Re: Hungarian Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards (Zigeuner Wahrsagekarten)

wildcat on Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:44 am

fennario wrote:
wildcat wrote:
can you be so kind to tell me what card or combination could represent an enemy ( woman) in the Zigeuner or Biedermaier?

Cards are bisexual, they have no problem bending gender. So Enemy with a female card of some sort.
Or another man, let's suppose a woman has got 2 love interests, beside the Lover?
Another card with a man on it. Simple! Pretty much what Kaph said. You just look at the cards, don't worry about the titles too much. You can see the people interacting in lots of ways.

Thanks Fennario,

I'll figure out my own system based on symbolism and images!! thanks

HexeH on Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:39 am

Hi ALL !I am Hexeh from Hungary ...and i like using gypsy cards .I use Gypsy Fortune Telling card with 36 cards that is the most popular in Hungary and a second one in Germany...Many think it is a very simple card because of its simple titles but the cards have much deeper meanings through their symbols and pictures.It is true sometimes not too easy to interpret its answers.I am looking forward your posts about it and many thanks for foruming about it. I thought its not so popular in the USA than in Europe...HexeH

**Kapherus** on Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:18 pm

Hi HexeH,

Welcome to the forum!

I've just recently discovered the Gypsy cards, and I have fallen in love with them. They seem to be gaining some popularity through websites and blogs.

I hope you'll consider sharing some of your knowledge and experience with the Gypsy cards! Smile

As you can see, there are a few of us here on the forum who have begun working with them, and it's frustrating that there isn't a lot of information in English about these cards.

Kaph

fennario on Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:48 pm

Hi Hexeh,

Some of us here really like them. I prefer the european oracles like Zigeuner, Biedermeier, Lenormand, etc. to the stuff they have here in the states. They seem more serious, you can get answers out of them. sunny

spiritsong on Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:05 pm

fennario wrote:Hi Hexeh,
Some of us here really like them. I prefer the european oracles like Zigeuner, Biedermeier, Lenormand, etc. to the stuff they have here in the states. They seem more serious, you can get answers out of them.

I'm with Fenn, the european oracles are fantastic. It took me a little while longer to warm up to the Gypsy cards, as I found them harder at first to link. But now I really love them, and marvel at the messages.

I never thought I'd become more of an oracle person than tarot, but I think the scales have tipped! lol
I hope we can get some good discussions going here on them.

I really like the artwork on the Biedermaier from what I've seen of it- does anyone know where I could see all the cards??

Spirity

rif on Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:46 pm

Repeated exposure to the artwork of these cards over the last month finally caused me to break down and order these yesterday. Gypsyfair.com worked out best for price with shipping.

spiritsong wrote:I'm with Fenn, the european oracles are fantastic.

I'm noticing that myself.

I never thought I'd become more of an oracle person than tarot, but I think the scales have tipped! lol

Something about the oracles is certainly appealing; I never thought I'd ever do anything that wasn't tarot. Yet here I am. I don't see myself showing interest in the variety of modern oracles that are produced though; these European cards with historical tradition and depth to them are more interesting to me. They seem intended to actually talk about things in concrete terms with surprising depth for someone who knows them (judging my experienced Lenormand readers), and I like that.

spiritsong on Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:46 pm

rif wrote:Repeated exposure to the artwork of these cards over the last month finally caused me to break down and order these yesterday. Gypsyfair.com worked out best for price with shipping.

Something about the oracles is certainly appealing; I never thought I'd ever do anything that wasn't tarot. Yet here I am. I don't see myself showing interest in the variety of modern oracles that are produced though; these European cards with historical tradition and depth to them are more interesting to me. They seem intended to actually talk about things in concrete terms with surprising depth for someone who knows them (judging my experienced Lenormand readers), and I like that.

Woohoo! congratulations! I think you'll enjoy exploring them.
I'm totally in agreement with you conerning the historical tradition with the European cards - I'm also just very attracted to the old fashioned artwork. I think the Gypsy, Kippers, and the Sibilla cards rank right up there with the Lenormand - I like them all for different reasons, but I continually get accurate readings with them.

I really like getting the nitty gritty stuff!