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By Lee Earle

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Welcome to Sun Signs!

Sun Signs began with Larry Becker’s clever

idea for doing Pseudo Psychometry with one’s

personal business cards. Back in those days, the

5-digit postal Zip code was just becoming

commonly used and he hit upon the idea of

marking his business cards in a very subtle

manner by varying the final Zip code digit.

It was in performance when I discovered that

sometimes people fold the cards, hiding the corner

in which the Zip code identifier is printed. Thus

was born the concept of printing both sides

of the business card.

It was in the late

1980’s that I started using

a larger card for table

Psychometery - about

postcard size. I designed

them to have my photo

printed in the center and my contact information circling around

the margin in an endless sequence. The same bit of address or

phone number appeard in each corner to identify each card. Simply

toying with the cards provided the final topological link - the card

could be folded three times and still have one of the corners visible!

The Burling Hull “Volta Supper Club Reading” idea was the

perfect companion for the marked Psychometry cards but for that purpose both sides of

the cards had to appear virtually identical and there had to be room to write a question.

So the photograph card was eliminated, to be replaced by a double size, folded-in-half

business card. On each side was one panel was blank and one was imprinted with my

name and tagline. The contact information circled in an endless loop at the edges.

In the commercial version, the personal contact information was replaced with some

simple but elegant graphics for the twelve Sun Signs of the Zodiac. The cards were

supplied as pages to be torn out of a pad. The corner signs on subsequent cards changed

in calendar order. Sorting and collating for the rotation turned out to be fairly labor

intensive process that sent production costs rising with a projected final retail price

ballooning above reality. Rather than raise the price, the item was discontinued.

Thanks to the virtual ubiquity of computers on desktops these days, it’s been reborn to

serve another generation of performers.

Sun Signs is a tried, proven, veteran piece in my personal repertoire and has given me

years of wonderful reactions from my audiences. I know it will perform equally as well in

your hands.

Lee Earle

Phoenix, AZ July 2002

This manuscript enables you produce your own Sun Signs cards giving you the

advantage of being able to perform Pseudo Psychometry and Question & Answer readings

at a moment’s notice, out of your wallet!

First, please notice the border on the front and back of a Sun Signs card. The border

consists of a continuous repetition of the twelve signs of the Zodiac, arranged so the same

sign is at every corner of the card. This exact pattern is duplicated on the reverse of the

card as well.

It is this corner Sun Sign which allows for a “Semper Paratus” Pseudo Psychometry

routine. Obviously, if the series of Sun Signs is rotated, bumping each sign forward one

position, there would be a different sign occupying all eight (front & back, remember)

corners of the card. Twelve signs allow for a dozen apparently identical cards, each with a

different sign in the corners.

Please bear in mind that you do not have to put the cards in any particular order. The

fact that they all have different corner signs is sufficient. When a group of cards is given

to participants in the audience and then collected after information has been written

inside, you can easily associate the corner sign with the person to whom you gave the card.

How? Through the use of mnemonics. Memory association and ‘hooks’. It is simply

too much trouble to put the cards in Aries through Pieces order and then try to remember

that Cancer is card number four and person number four is the lady sitting over there. An

association technique is much simpler and less error prone.

When you hand out the cards (let’s assume it is the card with the Leo sign in the

corner) you construct an image in your mind which puts a lion (Leo) and the participant

together in some zany imaginative exaggerated manner. Visualize a lion biting through

the bright green blouse the woman is wearing, tearing and ripping the fabric and staining

it blood red in places. The more vivid the image you generate, the easier it will be for you

to recall later. Just glance at the card, bring up in your mind’s eye the appropriate image

which matches the corner Sun Sign, and then look at the person to whom you give the

card.

Really observe her for a moment. Look for her most prominent feature of her face?

Does she have a big nose? How about a luscious mouth? Does she have fabulous hair?

The first feature you notice is the one to use. Now picture that angry lion clamping his

jaws on that portion of her appearance, anatomy, or accessories.

The is the essence of the mnemonic technique. It is far more useful than a numbering

system because you needn’t worry if your audience is moving about, as at a cocktail party

for example. If several of your participants change position with one another you will not

be flustered in the least. Also, your mind is freed to concentrate on presentation rather

than focusing on calculations.

In order to make your prepartaion easier, I have included on the following pages a list

of the twelve signs of the Zodiac as well as a few beginning associations to help get you

started. The Sun Signs are not my design; they are a standard set of symbols used by

astrologers when making their charts. Those who know nothing about astrology will look

at them as interesting designs and nothing more; others who may be familiar with the

signs will find them familiar and accurate.

By the way, I use females in these examples because my audiences are predominantly

women.

Aries is the Ram. The sign on the card is much like a front view of

the critter’s head, with the two horns curving up from the top of the

skull. The ram can be visualized butting into an ample bosom, for

example. If your participant is wearing prominant jewelry, you can

picture those earrings attached to the ends of the ram’s horns.

Taurus is the Bull and this Sun Sign is easily associated with

the animal; just look at the bull’s horns on top of his head. The sharp

horns are easily pictured piercing the lady’s hat. Replace, in your

mind, the bull’s nose ring with her unusual wrist watch for another

useful association to aid your memory.

Gemini is the sign for the Twins , thus the Roman numeral two.

Picture Gemini as two people stretching the participant’s wire-rim

glasses in opposite directions. You can also visualize each twin

occupying one of the side pockets in her jacket. Remember, the more

outlandish the image you generate, the better you will remember the

association.

Cancer is the Crab and if you look closely, you can see the image of

the crab’s eyes and feelers (or perhaps his legs, depending on how vivid

your imagination is). One can visualize the crab hanging by one enormous

pincer on her tunic’s brass buttons or snipping her strand of pearls,

allowing them to scatter upon the floor.

Leo is the Lion , illustrated here with the curve of that

magnificent mane surrounding his head. When the lady with the

gorgeous eyes takes this card you can picture the lion drawing his

powerful claws across her face, ripping those orbs from their sockets. I

did say that the more grotesque your image the more easily you’ll

remember the association, didn’t I?

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