ACE ♠ - CARD OF AMBITION AND MYSTERIES

Description of personality
The Ace of Spades is an ancient symbol of the secret mysteries, the most spiritual card of the deck, but nevertheless the most ambitious and in many cases materially oriented. It is also called the Card of the Magicians, since the Ace of Spades was and still is a symbol used in many esoteric schools. Among them is the "Order of Mages", whose members are responsible for the preservation and dissemination of this system of cards.

People whose Birth Card is the Ace of Spades have a lifelong conflict between material, worldly needs and the deep spiritual heritage of past incarnations. The Life Path cards of the Ace of Spades are two Sevens and two Nines. Both of these numbers are associated with higher spirituality and represent trials and tribulations in the material plane. These four cards tell the Ace of Spades that they can find happiness only if they look at their lives from a spiritual point of view and seek satisfaction in this area. The Ace of Spades has more abilities and opportunities in the spiritual realm than most other cards in the deck, and if they go in this direction, then many previously unknown doors will open before them. This will be the reward for the right path chosen.

The Ace of Spades is a card of extremes: the personalities that he represents are either purely materialistic, aimed only at work or career, or highly spiritual, who have mastered esoteric knowledge. But even materialistic persons tend to give gifts to other people. Self-giving is a natural manifestation of the essence of the Aces of Spades. Their Karmic Map - Seven of Hearts - means that some of the most difficult tests for them lie in the area of ​​relationships with family and friends. But she also gives the Aces of Spades the opportunity to give advice to their friends and anyone who needs it. Some even become professional advisors or consultants. They learn to let others be themselves and learn to love them simply for their existence. Sometimes these lessons are very painful. But in the end, the Aces of Spades become very loving and caring people. The life task of Aces of Spades is to find inner peace by serving people and following higher principles. The Aces of Spades come to understand the need for this after they work out the karma of past births and learn the unwritten law: what you sow, so you reap. Often these people take on an unbearable burden. Whenever they deviate from the law or neglect their spiritual nature, they are punished (often even too severely).

Aces of Spades, primarily aimed at material achievements, face constant problems. But if they begin to adhere to higher principles and listen to their inner voice, they will gain guidance and protection, finding inner peace by realizing the richness of their spiritual world.

The successful or unsuccessful relationships of the Aces of Spades with other people depend mainly on how close they are to the spiritual side of their lives. Those of them who treat life materialistically will constantly encounter acute situations in the field of love relationships. For such people, emotional attachment causes constant suffering. Betrayals of loved ones, betrayal of the family, endless disappointments will haunt the Aces of Spades until he realizes that the root of all problems lies in his own disharmonic attachment. Another obvious reason is that the Aces of Spades put true love on a high, idealistic pedestal. Like the Aces of Clubs, the Aces of Spades are looking for an ideal love union with a person endowed with either spirituality or at least strength of character. They feel the potential for a "divine" love union and often expect too much from their relationship with a partner. As soon as the Aces of Spades stop daydreaming for a while and start working on themselves emotionally and in terms of sensual communication, their relationship will begin to improve and the chances of finding a congenial partner will increase. Aces of Spades hard way in love relationships, but their problems are surmountable.

At heart, Aces of Spades are very loving and sympathetic people. They dream of beautiful love and are waiting for the realization of these dreams. And indeed, ideal relationship, which the Aces of Spades aspire to are quite possible, but usually they come in fairly late years.

It is always useful for female Aces of Spades to communicate with men of hearts, and they also usually bring a lot of good to women of clubs. Men of spades have a penchant for female Aces of Spades, and female Aces of Spades like men of diamonds (although these men are quite difficult to be around).

Princess Diana - Ace of Spades
The story of Princess Diana is a great example of the love life of the Ace of Spades. Before us is like a fairy tale about a princess who married her prince. Many thought that this fairy tale would have the right horses - after all, after the wedding, the prince and princess should live happily ever after. And it all contributed, didn't it? Many even noticed that the astrological solar signs of this pair (Cancer and Scorpio) are the most compatible in the Zodiac. But the fate of Princess Diana turned out to be very similar to the classical fate of a person whose Birth Card is the Ace of Spades and who has rather difficult situations in her love life.

The Ace of Spades is called the Card of the Magicians, since it has been one of the most important symbols of the secret mysteries of life since ancient times. Perhaps this is the most spiritual card of the deck, and all people who have it as a Birth Card must live a spiritual life, otherwise they will suffer heavily. But Princess Diana in this spiritual sense developed no more than you and I. And, perhaps, her fate once again taught us an important lesson: to become happy, popularity and royal dignity alone are not enough. Aces of Spades often have to heal deep emotional wounds. Look at their Life Path cards: among them are two Sevens and two Nines. One of the Nines is associated with Saturn. This is a very difficult combination. And it doesn’t matter who such people are married to, how much money or fame they have: it will still be very difficult for the Ace of Spades to get rid of fears and emotional problems and love relationships. In her personal life, Princess Diana was haunted by acute situations that ultimately led her to a final break with her husband.

The Neptune card for the Ace of Spades is the Two of Hearts. Therefore, such people most of all in life strive for a perfect love relationship. They treat love too idealistically and reverently and make too great demands on their partner. But they fail when their ideals are shattered by sober reality. Princess Diana married Prince Charles, a Scorpio sun sign whose Birth Card is the Six of Clubs. There were many connections between them, most of which are favorable. But among them were connections on Neptune. In the beginning, Princess Diana should have thought her marriage was perfect. Indeed, there were reasons for this. There are many great marriages with less favorable connections. And while Princess Diana should not be blamed for the fact that her marriage to Prince Charles fell apart, everything that happened illustrates how the karma of one person can affect a couple relationship.

KING ♠ - LORD CARD

Description of personality
People with this Birth Card are the masters of everything they set out to do. Unless they choose to operate at the level of Jacks, they always rise to the top in their professional field. It is interesting, however, that many Spade Kings go to work in the entertainment industry without fully exploiting all the potential bestowed upon them. Female Kings of Spades mostly appear like Queens of Spades. If they are not careful, they can wallow in mediocrity, as often happens with the Queen of Spades. However, even if this does not happen, they still will not correspond to the highest level that is available to the King of Spades, who has not renounced his Birth Card. Being the strongest of the Kings, the King of Spades is able to handle a huge amount of responsibility and some of the people with this Birth Card do become great leaders. To achieve this, the King of Spades must willingly accept all the responsibilities that come with being a leader. He must get rid of his inherent restlessness and come to grips with any one thing. Thanks to this, he will be able to bring many benefits to mankind.

The King of Spades is the last card of the deck, which means it is the wisest and most powerful. People with this Birth Card love to learn and are ready to do whatever is necessary for success and recognition. They are able to manage large organizations, but do not always prefer this kind of career to other possible paths. These people are absolutely fixed. They are not subject to extraneous influences and have incredible inner strength and determination. However, in critical situations, these valuable qualities turn into disadvantages, as they interfere with adapting to changes in life.

Spade Kings are indecisive in love. Sometimes they remain single for life. They are enterprising and ambitious, very rarely lazy and do not succumb to base instincts. And even if the King of Spades has not reached the heights of his career, he still remains wise, insightful and noble. With all this, however, he is often dissatisfied with life. This can manifest itself in two ways: and as a desire to improve the world, and as pessimism. If the King of Spades turns to the spiritual life, he can easily comprehend the deepest mysteries of the universe. Spade Kings are the rulers of the physical and spiritual world. If they willingly accept the burden of responsibility and the crown of power given to them by birthright, they have every chance to serve humanity.

Relationships with other people
Love life is the only area where the King of Spades has serious problems. Firstly, he approaches love relationships too rationally, and secondly, he does not like changes that inspire him with a sense of insecurity and anxiety. This anxiety can even affect your sex life. In addition, the karmic scheme of the King of Spades suggests that at some point he will have to face betrayal in partnerships. One of the main life lessons for him is to learn how to allow a partner to be himself and free himself from overly strong emotional attachments. Given that the King of Spades has an extremely strong will, one can understand why he rarely allows other people to get close to him.

The Seven of Hearts as a Map of Pluto indicates that the purpose of the life of the King of Spades is to overcome the fear of loneliness and betrayal. From time to time he will have to deal with both, as a result of which either the negative attitude of the King of Spades to love will be aggravated, or he will find the strength to accept this challenge and be transformed.

Compatibility with other birth cards
If a male King of Spades nevertheless decides to marry, he usually chooses a woman of clubs or hearts for his wife, to whom he experiences a strong physical attraction. For the female Kings of Spades, relationships with male Hearts, as well as female Clubs, are associated with many problems. Male Diamonds, in turn, find relationships with female Kings of Spades too difficult, although they have much in common.

Heavy Crown of the King of Spades
Being the strongest card in the deck. The King of Spades, in theory, would have to succeed in everything and easily climb any peaks. But it's not. Most Spade Kings fall short of these expectations. As we study the lives of the representatives of this card, we can discover certain patterns that make us understand how difficult it really is to bear such a huge responsibility.

Many Spade Kings become merchants, entertainers, musicians, players, and the like. In fact, they prefer professions associated with the Jack of Spades - the actor's card. This is the type of Don Juan, a very versatile and charming person who does not want to bind himself with serious obligations and devote his whole life to any one business. He is playful and romantic. But deciding to play the role of Jack. The King of Spades loses a fair amount of his innate power. Florence Campbell, in The Sacred Symbols of the Ancients, states that the desire to play the role of one's Personal Card often greatly weakens a person. Since the King of Spades is inherently stronger and more fortunate than the Jack of Spades, we have a clear example of such a weakening.

The question remains: why does a person endowed with such extraordinary potential decide to discard it and turn to the image of a less powerful Knave? There may be several answers. First, there is a time for everything. Some Kings of Spades will become more fully aligned with their Birth Chart over the years. Perhaps they are just going through some kind of "incubation period" or maturation process. Perhaps they need to find something that will force them to use their potential. But one thing is certain: once the King of Spades accepts his crown, he has to take on a huge responsibility with it. And many consider responsibility too heavy a burden and a restriction of freedom.

The Planetary Control Card of all Kings of Spades is the Five of Clubs. As a Birth Card, the Five of Clubs is known for its aversion to serious commitment in both work and love life. And all the Kings of Spades share the spirit of adventurism and love of freedom inherent in the Fives of Clubs. The concept of responsibility, from the point of view of all Fives, is contrary to the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bpersonal freedom, therefore responsibility must be avoided. This is partly why the Kings of Spades are afraid to accept their crown.

If the King of Spades does make this all-important decision, he will usually reach the top in his chosen field. He is not so much interested in money as in the skill that he can show in work and in leading other people. For him, the very process of work is important - unlike Tambourine, who are more focused on results. King Spade becomes a real master of his craft and quite often finds himself in a leadership position. He is an excellent teacher, and the weight of the crown he bears only emphasizes his incomparable talents.

LADY ♠ - SELF-IMPROVEMENT CARD

Description of personality
People with this Birth Card have great power and influence, but, surprisingly, they do not always reach a high position and gain power. Often they remain in a subordinate position until the end of their lives, which can only be bitterly regretted. After all, they could reach true heights in the intellectual or moral sphere. Yet the Queen of Spades is a self-improvement card that is central to the Spirit Set cards. If people born under its influence realize their outstanding abilities and feel responsible for their lives, they can rise to any heights they wish.

