Kipper Cards 13-18: Rich Man, Sad News, Success In Love, His Thoughts, Receiving Gift, Little Child

Kipper Card Meanings including notes, quirks and directional features, using the Wahrsagen Kipperkarten, Fin de Siecle & Salish decks.

Here are the main card meanings for all the above Kipper cards. In terms of the images, I want to illustrate some of the extra nuances you can get in terms of meaning by using the images and directions indicated on the cards, and also how different decks might compare on this.

So the decks I’m showing from left to right in these card meaning lists are a) the “Original” Wahrsagekarten, Lieder version b) the Ciro Marchetti Fin de Siecle, and c) the Salish Kipper decks. As we’ve said, the Salish, although a modern deck, usually follows the directions in the “Original original” 1890s printing of the deck, so that’s the one to use if you’re a purist.

You can see my comparison and overview of these three different Kipper decks here:

Unlike the Sibilla decks, Kipper cards do NOT have reversed meanings. I also note below where there are equivalent or similar cards from other oracle systems. Plus whether they are considered Master cards for Master card readings (more on that in a future post). I have marked those that are with an M.

13. Rich Man/Wealthy Man

Meaning: Young, dynamic, entrepreneurial man, businessman, business acumen, general finances, enterprise. The young man’s dynamism and energy are key here, as well as his wealth. If not being used as a person, for members of either sex, this could be interpreted as the state of being enterprising and entrepreneurial, of business and money-generation.

Illustration & directions: If being used as a character, in the original decks follows the direction the other male cards are facing so can be used accordingly, although as you can see, in the Fin de Siecle, he’s facing head-on so that’s not really possible. In which case you can treat the cards to the right as future, and to the left as past.

Similar to: The Merchant in Vera Sibilla/Gypsy Oracle, The Dark-Haired Young Man in Sibylle des Salons, with many elements of the Fish in Lenormand.

Notes: n/a

14. Sad News/ Message Of Concern