What is a suit in cards. The secret meaning of playing cards. Use in metaphors

P.S. Never guess unnecessarily or out of boredom, otherwise the cards will not serve you, but you cards!

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Interpretation of the meanings of playing cards

Each suit symbolizes a specific:

Fire Element (power) - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius

Earth element (material wealth) - Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Air element (feelings) - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

The element of water (intuition) - Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.

Interpretation by suits.

- all aspects of love relationships.

- news, plans, news related to money and papers.

- business and material relations.

- Trouble, grief, negative emotions.

Image interpretation.

Ace is a house.

The king and queen (except for spades) are certain people.

Jack - chores.

Ten - interests, hopes, desires.

Nine is love.

Eight - conversations.

Seven - meeting.

Six is ​​the road.

♦ Six- not bad card. Usually it means a pleasant journey that can make a very positive change in the course of your affairs.

with nine spades - bad news from relatives;

with a ten tambourine - the fulfillment of a desire, receiving money;

with nine spades - death;

with a seven tambourine - trouble in the house.

♦ Seven- joy, chores, deeds; business date, purchase, sale, commercial transaction (good or bad, depending on the nearest card). You will receive financial support either from an old friend or from a new acquaintance who is willing to help in the implementation of your plans.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a figure - a happy accident;

with a dozen tambourines - successful money chores.

♦ Eight- you are waiting for minor household problems and chores. You will be nervous, fussing, and this is in vain - the situation will correct itself without any additional measures on your part.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with eight of crosses and six of worms - news of a fire;

with the king or queen of spades (on the sides of your card) - harm from a false and bad person;

with a jack of hearts - talking about money;

with a ten tambourine - the emergence of a new source of income;

with a seven tambourine (near the figure) - inconstancy.

♦ Nine– good map, card of money, with the same king, lady - love. Your business will go quite successfully, but you should carefully weigh your options in order to achieve the full implementation of the plan.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a six of spades (on the right) - a road for money, an unpleasant incident, failure;

with a jack of hearts - avoiding an unpleasant journey;

with a dozen tambourines - an indispensable and quick receipt of money;

♦ Ten- this can mean an unexpected breakthrough in a career, money, a date, getting money; a blow from a loved one, ingratitude. Your superiors have probably noticed you and are now going to make you a very pleasant offer. Congratulations!

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with an ace of spades (on the sides of your card) - a quarrel over money;

with a nine tambourine - an indispensable and quick receipt of money;

with an eight tambourine - remote receipt of money, big money;

with a seven tambourine - successful chores about money;

with a six tambourine - fulfillment of desires, receiving money;

with a six of spades (on the right) - the road for money;

with the jack of crosses - success in money matters;

with a dozen crosses - an indispensable receipt of money; with seven worms - a great inheritance;

with nine worms - profitable work.

♦ Jack It's not a very good card. Often it denotes a person who can deceive you in financial matters, and you will not immediately find it. Usually such a trick is revealed only after a while. Be careful!

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a seven of spades - a merchant;

with the king - a commercial, fake person;

with a seven of spades or a nine of a tambourine - a hostile person, an early betrayal;

with the lady of the crosses - trouble;

with a six of crosses - an unexpected and quick trip with some man;

when the king, queen and jack is a tambourine with a fortune-telling person's suit card - success in money matters.

♦ Lady- a woman with a grumpy and irritable character, a young girl, an unfaithful woman, a servant. It could be your co-worker or someone close to you. She's probably jealous of you financial position and can decide on some kind of trick.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a jack of tambourine and a ten of spades - an unpleasant guest.

with nine worms - good for women, for men - theft.

♦ King- A person with power. It can be a woman or a man, it doesn't matter. The main thing is that some of your events depend on this person, and if you behave prudently, you will receive great support. A young man, a love date, an acquaintance with a future groom, a single person (if there is no lady tambourine nearby); reliable partnership, success.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a ten tambourine (with a jack) - support in the future from a new acquaintance or future groom;

with a six tambourine - an indispensable fulfillment of desires;

with worms - fun, oblivion of the past and a change in life.

♦ Ace- day, summer; such a card indicates that important news awaits you. Letter (the nearest figure will show from whom); favorable changes. Now take a close look at the rest of the cards.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a tambourine - quick receipt of money;

with a seven, nine or ten of hearts - a joyful or love letter;

with crosses or peaks - the distance of the desired minute, big chores;

with the six of crosses - a date or conversation at dusk;

with a nine peak - cunning, deception of loved ones;

with a dozen worms - a love message; with a ten spade (left) - sad news;

with a ten tambourine - a letter with the news of receiving money.

Six- it is likely that you will have a love date. However, do not rush to rejoice - you still do not know what to expect from this person, and what his intentions are.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with hearts - the path to a dear person;

with a dozen worms - a road and a cordial date;

with a nine of hearts - an undoubted success in love.