Among the Queens of Spades, there are both extremely sarcastic and intolerant people, as well as real mothers of the world - compassionate and wise. All of them were born to rule, but they must fulfill their destiny on their own. The value system plays a major role in how their life will be. If the Queen of Spades aims only at achieving material gain (which often happens), she will lose most of her strength and potential. Ladies of Spades achieve maximum success when they follow their intuition and higher guidance.

All Queens of Spades have the King of Clubs as the Planetary Rule Card. He endows them with great intelligence and leadership abilities, and also brings great success in the field of education or literary activity. In addition, he gives the Queens of Spades a very independent character and subtle intuition. If the Queen of Spades masters her high potential, she can become a teacher or spiritual leader.

The Queen of Spades should not mix love and money. She often gets into legal trouble. She needs, if possible, to avoid disputes with influential people. The Ladies of Spades love to spend money and hate to lose in legal cases, although this is often how all their lawsuits end. They perform best when they recognize their place in the royal family and use the natural wisdom inherent in their Birth Chart. Then they are exalted in the eyes of God. The Queen of Spades has everything you need to succeed in any field of activity.

Relationships with other people
The Queens of Spades have high ideals regarding love and marriage - so high that they can sometimes border on fantasy. The Queen of Spades tends to have dubious love affairs, which for her turn into losses rather than gains. It seems that with the love of the Queens of Spades, serious financial losses are always associated. They want to appear successful and have some kind of wealthy partner, but usually this does not happen. In later years, the Queens of Spades become more successful in love, unless they give up their dream of happiness earlier. Sometimes the strong, independent nature of the Queen of Spades leads her to avoid the responsibilities of partnerships associated with marital obligations.

Compatibility with other birth cards
Female Queens of Spades often marry male Clubs, although their relationship is not always easy. Male Queens of Spades feel close to the female Diamonds, for whom they have a mystical charm. Women of Spades women also have very good compatibility with diamond men: they feel a strong physical attraction to each other and can communicate well with each other.

Queen of Spades - self-mastery
The universe consists of two types of energy - male and female - and everything that is in it can be considered as a certain combination of these energies. Both male and female energies and their manifestations are equally important. The universe could not exist without the complete balance of these energies. The four Queens in the deck of cards represent feminine energy. They are the archetypes of femininity, and regardless of gender, a person with this Birth Chart is bound to have many feminine, receptive traits.

Male energy is the energy of constant movement, active energy, acting from creative impulses. The female energy is absorbing and passive. Instead of striving to get what they need, people with a strong female energy will attract it to themselves and become, as it were, receivers of energy. If we take the feminine energy of the Lady and combine it with the spade suit, we get a symbol of self-improvement. The peaks are related to our spiritual development. Of course, they are also very closely related to professional activities, work and health. But at the highest level, the peak suit is the suit of soul transformation.

Meeting a person whose Birth Card is the Queen of Spades, we see a person in front of us who has great potential for embodying higher spiritual principles. Although not all of them use these opportunities. Many Queens of Spades get bogged down in the struggle for existence and stop noticing anything but work. Of course, any card of spades can fall into this trap, but it is the Queen of Spades who loses the most if she neglects her abilities. Among the cards of the Spiritual Set, the Queen of Spades occupies the central position associated with the Sun. Thus, it symbolizes the highest goal of the spiritual level of self-improvement and complete mastery of oneself. But what is this self-mastery? What does this mean?

Complete mastery of oneself is the creation of one's own world through self-knowledge. Throughout our lives, we can try to earn more money, but everything will be unsuccessful. On the other hand, if we become aware of our internal fear of poverty, we can completely get rid of this fear and become unimaginably rich without any struggle or effort on our part. This is just one example of how self-mastery works. Instead of trying to change the conditions of our lives on an external level (for example, our relationships, work, or place of residence), we go directly to the root cause and magically change our lives without taking any action. Queen of Spades teaches that you can control the outside world through self-knowledge.

Jesus and other spiritual teachers taught that "the kingdom of God is within us" and that we should "lay up treasures in heaven" where they will not spoil or be lost. If we seek this realm within us by developing self-awareness, then we will indeed reach the heights to which everyone aspires. If we get in touch with the true reality - with what we think and feel - we will clearly see that it is thoughts, beliefs, moods and feelings, and not actions, that create our world. Through this simple realization, our lives can change forever, and we can reach the true heights of self-mastery.

JACK ♠ - ACTOR CARD

Description of personality
Thanks to an abundance of powerful mental abilities and creative talent, Jack of Spades can become both a mystic, seer and spiritual leader, and a skilled thief. This card symbolizes "spiritual initiation", but it can also be called the "fraud card". Most Jacks of Spades possess both of these qualities, at least to a small extent, and it depends only on their personality how correctly and wisely they will dispose of their outstanding creative abilities. If they do not succeed, they may fall victim to their own intrigues.

There is no doubt about the strength of their creative talent and that everything is available to their mind. The only question is in which direction they will direct their energy, whether they will use it wisely and prudently, or whether they will be tempted by the "easy victories" that they can extract from many situations and sink to the lowest level of their card. The Jack of Spades occupies a powerful position in the Life Set, and this power can either take him to the highest heights or seduce him to the lowest level.

In fact, among all the cards in the deck, the Jack of Spades has one of the easiest life paths. Many things come to him very easily, but this is what can be the main cause of many of his problems. When life is too easy, people don't appreciate what they have or get and are more likely to overuse or ignore the good things they have. This is part of the reason why some Jacks of Spades choose the path of a thief for themselves. They want to take life to the extreme, experiencing the thrill. The danger of going to jail may be just one of those thrills that the Jack of Spades is all about. Many Jacks of Spades experience the spiritual initiation inherent in their Card when they are exposed and have to look themselves in the face. Anyone who plays with fire burns out sooner or later. But for the Jack of Spades, this is the fire of purification.

People whose Birth Card is Jack of Spades always know how to communicate with the public and can become successful actors. They often inherit money, although they can earn quite well themselves. They are usually ambitious and in most cases can hope for a successful life. They owe this to the value system that they learned in childhood.

Relationships with other people
Jack of Spades in its current incarnation must work out a rather difficult love karma. There are some inevitable relationships in their lives that are meant to show them the value of truthfulness and responsibility and the true meaning of their healthy sex drives. Jacks of Spades are extremely creative, romantic and independent personalities, and the combination of all these qualities can get them into trouble if they are not guided by wisdom and honesty.

More than all other cards, Jacks of Spades dream of an ideal lover or partner, and this dream haunts them all their lives. She makes them often change lovers in search of a more perfect candidate for the role of the ideal. It is possible that no partner will be able to meet the high ideals of love of the Jack of Spades. But success in love is always in his own hands, so he has no one to blame but himself if he does not find satisfaction in the field of love relationships.

Compatibility with other birth cards
Women's Jacks of Spades are the subject of excitement for men of hearts who usually find it quite difficult to win and keep them. It should be remembered that Jacks, Queens and Kings never bow to anyone and that female Jacks of Spades have more willpower than men. Diamonds of both sexes are often eminently compatible with Jacks of Spades. Jacks of Spades - women are usually quite attractive to men of clubs, especially to more mature and strong ones.

Spiritual Initiation of the Jack of Spades
All Jacks represent initiation of one kind or another, but it is the Jack of Spades that is the symbol of the most important initiation - spiritual initiation. One of the main life tasks of the Jack of Spades is the transition from the lower level of the essence of the Jacks to the highest. The Jack of Spades is the absolute embodiment of both of these levels. The Jack of Spades of the lowest level is a dishonest person, prone to everything bad. Such individuals use their God-given talents to fool other people and use them for their own benefit, not caring at all about the harm they cause them in doing so. Many Jacks of Spades operate primarily at the low level of their card and, in truth, they always have the qualities of that level in their essence, whether they choose to manifest them or not. But perhaps it is precisely because the Jacks of Spades are so subject to the influence negative sides their card, they are capable of the greatest transformations in their lives. Among all the Jacks, it is the Spades who show the greatest interest in the spiritual realm. At a certain level, they recognize in themselves the potential to transform their lives. Many of them go deep into this task at an early age, while others flounder on the surface, never fully sinking. As always, everything is in the hands of a particular person. Each Jack of Spades follows his own path in life and is responsible for the decisions he makes.

Spiritual initiation means renunciation of the lower level and submission to higher principles and beliefs. These beliefs may include a philosophy of honesty and integrity, as well as being mindful of how our actions affect others. But all this means nothing if the spiritual philosophy is not supported by right actions. True spiritual initiation should be reflected in our actions (deed, action - these are the key words for the entire Spade suit). An example of the action of the Jack of Spades is to give up the habit of smoking or practice yoga daily. Such rejection is part of "lifestyle" - another key word for Peak. I give yoga as an example because it is one of many things. spiritual in nature, which can be "made". When we practice yoga, our inner consciousness will grow, even if we do the exercises just to lose weight.

So, if the Jack of Spades is fully aware of the high potential given to him in his current incarnation, he will begin to perform actions in accordance with spiritual principles. This does not mean that he is obliged to turn to spirituality as soon as possible. There are no time limits for such tasks. It is a fact in itself that this person- Jack of Spades, says that he will experience all the levels of his card throughout his life. The Jack of Spades can be a thief and a liar for fifty years before being transformed; but another representative of this card can be freed from base instincts in childhood and lead a life based on spiritual principles from an early age. In the third option, a person with this Birth Card can fluctuate throughout his life between a low level and a high one. Sometimes he can even do things that are both beneficial and harmful.

I met a woman - Jack of Spades - a professional astrologer and lawyer. She was a gifted professional, the best of those. who I met, and no doubt helped many people. But, nevertheless, I still noticed how she cheated a couple of times in transactions, absolutely not feeling any responsibility for her actions. This shows how two opposite qualities can be combined in one person. This applies to all of us to some extent. In all people, in one way or another, the highest and lowest qualities of their Birth Chart are manifested in parallel. The extremes of the nature of the Jack of Spades can serve as a reminder to us of this, and also that each of us must go through a path of spiritual transformation and initiation during our present life.

TEN ♠ - CARD OF SUCCESS IN WORK

Description of personality
Tens of Spades can be extreme materialists and real workaholics. If this is so, then their personal life and themselves suffer first of all. The fact is that home and family are no less important for the Ten of Spades than work. What exactly the Ten of Spades will focus on depends only on herself, but, as a rule, she is tormented by the conflict between these two areas of life. Female Peak Tens, in particular, find it difficult to balance family life and career. The fate of the Ten of Spades is clearly influenced by spiritual forces, and this can help her to master her abilities to the fullest and use them for the benefit of other people. However, people with this Birth Card are also characterized by a strong craving for material achievements, which can limit their horizons and development potential. However, belonging to the Spade suit, they are quite capable of overcoming material attachments thanks to spiritual insights.

Spades Tens may show indecision in love and marriage related to fear of poverty. If they incorrectly apply the power bestowed upon them, they will face many problems in their personal lives. And yet these people are capable of great and boundless spiritual love. If they turn to the higher side of their nature and listen to the voice of intuition, they can achieve everything they desire.

Both Tens of Spades Karmic Cards are influenced by Neptune in the Life Set. This creates a tendency to get too carried away with any one thing. In combination with the assertiveness and zeal of the Ten of Spades, this gives the danger of extreme maximalism and falling into extremes - both in good and in evil. However, Tens of Spades can learn a lot from experience.

Ten Peaks expect losses in life that will remind her of the need to be able to free herself from personal attachments to ideas and to her usual way of life. Having coped with this task, the Ten of Spades reaches the heights of spiritual consciousness, which in part is its mission in our world.

