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Some interesting facts (or possibly fiction) about playing cards.

It is said that each of the suits on a deck of cards in a card game represents the four major pillars of the economy in the Middle Ages: Hearts represented the Church, Spades represented the military, Clubs represented agriculture, and Diamonds represented the merchant class.

Each face card in a deck of playing cards is said to represent a great person from history:
King of Spades – David
King of Hearts – Charles (possibly Charlemagne, or Charles VII, where Rachel would then be the pseudonym of his mistress, Agnès Sorel)
King of Diamonds – Julius Caesar
King of Clubs – Alexander the Great

Queen of Spades – Pallas
Queen of Hearts – Judith
Queen of Diamonds – Rachel (either biblical, historical (see Charles above), or ythical as a corruption of the Celtic Ragnel, relating to Lancelot below)
Queen of Clubs – Argine (possibly an anagram of regina, which is Latin for queen, or perhaps Argea, wife of Polybus and mother of Argus)

Knave (Jack) of Spades – Ogier the Dane/Holger Danske (a knight of Charlemagne)
Knave (Jack) of Hearts – La Hire (comrade-in-arms to Joan of Arc, and member of Charles VII’s court)
Knave (Jack) of Diamonds – Hector
Knave (Jack) of Clubs – Judas Maccabeus, or Lancelot

The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache and is the only king with a sword through his head, otherwise known as the “Suicide King”.

The Face Cards (King, Queen & Jack) are referred to as the “Court”.

52 cards represents the 52 weeks in a year

4 suits represents the 4 seasons

13 cards in each suit represents the 13 weeks in each season

12 Royals represent the 12 months

2 red and 2 black suits represent the 4 different solstices

The 4 suits also represent the four natural elements
Hearts = Water
Clubs = Fire
Diamonds = Earth
Spades = Air

An interesting fact about playing cards is that specially-constructed decks were sent to American soldiers who were being held in German camps during World War II. The United States Playing Card Company collaborated with the government in the production of these cards. What made these cards so unique was, once they became wet, they peeled apart. Inside, the prisoners found parts of maps that would lead them to freedom.

Spades represented the military, Clubs represented agriculture

seems counter intuitive

Thanks for the clarification on that one.  Also did you guys know that the jokers were an Americanized invention created in the mid 1800's?

seems counter intuitive

The English adopted the French system of card suits, but give them slightly different names. "Clubs" are called "clovers" in French, and the "spades" are really "pikes" (long lances). So actually clovers for agriculture and pikes for military does make sense.

I'm glad my first post was removed as I didn't even notice what the cards were resting on - my apologies.

I have hopefully censored all racist imagery now.

Back on topic , apart from the obvious , what hidden meanings does the Ace of Swastikas have DE413

The swastika is commonly used as a symbol of good luck, welfare, prosperity or victory. One interpretation of the swastika is derived from the ancient mythological symbolism of Shakti dancing upon Shiva . Philosophically this may be understood as the two aspects of Brahma : consciousness and energy interacting to give expression to the universe. The circular movement of this cross may be interpreted as the circular movement of the rising Kundalini.

If seen as a cross, the four lines emanate from the centre to the four cardinal directions, and this is commonly associated with the Sun. Other proposed correspondences are to the visible rotation of the night sky in the Northern Hemisphere around the pole star.

The swastika has also been indicated as a symbol of power representing the cycle of the sun moving around the earth. In recent times the symbol has received a lot of negative feedback due to it being used by Nazi’s in WW2 as there symbol. Hitler always sought out symbols of power so naturally he chose the swastika to use for battle. Since the war many have related it to an evil symbol yet before it was seen as a symbol of good..

The left facing swastika can be seen in Buddhist temples in china as well as it also predated even further back into ancient Hinduism..In Hinduism, the two symbols represent the two forms of the creator god Brahma: facing right it represents the evolution of the universe, facing left it represents the involution of the universe.

I am sorry again

I have no idea why my post was removed again unless Alex is regarded as racist imagery?

Thanks for the answer DE413