Le Petite Oracle Des Dames Flashcards by Wendy Goodwin

Like “The World” card

Symbolism: Isis inside of an Orobus ►Universe / Eternity

Eagle = Spring . Lion = Summer . Bull = Autumn (►plows) . Man = Winter (Aquarius)

8♦ = country, earth, plowing

GREAT OMEN if preceded by Jupiter

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CLARIFICATION

Fire : 2nd element……under sign of Taurus

Sun unites male & female (gemini)

GOOD OMEN regardless of any nearby card

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Victory under Taurus…a laurel wreath & palm of triumph

9 heart = victory, happiness & success in major operations

GOOD OMEN regardless of any nearby card (the sun’s rays penetrate everything around it)

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Propos = “about” 1st el - water, under sign of Cancer

This card represents moon & terrestrial animals (dog=domestic & wolf=wild). The 2 towers defend fortresses on a path stained with blood leading from a swamp with many obstacles.

7 spade = sinister things

GREAT MISFORTUNE

(but may be lessened by a preceding good card)

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3rd element - Aquarius

Like “Star” card

Planets around the sun = saturn above, jupiter below, moon to it’s right and venus to it’s left.

butterfly = regeneration So…..Happy fertile times!!

Success…….support…..prosperity in all shades/ways possible!

►MOST AUSPICIOUS CARD **esp if Jupiter precedes

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Men are children of the earth….teeth of the dragon Cadmus. Pyrea is throwing stones …generating herself.

10 Clubs

► HAPPY CARD

(Prudence or Temperance) before this card = GREAT SUCCESS

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Wicked man & woman

This is like Adam & Eve after their fall. Think of Pandora’s Box. Sword and drink.

Bad card if other side is up but HORRIBLE CARD if this on top!!

(unless immediately preceded by Jupiter)

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Adam & wicked Eve ousted from paradise.

BAD CARD (either side up)

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Major Strength / Enterprise

Devil card

“Typhon” is this wicked spirit. This is the last card if the “Golden Age series”. L arm forms an “N”. Torch of Prometheus in R arm forms an “M”. Man is touching the thigh with his L hand.

9 ♦ = success in large companies & affairs of interest

SUCCESS (in enterprise) so…good card!

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Disgusted Boredom

4♦ = same

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Strength

by defeating the lion, it shows prudence & strength go hand in hand.

Good ONLY if PRECEDED by PRUDENCE

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Think Mercury / Belt with Thoth;

RuL with Cadeuseus (“staff of Hermes” aka “Rod of Mercury”)

LUL holds skirt. She is careful where she treads but is advancing nonetheless. The snake is blocking the path without any thorns.

13 then Prudence = TRIUMPH / GOOD

Prudence then 13 = VERY BAD

Prudence then Strength = GOOD

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under Aquarius

Temperence is present in allegory of a young winged woman

who makes us understand the need to quell the desires without violence.

9 hearts = happiness & long life

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The circle transversed by Sun through the signs of Libra & Aries

CLEAR DAY - success in planting / farming …and is commendable

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Giving money, this old corrupter is selling innocence (by selling pardons / indulgences) ; like a reprieval from their sins

►CORRUPTION, falsehood and people of whom you should be wary

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under Libra

The star herself has descended from heavong to sit on an ebony thrown. “Hold & Balance” to judge humanities and a dagger to punish crime.

2 clubs = same thing

9 & 10 then this card = HAPPINESS

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Augmentation (increase)

This card in itself is a complete allegory. A mouse (an animal of the earth) leads the wheel of fortune, a man around himself. Next to the wheel is a throne / a withered tree in which a monkey wearing a crown….thus (IGNORANCE is FAVORED BY FORTUNE who forgets the genius in virtue).

? The explanation lies in the preceding #s.

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She is naked, without ornament except a drape. Eyes are blindfolded…she pours her gifts randomly but correctly. A winged genie tries to pull her drapery in vain.

