KIPPER CARD MEANINGS
Card 1-Main Man/Main Person-This card depicts a man in the prime of life. Some decks call this the card and Card 2 the ‘Main Person’ card, but it’s understood, this card represents a male in the reading, and is used as the significator when reading for a male inquirer. In yes/no questions, this card is a maybe.
Card 2-Main Female/Main Person-This card depicts a woman of about the same age and the man in Card 1. Some decks call this card, a ‘Main Person’ card, but it’s understood she represents a woman in the reading, and is used as the significator when reading for a female inquirer. In yes/no questions, this card is a maybe.
Card 3-Marriage-This card can depict either a wedding couple or a couple busy with married life. It can foretell an actual wedding or engagement in the offing. It can be telling the inquirer they need to enter into a relationship of some sort, or an agreement, or a contract. This card could also refer to a merger of two companies or businesses. Surrounding cards will tell if this ‘marriage’ is a good thing or not. In yes/no questions, this card is a yes.
Card 4-Meeting(s)/Courtship-This card represents encounters with others for the purpose of exchanging information, socializing, or working on a joint project. It can also represent the process of courtship, whether it is one person seeking to persuade another to marry them, or it is one person trying to persuade another to enter into a contract or a business partnership with them. If this card is in the future, such a meeting may be coming; the inquirer may be subjected to a ‘sales pitch’ of some sort. In yes/no questions, this card is a maybe.
Card 5-Good Gentleman/Mature Man-This card depicts a significantly-older man than the man in Card 1. This card can be used as the significator in a reading for a man of advanced age. Otherwise, he can be an actual older male person being talked about in the reading, and in the case of romantic questions, he could even represent ‘the other man’—the inquirer’s rival. In yes/no questions, this card is a yes.
Card 6-Good Lady/Mature Woman-This card depicts a significantly-older woman than the woman in Card 2. This card can be used as a significator in a reading for an older woman. Otherwise, she can be an actual older woman being talked about in the reading, and in the case of romantic questions, she could even represent ‘the other woman’—the inquirer’s rival. In yes/no questions, this card is a yes.
Card 7-Pleasant Letter/Message-This card means you will receive a message soon, either a traditional letter or telegram, or an e-mail, text message. It can also represent documents, stocks, legal records, etc. This card traditionally is considered to mean the message will be a pleasant one, but the surrounding cards will indicate if the message is ultimately a positive one. In yes/no questions, this card is a yes.
Card 8-False Person-This card depicts a person in disguise. The inquirer is warned there may be a deceitful person in their environment, and to exercise care. This person could be a drama king or queen, a manipulator, a gossip, a lover-of-trouble, a con artist, or some other variation on that theme. Secondarily, this card could be a warning to the inquirer that they are committing their energies to the wrong cause, the wrong plan, the wrong decision, or the wrong attitude. The surrounding cards could hint at what form this ‘falsity’ takes. In yes/no questions, this card is a no.
Card 9-Change-There is going to be a change or movement in your life. This could mean moving to a new house or work location, gaining employment or losing a job, a child grows up and moves out, a promotion or change of career, a relationship changes, a change in outlook or values; the change can take many forms, but it is coming. Secondarily, this card could be telling the inquirer they need to be more flexible and adaptable to change. This could mean having to leave something behind. In yes/no questions, this card is a maybe.
I want a kipper reading
I don’t do readings. My hope is that by talking about these various divination methods, people will feel sufficiently knowledgeable-enough to give them a try. Education about divination is my focus. If you want a Kipper Card reading, I would suggest trying a Google search, something along the lines of ‘Kipper Card Reading (then enter your location here)’ and it may come up with a listing of card readers who are closest to you. Good Luck!
i am so glad i found your page! i was able to do a 7card spread and your notes have really helped! i have the little guide book but i feel that this is much more helpful as it only states an all card spread. thank you so much for sharing this!! i cannot thank you enough!
You’re quite welcome! I’m glad my website helped you.
I have a question… Why i can’t read over 3 other cards? 37. POVERTY, 38. TOIL & LABOUR and 39. COMMUNITY? Are the positive or Negative in a yes/ no reding? But i find this site great! Good work and a happy 2121! Greetz Kim
And a good and happy 2021 to you too, Kim! 37. Poverty 38. Toil & Labour and 39. Community are cards which were added to the Fin de Siecle Kipper Card deck by Ciro Marchetti himself, to better-reflect some of the harsh realities of late-nineteenth century life, which is when the Kipper Deck came into being. As for their positive/negative orientations, I’d say Poverty is negative/no, and Community is positive/yes.