Relationships with other people
Representatives of this card often experience internal conflict between dedication to work and love for family. Extremely ambitious and inventive in their professional life, these people can be indecisive in love, which gets them into trouble. Often they simply do not fully understand what they want in a love relationship, or they constantly come across partners who are not able to fully devote themselves to sincere love. In both cases, the result is the same: the romantic life of the Ten of Spades turns out to be chaotic and changeable. Often, a break with another partner also entails financial problems, after the resolution of which the Ten of Spades still remains a loser.

Also, Tens of Spades are not very confident when it comes to love affairs. This is indicated by the Three of Tambourines as the Card of Venus. They also have to deal with this problem in order to achieve true happiness in love. For this reason, Ten Spades often concludes a successful marriage only in the later years of life. Like the 2 of Spades and the 8 of Diamonds, which have to deal with a similar problem (with the 3 of Hearts), the 10 of Spades must answer many questions for itself before it can form a happy partnership.

However, the basis of her love karma is not bad, so nothing seriously prevents the Ten of Spades from entering into a good marriage. Tens of Spades are generous and loving people. They just need to find a balance between the desire for family life and their inherent professional ambitions from birth.

Compatibility with other birth cards
Male Tens of Spades can enter into successful marriages with female Clubs. Female Tens of Spades have a weakness for male Hearts and are well compatible with male Diamonds. A happy romance with a man of his own color is also quite possible for them.

Maximalism of Tens of Spades
The Ten of Spades is characterized by great professional ambition. This card is associated with the sign of Capricorn and the X astrological House - symbols of success and recognition. In their pursuit of achievement and career, Tens of Spades can be extremely practical and determined, and many of them achieve their desires. The only thing that can be an obstacle in their way is the thirst for love, the craving for family and home (no less strong than ambitious dreams). It is curious how these traits coexist within one personality. Both Karmic Cards of the Ten of Spades, which is so actively aimed at work and professional achievements, are the cards of the suit of hearts, the Queen and the Four. Both of these cards are related to family and home relationships. In astrology, the X House of the horoscope (Ten Peaks) is opposite the IV House (Four of Hearts, Queen of Hearts), which is responsible for home shelter, security and motherhood. Thus, the Ten of Spades is unusually closely associated with the two major cards of marriage and family life. This combination of opposing influences can manifest itself in her life in different ways, but is always present.

An example is a woman who was completely dedicated to her career and achieved great success in it. But then the longing for home and family took its toll, and she got married and had a child. A few years later, she again wanted to pursue her own career. Many Peak Tens repeat this cycle several times, trying to realize first one side of their personality, then the other.

Another example is the male Ten of Spades, who has lived alone for six years by now. When asked why he won't find a girlfriend, he replies, "I don't have time for that right now." He studies to be a doctor and works part-time to pay for his education. However, with the naked eye you can see that he feels extremely lonely. He finds time to go skiing and hang out with friends, but avoids close personal relationships. Once he confessed that his last novel brought him many problems. And now it seems to him that the troubles that may arise in partnerships are too high a price for love. However, whatever the true reason for his seclusion, he behaves in full accordance with his Birth Chart. Now he is in the "working phase", but at any moment he can fall in love and find himself in the phase of family life.

NINE ♠ - CARD OF UNIVERSAL LIFE

Description of personality
This is the most powerful of all universal cards, endowed with a powerful inner need to get rid of negative personality and lifestyle patterns. Among the Spades Nines there are people whose lives are full of losses, but there are also those who have dedicated themselves to serving people and have achieved happiness. In the Nine of Spades, all the qualities of the other Nines are combined. On some level, she must release a huge part of her soul, some key aspect of her personality, in order to "die" and be reborn. It can be anything from a personal or professional habit to a general approach to financial matters or love relationships. In some cases, you need to get rid of all of the above at once. Spades Nines can never completely ignore their inherent spirituality. If they recognize this spirituality as an important part of their personality, then they can embark on the path of universal self-giving and free themselves from that which has ceased to serve their highest interests. Because of this, many Nines of Spades are able to make important contributions to human history. This is the card of the greatest self-sacrifice.

Spades Nines often become famous artists, performers or teachers. The King of Hearts, as their Karmic Card and Venus Card, endows them with the power of feelings and the ability for passionate love, charm and wisdom, which can bring them success and popularity. Many of them are talented musicians or actors. The same King of Hearts helps the Nines of Spades survive the emotional problems that they probably often face in their lives: the wisdom of the King of Hearts allows them to overcome all negative emotions and fears.

In addition, the Nine of Spades are capable businessmen. They can achieve great financial success. However, their greatest accomplishments lie in the sphere of the "mission of love." The wider the range of their activities and the more generous they show to people, the brighter their innate strength shines and the further they advance on the path to divinity.

Relationships with other people
The Nine of Spades is endowed with enough charm and emotional power to attract almost any partner. However, due to the peculiarities of her number, she is doomed to loss, therefore she is haunted by a subconscious fear: if she opens her soul to her beloved person and gives him her love, then sooner or later she will lose him. In addition, in their youth, many Spades Nines experience an emotional trauma that permanently leaves a painful scar in their soul. And yet, if you have a lonely Nine of Spades in front of you, then know that she uses all her remarkable strength to keep her partner from approaching her. If she stops making efforts in this direction, at least for a short time, then romantic relationships will start in her life by themselves.

Female Nines of Spades are distinguished by their extreme willpower and independence (this is due to the King of Hearts as their Karmic Card). This can create difficulties in love relationships: not all men are able to cope with such a strong woman. For the same reason, there are many single mothers among the Nine of Spades: a woman born under the influence of any of the Kings can become both mother and father for her child. Be that as it may, the female Nine of Spades is unlikely to want to commit herself for life to one man, unless she gets into a relationship of interdependence and imagines herself to be the "savior" of her partner.

Spades Nines are generous and responsive; love for the team often occupies no less place in their hearts than love for the individual. As has already been said. The Nine of Spades is doomed to lose contact with several people important to her during her life. However, these losses should not be understood as a tragedy.

Compatibility with other birth cards
Male Nines of Spades feel a special inner kinship with female Hearts. They are connected by a close friendship, which can develop into love and end in marriage. For Peak Nines-women, the same is true in relation to men of their own suit. But even with male Hearts, a very happy union is possible for them, and for male Tambourines they experience a strong physical attraction.

my last life
Have you ever met people who claimed to be living in their last incarnation right now? When I hear something like that, I usually find it hard to keep from laughing. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that a person living on Earth for the last time should be very happy. All his dreams, desires and aspirations must come true. And since I have not yet met such a person, I do not believe that I have come across anyone living last life.

One of the first people to make such a statement in my presence was a female Nine of Spades born under the sign of Pisces. She is a book publisher and organizer. She cannot be called especially happy; but one day she told me that it seemed to her that she was living on our planet for the last time. Then I just smiled to myself and thought: "Yes, yes, of course. Me too." But later I realized that there was some truth in her words. All Nines of Spades, as, by the way, and all other Nines, came to our world to complete a larger cycle of soul evolution. The Nine of Spades is the most powerful of all the Nines, since Spades is the last suit in the deck. Therefore, the Nine of Spades in the current incarnation is approaching an extremely important accomplishment in the spiritual realm. By the way, that Nine of Spades had many of the most best features your birth chart. She worked almost exclusively for the benefit of other people, she received no remuneration for her work and gave weight to the authors with whom she collaborated.

On a practical level, this means that the Nine of Spades lives the last incarnation in which they perform a certain type of work or live in a certain style. Don't forget that the Peaks are related to work, health and lifestyle - things we do every day and every year. In terms of activity, every person whose Birth Card is the Nine of Spades will achieve a lot during his life. Therefore, in relation to certain spheres of life, the current incarnation is indeed the last for them. I now believe that the woman intuitively sensed this, although she did not quite correctly interpret it.

Nines of Hearts came to our world to complete certain personal relationships and free themselves from certain types of relationships that no longer meet the needs of her evolution, Nines of Clubs - to get rid of certain ways of thinking and communicating that have become useless for her. Nine Tambourines - to get rid of certain ways to make money, as well as from desires and values ​​that have become obsolete. And for Spades Nines, all this is true, taken together - and not only that. Spades are the strongest suit in the deck. When they appear among the cards in our Life Set, they affect our entire lifestyle and our activities. Therefore, the Nine of Spades must free itself from many more attachments than all the other Nines. It may indeed seem to them that after the current incarnation there is no need to be born again. But we should not forget that each completion is only the end of the next stage of evolution. The Nine of Spades is actually preparing for a new life, much more joyful and happy than at the previous stage of development. It's just sad that too often she focuses her attention on her inevitable losses and losses.

EIGHT ♠ - STRENGTH CARD IN WORK

Description of personality
The Eight of Spades is the most powerful of all the "power cards". She bears the heaviest burden. She must at all costs use her power for good. All Eights of Spades face the temptation to use this power to escape their fears. But they came to our world to work for the happiness of mankind, and sooner or later they must put this task above personal happiness. Peak Eights are real "workaholics". Their strength is expressed in vigorous activity, in the power of their irresistible will.

It is only natural that these people, who have the most power of all, are the most likely to abuse it. The very fact of possessing such power can already serve as an excuse for them in this. The Eight of Spades may think: "If I have been given such a huge power, it means that I must use it and that I am always right." But this has nothing to do with truth. And if the Eight of Spades succumbs to this delusion, she will be in big trouble.

The suit of Spades is associated with the spiritual realm, although most people of this suit only with great difficulty manage to switch their attention to spiritual values ​​​​from material ones. It is easy enough for Spades Eights to achieve success in life if they set a goal for themselves. They know that they are endowed with great power. But all of them will face a serious test related to how they will use this power. If Peak Eights choose to operate at a low level or be guided by their inner fears, they can use their power to avoid the truth and ultimately lead to self-destruction.

The Eight of Spades needs to be admired and is willing to work hard to earn that admiration. Many of the people born under the influence of this card seek to marry a wealthy partner. If their marriage breaks up, they tend to always be in financial gain. Eights of Spades know how to deal with obstacles. They have great potential for healing power; if they can direct it in the right direction, they will change it to better life loved ones. Part of their life task is to develop a more optimistic attitude towards life, despite all the upheavals that fate probably has in store for them. Turning to spiritual teachings always benefits them and brings personal freedom.

Relationships with other people
The Eight of Spades is one of the most emotionally stable cards in the deck. Usually she does not have to deal with the problems associated with indecision and anxiety, which are so characteristic of most other cards. Thanks to this, Peak Eights are more likely to have a successful marriage and happy love relationships. However, they are often emotionally immature, and it takes time for them to understand the essence of true love. At first, Peak Eights perceive love and marriage only from an intellectual point of view. And only with experience do wisdom and sincerity in emotions come to them. Although the main theme of the Eight of Spades is always work, she thinks about love much more often than it seems at first glance.

Peak Eights are attracted to partners with whom it is interesting to communicate. They have great respect for people who are superior to them intellectually. They often form romantic relationships with work colleagues. The option is not ruled out when the spouse of the Peak Eight turns out to be her financial partner. In general, finance for the Eight Peak is one of the main factors in choosing a marriage partner. Innate practicality tells her that a rich spouse is good.

Possessing great power, the Eight of Spades often finds that if this power is used incorrectly, it is possible to destroy the delicate balance that binds lovers at the beginning of their relationship. Caution and awareness of their inner fears help the Eight Peak to achieve stability in love.

Compatibility with other birth cards
Male Eights of Spades are extremely sympathetic to Tambourine women, but conflicts often arise between them. Peak 8s of both sexes can make excellent friendships with other Spades. Male Diamonds find relationships with Eights of Spades of both sexes difficult and stressful.