Seven- this suggests that a romantic meeting awaits you. Some of your friends have long been sympathetic to you and decide to invite you on a date.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a ten spade - an unexpected offer;

with a dozen worms - a pleasant solitary date;

with nine worms - a meeting;

with four kings - a fun conversation.

Eight– interesting map. Most likely, you will receive a declaration of love, possibly in writing. It is unlikely that this will cause your joy - this person has never been perceived by you as a potential partner on the path of life.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a jack of hearts - a heartfelt conversation;

with seven crosses - unexpected happiness (left);

with a dozen worms - a solitary date;

with nine worms - a meeting;

with a ten tambourine (near your card) - receiving money, a big inheritance.

Nine- most likely, you will not have a very pleasant conversation. It will probably be a conversation with your regular partner about your relationship. If next to this card there is a spade suit, then a peaceful exchange of opinions will turn into a loud and disgusting scandal.

with every king, lady - love;

with a dozen worms (with a full red suit) - the joys of love, with a king, a lady - a wedding;

with an eight or seven of worms - a date with a beloved person;

with nine crosses - your beloved (beloved) will reciprocate; message or thing from him (from her);

with any six - an unexpected meeting;

Ten- Traveling with your loved one. However, it can turn into a quarrel. Most likely, you will start talking about your plans for the future, and this will annoy your companion or companion.

This card is of particular importance:

Jack- fair-haired, commoner, unpleasant guest; good news, funny company; thoughts of the red king; good luck in work, study. There is a person in your environment who has rather mixed feelings towards you. If you offend him with something, then he can get very angry and try to take revenge.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with hearts - success;

with an ace of hearts - good news, a declaration of love;

with nine crosses - a trip;

with a nine tambourine - it will be possible to avoid an unpleasant journey;

with the eight of worms - a cordial conversation;

with an eight tambourine - talking about money;

with an eight peak - news of the illness or death of a relative;

with eight of crosses - an unpleasant conversation;

with a lady or a king - a guest;

with seven crosses (with four queens or sevens) - the imminent birth of a son (while four aces denote the mind and wealth of the child).

Lady- married woman; a strong family. If next to her is a card that means your husband, then, most likely, we are talking about his mistress. But if the lady is located next to you, this indicates that you have a close friend who is always ready to help you.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a six and a dozen of worms - tears for a fortuneteller, but with a cross jack - unexpected joy;

with hearts - success in love for a man;

with other suits - achieving the goal;

with a dozen worms - a friend.

King- usually this card means a married person. If we are talking about your husband, then take a closer look at the cards that are next to him. The presence of peaks in fortune-telling on the cards indicates that troubles associated with family relationships await this man.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with peaks - a nuisance;

with tambourines - receiving money;

with crosses - chores;

Ace- morning, spring; this is your home and your family. If clubs (any) are nearby, get ready for quarrels and tears. In the neighborhood you saw peaks - your family hearth is in trouble. And nearby tambourines will tell about your financial condition.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with an ace of tambourine - a joyful letter;

with a ten spade - sad news;

with a jack of hearts - a pleasant message;

with the six of crosses - a date and conversation on the street, in the evening;

with a nine of spades - revelry, a date and the location of a friend.

♣ Six- travel or business trip. Treat this journey with full responsibility - your future career depends on it.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a dozen crosses - an unexpected departure;

with an ace of hearts (with a figure) - a date in the morning;

with an ace of tambourine - a date in the afternoon;

with the ace of crosses - a date in the evening;

with the ace of spades - a date at night.

♣ Seven- you have to conduct business conversations (perhaps not very pleasant). This may mean a conversation with superiors. Now it is difficult to say about the result of this conversation, but if there is a spade suit nearby, unfortunately, the conversation will not end well for you. A close road, news of success, an inheritance, thoughts of a lady of the crosses.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with an ace of clubs - a successful completion of the trial, victory;

with ten crosses - wealth and happiness (the same as nine and eight of crosses);

with an eight peak - the fortuneteller is changed by his "second half";

with a jack of hearts (with four ladies and sevens) - the near birth of a son;

with a dozen of hearts (with the other three sevens and queens or jacks) - the birth of a child.

♣ Eight- a meeting awaits you, on which your future fate will depend (talking about the professional aspect). It is highly likely that you will be offered a new job. If you see a king of any suit nearby (except spades), according to the value of the cards during fortune-telling, this is due to the fact that you need to agree with the proposal, after which you will achieve great success.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with the ace of clubs - success;

with the king of crosses - rumors about events at sea, the death of a ship;

with a lady of the crosses - the help of a relative or close woman;

with a jack of crosses - an unexpected turn of happiness in favor of a fortuneteller;

with a dozen crosses - the imminent acquisition of real estate, inheritance, wealth and happiness;

with a jack of hearts - talking about losses;

with seven crosses (in front of your card) - unexpected happiness;

with seven of clubs and an ace of hearts - a happy marriage or inheritance.

