First, make a random series of marks in four lines:
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Then count up the numbers of marks (if more than 9 only count the extras), making note of which lines are odd and which even like so:
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**
*
*
Then refer to a chart called the Oraculum, which has the star patterns across the top and a list of questions down the side. This in turn will tell you which additional chart to look at for the answer to your question. So for my pattern and the question "Shall I have success in my undertakings?" the Oraculum tells me to refer to table I. Table I tells me "Your fortune will shortly be changed into misfortune."
Thanks, Napoleon.