The Eight of Spades is a card of strength, so it will have conflicts of power with people of any suit if their Birth Card is Jack, Queen or King.

What tricks is the Eight of Spades capable of?
The Eight Peak surpasses all other Eights in its ability to direct the course of events through willpower and determination. Let's try to illustrate this with a few examples. I taught classes a couple of years ago. All my students wore cards with the Birth Card written on them. One woman turned out to be the Eight of Spades. I knew that as the Lady of Diamonds I was the Map of Mars for this woman. Therefore, I had little doubt that sooner or later I would do something that would piss her off. And indeed, once, interrupting the class, she got up from her seat and began to accuse me of being a bad teacher. The entire class froze, holding their breath, waiting to see what would happen next. I thought for a moment, and a good answer occurred to me, which seemed to satisfy her quite well. But I was struck by the ease with which this woman took control of the audience from me and forced me to respond to her attack. Few people manage to puzzle me. But this lady turned out to be really strong, as befits the Eight of Spades!

Another incident occurred when I was working for a home renovation firm of 300 people. We were given clear instructions, and for many years not a single employee of the firm violated them. But one day, under my guidance, there was a person whose Birth Card was the Eight of Spades. He did an excellent job with his work, but he had some personal projects, the implementation of which was extremely important to him. He began working on a major gardening project, using the firm's materials and spending a lot of time. Despite all my persuasion, attempts to stop him, he still completed this project. He constantly came into conflict with management and with his colleagues, but this did not prevent him from achieving his goal. So, the Peak Eight can fearlessly fight with a team of 300 people and emerge victorious from this fight.

These examples demonstrate the invincible will of the Eight of Spades. People with this Birth Card achieve their goals by all means. Not all of them have to fight against the established norms for this, but if they do, they have the strength to overcome any obstacles. This is real power!

SEVEN ♠ - CARD OF FAITH

Description of personality
The Seven of Spades is considered one of the most spiritual cards in the deck. People born under its influence can achieve great success in life if they listen to the guidance of the inner voice of wisdom. They came to our world to learn to trust themselves and keep their faith even in the most difficult circumstances. Their main problems lie in the field of work and health. Maintaining optimism is one of the most difficult tasks when the physical body is suffering from an illness. But this is the task that many Spades Sevens must perform.

The King of Diamonds, as a Karmic Card, obliges the Seven of Spades to live to the highest standards. Only in this way can she achieve the gifts and rewards destined for her. The same King of Diamonds endows the Seven of Spades with inner strength and a tendency to sometimes rush things. King of Diamonds - "one-eyed", i.e. shown in profile. This means that the Seven of Spades must beware of a one-sided and subjective approach in communicating with other people. She has a tendency to treat everyone with the same brush. But if she succumbs to this tendency and does not learn to reason, speak and act from a higher spiritual level, then she will face many troubles and sufferings, usually associated with physical illnesses, accidents, injuries, etc.

The Seven of Spades Life Set is one of the best in the entire deck. The fact that the Seven of Spades is in the column of Jupiter indicates that people with this Birth Card can achieve the fulfillment of many of their personal desires. They are endowed with a variety of talents that can lead them to the pinnacle of success. Even the Saturn Card in their Life Set is auspicious: it is the Four of Diamonds, a symbol of protection and security. Nothing can really harm the Seven of Spades except her own fears and doubts.

Seven Peak is protected by a higher spiritual power, but this protection needs to be updated. To do this, the Seven of Spades must behave in accordance with the highest truth and highest motives. If she listens to this advice, her life will run smoothly, as if by magic.

Many Spades Sevens have a special mission to help humanity. They can bring a lot of good to people. But if the Seven of Spades is mired in egocentrism, she will have great suffering. People with this Birth Card should follow their intuition. Often they marry for money or for the support that a partner can provide them. They always do a good job with hard work and remain honest in all circumstances. Nothing can stop the Seven of Spades but herself.

Relationships with other people
The Seven of Spades has perhaps the best marriage karma among all the cards in the deck. The benefits of a successful marriage can in her case extend both to the material and to the spiritual realm. Spades Sevens are drawn to wealthy and intelligent partners, but they should be careful not to give too much of great importance the financial aspect of marriage, as this can bring more problems than good.

Peak Sevens-women are usually endowed with a strong will, just like the representatives of their Karmic Card - the King of Diamonds. Therefore, it is not easy for them to accept the role of a passive housewife. They can measure their strength with any man, and in order to connect their lives with such a woman, a man must be exceptionally confident in himself.

Despite good marital karma, Sevens of Spades still cannot avoid the problems that are specific to this Birth Chart. These problems manifest in all areas of their lives, including love relationships. Even if the Seven of Spades has mastered everything it wants, it can still be overtaken by fear or pessimism. She needs to learn how to maintain faith and a positive outlook, and then luck will not turn away from her.

Compatibility with other birth cards
Spades Sevens-women are drawn to men of diamonds and clubs. Men-Clubs reciprocate them. Spades women have sympathy for male Sevens of Spades, and Diamond women find relationships with them too problematic. Male Sevens of Spades, in turn, have difficulty in dealing with female Hearts.

Seven of Spades: Danger of Accidents
If you have met the Seven of Spades, then before listening to her stories about life, ask her the question: "Have you ever been in a serious car accident?" Very often you will get the answer: "Yes". What's more, many Spades Sevens get into accidents all the time. Not necessarily these accidents are related to cars, but Seven Peak is very rare without accidents.

Of course, not all Sevens of Spades get into car accidents, but, as a rule, they have to work out their karma on their own bodies. This often means injuries and illnesses, and sometimes sexually transmitted diseases that burden their personal and family life. It often takes many years to fight this heavy karma.

Until now, I have not yet met a single Seven of Spades, which in one way or another did not suffer from problems with physical body. And the problem here is not the illness or injury itself. The fact. what all. what happens to the Seven of Spades on the physical level becomes one of her main life topics. The area of ​​greatest concern for the Seven of Spades is her health and relationship with her body.

However, we should not forget that the Seven of Spades is also a victory card. All Sevens symbolize shortcomings that can be turned into virtues when right approach to them and the observance of spiritual principles. Highest level The Seven of Spades is that it is the most powerful card of Spiritual Triumph and overcoming all earthly problems through faith. All physical ailments, or at least their effect on us, can be overcome through optimism and a sense of gratitude towards higher powers. The Seven of Spades is capable of this to a greater extent than any other card in the deck.

SIX ♠ - CARD OF FATE

Description of personality
The Six of Spades is called the card of Destiny because it is the most powerful symbol of the law of cause and effect. What we sow is what we will reap, both good and evil.

If our Birth Card is Six, then at any moment of life we ​​can expect "fatal" events. These events are predetermined by our words or deeds committed in a past life, the consequences of which were not immediately experienced, but postponed until suitable conditions arose to compensate for these actions.

Some of these events are positive and useful, others show what the retribution for negative actions can be. For the most powerful of all the Sixes - the Six of Spades - such fatal events in life are more than enough: they happen so often that many Six of Spades become fatalists. They begin to believe that in life they have very little choice and little power to change the current situation.

We really cannot change the course of events after they have happened, but there are still many areas in life for which we are responsible, and in this regard, our choice is always very important. This is one of the main lessons for the Six of Spades.

Six of Spades is a strong card, it is a card of a person who came into our life to learn responsibility for the power given to him. Such people either reach for a higher goal, try to fulfill their dreams and achieve great success, or their power turns against them, leading them to collapse.

As a rule, people born under the influence of the Six of Spades are very responsible for their actions, but the strong influence of Neptune can take many of them away from reality and plunge them into a world of fantasy and illusion.

These people are real dreamers, so they must ensure that their dreams do not diverge from high ideals and principles. They need to use all their strength to achieve their highest dream. Nothing can stop them if this dream is pure. Its implementation at any level is guaranteed.

The Six of Spades has far more potential for success and recognition than any other card in the deck, and many of them are born for great feats. The Eight of Diamonds as a Map of Mars and the King of Spades as a Map of Jupiter indicate a high probability of huge financial gain. Of course, for this opportunity to be realized. The Six of Spades need to be active and ready to take on a lot of responsibility.

Sixes of Spades have a tendency to stop halfway to their target, getting stuck both in a comfortable position and in an uncomfortable one. In addition, they can be very stubborn. By acquiring knowledge, they get the opportunity to achieve the main goal in their lives and find many good friends. Perhaps the most acute life situations arise in the Sixes of Spades in the field of love and romantic hobbies. Their inherent indecisiveness works against them here. The Peak Nine as the first Karmic Card of the Peak Six indicates the danger of serious (sometimes even tragic) losses in the lives of these people.

However, this same Nine of Spades guarantees the Six of Spades great success if the main dream of their life is the desire to use all their abilities for the benefit of society. Sixes of Spades can be excellent sponsors, philanthropists and patrons, showing themselves in the most versatile way. Many of them reach great heights in their profession.

Relationships with other people
The Six of Spades constantly thinks about love and romance. At the same time, she seeks to approach the situation from an intellectual side. Therefore, she is forced to accumulate experience (both positive and negative) for a long time until she gains enough of it, to reinforce her theoretical ideas and an abundance of ideas.

Sometimes Sixes of Spades have many love affairs, which usually has bad consequences for them. Such passion for numerous novels is usually rooted in their secret fear of not receiving love. This fear, which is symbolized by the Three of Hearts as the Saturn Card, can cause great difficulties in the field of sincere intimate relationships - until the Six of Spades is aware of it and overcomes it.

Sixes of Spades of both sexes are attractive to smart people. Female Sixes of Spades love wealthy, authoritative or high-ranking men. In love, they can be cunning or dishonest (much like the Five or Six of Diamonds), and they need to try not to fall into their own trap.

Compatibility with other birth cards
Male Sixes of Spades have serious relationships with women of hearts, but for these relationships to be stable, the Six of Spades must play a subordinate role in them.

Male Clubs find female Sixes of Spades quite attractive, and male Diamonds like to be friends with them.

Female Sixes of Spades can benefit in a wide variety of ways from relationships with other Spades men.

Predestination versus free will
According to many newspaper articles and interviews published in the 1890s, Olney Richmond argued that life is completely predetermined by fate. There is evidence of his infallible predictions to various people; to do this, it was enough for him to know only the time and date of birth. Olney Richmond insisted again and again that everything in our world operates according to certain and unchanging mathematical principles and laws, without which even a hair would not fall from the head. These beliefs are shared by Indian astrologers. Those who have mastered their astrological system can only tell you from the time, date and place of your birth when you will get married, how many children you will have, what kind of work you will do and when you will die.

Most of us find it difficult to accept such notions. We want to believe that we have certain choices in life. But let's look at the facts. There are thousands of books that teach us how to become "masters of our destiny." To a certain extent, these books have helped many people. But still, how could Olney Richmond and other astrologers make such accurate predictions? To do this, they did not even need to meet people or know them personally. Hindu brahmins and sages, however fatalistic, still say that in order to fulfill our destiny, we need to follow our Dharma. A brief definition of "dharma" is "right action". The Hindus say that we should try to "Do Right" despite the fact that the circumstances of our lives are already predetermined and events have taken an unchanging turn. And how much we believe in the predetermination of fate, our Birth Chart shows.