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A woman in tears at a tomb and based on an urn. No doubt it’s the ashes of her husband that she waters with her tears. This card is about pains & sorrows.

9 of spades is even a sign

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Death is represented with all it’s attributes & seems ready to anhilate all that exists - large & small. It is not unintentional that it is placed under # 13. This issue which the ancients regarded as the most unfortunate, probably as a result of a disastrous experience. Would it not for this reason that the 13 Hebrew tribes only counted 12.

“This card does NOT BODE WELL”

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Fidelity : Her L hand key to a safe… other hand stroking a dog.

3 hearts = fidelity & union

VERY GOOD OMEN

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under saturn

Like “The Hermit”

A venerable philopher supported on a stick. L hand holds a lantern looking for virtue & justice. Court-de-Gebelin claims this is after an allegory we imagine Diogenes seeking the man. The tellers of jokes, the epigramitists are of all ages. This teaches us that without wisdom, we cannot be happy.

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Bellona, Roman goddess of war

In a moment of fury “It flies in combat - a corpse is extended to her feet”. Designates the subject of

RAGE OF WAR … under planet Mars.

6 hearts - “on par with the answers”

VERY BAD OMEN!!

this care then 14 = RUIN & DEATH!!

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1st card in the Age of Brass series…

Osiris, God of Egypt & the first Sabian people (gnostic Christian-like ) - symbolic image of a Sun that reappears more brilliant than ever after winter. Osiris on a chariot with weapon of a javelin expresses dissent, murder & fighting of the Brass Century. Elle, chief god of Canonites, announces century of iron. King Spades - statesman or “man of cloth” (/robe - here it means lawyer or judge)…is a harbinger of…

SUPPORT & PROTECTION

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Man, between vice and virtue. This is not the reason that led up to this decision, he 'swings' not knowing on which side he lie. A desire can cause an effect - though vice draws a smile, virtue is likely to have the same effect. DISTRUST CERTAIN PEOPLE trying to seduce you! (both women)

Like "Spy card" in Lenormand represents a traitor in the midst of darkness twisted in a cloak, a dark lantern in his hand & dagger in the other. BE ON GUARD! DISTRUST STRANGERS / the carress of a few....ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELLING! 10♦ is "the same side". ONLY a happy card when 9th card comes before it.

The young couple takes each other's faith & love serves as their priest & witness. Truth - Honor - Love stand out here. HAPPINESS this card then #13 = DISEASE, promptly ...and GREAT SORROW. However, a preceding Jupiter would nullify all that badness.

"Eternal Protector" Jupiter is the ruler of the universe. He either threatens or quietens the land with his lightning bolts. He controls movements and is the protector of humans. His sign is a polar circle. GREAT HONOR....CONCILIATION, HASTE, PROTECTION?? Jupiter then 7 = esp good ???Sun then Jupiter = esp good represents temporal & spiritual leaders of society King ♦ = same sign

The club and suit announce sovereignty. The eye on her chest = vigilance. Nearby a card of brass, probably laws. Sits on a triangular stone, an Egyptian emblem. The hands above mean 2 sides meat with good faith. 3 club = same ►HARMONY OF PEOPLE - especially HOUSEHOLDS CONCORD, UNION. 8,9,10,11 or 12 then this card = VERY GOOD NEWS

Juno, Roman goddess PROTECTOR, counselor of state She is the QUEEN of heaven. The peacock = the pride of powerful people. Rt hand points toward heaven & the other towards earthly religion & idolatry. Queen ♦ = same influence 2 then this card (and on the right) = GREAT PROTECTION

The Juggler (like the Magician) He has a stick (=authority) up to the heads of state even. He says that Life is an illusion. He practices "slight of hand". 3 spades = same OMINOUS....BOREDOM...DISEASE

He has a jerkin, filled shells & bells. He works very quickly, like the fool that he is, believing that he can escape nips in the butt. The BAG is the emblem of his faults. He feels no remorse. This card is just numbers in the series. The Egyptians did not give him a special place. 3 spades = misconduct, prejudices, extravaganes, blindness CANNOT BE EXPLAINED ALONE

like card #1 in Petite Etteila; like 1&8 in Grand Etteila She is naked to symbolize the truth. It refers to the time of creation when human kind was not degraded / without any shame. Should _always be FIRST_. Under Aries. Can NOT be explained by preceeding cards.

