The 25 Cartouche Cards & it's meanings - updated

No 1 Osiris 

Father Figure - A Tree Stability, Wisdom, Honesty, Justice, Respect for those older and wiser, Philosophical matters, Responsibility, A Father Figure.
Spiritual strength in times of need.
Rely upon your own judgement.
A time for laying foundations and putting roots down.
A degree of security and a stability.
Success through practical efforts and self-discipline.
Take responsibility for your spiritual growth and the direction your life takes.
Take responsibility for your decisions.
May be a need to become more grounded.
A time of Action.

No 2 Isis

Patron of Mothers - Compassion, Esoteric Arts, Perseverance, Maternal Love, Nurturing.
Psychic and spiritual development.
Help from the other side is at hand.
The issue in question should be persevered with and nurtured, and not pushed forward too quickly.
Trust your intuition for something may be hidden from view at this point.
A period of going within to plant seeds for the next stage of your life.
A time of retreat to absorb lessons learnt on a physical level.
People involved in the welfare of others ie the caring professions.
A time for taking time out for self care ie getting close to nature, walking in a park or along a beach.

No 3 Horus

Patron of Families & Homes - Courage, Creativity, Balance, The Arts, Beauty, Family, Strong healing energies for conditions affecting the physical body. Family situations, family loyalty, reliability and devotion.
A good omen for those who feel they have been unfairly treated.
Personal charm and charisma.
Nurture creative talents be they musical, dancing, painting etc.

No 4 Bast 

Patroness of Cats - Happiness, Intuition, Protection, Success, Devotion, Mental Healing, Generosity, Caution.
Mental worries will soon pass and be replaced with happiness thus bringing with it good health.
Also stands for devotion, generosity and the arts (acting, painting, dancing or singing).
Walk with care and caution in whatever area of life is under consideration and you will succeed.
Follow your intuition.
Psychic protection.
Liking for warmth, attention and affection.
Give out as you wish to receive.
Fidelity to the family unit.
Happiness, inner peace and a need to express yourself.

No 5 Thoth 

Patron of Healers - Healing, Education, Fate, Karma, The Law, Education.
Healing of the spirit.
Interest in alternative therapies, herbal/homoeopathic remedies or natural healing gifts.
Knowing the appropriate response or action for each situation as it arises.
Matters of Law, writing ability and the spoken word.
Skills in formal medicine.
Creativity and faith in life's possibilities.
Renewed hope, inner peace.
Actions and feelings bringing a sense of inner peace.
Teaching.
Love of Learning. 

No 6 Hathor 

Patroness of Women - Patience, Courage, Nurturing, Astrology, Self-Assurance, Organisation.
Strong-minded, organisers of groups and causes, career women and the woman who appears in the role of the supportive partner.
Well organised, well groomed.
Positive outlook.
A born organiser.
Likes the good things in life ie fine food, quality clothes and furniture etc.
Harmony and stability on the home front.
Love of children. 

No 7 Nephthys 

The Hidden One - A Seeker of the Truth, Spriitual Growth, Psychic Talents, Peace, Esoteric Arts, Keeping ones own counsel, Receptiveness, An Opening of the Heart.
Could represent a person of the Light with deep spiritual beliefs and strong psychic talents or somebody leaning in that direction.
All things hidden yet to be revealed.
Wait and see because you are not to know yet. The information is hidden because if it were given it could sway your reasoning and affect your karma.

No 8 Ptah 

Patron of Men - Masculinity, Craftsmanship, Inventiveness
You have the tools.
Hard work and progress.
The craftsman or tradesman skillful with his hands.
Now is the time to start new projects.
It is a positive time to initiate action and execute plans.
A clear sense of purpose and an application of willpower can result in success.
A person who contributes to the community in general as well as to himself and his family.
A good time for home renovations.

No 9 Anubis 

The Guardian & Protector - Protection, Diplomacy, Humor, Guidance.
Provides guidance through difficulties.
Careful speech.
Able to steer a straight course through life's troubled waters.
Impending journey is indicated.
Act now without concern for the risks.
Living in the moment and feeling connected with life as a result.
Could represent loyalty of those in your environment.
Protection during travel.
Love of animals especially dogs.

No 10 Set 

Opposition, Obstacles, Problems & Delays at all levels.
Subconsciously we are the cause of our own problems and restrictions and should not put the blame on others.
Look within yourself for the answers.
Set represents all forms of opposition, delays, hindrances and unforeseen problems.
Can indicate one's personal opposition to an idea, to change or to a proposed project.
Irritating upsets.

