Now let’s look at some of the characters the Kipper cards suggest we may be seeing coming up in 2023 news stories.
Given my Kipper Overview of 2023 reading suggested a man or men would prove to be significant figures overall, I’ll begin with a couple of the main male characters or personalities who are appearing. Do bear in mind there’s no information on what country this is; it could well be representing figures in the US or UK, most likely in the political or officialdom sphere somehow, but whoever they are, they’re likely to be of interest internationally. So we’d be thinking the Trumps, Bidens of this world, the Royals, of course, or major international business figures like the Murdochs or Musk.
As a reminder, heres the full layout and the Houses. Just so you know, I am going to be reading the cards more or less as I would read a Lenormand Grand Tableau, except for the directions and some particular features of certain cards (and yes, I know that some Kipper readers would read them with extra techniques such as what they term Stop cards, although not all readers actually do this.)
As you see, the male character cards for 2023 are all appearing in a cluster together in the bottom right hand corner; The Main Male, The Official Person, The Mature Man and the Rich Young Man. The main two I want to look at today are The Main Male and the Older Male/Good Lord figures.
A Main Man, Or Men in General
So if we start with the Main Male card, we know that the overview reading suggested the year would involve his money and wealth (Sudden Wealth), that he was loved, happy in love and supported (Lovers/Success In Love) but that there was an ending or even demise of some kind forecast for him (Coffin). What else can we find out about him?
Immediately Around Him
Well, here we see he’s appearing in the House of Distant Horizons/Hope, Big Water, so this is likely to be someone ambitious, with big goals and dreams. The cards surrounding him are the other male cards. Immediately influencing him is the Official Person/Military Man card, which may either represent a different individual, or the aspect of organisation, officialdom, a person in official position. I’d suggest that this means our main man could well be someone in a position of governance or officialdom, or himself has a military background.
Above him diagonally is the Mature Man/Good Lord, who again could represent another person, but also the aspect of maturity and seniority in general for him himself, suggesting that our main man is someone who is getting older or more senior.
And immediately ahead of him, in the direction he’s facing, we have the Wealthy Man/Rich Young Man card which represents business, businessmen and enterprise, wealth generation.
The Cards Leading To & From Where He’s Standing in 2023
So let’s look ahead from right to left (ie the story immediately ahead of him) the row he’s standing in, as well as the influences immediately above him and diagonal to him.
Sadly, we see an ending or funeral influencing him (Coffin) in the House of Change as well as Poverty (in the House of Child) influencing an official position or one of authority (Military Man in House of Unexpected Income). So he could start the year with something that’s ended for him and his authority (and perhaps its available funding) then being whittled down further.
Diagonally to him, we can see there’s also Change on the cards (in the House of Mature Woman/Good Lady), related to a Child or young person (in the House of Thoughts) likely coming from an older or senior male figure (Mature Man/Good Lord who appears in the House of Good Fortune). So it’s likely that a change driven by an older woman with regard to younger people or her children will impact him through an older man who has luck or great good fortune on his side.
Just to take a quick look at the row he’s in and its overall influences via mirroring the cards before reading them from right to left here. We see the main story appears to be about this man’s wealth (Main Male, Sudden Wealth), enterprise or business taking a long time to come to fruition for him (Wealthy Man/Rich Young Man, Pathway/Long Road), amid concerns and negative thought about a significant woman (Concern/Murky Thoughts, Main Female). This relates also to his thoughts about the loss or “theft” of an occupation or activity (Thief, Occupation/Work, around Thoughts/His Thoughts).
Reading the story of the cards in the row immediately ahead of him from right to left shows business and enterprise matters or a businessman (Wealthy Man/Rich Young Man) bringing concerns and negativity (Concern/Murky Thoughts) on loss or theft (Thief) and thoughts about this (or even “the loss of thought”, unthinkingness, loss of competence, Thought-Thief) in terms of occupation, what he’s doing or role (Occupation/Work). The occupation or activities of a particular woman comes into the picture also (Main Female-Occupation) and her long road to big wealth and abundance (Pathway/Long Road, Sudden Wealth/A Lot Of Money).
Finally, the cards knighting him suggest he’s being gifted a journey of some kind (Journey in House of Gift), but he’s in a kind of passive, waiting position for the glory and rewards he was expecting (Expectation in House of High Honours).
An Older Or Senior Man
As we’ve said, the older or senior male figure here is likely to start off in a fortunate position (Mature Male/Good Lord in the House of Good Fortune). The cards immediately around him show that he is likely in an official or governmental role of some kind (Offical Person/Soldier), and waiting for high honours, position or reward (Expectation in House of High Honours). Above him, we see he’ll likely be thinking of younger people headed for poverty (Child-Journey-Poverty), and he’ll be influencing our main man and business matters, likely by expressing his concerns or displeasure (Concern-Wealthy Man-Main Male). He could well be whittling down the official position of the main man (Poverty, Official Person, Main Male), and is on a journey himself in terms of business and moneymaking interests (Journey-Mature Man-Wealthy Man). Immediately ahead for him is a young person’s thoughts or expectations of high honours and concerns and negativity about what they’re doing day to day (Child in House of Thought-Expectation in House of High Honours-Concern/Murky Thoughts in House of Occupation).