Beneath Venus. Love fled shooting an arrow & has a blindfold but it is a gauze so light that this evil little child sees perfectly well. The flower hides the "features" he wants to start. LOVE (or) DESIRE

This is a kind of glass vase from where the narrow neck escapes pure flame distilling an essence devoted to Venus. The **2 snakes** that cross create a choice in prudence that we should form an alliance. The 2 sections = both ? spouse, 1 heralded by plants and the other by sterile rock. Ace spades = Love - Venus - Pleasure VICTORY then Love (this card) = querent will RESIST love LOVE then victory = LOVE will triumph

Prompt departure of a **man who has caused much grief** to his parents, friends & *especially his lover*. on L the 2♦ = SOLITUDE / REMOTENESS FOR A LONG TIME on R = UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

(refers to a poem or play about Love. L'Hymen was this singing angel... sitting on a cloud holding a torch and 2 flaming hearts. to R (?of querentj)= SUCCESS IN RECONCILIATION to L = FAILURE...LACK OF ORDER

A carefree bachelor, smoking & drinking; the epitome of **indecision** 5 ♦ = inconsistency WILLING LIFESTYLE OF DEBAUCHERY & NOT SETTLING DOWN

**Lucina (goddess of childbirth / fertility)** sits on a cloud with horn in which are a baby girl and a baby boy. A genie comes bringing gifts to these babies, a torch for enlightment and a crown. 6 clubs = PROSPERITY on L = a GIRL on R = A BOY

**Expectancy**. Under Mercury. A young woman raising her hand to heaven and asking that the ship arrives safely. HOPE - CONSOLATION

like the Empress Under mercury. **Sibel** the Roman goddess of earth and sea gods .In R hand she holds a sheath of wheat, in other the cornucopia. 10 hearts = Fortune - Joy - Contentment Jupiter then this card = Happiness, Prosperity, Sucess in Earthly matters...crops, gardens, etc

Two men that have been long divided meet & promise to be friends. 9 clubs = GREAT SUCCESS IN FRIENDSHIP

Two prosecutors who insult one another. This is a symbol of "baffle" ... of "trial". The 2 spikes on the cross represent loss of a trial on R = process & lagging link in interest : BAD OMEN

The Reputation (La Renomée)

Reputation in the middle of it's flight, blows a trumpet....and holds a crown that she must distribute to those who send praise......but she can also announce calamities (in which case, the crown is like a dunce cap.....also well deserved) on Rt = "pleasant" reputation (think crown) on L = Slander (think dunce cap)

Obstacle

We are like a ruined wall becomes an obstacle that has blocked a cross-road. The child seems to tell the adult that they can go further but the adult is clueless. 6 ♦ = same subject Symbolizes the JEALOUS INTRIGUE that BLOCKS SUCESS. on L = MANY many Difficulties on R & preceded by Prudency & Victory = Complete Success

Naufrage (Shipwreck) / Grand Malheur (Great Misfortune)

A ship wrecked on a horribly agitated sea....the sky is on fire. with lightning...the sailors seek to avoid death from being bashed against the rocks. 10 spades = same thing GREAT MISFORTUNE!!!

PRISON

A dingy jail in which a man is chained. Captivity and distress. IF followed by Victory = Negates the badness; the card will have no effect!

