Fortunes and dreams

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Gutenberg ID

54774

Title

Fortunes and dreams

Language

en

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Project Gutenberg

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Astra Cielo's 'Fortunes and Dreams' serves as a practical manual for divination, offering readers methods to interpret dreams, analyze facial features through physiognomy, read tea grounds, and understand the language of flowers. Blending historical oracles with Victorian-era superstition, this eclectic guide invites intelligent inquirers to test their own faculties against ancient tables on astrology, palmistry, and weather prophecy.

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Compiled for the intelligent seeker of truth, *Fortunes and Dreams* by Astra Cielo serves as a practical manual exploring the historical methods used by occultists to penetrate the mysteries of the future. The text acknowledges that fortune often frustrates human plans, leading individuals to consult stars, cards, and oracles to navigate blind chance. The volume is divided into distinct sections covering Astrology, which includes historical reviews and guides for determining lucky days; Fortune-Telling by Cards, detailing origins and systems like the Gypsy Method; and divination using dice and dominoes. A significant portion of the book is dedicated to reading character through physical traits. Palmistry examines hand lines and shape, while Physiognomy analyzes eyes, noses, lips, and ears to determine personality and destiny. For instance, long almond-shaped eyes are linked to genius, while blue eyes suggest humor and kindness. The text also explores Phrenology and the interpretation of dreams, providing a comprehensive dictionary of symbols ranging from tigers, which warn of enemies, to wolves, signaling coming poverty. Further chapters decode the language of flowers and precious stones, alongside beliefs regarding moles. Practical advice permeates the text, including weather prophecies from old almanacs, methods for determining age, beauty tips, memory rhymes, and even instructions on how to tell a horse's age by its teeth. The book concludes with specific lists of lucky and unlucky days for males and females based on birth dates, offering counsel on marriage timing and warning against financial speculation on certain days. Throughout, the author emphasizes that successful consultations depend on the inquirer's psychic operations and approach with a desire to know the truth, presenting these ancient methods as tools for those wishing to test their own faculties and consult the Book of Fate.

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Categories

• Psychology
• Fiction