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The Cunning Folk Cards

A working deck for the wise and the seeking

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The Passing Away
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The Present Hour
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The Passing Into
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Click each card to turn it. Read each in its position, then consider what passes between them — the three together tell one story.

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Cunningfolk Dancers

The Cunning Folk Cards

Working cards drawn from the practice of the English cunning folk — the village healers, seers and protectors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Each card names a tool of the trade and speaks to what that tool reveals in your situation.

The Four Suits

  • ♥ Mending — The Healing Arts
  • ♦ Knowing — Divination & Sight
  • ♣ Keeping — Protection & Ward
  • ♠ Binding — Working & Intent

The Ten Ranks

  • Ace — Origin
  • 2 — Duality
  • 3 — Blessing
  • 4 — Order
  • 5 — Wounds
  • 6 — Labour
  • 7 — Sanctity
  • 8 — Renewal
  • 9 — Completion
  • 10 — Aftermath

The Courts

  • Jack — The Messenger
  • Queen — The Seer
  • King — The Sovereign

The Jokers

  • The Angel — The Light
  • The Man in Black — The Darkness