Topic 12: Sequences of Playing Cards - Tutorial 19
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:
6C - Cash,
9S - Soap,
7H - Hog,
5S - Sail,
5D - Duel,
AH - Hat,
2C - Can
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!