old-mother-hubbard:

“The History of Playing Cards.”

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(W. Gurney BenHam)

Part 3: The traditional names given to each of the popular English playing cards.

I refer to this list for various workings and cartomancy. For example, if you’re in a home without hob (house spirit, brownie, bogart, hobgoblin etc.) and you wish to contract with one (not typical but not unheard of. I can write about hob’s in a future post if ya’ll like.) then you could take the heart of fours (Hob Collingwood) and post it facing out of a front facing window. You would keep it there until the hob arrives and you settle on terms.

Other ways you can use playing cards are with image magic and as surrogates.

If you scroll back, I made a post about how to make your own spell cards. When you use that method, the number of cards in your deck is doubled (as it separates the face from the card backs). I always use those faces for ‘throw away’ spells. Spells I leave places, give to people, burn, and etc.