My Good Night card arrived in the mail and I was surprised and pleased to see that it was a flesh-colored King of Diamonds as I've taken a liking to the imbued Face Cards. Surprised because I prefer not to know which card I am getting as it then serves as a sort of mini cartomancy reading for the day. King of Diamonds, Nine of Hearts and a Joker are my three card spread as they all came together in a post from England. Whatever that portends to will have to be determined later as I'm off for work shortly.
This Atlasnye (Атласные) (Russian word for "satin") Ace of Diamonds from a Russian playing card deck is based on a design by the Russian painter Adolf Iosifovich Charlemagne (1826-1901) (Адольф Иосифович Шарлемань) from1862. Although the original deck seemingly had 52 cards this vintage one that I purchased from Ukraine recently only has 36. I will post the entire deck as time permits.
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