cartomancy
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200px|thumb|The Fortune Teller (1895) by Art Nouveau painter [[Mikhail Vrubel, depicting a cartomancer]] thumb|The Cartomancer fortune-teller (c. 1508, Lucas van Leyden)
Cartomancy is fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards. Forms of cartomancy appeared soon after playing cards were introduced into Europe in the 14th century. Practitioners of cartomancy are generally known as cartomancers, card readers, or simply readers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cartomancy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.