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The Art of Kipper Reading: Decoding Powerful Messages
Discover the mystical world of Kipper in this easy-to-understand guide! Developed in 1890, Kipper has long been a favorite of the German divination community. Join Kipper expert Alexandre Musruck as he reinterprets the original the 36-card traditional German system with a Parisian touch. Explore each of the cards in detail through card sections, which focus on mantras, influence, direction, combinations, and more. You'll also learn the importance of and how to apply direction; three essential card spreads: Basic 3, Cross 5, and Box 9; the 8 keys to unlocking the Grand Tableau; the three-step formula for memorizing Kipper cards; and three common mistakes to avoid. With practical insight and tips, Musruck shows how Kipper offers readers deeper insight into themselves and the questions they seek to answer. Musruck's Kipper Oracle Cards sold separately.
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288 pages, Paperback
Published March 28, 2020
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October 22, 2022
Honest review from a pro Tarot Reader with 19 years of experience ~
I read The Card Geek's Guide to Kipper Cards by Toni Puhle in conjunction with The Art of Kipper Reading by Alexandre Musruck . Unfortunately, I didn't personally find any positives about Art of Kipper Reading when comparing the two, and am only keeping Card Geek's Guide to Kipper moving forward.
The amount of historical information and cultural context from 1800s and 1900s Bavaria in Card Geek's Guide to Kipper vastly overshadows anything in Art of Kipper Reading.
The bulk of Art of Kipper Reading is just lists upon lists of single sentence card interpretations paired with other cards in various contexts. The layout of Card Geek's Guide to Kipper is more like Essential Lenormand by Rana George , which I think is the best Petit Jeu Lenormand resource. Card Geek's Guide to Kipper not only references the historical meanings of each card and their positions, but modern interpretations in a variety of contexts as well.
Card Geek's Guide to Kipper features traditional Bavarian Reading methods, whereas Art of Kipper Reading simply rehashes Petit Jeu Lenormand Reading methods. Since PJL and Kipperkarten are two different systems, I feel the latter does a disservice to the essence of Kipper.
I also personally found it annoying how often Art of Kipper referenced the author's Youtube subscribers and social media presence -- it felt like reading a blog rather than a go-to resource on Kipper.
All that being said, Card Geek's Guide to Kipper is not without its flaws. The main drawback to me is the lack of professional editing. There are numerous run-on sentences and a major lack of proper punctuation -- not just commas, but periods as well. The other issue is the tiny print on the cards images; I'm unsure if the author intended the book to be read with the deck shown, which I don't have, but it can be difficult to see which cards are in the Spread example.
I read The Card Geek's Guide to Kipper Cards by Toni Puhle in conjunction with The Art of Kipper Reading by Alexandre Musruck . Unfortunately, I didn't personally find any positives about Art of Kipper Reading when comparing the two, and am only keeping Card Geek's Guide to Kipper moving forward.
The amount of historical information and cultural context from 1800s and 1900s Bavaria in Card Geek's Guide to Kipper vastly overshadows anything in Art of Kipper Reading.
The bulk of Art of Kipper Reading is just lists upon lists of single sentence card interpretations paired with other cards in various contexts. The layout of Card Geek's Guide to Kipper is more like Essential Lenormand by Rana George , which I think is the best Petit Jeu Lenormand resource. Card Geek's Guide to Kipper not only references the historical meanings of each card and their positions, but modern interpretations in a variety of contexts as well.
Card Geek's Guide to Kipper features traditional Bavarian Reading methods, whereas Art of Kipper Reading simply rehashes Petit Jeu Lenormand Reading methods. Since PJL and Kipperkarten are two different systems, I feel the latter does a disservice to the essence of Kipper.
I also personally found it annoying how often Art of Kipper referenced the author's Youtube subscribers and social media presence -- it felt like reading a blog rather than a go-to resource on Kipper.
All that being said, Card Geek's Guide to Kipper is not without its flaws. The main drawback to me is the lack of professional editing. There are numerous run-on sentences and a major lack of proper punctuation -- not just commas, but periods as well. The other issue is the tiny print on the cards images; I'm unsure if the author intended the book to be read with the deck shown, which I don't have, but it can be difficult to see which cards are in the Spread example.
April 6, 2020
This review originally appeared on The Magical Buffet's website on 04/06/2020.
What the heck is Kipper? I had never heard of it until I was offered the opportunity to “The Art of Kipper Reading: Decoding Powerful Messages” by Alexandre Musruck and its accompanying oracle deck.
So, what is it? According to Musruck, “In 1890, in Germany, appeared the ‘Kipper Fortune-Telling Cards’, a deck that clearly reflects the founding period, an era in which Germany was in the economic boom. The illustration clearly shows that the deck is from Bavaria, a state in the southeast of Germany. The deck, like Lenormand, bears the name of famous fortune teller Madame Susanne Kipper, but here again there is no evidence that it was created by her or simply a marketing strategy. In 1920, the publishing rights went to the company FX Schmid and in 1996 on to the Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik.”
The art is delightful, depicting all kinds of situations, emotions, and events. And what’s truly interesting it that the cards are read by direction, like an actual story! In many ways, this makes the Kipper more intuitive right out of the box, on the other hand, the accompanying book is VERY thick because each card has a different interpretation depending on what cards around it. There are 3 card readings, 5 card readings, 9 card readings, and most impressively, the Grand Tableau which utilizes the entire deck of 36 cards.
