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II.); Decline or Obstacle (arc. III.); Fall (arc. IV.). Lastly, the 3 major arcana placed in the centre indicate the especial character of the horoscope in the Past (V.), in the Present (VI.), and in the Future (VII.). The future is indicated in the minor arcana by the cards placed from 7 to 12; The past by those placed from 1 to 4; and the present by those placed from 4 to 7. These numbers only indicate the numbers of the places occupied by the arcana, and never the numbers of the arcana. themselves. It is important to avoid the idea that the arcanum VII. must always return to the place numbered VII. But our readers are sufficiently intelligent to make any further insistence upon this point quite unnecessary. The explanation of the meaning of the arcana will be perfectly easy, when the lessons 2 and 3 have been once read. Practice will teach all these details far better than all the theories in the world.