't want to be put in the position of being a stool pigeon, you could put the Nine of Spades up in the tenth circle, so your boss would come to understand what is going on and straighten things out.

Eight of Spades is an important card. Wherever you put the Eight of Spades it will make the other thing you have going there happen ten times greater. It is a reinforcement of energy. It's a good magical card. Place it on top of any other card you have set out in casting a spell, and it will happen with security and sureness. If the card should fall into a certain circle on its own, it would mean that a thing is going to happen much more strongly than you anticipated, which could be bad or good.

Seven of Spades indicates very strong character, forcefulness, and it could also indicate that a particular situation might be a little touchy at the moment, but the thing is going to improve - later, not today.

Six of Spades shows a depletion of energy in whatever circle it is placed. It means that there will be a lessening of intensity around that particular situation, sort of the opposite of the eight. But the lack of energy, if you see it in a reading, might be a good warning sign to cast a spell and get some energy moving in the right direction for you.

Five of Spades is tremendous, heavy responsibility, and a lot of work, but ultimate achievement. Also, it can indicate that a member of the opposite sex is not too friendly towards you, or if it falls in the sixth circle, it might mean that unsuspected person at work is against you. If it falls in the seventh, it might mean that one of your husband's buddies is setting him against you, or that one of your wife's girlfriends is talking against you. A member of the opposite sex is having a subtle effect on whatever the circle indicates.

Four of Spades signifies little annoyances, and if you find that the Four of Spades falls into a particular circle of your life, then you should be prepared to ignore a lot of what will be happening, because there will be petty annoyances. It doesn't mean that the situation itself is bad, but that you're about to go through some period of aggravation in connection with that circle.

Three of Spades equals tremendous work, responsibility and not too much reward. However, it can indicate insight and wisdom, much as the nine does, provided it comes next to one of the Queen cards. Say that it falls in your sixth circle, which means that your working conditions are absolutely horrible, but in the seventh circle there is a Queen card. That would mean that a woman fitting the description of that card would help solve the problems.

Two of Spades, again a wild card, is linked with destiny, abrupt changes in direction, and definite, swift triumph.

Ace of Clubs is a powerful card, and it has to do with the human struggle beyond your working conditions, your health conditions, your loves. It has to do with your place in society, and even your place in history, perhaps. It's really a philosophical card, so, wherever it may fall in a reading would indicate that the circle is more important than it appears.

There would be more than a love affair, dedication rather than just work, and prestige would be recognition long after death; it indicates a greater sphere of reference than the ordinary run of the mill situation. It also can stand for tremendous emotional strength in whatever activity is involved. If you put it in your seventh circle, it's pretty lucky because that indicates that your marriage partner will be the potent and magnificent type.

King of Clubs. The Kings are the older men, while Jacks represent the younger men in your life. Money and emotion are interwoven in any situation involving the King of Clubs. Strength, knowledge and experience also are represented, so if you put it in the fifth circle, you want an experienced, older lover.

If it's in the tenth, your boss is very well-known in the community; if it's in the first, then you yourself, even if a woman, would have capabilities comparable to an experienced male. You have to be very creative in your interpretation of this card. The Kings, Queens, and Jacks, we must remember, are not only representative of people ... but also of a particular type of experience or characteristic, so that you can use it to interpret what your loved one would look like or what certain people in your life are like. But you should also weigh its other meaning. So the King and Queen of Clubs are indicative of a very moral situation, call it the establishment.

The King of Clubs in your fifth circle doesn't necessarily mean that your man is very moral, but it would mean that his relationship with you, even if you never married, would have all the earmarks of a marriage. If you had a love affair with someone indicated by the King of Clubs in the fifth circle, a marriage contract wouldn't matter very much; you'd be so married you'd probably even file joint income tax returns and would act married to the whole world - a very bourgeois relationship.

The Queen of Clubs also would indicate the link you have between your childhood and adulthood, whatever tie you have to the past, possibly responsibility from the past.

