Card 37 of 52 · Diamonds · Jack
Jack of Diamonds Playing Card Meaning
Diamonds speak of money, practical matters, news and travel; the Jack brings a young person, a messenger, news. Season: autumn.
Tarot counterpart: Page of Pentacles
What the Jack of Diamonds Means
The Jack of Diamonds is the messenger with news. In old descriptions he is a young man, sometimes a relative, sometimes an official, sometimes a person in uniform, who brings a message about money or business. He is not always to be trusted. Older readers called him unreliable or self-interested, a bearer of news who has his own stake in it. As a quality, he is cleverness with an eye on the main chance. Drawn for a question, the Jack says news comes, and you should ask what the messenger wants.
Jack of Diamonds in Love
An admirer whose intentions are mixed, or news about a relationship that arrives through someone else. A younger person, possibly a relative, affects the situation. The Jack of Diamonds asks you to look at what someone gains before you believe what they say.
Jack of Diamonds in Work and Money
News about money or a job, possibly through an official channel: a letter from the bank, an offer with conditions, a colleague who tells you what he wants you to know. Check it. The Jack of Diamonds is useful and slippery.
Jack of Diamonds as a Yes or No
Maybe
The Jack of Diamonds brings an answer with a catch. Read the conditions before you call it a yes.
Jack of Diamonds as a Birth Card
Birthdays with the Jack of Diamonds as their playing-card birth card: 16 January, 14 February, 12 March, 10 April, 8 May, 6 June, 4 July, 2 August.
Find any birthday's card on the cartomancy page, or your tarot birth card, a different calculation.
The Suit of Diamonds
Diamonds are the suit of the material world: money, property, contracts, news, journeys with a purpose, and the people who deal in them. A reading full of Diamonds says the matter is practical, and that the answer will arrive as something concrete: a message, a payment, an offer, a trip. The suit is neither kind nor cruel; it describes what is on the table. Old cartomancers gave the suit the autumn, the harvest season, and matched it with the Pentacles of the tarot.
The Jack in Every Suit
The Jack means a young person, a messenger, news; the suit decides where.
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What does the Jack of Diamonds mean?
The Jack of Diamonds is the messenger with news. In old descriptions he is a young man, sometimes a relative, sometimes an official, sometimes a person in uniform, who brings a message about money or business. He is not always to be trusted. Older readers called him unreliable or self-interested, a bearer of news who has his own stake in it. As a quality, he is cleverness with an eye on the main chance. Drawn for a question, the Jack says news comes, and you should ask what the messenger wants.
What does the Jack of Diamonds mean in love?
An admirer whose intentions are mixed, or news about a relationship that arrives through someone else. A younger person, possibly a relative, affects the situation. The Jack of Diamonds asks you to look at what someone gains before you believe what they say.
Is the Jack of Diamonds a yes or a no?
Maybe. The Jack of Diamonds brings an answer with a catch. Read the conditions before you call it a yes.
Which tarot card is the Jack of Diamonds?
The Page of Pentacles. Diamonds correspond to the tarot's Pentacles, and the Jack matches the Page (the tarot also has a Knight, which the playing-card deck lacks). The two cards share most of their meaning, though the tarot card carries a picture and a reversed reading that the playing card does not.
Whose birth card is the Jack of Diamonds?
In cardology the Jack of Diamonds is the birth card for 8 birthdays: 16 January, 14 February, 12 March, 10 April, 8 May, 6 June, 4 July, 2 August. The rule is 55 minus twice the month minus the day, counted from the Ace of Hearts (1) to the King of Spades (52); the Jack of Diamonds is number 37.
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