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In 1770, Etteilla published his book Etteilla, ou manière de se récréer avec un jeu de cartes, or A Way to Recreate Yourself with a Pack of Cards.
The Petit Etteilla is a practical system of divination suited to questions about everyday events. His unique system forms the foundation and roots of cartomancy for the purposes of divination.
The cards have both upright and reversed meanings, including additional meanings that arise from multiples, card counting and proximity to the Etteilla Carte blanche.
By laying and reading the cards from right to left, and combining the keywords of the ‘forename’ and the ‘surname’ the story is woven together in the form of a sentence.
Etteilla remains the father of cartomancy, influencing modern cartomancy and divination decks across Europe and beyond.
Now his original book is available in English with an english deck and a complete course on how to read his Petit Etteilla.
By Caitlín Matthews and Rebecca Birrell