Card 28-Expectation-Waiting, anticipation, patience, wishes, hopes, dreams. This card’s meaning is clear; now is a time for being still, not acting. This card encourages the inquirer to be quietly observant while waiting for things to develop. This is not a situation in which you can push things into being. You must wait for the universe to act. Traditionally, this card is associated with the idea, ‘three months’ wait.’ In yes/no questions, this card is a maybe.
Card 29-Prison/Imprisonment-This can be actual imprisonment, anything from in-prison-for-life to being-held-overnight. This can also be an asylum, a rehab center, a detention center, a juvenile hall, or a military barracks. More abstractly, it can represent any locked, off-limits, or secured place, so this could also be a bank or a top-secret research facility. It can foretell a time of standstill, where movements are restricted and patience is needed. In yes/no questions, this card is a no.
Card 30-Judication/Legal Matters-This card represents legal matters and all matters in which an official must make a decision. This can be judges, lawyers, court personnel, or even the driver-examiner at the Department of Motor Vehicles. This card could foretell a lawsuit the inquirer is involved in, or will be soon. Judication/Legal Matters carries with it the uncomfortable connotation that one’s fate is not completely in one’s own hands—the inquirer’s welfare is dependent on some official person’s decision. In yes/no questions, this card is a maybe.
Card 31-Short Illness/Bad Health-A period of ill-health for either the inquirer or someone near-and-dear to them. It could be anything from a cold or flu to the measles or the chicken pox. This card could be saying a visit to a health-care-professional is in order, because something is wrong. If the inquirer is in good health, they are encouraged to rest and take it easy–they could be flirting with a bout of ill health if they push themselves too hard. In yes/no questions, this card is a no.
Card 32-Despair/Grief and Adversity/Sorrow-This card plainly says the inquirer is in for some tough times ahead, if they aren’t in them already, or have been in the past. They could suffer a loss, have trouble finding employment, or the employment they have isn’t enough to cover living expenses, which adds stress to their life. Or they may be facing obstacle after obstacle in pursuit of some goal, which is wearing them down. The surrounding cards will say more about what circumstance this card is referring to, and if there is any hope for deliverance from this unhappy situation. In yes/no questions, this card is a no.
Card 33-Concern/Gloomy Thoughts/Murky Thoughts-However they may look to the world, this card is saying the inquirer or someone close to them is personally suffering doubts, worry, confusion, angst, depression, inability to focus, or any one of a dozen other bad states of mind. The cards around this one may say more about what has brought about this state of mind. Look for other cards in the reading to give the inquirer hope, and in the meantime, tell them not to do anything rash. In yes/no questions, this card is a no.
Card 34-Occupation-This card can represent either that which the inquirer does for a living, or an absorbing hobby which demands such dedication, it as though it is a job for them. These are usually lower-to-mid-level positions, not the jobs with the cushy offices, stock-options and golden parachutes when they retire. This is the card of the DIY-er, the freelancer, the outside worker. This card can also represent gardening and physical exercise, such as sports. Often, the work indicated by this card is something the inquirer enjoys, though it doesn’t pay handsomely. In yes/no questions, this card is a maybe.
Card 35-A Long Road/A Long Way/Pathway-This is a long path, a great distance, or a lengthy period of time. Traditionally, this card is called the ‘two years’ patience’ card. Whatever endeavor the inquirer is engaged in it is, to use track-and-field terminology, a marathon, not a sprint. This can be either great distances or a long period of time. No quick results can be expected. The inquirer is encouraged to be patient and persistent. There could be things happening behind the scenes they are unaware of, which will have an impact on the outcome, but these things must happen in their own time. In yes/no questions, this card is a maybe.
Card 36-Hope, Big Water/Distant Horizons-This card represents the inquirer’s fondest hopes and their biggest, brightest dreams. Whether these fond hopes or big, bright dreams ever become a reality–or remain a fantasy–will depend on this card’s position in the reading, and the cards around it. This can also represent actual travel to distant destinations. This is also a card of spirituality and expanding one’s mind, so the inquirer may be encouraged to widen their perspective or nurture their spirituality in some way. 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.