Odd-numbered cards (such as Aces or Threes) always provide a person with creative options. For this reason, people with such Birth Cards always tend to believe that they themselves are the creators of their own destiny. Even-numbered cards (especially Sixes) tend not to interfere during life. Sixes are very stable people, and they resist any change at all. You will discover this if you hang out with one of them for a while. They can get stuck in one rut for a long time, and it will seem that nothing can move them. Perhaps that is why the life of Sixes seems to be more fatal than the fate of other cards. It seems that they can achieve nothing in their lives, because they do nothing. But everything comes to them. while they just sit and stare at the void. The Sixes of Spades, being the strongest of all the Sixes, most often act in this way and understand fate and predestination in this way.

Florence Campbell, in her book Sacred Symbols of the Ancients, suggests that people born under the influence of the Six have the ability, with the help of the gift of intuition, to intervene in the real course of fate. And although at times their life may seem calm and monotonous, in the serenity of this peace, Sixes can tune in to their inner voice, which is heard only when our mind is silent at least for a while. Perhaps that is why Sixes are initiated into knowledge that other cards rarely Possess. Part of this knowledge is information about their own destiny and their role in helping the world. If the Six of Spades listen to their inner voice, they will know that fate has assigned them a special mission and that they can be of great benefit to humanity.

FIVE ♠ - Wanderer

Description of personality
The Five of Spades is a card of change and travel. People born under its influence are restless, which sometimes manifests itself in a very interesting way. As a rule, they do not like a monotonous routine and choose a profession that allows some variety. Fives of Spades love to travel or change their place of residence frequently. Sometimes this restlessness affects the sphere of spiritual quest - the search for truth and self-improvement. The Jack of Hearts as a Mercury Card indicates that the Fives of Spades often make some kind of sacrifice for the sake of people close to them or for the sake of education. This is especially evident in the early years of life. Their Karmic Card Ten of Hearts portends them with social success, but sometimes social life can turn into a heavy burden for the Five of Spades. The Nine of Clubs as a Card of Venus suggests that the generous and loving nature of the Five of Spades can be ruthlessly exploited by other people. Many disappointments in personal relationships with friends and lovers are due precisely to the influence of this Nine. For the same reason, the Five of Spades achieves greater success working in a group than alone. The Five of Spades are extremely drawn to spirituality. In order to manifest the highest potential of the spiritual cards (Nine of Clubs and Spades) associated in her Life Set with personal planets (Venus and Mars), the Five of Spades must learn to give freely and express their love in close relationships. However, most of her Life Set cards are favorable, and from a material point of view, the Five of Spades should be considered one of the luckiest cards in the deck.

People born under her influence have a clear value system and good organizational skills. Many of them achieve great success in trading or as financial advisors. With age, their life becomes easier, and after 39 years there is a radical change for the better. As a rule, it is then that happiness in love and financial success come to them, and the passion for travel gradually fades away thanks to the comfort and warmth of the family hearth.

Relationships with other people
Fives of Spades are popular and universally liked. They love romantic adventures and travel. They are not immune from periodic disappointments in love, as karmic debt requires them to "complete" some relationships stretching from past lives. Two Nines, associated with Venus and Mars, portend that serious love affairs await the Fives of Spades, which will not be as smooth as they looked at first glance. With the right attitude to these problems, they will turn from disappointments into stages of ascent, completing a certain stage in the development of the soul. The Five of Peaks must realize that breaking up a relationship that seems important to her is actually good for her.

The influence of the two Nines mentioned is extremely strong and clear in the life of the Five of Spades. Every person would like to have cards associated with the positions of Venus and Mars in the Life Set, promising success and happiness in love. And in this sense, the Five of Spades was not lucky: the Clubs and the Spades Nine mean the need to give up their desires. Some Fives of Spades will see this limitation as a major problem, but for others it will help them develop true spiritual love. Five of Spades is able to make sacrifices for the sake of a loved one and provide his partner with the freedom he needs.

You should also pay attention to the Two of Hearts as a Map of Jupiter. This card can at least give the Five of Spades a lasting and joyful friendship that will last a lifetime. If the Five of Spades learns the lesson that the two Nines in the positions of Venus and Mars teach her, then the Two of Hearts will allow her to meet true happy love. This is why Fives of Spades often find happiness in their later years.

Compatibility with other birth cards
The female Five of Spades can become a good wife for a man of the suit of Hearts, although some difficulties and problems await her along the way. As a friend, a man-tambourine is suitable for her. To the Peak Fives, men have a certain weakness of the women of Clubs. Female Fives of Spades get along well with Spades men, although they have some lessons to learn in this relationship.

Thirst for the experience of the Five of Spades
Being the strongest among the Fives, the Five of Spades is able to go to any extremes in order to gain new life experience. On her example, we observe the most striking manifestations of the general craving of Fives for novelty. Five as the "number of man" symbolizes people who came to our world in order to experience everything that life has to offer them. They want to experience a variety of situations, visit a variety of environments and try everything they can reach.

Let's take, for example. Five Peaks, which always moves to a new place every six months. It is not even this fact itself that is curious, but the fact that from the point of view of the Five of Spades, this is how all people in the world should live. This person simply cannot imagine that some people like constancy and stability. This is one variation of the Five of Spades.

Another option is "jack of all trades". During his life he changed a huge number of professions. His office is littered with books, a variety of mechanisms and objects related to almost twenty different fields of activity. Like most Fives, he achieved success in trading, but even a successful career did not quench his thirst for new experience. To this day, he is changing professions and mastering new ways to make money.

And finally, the third version of the Five of Spades, this time - a woman. She has two homes and two places of work, which are separated by a distance of 500 kilometers. She arranged her life in such a way that she moved from place to place about once every two weeks. Her work is reduced mainly to the organization of concerts and art exhibitions (fields of activity related to the Karmic Card - Ten of Hearts). One fine day, she met a man and struck up a love relationship with him. They began to live together, although our Five of Spades regularly left home and were absent for two weeks. One day, when she was away, her partner met another woman who turned out to be homeless. He invited her to live in the apartment next door. When the Five of Spades returned, she found her boyfriend at breakfast with his new girlfriend. All this was very suspicious. But the Five of Spades behaved in this situation completely unexpectedly for all her friends: she decided to endure the presence of an outside woman. As a result, this woman lived in the apartment offered to her for many more months, the Five of Spades partner helped her find Good work and generally did a lot of good for her. All the friends and girlfriends of the Five of Spades told her that she was crazy if she tolerated the existence of such a "triangle" in her life.

And finally, after about a year, circumstances came to a head, and the woman moved out of the apartment. The Five of Spades admitted that they didn't really try to resolve this situation for so long because they had never experienced feelings of jealousy in their lives. Her partner turned out to be the first man for whom she could feel something like that. The Five of Spades wanted to know for real what jealousy was, and they endured this ambiguous position for a whole year. And only "getting jealous" enough, she decided that this experience was enough for her, and quickly put an end to the "triangle".

This is an example of how Fives often make decisions that are completely inexplicable to other people, but for themselves perfectly logical. The driving force for them is the thirst for new experience, the desire to survive the wasp, which is possible. This basic motive of behavior distinguishes them from all other cards of the deck.

FOUR ♠ - JOB SATISFACTION MAP

Description of personality
The Two of Spades is a working partnership and friendship card. Twos are generally characterized by fears, especially the fear of being alone. And the Deuce of Spades is no exception. Many people with this Birth Card are willing to do anything to keep the company. They are especially hurt by the betrayal of friendship or trust. The Karmic Card of the Peak Two is the Six of Peak, one of the most powerful Karmic Cards, giving the fate of the Twos of Peaks a special fatality. Because of her influence, the life of Peak Twos from time to time enters a well-worn rut, which is very difficult to get out of. The same exposure brings health problems; however, most of the Spades Twos do not have bad habits, which helps to resist diseases.

The double association of the Two of Spades with Uranus in the Main Spiritual Set indicates that the representatives of this card are gifted with great intuition. But in order to realize this potential, the Two of Spades must be sincerely interested in the spiritual side of life; and spade cards tend to ignore it in favor of professional or career interests.

Twos of Peaks are distinguished by good mental abilities and developed logic. These qualities contribute to success in work, but in personal relationships sometimes turn out to be a hindrance. Many Twos of Spades become so engrossed in work and mesmerized by the power of their own logical minds that they go out of their way to avoid situations that involve challenges in these areas, and marital relationships are among such situations. Twos of Peaks are very talented and able to achieve a lot in social life, but the Three of Hearts as a Pluto Map indicates the skeptical and indecisive attitude of these people towards love relationships in particular and everything that can disrupt their usual way of life in general. But in general, the life path of Peak Twos is smoother than most cards, and people with this Birth Card do not allow themselves to be lazy and relax in vain. Often they marry for money.

Many Deuces of Spades achieve fame and even glory in life. Men born under the influence of this card achieve particularly noticeable success and often find themselves in leadership positions. The King Cross as their second Karmic Card indicates the innate ability of a leader, which manifests itself very easily and naturally in the right situation.

If the Two of Peaks turns to the spiritual side of life, it will show greater progressiveness, flexibility and efficiency in working to harmonize the world around. This is a card of cooperation and brotherly love - a card of the Age of Aquarius, which humanity is currently entering. In this respect, the Two of Spades can serve as a model of friendship, which will determine the relationship between people for the next 2000 years.

Relationships with other people
Spades Deuces have perhaps the best "marriage karma" among all the cards in the deck. But they enter into a successful marriage, as a rule, in the second half of their lives - after they solve the problem associated with indecision and fear of love relationships. Often their love life is built on alternate attraction and repulsion. They either let the partner close to them, or push him away from them, fearing excessive closeness. Two of Spades is an extremely logical card, which is reflected in her ideas about love. People with this Birth Chart analyze various concepts related to married life and try to develop some logical conclusions that allow them to manage relationships with a partner. But in reality, love life is the realm of emotions, and Twos of Spades tend to neglect emotional issues.

The good karma of Peak Twos is explained by the fact that in past incarnations these people were generous with their partners, and now it is time for them to reap the fruits of this dedication. Two Peaks are excellent husbands and wives, they are faithful and devoted to their spouse. There may be long periods of calm in their love life, but the Twos of Peaks have only themselves to blame for this. Fears and doubts often prevent them from starting new romantic relationships, and only work on themselves in the field of emotional problems can help here.

The main culprit in these people's indecision in matters of love and marriage is the Three of Hearts as the Pluto Card. Twos of Peaks too often try to rationally "calculate" love and marriage - and as a result they begin to "walk in circles", not realizing that all their grief is caused by an internal fear of the future. In other cases, the Three of Hearts simply pushes away the chances of happy love from them. Again, Peaked Twos are unaware of this because they place too much emphasis on the rationalistic left hemisphere of the brain.

Compatibility with other birth cards
Peak Deuces-men are happy with women of the suit of Hearts. All Twos of Spades make excellent friendships with female Clubs. Peak Deuces-women dream of love with men of their own suit, but rather men of the Tambourine suit are drawn to them. And male Clubs often consider the conquest of Peak Twos-women a worthy task.

Classic Deuce of Spades Pattern
As a classic example of the Two of Spades, I want to give a person who was born on May 4th and fits perfectly into the type of hardworking and rational person that most people with this Birth Chart are. This person is a programmer who has achieved great success in his profession. He works for one of the thriving computer game companies. Florence Campbell, in Sacred Symbols of the Ancients, writes that all Twos tend to be afraid of being alone. Our Birth Chart, like the sun sign in astrology, represents an energy that we tend to identify almost entirely with our personality. Therefore, Twos usually consider themselves half of a certain partner couple - as opposed to Aces, who to some extent perceive themselves as individualists and loners.

