Since it’s been a little while since we looked at these, let’s revisit the history of these classic fortune telling cards.
The traditional 32 or 36 Card “Bohemian” deck is one of the main precursors of the now-familiar Kipper deck, and contains many similar cards. Hugely popular across Central and Eastern Europe in particular, in turn, these decks are broadly highly simplified version of another classic European deck, the 52-Card Italian Vera Sibilla, which has a less complicated version called variously the Sibilla della Zingara or the “The Gypsy Oracle Cards.”
You can see some examples of recent previous readings I’ve done using Bohemian cards here:
February Month Ahead: A Grand Tableau With The Traditional Austro-Hungarian Bohemian Deck
A Fragile New Ceasefire, But Will It Hold? Taking A Look With Traditional Bohemian Cards
But first, I just want to address something that I know can be somewhat bothersome:
The “Gypsy” Thing…
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