♣ Nine- an interesting map. In most cases, it means a change in life. The rest can be judged only after you consider the adjacent cards: - Spades - Trouble - Diamonds - Big Buy - Hearts - Changes in personal relationships. Inheritance, doubts; with a figure indicates that it will disappear from your life; pleasant conversation; with the same king, lady - love, jealousy.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with nine or ten worms - success in love;

with tambourines - the correct receipt of money and their useless spending on pleasure;

with worms - mutual love;

with a ten peak - a nuisance in terms of money;

with a jack of hearts - a journey;

with the king of crosses - an influential person, a supportive person;

with a dozen crosses - fun with loved ones, surprise;

with ten and eight or seven of crosses - good luck, luck.

♣ Ten- great card! Big profits await you, winning the lottery, a bonus, an inheritance, or something like that, which is directly related to finances. Congratulations!

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with seven crosses - joy, news of business;

with a six of crosses - a sudden departure;

with a ten tambourine - an indispensable receipt of money;

with a dozen worms - success in love;

with nine crosses - fun with loved ones, surprise;

with eight crosses - inheritance, wealth, happiness;

with nine and eight or seven of clubs - one of the most lucky combinations, means well-being in all spheres of life;

with an ace of clubs - a change for the better; with a seven of spades (without an ace) - deceit, tears;

with seven and six of clubs - a large society.

♣ Jack- a person in uniform or a military officer below the rank of officer, a friend, intercessor and friend; without an ace or without a king - big trouble. If the jack of clubs falls first in fortune-telling, then the prediction will come true. Probably one of them needs your help.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a seven peak (rare) - misfortune due to the intrigues of enemies;

between two ladies - an unfaithful wife;

with a ten tambourine - success in money matters;

with eight crosses - a military man; unexpected joy;

between two jacks - a troubled future.

♣ Lady- an unimportant card: if next to it: tambourines - we are talking about your employee who is hostile to you; worms - probably your husband has a mistress; peaks - you will quarrel with your mother-in-law or a neighbor, moreover, the scandal will be very loud and unpleasant.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with the lady of spades (with your card) - bad circumstances, courts, troubles due to marriage;

with the eight of crosses - the help of a relative or close woman.

♣ King- Most likely, we are talking about your boss. But if you do not work, then such a card means an elderly man (father-in-law or father). Military; true friend.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with crosses - a close person, friend, husband, groom, lover; in general, portends happiness;

with nine crosses - an influential person, a supportive person;

with eight of crosses - rumors about enterprises at sea, the death of a ship;

with the ace of crosses - a happy outcome of the planned business, the fulfillment of desires;

with a jack of clubs with your card (if you are not a cross suit) - great grief;

with one of the sixes - a road with a specific purpose; if the king of clubs does not fall out in divination - failure.

♣ Ace- evening, autumn; such a fortune-telling card means your business relationship or place of work. By the way, it is possible that you will receive some important news related to finances,

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with the six - the railway;

under the king (in relation to the lady) - immodest love, courtship;

with seven of crosses - winning the case, victory;

with nine of worms - tender love;

with a six of crosses - a date and conversation on the street, on the road, in the evening; at peaks - death;

with a nine peak - a profitable event;

with the king of crosses - a happy outcome of the planned enterprise, the speedy fulfillment of a desire.

♠ Six- an unexpected trip associated with solving unpleasant problems. It can be both financial matters and matters relating to your personal life. Probably, this journey will bring you tears and irritation. A long journey, a late road, with your map - a loss.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a pike - a fun trip, with crosses - an unsuccessful one;

with a nine or ten tambourine - the road for money;

with a seven or eight tambourine - concern for financial well-being;

with hearts - a date with dear people.

♠ Seven is a bad card. Usually, it means quarrels, scandals, etc. If there is a heart suit nearby, then trouble awaits you in personal relationships (perhaps the husband decides to leave for another woman). Next to her club card- you quarrel with someone from close friends or relatives. Next door is a diamond suit - trouble awaits you at work.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a jack of a tambourine - depicts a merchant;

with a jack of crosses - misfortune from enemies;

with a ten peak - unexpected news of a change in circumstances;

with one of the eights - a treat;

with a figure - a nuisance, especially with a nine of spades - trouble for loved ones;

with a six tambourine - problems in the family.