One of the most important values ​​in life, Two Peak considers friendship - both with men and women. They prefer to work together with other people. Even when alone, they constantly talk on the phone with friends. Almost always, one of their friends is in their house, or they themselves are visiting friends. Two Peak spends a lot of energy trying to do all the things that are done together with other people. Friendship for them is much more important than for the average person. For Peak Twos, friendship means joint activities, and not just communication or business, as is the case with the Two of Clubs or the Two of Tambourines. In the field of love relationships, things are somewhat different. It happens that the Two of Spades is almost ready to get married, but never reaches the altar. Either he is attracted to women who do not want to marry him, or he himself does not want to associate his life with them. Despite all their powerful logical mind, the Two of Spades often finds it difficult to come to a final decision in the matter of love and marriage.

The strength of the Twos of Spades is that they are the best friends in the world. All of Paul's friends love and appreciate him; he knows how to maintain friendly relations with women who were his lovers in the past. The only vulnerability of the Deuce of Spades is that she is in great pain if a friend leaves her.

The game uses a deck of 36 cards (52 in some cases) and involves two to six players; in the case of playing with a deck of 52 cards, up to 8 players can play. Each is dealt 6 cards, the next (or last, possibly any of the deck) card is opened and its suit sets the trump card for this game, and the rest of the deck is placed on top so that the trump card is visible to everyone. An ace cannot be a trump card. The object of the game is to get rid of all the cards. The last player who does not get rid of the cards remains in the "fools".

Draw

No-trump

The game differs from other varieties only in that the game takes place without trump cards.

double trump

In this type of game, each player has his own trump card. Thus, if one of the players bets MY trump card, then it will not be a trump card for the opposite player. However, by agreement of the players, the following rule can also be introduced:

• if one of the players bets ALIEN trump card, then the opposite player must beat it like a trump card.

Unsuited

In this type of fooling around, the suit only plays a role in the choice of trump. That is, you need to beat the cards with a large card (the suit does not matter) or a trump card.

Circular

The game differs from the game of simple, throw, transfer or Japanese fool only in that after each "beat" or capture, the players change cards with each other. If many players are playing, then they change clockwise: 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-1

Chukchi

This variety differs from playing a simple, throw-in, transfer or Japanese fool only in that immediately after all players have been dealt six cards to each, the deck with a trump card is removed from the game.

heaped

The only difference between this type of fool is that initially the deck is divided equally between the players.

Second try

This version differs from other types of fool only in that if the player has nothing to beat the card, he must first draw another card from the deck. If this card is suitable to beat the desired card, the player beats it. But if it does not fit the player takes. The player may also choose not to take the second attempt and take the cards right away.

Armenian

In this case, the player can walk not only with his card, but also take one card lying on top of the deck. This action can be done only once per turn (by agreement of the players, this number can be increased to infinity).

Armenian-Second Attempt

This kind of fool is a combination of the Armenian fool and the Fool-Second Attempt.

Translation 2

This game differs from the game of translation fool in that it is possible to translate after throwing up. For example: the first player was like ten spades, the second beat the jack of spades, and the first threw the jack of clubs, but the second has a jack of diamonds, then he can transfer it and the first player will have to beat it.

Translation 3

In this version, when transferring one player (1) to another (2), player "2" must beat only the card that player "1" transferred. That is, if player "2" bet seven of clubs, and player "1" transferred seven of diamonds, then player "2" is obliged to beat only seven of diamonds.

Empty

This game differs from the game of simple, flip, transfer or Japanese fool only in that the player takes cards from the deck only if there are no cards left in his hand at all.

nerdy

In this version of the fool, you can only move with the strongest card in your hand (any one can be beaten).

Big

This game differs from the game of simple, throw, transfer or Japanese fool in the following way: The game is played with 2 decks of 36 cards each (72 cards in total). You cannot fight back with a card of equal value or a card of the same suit. The player who ends up with 52 or more cards loses immediately.

Double

This game is played with 2 decks of 36 cards (72 cards in total). You can fight back according to the rules of a simple, throw-in or transfer fool. If a player fights back with a card that is absolutely equal in value, the possibility of throwing up from other players is blocked (this move is not considered a transfer). The player who ends up with 52 or more cards loses immediately.

Royal

The royal fool differs from the game of simple, throw, transfer or Japanese fool in that the lowest card (usually from two to ten) can only be beaten by the highest card (usually an ace or a joker). And the highest card can only be beaten by the youngest or trump card (the joker can only be beaten by the youngest).

treshka

This game is generally played according to the rules of a simple, throw-in, transfer or Japanese fool, with the only difference that you need to enter immediately with three cards. If the player has only two in his hands - from two, if one - from one.

poker

In the poker fool, before hitting the cards, the player has the right to change 2 cards for 2 cards from the deck.

Armenian Poker

Combination of Armenian and Poker Fools.

Poker-Second try

A combination of the Poker Fool and the Fool-Second Try.

Armenian Poker-Second Try

Combination of Armenian, Poker and Fools' Second Try.

Spectacled

The game of points fool differs from the game of simple, throw, transfer or Japanese fool only in that the player who beats off the most cards wins.

Chinese

When playing Chinese Fool, cards are dealt as in Bulk Fool. The player with nine diamonds goes first. If a player has beaten nine diamonds, further tossing by other players is blocked (this move is not considered a transfer). If the player could not fight back, he takes only the first card that he beat off. The rest of the cards go to the "dump". If the player could not beat off the first card, he also takes it. In other respects, the rules are the same as the rules of other varieties of the game.

Magadan

This version differs from the rest only in that of the 6 cards dealt, only one is available to the players at first. With each release, everything becomes available more maps(one for each break). If the cards in the players' hands run out, the cards are taken from the deck and everything starts all over again. If the deck runs out, all the cards in the players hand become available. If a player draws cards, all the drawn cards are available to him.

Albanian

The game is played according to the rules of a simple, throw, transfer or Japanese fool, but the cards in the deck are arranged in descending order. That is: aces, kings, queens, jacks, tens, etc.

Magic

They play with a deck of 54 cards (2 jokers). The game is generally played according to the rules of other variants of the fool. Jokers have a special role in the game. If a player is like a black joker, he will have to give his opponent any two of his cards. If the player is like a red joker, the opponent must give him any two of his cards. Both jokers can beat any card, and they can also be beaten by any other card. But the following rules must be taken into account:

• The player who has only the joker left at the end of the game loses in any case.
• If a player puts one joker, and the second one can transfer it with another joker. The second must give up any five of his cards.
• If a player bets two jokers, he will have to give his opponent any five of his cards.
• If any player does not have enough cards to give them to the opponent (due to the joker), he takes as many cards from the deck as he needs.
• If any player does not have enough cards to give to their opponent (due to the joker) and the deck runs out, this ability of the joker is blocked.
• By agreement of the players, you can enter combinations of cards that block the ability of the joker. The combination consists of 5 any cards. It is best that it consists of three paired cards and two more different ones.

Double Joker

The game is played according to the rules of simple, throw or transfer. But the game is played with a deck of 54 cards (2 jokers). If hearts or diamonds fall out as a trump card, the red joker is the highest card in the game, and the black one simply beats all spades and clubs (black cards). If the trump is spades or clubs, the black joker is the highest card in the game, and the red joker simply beats all hearts and diamonds (red cards). If the joker is a trump card, then all cards of its color become trump cards. For example, if a black joker fell out, all spades and clubs are trump cards, if red, trump cards are diamonds and hearts. In another version, jokers cannot be trump cards and only beat cards of their own color, regardless of which suit is trump.

Single Joker

The game is played according to the rules of a simple, throw-in, transfer or Japanese fool, but in 53 cards (1 joker). Joker can beat any card.

Two-Joker Novosibirsk

This variation allows the endgame to achieve a balance between the player who has the ace of trump and the player who does not. The game is played according to the rules of a simple, throw-in or transfer fool with a deck of 54 cards, including two jokers. The Joker beats any ace, including trump, but does not beat any other card. The Joker can be beaten by any card except Aces and another Joker. When the joker falls into trump cards, the game goes without trump cards, and the joker itself beats any card, but can also be beaten by any card, except for aces and another joker.

Wild

The game is played according to the rules of other variants of the fool, but in 58 cards (2 jokers and 4 wild). Wild cards can cover any card, but also beat any card. Then, as after hitting the joker, “bito” is announced.

American

This type of fool differs from the rest in that when the players can no longer throw cards to the batting player, he has the right to throw himself and then beat.

Estonian

The game is played according to the rules of the transferable fool, taking into account the rules of the transferable-2 and -3 fools. The game is played with a deck of 54 cards (two joker cards). If a player has to bet any card and has a pair, three of a kind, or four of the same value, he can bet all of them at once, rather than tossing them one by one. You can beat any card with a joker, except for deuces and triples (an ace beats a deuce, a joker or a trump card), which themselves beat him.

Metropolitan

The game is played according to the rules of the Estonian fool, although the game is also possible with a different variation. They play with a deck of 55 cards (2 jokers and 1 mega). The only difference between the capital fool and the Estonian one is the presence of a mega-card (superjoker, superjoker, prime minister, green joker). A mega card beats any cards except fours, which themselves beat it.

Untitled

The game is played according to the rules of the Chinese fool, however, if the player could not beat off and took, as it should be, only the first card that he beat off, the rest of the cards go to the next player to hang up. If the player could not beat the first card, he takes it and skips the turn. The turn passes to the next player.

kind

The game is played according to the rules of a simple, throw-in, transfer or Japanese fool, but if a player cannot beat the cards and takes them, he does not skip a turn, but himself goes under the next player.

cross

Each player takes one card from the deck and places it face down. The first taker from the deck is first determined by lot, then it is the loser. The one with the highest card goes first. The remaining players must lay out cards on this card that are higher in value by one.

If a player does not have desired card all the cards to himself, he takes all the cards to himself. Everything starts over. This continues until the deck is completely exhausted. If there are two or three highest cards, the card is placed on the nearest one in a clockwise direction. When the deck is played, the game of Japanese fool begins, given that trump cards are always diamonds. However, as a special suit, not spades, but clubs are highlighted, they beat only clubs of a higher value.

With a tossing boob

This game is interesting in that an imaginary player participates in the game - a "dummy". The player who wins the lot and gets the right to make the first move has the right to toss for the dummy. The blockhead has no right to walk and fight back. The game is played according to the usual rules of the fool. The blockhead is not considered a loser.

With a playing chump

This game also involves the "dummy". However, here the player who won the lot has the right (or rather must) not only toss, but also to move for him. The dummy can win and lose.

Flip-flop

This game follows the rules of translation. But you can't throw it in. If a player has a move, and he has a group of cards of the same value, he, like in a simple fool, must put everything at once.

Secret

A secret fool differs from playing a simple, throw-in or transfer fool only in that at the beginning of the game, as soon as the trump card becomes known from the deck in closed form, they take another card and put it either under the trump card or next to the deck, naturally face down. When the deck runs out with a trump card, that card will be revealed and become the new trump card.

Cunning

This version of the fool's game differs from the others in that if any player could not beat off all the cards and takes them, then the player, because of whose card the first participant in the game could not fight back, has the right to beat his own card. And thus add the cards in the hands of the taking player, and reduce them. After that, all players can throw as much as they like (but, of course, what, according to the rules, can be thrown in this or that case) and, if desired, beat their own cards. Here it is worth considering that those cards with which one player beat his own ones can no longer be thrown up, unless cards of this value were found in the game, when another player, under whom they originally went, fought back.

