I believe that in the development of divination techniques, the creation of meanings for multiples of cards of the same number must have probably come pretty early. When I was taught to read playing cards, the person who gave me the meanings passed also the signification of card multiples to me, with the caveat that she’d never found them to be very reliable, contrary to the rest of the method. I must confess that I almost never use them, except when the meaning can be derived from the meanings of the cards, which is why I never talked about them before. However, since someone asked me, I’ll retrieved them from my notes so that you can experiment with them.
Note that it does not matter which cards we are talking about as long as they have the appropriate number of pips. However, the presence of Spades in the combination is supposed to worsen the meaning, especially if the Spade card comes last.
Aces
2 = Surprise
3 = Positive Chance
4 = when together, death or great danger, when apart, glory or success
Twos
2 = Exchange
3 = Agreement
4 = Slowness, Boredom
Threes
2 = Tricks
3 = Increase or Progress
4 = Quick Communications
Fours
2 = Worry, Insomnia
3 = Situations speeding up, Unblocking
4 = Travel
Fives
2 = Small losses, Small torments
3 = Resolution
4 = Law
Sixes
2 = Nervousness
3 = Anger
4 = Violence
Sevens
2 = Development
3 = Sickness
4 = Dissatisfaction
Eights
2 = New acquaintances or learning something new
3 = Wedding bells
4 = Infamy
Nines
2 = Help from friends
3 = Triumph
4 = Glory
Tens
2 = Change of place
3 = Change of life
4 = Birth or rebirth
Jacks
2 = Fighting
3 = Litigation
4 = Danger
Queens
2 = Talks
3 = Gossip
4 = Slander
Kings
2 = Help
3 = Commerce
4 = Great Honor
MQS