For example, if you place the Queen in the third circle, it could mean an old aunt coming to live with you, or you may be supporting someone in the hospital. If it's in the second, you're the one who takes care of your parents. If you're a man and you have the Queen of Clubs in the seventh circle, it's likely that you have a frigid wife; if you're a woman and you have the same card in the same circle, it could mean your husband's mother is coming to live with you.

If you want to get rid of your mother-in-law, stick her in the twelfth circle; that puts her in a rest home because the twelfth has to do with institutions as well as secrets, scandals and so forth. Or you might introduce her to your boss by putting her in the tenth. Use your imagination. The Queen may also, if it falls in your first circle, indicate a struggle between what you want to do and what you think you should do. It's a card that calls for care.

Jack of Clubs means an aggressive go-getter type. In the fifth circle it could mean a love affair initiated and sustained.

Ten of Clubs means that you can get pretty much what you want out of whatever situation it's placed into, but it's kind of a cold card. If you fool around with it by putting it in the fifth circle, it may spoil it for you, too. The idea is: You may be able to carry on a love affair and get everything out of it you want, except then it would no longer be a love affair, would it? Put the Ten of Clubs in the second circle, or the tenth or even in the sixth - tenth for your reputation and prestige, second circle for money, and sixth circle for house-work conditions.

Don't put it in the seventh, because when you are able to control your marriage so that YOU are getting everything out of it, then you're missing part of real marriage. You're not really involved in marriage if it's all going to be one way; it's too calculated. Use it where it deserves to be used, in business relationships and the like; keep it away from your emotional life. But it does get you anything you want, and if you're a callous type, go ahead, put it in the fifth circle, but don't count on being too happy about the results.

Nine of Clubs brings you a tremendous amount of prestige that rubs off on to you from someone else, so that you are dealing with friends who are well-known, statesmen, government officials, or famous people, at least on the fringe of high society. Placed in the fourth circle it might mean you have a relative who is very rich and very famous and you get nothing concrete out of it; it's like having a very wealthy uncle who's got ten kids. You might as well give up hope.

Eight of Clubs - wherever this goes, you're going to be extravagant with money. It could mean losing money, too, and if it should fall in your fifth circle, it's also connected with an extravagant attitude. If it should fall in the twelfth circle, your flamboyant way of living might get you into money or other difficulty, while the fifth circle means you're a spendthrift with your feelings towards other people. It's a warning card, urging you to be a little bit cautious in whatever area the symbol may fall. It's not too important a card for spellcasting, because you don't want to cultivate that kind of an attitude.

Seven of Clubs heralds arguments and personal weaknesses that might need to be corrected. The card in the fifth circle might mean you are constantly involved in love affairs, and if it's in the seventh, you and your partner have arguments all the time. Your whole way of living may need to be amended. It's a belligerent attitude, and when it affects emotional circles, it's time to shape up. And it's not very good in your money and career circles, either; you need to watch what you're doing wherever this card hits.

Six of Clubs represents wasted energy, energy losses. It's a fighting card, like the Seven and the Five in this suit, but while the Seven has to do with your emotional reaction, the Six relates to how you are affected physically. In the first circle it might mean high blood-pressure or low blood-pressure, some physical reaction to a poor attitude.

Five of Clubs means give it up. If the Five of Clubs falls into a particular circle, it means move on to something else and forget it. It's a lost cause; the thing is over, whatever it is. If it's in the seventh, it means there's no hope, because even if you do avoid the divorce it's going to be a lousy relationship. It's the end.

Four of Clubs, wherever it falls, suggests that you're blinded by a situation. You deceive yourself in connection with whatever life circle the Four of Clubs hits. It's a warning sign to examine your situation; it means you're being dopey.

Three of Clubs means that you are the one who is creating a problem by your actions, no matter how sweet and nice and understanding you think you're being. In your seventh circle, for example, you are the one to blame for marital disharmony, and you'd better investigate, take a look at what's really happening. In the first it means that you have a shortcoming that you refuse to recognize, which is creating some difficulty. In the ninth circle it means that you are a phony, plain and simple; you are philosophically inadequate and refuse to face facts. It's time to think, time to make amends.