Impudent

This game follows the rules of a cunning fool, but in order to toss a player must first beat his own card, and only then toss it to the player who they initially go for. The impudent fool is much inferior in popularity to the cunning one, but does not die out.

With couples

The game is played according to the usual rules of the fool. But each player is dealt not 6, but 5. If a player has a pair of cards, he has the right to be like this pair and any other card. If there are two pairs of cards, you can also match them and another card. You can also use one card. But:

• Other combinations of cards during the course are impossible (you can beat off any).

From groups

The game is played according to the rules of a fool with pairs, but you can walk with threes and fours of cards of the same value. It is not necessary to add another card to groups of cards. It is forbidden to add cards to the three.

Figured

The game is played according to the rules of a throw-in or transfer fool. But the following concept is introduced into the game - “curly card”. These are cards with a value higher than nine, that is: tens, jacks, queens, kings, aces. During the game, all players write down how many figure cards they beat off. If the player first beat off curly cards, but then he was thrown more, curly cards are not counted as beaten off (the player takes).

Solitaire

A funny kind of fool game. The deck is distributed equally. The one who has a six goes first, and who sits closest to the left of the dealer

He walks with this six. The turn passes to the next player. If he has a seven, he puts it on a six. The next player will have to put an eight, then a nine, a ten, ... and so on until the ace, and the ace, therefore, is covered by the six. If the player does not have the required card, he skips the turn. At the same time, each player in the game is given nicknames, such as "cat, donkey, wolf, horse ...". And if the player cannot put the right card, he makes sounds, in accordance with the nickname. If he did this without any of the players laughing, he takes the cards for himself. The first person to run out of all cards wins.

typesetting

The first player takes the top card from the deck and places it in the center of the table. Then he takes another card from the deck. If this card is of the same suit as the one originally taken, and also of a higher value, the player takes both of the above cards. Then the same player takes the third card from the deck and the turn passes to the next player. If the received card cannot beat the one laid out, the player places it next to the one laid out, takes another card from the deck and places it in the center of the table. The turn passes to the next player. The second player again takes cards from the deck and repeats all of the above. If he beats, he will take all the cards on the table. The game continues. When the deck is played, the game is played according to the rules of the throw-in or transfer fool.

breaker

The game is played according to the classic rules of the fool game. But during every second discard, the cards do not go into a closed pile, but are mixed with the deck.

Ace

The version differs from other versions of the fool, only in that the ace cannot be beaten with the lowest card, but only with a trump card. Therefore, the trump ace in the game plays the role of a "wild" card ("dummy").

with arithmetic progression

The game is played according to the classic rules of the fool, but at first each player is given only one card. After each next turn, the cards in the hands of the players are supplemented by 1 more. That is, for the second time, the number of cards in hand is supplemented to two, then to 3, 4, 5, and so on, until the deck runs out.

With buyback

A distinctive feature is that when cards are dealt, each player is given a certain number of cards face down - a buyback. At the end of the game, when there are no cards left in the deck and the player has discarded all his cards, he takes his buy and continues the game.

Baltic

The game differs from the rest in the following way: If one player was like and he can fight back with that card, cards with a value that the player already has in his hand, he has the right to also put this (these) card, and then the second will have to beat both cards . For example: player "2" looked like player "1" with a nine of clubs, and player "1" beat with a ten of clubs, but he also has a dozen of spades, he can also put it and then player "2" should beat, he needs beat both tens.

2x2

The game is different in that only four players are playing, sitting opposite each other, who form playing pairs. During the game, only players of one pair, to which the walking player belongs, have the right to toss. Accordingly, a win (or loss) is recorded not for an individual player, but for a pair.

Terminology

• Trump, trump suit- a suit with special power, standing above others.
• Hang up, bito- 1) the situation when the player, under whom they went, covered similar cards; 2) similar and covering cards in such a situation; 3) all played cards to the current moment.
• Shoulder straps- a situation when the last cards that the winner walks are a non-trump six or two sixes. These sixes are placed on the fool's shoulders, and then the latter is called a "fool with shoulder straps" (or with one shoulder strap). Such a loss is considered more shameful than ordinary.
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Peaks

Number of decks: 1
Number of cards in a deck: 52
Number of players:4 (pair per pair)
Card seniority: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, V, D, K, T.
Purpose of the game: score 500 points or more with a player.
Rules of the game. Players play in pairs and players of the same pair sit opposite each other. The first dealer is determined by lot, in the following games the players deal cards in turn. The deck is carefully shuffled, removed, and each player is dealt 13 cards. Spades trump suit. The game consists of two stages: announcement and drawing. The first to announce is the player to the left of the dealer, who announces the number of tricks that his pair can take. The combined bid of two players is called a contract. Next, another couple makes an announcement. Then the draw begins. The first move belongs to the player to the right of the dealer. The player may put down any card except the spade card. A player can enter from a spade only when this suit is open. The next player clockwise (dealer) must put down a card of the same suit, if there is no such card, then he can put any card. The rest of the players go next. The trick is taken by the player who puts a higher card than the card in move suits, or a trump card, provided that there is only one trump card in the trick. Thus, all cards are played. After the players have no cards left, the scoring begins. Each trick is worth 10 points. If a pair of players did not get the bribes specified in the contract, then the players receive a penalty in the amount of the contract, for example, a contract of 60 points, then the penalty will be minus 60 points. If the players have collected more tricks than specified in the contract, then they are penalized by one point for each extra trick taken. These points for busting are considered in the "bag" and if more than 10 points for busting accumulate in the "bag", then the players are penalized by 100 points, while the points in the "bag" are reset to zero. If the players declared a miser or a double miser and did not fulfill the contract, then they are penalized by 100 or 200 points, respectively. The first pair of players to score 500 or more wins the game. If both pairs of players simultaneously cross the 500 point mark on the same horse, then the pair with the most points wins. Also, if one of the couples ends the round with a score of -200 points or less, then the game also ends in favor of those who scored more positive points or simply in the black.

Pika - polearm, which is essentially a long a spear widely used by the infantry. Unlike many similar weapons, the pike was not intended to be thrown. Pikes were regularly used in warfare across Europe from the early Middle Ages until around 1700, and were used by foot soldiers for close combat. This type of weapon was widely used in the Landsknecht armies and among the Swiss mercenaries, who used it as the main weapon in the battle formation. A similar weapon called the sarisa was also very effectively used by the infantry phalanxes of Alexander the Great. In general, a regular spear can be considered a pike when it is too long to be wielded in combat with one hand.

Design

The pike is a long weapon, the dimensions of the shaft varied from 3 to 7.5 meters. The weight of such weapons ranged from approximately 2.5 to 6 kg. The sixteenth-century military writer Sir John Smith described the advantages of lighter pikes over heavier ones. In appearance, it was a wooden shaft, bordered with an iron or steel tip. The area in front of the point was often reinforced with metal strips called "cheeks" or langets. When the troops of both opposing armies used the pike in combat, it often developed into a kind of arms race in which they tried to use longer both the shaft and the tip, so that the spearmen of one of the parties could gain an advantage in battle. The extreme length of such weapons required a very strong wood shaft such as ash, the shaft of which was thinned slightly towards the point to prevent sagging at the ends, although this was always a problem when using a pike. It is a common mistake to call spears with a wide blade on the tips pikes, these types of weapons have their own separate names: halberd, glaive or vulge.

The long length of the pike made it possible to better concentrate the impact of the tip on the enemy, while the owners of this weapon found themselves at a distance unattainable by direct contact. However, such overly elongated lances proved to be too cumbersome in close combat. This meant that in order to better self-defense for close combat, spearmen were also equipped with shorter weapons, such as sword , mace or dagger. Basically, the spearmen tried to avoid such an unorganized battle in which they would be at a disadvantage. The position of a spearman in close combat was often aggravated by the absence shield, or the presence of only a small shield of limited use.

Application tactics

The pike, due to its bulky size, has always been intended for defensive use, often in conjunction with other projectile, firearms, or close combat weapons. However, more experienced troops were able to use pikes in aggressive attack. In each rank, the pikemen were trained to set up their pikes so that they met the enemy infantry with four or five layers of sharp points bristling from the front of the formation.

As long as the formation was held in this way, this formation could boldly head straight for enemy infantry, but such a march had obvious weaknesses. Warriors moved in ranks only in the direction of travel, in one direction, and could not quickly turn around or effectively protect the vulnerable flanks, as well as the rear of the formation. The huge mass of warriors wearing such bulky spears was very difficult to maneuver, so the movement was carried out only in the forward direction.

As a result, to protect the rear and flanks, such units of pikemen needed to have the support of other branches of the military, or to maneuver before contact with the enemy before he could hit their weak spots.

As Sir John Smith points out, there were two ways in which fighting pike units could confront each other: cautious and aggressive. The cautious approach involved fencing at the length of the pike, while in the aggressive approach, the warriors of the first five ranks quickly closed the last distance to the strike at close range, while making a single powerful dash. The first row of pikemen, being attacked aggressively, resorted to the help of swords and daggers if the actions of the pikemen of the first five rows could not break the opposing attack. Smith considered the cautious approach laughable.

Also, primarily as a military weapon, the pike could be surprisingly effective in individual fights. Many sources from the 16th century explain how the advantage of this type of weapon could be used by dueling participants. Swordsmen of that time often practiced duels with each other using long sticks instead of pikes. George Silver considered the 5m pike one of the most advantageous weapons for open combat, as it gave him superiority over all other weapons shorter than 2.5m or the sword and dagger/shield combination.

The use of pikes in antiquity

Although very long spears have been used since time immemorial in organized warfare (in particular, this is shown in works of art showing Sumerian and Minoan warriors and hunters), however, the earliest recorded use of a pike-like weapon in the tactical method described above refers to the Macedonian sarissa used by the troops of Alexander the Great's father, Philip II of Macedon, and subsequent dynasties that dominated the battlefields for several centuries in many countries.

After the fall of the last successor of the Macedonian lineage, the pika largely fell into disuse over the next 1,000 or so years. One exception may have been in Germany. Tacitus made a record of Germanic tribesmen in the 2nd century AD who used "too long spears".

He constantly refers to the spears used by the Germans, which were "large" and "very long". Presumably, he talks in essence about the peak. Caesar, in his Notes on the Gallic War, describes the Helvetii as fighting in a tight, phalanx-like formation with spears that protrude from behind their shields. Caesar was probably describing an early form of the "shield wall" formation popular in later times.

medieval revival

During the Middle Ages, the main formations using pikes were urban militias such as the Flemings or the peasants of the Scottish plains. For example, the Scots used the troop formation known as the "shiltron" in several battles during the Wars of Scottish Independence, including the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. The Flemings also used their long spear "gelbon" to stop the attack of the French knights at the Battle of Courtrai in 1302, before other troops of the Flemish army counterattacked the stalled heavy cavalry. godendags.

Both battles were noted by contemporaries as an excellent example of the triumph of commoners over superbly equipped professional warriors. The victory was achieved through the skillful use of the pike and the brave resistance of the commoners who fought with it.

These formations were essentially invulnerable to attacks by mounted warriors, as long as the knights "obediently" threw themselves on the walls of the spears, and the foot soldiers remained strong in spirit under the constant pressure of the cavalry charge. However, the dense rank structure of the pikemen remained vulnerable to enemy archers and crossbowmen, who could fire on them with impunity, especially if they did not have specialized armor. Many defeats, such as at the Battle of Roosebeck and the Battle of Halidon Hill, were suffered by militia pike armies when faced with more prudent opponents who hired archers and crossbowmen to thin out the shirenges of blocking pikemen before they could be engaged by squads.