No 11 Fire 

Energy, Creativity, Loyalty.
Spiritually suggests creative gifts that can be used to bring Light.
Personal energy and mental creativity.
Burn up the old for the new.
Purifying and refining.
Depending on the question and where the Fire card falls it could be interpreted that the person receiving the reading or someone close to them is a Fire Sign. If it were to fall in the future someone who is an Fire Sign maybe coming into or have an influence on the person receiving the reading. Fire Signs are Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.

No 12 Air 

Intelligence, Communication, Work & Business, Travel, Teaching.
Communication at all levels.
Air always moves things on blowing away the cobwebs in the process.
A good memory for facts and figures.
Friendly and communicative but at the same time aloof.
Dislike of being tied down.
Speed of thought and action.
News arriving about your question.
Travel by air is indicated.
Depending on the question and where the Air card falls it could be interpreted that the person receiving the reading or someone close to them is an Air Sign. If it were to fall in the future someone who is an Air Sign maybe coming into or have an influence on the person receiving the reading. Air Signs are Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.

No 13 Water 

Change, Emotions, Flowing.
Emotional change.
Awareness of the sufferings of others.
Changing situation - not fixed.
A time of cleansing.
Go with the flow.
Travel across water could be suggested.
A love of history.
Love & respect of ancient times.
Growth from the lessons learnt.
Depending on the question and where the Water card falls it could be interpreted that the person receiving the reading or someone close to them is a Water Sign. If it were to fall in the future someone who is a Water Sign maybe coming into or have an influence on the person receiving the reading. Water Signs are Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio.

No 14 Earth 

Money, Possessions, Work & Business Interests, Growth and Fertility.
The person who can handle money, take care of property and puts something back into the earth.
Industrious and hardworking
The person who has learnt that money and possessions are no more than energies manifest at a level necessary for the negotiation of life.
Someone who has a green thumb
A person who cares about the Earth and our environment.
It could be that the person having the reading needs to come down to Earth and ground themselves.
May enjoy working with crystals and gems.
Depending on the question and where the Earth card falls it could be interpreted that the person receiving the reading or someone close to them is an Earth Sign. If it were to fall in the future someone who is an Earth Sign maybe coming into or have an influence on the person receiving the reading. Earth Signs are Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.

No 15 Sirius 

Hope, Pioneering, Adventure, Physical Strength.
Reach for the stars.
Endurance and physical energy.
Creativity and faith in life's possibilities.
A time for expansion.
Beliefs outside the square, that there are many possibilities.
Stamina and determination.
A child of the stars.

No 16 Lotus 

Peace, Meditation, Tranquillity, Unconditional Love, Beauty of Nature.
Peace of mind at all levels.
A time to go within to meditate or to be still.
A definite release from life's tensions.
Don't worry all will work out peacefully and satisfactorily in the end.
A time for reflection.
Represents an opening of the heart.

No 17 Crook & Flail 

Disciplined mind, Authority, Mastery of the ego, Worldly Status.
Represents authority of all kinds.
Be careful not to tread on the toes of people in a more senior position.
Success through self-discipline & practical efforts.
Mastering of the ego.
A strong business or worldly success.
Success through patience and persistence.
A step up in the world.
Could represent travel.

No 18 Uraeus 

Integrity, Wisdom, Soundness of judgement, Intuition, Strong Dreams, Mysticism.
The careful and wise handling of a situation.
Cautiously wait until the time is right to strike.
Face your fears because they may be stopping you from achieving what you want.
Powerful dreams are trying to tell you something, listen to them and you could find the answer you seek
Look beyond the surface to find out what is actually going on in a situation.
Like the wise snake you will outwit people who do not have your best interests at heart.
Ancient wisdom.

No 19 Winged Disc 

Spiritual Guidance, Inspiration, Success.
Wise guidance on a spiritual level.
A strong spiritual connection.
Ability to rise above problems or difficulties.
Achievement.
A feeling of freedom.
Free flowing energies for pursuing a worthwhile goal.

No 20 The Twins 

Partnership, Integration, Marriage.
Integration of the masculine and the feminine.
A card for decisions usually about a relationship.
An important relationship in your life.
A loving partner who gives practical and emotional support.
Indication of marriage.
The opportunity in a relationship to grow and develop.
Partnership could be work or business related.
A meeting of like minds.
Could represent a Gemini.

