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FORTUNES AND DREAMS


[Illustration: HOROSCOPE]

                          FORTUNES AND DREAMS

                     A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF FORTUNE
                      TELLING, DIVINATION AND THE
                       INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS,
                            SIGNS AND OMENS

                                   BY
                              ASTRA CIELO

                                NEW YORK
                        GEORGE SULLY AND COMPANY

                            COPYRIGHT, 1917
                        BY SULLY AND KLEINTEICH

                          Printed in U. S. A.




                           CONTENTS


                                                      PAGE
 INTRODUCTION                                          vii

  ASTROLOGY                                              1
            Historical Review—Astrological
          Readings—The Astrological Guide to
          Fortune—Horoscope and Tables—Character as
          Told by Astrology—How to Determine the Lucky
          and Unlucky Days of Any Month—Derivations
          of the Names of the Months—Derivations of
          the German and English Days of the Week.

  THE ANCIENT ORACLES                                   30
    Napoleon’s Oraculum—Oraculum Table.

  FORTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS                              52
            The Origin and History of Playing
          Cards—Suits and Symbols—Mystic
          Meaning—The Charm and Power of Cards—What
          the Cards Signify—Meaning of the Various
          Cards—Telling One’s Fortune with
          Twenty-one Cards—Italian Method—The
          French System—English System—The Gypsy
          Method—Creole Method—Card Oracles.

  FORTUNE-TELLING WITH DICE AND DOMINOES                92

  THE SCIENCE OF PALMISTRY                             119
            Principal Lines of the Palm and Their
          Meaning—The Shape and Length of the
          Phalanges—Form of the Hand—Character
          from the Shape of a Hand and Fingers—The
          Mountains—A Reading of the Lines and Other
          Characteristics.

  THE SCIENCE OF PHRENOLOGY                            136

  THE SCIENCE OF PHYSIOGNOMY                           141
            What Different Eyes Indicate—Reading
          Character by the Color of the
          Eyes—Disposition by the Shape of the
          Nose—Reading Character by the Form of the
          Lips—Reading Character by the Shape of the
          Ear.

  FORTUNE-TELLING BY GROUNDS IN A TEACUP               147

  DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION                      150
            Do Dreams Foretell the Future?—How
          Dreams Should Be Interpreted—A Dictionary
          of Dreams.

  THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS                              191

  POPULAR BELIEFS AMONG THE ANCIENTS AS TO THE
    INFLUENCE OF PRECIOUS STONES                       205
      The Language of Precious Stones.

  THE LANGUAGE OF POSTAGE STAMPS                       211

  THE MEANING OF MOLES                                 213

  WEATHER PROPHECIES FROM AN OLD ALMANAC               215

  HOW TO TELL ONE’S AGE                                218

  HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL                                  220

  MEMORY RHYMES                                        222




INTRODUCTION


There is a Latin saying that “Fortune frustrates, single-handed, the
plans of learned men.” There are moments in the lives of each of us
when we do not seem to be masters of our actions, but are led by blind
chance into paths which bring success or failure in spite of our own
individual efforts. We stand in awe before a power which seems inimical
to us, or rejoice over a series of coincidences that boost us into fame
and fortune.

It is easy to understand, therefore, why men of all ages have had a
restless striving to search out the Unknown and the Unknowable, and
to endeavor to foretell the future and its mysterious dispensations.
In all ages, men have endeavored in various ways to penetrate the
mysteries of the future. They have consulted the stars, the oracles,
deities of their own manufacture, cards of various devices, etc., in an
effort to solve the problems about them.

There is a vein of superstition in every human being, and some of the
world’s greatest geniuses, statesmen, scientists and warriors have not
been ashamed to seek information from prophets and seers, when the
tangle of life seemed too difficult for them to unravel thru their own
efforts. The pages of history as well as the Holy Bible are full of
instances where the power of divination was invoked to settle important
decisions.

This book has been compiled for the use of intelligent people who
