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[FORTUNE TELLING CARD GAME] Gadaite sami [i.e. Divine Yourself!]

Riga: Fortuna, [1900s]. Item #1080

36 cards + 1 explanation leaf. 9x5,5 cm. The leaf with the explanation has losses of text, although the text is still readable, otherwise the deck is in good condition.
The rare example of a pre-revolutionary board game.
The four cards are the cards of divine - they are: the married woman, the married man, the maid and the single gentleman. The rest of the cards have usual nominations alongside with the object (like the book, the chicken, the mailman, the snake etc). The object is usually explained - what it means generally and in regards to other cards. Example:
‘The book always means the interesting and important news. If the keys are lying close by it means the revealing of a secret. If it lies on top it symbolizes the scientific career. If it lies below it means the satisfied curiosity’.
The cards are suitable for any fortune-telling methods. However one of them is explained in the accompanying leaf with explanation: ‘‘The fortuneteller chooses his card, then, having shuffled the cards well, removes 11 more cards from the deck, shuffling them together with his card, puts them into four groups of 3 cards each. The groups are arranged in a fan-like manner, placing one group under the other. After reading carefully the meaning of the cards, the fortuneteller makes up his own profile. Then he removes two identical ones, for example, a king with a king, etc., and the remaining ones mean the final result of fortune telling’’.

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