^Tutorial 19 - Sequences of Playing Cards\

Having learned the Card Words thoroughly, you now have the knowledge to
memorise a complete deck of 52 cards - |in sequence !\.

Difficult ? Not at all, if we combine the Card Word System with our old
friend the >Link System\.

Of course it <will\ take a little practice, so let's start with say a dozen
cards. Imagine someone is turning over twelve cards off the top of a
shuffled deck, one at a time, and you are trying to remember them in
sequence.

The first two cards are the 4H >(Hair)\ and the KS >(Steam)\, so begin your
Link by picturing >steam\ coming out of your >hair\. As ever, make your
mental picture as ^ludicrous\ and ^vivid\ as possible. Imagine that steam
pouring out of your hair really viciously, so that your are enveloped in
steam.

The next card is the QD >(Detain)\, so continue your link by picturing a
policeman >detaining\ you for some crime - he is so mad that >steam\ is
pouring fast and furiously out of his ears.#

The fourth card is the 7S >(Sock)\, so link >detain\ to >sock\. Perhaps the
policeman is now detaining a gigantic sock - make the picture ridiculous,
and see it clearly in your mind's eye for a split second.

The fifth card is the 2H >(Hen)\, so to continue the Link you might picture
yourself wearing a >hen\ on your foot instead of a sock. See that picture.

Now, continue the Link with the following seven cards, in sequence :
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         6C - Cash,  9S - Soap,  7H - Hog,  5S - Sail,
         5D - Duel,  AH - Hat,   2C - Can
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Link Hen to Cash, to Soap, to Hog, to Sail, to Duel, to Hat, to Can. Make
those ridiculous associations right now, and be sure to see each mental
picture very clearly.

When you have completed the Link then you <must\ know the twelve cards in
sequence, because the Card Words >tell\ you what the cards are. Following
the phonetic pattern you learned in the previous tutorial, >Hen\ can ^only\
transpose to the two of hearts, and so on.#

The system applies equally well to 52 cards as 12, though it does take a
little longer !

Press Page Down to test yourself on how well you have learned the sequence
of twelve cards.~