Adinkra Cards and Printing Instructions

Adinkra Cards and Printing Instructions 1. Print out pages 2 through 13 on card stock paper. 110-pound-weight card-stock or higher is a good weight to use for this purpose. If you go with a lighter-weight paper, say 80-pound or 65pound, be prepared to either paste them onto a stiffer backing, or laminate them. You don’t necessarily have to go with white card-stock. The images in this pdf will show up on any color card-stock you choose. 2. Pages 14 and 15 are optional card backs, which you may choose to print on the back of each card sheet. The benefit of a card-back design is that it keeps the identity of the card front a secret, until it is time to turn the card over in the reading. Of course, you may leave the backs of your cards blank, or cover it with your own design, if you wish. 3. Before cutting out the cards, I recommend spraying both sides of each card sheet with several coats of a clear acrylic sealer. This may take a couple of hours, because you’ll need to let the coats dry for 15 minutes between each coat. It is worth the effort, though, for it keeps the ink on the cards from smearing, and the cards slide against each other more easily when shuffling. The more coats of sealer, the less smearing of ink, and the easier the shuffling. 4. Cut out the cards and keep them in either a special box, or wrapped up in a square of fabric. Euphonia Carstairs Mate Masie “What I hear, I keep” Wisdom, knowledge, and the prudence to consider what has been said. Pagya A Gun Powder Kirk Gunners, bravery, defense, power. The ability of the common man to defend himself. Yentena Nsere “Let us live in harmony” Brotherliness & belonging. Asetena Pa Ma Awire Fire “Cordial relations creates complacency” Ungratefulness. Earnest & perseverant in seeking help from those in a position to help, once the favor is granted, it is human nature to forget the one who did the favor. Obi Ntutu Anomaa Ho Na Wcnfa Nkyere Panin “No one plucks the feathers of a bird, then shows it for identification” It is wrong to ask someone to identify something after it has been stripped of its identifying marks. Cyere Pa Cbaa Pa Batkari Amma YeAnhu Krado “The smock confuses one from identifying a Muslim” Deception. Disguised adversaries. Mistaking one ethnic/religious group for another. Act with caution. Owia Kokroko Intense Sun The perfect woman or the perfect wife. The perfect spouse. Vitality, enlightenment, the Sun’s light. Day dawns and the sun exposes all that the night has covered in darkness. To be like the sun in our daily lives.