The True Meaning of The Jack of Hearts
It is one of life's most pure delights; Knowing that there is someone who cares about you and is in your corner. But what about them?
The True Meaning of The Five of Diamonds
The family has business to discuss with you and though these appear as opportunities they may very well be traps.
The True Meaning of The Four of Clubs
A most unusual card, it is known by the men who study cards and remembered by all of them.
The True Meaning of The Three of Hearts
It will be found that there is great wisdom in being more reserved than the people you are with.
Reading The Leaves
A child lives by faith and sees the story hidden underneath the story, the poem between the life and death, and the truth beneath the lies.
Secrets Hidden In The Leaves
An unbelievable secret of the leaves is that they are alive. They may seem to the uninitiated to be inanimate but they are as alive as the forests from which they came.
Eugen Sandow’s Show in 1897
Taking a pack of ordinary playing cards I tear them first in half, then in four parts, and finally into eighths. Next I tear two packs, and finally three packs, each pack containing the ordinary number of fifty-two cards. The feat of tearing in half one pack of cards was originally shown to me by the late Emperor of Russia.
What is Hidden Leaves?
I wanted to design a deck that was mysterious and filled with secrets, secrets that had to be earned through time, practice, and study. The name of the deck itself eludes to this. Throughout history a sheet a paper was referred to as a leaf of paper.