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cartomancy

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cartomancy [ˈkɑːtəˌmænsɪ]
n
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the telling of fortunes with playing cards
[from French carte card + -mancy]

cartomancy
a form of divination involving playing cards.
See also: Divination
Translations
cartomancy [ˈkɑːtəmænsɪ] Ncartomancia f
cartomancy
nKartenlegen nt, → Kartomantie f (spec)


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Cartomancy is a method of divination that utilizes a deck of cards While the practice has been popular for hundreds of years, it has seen a recent surge in commercial popularity with the sale of Tarot cards on the popular market Cartomancy is a method of divination that utilizes a deck of cards.
Other methods use palmistry, the practice of interpreting the lines in hands; cartomancy, the prediction of the future through communications using special cards such as tarot cards and necromancy, in which the people predict the future through communication with the dead.
In these comprehensive metaphysical programs, students learn much of the aforementioned studies, in addition to astrology, numerology, parapsychology, palmistry, spirit communications, mediumship, psychism, spirituality, gemstone healing, the Occult, cartomancy (i.
 
 
 
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