No 21 Sphinx 

Strength, Patience, Secrecy, Observation.
Keep your own counsel about whatever is being referred to.
Sit back, observe be patient, say nothing and wait.
Could also represent lessons learned through observation rather than participation.
Sphinx shows the ability to keep a secret or to find one out.
You have the ability to face life, difficult circumstances or change with hope, inner strength and courage.
Having the inner strength to face your inner fears and desires instead of subjecting them to your will.
Love of animals particularly cats.
Could represent a Leo.

No 22 Scarab 

Rebirth, Renewal, Adaptability, Acceptance, Change, Death of a situation.
A spiritual rebirth.
A new beginning or new phase in life.
The ability to adapt to a new situation
"Move things around" - clean our your wardrobe, try a new hair style etc.
All things must pass.
Death puts an end to the old to make way for the new.
Have faith that life will bring something better than it takes from you.
Do not struggle against this change, instead try to accept it.
Cast off the old for the new.
Release the past with love and let it go.

No 23 Pyramid 

Preservation, Initiation, Eternity.
An initiation or test condition.
On a spiritual level the initiation is likely to be of the self imposed kind which means that no-one else can help. You have the knowhow to come out on top.
Time will sort the whole thing out.
You are being tested. Hold tight and you will make it in the end.
Good news eventually.
It is only a temporary situation and you may benefit if you use the time wisely.
Go with the flow and you may be pleasantly surprised.
Ancient knowledge.

No 24 Ankh 

Emotional Love, Fulfilment, Understanding, Balance, The Breath of Life, Protection.
Ankh represents Love depending on which area of life is in question it could represent a good marriage, a love affair, love of money or material possessions, love of friendships, love of writing or communication, love of law, order and discipline and so on.
A general love of life.
You are open to receive new opportunities, it may be a new relationship or a new stage of an existing relationship.
A time when you feel emotionally fulfilled.
It can suggest that someone in a relationship with you is helping you to connect with your spiritual purpose.

No 25 Buckle of Isis 

Fertility, Loyalty, Growth with a sacrifice.
Represents Loyalty to family & friends.
Represents prosperity in investments, the family, farming or anything you care to name, however, there is a price to pay at some point in the proceedings.
ie People who give up valuable careers to care for family or nurse or care for another person.
Can also indicate a new addition to the family, promotion at work which may entail overtime or more stress.

10 Divination Tools for Scrying

Tarot Cards

Tarot Cards are most likely one of the most well-known divination tools and extremely popular for the budding psychics of the modern age. They began as a card game in medieval Europe, particularly in France. However, during the eighteenth century, these cards transitioned into a way to foretell the future to those skilled enough to know the meaning written in the cards. While they seem complicated at first, any beginner's deck generally comes with a small book for a basic introduction. These pamphlets will not only tell you the methods to arrange the cards while asking a question but will also tell you the meaning of each card, which is of vital importance when learning how to use the cards for predicting the future. Many decks have been developed since tarot has been used for divination. Until you know how to properly use the cards, you might want to stay with a standard or simplified deck that is composed of the traditional seventy-eight cards.



I Ching Divining Coins

I Ching Divination is a very old method for predicting the future. It first arose in China as a way for the sages of ancient China to provide divinely informed consultation to the wealthy and nobles. The earliest evidence of this practice comes from roughly 2700BC. The fact that it has survived this long gives credit to its usefulness in seeing into the time yet to come. There are actually two tools for two different I Ching methods—the yarrow sticks or stalks method and coins. Coins were generally only used by the wealthy during the early years of this technique because they had access to the money. However, coins are considered to be far easier to use than yarrow sticks since it requires less tediousness. This I Ching coin method still takes time as you compose a hexagram using the numbers accumulated from the tossing of your coins—heads indicating yang for three points and tails for yin for two points.



Runes

Runes began as a writing system for Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. However, early evidence suggests that they were utilized for reasons of magic in addition to their practical writing uses—particularly in medieval times when “victory runes” were carved into swords either in the blade or hilt. Runes are relatively new to the uses of divination magic though, having only been used this way since the beginning of the twentieth century. The runes are printed, drawn, or engraved individually onto tiles. Wood is the preferred medium of the tiles since it comes from the living spirits of trees. The runes are then drawn from a pouch and laid out to resemble the technique of tarot or tossed into the air and allowed to freely land like I Ching coins. Most people prefer to make their own rune set as it leads to more accurate results.