♠ Eight- be careful. Failure, sadness, conversation, illness, room, apartment of a respectable person; with seven peaks one should not guess on this day, with nine crosses - misfortune.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a jack of hearts - news of illness or death of relatives or friends;

with seven crosses - betrayal of a beloved;

under four kings - revelry, drunkenness.

♠ Nine is an obvious illness. This does not mean that it is you who will get sick - the case may concern one of your close relatives. Examine the cards that lie nearby: - ​​hearts suit - the husband or one of the children will get sick - club suit - your mother, father, etc. will probably go to the hospital - diamond suit - someone from business partners, and this can complicate your overall plans.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with an ace of spades - a disease;

with an ace of clubs - benefit or harm (depending on the nearest light or dark card);

with an ace of hearts - the closeness of a man, a woman, a joyful stay with a friend;

with an ace of tambourines - cunning and deception of loved ones;

with a ten spade - an unexpected receipt of money.

♠ Ten– unfortunately, this card does not mean anything good. In most cases, the peak ten indicates that the collapse of some hopes, plans, etc. awaits you. Troubles, illnesses; with the king, the lady - the marriage bed. Unrealizable desires, failures, with the same king, lady - a prominent person shows interest in you.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with an ace of spades - an unexpected receipt of money;

with a nine peak - misfortune;

with nine crosses - a nuisance in money matters;

with an ace of tambourines - a mournful, sad letter;

with one of the aces - a fake letter;

with an eight peak - a disease, with one of the eights - unpleasant news;

with a seven peak - unexpected news of a change in circumstances;

with a seven tambourine - an unexpected offer;

with a dozen crosses - recovery from illness;

with a dozen of hearts - great monetary interest in the future.

♠ Jack- means a person who can deceive you. Usually this card speaks of fraud, and from a person from whom you never expected such a trick. Quarrel or fight, bad or black-haired person, commoner, bad news, thoughts of the king of spades; illness of your children or grandchildren.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with peaks in general - a true ally;

with crosses - a liar, an envious person, a gossip;

with a tambourine - an accomplice, a messenger, a drunken person;

with a worm - a friend;

with the lady of spades - a big quarrel, a fight;

with an eight of spades - a big nuisance between lovers.

♠ Lady- meaning queen of spades in all fortune-telling she has the power of black magic, which is why she is called a witch. This is a strong black force, and good things should not be expected from this card. It means that a corruption or family curse hangs on a person, which was inflicted by an experienced witch or sorcerer. Old woman, boredom, gossip; bad woman, hindrance, quarrel. Between two figures - a quarrel between them, near your card - grief, trouble, especially with seven of crosses or nine of spades.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with peaks in general - a kind old woman;

with crosses - a villain;

with a tambourine - a greedy, envious woman who interferes in business and in love;

with nine of hearts - happiness.

♠ King- bad card. Probably, you are in for big troubles associated with one of the high-ranking people. A respectable gentleman, an official endowed with great power, an enemy, a bad person, a rival.

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with peaks - portends good;

with crosses - opposition and villainy;

with an eight of spades (on the sides of your card) - prolonged trouble;

if the king of tambourines is right there - the help of a noble person;

with a lady and a jack - the help of a respectable person, a respectable family:

with crosses - his hatred;

with a tambourine - its location;

♠ Ace- night, winter; ambiguous card. If its tip is pointing up, then you are in for a big trouble (serious illness, robbery, financial collapse, etc.), but if its tip is pointing down, then get ready for a holiday and drinking (wedding, corporate party, birthday, etc.). e.)

This card acquires a special interpretation:

with a ten spade - an unexpected receipt of money;

with ten tambourines (on the sides of your card) - a quarrel over money;

with some six - a journey;

with an ace of clubs (both points up) - fright.

Four sixes - a long trip.

Four sevens are surmountable obstacles in love.

Four eights are family chores.

Four nines - change for the better, success.

Four tens - good luck; wedding.

Four jacks - quarrels, chores.

Four ladies - gossip, gossip, intrigue.

Four kings - glory, success.

Four aces - a resounding success.

Playing cards have entered our lives so tightly that few people think about the history of the appearance of symbols denoting suits.

According to one version, the cards intended for the game originated in Asia, and from there the Arabs were brought to Europe. The cards transported by Arab merchants were similar to modern tarot and were divided into four suits: cups, pentacles, swords, staves.

Other historians are of the view that the cards were invented in Europe - they were drawn by the jester of the French king Charles IV for the entertainment of the royal person.

In the countries of the Old World, playing cards were first mentioned in the middle of the 14th century. At all times, the decks differed in number and composition, but had a number of similarities:

• Cards are divided into four suits (characteristically, the presence of cards that do not belong to any of the suits, the so-called jokers).
• Within the same suit, cards have a rank, indicated by numbers, letters or an image.
• Each card is assigned a unique combination of rank and suit.