THIEVES / ROBBERY

Thieves who attack a traveller. 5 spades = same subject IF Prudence is first = you'll escape attack

Patrol, Security, Pursuit

A sentinel in his sentry is on guard. on R = SAFETY/SECURITY on L = UNANTICIPATED PURSUIT

HOUSE, FEAST

4 characters rejoice and enjoy fine wine together. GOOD COMPANY AND ENJOYMENT

JEALOUSY / COURTLINESS

A man & woman are embracing but jealousy (probably a scorned lover) in in the background watching them. 5 hearts = same thing on L = BEWARE OF JEALOUSY! on R = DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT JEALOUSY AT ALL

GOOD TRAVELS BY SEA

A ship in the middle of a happy race. VERY GOOD OMEN!! (esp for those who live off the sea or **_travel_**)

VILLAGE

A city in the distance where travellers go. 3 diamonds = same Meaning completely depends on cards preceding it (no more detail given)

Letter, Sweet Note

A young woman, sitting, receives a letter brought by a courier (literally 'jockey') Ace diamonds = invitations, announcements of new pleasantries

Small Master, Embarrassment

A small master between 2 pretty ladies. He is embarrassed because of the choice he faces. on R = choice will be GOOD on L = choice will be BAD

Economy, Grant Money

A man sitting near a safe and giving OR taking a purse. This announces economy. on R = a rich capitalist who is GIVING us his purse on L = a miser who will LOAN money but with much interest

Loneliness, Solitude, Rest

The rest was occupied by a woman reading and enjoying the peace of the countryside. = WISDOM & VIRTUE

Battery, Dispute

Criminal women fighting and stealing the horses. You will experience SOME INCONVENIENCE....some UNEXPECTED ARGUMENT.

Hypocrite

This man is a hypocrite who never grants a slight blessing...ONLY when it is to be seen. It's easy to see that this is one of those hypocrites who, under the cloak of religion and wisdom, burns the most CRIMINAL of passions. 4 clubs = something sinister

OLD MAN, PATRIARCH

An old man, inhabitant of the country, carressing his children and wife. His air is venerable due to his pleasures. Very virtuous man in whom you can trust and find consolation. 5 clubs = PROSPERITY, SUCCESS, PROTECTION OF A SOVEREIGN BEING.

Society, Evil/Nasty Cackle

3 women....a vigil in winter....busy back-biting, gossip and foul language 7 diamonds = same

Treacherous Woman

Hiding her face with a fan to conceal her face and stroking a cat, a symbol of treason, this is a warning that we must defy the naughty woman. Queen Spades is attributed to her.

Charity, Frankness

Charity is represented by the figure of a woman presenting her breast to the bars of a prison for an old man and surrounded by children who share her tender care. Extremes in ages are represented. 6 hearts = FRANKNESS, FRIENDSHIP

Blonde Man, Beneficient

A blonde man, equally beneficial, he reconciles the spouses. RELIEF, SUPPORT, WISE ADVICE

Brunette Man, Whole-hearted

A sudden, abrupt benefactor who can see with his own eyes the misery of others. He gives a purse of money to an old woman who doesn't even thank him. King Clubs = head of a family; sign of a GOOD MAN

GOOD BLONDE WOMAN

A good blonde woman - honest and virtuous The sweetness of pleasures by ALMS Queen of Hearts

GOOD BRUNETTE WOMAN

A brunette woman caresses her child. SOFTNESS, VIRTUE Queen of Clubs = same

Blonde Boy

A fair young man, also seated in an armchair, and he is awaiting the fortune of a love letter. Jack of Hearts

Brunette Boy

A young man seems to invite someone to sit. Jack of Clubs = same

Blonde Girl

2 young ladies who seem to speak. 8 Hearts is their attribute.

Chestnut Brunette Girl

2 girls, arm in arm, are gazing at someone. 8 clubs matches their demeanor

"New" Stranger / Foreigner

A foreigner with a backpack, a stick in one hand means and a _letter_ that represents "NEWNESS" Jack of spades = same thing

Man of the Countryside

Represents A PLEASANT TRIP..a bag on his shoulder and a dog to accompany him. Jack of diamonds - attributed to him, a FARMER / COUNTRY MAN