In this article you will find some examples of combinations using the Vera Sibilla. Most of these combinations are handed down by tradition. Studying and decoding combinations is a very good way to improve your cartomantic vocabulary, but bear in mind that the exact meaning of a combination depends on many other factors, such as the context of the question and the other cards in the spread, so I would encourage you to keep an open mind. As a rule, you will find that if you do not pose a question and these combinations come up, they will mean what the tradition says they mean 3 times out of 5. Also, keep in mind that it’s useless to try to combine every card with every other card beforehand so that no surprises will ever come up in a spread, just as it is useless to try to combine every word in a dictionary with every other to study a language. That time is best spent actually practicing.
NOTE:
R = Reversed
U/R = Upright or Reversed (doesn’t matter)
* = This combination has to come up in this specific order
3♦ = The Gift (Omaggio)
8♦ = The Handmaid (Donna di Servizio)
C = Cuori (Hearts)
F = Fiori (Clubs)
Q = Quadri (Diamonds)
P = Picche (Spades)
Six of Hearts (6♥) – The Safe (Denaro)
A♥ + 6♥ = financial discussions and talks
6♥ + 2♥* = it can mean putting money toward the house or family
A♣ + 6♥ = a financial contract | marrying money
A♣R + 6♥ = great wealth | with other appropriate cards, sex for money
10♣ + 6♥ = carelessness with money, burning through your savings | it can mean little experience (literally, “little past”. The same meaning could be had with 7♦)
6♥ + 3♦ = a gift of money | good finances | extra money
6♥ + 8♦ = positive financial evolution | money coming in
6♥ + 8♦R = little money | money going out
6♥ + A♠ = a difficult past | depending on the context, it can simply mean money spent
6♥ + A♠ + 2♥ = it can mean problems with a bank
6♥ + 2♠ = pension money
6♥ + 2♠U/R + negative cards = economic decline
6♥ + 3♠ + 4♦R = end of a difficult financial period
6♥ + 7♠ + another negative card = a period of financial difficulties in your destiny
6♥ + J♥ or Q♥ = an ex
6♥ + person = someone you already know (if J♠ or Q♠, an old enemy or someone who has caused you trouble in the past)
6♥ + 5♠ + 2♦ + 7♥ = a will (+ 4♦, the documents are false, forged or have been tampered with)
6♥R + person = someone you don’t know yet, or know very very little
6♥R + K♥ = traditionally, the arrival of a benefactor
6♥R + K♣R + J♠ = traditionally, a loan shark
6♥R + 8♦R = money spent or not coming in
6♥R + 10♦R = financial ruin (with 7♠R, you won’t get out of it easily)
6♥R + 2♠R = can be avarice, hoarding, possessiveness | steep financial decline
6♥R + cards describing a situation = if the 6♥R has no other meaning, it can mean that the situation will happen all of a sudden, often at the last minute | alternatively, if the cards are depicting a state of affairs, it means that the situation will draw out for a long time
Six of Clubs (6♣) – The Surprise (Consolante Sorpresa)
6♣ + A♥ or 8♣ = unexpected meeting, appointment, date, talk, interview, reconciliation, what have you (it doesn’t say it will go well, though. Look further)
6♣ + 2♥ = traditionally, a happy event at home
6♣ + 3♥ = an unexpected visit
6♣ + 6♥ = extra money, or receiving money, etc., usually unexpectedly | a raise
6♣ + 10♥ = traditionally, a combination of rewards and efforts paying off | it can also mean, for instance, a hobby or thing done on the spur of the moment (6♣) turning into something serious and consistent (10♥)
6♣ + 9♣ = it can be a surprise party or an unexpected victory
6♣ + 10♣R = small wins | unexpected fluke
6♣ + 2♦ = a message you’d lost hope you’d receive
6♣ + 3♦ + 7♦ (+ 9♣ + A♠R) = a birthday gift (the A♠R shows cyclicity)
6♣ + 4♠U/R or 9♠* = can be unemployment (your reception of money is blocked). If it’s the other way around, then maybe you are unemployed and the block ends unexpectedly
7♠ + 6♣* + positive or neutral cards = reinforces the idea of suddenness
A♥ + 6♣R = a meeting or talk that goes badly (possibly it was the wrong time or attitude)
4♥ + 6♣R + 7♠ = breakup due to a lack of common interests (the 6♣R represents aspirations, so if the breakup is due to aspirations, it means that they are diverging)
8♥ + 6♣R = hopes falling through due to biting off more than you can chew | a very bad combination for investments
10♣ + 6♣R = carelessness causing the downfall of a project