The deck familiar today with standard notation for suits originates from French cards made in the 15th century. The fact that it was the French deck that became widespread is simply explained by the cheapness of production. The fact is that in it the junior ranks were designated by abstract icons, which were easily reproduced using stencils and did not require the drawing of engravings.

The origin of the symbolism denoting suits also has several options:

1. The four main social classes of feudal society (army - ♠, church - , merchant class - ♦, peasantry - ♣).
2. Knightly ammunition (♠ - spears, - shields, ♦ - banners, ♣ - swords).
3. The symbolic crucifixion of Jesus Christ (♠ - the spear that pierced the heart of the Savior, - the sponge that quenched Jesus' thirst, ♦ - the nail heads that nailed Christ's hands and feet, ♣ - the cross on which he was crucified).

The latest version is associated with the fact that the church has always condemned card games, considering them to be the work of the devil. It is interesting that very unusual names of card suits have been preserved in European states so far. For example, in Germany, ♦ are called bells, - hearts, ♣ - acorns, and ♠ - leaves.

The names of the suits of the Spanish deck are literally translated as coins, goblets, clubs and swords.

The French use the terms: squares, hearts, clover, spades (spears).

In Russia, designations borrowed from French or with a consonant name have taken root. For example, tambourines from the word bells, worms from the adjective red, which means red. The name of the club is nothing more than a transcription of the French "trèfle", and the spades are both the pronunciation of the French "pique" and the name of the weapon.

Hierarchy of suits

The rules of individual games establish a certain hierarchy of suits. An example is games with bribes (in bridge and, sometimes, in poker, such a seniority gradation is used - ♠, , ♦, ♣). Since there is no universally accepted standard that assigns a rank to the suits, each game has its own order.

Trumps and special suits

In the group of games with bribes, one suit during the round is considered trump and has more weight in relation to the rest. There are games in which one (or more) suit takes on a special status. An example is the game "Spades", where cards with the same symbol are constantly in the trump position.

Another option for using special suits is the game "Worms", according to the rules of which, cards with hearts, on the contrary, are undesirable.

In the following materials, we will also touch upon the historical aspects of the emergence of images symbolizing the highest cards. This is an equally interesting topic, since it is believed that the card images had prototypes from among real-life personalities or fictional characters.

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Happens often with the player:
Sat rich - rose poor.
Who took the cards, seduced by profit,
Tom does not know the game of happy.
Gambling is sinful:
It is not given to us by God,
Satan invented it!

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A few words about the history of the issue:

There are 3 versions of the origin of the cards:

1. First - Chinese, although many still do not want to believe in it. Chinese and Japanese maps are too unusual for us and appearance, and by the nature of the game, which is more like dominoes. However, there is no doubt that already in the 8th century in China, sticks were used for games, and then strips of paper with symbols for various symbols. These distant ancestors of cards were also used instead of money, so they had three suits: a coin, two coins and many coins. And in India, playing cards depicted the figure of the four-armed Shiva, who held a goblet, a sword, a coin and a wand. Some believe that these symbols of the four Indian estates gave rise to modern card suits.

2. Egyptian version of the origin of the cards, replicated by the latest occultists. They claimed that in ancient times the Egyptian priests wrote down all the wisdom of the world on 78 golden tablets, which were also depicted in the symbolic form of cards. 56 of them - "Minor Arcana" - became ordinary playing cards, and the remaining 22 "Senior Arcana" became part of the mysterious Tarot deck used for divination. This version was first published in 1785 by the French occultist Etteila, and his successors the French Eliphas Levy and Dr. Papus and the English Mathers and Crowley created their own systems for interpreting Tarot cards. This name allegedly comes from the Egyptian "ta rosh" ("the way of the kings"), and the cards themselves were brought to Europe either by Arabs or by gypsies, who were often considered to come from Egypt. True, scientists have not been able to find any evidence of such an early existence of the Tarot deck.

3. European version. (We will dwell on it in more detail - it is considered the main one). regular cards appeared on the European continent no later than the 14th century. Back in 1367, the card game was banned in the city of Bern, and ten years later, a shocked papal envoy watched with horror as the monks enthusiastically cut into cards near the walls of their monastery. In 1392, Jacquemain Gringonner, the jester of the mentally ill French King Charles VI, drew a deck of cards for the amusement of his master. The then deck differed from the current one in one detail: it had only 32 cards. There were not enough four ladies, whose presence seemed then superfluous. Only in the next century, Italian artists began to depict Madonnas not only in paintings, but also on maps.