Spirit Boards

Spirit boards, also known as Ouija or talking boards, have been seen in numerous cultures over the ages—including 1100BC in China and 540BC in Greece. Even though it has these historic starts, the late nineteenth century and the whole of the twentieth century tried to turn it into a toy to be used by children at slumber parties. However, the rise in the legitimate uses of a spirit board to seek out unknown answers and predictions on the future have been taking place recently. The board itself consists of a standard alphabet and the numbers zero through nine with several boards including several quick phrases such as “yes,” “no,” and “farewell.” A user simply has to have one of these boards and its accompanying planchette to communicate with beings of the spirit world. However, inexperienced users need to be advised that possession has been known to occur by drawing in evil spirits. Beware.




Crystal Balls

A psychic hovering over a crystal ball in a dimly lit room is one of the most common visions a person thinks about when considering how to see into the future. The use of crystals in divination can be seen as far back in time as the Druids of early Britain. Crystal balls themselves are popular as the crystal part of them is considered to heighten an individual's psychic awareness while the ball allows for an easy way to look for answers without having to learn complicated methods or techniques. For someone just beginning to learn the art of divination or scrying, which is when images given are interpreted for meaningful information, crystal balls are quite useful. It is best to pick out a crystal ball in person though as opposed to over the internet as a crystal is a very personal object. Some people prefer crystals without any imperfections for sterility while others think no coloring or clouding means it is lifeless. If picking up a particular crystal does not feel significant in your heart or spirit, it is probably not the right one for you. Meditation while holding your crystal ball in a calm, quiet setting before looking for images is absolutely necessary if you want real information as opposed to nothing or useless pictures.



Scrying Mirrors

Scrying is basically just a word to describe seeing psychically for divination purposes. One does this through many possible mediums. Scrying mirrors are very common ways to receive images this way. The key is that the surface one looks into is flat, meaning a completely flat mirror instead of a curved ball so that the images are direct instead of skewed. This divination practice is one of the most widely accepted, spanning time, geography, and beliefs. To this day people still practice such rituals as looking into a mirror in a dark room on Halloween to see the face of a future spouse. Having your own special mirror to use for scrying though will purify the act into being something that you can practice daily with this object and this object alone as opposed to using it to brush your teeth and tell the future.




Pendulums

While most people think pendulums are simply used to moderate the seconds in a grandfather clock, the act of using a weight suspended at the end of a chain to point out simple answers on a flat mat or piece of paper has been around for much longer. Many times the end of the chain is connected to some type of hook or handle to keep a person's subconscious from influencing the answer pointed to by the pendant, crystal, or simple weight located at the opposite end of the chain that hovers over what most refer to as a pendulum circle—a circle with yes, no, and maybe written around its edges. Pendulums are best with specific questions since their answers are so simple. Before using the pendulum each time though you must purify it. Dipping your weight of choice in salt water or wafting the smoke of burning sage all around your pendulum are the two most preferred methods of purification.




Tea Cups

The act of drinking a cup of un-strained tea then reading symbols, shapes, or images shown in the remaining dregs is a widely known practice of divination. Some people even like to use coffee grounds or wine sediment for the same techniques. A simple tea cup and tea leaves rather than modern bags can provide a person a way to divine the future without any big frills or difficult techniques. However, sometimes the images can be representative of symbols—meaning that if you read your own cup a working knowledge of standard symbolism (like a mountain for a hindered journey or a snake for falsehood) is very helpful. Also, specialized fortune teller cups have been created that have interior images in the cup to help with the divining with tea leaves. The most three common types of these specialized cups are playing card cups, zodiac cups, and individualized symbol cups.




Dowsing Rods

Dowsing rods are used for a specific type of divination—finding things or places—more so than forecasting the future or seeing future events. The most common types of dowsing rods are used to find metal or ore deposits, gemstones, oil, ground water, or even grave sites. A dowsing rod itself is a L-shaped or Y-shaped twig or rod. The most common is a Y-shaped branch plucked fresh from special trees such as hazel, witch-hazel, or willow. This rod is this held by the user who walks around a target area, awaiting a dip, incline, or twitch in the branch when the item for which the person is searching is just beneath them.




Lithomancy Gemstones

Lithomancy, the way to see the future by analyzing the way a specific set of stones or gemstones arranges themselves when dropped, is one of the oldest forms of divination. Countless cultures throughout history have been known to use it. It is so ancient that its definite origins have been lost to time, leaving historians clueless as to how it began, how the original technique was conducted, or how it evolved into the many methods we see today. Numerous ways to perform and interpret lithomancy exist, but they all need specific stones just for the act. Traditional sets in the most popular way include thirteen stones with six for major topics asked about by diviners (new, luck, magic, health, life, love) and seven for the primary signs of ancient astrology (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn). Newer sets like to include extra stones for the rest of the planets in our solar system.