6♣R among not so negative cards = the need to put in a lot of effort for results that aren’t that great anyway
Six of Diamonds (6♦) – Thought (Pensiero)
6♦ + A♥ = speaking your mind or a people-oriented person
6♦ + 4♥ = being in love
6♦ + 6♥ = an investment or speculation | financial plans
6♦ + 8♥ = an optimist or a believer (if 8♥R, a pessimist or a non-believer; if also A♣R, a materialist)
6♦ + 9♥R = planning to cheat | if the cheating is already happening, it means it’s not an accident or something that just happened (6♦ shows premeditation)
6♦ + 9♥ = faithfulness | attachment to an idea (+10♥ patriotism, K♠ a political ideal)
6♦ + cards + 10♥ = a plan put into action
6♦ + 2♣ = a great idea (if 2♣R, either a vain person or one’s ideas are clouded by one’s ego)
6♦ + 7♣ = a strong ambition
6♦ + 8♣ = being well disposed toward someone or planning a reconciliation
6♦ + 10♣ = a frivolous person or a careless plan
6♦ + A♦ + 3♣ + 10♠R = planning to go to a secret intimate meeting
6♦ + 2♦ = studying | elaborating a plan
6♦ + 4♦ = a negative, false character | a wrong idea | can be planning a scam or a scammy action, but this would be more common with 6♦R
6♦ + 4♦ + K♠ = ideology, understood as something that skews (4♦) or heavily colors your understanding of reality(2♠U/R traditionalism or conservatism, K♣U/R elitism, 6♥R socialism, K♦ or 3♦ libertarianism or free market, 7♠R something more oppressive like communism or fascism, 9♦ populism, 10♠ can be militarism or hatred of strangers, depending on the cards, 9♥R anarchism, 9♥ and 10♥ patriotism)
6♦ + 7♦ = a new conception | thinking of having a baby | a gullible person, a simple-minded person
6♦ + 7♦R = very childish or very insecure
6♦ + 3♥ + 6♣ + 7♦ = doing research and making a discovery (7♥ may come up in combination with 6♦ as together they represent brain power)
6♦ + 9♦ = a totally unrealistic idea (+ 6♣R, will bring losses)
6♦ + 5♠ = thinking of ending something
6♦ + 7♠ = negative or aggressive thoughts
J♠ or Q♠ + 6♦U/R* = someone has hostile plans against you
6♦U/R + J♠ or Q♠* = you have hostile plans against someone or at least you see them as enemies to fight against
6♦R + 9♥ = planning something unfaithful or disloyal
6♦R + cards of sadness or depression = it accentuates the idea of sadness or depression
6♦R + 5♠ + A♠ + 10♠ + J♠ or Q♠ (+ 7♠) = premeditated murder
6♦R + 10♦ = planning a robbery (literally or figuratively)
6♦R + 4♠R = can be a subconscious hung-up or complex (e.g. J♣U/R, inferiority, 2♣R or 8♠R, superiority) | sitting on your hands, possibly being unemployed
6♦R + A♦R + 7♣R = planning to destroy someone’s reputation
6♦R + 8♠ + 5♠ + 9♦ = planning of ending it all
6♦R + 6♠ or 7♣R = subconscious fears
6♦R + 2♣ + 8♥ = psychic powers, premonitions, etc.
Six of Spades (6♠) – Sighs (Sospiri)
A♥ or 8♣ + 6♠* = anxious about a meeting | can be social anxiety in general
8♥ + 6♠ = a tormented hope
J♥R + 9♥ + 6♠* = worried that a lover/boyfriend might be unfaithful
6♠ + 10♥* = whatever it is that you are worried about, you are right (look at the cards that the girl is looking at)
6♠ + 4♦* = whatever it is that you are worried about, you are wrong
A♥ + A♣ + 6♠* = anxiously waiting for someone to propose
2♣ or 5♣ + 6♠* = worrying about nothing
6♣ + 6♠* = impatience, it may be too soon to be wishing for something
3♣ + 6♠ = a large means of transport (other cards may specify it, e.g. 10♣ an airplane, etc.)
6♠ + 8♥R + 10♥R + (7♠) = traditionally a bad combination for sailors
7♦ + 6♠* = to be expecting, but
7♦ + A♣R + 6♠* = to be anxious about conceiving
6♠ + 9♠ + 4♦R = a traditional (and rather useless) combination showing that a prisoner or kidnapped person will be found near water
5♠ + 6♠* = fear of death or of anxiety due to an ending of some kind
6♠ + 5♠* = a traditional combination showing that the waiting will be in vain
K♦ + J♠ + 6♠ = another traditional (but useful) combination showing losing one’s job due to an enemy
6♠ + cards showing an event = the event will take a longer time to manifest
6♠R + 2♥ = an unstable family life
6♠R + K♦ = an unstable job situation
Card meaning something + 6♠R + Card meaning the opposite = fluctuations between these two extremes
A♣ + 2♦ + 6♠R = may be a book publishing contract
6♠R + 6♦ = psychological instability
6♠R + K♣ or K♠ or K♥ or 7♥ = often, seeking advice or a service (look around to see what type of advice or service)
