Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards

By Julia Parker

Book Overview

The Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards is a "re-publication" of a famous fortune-telling book written in the 1920s by one "Gypsy Rickwood". Nobody knows who she was, but in that original edition, she said that the method is a very old one - practiced by wandering gypsies long before it was ever set down on paper. Based on the Romany tradition of fortune-telling, astrologer Julia Parker has translated the original questions and answers to suit today's lifestyles and preoccupations. With each book comes a beautifully designed pack of tarot cards. To ask a question about the future, simply shuffle the pack, concentrate on the question, and draw a card. Detailed explanations are provided in the accompanying book. Will you be successful? How many times will you fall in love? Are you wasting your talents at your current job? What is your lucky number? These and many more fundamental questions regarding love, life, and chance are all answered in this wonderful little package.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312327404
• ISBN13: 9780312327408
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.6" x 1.3" x 4.7"

Customer Reviews

Delightful Little Parlor Game...

These cards are an absolute delight and I, personally, just adore the historical context. This was more or less a parlor game in the 1920's and was never intended as a hard core spiritual oracle or anything deeper than that. While it's true that they are quite simplistic in their design and usage as compared to say a tarot deck, I think that helps to add to their "every person" appeal. Anyone can pick up this deck and use it with little to no difficulty - whether they choose to use it for fun or for a little bit of guidance is up to them. As I like to say - sometimes the best answer is the one we get in the simplest of ways. Enjoy!