Medieval pike squads tended to be more successful when they acted in an aggressive manner. The Scots at the Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297), for example, used the momentum of their attack to crush an English army while the English were crossing a narrow bridge. At the Battle of Laupen (1339), the Bernese spearmen overwhelmed the infantry forces of the opposing Habsburg/Burgundian army with a massive blow that allowed the Austro-Burgundian horsemen to be routed. At the same time, such aggressive actions required considerable tactical cohesion or suitable terrain to be able to protect the vulnerable flanks of pike units, especially from mounted horsemen. When the support units could not properly cover the flanks, the pikemen often suffered serious losses, examples are the battles: the Battle of Mons-en-Pevel (1304), the battle of Castle (1328), the battle of Roosebeke and the battle of "Roosebeke" (1382) and the Battle of Ofa (1408). The continued success of the Swiss mercenaries in the later period is due to their clear discipline and tactical unity, due to their semi-professional nature, due to which the side protection of the allied units made it possible to somewhat mitigate the threat from flank attacks.

Often, units of pikemen using an aggressive manner of fighting were dismounted knights, as for example at the Battle of Sempach (1386), where the dismounted Austrian vanguard, using their spears as pikes, initially successfully fought against Swiss opponents armed with halberds. Dismounted Italian warriors also used a similar method to defeat the Swiss at the Battle of Arbedo (1422). Well-armed Scottish nobles (even aided by King James IV) were described as leading the Scottish pike parties at the Battle of Flodden, making the whole force resistant to English bows.

Rise of the Renaissance

The Swiss solved the initial problems of using the pike and brought the use of this weapon to the Renaissance in the 15th century, established clear regimes and procedures for training in pike use in order to provide the army with masters in the use of the so-called. "Spiess" (German term for "skewer") in maneuvers and in combat; they also introduced the march to drums for this purpose. This practice also meant that pike units could carry out serious attacking actions, in addition to defensive combat, which reduced passivity and added aggressiveness in battle. However, at the same time, the pikemen were well trained in defensive combat in case of a cavalry attack. The German soldiers, known as Landsknechts, later adopted the methods of using the pike from the Swiss. The Scots preferred to use shorter spears in their "shiltron" formation; their attempt to use the longer "continental" pike was reduced to a normally rare use after the weapon's ineffective use resulted in a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Flodden. The Swiss phalanxes of the Landsknechts also included soldiers armed with two-handed swords. zweihanders, and halberdiers, to more effectively repel infantry and cavalry attacks in close combat.

The Swiss faced the Landsknechts, who used similar tactics as the Swiss themselves, but with more pikes and in a more complex “deutschen Stoss” formation (the lance was held with two hands in the lower third of its length), which made it possible to organize a more flexible attack column.

The good military reputation of the Swiss pikemen and landsknechts led subsequently to the employment of these mercenary units in troops throughout Europe so that other armies could learn similar combat tactics. These types of units, as well as others that adopted similar tactics, were able to come together in combat in several wars, resulting in a series of unique events.

These formations had great successes on the battlefield, beginning with the brilliant victories of the Swiss cantons against Charles the Bold of Burgundy during the Burgundian Wars in which the Swiss fought in 1476 and 1477. In the battles of Grandson, Murten and Nancy, the Swiss not only successfully repulsed the attacks of enemy knights, since the Scottish and Flemish infantry units were relatively passive in combat, which was a characteristic feature of the early Middle Ages, but even went on the attack, with great zeal. Their attacks in columns fought through the Burgundian forces, sometimes causing great slaughter.

Pike attack columns remained the main form of effective infantry combat for the next forty years. The Swabian War was the first conflict in which both sides had large formations of well-trained pikemen. After that war, its belligerents, the Swiss (later, usually serving as mercenaries) and their "imitators" Landsknechts, often met during the Italian wars, which became in many ways the military testing ground of the Renaissance.

In Japan at that time, there was a parallel evolution of polearms. The Japanese style of warfare was, however, far more rapid and aggressive, using smaller formations, than similar European counterparts. The naginata and yari became common weapons for Japanese ashigaru foot soldiers (who used extremely long yari) who dismounted the samurai due to the greater reach of the weapon compared to the swords carried by the samurai. The naginata began to be used around 750 AD. This weapon had a curved, sword-like blade on a wooden pole, on the back of the spear, there was a metal counterweight, often with a point, for stabbing. The use of such a device caused a forced introduction for riders greaves because effective cavalry fighting was very important. The length of the yari spears varied. They had a straight blade, usually with sharpened blades, and sometimes with protrusions from the central blade, fixed in the recess of the shaft with a very long tang. In the region of the late half of the 16th century, pikemen, holding lances 4.5 - 6.5 meters long, sometimes even up to 10 meters, became the main forces of the armies. They formed lines, united with warriors armed with arquebuses and spearmen using shorter spears. The pikemen formed two or three lines of defense and raised and lowered their spears in accordance with incoming orders.

As a result, the development of firearms and artillery in the 16th century made large formations consisting entirely of pikemen vulnerable to fire, despite their amazing power in close combat. Significant losses in the fighting columns of pikemen were evident in the bloody battle of Biokka in 1522, where warriors armed with arquebus inflicted a heavy defeat on the forces of the Swiss pikemen.

Pike and small arms

In the post-Italian Wars period from the late 15th to late 16th centuries, most European armies switched to the use of pikes, often in combination with primitive firearms such as arquebuses. Large defensive detachments of pikemen were formed, behind which arrows could hide.

A typical example of such a development was the Spanish thirds (formations), which consisted of: a large formation of pikemen; small, mobile squadrons of arquebusiers moving along the perimeter; as well as traditional combatants. These three elements formed a mutually supportive combination of tactical roles: arquebus-armed warriors wore down the enemy line, pikemen protected arquebus-armed warriors from enemy cavalry attacks, and vigilantes, usually armed with swords and spears, attacked enemy units of pikemen, in the event that two such opposing formations entered in contact. The Tertii fielded fewer spearmen than the Swiss mercenary and Landsknecht columns, and their formations ultimately proved to be much more tactically flexible on the battlefield.

mixed military units quickly became the norm for European infantry. They also tried to imitate thirds in England. A combination of halberdiers, longbowmen, and vigilantes became the norm, although this order changed when the island's yew supply dried up.

The percentage of warriors armed with firearms in tercio-like formations has steadily increased as technology in the manufacture of firearms has advanced greatly. This progress is believed to have been due to the decline of the cavalry, although it actually restored it. Although the cheaper and more versatile infantry was getting better at firearms, the proportion of cavalry in armies remained fairly high. In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, smaller formations of pikemen were used to protect the musketeers, often as a center unit with two units of archers on either side, called "shot sleeves".

During this period, the length of the peak, as a rule, was from 4.5 to 5.5 m. However, there are sources that insist on slightly different sizes of the peak - from 3 to 4.5 meters.

End of the peak era

In the 17th century, improvements in the mobility of muskets, coupled with the invention of the bayonet, forced the obsolete pikes out of most European armies. In addition, improvements in the performance of artillery led to the abandonment of large military formations in most European armies. Priority was given to several attacking lines in a checkerboard pattern, in order to minimize the number of casualties and provide a larger front for salvo fire.

It turned out that solid bayonet barriers were an effective solution against cavalry, and the firepower of the musket was now so lethal that battles were often decided by riflemen alone. During the Napoleonic era, the spear spontoon, a kind of shortened pike with two appendages resembling wings spread out to the sides, was retained as a symbol by some officers. In practice, the use of such weapons was reduced more to gesticulation and signaling, rather than to the usual use.

In such an environment, spearmen developed a strong dislike for their own weapons. They were forced to stand and do nothing while the fighting continued around them. As the opposing musketeers fought like duels, the pikemen felt that they were mere targets, not soldiers, and that they had nothing to add to the battle raging around them. There are examples when pikemen threw their spears and took up the guns of their fallen comrades. This fact was a sign that the importance of the pike as a weapon on the battlefield was waning.

The approximate end date for the use of pikes in infantry formations can be considered 1700, although the armies of Prussia and Austria had already abandoned the use of pikes earlier. Other armies, such as the Swedish and Russian, continued to use this type of weapon for several decades after the end of the 17th century (the Swedes of King Charles XII, in particular, used the pike to great effect until the 1720s). During the American Revolution, pikes called "trench spears" made by local blacksmiths were still in limited use until the continental army and militia got enough bayonets.

Also in Poland, during the Kościuszko uprising in 1794, the pike was revived and became, within a short period, an amazingly effective weapon on the battlefield. In this case, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko was faced with a shortage of weapons and bayonets to arm the landless serfs, recruited as partisans straight from the wheat fields, who had only sickles and crude resemblances. combat braids. This military-grade agricultural equipment was then used in battle as a cutting weapon, as well as makeshift pikes. Peasant pikemen, armed with such crude tools, played a major role in achieving an almost impossible victory over the much larger and better equipped Russian army at the Battle of Racławice on April 4, 1794.

Civilian pikemen played a similar role, though to a lesser extent, in 1798, four years later, in Ireland. Here, especially at Wexford and during the Dublin uprising, the pike was useful mainly as a weapon for the men and women who fought as foot soldiers against cavalry armed with firearms.

Homemade lances made from bayonets impaled on poles were used by escaped criminals in the Castle Hill Rebellion of 1804.

Indeed, as early as the Napoleonic Wars, at the dawn of the 19th century, Russian militia foot soldiers (mostly landless peasants) could be armed with shortened pikes in battle. As the 19th century progressed, the obsolete pike still found use in countries such as Ireland, Russia, China and Australia, usually in the hands of desperate peasant rebels who had no access to firearms. John Brown planned to arm the rebel slave army in America mostly with lances.

One attempt to resurrect the pike as the primary weapon of the infantry occurred during the American Civil War, when the Confederate States of America planned to enlist twenty regiments of pikemen in 1862. In April 1862 it was decided that each Confederate infantry regiment would include two companies of lancers, a plan supported by Robert E. Lee. Many pikes were made, but they were not used in battle, as the plan to include pikemen in the army turned out to be unclaimed. Shorter versions of pikes called "boarding pikes" were also used on warships - usually to repel boarding attacks - until at least the third quarter of the 19th century.

The great Hawaiian warrior King Kamehameha I had an elite troop of warriors armed with very long spears, who supposedly fought in a manner identical to European pikemen, despite the usual concept of the general disposition of his men for individual duels as a method of close combat. It is not known whether Kamehamea I himself introduced this tactic, or whether it was adopted based on the use of traditional Hawaiian weapons.

The pike was issued as a British militia weapon in 1942 after war ministry responded to a letter from Winston Churchill saying that "every man should have some kind of weapon, it may be a mace or a pike." However, these handguns did not leave the stores after the pikes "produced an almost universal sense of anger and disgust at the Militia units, demoralized the men and led to questions pertaining to both Houses of Parliament". Pikes made from outdated Lee-Enfield rifle bayonets welded to a steel pipe were called "Croft's Pikes" after Henry Page Croft, Under Secretary of State for War, attempted to defend the fiasco described earlier by stating that such pikes would have been "silent and effective weapon".

In some Spanish cities from the 18th century until around 1980, there were night guards called "serenos" who carried a short pike (approximately 1.5 m) called "chuzo".

Peaks are relevant today only for ceremonial purposes. They are used to carry the banners of the infantry, as well as an element of some honorary units. Some of the infantry units serving as protection for the President of the Italian Republic in the Quirinal Palace in Rome are also equipped with this type of weapon.