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The Kipper Meanings Below Are Based On The Earliest Deck Instructions
The Kipper Meanings Below Are Based On The Earliest Deck Instructions
give you the information you need to start reading your Kipper Cards. Please do
not jump in Lenormand or Tarot style though, take time to check in on my
"How to Read" section and if you still need more help, take a look at my
YouTube Channel and of course buy my book! The Card information is best
viewed on a desktop.
** Note ** The Card Geek's Kipper Deck illustrated here is based on the directional
cues in the first Kipper deck in 1890 (I am lucky enough to own a copy) - if your deck
differs to the directions shown below please use your directional cues - the
information / core meanings of the cards are the same, the reading direction will
differ i.e. your reading will take you in a different direction - all decks can be used as
long as you consider their directional cues.
3. Marriage / 3. Ehestand
3. Marriage is a connector card, it connects the two flanking cards and explains the
state of their connection. If positive cards are around and the card is ahead of the MC
then we see a positive connection, however, behind the Main Character's back and
with challenging cards it could mean separation.
4. Convene / 4. Zusammenkunft
4. Convene is a connector card, it connects the two flanking cards to explain
when/where the Querent will be most at one with their fellow beings, coming together
at a party or having a meeting with like-minded business peeps. Joy, happiness and
harmony surround the querent when they are with their clan.
5. Good Gent / 5. Guter Herr
5. Good Gent brings good news when nearby and not surrounded by ominous cards.
Check the cards around for his nature. He can be a mentor, boss, father figure or just
6. Good Lady's partner in the spread.
7. Letter isn't always pleasant, as the German title suggests. It means happy tidings
when it falls ahead or above of the MCs falling behind these cards it means slander,
grief and worry. 7. Letter is a stop card and thus stops the flow of the read, if you
want to know if positive or negative tidings, look to the cards around and whether
auspicious or inauspicious placement.
8. Dishonesty means misfortune and danger when close to the MCs, further away it
means loss, hypocrisy, betrayal to fear Not a person card, look at the card that lies
behind the door in the imagery (on my deck to the right) to see who or what is wrong
in the situation. The dishonesty will have an effect on the card in her line of sight (my
deck to the left).
9. Change means changes of all description, the closer to the MC in the spread, the
sooner the change will occur. This is a movement card, the card that falls behind is
where the change begins and falling after is where the change is heading to or the
outcome of the change. Check the imagery on your deck, in my deck the change starts
to the right and moves to the left. Showing the changed situation to the right.