3 of Clubs!! (long story)

[Letherea]

Ok. Here's a story that's definately not 'normal'. We just aren't sure exactly what it means. But I did not embelish the story one bit, it's 100% true and accurate.
[this was written in Sept '04]

Ok..it started I'd say about 2 or 3 months ago.. I was at home
watching John Edward.. (the medium that talks to dead people).. and
my brother popped over. So he sat with me for awhile and poo-pood the
whole show. Telling me how fake it was..blah blah.. and of course,,me
being a big john edward fan, really stuck up for him.. my brother is
such a non believer..in anything!!... and I was trying to convince
him that yes, or course , there IS an 'other side'... anyway.. I
forget the exact reference,,but he something like .
"ok,,maybe if I was in the audience, and I stuck a playing card in my
pocket, and they psychic dude said 'you have a card in your pocket
and it's the 3 of clubs'.. maybe then I'd believe him"..

so we got off the topic.. and he left.. both of us were still alittle
annoyed with each other..cause we were very near having a big
argument.. him saying how dumb I am for believing such crap..me
saying he's so closeminded he won't believe in anything!!...

So a few days goes by and he gives me a call.. I hear him on the
phone and he sounds really excited... he says 'ok.. now this is only
going to mean anything to me if you remember what card I was talking
about the other day'.. and I have no idea why I remembered...it was
just a passing comment.. but I said 'ugg I think it was the 3 of
clubs'..well he nearly dropped the phone.. he told me he was at the
garbage dump that day.. (he's a landscaper and goes there often)...
and he was unloaded a bunch of crap... and noticed a playing card..
lying face down in the dirt.. he didn't think too much about it.. but
he did recall his reference to a card at my house and our 'psychic'
disagreement. .. so he tried to ignore the card.. he said there were
no other cards laying around.. just that one.. all alone.. but
finally curiousity got the better of him.. he went over, picked it
up..and sure enough.. it was the 3 of clubs!!!... so freaky right??..

So, I guess incase anyone chalked it up to pure ol' co-incidence, it
just had to happend again.. a couple of weeks ago... He was about to
cross the road, out from between his truck and attached trailer, when
a playing card blew right by his face,,it made him stop.... a car
whizzed by.. (though he doesn't even grasp the importance of
that part of the story).. .so once again.. he tried to get on with
business without checking out the card.. he really was kinda freaked
at this point..but thought 'what are the odds'...sooooooooooooo.. he
sauntered over..picked it up.. and it was covered with dirt.. he
wiped it off on his jeans.. and lo' and behold.. the 3 of clubs!!!..
He has this card in his wallet!...

Soooooooooooooo.. just last night I was over at their house.. (I
already got the story from his wife about the 2nd card).. but I drove
him to the video store..and he proceeded to tell me the whole story
of how he found the card.. quite animated he was.. and repeated the
story about 4 times.."I can't help it..it's just SO freaky"...

So when we got back to his house.. we were still talking about it..
his two kids were there as well, and his wife.. we were just sitting
around trying to figure out what it all means......some of us making
jokes..some trying to be serious.. anyway.. he goes over to the top
of his fridge..grabs a deck of cards and starts shuffling them
up... "Oh Chris" I say, "it's not going to happen now..not when you
are expecting it".. so he just shuffles and shuffles.. and he fans
out the cards in my direction.. just then my cell phone rings..so I
go to answer it.. and his daughter says 'oh let me'.. so he turns to
her and she takes a card from the fan of cards..really dug in deep..
brings it up.. turns it around... Well, I think you know where I'm
going here.. it was indeed the 3 of clubs!!!.. Well, my brother is
42 years old and I have NEVER seen this look on his face!!... he was
I guess you call it dumbstruck....we all were.. it was just TOOOO
bizarre for words.....so after about 5 minutes of oh my god.. and I
don't believe it.. he shuffles up the cards and does it again...
this time to me.. I picked the J of clubs.. oh whew.. it's all over..
maybe it was all a co-incidence.. ok.. shuffle shuffle.. His wife's
turn... 3 of F&*%^ING CLUBS!!!!!!!!!!.....
So my brother is half crazy going through the deck wondering why
I didn't get the 3 of clubs. (Like it's not impressive enough that
his wife and daughter picked it).. anyway..he's rifling through, once,
twice, no 3 of clubs!!.. where is it?? 'It's in there' I say..'just relax'
so then he finally finds it, and it was 'stuck' to a card,,that's why he
couldn't find it,,and it was stuck to (drumroll) the J of clubs!! (the
card I chose)
I gathered up the cards and said 'that's it..no more!!!!.. we were
all freaked at that point... I went home a few minutes later... and
we have NO idea what to make of all this.. it just CAN NOT be co-
incidence..can it?
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Latest addition.. (aug 6/05)

Last week we had a little get together at my house. Just as my brother was leaving,
he started going on about his 3 of clubs story, (like we haven't all heard it before),
but when he gets drinking he likes to tell the story. (I guess it's had quite an effect
on him) Anyway,, he was telling his story. yeah yah.. isn't that amazing,,here's your
shoes, what's your hurry. So ok everyone is gone and my husband grabs a beer,
(oh let me explain this first..we have this promotion going on right now with a certain
type of beer. Under each cap is a picture of a playing card. Not sure why or what
you're supposed to do with them. We don't drink that much beer to be concerned
about it.) so anyway,, he grabs a beer and opens it and wouldn't it just be the 3 of
clubs. Not so amazing but still. They were just talking about it and there it appeared.
I saved the cap to give to my brother. It's still sitting right here on the tv:))

Anyway..that's my 3 of clubs story. I'm sure it's not over yet. !!

[~¤LilacSky¤~]

lol I enjoyed reading that..haha, so is your brother convinced of the supernatural or things that do exist just beneath the surface of reality???lol I bet hes pondering it very hard..haha, that is a cool story and maybe someone/something is trying to tell your brother something, perhaps he has a potential he is not aware of..perhaps even communicating with the other side..but yeah let us know if the 3 of cups appears again lol..
thanks L for shareing this..

[Anise]

That is a very interesting story. I think he might be convinced now that are "other" powers within the world.

Here are a few links if you are interested. Since some people use playing cards in divination I thought I would share with you the some meanings of the cards.

www3.sympatico.ca/terrir/playing_card_meanings.html
www.talisman.net/tarot/regcard.html
ks.essortment.com/gypsytarotca_ruyz.htm (scroll down for this one)


Of course in your brothers case I think it was the spirits telling him that it's real. Perhaps you and your brother should go to one of John's shows and see if you can get answers there. I would love to attend a show sometime myself.