4. occult. According to the writer S.S. Narovchatov, under Ivan the Terrible, a certain Churchelli appeared in Moscow. Churchelli, in Italy he was called a Frenchman, in France a German, in Germany a Pole, and in Poland he became a Russian. He brought to Moscow a chest wrapped in a shawl, black with red stains, which, as it were, corresponded to the suits - black and red. The cards are in demand. At first, the authorities were tolerant of practicing with cards, but then they began to persecute them, because they saw the intervention of evil spirits here. Of the legislative monuments about cards, the Code of 1649 was first mentioned, which prescribes to deal with card players “as it is written about taty” (thieves), i.e. beat mercilessly, cut off fingers and hands. Decree of 1696. it was introduced to search all those suspected of wanting to play cards "and whoever has the cards taken out, to beat with a whip." In 1717 It is forbidden to play cards under the threat of a fine. In 1733 for recidivists, a prison, or batogs, is defined.

So what do the suits and meanings of the cards mean?

Everyone knows the structure of the card deck: ace, king, queen, jack even lower in value of tens, nines, and so on up to sixes or twos in a full deck - a typical hierarchical ladder from highest to lowest:

The Joker is a frivolous figure in a tights, a jester's cap, bells... And in his hands is a scepter with a man's head strung on it, which is now replaced by humane artists with musical "cymbals". In pre-revolutionary stage performances, a similar character was called Fradiavolo. The "Joker" is above all, she has no suit and is considered the strongest in the game. Thus, at the top of the pyramid is not the King, but Daus ...

Ace is a word of Polish origin from the German Daus. The German-Russian dictionary indicates the meaning of the word: Daus - the devil. It is quite possible that Daus is a corruption of the Greek diabolos, a slanderer.

King. Interestingly, all card images had real or legendary prototypes. For example, four kings are the greatest monarchs of antiquity: Charlemagne (worms), the biblical king David (spades), Julius Caesar (diamonds) and Alexander the Great (clubs).

With regard to the ladies, there was no such unanimity - for example, the lady of worms was either Judith, then Helen of Troy, then Dido. The lady of spades has traditionally been portrayed as the goddess of war - Athena, Minerva and even Joan of Arc. After much debate, the biblical Rachel began to be portrayed as the lady of spades: she was ideally suited for the role of the "queen of money" because she robbed her own father. Finally, the lady of clubs, on early Italian maps, acting as the virtuous Lucretia, turned into Argina - an allegory of vanity and vanity.

Jack (French valet, “servant”, “footman”, etymologically diminutive of “vassal”; the old Russian name is “serf”, “hlap”) - a playing card depicting a young man. All real prototypes of jacks (according to the European version) are the French knight La Hire, nicknamed Satan (worms), as well as the heroes of the epic Ogier the Dane (spades), Roland (tambourines) and Lancelot of the Lake (clubs).

"Trump" cards, their very name, have their own special purpose. "Kosher" i.e. Talmudists call ritual sacrifices “clean”… ​​which, as you understand, is connected with Kabbalah.

Now the suits:

In the French version, swords turned into "spades", cups into "worms", denarii into "tambourines", and "batons" into "crosses" or "clubs" (the latter word in French means "clover leaf") . In different languages, these names still sound differently; for example, in England and Germany these are "shovels", "hearts", "diamonds" and "clubs", and in Italy - "spears", "hearts", "squares" and "flowers". On German cards, you can still find the old names of suits: "acorns", "hearts", "bells" and "leaves".

As for the occult beginnings, their essence is as follows:
1. "Baptize" (Trefa) - a card with the image of the cross on which Jesus was crucified and to which half the world worships. Translated from Yiddish, "club" means "bad" or "evil"

It is believed that the four card suits originally symbolized the attributes of a knight - a spear (spades), a sword (clubs), a shield (hearts) and a coat of arms (diamonds). Later the names of the suits changed.
Now the card suit of spades is called as follows:
In France - spades.
In Italy - peaks.
In Spain (the name has not changed since antiquity) - swords.
In Germany and England - shovels.
In Russia (the names of the suits are borrowed mainly from German) - "Piki" (pike - a shovel) is also called "vini" (from the old German "grape leaves", which were depicted on their cards to "shovels").

• As far as I know, the type of women, as well as men, is determined based on their character, behavior and reaction to stimuli. But to be determined by the cards ... For me, this is complete nonsense.

  "Highway 60"

  Good film. :)

  Diamond lady ..because it is versatile ... I will buy myself bell earrings ... Well, like any lady, I have my own joker, for which I am an ace.))))

  Jenny you play cards all the time...

  And you have a crazy fantasy

• I don’t even want to think about it, what kind of a father is this! =\\\

  Color plays an important role in the survival of animals. Therefore, for wild species, it is similar to the shades of their habitat (patronizing color). For example, kulans, onagers, kiangs do not have a wide "palette" of colors, but they have a wide variety of subtle shades of the main earthy-sandy-brown color inherent in them. The suit also depends on natural conditions and on the season. It is determined by the color of the skin of the animal and the hair covering it, the length of the coat, and the distribution of air in the voids of the hair.