Toil and Labour is a bit more tricky. It’s obviously meant to reflect the dangerous, grueling, under-paid, and boring, but necessary jobs available to the working class back then. Such a job would be better than no job at all, but that’s not saying very much. At best, I would put Toil & Labour in the neutral/maybe category, or maybe a begrudging ‘yes.’ Toil & Labour is a nose-to-the-grindstone sort of card, so it could be taken as a ‘if you work at it hard-enough, then the answer is ‘yes.’ Or, it could be saying, ‘it’ll be far more work and effort than you expect, so unless you’re willing to put the effort in, no matter what it takes, the answer is likely ‘no.’ I don’t like to be so wishy-washy about the positive/negative orientation of a card, but Toil & Labour is one of those cards which could go either way. It’s a plain-brown-wrapper card if I’ve ever seen one. It is certainly not a robustly ‘yes’ card. I hope all this has answered most of your question.
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For anyone who is a tarot reader…
Hallo,
they are talking about mc1 and mc2 about frontsite and backsite but the man doesn’t look to the right or to the left, how do i have the make sure witch is frontsite and what is backsite.
also in the book of toni puhle she speaks about frond and backsite.
I have the fin de siècle kipper cards.
i hope you understand what i mean.
gr. nancy
Dear Nancy B: I think I understand what you mean. In the Fin du Siecle Kipper Deck, both the Main Male (Number 1 card) and the Mautre Man
Dear Nancy B: I think I know what you mean. In the Fin du Siecle Kipper deck both the Main Male (Number 1 card) and the Mature Man card (Number 5 card) are looking directly at the viewer. In those cases, when you want to determine which other cards they are ‘facing’, then take note of the angle at which their bodies are positioned. If their faces were looking in the same direction as their torsos, then what direction would that be? You can then interpret the cards accordingly. I hope this helps.
Hello, I used to make a 3-card
spread and the third card was Big
Fortune, but in the case I asked
about it turned out that it was lost
and the money was lost. Does the
third position card suggest what’s lost?
Hmmm…that is the first time I’ve fielded this question, where a seemingly-good third card in a 3-card reading turned out to indicate a reversal of fortune. Short answer: the third card can indicate a loss. That’s the problem with 3-card readings–they leave a lot of information out! Sorry to hear about your loss. To cut down on the likelihood of this problem happening again, what I would suggest for future 3-card readings is, if the third card appears to be something positive, then you draw one to three clarifier cards to help better define what the third card means. In truth, you could draw clarifier cards for the past and present cards as well. Or, you could choose to do the Six-Card Hungarian Method, which is two past cards (one over the other) two present cards (one over the other) ad two future cards (one over the other). I hope this helps.
I have a question. I asked for messages from Above, and I received 1 – Main Male and 31 – Bad Health, clarified by the bottom of the Deck, 35 – Pathway.
My interpretation is that a male figure in my life is going to pass on. Is that correct, or is there another meaning to this?
That is one possible interpretation. Another could be that, because of the Main Male’s health problem, he may be taking a different pathway in life, possibly going on a journey related to his health problem. The Pathway card is related to the concept of ‘long term’ and suggests the Main Male’s health problem will be here for a while, and something he’ll be wrestling with for some time to come.
Hello.
Where ist the Six-Card Hungarian lay-out?
Oh, let me check.
Checked a few of my posts and I can’t find it. Tell you what–I’ll do a separate mini-lesson on the Six-Card Hungarian Method, it’s a great little lay-out everyone should know.
Can you tell me what cards 37-39 mean please. ?
I assume you’re talking about the Fin de Siecle Kipper deck by Ciro Marchetti. Card #37 is Poverty, which could refer to past, present or future poverty, depending on where the card lands in the spread. It can indicate a job which pays so poorly, it isn’t enough to live on. Expenses exceed income. Depending on the cards around it, it can represent poverty of spirit.
Card #38 is Toil & Labour, depicting girls working in a 19th century textile mill. It refers to working hard, long, and exhaustingly for poor rewards, and can refer to a minimum wage job. It could indicate that whatever you want, you will have to work very hard for it–perhaps harder than whatever you want is worth to you.
Card #39 is Community, and depicts three working-class people outside some commercial establishment, such as a pub or restaurant. It can refer to anyplace where people come together for mutual support and fellowship, whether it’s a church, local tavern, public park, a civic center, or the like. It is your support network; no matter how hard life may be, you’ve got support. The cards around it could indicate what sort of support network it is referring-to. I hope all this helps.
I have a question! 😛 so i asked if ill date a certain person and i ended up pulling”Courtship” and “Despair”. Then i asked is Despair related to a certain problem that im facing right now, and i ended up pulling the Mature Woman. Can u interpret this? Thanks in advance!!!!!!
The Mature Woman card refers to an older female. Given the presence of the Despair card in your reading, it could be this older woman disapproves of you in a relationship with this certain person and she may be trying to discourage it from going any further, or even actively interfering in it.