OUTER METHOD OF THE ORACLES.
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You will thus have six horizontal lines of seven cards each, arranged after the following manner.
1st line.
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2nd line.
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3rd line.
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4th line.
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5th line.
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6th line.
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In this method, the Querent—if of the male sex—is represented by the Magician, and if female by the High Priestess; but the card, in either case, is not taken from the pack until the forty-two cards have been laid out, as above directed. If the required card is not found among those placed upon the table, it must be sought among the remaining thirty-six cards, which have