Two of Clubs indicates tremendous power in whatever circle it falls. There will be a fantastic intensity of emotion in connection with any circle where this card is placed. Fate triggers sky-high explosions of luck.

Speaking of wild cards, there is one really wild spell that can benefit any life. Put all the Aces and all the Deuces, selectively, in the twelve circles; then support them by some of your appropriate royalty cards, choosing the ones you want. Throw in an Eight, and it'll be like a match in a powder keg; you'll just have a big blast of fantastic events. Ideal for the dynamic amid the dull. It's a terrific spell, and it works very dramatically.

You'll need a tremendous amount of energy before you cast this serious card spell, so I would advise that you get a good sleep and are well-rested. Eat well and get ready for all the fantastic things that will take place, because all hell can break loose. It's awfully good to shake things up and set yourself off in new directions. When you really want to change everything that exists, cast a spell of this type, but you have to be very adventuresome to try it.

If you just want to toy with it, that's all right, too, but the results will reflect your attitude. You can make a very big thing of it, though, right from the first step, when you decide just what you want out of life. It is surprising how many people have never taken a moment to figure that out, yet they wonder why they are not satisfied. The meanings and symbolism of the cards can be a little complex, as we said at the start, and many of the cards would never be used in casting spells for yourself, unless to damage, interfere with, or just cloud somebody else's life circles. But for reading the future and warning of upcoming dangers, all cards are important.

The idea of the spell is to concentrate on yourself, of course, but by one additional step described below, the spells, and the readings, too, can be applied to anyone else in your life. There also are things you can do with multiple cards to charge up your spells, and, for those who only want a superficial insight, a handy, one-line, card-by-card general reference is provided at the end of this chapter. The deeper meanings are better, however, and vastly more effective.

First learn to control yourself and your own spells before you begin working with other people. How can you immediately cast a spell for a husband or against a friend, until you know how to do them for yourself. But if you do advance to that stage, remember, in casting a spell for your husband or your marriage partner, male or female, or your business partner, the seventh circle indicates that individual in reference to you.

Therefore, the seventh circle would be considered their first circle, and you would set the spell up so that you count out all circles counter-clockwise from that seventh section circle, which has become number one. Same for your brother or sister. For your cousin or your uncle, the third circle becomes the first, so if you were dealing in something connected with this marriage, you would take the seventh circle from the third. If you want to do away with your boss's wife, take the seventh circle from the tenth.

Suppose you feel you want to do something in connection with your lover's boss; your lover's boss is the tenth circle from your fifth circle. Your fifth circle is your lover; that's your lover's number one circle, and your sixth circle is your lover's number two circle and so on around. Get it? It is not too easy, so study it a while, and learn the spell for YOU first. For complete control of yourself, in the beginning it helps to draw the pattern as suggested when you lay out the cards; copy it, and carry it with you when you cast a spell.

Say you have placed the Ten of Hearts in the first house. Draw it on a piece of paper and carry it with you at all times and set it out on the table in order to gain strength from it, whenever you can do so covertly.

Regarding the absence of a young female figure in the cards, as countered by the Jacks, it should be noted that a woman is considered a woman, ageless, represented by the Queen. Giddiness is represented by the Five of Hearts, instead, or the Five of Diamonds for youth.

A woman can be a woman when she is sixteen, if she is a woman in approach, while a male finds it very difficult to be a full-blown male at twenty; he doesn't have the reputation, character or accomplishment. But a woman can be completely womanly in her teens, and many competent witches are teenage girls. So the five represents immaturity in women; the Queens are all women, any women, any age.

To liven up any spell and provide a kind of insurance backing for its effectiveness, you can - if you haven't already dealt all the cards into the life circles themselves - support your desires with multiple-card placements - alongside, but not inside, the life circles involved. Here are the details on the significance of the various multiple cards; but you never use all of them, and only use the Aces to the Sevens, plus Deuces, of course.

