From the Mystic Test Book – Part One By Robert Lee Camp
A Quick Personal Reading for Any Day In The Mystic Test Book , page 43, Olney Richmond states: “In every pack of cards, no matter how much or by whom shuffled, mixed, or cut, there are seven cards that rule under the seven planets. These rulers change in accordance with the occult principles of time and the magnetism of the person or persons handling them.”
Later, in that section, Olney Richmond describes exactly how to find these seven planet ruling cards and their importance. He goes on to say, on page 46, “Let a person shuffle or mix the cards up for a period of 60 seconds and the place of every emblem corresponds to his (or her) personal magnetism. Let him (or her) cut the book so prepared, 3 times in succession, with just 20 seconds interval between, and the ruling places are occupied by the cards ruling at the time, under the seven planets.”
Here is a translation for those to whom it may be helpful. Olney is saying here, first of all that in any deck of cards there are seven cards that are representative of the actions or effects of the seven planets. These rulers change by both the time of day and the magnetism of the person handling the deck of cards. The Life Spread (in Grand Solar array) has these seven ruling cards and it turns out that they are the three Fixed (8 ♣, J ♥, K♠) and four Semi-Fixed Cards (A ♣, 2♥, 7♦ and 9♥). For those who are interested, here is a list showing which is which. Planet
Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Place in the deck 2 9 11 14 21 33 52
Card in Life Spread A♣ 7♦ J♥ 2♥ 8♣ 9♥ K♠
Card in Spiritual Spread 2♥ 9♥ J♥ A♣ 8♣ 7♦ K♠
We are not going to be using the Life or Spiritual Spreads for our reading but I wanted to share that with those students who have an interest. In the second paragraph, Olney is saying that if someone shuffles a deck for 60 seconds, his or her personal magnetism has caused all the cards in that deck to be in their proper place as a reflection of that individual at that time. In other parts of the book he describes how the 60-second shuffle corresponds to the rotation of the earth on its axis, etc. Then, he says, if the same person cuts the deck three times on 20-second intervals,
not only will the deck be magnetized for the individual but also, the 7 ruling cards will be aligned with the person’s personal magnetism. This presents an opportunity to do a personal reading for any given time and place because we end up with seven cards, each governing one of the seven planets. I have tried it and the results are amazing. Here are specific instructions: 1. Take a deck of cards. Remove the jokers and count them to make sure they are all there. 2. Using a clock with a second hand, perform a 60-second shuffle of the deck in any fashion you prefer. 3. Exactly at the end of the shuffle, lay the cards down and immediately do a cut of the deck. A cut of the deck consists of laying aside a portion of the deck and then taking up the remaining cards and placing them on top of the ones you laid aside. The cards are face down for these cuts. 4. Repeat the cut twice, each cut being 20 seconds after the previous cut. 5. Now, to find the rulers, keep the deck so that the backs of the cards are up and the nd faces are down. From the top of the deck, count to the 2 card. This is your Mercury Card. Take it out and lay it down. Next, using the table above, count out the th remaining planetary cards. The Venus Card will be the 9 card, the Mars Card will be th the 11 card and so forth. Lay them out from left to right. When you are done, you should have seven cards laid out from left to right as Mercury through Neptune. 6. Now, use the Destiny Cards book to interpret the cards in their respective positions. However, keep in mind that this is a reading for that exact moment in time for you. I believe that if you do this, you will see that the cards reflect exactly how you are experiencing your life at that moment. The different planetary cards will portray the various part of your life as follows: a. Mercury – what you are thinking about, the state of your mental health, educational pursuits, short trips and your automobile. b. Venus – things around your home, your closest relationships, luxury and beauty items and artistic pursuits. c. Legal and competitive matters, relationships with men and male-ruled groups. Passion and sex drive. d. The blessings in your life, both material and spiritual. e. The challenges and sources of limitation in your life. Health matters. f. Real estate, social and other groups, unexpected happenings. g. What you wish and hope for, what you may be secretly afraid of, the secrets you are keeping. Using the above descriptions as general guidelines, I think you will get some very interesting results from this reading. How often can you do this reading? Olney doesn’t place any limits on it but I would imagine that doing it more than once a day for personal use would be too much. The reading doesn’t actually answer any questions you may have. However, it does give you an accurate picture of what is going on in your life at the moment and is a very interesting study.
