Birthday Book & Variations

42 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Birthday Book & Variations
  
Creators Title Comments & References Source Page Categories
Unknown The Mysteries of the Zodiac elaborate, mathematical selection procedure
Also published here New Era Card Tricks 116
Unknown Die Geheimnisse des Thierkreises elaborate, mathematical selection procedure, translation by John Willmann
Also published here Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 1) 4
E. Leslie May The Fortune Telling Book two decks and two spectators, fortune-telling book with cards for each dates, selections match cards on birth date
 The Compleat Magick - Volume 1 (Issue 40) 197
Des Colgan Diary Dice-Card card chosen by throwing a pair of dice, card in diary at that date matches prediction
 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 9) 105
Robert Cassidy The Telepathic Diary birthday is looked up in book, card written next to the date is found inside envelope as a prediction
 Pseudo-Mentally Yours 12
Philip T. Goldstein Another Birthday birthday number is counted from the deck and card predicted
 Notions 10
Philip T. Goldstein Another Birthday birthday number is counted from the deck and card predicted
 A Transatlantic Lecture 4
Robert Cassidy The Devil's Diary card at though of day is in envelope
 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 296) 1477
Alex Elmsley The Book of Fortunes humorous presentation, selection derived at by "power-of-thought"-coincidence is predicted in book
Variations The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 347
Karl Fulves Birthday Value, Birthday Suit two decks, reversed card in one deck, birthday count procedure with other deck to arrive at a "birthday card", it matches prediction
Related to Verbatim (Issue 3) 18
Philip T. Goldstein The Diary Trick credit information and references
 Verbatim (Issue 4) 32
Alex Elmsley Fate's Datebook part of "The Dazzle Act" (starting on page 425 until the end of the book), using a improvisational type of selection procedure
Related toVariations The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 433
Karl Fulves Day One date chosen by choosing some face-up and face-down cards from grid layout, looked up in diary, card noted there predicted, tapestry
Variations Crooked Tales 35
Simon Aronson The Calendar Card card chosen by spectator matches card on spectator's birthday in calendar list
 Simply Simon 103
Simon Aronson Fate card freely chosen from range of twelve, then birthday named, then chart removed, using cross-index index
 Simply Simon 249
Simon Aronson Happy Birthday odd-backed card matches spectator's birthday card in date book
Inspired by Simply Simon 96
Karl Fulves Open Season with repeat phase
 13 Prophets 19
Peter Duffie Double Vision any red and black cards removed from face-up spread, values added, that day in calendar has both those cards written next to it, both also predicted in envelope
 Untold 1
Sam Schwartz Devil's Date "Two Diary Tricks"
card listed in diary is only odd-backed card in deck
Related to Underworld (Issue 3) 40
Sam Schwartz Fate Accompli "Two Diary Tricks"
card listed in diary is only odd-backed
 Underworld (Issue 3) 41
Michael Close The Birthday Book memorized deck
 Workers Number 5 156
Karl Fulves The Tomorrow Card
Day For Any Date 39
Peter Duffie The Diary of Delusion Two cards cut to are used to choose a date in a pocket diary - the two cards form a composite card, which is predicted in the diary at that date
 Effortless Card Magic 69
John Morgan The "Birthday" Book birthday book, shuffled deck one card freely selected
 L.I.N.T. - Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians 83
Karl Fulves Cast A Card
Day For Any Date 10
Peter Duffie Centrifugal Diary spectator cuts off pile and counts court cards for month and either red or black number cards for day, forcing a day with a stack, word in calendar predicted
 Deck Direct 2
Ted Danson It's a Date card in envelope, matches card written on birthdate in diary
 Come A Little Closer 27
Tony Griffith The Bilton Diary
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 110
Peter Duffie Easy-Going Diary combined with name on back of cards
 New Inspirations 15
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Accidental Diary sixteen-card Unicycle Stack, using George Sands's "One to Eight" principle
 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 70
Tony Griffith Rainbow Prediction birthday theme, prediction joker, card and also back, rainbow deck
 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 46
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Versatile Diary randomly filled diary, day chosen via packet counting and not birthday, using Killer Count
 Killer Koncepts 17
Peter Duffie Pure Devilry
  • Phase One - Fortuity
  • Phase Two - A Date to Remember
Inspired by Subtle Miracles 120
Basil Horwitz Challenge Diary Body Language Test
The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz - Volume 5 31
Jack Avis A Variation on the Diary Trick red/blue double backer
 Rara Avis 46
Michael Powers Psychic Birthday Predictor selection matches card written on spectator's birthday in birthday calendar, card also predicted in envelope
Also published here
  • Channel One No. 10
 Power Plays 52
Justin Higham Fate, Chance, Freewill featuring a multiple out force
Variations Best of Friends — Volume III 347
Lewis Jones Make My Day date chosen with cards, card in diary at that date matches prediction
 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 150
Karl Fulves Kreskin's Diary odd-backed card in deck, any date named, they match in diary, method guessing from Kreskin's radio performance
 Prolix (Issue 9) 566
Alexander de Cova, Patrick Page Der Kalendertrick
Inspired by
  • "Old Moore's Diary" (Patrick Page)
 Seminar-Leviten 11
Patrick Page, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ted Dansons' Diary Trick with two variations
 Magic Page by Page 96
Patrick Page, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Ultimate Variation: Old Moore's Diary
Related to
  • Arun Bonerjee's "Another Diary" in "Club 71" Easter, 2000. P. 67.
 Magic Page by Page 99