In Kipper, the cards are not read in isolation. You look at where the characters are looking:
The "Art" of Kipper lies in —where characters are looking. Finde Siecle Kipper Guide Book - sciphilconf.berkeley.edu the art of kipper reading pdf
A unique ritual found in the final appendix of the PDF is the "Cutting of the Cards." If the reading shows nothing but negative cards (Prison, Sorrow, Quarrel), the PDF suggests the physical act of cutting the deck into three piles and re-stacking them reverses the polarity of the negative cards , softening their impact in real life. In Kipper, the cards are not read in isolation