Card 19-Bereavement/Funeral/Coffin-This can be an actual death or a funeral, but it can also signify any definitive, irrevocable conclusion, such as graduation, retirement, moving to a new home, being fired from a job, or the end of a relationship. Something is coming to an end, and there is no going back, so recognize this, accept it, and move on. Things cannot go on as they have before; you need to completely re-think your situation, however painful that may be. In yes/no questions, this card is a definite no.
Card 20-House-House, home, apartment, apartment building, condo, townhouse, property, land dealings, real estate and buildings can all be represented by this card. More abstractly this card can represent the safety, security, stability, coziness, family and family life. This can represent one’s neighborhood. This card represents anything which makes one feel safe, secure and strong. One’s base of operations. In yes/no questions, this card is a definite yes.
Card 21-Living Room/Family Room-Whichever of these rooms the card is named, it represents a room in the home where only family members and good friends are allowed. The sort of room where secrets, personal matters, or family matters are shared and discussed. This is a card of privacy, private discussions, and matters kept secret from the outside world. Secondarily, it can represent a small apartment, or a secure area which is accessible with only a pass-code or a key-card. This is a card of privacy, intimacy and secrets. It can indicate something happening soon, traditionally 24 hours to four weeks. In yes/no questions, this card is a yes.
Card 22-Military Person/Official Person-Order, discipline, regimen, hierarchy, there’s-a-right-way-to-do-things-and-it-is-THIS-way, is what this card represents. This can represent anyone in uniform. Also a situation where the inquirer is not in control; someone else is giving the orders. In any reading where a fact seems to appear in the cards, this card has a verifying effect; a sort of underlining effect where it emphasizes, ‘this is so.’ In yes/no questions, this card is a no.
Card 23-Court/Court House-Court proceedings, decisions, legal proceedings, lawsuits, legal disputes, justice, verdicts, tax offices, or public buildings of any kind. Though it’s heavily-associated with all matters legal or court-related, it can also represent any discoveries, assessments, negotiations, or decisions in a situation. This card may encourage the inquirer to discover the truth about a situation and come to an honest decision. In yes/no questions, this card can be either no or maybe.
Card 24-Thief/Theft/Thievery-Theft, embezzlement or loss, either material or emotional. The theft can take many forms: a theft of time, effort, money, possessions, dignity, or the object of one’s affection. When this card turns up, the inquirer should know they’re being robbed somehow. More abstractly, it can represent anything which has been taken away, removed, separated, distant, or absent. Surrounding cards in the reading will indicate if the loss is recoverable or permanent. In yes/no questions, this card is a no.
Card 25-High Honor/High Honors-Rewards, recognition, praise, trophies, a promotion, a raise, success, a good reputation established, an exam passed with flying colors, retirement. When this card turns up, the inquirer has worked hard and possibly long, and now the rewards for all that long-and-hard work show up. This is good fortune the inquirer has earned and deserves, so they should thoroughly enjoy it, and ignore any jealous sniping. In yes/no questions, this card is a yes.
Card 26-Great Fortune/Big Luck/Great Happiness-Hands-down, going-away, the best card in the deck. When this card turns up in a reading, some great, good fortune, possibly unexpected, is coming the inquirer’s way. This is outstanding good luck, triumph, wealth, happiness, fruitfulness, and wishes coming true. If the inquirer has been through a tough, challenging period in their life, this card is glad reassurance that the darkness is behind them, and daylight has come; things are improving. This card is so positive, it can off-set any negative cards in a reading. In yes/no questions, this card is a yes.
Card 27-Unexpected Income/Unexpected Money-A small sum of money coming in unexpectedly, sometimes from a surprising source. It may not mean much for the giver, but means a lot to the recipient. This is a surprise Christmas bonus, money gained from the discovery of a billing or a bookkeeping error, a reduced monthly bill, a reward for doing someone a kindness, or some variation on that theme. Not enough to make a big, permanent change in one’s lifestyle, but a pleasant occurrence anyhow. This can also be contracts and general business matters. In yes/no questions, this card is a yes.
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.
Great content. Thank you very much.
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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.