Four Aces together make a tremendous break in the life pattern as far as business and money are concerned. Three Aces together will make a fun situation occur. Two Aces, of the appropriate suits, put together at the proper circle, are good if you've got a plot to create a little bit of havoc in somebody's life.

Four Kings together in the proper circle will bring great honour, prizes, distinction. Use three Kings, if there is a preliminary business meeting coming up, and you want to get it off on the right foot. Two Kings help unite any people involved in a project, in a brotherly way.

If you're having a party and you put four Queens in the fifth circle, you can be sure it will be a successful party. Three Queens in the twelfth circle would greatly increase the scandal and gossip. Two Queens in the tenth would gain support from the people in your working environment.

Four Jacks - well, that's a handy hand for a homosexual interested in increasing interest from males. Three Jacks has to do with false friends; if you are wondering about a business partner or mate, put the three Jacks in the proper circle and you'll immediately get information from the partner's own false friends.

Four Tens will insure great success in a project, whatever you are doing. If you want to have an affair, put three Tens in the fifth section of your spellcast, that is, if you don't care who it's with and just want an affair quickly. Two Tens are useful if you want to change things, your profession, the attitude of people about you, or if you wish to correct anything; put the pair of Tens beside the proper section.

If you want to be invited to a political dinner, for example, and be favoured by the powers that be, put four Nines up in the eleventh circle. Three Nines mean great joy and uplifting of spirit. If you've been tired or sluggish put the three Nines up in the sixth circle, and it's like taking vitamin B - immediately you'll be pepped up. If you've got an enemy with whom you work, put a pair of Nines up at the tenth circle, and they will bug him; he will just be restless and not know what's bothering him.

If you want to take a trip, put four Eights up in the ninth circle. If you want flirtations; put three of them in the seventh circle, or, if you want to dream about love, put two in the twelfth circle.

Four Sevens has to do with intrigues and very low class people, a mixture you'd want to use in connection with somebody else. Three Sevens has to do with older people. If you want to help your grandmother feel better, put them in the third circle. Two Sevens has to do with a great deal of balance and control over anything that you're involved with.

Once more, here is a capsule list of card meanings for quick reference:

Ace of Clubs: money, good news, business.
King of Clubs: an easy-going sort of a fellow.
Queen of Clubs: a sympathetic female.
Jack of Clubs: an alert man, a go-getter.
Ten of Clubs: successful ventures, business or otherwise.
Nine of Clubs: a surprise twist to whatever is going on.
Eight of Clubs: loyal support from people around you.
Seven of Clubs: what is due to you in life.
Ace of Hearts: the love card; brings better social life, too.
King of Hearts: male, easy going.
Queen of Hearts: stimulates love situations.
Jack of Hearts: a bachelor.
Ten of Hearts: complete fulfilment in a situation.
Nine of Hearts: spiritual joy in your life.
Eight of Hearts: friendly reactions from younger people.
Seven of Hearts: adds calm or serenity to your surroundings.
Ace of Diamonds: startling messages to arrive.
King of Diamonds: a tricky fellow.
Queen of Diamonds: the "other woman" or tricky type.
Jack of Diamonds: a young man, not too trustworthy.
Ten of Diamonds: change of residence.
Nine of Diamonds: an annoyance with material interests.
Eight of Diamonds: sparkly, stimulating events.
Seven of Diamonds: scandals.
Ace of Spades: greatly satisfying conquests.
King of Spades: your enemy, even if he's a blond.
Queen of Spades: a divorcee or widow.
Jack of Spades: a plotting male, up to no good.
Ten of Spades: triggers sadness and melancholy.
Nine of Spades: interfering relative outside immediate family.
Eight of Spades: illness triggered by emotional problems.
Seven of Spades: all sorts of tricky things, intrigues.
The six, five, four, three and deuce of each suit are all wild destiny cards.