Alexandre Musruck did an excellent job of introducing me to the divination method of Kipper. He, with Red Feather Mind, Body, Spirit packaged up a beautiful deck, and he wrote an easy to comprehend accompanying book. If you want to learn about Kipper, you’ll want to check this out!
What the heck is Kipper? I had never heard of it until I was offered the opportunity to “The Art of Kipper Reading: Decoding Powerful Messages” by Alexandre Musruck and its accompanying oracle deck.
So, what is it? According to Musruck, “In 1890, in Germany, appeared the ‘Kipper Fortune-Telling Cards’, a deck that clearly reflects the founding period, an era in which Germany was in the economic boom. The illustration clearly shows that the deck is from Bavaria, a state in the southeast of Germany. The deck, like Lenormand, bears the name of famous fortune teller Madame Susanne Kipper, but here again there is no evidence that it was created by her or simply a marketing strategy. In 1920, the publishing rights went to the company FX Schmid and in 1996 on to the Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik.”
The art is delightful, depicting all kinds of situations, emotions, and events. And what’s truly interesting it that the cards are read by direction, like an actual story! In many ways, this makes the Kipper more intuitive right out of the box, on the other hand, the accompanying book is VERY thick because each card has a different interpretation depending on what cards around it. There are 3 card readings, 5 card readings, 9 card readings, and most impressively, the Grand Tableau which utilizes the entire deck of 36 cards.
Alexandre Musruck did an excellent job of introducing me to the divination method of Kipper. He, with Red Feather Mind, Body, Spirit packaged up a beautiful deck, and he wrote an easy to comprehend accompanying book. If you want to learn about Kipper, you’ll want to check this out!
May 14, 2026
"The Art of Kipper Reading: Decoding Powerful Messages," by Alexandre Musruck is one of the very first books, if not THE first book about the Kipper Divination System, written in English. My softcover copy has a grand total of 288 pages.
Kipper is a Card Reading Divination System which originated in Germany. In fact, it has many similarities to the Lenormand Card Reading Divination System. Both traditionally consist of 36, small, palm-sized cards, both originated in a European country (France for Lenormand, Germany for Kipper), both are attributed to people who invented these Card Reading Systems, yet no physical, historical evidence exists to support that either one of them ever used them, let alone created them, and both of them had their respective names attached to them after their respective deaths (Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand for Lenormand, and Susanne Kipper for Kipper).
Mr. Musruck writes simply about the Kipper Card Reading System, the meanings of the 36 Kipper Cards, the two-card combinations that can be found with Kipper Cards (for example, Number 1, Main Male with Number 10, A Journey--the male querent is going on a journey), as well as the directionality of the cards.
In addition, Mr. Musruck discusses various card spreads which can be used with Kipper Cards, such as the 5-Card Cross Spread, and, of course, Le Grand Tableau (which is French for "The Big Picture"), and even gives recommendations on what to avoid (for example, Mistake Number 1--"Tarotizing" Kipper), and how to cleanse and charge one's Kipper Decks.
As someone who has read six or seven books about the Lenormand Card Reading System, I fully appreciated the list of corresponding Lenormand Cards to Kipper Cards. For example, for Lenormand Card Number 1, The Rider, we have the following Kipper Cards: Card 13, A Rich Man, and Card 10, A Journey).
To my knowledge the only other Kipper Divination System book written in English is by Toni Savory (formerly known as Toni Puhle), who is the founder of the World Divination Association, and knows a thing or three about Divination, especially Kipper, but I digress.
I hope there are more books written about Kipper in English, and would certainly enjoy seeing both Mr. Musruck and Ms. Savory writing more books about Kipper, Lenormand, or any other Divination System.
Kipper is a Card Reading Divination System which originated in Germany. In fact, it has many similarities to the Lenormand Card Reading Divination System. Both traditionally consist of 36, small, palm-sized cards, both originated in a European country (France for Lenormand, Germany for Kipper), both are attributed to people who invented these Card Reading Systems, yet no physical, historical evidence exists to support that either one of them ever used them, let alone created them, and both of them had their respective names attached to them after their respective deaths (Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand for Lenormand, and Susanne Kipper for Kipper).
Mr. Musruck writes simply about the Kipper Card Reading System, the meanings of the 36 Kipper Cards, the two-card combinations that can be found with Kipper Cards (for example, Number 1, Main Male with Number 10, A Journey--the male querent is going on a journey), as well as the directionality of the cards.
In addition, Mr. Musruck discusses various card spreads which can be used with Kipper Cards, such as the 5-Card Cross Spread, and, of course, Le Grand Tableau (which is French for "The Big Picture"), and even gives recommendations on what to avoid (for example, Mistake Number 1--"Tarotizing" Kipper), and how to cleanse and charge one's Kipper Decks.
As someone who has read six or seven books about the Lenormand Card Reading System, I fully appreciated the list of corresponding Lenormand Cards to Kipper Cards. For example, for Lenormand Card Number 1, The Rider, we have the following Kipper Cards: Card 13, A Rich Man, and Card 10, A Journey).
To my knowledge the only other Kipper Divination System book written in English is by Toni Savory (formerly known as Toni Puhle), who is the founder of the World Divination Association, and knows a thing or three about Divination, especially Kipper, but I digress.
I hope there are more books written about Kipper in English, and would certainly enjoy seeing both Mr. Musruck and Ms. Savory writing more books about Kipper, Lenormand, or any other Divination System.
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