Every once in a while an effect comes along which is at once fascinating and disturbing. In performance, it instills surprise, wonder, and even a twinge of fear. Such is the gift of "The Shining"....
With "The Shining" in your repetoire, you will be able to perform a modern & ancient prediction effect which borders on miraculous.
Performer removes from a case a face down deck of tarot cards.
deck is turned face up and spread, showing the 56 assorted cards of the Minor Arcana.
cards consist of 4 suits (wands, cups, swords, pentacles) and 14 values (ace-ten, page, knight, queen, king)
deck is handed to spectator, face down, who cuts cards several times
deck is returned to performer, face down. deck is spread face down and spectator is asked to select a card but not to look at it. CARD IS PLACED FACE DOWN ON TABLE. NEITHER SPECTATOR NOR PERFORMER KNOW THE VALUE OF THE CARD.
spectator is now asked to deal some cards into two piles, face down. the top card of each pile is turned over. (example: Knight of Wands, and Two of Pentacles)
the performer now states that through "The Shining" that information gleaned from the two turned over cards will be used to determine the spectators selection.
performer takes the value of the first card (i.e., Knight) and suit of the second card (i.e., Pentacles) and states that his prediction is THE KNIGHT OF PENTACLES
only now does the spectator turn over their card.....and it is indeed THE KNIGHT OF PENTACLES!
- NO FORCE OF ANY KIND USED
- ANY CARD CAN BE SELECTED
- A DIFFERENT PREDICTION EACH TIME
- TAROT CARDS ARE NOT , I REPEAT NOT MARKED
- SPECTATOR HANDLES THE CARDS EXTENSIVELY
- EASY TO PERFORM