The Cards Leading To & From Where He’s Standing in 2023
Immediately above him, we have the false or ostensible “gift” or granting of a journey (Gift in House of False Person, Journey in House of Gift), and he’ll have influence over either a rich young man or business interests in some way (Mature Man-Wealthy Man).
Diagonally, to his right, we have Poverty, and then him likely expressing his concerns about this in writing (Mature Man-Concerns/Murky Thoughts-Message). Diagonally to his left, we have change connected with an older woman and that relates to a child, someone rather immature, or young people, which impacts his relationship with a younger, ambitious man (Change in House of Mature Woman, Child in House of Thoughts, Mature Man, Main Male in House of Hope, Big Water).
To look at the overarching story of the row he’s in via mirrored cards, we can see it relates to a little money that comes from an official role ending (Unexpected Income in House of Coffin-Official Person in House of Unexpected Income), bad news for or from him likely to do with home, structure, or family name (Mature Man-Message of Concern/Sad News in House of House), and that he appears to be waiting for high honours or a win with regard to a deal or marriage on a more personal or intimate level (Expectation in House of High Honours; Marriage in House of Family Room). This appears to involve his hopes or ambitions for being able to take something away in an official legal judgement during legal proceedings against a privileged or rich young woman (Distant Horizons/Hope, Big Water in House of Thief—Judication in House of Official Person around Privileged Lady in House of Courthouse).
Immediately behind him, we have an official role (Official Person/Military Man), and then himself, in a lucky position (Older Man in House of Good Fortune) waiting for his hopes of a win and to take something from someone to come to fruition (Expectation in House of High Honours, Distant Horizon/Hopes, Big Water in House of Thief). The other person is a privileged or wealthy young woman in a courtroom situation (Rich Young Woman in House of Courthouse), and a legal judgement will be made by an official (Judication in House of Official Person) with regard to what’s most likely marriage or at least a personal deal (Marriage in House of Family Room). This will bring sad or bad news for those close to him or in terms of family name or structure (Message of Concern in House of House), but the ending could result in a little money or minor payout—or it could turn off the tap of one income source (Unexpected Income in House of Coffin).
The cards mirroring this lucky older gentleman show him being gifted with a journey or progress (Journey in House of Gift), as well as extremely good luck with regard to his wealth and making large amounts of money (Great Fortune in the House of Sudden Wealth/A Lot Of Money) and bad news for those closest to him (Message of Concern/Sad News in House of House). Interestingly, though, he’s also knighted by the Imprisonment/Prison card in the House of Love, so may be feeling trapped by love and romance, and his negative or dark thoughts about taking something away or having things stolen from him (Thief in House of Concern/Murky Thoughts).
The main male figure in our reading for this year is someone ambitious and with big dreams, who’s likely in an official, military or governmental position and is set to become more senior or will be getting older. He may well have a connection to the areas of money-generation and business and enterprise. He starts the year with something ending and likely whittling down his authority, as well as any attendant funding. He’ll be influenced, too, by a change that seems to be driven by an older woman with regard to younger or junior people that impacts him via an older or senior male figure who is themselves lucky or fortunate. The main story here is about our man’s wealth, taking a long time to generate business amid concerns and negativity regarding a particular woman, and his thoughts on the theft or loss of a role or occupation. There’s business or money-making negativity, thoughtlessness or lack of competence, perhaps, in terms of what he’s doing. He’ll also be thinking about the activities of this woman and her long road to big wealth and abundance. He’s being gifted a journey, trip or progress of some kind, though he may be just waiting passively for all the glory and rewards he’s expecting.
An older or senior man, meanwhile, begins in a fortunate position. He’s in a governmental or official role with the expectation of rewards and high honours. He’ll be thinking about younger people headed for poverty, and will be influencing both our main man and business matters by expressing his concerns. He may well whittle down the position of the main man and is himself on a journey with regard to business and moneymaking. Ahead for him is a younger person’s thoughts or expectations and his concerns about what they’re doing day to day.
He’ll be expressing his concerns about poverty in writing, and will be influenced by a change connected with an older woman that relates to a child or immature person, in a way that impacts his relationship with a younger, ambitious man. There may be a small amount of money on offer for an official position coming to an end, and there’s likely to be bad news from him in terms of family structure or those closest to him. He’s waiting for a win of some kind with regard to probably a marriage, which involves his hopes of taking something official away and a judgement being made against a privileged young woman in a legal case, so there could be a divorce or other legal procedure involved here. It looks as though his recent official position will lead to him waiting for a win and to be able to take something away from a privileged young woman in a courtroom situation, or divorce, where a legal judgement will be made on the marriage or agreement. Bad news for those closest to him, and may turn off the tap of one income source, or alternately, will involve a small payout as things end.
This extremely fortunate older man has been gifted with good progress or a journey, particularly with regard to making lots of money, but the events of this year will be bad news for those closest to him. He could have been feeling trapped by lust or a love relationship and fear or dark thoughts of being taken advantage of as a result.