  The main colors of horses have long been recognized as four black, bay, red and gray. Even Hippocrates (460-377 BC) determined the qualities of horses by them. Combinations of these suits and their shades form other suits.

  In the literature of recent years, there is already an isolation of 14 basic suits of bulanai
  brown,
  black,
  bay,
  playful,
  isabella,
  karak,
  mouse,
  piebald,
  redhead,
  savrasaya,
  gray,
  nightingale,
  chubaraya.
  Many of them have shades, so in horse breeding practice there are more than 30 names of suits, not counting the marks.
  According to the theory of the study of suits, developed by Russian scientists N.A. Yurasov, V.O. Witt, D.A. Kislovsky, all the colors of horses are summarized in the so-called epistatic (subordinate) series, in which the action of an allelic pair of genes for colors is suppressed by the gene of a pair that is not allelic to them. At the same time, the epistatic (suppressing) gene cannot manifest itself in the absence of a certain complex of hypostatic (suppressed) inclinations. The epistatic series begins with a red color, like the simplest (PP). Then comes the black one (it cannot be formed without pigments, and therefore it is epistatic (coordinated) in relation to the red suit), then bay and buckskin ...
  First of all, it must be borne in mind that the suit is not just a color or shade, but a certain combination of colors, a type of color with a certain distribution of pigments.
  The color of horses is called skin color and hair color. If the skin color is dark, then dark hair usually grows on it, and if it is pink (body), then white hair grows and the hooves have a light color. There are exceptions, for example, light gray horses often have dark skin.
  The color of horses determines the pigment melanin. The amount of pigment depends on the ratio of dihydroxyphenylanine and skin enzyme. The more the body produces the enzyme (dopaoxidase) at a constant amount of dihydroxyphenylanine, the stronger the individual pigment grain is colored. The number of pigment grains deposited in each hair and the distribution of pigment spots in the cortical layer can vary. The type of pigmentation and its localization in the body are determined genetically.
  In Russia, the classification and nomenclature of suits, developed at the All-Russian Research Institute of Horse Breeding, has been adopted.
  In general, the suits can be divided into background and compound. The latter are obtained by adding various impurities to the background suit. white color; they are mixed (gray and roan) and spotted (piebald and chubaraya).
  Background suits are divided into zonal and non-zonal. Zonal colors (mouse, savrasai, kaurai) are approaching the color of wild horses. They are characterized by an uneven faded color with a smooth transition from a very light, whitish color on the stomach and inner sides of the legs to a rich, dirty shade on the head, neck, withers, back, and croup.

  In Russian, there are many designations for horse suits and their varieties. However, words such as "chagravy" or "mukhorty" can only be found in old dictionaries; modern equestrians use only about 17 names of suits. But this list is larger than that of many European nations. Perhaps this is partly why our classification of suits is somewhat different from that adopted abroad. After all, much depends on the tradition of the language. For example, in English, French, German there are no differences between savras and bulan suits and there is no kaurai, and bay-, red- and black-roan are perceived by the French and Italians as three completely different suits, and not a variety of the same, moreover, crow-roan is mixed with sulfur.
  Sometimes "incomprehensible" words go back to borrowings from peoples who at one time had a great influence on the formation of the language and culture of a given country. So, the Latin word badius (chestnut, bay) served as the basis for the name of the bay suit in many Romance languages ​​​​- Italian, Spanish, French. Perhaps, of Latin origin in these languages, the words denoting the bay-roan suit. For Spain, the dominion of the Moors, famous horse breeders, did not pass without a trace: the roots of the words alezan (red) and overo (one of the types of piebald suit) are considered Arabic, and the French adopted these words from the Spaniards.
  At the same time, many Russian names of suits are ancient borrowings from the Turkic peoples. For example, the word "brown" is related to the Tatar "kovur" ("brown"). Probably, the word "savrasy" also has Turkic roots, although its origin remains largely unclear; it is associated with the Turkic "sap-sary" - "pure yellow".
  http://www.horseportal.ru/entsiklopediya-loshadey/masti.html
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The “playing cards” beloved by many, as it turned out, are a crafty demonic tool, through which a person at least blasphemes the main Christian shrines. Here is an expanded and supplemented story about what kind of product it is.

It is surprising that the information we provide for those who think and seek has never caught the eye, and it is found only fragmentarily on the Internet. It is generally accepted that playing cards is a sin because of the feeling of excitement arising from this, but in fact, carding symbolism is much deeper and vile.

All four suits mean nothing more than the image of the Cross of Christ, along with other sacred objects especially revered by Christians: a spear, a sponge and nails, which were the instrument of execution, suffering and death of Jesus Christ.

