Apart from providing endless hours of entertainment value with just a deck of cards, people also use it to look into the future! Yes, cards have been used for centuries to look into the future and foretell someone's destiny. I personally do not believe in fortune telling, but I know a lot of people are obsessed with trying to get a glimpse of what's in store for them in tomorrow land.
The design of the modern deck of player cards is in fact quite fascinating. You can say that it was designed to pattern one cycle or calendar year. I think this is the main reason why people see it as a tool that they can use to see potential events in the future. A deck consists of 52 cards, which rhymes with the 52 weeks in a year. A deck also has 4 suits, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades, and Clubs. This may also represent the 4 seasons that we have on Earth, winter, spring, summer, fall. Each suit has 13 cards, which coincides with 13 lunar cycles, full and new moons. A normal deck of cards has 2 colors, usually red and black which represent night and day. Or black and white, or the balance of good and evil. Now, the real stunner is when you add up each of the card's values in each of the suits it will amount to 364, add one joker and it will be 365. This is the number of days in a year! Amazing right?
This is why I got fascinated with learning more about what I can do with a normal deck of playing cards. Sure, I was having fun playing poker, black jack, lucky 9 or baccarat, but there was more to it than that. Cards have the ability to surprise and delight! Through a skilled magician, it can make you feel wonder and a sense that anything is possible!
Below, I'll be sharing one of the first card tricks I learned that has a good effect yet simple and easy to learn. This requires no magical ability whatsoever. All you need is a complete set of 52 cards, remember that the value of Jack is 11, Queen is 12, King is 13, and Ace is 1. You can do this to your family and friends and it will work every single time. You just need to know how to count to 13! So I call this trick, the power of 13 =)
Execution:
You can have anyone shuffle and mix up the cards. Once they are satisfied enough, you can say you will be using the power of the number 13! So you start with the card on the top and reveal the card. Based on the card's value, you start adding cards until you get to 13. That would be your 1st pile. Now reveal the next card and start a new pile following the exact same method from the 1st pile. Once you get to 13, set it aside as pile 2 then start again for the 3rd pile. So you just keep doing this until the cards are no longer enough to get to 13.
Once you reveal a card that has a value that will not allow you to get to 13, set it aside with the remaining cards in your hand. Now, ask your spectator to choose 3 piles. You can even close your eyes while they deliberate and choose from any pile. Turn over the selected piles. You gather all of the remaining piles and add the pile that you set aside earlier.
Next, ask the spectators again to choose 2 piles from the 3 face down piles. You turn the first card of each selected pile face up.
Now, since there are 3 piles, you lay down 10 cards to form 13. Power of 13, remember? After doing that, you lay down cards to meet whatever value from the face up cards from each pile.
The remaining number of cards, should tell you the value of the last pile's face down card on top!
Check out the execution in this video:
So grab deck of cards and try it out yourself!
I'll be sharing more Magic with cards in the future. For now, enjoy, have fun, and May the Force be with you!
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