Kipper Cards 31-36: Short Illness, Despair, Murky Thoughts, Work, Long Road, Hope Big Water

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.

31. Short Illness/Bad Health

Meaning: Short illness, sickness, maladies, sickness, sleep, also unhealthiness in general. Weakness, a low patch. A situation where you require help or healing or need to take care of yourself, or someone has to take care of you. Something is wrong. You can look at the surrounding cards for the nature and severity of the malaise, but usually this passes relatively quickly, as long as there aren’t very negative cards around it.

Illustration & directions: Note the card contains both the sick person and the healer. Check surrounding cards for the nature of the illness or problem. This, as it has two people in it, is a Connector card, which can connect the cards either side of it.

Similar to: Malady in the Vera Sibilla, Weakness in the Sibylle des Salons, but note the healer who brings in the Vera Sibilla’s Doctor card is included also.

Notes: n/a

32. Despair