What Do The Playing Card Multiples Mean In Sibilla Indovina/Salons?

A quick guide to the meanings of multiples from the 7s upwards in this deck if you get them in a reading

As you’ll have seen, if we have a spread in this deck which includes not only the playing card suits but multiples of the same number, we can assign extra ‘meanings’ to them, and you’ll often find they go surprisingly well with the rest of the spread or at least add nuance to it.

Here are three recent Sibylle des Salons or Indovina readings where you’ll see I’ve included playing card multiple interpretations at the end of the readings:

• Public Annoyance At Shock Reveal Of Corruption & Risks Taken Which Undermine Stability & Bring Losses

• The News Upcoming With The Mystic Sevens & Sibylle des Salons. A High Value Get-Together On The Cards... For Someone At Least?

• Wednesday: Four Corners Readings For Two People In The News This Week: Donald Trump & Michelle Obama...

As a reminder, the meanings I’ve used for multiples here are NOT the same ones that were used in Grimaud’s 1960s & 70s version of their Parlour Sibyl or Sibylle des Salons. I have heard multiple complaints from users of the accompanying booklet that the meanings don’t seem to correspond to any known meaning of these cards.

But they DO appear to correspond more with those commonly associated 19th century French playing cards as detailed in Louisa Lawford’s book, which is interesting (and makes perfect sense). As a reminder, in the 19th century, there was no single unifying meaning of ALL playing card decks; meanings assigned to each card in cartomancy and divination differed wildly between regions, so if you dig into it, you’ll realise it’s hard to find anything that could be termed “the definitive” version.

Nonetheless, I’ve found that these, based again on Louisa Lawford’s 19th century book on fortune telling cards, written from where she lived in France, work REALLY well and seem to fall in much better with the meanings of the cards as they are assigned in this deck.

So, as a reminder, here they are again. I have found that in general, they tend to be pretty accurate.