Introduction:
Hi and welcome back to my series on Neapolitan Card reading techniques.
I have been looking for information about how to use Neapolitan cards for divination. Though there are some useful sources out there on the web, the ones I have found have been in Italian. To make this study easier, I translated what I found into English. This information is not original to me, rather, it has been found in various places across the web.
Today's method is called the Two Card method and is absolutely fascinating to me. Note that this method uses completely different meanings than the single card meanings I discussed in a previous post. Try it and let me know what you think!
Two-card method
Focus on a question while shuffling the deck and cutting it with the left hand.
Draw two cards at a time, setting aside all pairs. (For example, if you deal out the 2 of coins and the 2 of swords, set those two aside). Go through the whole deck, dealing the cards out by twos and setting aside the pairs.
Follow steps 1 and 2 twice more, focusing on the same question and continuing to set the pairs aside in the order you find them. (So, you retain the pairs you found, then take the remaining unpaired cards, focus on the same question, and shuffle and cut the remaining unpaired cards with the left hand. Then deal the remaining cards out in pairs, looking for and setting aside the pairs. You do this a total of three times.)
If no pairs appear in the first time through the deck, it is an indication that you must give the question/situation more time before you can get an accurate reading. Ask another question or let some time pass before you re-ask the question.
Interpret the pairs according to the meanings below.
Card Pair Interpretations
Twos
Batons/Cups - Moving away from a loved one
Batons/Coins - News about work or relationships
Batons/Swords - Bad news arrives
Cups/Coins - Good news arrives
Cups/Swords - Quarrels or mourning
Coins/Swords - Losses and bad news at work
Threes
Batons/Cups - Difficulty in love affairs
Batons/Coins - Solidarity
Batons/Swords - Fights, jealousy, enemies ready to harm you
Cups/Coins - Serenity, deep love
Cups/Swords - Deceptions, jealousy, quarrels
Coins/Swords - Hypocracy, cheating, subterfuge, untrustworthy people
Fours
Batons/Cups - Love, affectionate feelings
Batons/Coins - Sex, lack of genuine feeling, very selfish people
Batons/Swords - Problems, pains
Cups/Coins - Passion, extreme emotional involvement
Cups/Swords - Suffering for love, secret encounters
Coins/Swords - Pain, divorces
Five
Batons/Cups - Very tense communications
Batons/Coins - Communications that bring about material improvements
Batons/Swords - Communications that lead to quarrels
Cups/Coins - Positive communications that bring improvements in every sphere
Cups/Swords - Lack of dialogue, negative news
Coins/Swords - Communications that don't arrive, waiting
Six
Batons/Cups - Positive answer to the question
Batons/Coins - Positive answer to the question
Batons/Swords - Positive answer to the question
Cups/Coins - Positive answer to the question
Cups/Swords - Positive answer to the question
Coins/Swords - Positive answer to the question
Seven
Batons/Cups - Communication, talk
Batons/Coins - News that don't arrive, or payments delayed
Batons/Swords - Impediments, blocks
Cups/Coins - Material serenity, money on the way
Cups/Swords - Unpleasant news
Coins/Swords - Money that is blocked
Donne (Women)
Batons/Cups - Strong, passionate person
Batons/Coins - Career person, focused on their own interests
Batons/Swords - Strong and combative person
Cups/Coins - A sunny and generous person
Cups/Swords - A false person
Coins/Swords - A false and selfish woman
Cavalieri (Horsemen)
Batons/Cups - News on the way
Batons/Coins - News about money
Batons/Swords - Bad news, or a change for the worse
Cups/Coins - Excellent news
Cups/Swords - Unexpected bad news, estrangement of a loved one
Coins/Swords - Negative changes
Re (Kings)
Batons/Cups - News on the way
Batons/coins - Passionate and strong person
Batons/Swords - Strong and combative person
Cups/Coins - A sunny and positive person
Cups/Swords - A false person
Coins/Swords - A false and selfish person