Baptize- this is the cross on which Christ was crucified;
Peaks- this is the pike with which His ribs were pierced;
Diamonds- these are nails;
Worms- this is a sponge with vinegar, which the tormentors mockingly gave Christ instead of water.

Taking, for example, a card with the image of the Cross of Christ, which half the world worships, they throw it casually with the words: “ clubs ", which in Hebrew means " bad" or " evil spirits". The Bible uses the term clubs in a narrower sense: The meat of [an animal] torn to pieces in the field, do not eat; dammit, drop it» (Ex. 22:30).

Additional research

The comment received by a regular reader of the site to the original article made me delve a little more into the history of this “game”.

So, Sergiy Koltsov warned against escalating passions and provided a link to an alternative study:

Listen brothers!
My natural criticality rebels. Is there a Jewish conspiracy everywhere? Of course, the people are chosen, talented .., [but] no less than talent, in my opinion, to find their intrigues everywhere.
There is an alternative point of view on the origin of suits http://ta-vi-ka.blogspot.ru , and there clubs are translated from French as “ clover“.

Another thing is that they took root in Europe in the era of the decline of Catholicism, and in Russia in the era of the decline of Orthodoxy, and became so popular everywhere as a result of the catastrophic secularization of life in the Christian world. Maps are just a tool of idleness.

We decided to recall the French language and read overseas reflections on the topic.

“Gamblers”, Carl Ostersetzer (1850-1914)

For young French scholars

tells such a story:

Le jeu de 52 cartes est basé sur l'ancien calendrier lunaire égyptien: les 13 cartes de chacune des quatre couleurs désignent les 13 mois lunaires, et les 52 cartes représentent les 52 semaines de l'année. Les 4 semaines de chaque mois étaient associées à l'un des 4 éléments (eau, terre, air et feu), ce qui a donné les 4 couleurs du jeu de cartes (pique, cœur, carreau et trèfle). Source: "History and origin of playing cards" - Samuel Zovello, 1935

“A deck of 52 cards symbolizes the ancient lunar Egyptian calendar: 13 cards in each suit represent 13 lunar months, the total number of cards means 52 weeks in a year.

4 weeks of each month were associated with four substances: (water, earth, air and fire), which was reflected in four colors ( suits?) in the deck: spades, hearts (hearts), diamonds and clubs.
Source:"The History and Origins of Playing Cards", Samuel Zovello, 1935.

French Wikipedia

even less verbose:

“Gamblers”, Cezanne Paul Il est possible que les cartes européennes arrivent en Europe par l "intermédiaire des Mamelouks d" Égypte à la fin du XIVe siècle. Un jeu complet de cartes mameloukes découvert au palais de Topkapı à Istanbul en 19388, contient 4 enseignes de 14 cartes chacune: coupes, pièces, épées et bâtons de polo9. Remontant au plus à 1400, il permet d "identifier des fragments de jeux datés du XIIe siècle ou du XIIIe siècle. Les premières cartes à jouer éditées en Europe font usage des enseignes latines (bâtons, deniers, épées et coupes), probablement adaptées directement des jeux de cartes provenant du monde musulman10,11,12 Ces enseignes se retrouvent sur les cartes du tarot Visconti-Sforza, datant du XVe siècle Les enseignes françaises sont introduites par les cartiers français à la fin du XVe siècle1, probablement par adaptation des enseignes germaniques (glands, grelots, feuilles et cœurs). Les enseignes françaises procèdent d "une simplification des enseignes précédentes, permettant une reproduction plus aisée, un moindre coût de fabrication et une production en masse par xylographie.

In the homeland of Freemasonry, in the country that was the founder of the most popular and time-stable type of cards, three short paragraphs were given to the history of the origin of the game (for comparison: more space was occupied by information about what symbols these icons are encoded in various computer fonts ...)

Pictogram types on playing cards of various territories in Europe, French Wikipedia.

« Maybe” that maps came to Europe from Egypt with the help of the Egyptian Mamluks at the end of the 14th century. In 1938, an ancient deck of cards was found in a Mamluk palace in Istanbul. ( This is truly a solid argument!). However, the suits were depicted quite otherwise, a tambourine and crosses in our usual form were not there. According to the time of origin, that deck was attributed to the 12-13th century.

The first playing cards released in Europe also played latin ornaments and were probably published with the assistance of Muslims.

The cards and suits familiar to us appeared in France at the end of the 15th century, Maybe(!), by adapting the suits of the German tradition.

French Wikipedia suggests that the simplification of the drawing was due to a desire reduce the cost of consumer goods(!) when printing by woodcut method.

As they say, no comment... Yes, and "club" - is not "tref", although the peculiarities of the French pronunciation - the topic of a separate discussion.

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